Morning after John Lennon's murder-Howard Stern recorded on W4 (WWWW) radio Detroit-Dec. 9, 1980
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Published 2020-12-07
This is a continuous recording, with the music cut out and a short break to flip the tape before an interview with the late Ray Coleman from Melody Maker magazine. There's also a good report from Dara Welles from The Source. I've held onto this cassette 40 years, until today.
(I have another full cassette from this morning that I will transfer sometime. It's so much more moving with the music included but youtube will not allow for that).
All Comments (21)
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Howard is speaking this at 7:08am on December 9th 1980. I was born at 6:23am. I was 45 mins old. RIP John Lennon.
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Man Howard really sounded so compassionate and down to earth here. What a fucked up loss still over 40 years later💔
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My dad was in prison and said there were hardened criminals just crying and hugging each other...it must have been really surreal
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I wasn't even born on this day but listening to it makes me wanna cry so bad
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Horrible day. I had just gotten home from a late shift at work, had a snack and settled down to watch The Tonight Show. Got the news. Sobbed and then threw up. Still hurts.
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To think Howard was only 26 years old.
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This recording is historic. It's crazy to hear Howard giving weather and traffic reports throughout the show - something we know now that he despised doing. And he was making fun of Yoko even back then! Crazy. So glad you had the foresight to record this, and share it here. Thanks.
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I bet that Howard could have never imagined, he’d one day interview Paul and Ringo. This is a great find. Thank you!
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That was a shitty month when that happened. One minute we were a happy world, the next we were violated; ruined. My girlfriend and I were watching TV, Johnny Carson's monologue, and this voice interrupted to loudly blurt out, "This is a special report from NBC News---former Beatle John Lennon is dead." My girl and I just sat there staring at the TV, listening to the reports, the commentaries, the Beatles tunes, for hours. We didn't even look at each other. We could feel the dream bleeding out of our hearts. A real sock in the gut. That turd shot all of us.
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Fascinating historical document.
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Crazy to hear Howard talk like this about someone. Understandable because I feel the same way about John Lennon today and I was born in 85
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As sad today as it was then, utterly heart breaking. I was 8 and living in Liverpool, the whole city was in shock and tears. We couldn’t understand how somebody took Our John.
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Imagine Howard having John Lennon on his show.
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Disorienting, disturbing and devastating loss. Still felt to this day.
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You can hear the sadness in Howard’s voice 😞
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I was pregnant and mourned so much that I was afraid it would affect my baby. It was like a light went out in our world.
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Our family was notified on Dec 2nd that my older brother had died by suicide the previous day. Then that same week we all heard about John Lennon. My brother loved John. It was the saddest shittiest week of my life. RIP Bobby. RIP John....💔
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I randomly lived in Detroit for one year of my life. It was this year. I was getting ready for school, my senior year, hearing this broadcast. Thanks for saving it. Posting it.
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I can't believe that i'm listening this recording. This is a fucking treasure. It's so great to hear feelings of people about Lennon's death at the time. Thank you. And i would love to hear this with the songs. Without any cuts.
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listening on dec. 30, 2020 and it still seems like yesterday
