I Just Shot John Lennon

JOhn Lennon probably influence the Cranberries a lot and they probably loved his music so much (like so many other musicians and non-artists).

This song is good but it would be better if John Lennon wasn't killed and this song didn't exist

Fuck you Mark Chapman

Amen, River Wolf.

TidewaterHippie: It seems to me that not talking about terrible events like Lennon's murder, or Adrienne Shelly's (whom I loved even more than Lennon), or the Virginia Tech massacre, or 9-11, or what have you, will not help us make this world more like we want it to be.

I don't particularly like the song. The lyrics are uniformly grade-schoolish, and "With a Smith and Wesson 38 / John Lennon's life was no longer a debate" in particular strikes me as the most mockable couplet in lyrical history. Still, you appear to be implying that O'Riordan and co. are attempting to exploit Lennon's death in some way. I don't agree, even if they don't happen to write about it very well.

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This song gives me the chills. It's very beautiful and meaningful, and I love it, but that doesn't keep it from sending a shiver up my spine.

As for a meaning, it's pretty obvious.

Listen to John and Yoko's song 'Walking on Thin Ice' and then this song right after, knowing that recording Walking on Thin Ice was the last thing John ever did....

Love the Cranberries, and their general message. But I don't completely understand why they are glorifying John Lennon above other, perhaps more pivotal people.

Bet Yoko Ono loves this song

This is pathetic......the wording is partially correct....they describe the incident....but this event does not NEED to be a song....And the title is pathetic...it is just shameful I JUST SHOT JOHN LENNON....they should be ashamed of themselves