I was not impressed with John's post-Beatle production, (The Beatles had been broken up for ten years when he was shot) not just because the music wasn't that great, but because he seemed so bitter. He wrote some bitter songs in The Beatles too, and that helped add an edge to them, but, it's my old bugaboo, when the bitterness gets one-dimensional, it wears thin. However, the assasination guaranteed there would be no Beatle reunions. That added a great deal of downerness to the whole situation, because a whole generation had continued to hope that someday, The Beatles would get back together.
There was a huge vigil in Central Park to honor him,. I think Papa said that he saw it.
