MP3J wrote:
With John very into numerology, i thnk he would have enjoyed this birthday if he were still around.
69 on 09/10/09 would have pleased him i think.
"I lived in 9 Newcastle Road, I was born on the 9th October. It's just a number that follows me around, but, numerological, apparently I am number six or three or something, but it's all part of nine."
John Lennon
MP3J, I keep thinking of that fact all throughout my adventures in Liverpool this year! This is the "Year of Lennon" Can you think of songs that have that theory included besides the obvious listed below? I'd like to make a "number nine" compilation
#9 Dream
Revolution 9
One After 909
Numerous events throughout Lennon's life were connected with the number nine, or numbers which add up to nine.
* Lennon travelled on the number 72 bus to Liverpool Art College, where he was friends with Stuart Sutcliffe.
* His first meeting in 1957 with Paul McCartney proved a pivotal role in Lennon's life. McCartney's surname has nine letters, as does Sutcliffe's.
* The Beatles' first appearance at the Cavern Club was on 9 February 1961.
* Brian Epstein, The Beatles' manager, first saw them perform on 9 November 1961.
* The group's contract with EMI was confirmed on 9 May 1962.
* The Beatles' debut single, Love Me Do, was on Parlophone R4949.
* Their record-breaking debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was on 9 February 1964.
* The Beatles disbanded in 1970, after nine years together.
After The Beatles split up, Lennon embarked on a solo career. He also made a number of recordings with his second wife Yoko Ono, whom he met on 9 November 1966.
Various further connections with the number nine can be traced to this second stage in Lennon's life.
* In April 1969 he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. There are nine 'o's in the combined names of John Ono Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon.
* Lennon and Ono lived for a time in an apartment on West 72nd Street, New York City.
* Their first apartment in the Dakota Building was number 72.
* Their son, Sean Lennon, was born on 9 October 1975, John's 35th birthday.
* #9 Dream was a song on Lennon's 1974 album Walls And Bridges. The album was his ninth non-Beatles album, and was issued in the ninth month of the year.
* The album's cover featured a painting done when Lennon was 11 years old. It depicts a footballer with a number nine on his back.
* When released as a single, #9 Dream peaked at number nine in the NME chart, and the refrain in the chorus - Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé – featured nine syllables.
* Mind Games and Rock 'N' Roll, the albums released before and after Walls And Bridges, each contained nine letters in their titles.
* After he was shot, Lennon was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital on 9th Avenue, Manhattan. Roosevelt and Manhattan both have nine letters.
As a footnote, Lennon was shot in New York City on 8 December 1980. However, it has been pointed out that, due to time differences, it was 9 December in his birthplace of Liverpool.
Individually, these occurrences may amount to little more than coincidence. However, in his later years Lennon became fascinated with numerology, and was well aware of the role of the number nine throughout his life.
Sort of gives the 'Paul is Dead" hoax a run for it's money
