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@GarysnewYT
4 ай бұрын
I can’t find that link you mentioned at the very end of this video about John Lennon’s death. Can you please provide that link ? Thank you.
@danielledumont6536
Жыл бұрын
speaking of abandoned children... We might want to mention Julian...
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
So true...history has a habit of repeating itself.
@victoria859
Жыл бұрын
That’s Horrible. I Always Felt Sad zFor Julian. JUST SO WRONG !!!!
@edwardjensen6595
Жыл бұрын
He was never abandoned! His Mom always was there for him !!
@lazychemistry
Жыл бұрын
Guy is living a life far better than the average person
@thinkforyourself828
Жыл бұрын
Julian is fine.
@skygazer6898
Жыл бұрын
I was working in a petrol station at the time of Lennon's death and of course, his music was being played on the radio. On the day, Lennon was murdered there was not one person who came into the shop who did not comment on the murder. Grown men were choked up, sad and angry. I loved the Beatles since I was a young girl, I am 66 now and a week does not go by without me listening to something from the Beatles. John Lennon definitely had issues, probably due to his childhood, and it took Yoko Ono to help iron those anger issues out. Most Beatle fans despised her, but I reckon she probably saved him. Every year that killer is up for parole, Yoko Ono who is in her late eighties still fights to keep him in prison, where he should always remain. My opinion is that Lennon managed to sort himself out and then he was shot dead, and that is tragic! Lennon: a genius? Yes, I would say so. Thanks for uploading, much appreciated.
@Val-xj6lk
Жыл бұрын
I can't describe how much of what you said,I was saying myself,I'm peed of with all that bull about,he didn't put a hand on her,no no no she ,Yoko wouldn't take that and John knew,but I'm sick of all the Yoko broke them up,yea I listen to his stuff years now ☘️❤️
@kanereid4977
Жыл бұрын
The man's a woman beater simple as
@Kidraver555
Жыл бұрын
Yoko took advantage of him when he was in a weak state, she smashed his marriage up, she is a dominating bitch.
@MORCOPOLO0817
Жыл бұрын
Yoko is a nut job. They deserved eachother.
@Turtledove2009
Жыл бұрын
@@Val-xj6lk I agree with you and Skygazer. The hate commenters are bullies.
@susaneuliano7692
Жыл бұрын
Lennon exclaimed that Julian was a product of whiskey, and Sean was a product of love. What a horrendous thing to say of your son. Although his life's works were brilliant, I am appalled at that statement. John sang about Peace and love. Guess it didn't apply to his personal views on life.
@joeking433
10 ай бұрын
John, like everyone, was not perfect. Seek the Lord!
@richardbruton1224
10 ай бұрын
He eventually by the time Julian was 11 started to make amends, despite what some people try to say about John. So there was about a 4 year period where John wasn't around alot, which is awful to do, but it's not something so bad we can't forgive under the right conditions. Also he didn't leave Julian out of his will, he set up a trust fund for both his sons to split but died before he could put alot of funds in it.
@ClepsidraSideral
10 ай бұрын
That's correct. The trust fund was 50/50. The statement about whisky and love I've never bee nor able to find. What's the source?
@joeking433
10 ай бұрын
@@ClepsidraSideral Lennon was no saint, as most musicians aren't. Most have more problems than normal and John didn't know the Lord, as most musicians don't. They are ruled by their passion which is a recipe for having a lot of problems.
@tiradoproperties7622
9 ай бұрын
Lennon lived a very pained life and had to be hostile to survive and thrive--fortunately, he gave to the world what he could not obtain for himself LASTING love peace and emotional security
@imatugwaddle2291
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Beatles song is "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", because it was the first one I ever heard. I was hooked from that very moment. I love them so very much. What a wonderful part of my young life they were. I miss those days so terribly!!!!
@worldonfire1539
Жыл бұрын
I'm with you!❤
@mightyturkeyneck3498
Жыл бұрын
My fave has always been the B side, "I Saw Her Standing There", the very 1st rock n' roll my 3-year mind was ever completely blown by, y'dig? I believe I invented moshing to The Beatles in my childhood bedroom, circa old '78. I'd jump offa my dresser; I invented stage diving too-- don't let anybody tell you it was Iggy Pop!! 🦃😬🦃
@PaulFormentos
Жыл бұрын
@@mightyturkeyneck3498 I was 6 when my Mom played "WHAT IS LIFE" Instant love
@lelandelizalde971
16 күн бұрын
Thanks for saying something wonderful! (S)
@TelecasterLPGTop
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles helped this lonely confused teenager through the worst time of his life, God bless all of them. I'm 70 now so I guess it worked. Abandonment during the first 18 months of life leaves its mark on the psyche. Adoption, neglect, bottle feeding etc
@deniece0821
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles are truly timeless and iconic! My parents (Baby Boomers) were HUGE fans. They were also true hippies and had me at a young age. I'm Generation X and was brought up with the Beatles constantly being played. Thus, I became a huge Beatles freak. I also raised my children with the Beatles music and now my daughter is raising my 6 year old granddaughter with the Beatles music. (Currently her favorite song is Blackbird.🥰 I used to play it on guitar and sing it to her all the time.) That's FOUR generations of hard-core Beatles fans. Not many other artists or groups can claim that. 😊
@dennysmith7862
Жыл бұрын
Blackbird is my favourite too... Revolver and White Album were their best albums...
@ClepsidraSideral
10 ай бұрын
Not to mention that it was post war Britain.
@swell_gal
10 ай бұрын
Abandonment in the first 7 years of life, not just the first 18 months.
@lelandelizalde971
16 күн бұрын
Although, adoption is WAY BETTER THAN BEING ABORTED! Adoption, especially if it was done as an open adoption can be beautiful. I'm so happy The Boys helped you... they help me, all the time. 💖 (S)
@johnanthonycafe2993
Жыл бұрын
I think John was good at honestly articulating his inner state. If we look at songs like Julia, Girl, Help, Norwegian Wood, In My Life and even his nonsensical compositions like I Am The Walrus and Hey Bulldog we see his subconscious seeping out. Personal faults aside he was an artist.
@mightyturkeyneck3498
Жыл бұрын
Why do we expect sainthood of our artists? 🦃🤔🦃🤔🦃🤔🦃
@barbarawilson958
Жыл бұрын
Norwegian Wood was one of my favorites.
@PaulFormentos
Жыл бұрын
@@mightyturkeyneck3498 No More MYTHOLOGY Let's just enjoy THE MUSIC
@RedArrow73
9 ай бұрын
But was he sensitive as s**t? Could he make a guitar speak? Genius is pain!
@lelandelizalde971
16 күн бұрын
He was a GREAT artist. I think you summed up his personality well. Personal faults...YES, we ALL have them... Although TOO MANY PEOPLE here use JL to try to cover up THEIR personal faults, to make themselves fell better about having faults themselves! Where is the movie that records ALL THESE BASTARDS ON HERE displaying THEIR personal faults, while they want to crucify JL?! (Sylvana)
@karyannfontaine8757
Жыл бұрын
I adored the Beatles since their first album. When they went their own ways, I especially followed George and John. To me, they were the most unique individuals. I had all of their music. When I went back to school in 1979, I played their music to study. I fell asleep in 1980, and awakened to the announcement of John Lennon being shot and killed. I was in shock!
@LaMYsteriosa87
Жыл бұрын
Paul would've been great and intriguing too if he had only been allowed to keep on going. After September 12th 1966 it wasn't him anymore.
@dadisaliveandwell
Жыл бұрын
It gutted me, John's murder.
@johnbyrnes7912
Жыл бұрын
@@LaMYsteriosa87 that's so silly!
@joysynmonds9082
Жыл бұрын
It was awful ! Why oh why?
@Coryiodine
Жыл бұрын
@@LaMYsteriosa87 yeah idk how a supposed "look alike" could have paul McCartneys voice, song writing ability and exact same playing style. Anyone who's a musician knows thats not possible. No 2 people can play an instrument the same way. I found that theory interesting at first but ultimately it's these points that make it impossible. The chances of a look alike is already insane but noone would be able to match in all those other ways either. Even John lennon said it's all ridiculous. And he said that at a time when him and Paul disliked eachother so I dont buy that theory.
@SueProv
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching a KZitem of John and Yoko on the Mike Douglas show. Yiko asked if they could each look in the phone book and tell people they love them. They all did it and all I could think of was Julian and how they could call complete strangers but not Julian. Julian buy Johns stuff from auctions. Yoko was a selfish woman
@charwest9449
Жыл бұрын
You're so right. She was the stepmom from hell. Selfish and such a phony poser, as if she was so filled with love she just had to tell the world. She was nothing but a cheap stunt artist, anything to get attention. No real feelings whatsoever. She was always posing, her only two concerns 1) being perceived as Lennon's only love as she hung off his coattails for fame, and 2) getting all his money. The minute John was killed, she got all his money. And she's been hanging off his coattails for fame as "his widow" ever since. (Like Courtney Love.) Even though that very same week she moved her boyfriend Sam Havadtoy in, reportedly married him in Hungary, and was with him for 20 years -- way longer than she was with John Lennon. She couldn't burn John Lennon's body to ashes fast enough.
@vitocorleone8323
Жыл бұрын
Karma may not be instant but it never loses an address.
@PaulFormentos
Жыл бұрын
@@vitocorleone8323 Dunno yoko could be last one standing Or Richards?
@jacqueburriss263
8 ай бұрын
His do we downfall was meeting yoko Ono She was such a creep
@marionkozakiewicz1032
7 ай бұрын
I think Megan Markel models herself after Yoko as sociopath who destroys families.
@stonhamandrew9065
10 ай бұрын
I grew up with The Beatles and respect them all and Pete Best ! John’s story of his life makes me want to cry!! I’m similar within my family. May John rest in Peace!
@BewelCranfield
7 ай бұрын
AMEN TO THAT
@lelandelizalde971
16 күн бұрын
❣
@jeanlind7540
Жыл бұрын
John & Paul loved each other, they fell out over management issues but still loved each other & were scheduled to record together in London but John died!! How can you leave this out & call yourself a biographer?
@braemtes23
2 жыл бұрын
So you spend a great deal of time on John's friendship with Stuart and what a great influence he was on John, very briefly mention John and Paul's success as writers and then basically never mention anything about John and Paul's deep friendship and how they influenced each other, but skip to the Beatles breakup and John being annoyed with Paul. One of the great bromances of the twentieth century! What kind of biography would basically ignore one of John's most significant relationships?
@jennigee51
Жыл бұрын
It definitely isn’t a great biography…he can’t even give his book “A Spaniard In The Works” it’s proper title, calling it a Spanish In The Works! It’s just a shame that disliking makes no difference!
@gretchennelson7056
Жыл бұрын
Good question.
@bobtaylor170
Жыл бұрын
@@jennigee51 , yes, this is hackwork.
@donna25871
Жыл бұрын
John’s most significant relationship was with Paul.
@littlebunny13
Жыл бұрын
You are so right! I hate when people completely gloss over John and Paul's relationship as if it hadn't been incredibly intense and a huge influence on both of them. That so that to this day, there's a lot of speculation regarding the nature of said relationship, whether it was platonic or romantic.
@joeking433
10 ай бұрын
One thing about John was he was honest! Most people aren't that honest and won't let you see their dark side.
@Males_Should_Be_Abused
7 ай бұрын
You live in a different world if that is your genuine opinion 😂
@joeking433
7 ай бұрын
@@Males_Should_Be_Abused Why do you say that, kid? John was honest, you knew EXACTLY how he felt and he didn't pull any punches! McCartney was a company yes man and a brown noser and basically liked the money. His songs were all fluff while John poured out his agony in his songs and was looking for a savior. Which he did find for about two weeks as that was how long he was a Christian.
@Males_Should_Be_Abused
7 ай бұрын
@@joeking433 you excuse child abuse because he wrote pretty songs 😂 Make sure you chew your food properly, I don’t need anymore graves to urinate on
@yootoober2009
7 ай бұрын
I understand how John could think at the time that they, The Beatles, were "more popular than Jesus."... being honest, but, he might have been wrong. If we were to really head count Beatle fans and Jesus fans (Christians) at that time, John would probably lose.
@joeking433
7 ай бұрын
@@yootoober2009 In actuality he was saying what the devil told him for John knew the Beatles' power and the power of music to tempt kids! And you can see that power in getting kids to like Black Sabbath and all those really wicked antichrist bands we've seen since the Beatles.
@jorr1334
Жыл бұрын
This was an excellent biography, with so many new details about John Lennon that we didn't know before. I only disagree with the statement that he died too young to do and say much. Where does a statement like that come from? Lennon did more and said more in his short life than just about anyone. The tragedy is he had so much more to say and do.
@PaulFormentos
Жыл бұрын
may well have been a BEATLES reunion We Will Never know
@Turtledove2009
Жыл бұрын
I'm tired of the Lennon bashing. These days, hating on someone is really popular (famous people or not) because it's a group thing, a bully thing, a crowd thing. It's also low hanging fruit because it's easy to find fault with anyone. What is special is finding the good in people and affirming that - and John Lennon was plenty good too, as anyone who knew and loved him has attested. So to those folks who are self-righteously hating on him, I suggest you look very carefully at yourselves and your families and see how you are not perfect. Let the man rest in peace. His sons have moved on. Let go of the incessant negativity.
@dawnfalvey6766
11 ай бұрын
Love this comment! Well said !!
@Carbonazul-zg5wu
7 ай бұрын
"They are Paulovers, who shatter upon realizing that in the end Lennon's creativity never vanished, that he is someone superior to what is spoken of in rock. He goes beyond being a musician; he is the image and representation of decadence, pain, melancholy, love, romance, fire, everything
@winglessfairy564
5 ай бұрын
Literally nobody is hating on him and nobody is saying the things they’re saying just because it’s ‘popular’ to hate celebrities. The way he treated his own flesh and blood was absolutely appalling and he’s being called out for it, that’s literally it🙄
@BrookeRainwater
21 күн бұрын
Shut up.
@radiorob7543
10 ай бұрын
Imagine a world, where John never met Yoko.
@bellabell737
9 ай бұрын
As God made them, he matched them🤮
@TM2U-1
9 ай бұрын
Can’t blame her. Even if she ragged on about him, Julian was abandon by his father.
@terrytari1891
9 ай бұрын
John is great! I had ALL of his solo albums on peace & love!
@judijohnson5555
9 ай бұрын
Nearly all the fans blamed Yoko Ono for the split in the Beatles
@terrytari1891
9 ай бұрын
@@judijohnson5555 I'm a fan of John, that's what I care about!
@lukaz3336
Жыл бұрын
One can be both genius and a bastard, you know.
@thesilvershining
Жыл бұрын
Yep. And John was certainly both but he was also human and that shines through in the music.
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
More of the latter..I think.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883
Жыл бұрын
Well said.
@Ellenad369
Жыл бұрын
John Lennon and Brian Epstein are alive,soon it will be safe for them to return and tell the true versions of their lives, as will many other famous stars who have been in protection.
@jerryeberts3726
Жыл бұрын
Please. Leave me out of this.
@jenniferlee5871
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating person. What a life. I admire his honesty.
@Males_Should_Be_Abused
7 ай бұрын
Oh look a woman justifying and abuser because he is famous 😂 get your head out your make up kit bint
@budgieinfo1760
Жыл бұрын
I don't think he was unloved. His aunt played an important role in his childhood, and as far as I know they were very fond of each other. I think he was probably shown as much love as any of the rest of us.
@domestikgoddez9823
Жыл бұрын
his aunt was "Julia" - also one of my favorite beatlle songs
@cjs750
Жыл бұрын
@@domestikgoddez9823 I believe that is incorrect. I believe "Julia" was his mother
@domestikgoddez9823
Жыл бұрын
@@cjs750 pretty sure she was his aunt. let me google. nope you are correct. julia was his mothers name.
@treasurehunteruk9718
Жыл бұрын
@@domestikgoddez9823 Julia was the mother, Mimi was his aunt. He invited her to go and live in New York with him and Yoko, but she declined.
@domestikgoddez9823
Жыл бұрын
@@treasurehunteruk9718 yes, i've been corrected a few times. thanx
@motogp2008champion
Жыл бұрын
It is too bad to see people who prays love and peace but in private do not show love towards their own kid.
@scrambaba
Жыл бұрын
that was a common characteristic of “great” men in the last century. Not only was Lennon a jerk in private, his commitment to high ideals only lasted a couple of years before he resumed his rich selfish rock star lifestyle.
@mariekatherine5238
Жыл бұрын
You can’t give what you don’t have.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883
Жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. When other famous people have engaged in similar behaviours the media and the public would put the boot in but because of tragedy (and of course his murder was just that a horrible tragedy) John became a martyred figure. And if Paul is correct John never would have wanted that. If that is the case then that is something I do admire about John. Whilst he could be very selfish he didn't want to be perceived as a saint and I acknowledge that as a stance that made him in my mind a much better person.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883
Жыл бұрын
@@mariekatherine5238 But he seemed to have buckets of love for Yoko during certain periods. Almost obsessive and unhealthy.
@aporue5893
7 ай бұрын
he ran out of time to see him and had problems getting back to the uk after living in new york ,he talked about this on the dick cavett show. And julian was not alone,he had cynthia and paul also took care of him for a few years.
@apollopursuingdaphne2976
Жыл бұрын
This is a great video! I don’t like when people hate on John. He did some bad shit and I feel for Julian and Cynthia tremendously but he himself has a pretty tragic story and obviously had trauma that influenced his bad actions. I truly think in his later years he was trying to heal all that and make up for it. Not like I know the real man behind the camera but just my opinion. The fact he was straight up murdered is so sad. Definitely did not deserve to be taken out like that.
@Michael-ro5cu
Жыл бұрын
The term "murdered" does not apply. An assassination is a murder committed for political purposes. That term would be more accurate.
@PaulFormentos
Жыл бұрын
@@Michael-ro5cu OR Was john paying for "THE DEAL" He made?
@BewelCranfield
7 ай бұрын
AMEN TO THAT
@Leo_G_Cady
5 ай бұрын
👏🏻THIS👏🏻 John was something a lot of artists weren’t. Honest. It really warms my heart to know he reconnected with Julian❤(lost weekend) and had planned studio time with Paul (for 1981) This is what makes John’s murder especially tragic for me. He’d finally gotten his life together💔 I wish he could see how far Jules and Sean have come. No doubt he’d be unbelievably proud❤️🩹
@drhirise1
2 жыл бұрын
John Lennon was a great singer/ songwriter, and I especially enjoyed his music. The Beatles were the best band ever, in my opinion. That said, Lennon was not a particularly nice person, and he himself abandoned his first wife, and child. He was selfish, like his second wife, Yoko Ono, but he was a far more talented artist than she. I appreciate Lennon for his art/music, not his personality.
@angusyates828
Жыл бұрын
He knew it and he was trying to change at the end.
@bunnyleaningonasquishedbun5542
Жыл бұрын
@@angusyates828 Unfortunately, he never got the chance to
@angusyates828
Жыл бұрын
@@bunnyleaningonasquishedbun5542 True
@PaulFormentos
Жыл бұрын
@@angusyates828 He DID CHANGE at the end Seemed at peace finally
@prajnachan333
2 жыл бұрын
I don't understand the title, "genius or bastard?" It doesn't reflect John or your biography of him. It is really quite insulting. To him and us, the audience. John Lennon was certainly a human being who suffered things in life, and like so many, inflicted that suffering onto others. Yet he was a musical genius, as well as working on himself, and influencing the world toward peace and love. Give the man his due credit, while acknowledging his faults. Thanks for the work, in any case.
@jennigee51
Жыл бұрын
He was both a genius AND a bastard! His treatment of Julian was abhorrent! He doesn’t get a pass for that!
@yungbagger4379
Жыл бұрын
He was always on tour during the time of Julian’s birth and I’m pretty sure John cared for his son and was trying to make it right by his 40s don’t judge someone who had a contract with labels that he had to fulfill I blame labels not John
@ag358
Жыл бұрын
Nobody realizes the pressure and the time that was consumed by being a Beatle. John and Julian's relationship was strained but only 4 people went through what the Beatles had to go through. Of course the press was always making things up and people just believed it. Watch the doc on prime and you'll see when paul was quoting articles from a newspaper and they all were breaking up at the lies.
@domestikgoddez9823
Жыл бұрын
he was a genius and like many other geniuses he was kind of an a**hole... he just was...like so many others. he was human.
@schanychamemphis1327
Жыл бұрын
@@yungbagger4379 how did all the other rock and rollers find time for their kids?
@jerrihanson3823
Жыл бұрын
Loved this video, I graduated high school in 1969, I grew up when the Beatles appeared. I remember everyone waiting for a new album to come out, the next day we all talked about the music. They were one of the few groups where I loved every song. I don’t think there will ever be another group or solo artist as popular as they were. When John was killed every tv channel was about him. He was on every magazine cover. The world was overcome with grief. When he made the comment the Beatles were more popular than Jesus he didn’t mean it like people took it, he was kinda right. The only person who had such popularity and had major coverage when she died was Princess Diana. I remember very clearly when the Beatles came out and how great they were, I’m so greatful to have been there when it happened. Thank you for this video.
@albertochoa7331
Жыл бұрын
Like John said the dream is over. Everybody dies you know what awaits you on the other side.
@arlen9190
Жыл бұрын
Read the Memoirs of Billy Shears.....it is the story of Paul it is not what you think happened...it will open up your eyes all the way
@theseustoo
Жыл бұрын
You loved EVERY song? Hmmm... I loved most of them... but I have to draw the line at 'Revolution Number Nine' (From the Double White Album). And frankly, I really don't think even Princess Diana, popular as she was, actually achieved the same level of popularity as the Beatles... Just sayin'! ;)
@albertochoa7331
Жыл бұрын
It's just a bullshit opinion. No disrespect intended.
@domestikgoddez9823
Жыл бұрын
i was 6 or 7, already exposed to Leadbelly and old swamp blues - long story... my next door neighbor young teen girls saw the beatles live in chicago - i was never so jealous. they had an extra ticket and no way was i gonna be invited...i called their younger brother Moony.. Big Blond Haired Headed Kid my age. everybody called him that and i also broke their window throwing a stick for their dog though i walked up to the broken door window to cop to it like they didn't already know... yah - really blew my chance to see the Beatles.
@eileenflannigan709
Жыл бұрын
As a side issue, I wanted to comment that the photo supposedly showing John and Cynthia on their wedding day (14:20) is fake. Cynthia has previously described what she wore for the Registry office that day: a purple and black dog-tooth suit, with her long blonde hair in a French pleat. Someone has clearly photoshopped John's head onto a random wedding photo.
@hexl702too5
9 ай бұрын
Cynthia was an artist too, and she drew a picture of her wedding scene…… She also had a sense of humor, she put a funny caption on it….
@craigbarron3706
Жыл бұрын
Shows how time flies......I was 10 when the Beatles disbanded......I'm now 62!!
@cindyfitzgerald4500
11 ай бұрын
It surely does! I’m 65 and I remember my dad being a huge fan of the Beatles.
@maloum-lsodermark7869
10 ай бұрын
I am 65 and got my first ep at 7 ! Never forget...
@derekstocker6661
Жыл бұрын
Amazing exhaustive history of one of the most famous songwriters in history. So well put together and presented, very well done, thank you for this. RIP John, never to be forgotten.
@appledoreman
Жыл бұрын
Well put together? You must be joking! Among many mistakes, the narrator states Brian Epstein became their manager after the release of 'Please please me' album, which is mentioned far too early, then pops up again later. He also states John & Paul didn't write the song 'Please Please Me.' Ridiculous.
@mrfester42
Жыл бұрын
Nonsense! It's full of misinformation.
@karinlawrence6500
Жыл бұрын
@@appledoreman I loved the line about John being brought up as an "Angelican"! 🤣
@509cougs
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, you are mistaken. That's okay if you're just getting into The Beatles. Just realize, this document is so full of mistakes it's shocking. There are many others on KZitem and most are great.
@creedamiyahsnipp
Жыл бұрын
Strong egos always clash. Talents stir up passions. Frenemies. Bromances. Whatever. Even siblings rival. Complex characters. Who cares? What's the contest? They made amazing music. They shared a legacy. Then they moved on down the long and winding road. They parted ways. They became their own men. So what. They continued to create. Each special one of them. Hey. Let it be.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883
Жыл бұрын
I tend to very much agree. Over years you tire of hearing the same stories and everyone's different takes. If any part of the history that should never be underestimated is his pairing with Paul McCartney. Like other famous pairing in musical history such as George and Ira Gershwin they created the best music of a generation and beyond. If you love great art and music than that is the story that matters most. It wasn't covered hardly at all in this documentary. Think about it - the most important partnership in music and it barely gets talked about.
@Lucy-gl6rv
10 ай бұрын
John Lennon. Just Irreplaceable. A legend
@Kermit_T_Frog
7 ай бұрын
Julia Baird, Lennon's half sister, paints a completely different story of his childhood. In her account, Lennon was part of a close EXTENDED family. And it is probably unfair to Mimi to say that John was deprived of love. The story you don't hear is how Lennon was on the phone every week when he was living in New York.
@aarfeld
Жыл бұрын
Geniuses often are very difficult people. It is often the case that great art comes from great pain, and John's life had much strife. Pablo Picasso was a genius, but a very difficult and brutal man. Which is why he was married and divorced many times.
@Alkymick1
Жыл бұрын
Most singers are difficult....
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
I think genius is a very overused word..
@aarfeld
Жыл бұрын
Well, at any rate, he was highly talented.
@ACDZ123
Жыл бұрын
@Pauline Hannon well he is a genius ..he formed the most influential and popular band in history. .you don't want much do you 🤦
@aarfeld
Жыл бұрын
Um, forming a band doesn't require genius, and in the beginning they had no idea how much they would achieve, and neither did anyone else. John, Paul, & George were very talented song writers and creators of new paths in popular song, but I agree with Pauline that genius is an overused term for any sort of talent.
@danwall6662
Жыл бұрын
John Lennon transcended the class system. He was the real deal, the genius singer/ songwriter and conceptual artist. We were privileged to have him in our lives.
@albertochoa7331
Жыл бұрын
Just a Creation of the LORD GOD Almighty
@whyme7996
Жыл бұрын
wow...have some more cool ade
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
Not the nicest of people though.
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
He was no working class hero....although he thought he was
@danwall6662
Жыл бұрын
@@paulinehannon4514 He started in poor and precarious conditions with his mother, then Aunt Mimi went to social services and insisted he is taken into her care He then grew up in leafy semi detached suburbia, but the damage was already done.
@Glicksman1
Жыл бұрын
John Lennon, abandoned by both his father and mother, abandoned his first son. He was an intelligent, sensitive, brilliant musician, but he did not possess sufficient character to break the chain of abuse and to love his son as he should have. He also emotionally abused his first wife, Cynthia, who I have never heard ever did anything to deserve it. He brazenly betrayed and cheated on her in her face and left her in an unnecessarily brutal manner. He could be nasty (parodied as "Ron McNasty" of the Rutles) and cuttingly cruel in one moment and generous and kind in the next. He was a witty, razor sharp, volatile and unpredictable stick of dynamite. He also created some of the greatest music of all time. We have seen many such incandescent geniuses who are not such good people at heart. Of course, It doesn't have to be that way, some of them are and have been very good people, indeed. I suppose that one thing has nothing to do with the other. We are complex beings for sure.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for stating facts. That is what we all should do. Tell the truth. Whether John's worshippers want to accept it or not, he committed horrid acts on others. Fortunately he seemed to try and make amends later on and that is good. There is the truth.
@Glicksman1
Жыл бұрын
@@triplejazzmusicisall1883 Well, you're welcome but I take no particular credit for it. You're absolutely correct, telling the truth as we know it is the default position for human beings. Anything less is dishonesty. I know, in these days where almost 40% of Americans believe the most bare-faced lies, completely unsupported by any credible evidence about Trump and his cohorts, the truth seems to be a rare commodity. But it is still the coin of the realm. Most Americans are onto that nonsense as the last midterm elections proved. Anyway, yes, it seems that John reached some rapprochement with Julian, despite Yoko Ono's attempts to block it as well as John's fatherly desire to bestow upon Julian some of the family's assets to which he was properly heir. Why Ono would do this, is beyond me. There was surely more than enough to go around and then some. John never reconciled with Cynthia, also largely because of Ono's influence. This indicates just who and what Ono really is.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883
Жыл бұрын
@@Glicksman1 Thank you so much for your considered, articulate and kind reply. I live in Australia. It is interesting to read your comments as that is very much how Australian's tend to view the U.S. during recent times. Last night I watched a stream where an author of a book on Yoko was being discussed. You could tell the host was being so careful to not disparage Yoko in anyway. Ms. Madeline Bocaro, author of the book "In Your Mind: The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono" was talking. It was extremely complimentary and none of those 'delicate' topics were even raised. A puff piece really. I appreciate your awareness and intelligence and that you value truth even when unpalatable. I think a person can be both truthful and respectful at the same time. You showed this in your considered words. Thank you again.
@Glicksman1
Жыл бұрын
@@triplejazzmusicisall1883 You are welcome and I thank you for your kind remarks. Books like the one you mentioned are usually "puff pieces" and often not worth our time if accurate and insightful information is sought. I recently read an excellent biography of Judy Garland which had all the known and knowable facts and timeline correct. It didn't pull any punches. It was not an angry book, nor did it overly criticize my favourite singer. However, it painted a very sad and gloomy picture of Ms. Garland's life, which I fear may, in fact, be quite true. I mention this book as a good example of how a biography can tell the truth and be sympathetic while not sugar-coating things to the point of absurdity. Regarding the Ono book, there is always an innate problem with writing books about people who are still living. Often, if the author wants the subject to cooperate and disclose a few "secrets", he or she has to give the subject person a good deal of editorial power. Once that happens, objective truth and accuracy are usually in grave jeopardy. If such power is withheld from the subject and he or she is not pleased with the resulting publication, there is always a chance that lawsuits for slander might be brought. The distinct possibility of this might cause an author to be overly cautious and leave out much that ought to be written. Cheers.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883
Жыл бұрын
@@Glicksman1 I promise you I will not be sending you a barrage of continual replies. It's just that you mention Judy Garland in your reply. I have recently discovered a lovely young lady on KZitem who is a massive Judy Garland fan and has a voice very reminiscent of the legend herself. It is not a pastiche either but her real voice. Her name is Stella Katherine Cole. Both talented and very joyful you might like to check out her music. All the best to you.
@yesterdayproductions1019
Жыл бұрын
Great Songwriter, Great Rock Tenor Voice, Great Rhythm guitarist. That's all i care about. Everyone has a bad side to them, including jealous writers & talentless critics who never made it.
@doreekaplan2589
8 ай бұрын
A LOT of people are abandoned in a variety of ways, including wars,who do well in their life and dont blame others for their personal issues. John had a home and family. Charlie Chaplin grew up on the streets...literally. HIS son says John was a lousy father and a person he knew but did not admire, as well a man who abused HIS wife and son.
@maryanngarcia3080
Жыл бұрын
John Lennon was a magnificently talented musician, loved by millions. His personal life was just that,personal!
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
It couldn't have been that personal ....when he had the 'bed in ' in Amsterdam...not much privacy there.
@joycesmith4608
Жыл бұрын
Lennon was a public figure a ass hole big time treated his wife and family like garbage.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883
Жыл бұрын
@@paulinehannon4514 I think that is a very fair point. John and Yoko shared immense amounts of information about their personal lives. Even with the music videos it was always about them. Whether John was a bastard or genius is perhaps not the most prevalent question as wee know if he could be both. The question is though, 'Was he a narcissist, He did seem to be focusing on his own problems all the time and whilst those difficulties were real and challenging for him, others too have had just as bad if not worst happen to them but they moved on without becoming self-pitying or preachy. The other Beatles had terrible times growing up but they didn't harp on about it endlessly. So I don't think he was innately a bad person, and his musical genius often shone through but he definitely could be very selfish is some regard in always presenting himself as a victim.
@Turtledove2009
Жыл бұрын
@@triplejazzmusicisall1883John always articulated what he felt at any given time and he admitted that he couldn't help that. He shared his inner thoughts with us. I personally found him very interesting.
@Turtledove2009
Жыл бұрын
@@paulinehannon4514 You misunderstood the message.
@babettenorrell5881
Жыл бұрын
I loved John Lennon. He was my favorite of all the Beatles and more when he left them. I will always miss him. His death was uncalled for!!!!
@peter58peter
Жыл бұрын
killer decides who is to live and who must die.
@charlottelouise209
Жыл бұрын
@@peter58peter Like that 'person' was God when he was a waste of oxygen.
@makaveli4205
Жыл бұрын
The guy who killed him is still alive in prison. He was denied parole 12 times.
@jimnfl7134
10 ай бұрын
would not call John a Genius. Everything takes a Team effort. With the others and George Martin and approval they worked so hard for is what Made the BEATLES work.
@richardbruton1224
10 ай бұрын
@@jimnfl7134 Okay bud listen, we know what work he did for the beatles which alone makes him a genius, doesn't matter if he had other geniuses around him making music as well. Not to mention the two masterpieces he put out after the Beatles, as well as 2 really great albums after those. SO yeah he was a genius both in songwriting but also how he carried himself and how he shaped culture, he was a pioneer of the conscious pop star.
@crisbrown1613
2 жыл бұрын
The BEATLES: And John Lennon. HAD: Been A Major Influence For Myself During The 1970’s and The 1980’s.
@lisaparsons4124
Жыл бұрын
Yes I agree 💯 love the Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney are awesome and George Harrison and Ringo Starr 😁
@jchow5966
Жыл бұрын
He was a musical genius. He was a man.
@CarlaYvonne
Жыл бұрын
A man that didn't want to have anything to do with his oldest son? Ok,If that is your definition of a man. Lord help us all
@mikeluke7417
Жыл бұрын
A man who beat women.😮😮
@charlottelouise209
Жыл бұрын
@@mikeluke7417 Probably because you do too.
@mikeluke7417
Жыл бұрын
@@charlottelouise209 so, because I don't approve of your " hero" you accuse me of the same despicable act😨shame on you Charlotte. He also used to bring prostitutes back to the Dakota hotel in front of Yoko. But I guess you will forgive him for that as well. Another thing that I have NEVER done.
@JJStale
5 ай бұрын
@@mikeluke7417didn’t Cynthia say he hit her once whilst drunk
@triciabauld9089
Жыл бұрын
As a Diehard Beatles fan your video is not 100% accurate but good effort. People can be so judgemental the expression. "You have to walk A mile in someone elses Shoes " springs to mind. No-ones perfect I'm sure weve all done things weve regretted in later years. John was a highly intellegent musical genius BUT he was only human after all.R.I.P. miss you ❤
@adriennemaller4024
Жыл бұрын
Yes, what about Julian. He's turned out to be a very compassionate young man.❤
@chriscampanozzi6516
Жыл бұрын
Thank you John Lennon.
@DavidBrown-bp4iq
9 ай бұрын
FACT: Many of us were mistreated or abandoned. We didn't make a trademark career out of it. We didn't invent a Yoko out of it. Narcissist Johnny did.
@sherihedgecock4618
Жыл бұрын
so many well written songs with great music. i find it hard to have a favorite song. i love Lennon's music and George,s music
@fionamackenzie9841
Жыл бұрын
What a lovely story ,Lennon was a genius , thier was loads of broken hearts the day that nutter took his life 💔
@PaulFormentos
Жыл бұрын
@@fionamackenzie9841 MINE IS STILL
@pierrecoulombeleprof5879
Жыл бұрын
BY FAR... the BEST synthesis of the perturbed musician... and the song "Julia", the deepest cry a son could ever hush...
@PaulFormentos
8 ай бұрын
sang it to my dying Grand Mom, it calmed her
@lisaparsons4124
Жыл бұрын
John Lennon a awesome singer and song writer alot of great songs.May John Lennon and George Harrison RIP 💐
@PaulFormentos
Жыл бұрын
AND PAUL?? Sorry couldnt resist
@johngammon963
2 жыл бұрын
I would imagine a bit of both. God bless Johnny and see you at the toppermost of the poppermost x
@domestikgoddez9823
Жыл бұрын
i 'll see them in the afterlife standing in Black Pooled Lights... being a fan along with Jack White...
@gretchennelson7056
Жыл бұрын
Uh, why wasn’t there more on John and Paul’s friendship? You spent WAY too much time on Stuart.
@MultiJoe84
Жыл бұрын
I love Lennon’s music. Obviously I never knew him personally! Imagine Jealous guy #9 dream Watching the wheels Beautiful boy and my personal favourite Woman
@marcyfan-tz4wj
Жыл бұрын
you're forgetting the ones john wrote after 1980. oh, i forgot a CERTIFIED BASTARD, compltely lacking in genius and/or decency murdered him and left everyone in the world to judge him for more years than he lived on earth.
@kevindean1327
Жыл бұрын
Lots of people I know didn't really grow up until their 50s, I'm one of them. John Lennon or Elvis you think you could have handled what they did?. I think that kind of fame would mess a whole lot of people up!!!
@donnamacleod4488
10 ай бұрын
True.. even with all of Elvis’s faults .. he never abandoned his daughter.
@Davidf8L
Жыл бұрын
It's a cruel world for sure, all the lonely people and such
@kathymacias8124
Жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Oct.9, 1940 John Lennon 🎉🎈🎂 Oct. 9, 2022 Sunday Today..miss your Music.. Happy birthday Sean Lennon..
@ItsBiographer
Жыл бұрын
Happy birthday!
@belladonna70
Жыл бұрын
you need to read , imagine growing up john lennons sister..written by Julia Baird ..johns sister as he regularly was at his mothers house with his siblings all through his life.. nowhere boy is an amazing film , but is not factual or accurate it is only based on john lennons life in part.
@lizrockrollnow
Жыл бұрын
I was hoping to hear how often he saw Julian as a kid, like twice a year or what. Love John and his music but thought it was sad he didn't spend more time with Julian. Since Alfred tried to get John to live with him, it shows he cared and maybe he didn't realize visitation was a thing.
@franmichellecotter3649
Жыл бұрын
Excellent biography on John, his life, his influences, and ultimately his music. As far as how LSD effected John's music and how he thought about that influence, only John can truly refeclt what contribution it had on his music and life. Every trip is different just and there were so many kinds that affected each person differently. I believe that it was part of the big picture, along with meditation, his romance with Yoko, his angered of his life without his parents, the death of people close to him, hid art with words and drawing. People are not one thing that defines who they are and what their life is. That would be boring, and John was not boring, he was creative and took pieces of his life and put them into his art and music. I was 10 when the Beatles were big in the US. I love all there music. The songs with not much lyrics but great music and great voices, to the more complex songs in there later albums. I am a fan of there work as a group and solo artist. It is sad that John could not be around for his children, he dud leave a legacy of his life to them in all the ways he wanted to express, his family, his work, and his creativeaty.
@jeanlind7540
Жыл бұрын
John’s problem was heroin.
@helenamaria710
Жыл бұрын
@@jeanlind7540 John's problem was Yoko Ono.
@jeanlind7540
Жыл бұрын
@@helenamaria710 I agree to a certain extent but Paul has talked about this and at the time, pre Beatlemania John’s girlfriend Cynthia became pregnant, John did the ‘right thing’ and married her and when Beatles became famous bought beautiful house in Surrey where Cynthia and Julian lived. However, Cynthia was very much a pipe and slippers lady and they were slipping apart as John was such a complex man, wanting something different therefore, when Yoko was introduced to her he became infatuated with her (incidentally she first targeted Paul) His treatment of then wife and son was appalling & Julian said Paul was more of a father to him. I remember Paul was driving to see Cynthia and Julian when Hey Jude came to him - it was originally Hey Jules, for Julian. Whatever, Paul has retained a friendship with Yoko, as he has with George’s widow Olivia and they can often be seen front row when he is performing. I think of all Beatles Paul had a very happy marriage, became a vegetarian and his children have had careers in their own right, most successful of these being Stella. I think he was badly affected by Linda’s death, hence his unfortunate marriage to Heather Mills, who hurt him on every level. However he adores his daughter from that marriage & has often been seen with her in the town of Rye, near to his house in Peasmarsh, which is really his main home and where he spent Covid lockdown. He has been happily married to Nancy for a number of years, her background as an heiress from a Jewish New York family is eerily similar to that of Linda.
@Turtledove2009
Жыл бұрын
John was my favourite Beatle precisely because he was so human and complicated (and talented). I would not presume to judge him - we all make mistakes.
@509cougs
Жыл бұрын
@jeanlind7540 you are mistaken about this documentary. This one has so many mistakes, it shocking. There are many great ones on KZitem (I.e., "How the Beatles Changed the World").
@myguitar5724
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles songs that influenced me musically are Paperback Writer, Back in the USSR, and Revolution I. Lennon was not perfect, but I don't think we should expect rock bands to be perfect. He certainly could have treated his first wife Cynthia and family better. He did not deserve his tragic ending. I think it best to take him for who he was faults and all. Drugs changed the music, maybe not for the better. The Beatles were at their best when they did straight up rock songs without the added orchestration.
@annemclean2548
Жыл бұрын
I remember John talking about his sons in a TV interview. He said his first son was born from the bottom of a whiskey bottle and his second was born from love. I decided then and there he was a B.... to say that on TV about your son bottom of the barrel in my books.
@redcrabsc1149
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! No respect for him whatsoever.
@4Barbe
Жыл бұрын
John wasn't ready to have a child at age 22.
@annemclean2548
Жыл бұрын
@@4Barbe a lot of us were not ready to have our first child but we loved them just the same. That is no excuse to say something like that on national TV. How do you think his son felt shame on you for making excuses for him.
@mnbv990
Жыл бұрын
agreed.
@OCTOBERBABY7901
Жыл бұрын
@@4Barbe stupid asinine comment!
@lorirose3765
Жыл бұрын
I never understood why he abandoned his first child Julian. Didn’t even leave him any money in his Will!
@Melons-vg8dq
Жыл бұрын
Cynthia was very nasty
@janeyd5280
Жыл бұрын
@@Melons-vg8dqhhahahah😅
@Cool427
10 ай бұрын
Everyone is flawed its human to be not perfect.
@stuie999
Жыл бұрын
Its a common misconception that his mum bought him his first guitar, it was actually mi mi who bought it for him.
@kevstacey8639
Жыл бұрын
How ironic that John Lennon, the bad-ass of the group, was "never a street kid or a tough guy", a "suburban kid, imitating the rockers", while sweet, gentle, good-natured, happy-go-lucky Ringo was the real deal, he was a Teddy Boy and was in a gang, and being a little bloke growing up in a rough area I daresay he learned how to fight at an early age.
@chrisst8922
Жыл бұрын
Ringo's upbringing was without a doubt the worst of all of them. Yet he's become a much admired individual.
@suecoombs6993
Жыл бұрын
One can be a genius AND a bastard! They are by no means exclusive of each other.
@stephanielee9407
10 ай бұрын
Over the years, I’ve learned I can love music and neither know nor care about the musicians and their personal lives.
@moffat2028
Жыл бұрын
Why did he treat JULIAN his son the way he did as if he did not exist and when he died yoko wasn't much better and he had to accept what yoko gave him he had to sell thing's that were his fathers but is trying to buy them back.
@treasurehunteruk9718
Жыл бұрын
He didn't want Julian or to marry Cynthia. He was just making it as a big star, and a wife and kid were not what he needed, he just got lumbered with them. Brian told him to keep Cynthia under wraps and not let folks know he was married, cos this wasn't good for the image of a 'pop star', who depended on teenage girls to buy his records. He tried to hide Cynthia from the public, but it did get out there was a wife and kid on the scene.
@Melons-vg8dq
Жыл бұрын
He supported him, plenty. Not bad for an anchor baby
@treasurehunteruk9718
Жыл бұрын
@@Melons-vg8dq Julian was born and raised in Liverpool.
@charlottelouise209
Жыл бұрын
@@treasurehunteruk9718 No he wasn't. Julian was born in Liverpool but soon moved to the south of England.
@treasurehunteruk9718
Жыл бұрын
@@charlottelouise209 Yes, of course. I forgot they all deserted Liverpool as soon as they got rich, and wanted nothing to do with the place. They moved to a luxurious mansion in Surrey with 22 bedrooms and had staff. I think Cynthia said it cost £19,000 at the time.
@charladiannealbritton3518
Жыл бұрын
Their best song was" I Want to Hold Your Hand "! I was 15 going on 16 when The Beatles first sang on Ed Sullivan's show!I sat there screaming my head off and my step- mother saying you're a fool! That night I loved George the best because I felt sorry for him because he had a sore throat! Afterwards,I Loved John the best! I knew John was the leader right away and he was so cute & funny!George was my second favorite! I didn't! like him at all being with Yoko! I blamed her for years for The Beatles break-up! Now,I have forgiven everyone and I 'm hoping to meet John & George,Paul and Ringo in Heaven someday!!
@BamaFanUSMC
Жыл бұрын
John had anger issues, and he was not a good husband or father to Julian and Cynthia. But, he never hid from that and was very open about it. And he made sure he didn't make the same mistake with Sean.
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
Don't think that can excuse his behaviour...
@Melons-vg8dq
Жыл бұрын
He was 21 when he married and it was a shotgun wedding
@donnamacleod4488
10 ай бұрын
@@Melons-vg8dqSO The F what..
@rosalugo5723
9 ай бұрын
Looking and watching John’s biography, Julian looks like his fathers twin brother, so much look a like. Both very talented musicians, song writers and photographer .
@whitehawk22
Жыл бұрын
John's art wasn't *included* in the "school newspaper," The Daily Howl - The Daily Howl was in fact ALL John's personal creation - his creative outlet and comic "contribution" to his schoolmates.
@jecolaco
8 ай бұрын
Just listen to his music and enjoy.......does not matter what he was personally......✌
@louislorenzi-prince3842
Жыл бұрын
He was perhaps both a genius and a bastard in addition to possessing a vast array of both dazzling and dark traits.
@thesilvershining
Жыл бұрын
^ Yes
@rogerfournier3284
Жыл бұрын
We all do! ;John was John!
@jameshotz1350
Жыл бұрын
Lennon with McCartney was a music genius.
@kevincerce5056
Жыл бұрын
I saw The Beatles at NY Mets Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965. How it happened, my 16-year-old sister was given the task to purchase five tickets in advance for herself and four girlfriends. At the last minute, one of the girls couldn't go. My father was just about to drive them to the LIRR, He told my sister, "Take Kevin" I remember the train ride as all girls, many of which were singing Beatles songs, at the stadium our seats were just behind the 3rd base dugout about 6 or 7 rows back. I remember girls screaming, giant bed sheets painted with different "I love You" Flash camera's going off all over the stadium, and girls fainting. I could hardly hear over the screaming, I was only 13 years old. Lucky me I was there! I saw Paul's "new world tour" in 1993, again at NY Citifield's "Return to Shea" in 2009
@v1e1r1g1e1
8 ай бұрын
45:23 ''the relationship did not result in anything''. Bolderdash!! The relationship resulted in Walls And Bridges, one of John's absolutely BEST albums for years!!
@theseustoo
Жыл бұрын
You know, the terms 'genius' and 'bastard' are NOT mutually exclusive... it IS quite possible to be BOTH! :/
@aporue5893
7 ай бұрын
what about the man who ended his life? he is actually evil .There was no reason to shoot him. R.I.P. John lennon. :(
@stevearmstrong4561
2 жыл бұрын
Love John..Imagine is my favorite.
@keanureeves2748
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your love and support
@zyxmyk
Жыл бұрын
The Beatles broke up when they were all about thirty, so any bad boy behavior would be things they did in their teens or twenties. Would you like to be known forever for things you did in the teens and twenties? He found somebody he loved, they had a child. He was then a devoted dad and husband, all post Beatles. He tracked his friends' birthdays and sent them personal collages he had made just for them, sometimes including cassettes of funny voices and little songs. He was funny, he was artistic, he could be a caring friend beyond any I've ever had. Once he and McCartney post Beatles spend the evening with David Bowie who played his new album (bowie's new album) for them over and over. finally, mcCartney asked if he could play something else. Bowie was hurt Lennon could see, so he called him the next day and said, oh, hey, don't take him personally. I was married to him for years." Lennon told an employee this story and the man said, "But McCartney hurt his feelings, shouldn't he apologize not you." Lennon said, "He wouldn't even know what you're talking about." another time during his "lost weekend" with may pang he and pang went out with mick jagger and david bowie. when they got back home and were alone Lennon said to Pang, "Gee, when I said such and which to them do you think they took that too much to heart?" Pang said, "Everything you say to them is important to them because of who you are." Lennon said, "It's so hard being me!" Listen, damnit, this was a nice person, a good person. He got kicked around in childhood and that made him moody because his mind was replaying the bad stuff but he was clearly a songwriting genius and a caring soul. try to remember that. he was just a guy, a talented artistic guy but just a guy and subject to error. give him a break. once he sent somebody to a beatle covention to buy him some memorabalia and they guy asked lennon if he had any message for his fans. he said, "remind them the MUSIC is the important thing." he'd tell us the same thing. not the random stories about his voyage through life on earth.
@frederickanderson1860
2 ай бұрын
John Lennon just unleashed his inner feelings in his music. I think he would have mellowed if he had lived longer
@nbrown5907
10 ай бұрын
Thank you, It was nice to look back. I am 58 and my mom was pregnant with me when she saw the Beatles in Chicago. I grew up listening to The Beatles and had many books about them.
@callyejamerson1078
2 жыл бұрын
Too hard to change a favorite but I always love imagine and I always loved Let It Be I think that's let it be this my Soulful really down the Earth One it's absolutely beautiful and can't forget about Strawberry Fields once you know the story that one really sticks with you
@keanureeves2748
2 жыл бұрын
Hello dear ,how are you
@Nina5144
Жыл бұрын
John wasn’t abandoned. His mum was ‘different, sure a nice, fun person but not responsible enough to be a mother, so his aunt took care of him, raising him as her own. John still regularly visited his mum and her new family (see John’s sister’s book). Both parents wanted him (as stated here). My husband was in a similar situation when his mum/dad divorced. Upsetting but hey, you grow up. I have an acquaintance who attended school with John, albeit younger. He remembers being bulled by John and having snow and snowballs thrust down his shirt by him. The guitars story is also embellished as he played guitar at Mimi’s. Not my favourite Beatle, that was George. Odd that the ‘genius’ John had hardly any career after the Beatles, despite many efforts. His Double Fantasy sadly only became a hit due to John’s tragic murder. I bought it and absolutely hated it (eek and yikes Yoko is screeching on it).
@HieronymousCheese
9 ай бұрын
Great comment. Tra-la-la-la-la... (Not just the screeching!!! LOL)
@kitkatkatorrie1982
Жыл бұрын
John Lennon was a legend 💜Love Him, miss him
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
His own son called him a hypocrite...with all the peace and love protests....another way of John getting the attention that he always craved.
@carmelaszymanski8232
Жыл бұрын
We all do
@PaulFormentos
Жыл бұрын
@@paulinehannon4514 maybe he was trying to reverse THE DEAL he made?
@janvrolijk9126
5 ай бұрын
Whatever gets you through the night was John's first #1 hit. Imagine reached the spot only after he died...
@john0597
Жыл бұрын
No I've got to really say thank goodness for John Lennon's mum introducing him to Elvis domino and rock and roll music god bless you Julia Lennon
@cynthiaenglehartswan7966
Жыл бұрын
I never forgave him for leaving his first son. I loved his music.
@staceykeeley4219
Жыл бұрын
Your forgiveness or lack of it isn't important. Julian forgave him and that's the only thing that matters. You don't matter.
@domestikgoddez9823
Жыл бұрын
@@staceykeeley4219 a Little Harsh but yeah what was important that julian forgave him. they had a deal that if their was an afterlife that connected to the here and now, john would float a white feather in front of julian. julian said, years ago, so far - no feather. that bummed me out...
@staceykeeley4219
Жыл бұрын
@@domestikgoddez9823 No need to be bummed out. Julian says... "then something happened to me while on tour in Australia with the album Photograph Smile, I was presented with a white feather by an Aboriginal tribal elder from the Mirning people, which definitely took my breath away".
@domestikgoddez9823
Жыл бұрын
@@staceykeeley4219 wow - that is something to have happened. did he say anymore about it?
@letisia1908
Жыл бұрын
@@domestikgoddez9823 Julian also posted a photo on his Insta account, 1 or 2 years ago, of a white feather he found outside his door one fine morning... And above all, he created a foundation called "The White Feather Foundation". All of this is important... I'm sure if John had lived longer, he would have been very close and very proud of Julian.
@karaamundson3964
Жыл бұрын
re. the Beatles' learning curve & song development in their first four to five years: I don't think they needed LSD to hit the amazing tunes like Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields, or any of the Pepper tunes. Dylan & Donovan were both a big influences, and over time Geoff Emerick, Neil Aspinall, George Martin, and many musicians who were not in the band influenced their sound & direction. I've had a theory for a while now...Paul says that he & John 'bonded' bc they both lost their mothers in their youth. (Of course, Paul still had his father & brother...a broken but somewhat normal family structure, and they'd all had a certain amount of time to process Mary's cancer, the likeliness of her death from it, and ways to tell her how much they loved her and goodbye.) John's father had abandoned him; his sisters were not living with him. Once Julia was suddenly and horribly killed, John had to go live with Mimi, a woman who was unsympathetic to his character and interests...to say the least. Early in the proto-Beatles timeline, Paul introduced a scrawny young teen to John: George Harrison, a kid who looked "about ten," as George recalled, but who played guitar much better than either of the older bandmates according to Hans-Olaf Henkel, who spent many hours watching the band play in Hamburg when Stu Sutcliffe was still playing bass and Pete Best was on drums. John had a hard time cottoning to the youngest band member because he seemed so young; Paul simply talked down to him. However, one other factor might have been weighing on the two songwriters' minds. George still had a very loving and supportive mother...much as Julia had been. He also had older brothers and sisters, and on one occasion, his father had shown up at George's school to exact retribution in the form of a sock in the face to a teacher who had administered the strap too freely to George's wrist for wearing 'Teddy-boy' clothes. Paul said that on that occasion, the whole school experienced a bout of hero worship for a day or two...and that his father never would have done it! (Though they didn't know him yet, Ringo's mother too had gone through everything she could simply to keep her sickly only child alive...Ringo's dad vanished until fame caught up with the young man. The other three Beatles were a bit afraid of Ringo as he radiated a biker-type image...but of course he was nothing of the sort.) So...fortune's child George whose mother insisted on answering fan mail, made him hot meals, was present in the front row of the Cavern to sing the Beatles' tunes when they returned from Hamburg, and kissed him on the cheek in front of cameras after tours had one up on John and Paul for sure. I very much doubt that he thought about it; he'd simply lived his whole life with strong family values and loyalty. But the mother-envy, especially for John, must have been agonizing. Now I'll watch the video...
@granthurlburt4062
Жыл бұрын
I don't think LSD in general has any more than a superficial short-term effect. And long-term use is deletorious
@arlen9190
Жыл бұрын
LSD was instrumental in their music Pepper onwards.....you obviously never experienced it
@gordonely6911
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Kara , I enjoyed yr comments 💡
@domestikgoddez9823
Жыл бұрын
they used george martin - their most influential input ingested. they learned composition, multi tracking, musical structure... he interjected their most "unique" sounds - sgt peppers lonely heart club band..."
@neuhuberful
Жыл бұрын
❤ All you need is love 💗 I will always love ❤ John Lennon ❤
@coraicasiano4854
Жыл бұрын
He was my favorite among the members of Beatles. Lost admiration when he became involved with Yoko Ono.
@ClepsidraSideral
10 ай бұрын
It's very common that people who were abandoned, become parents that abandon in some form. To be fair, John lived with Cyn for a good few years, but the hectic Beatle schedule didn't allow him to be home that often, and maybe, for the best, because he was still neurotic and violent. The fact that initially Julian was not in his will, I bet it was because of Yoko. Later, he was granted a trust. People are not perfect. John had attachment issues as a result to his mom and dad not being in his life. "I'm just a human, a victim of the insane..."
@maestromike91971
Жыл бұрын
Yoko got all of Johns things. There were some of those things we’re supposed to go to Julian, Yoko knew that so she sold them at an auction?! So Julian had to go all over the country and pay twice as much as they bought them for! He spent a Fortune ! But he got His dads John Lennon s things that had sentimental reasons. Yoko only wanted power and $$$!
@schanychamemphis1327
Жыл бұрын
Sean should help him buy this stuff back.
@treasurehunteruk9718
Жыл бұрын
John could have given Julian more when he was alive, or put those things in his will to ensure Julian got them. I don't suppose he cared about Julian, cos he said he never wanted to marry Cynthia in the first place.
@peter58peter
Жыл бұрын
she does not deserve to be mentioned.
@inwardk
Жыл бұрын
I can never listen to John's music without thinking of Julian, and how John treated him.
@maestromike91971
Жыл бұрын
@@inwardk I know how you fell. Julian looks a lot like his father . Shawn looks like Yoko,.
@j.fisher8369
2 жыл бұрын
This document is rife with inaccuracies. Author, please review and revise. Audience, please disregard.
@ItsBiographer
2 жыл бұрын
What inaccuracies did you find?
@wolfebeardsnarl5691
Жыл бұрын
@@ItsBiographer your mispronounciations for starters, completely laughable 🤣
@lindamonreal1683
Жыл бұрын
IMAGINE. When I know about Music.Yes The Beatles Great Songs.Amazing.I Love John Lennon.♥️♥️♥️⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@terrytari1891
9 ай бұрын
I believe in peace. I think everybody should love PEACE!
@feralbluee
Жыл бұрын
god, i miss him. and then George. (just to note - Yoko is 90! i just makes no sense to me how we get older. why can’t we look like we were in our ‘50’s til the end?! :) 😋🌹🌱
@joysynmonds9082
Жыл бұрын
But for a change of heart at 5 y o , we may never have even known him. ❤💗❤
@maestromike91971
Жыл бұрын
The only Beatles who went to the Summer of love. Was George. And he didn’t like it.
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
True!
@CatherineCase-vc9sq
Жыл бұрын
Abandoned child, deprived of love? Are you serious? His father left him when he was 5 just like John left his own son. But his mother was always in his life and they were very close. After John's father left, Julia was unable to provide properly for him so John lived with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George. He had a good home and was surrounded by family including his mother.
@hollyprincipato3287
8 ай бұрын
I always loved the Beatles. John was my favorite
@pjj9491
Жыл бұрын
I thought this was gonna be about his abandoned and neglected son Julian....hmmmm
@paulinehannon4514
Жыл бұрын
John was not neglected or abandoned...apart from his dad....he had a good family.
@user-ke8st8jc1v
Жыл бұрын
And let’s not forget how he told us that we “ need no possessions “ while he was getting richer and richer
@tyepod6482
3 ай бұрын
@@paulinehannon4514 bro his mother got hit by a car and died tf are you talking about 💀
@paulinehannon4514
3 ай бұрын
@tyepod6482 I'm not called, bro .. and I'm aware of johns personal history.
@tyepod6482
3 ай бұрын
@@paulinehannon4514 "I'm not called bro☝🤓" bro the day I find someone who asked your opinion will be the day doctors find a cure for cancer 💀
@hafsaiero8248
Жыл бұрын
He was a musical genius that's for sure, maybe not the best person out there, but I still appreciate his honesty and love for his career
@pjj9491
Жыл бұрын
5 strong women in his life....then he picks Yoko "kotex on her head" screeching Ono....wtf
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