John Lennon's Exotic Car Collection

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  • čas přidán 12. 02. 2024
  • John Lennon was an iconic musician, songwriter, and peace activist who was widely influential in the 1960s and 1970s as a member of the legendary rock band, The Beatles. As a symbol of the counterculture movement, Lennon was known for challenging the status quo and living a life of luxury. Of all his possessions, perhaps the most impressive are his cars. While Lennon had a variety of luxury cars at his disposal, the exact number of cars he owned is a matter of some dispute. Today we’re exploring the number of cars Lennon owned and the stories behind them.
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  • @Accam570
    @Accam570 Před 2 měsíci +65

    Patrick Stewart tells a story about how McCartney gave him the keys to his Aston Martin in 1964. Stewart wasn't a star at the time - he was in a play with Paul's then girlfriend, Jane Asher - and told her that he'd love to be able to drive an Aston Martin. Paul just came into his dressing room one night and tossed him his keys.

    • @simontaylor2319
      @simontaylor2319 Před 2 měsíci +3

      I believe Chris Evans bought the cae for £1M

    • @schroedingers_kotze
      @schroedingers_kotze Před 2 měsíci +20

      Probably saying: Baby, you can drive my car...

    • @benwright6330
      @benwright6330 Před 2 měsíci +5

      ..cool story

    • @user-ht1xu4gv2u
      @user-ht1xu4gv2u Před 2 měsíci +5

      Make it. So....

    • @tomc8617
      @tomc8617 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Not that he deserved to die like he did, but...
      The Lost John Lennon Interview "Power to the People"
      by TARIQ ALI and ROBIN BLACKBURN
      TA (interviewer): In a way you were even thinking about politics when you seemed to be knocking revolution?
      JL (Lennon): Ah, sure, 'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count me out'.
      The original version which ends up on the LP said 'count me in' too; I put in both because I wasn't sure.
      There was a third version that was just abstract, musique concrete, kind of loops and that, people screaming.
      I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution--but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution.
      On the version released as a single I said 'when you talk about destruction you can count me out'. I didn't want to get killed.
      I didn't really know that much about the Maoists, but I just knew that they seemed to be so few and yet they painted themselves green and stood in front of the police waiting to get picked off. I just thought it was unsubtle, you know.
      I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it.
      That was how I felt--I was really asking a question.
      As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game. ..."

  • @toygiants8748
    @toygiants8748 Před 2 měsíci +214

    Not exactly "Imagine no possessions."

    • @johnfrei9057
      @johnfrei9057 Před 2 měsíci +27

      Exactly. Big Lennon fan but that point can’t be ignored.

    • @tbeau6663
      @tbeau6663 Před 2 měsíci

      Stop being a cunt, Those song lyrics came later. He had a station wagon in 1971.

    • @ronniedoorzon1576
      @ronniedoorzon1576 Před 2 měsíci

      He was a hypocrite, and when he would be still alive, then he would be a woke hypocrite now!

    • @metalmicky
      @metalmicky Před 2 měsíci +9

      Yes , he had a cool / fridge room for his / Yoko’s fur coats in the Dakota? Apartment where they lived….

    • @toygiants8748
      @toygiants8748 Před 2 měsíci

      Chapman was right. Lennon was a phony.
      A huge mansion filled with expensive furnishings, on a sprawling estate with luxury cars parked in front.
      He was no humanitarian. He was a money making capitalist. The complete opposite of President Jimmy Carter who actually made the world a better place and didn't just sing about it in exchange for millions of dollars.

  • @j.kevvideoproductions.6463
    @j.kevvideoproductions.6463 Před 2 měsíci +61

    Lennon was not really into cars much at all and was a horrible driver. He usually had chauffers. If you want to detail a Beatle that enjoyed & drove cars, you should cover George Harrison.

  • @ernielaw
    @ernielaw Před 2 měsíci +16

    John Lennon's yellow 1965 Rolls Royce later became Jim Pattison's car. He purchased it for 2.1 million dollars which at the time was the most ever spent on any car.

    • @mds2465
      @mds2465 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I personally have seen and been inside his Chrysler myself at Greenwich concours D’Elegance. Very nice car!

    • @tomc8617
      @tomc8617 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Not that he deserved to die like he did, but...
      The Lost John Lennon Interview "Power to the People"
      by TARIQ ALI and ROBIN BLACKBURN
      TA (interviewer): In a way you were even thinking about politics when you seemed to be knocking revolution?
      JL (Lennon): Ah, sure, 'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count me out'.
      The original version which ends up on the LP said 'count me in' too; I put in both because I wasn't sure.
      There was a third version that was just abstract, musique concrete, kind of loops and that, people screaming.
      I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution--but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution.
      On the version released as a single I said 'when you talk about destruction you can count me out'. I didn't want to get killed.
      I didn't really know that much about the Maoists, but I just knew that they seemed to be so few and yet they painted themselves green and stood in front of the police waiting to get picked off. I just thought it was unsubtle, you know.
      I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it.
      That was how I felt--I was really asking a question.
      As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game. ..."

  • @Karlheuken
    @Karlheuken Před 2 měsíci +57

    Imagine no possessions, Julian did when Yoko gave him $1 of John's huge estate.

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 Před 2 měsíci

      leftists are always the worst hypocrites

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 Před 2 měsíci +12

      lftis's are always the worst hypocrites...i see my first time posting that was deleted as usual, i must be on a list.

    • @Powertuber1000
      @Powertuber1000 Před 2 měsíci +4

      Later on, Julian reached a settlement agreement with Yoko for $20 million.

    • @syourke3
      @syourke3 Před 2 měsíci +17

      @@Powertuber1000I’m glad to hear it. It’s probably around one percent of the estate but it’s still a lot of money. But let’s face it, John was a jerk. So was Yoko.

    • @EliasLopez-sx5pp
      @EliasLopez-sx5pp Před 2 měsíci

      Por eso dicen que Dios los cria y ellos se juntan

  • @steveshattah
    @steveshattah Před 2 měsíci +83

    Imagine all those possessions.

    • @morganlewis2667
      @morganlewis2667 Před 2 měsíci +11

      It's easy if you try.

    • @martincvitkovich724
      @martincvitkovich724 Před 2 měsíci +5

      lET'S SOMEDAY JOIN HIM AND BE AS ONE. wHAT A COMMIE

    • @JoaoGabriel-lk9cv
      @JoaoGabriel-lk9cv Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@bbb462cidbecause he collected cars?

    • @southernbreeze3278
      @southernbreeze3278 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@bbb462cid not a great human? can you elaborate?

    • @JoaoGabriel-lk9cv
      @JoaoGabriel-lk9cv Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@bbb462cid I wasn’t trying to point out anything, but you just proved that you’re plain ignorant about him.

  • @timstapleman
    @timstapleman Před 2 měsíci +31

    The green Chrysler with the "Lennon" plates alliwed him to get around unnoticed.😂😂😂

    • @pcno2832
      @pcno2832 Před 2 měsíci +3

      It probably did. Even with that plate, I'll bet most of the public didn't recognize him riding in such a nondescript car. They probably thought it was some crazed fan.

    • @Scalihoo
      @Scalihoo Před 2 měsíci +1

      They photoshopped the plate

  • @stepheneaston701
    @stepheneaston701 Před 2 měsíci +32

    I sold John Lennon a couple of his cars in 67/69 including the White Rolls , I can tell you he paid £6000 for the car & it cost £ 6000 to change it to White including the interior & steering Wheel , incidentally we took the Ferrari off him & he had it painted Matt Black , we then had it painted in Gloss Black , also we had sold him the ISO Fidia & to be honest it was a bag of Nails , it had to go back to Italy to be put right & when it came back to the UK he gave to a staff member from Apple .

    • @ys_a1659
      @ys_a1659 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Why did John not just order an all new white Rolls Royce?

    • @stepheneaston701
      @stepheneaston701 Před 2 měsíci +14

      Because at that time there was a long order date & he wanted a car so that he & Yoko could go away in , we had 3 months to get the car transformed to his wishes .

    • @S2kTi
      @S2kTi Před 2 měsíci +2

      Very interesting ! Did he just show up at the dealer one day, or were you expecting his arrival?

    • @stepheneaston701
      @stepheneaston701 Před 2 měsíci +15

      @@S2kTi It is quite a long story but in essence his chauffeur Les Anthony came into our showroom & enquired whether we could get a RR Phantom ,as it happens we shared the garage facility with a famous chauffeur car hire company who had a new Phantom arriving & had EUC 100C coming off the fleet . It was then arranged that I took the car to JL house for him & Yoko to view it , & it all transpired from there .

    • @tomc8617
      @tomc8617 Před měsícem

      Not that he deserved to die like he did, but...
      The Lost John Lennon Interview "Power to the People"
      by TARIQ ALI and ROBIN BLACKBURN
      TA (interviewer): In a way you were even thinking about politics when you seemed to be knocking revolution?
      JL (Lennon): Ah, sure, 'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count me out'.
      The original version which ends up on the LP said 'count me in' too; I put in both because I wasn't sure.
      There was a third version that was just abstract, musique concrete, kind of loops and that, people screaming.
      I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution--but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution.
      On the version released as a single I said 'when you talk about destruction you can count me out'. I didn't want to get killed.
      I didn't really know that much about the Maoists, but I just knew that they seemed to be so few and yet they painted themselves green and stood in front of the police waiting to get picked off. I just thought it was unsubtle, you know.
      I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it.
      That was how I felt--I was really asking a question.
      As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game. ..."

  • @toybarons
    @toybarons Před 2 měsíci +17

    John wasn't a driver. Think that was pretty well know to fans. Have to say, the green "dragon wagon" is my fav of all the cars he owned. To me you can't beat a good station wagon. Thanks for the vid.

    • @herbertcourtesie2459
      @herbertcourtesie2459 Před 2 měsíci

      If tou were in John´s shoes, you wouldn´t drive either. A bobbie or a cop would stop you trying to book you on DWI with or without suspicion.

    • @wassomebody2386
      @wassomebody2386 Před 2 měsíci

      The green station wagon allowed him animosity? Can you imagine the heads would turn, today!

    • @herbertcourtesie2459
      @herbertcourtesie2459 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@wassomebody2386 Animosity or anonimousity? Know English?

    • @jchow5966
      @jchow5966 Před 2 měsíci

      He got a DL in 1965.

    • @johnsobey4261
      @johnsobey4261 Před 2 měsíci

      He didn’t have to drive, really never learned how, lot of time making music made him rich.

  • @Mk-qb2ny
    @Mk-qb2ny Před 2 měsíci +38

    Imagine no possessions (for you, not for me)

    • @user-cs7dz1ik8b
      @user-cs7dz1ik8b Před 2 měsíci +2

      Jajaja,un burgues,jugando a ser hippie.

    • @h.c.mcguire9657
      @h.c.mcguire9657 Před 2 měsíci +4

      While I am a steadfast Beatles fan, and listen to Beatles music almost every day, it has to be said that these 4, like all of us, are/were just humans trying to create a better world, while very aware that there are just as many others out there, (and usually sharing if not intruding in on your personal space) who don't give a rats ass about anyone else but themselves, and are therefore tearing down whatever good we are trying to build and sustain, and attempting, if we can, to enjoy our lives a bit in the process. I see John in this role. Perhaps allowing him to have a car collection, that while frivolous, may have (possibly)in the long run, made him a better contributing human(humanitarian ??), and far less selfish-absorbed human contaminator/user. Just a thought. . .

  • @PrecisionPointTennis
    @PrecisionPointTennis Před 2 měsíci +3

    Awesome again. Oh how I discovered music via the Beatles. Still my fav ever. Second is Bob Marley. Thanks for making another excellent worthwhile video

  • @simontaylor2319
    @simontaylor2319 Před 2 měsíci +5

    I can't imagine John Lennon & cars, becoming bored quickly as he did recording music. I recall an accident he had in Scotland (with Yoko) in the 60s

  • @donovanreimer2324
    @donovanreimer2324 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great report. Enjoyed this.

  • @jobsgarage
    @jobsgarage Před 2 měsíci +4

    Very well done, thank you

  • @Karlheuken
    @Karlheuken Před 2 měsíci +13

    Julian is not Yoko's son. He is John's 1st wife's son. John left his family in England

    • @adambane1719
      @adambane1719 Před měsícem +3

      ...and Kiyoko is not John's daughter. It's Yoko's previous partners daughter. She left her family in Japan
      So there !!!!

  • @deemika
    @deemika Před 2 měsíci +5

    Nicely done! RARE pics of the accident and John's facial bandage.

  • @cowanthegreat8966
    @cowanthegreat8966 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Very familiar with the hippy dippy Rolls. Spent a month having lunch next to it next to the Royal BC Museum in the 90s. Up close, the paint job wasn't very impressive, looked like it was painted by hippies.

  • @mustafastokely4962
    @mustafastokely4962 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I once owned two 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD wagons to transport my guitars, amps, keyboards, etc., to and from gigs. One (red) was a US variant, and the other (white) was a Euro-market white 300TD, similar to Lennon's TD. Incidentally, John Lennon purchased the very first Mercedes-Benz 300TD in the US. (When Mercedes was approached by Lennon, they were very excited about the potential publicity, and immediately pulled a Euro-market 300TD from a Berlin dealership showroom, quickly converting it to make it US-legal.) Apparently, Yoko Ono did not like the Merc wagon, calling it a death trap... (Unlike Yoko Ono, I found my wagons to be safe and reliable.) :D

  • @jameswillett7186
    @jameswillett7186 Před 2 měsíci +26

    My favorite car out of all the cars shown is the big American Station Wagon. I LOVED big American station wagons when I was a kid in the 1970's.

    • @PalaniRides
      @PalaniRides Před 2 měsíci +1

      Some of those Chrysler produced wagons from that era were really nice. Mercury also made some memorable ones. They all had a love affair with gas stations for sure.

    • @skipcallaham1517
      @skipcallaham1517 Před 2 měsíci +4

      My favorite was the Olds Vista Cruiser, the windows in the roof were just awesome!

    • @peteness9550
      @peteness9550 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Which of course is all about attention seeking and has nothing to do with the Fkuking TOPIC.

    • @deluxMessage
      @deluxMessage Před 2 měsíci +1

      Beetle????

  • @Licenciadopedro
    @Licenciadopedro Před 2 měsíci +4

    You forgot the Coral Red Rolls Royce he had and used while he lived in Tittenhurst. He used that car a lot. I know that as the Lennon's were our front door neighbours. Those cars had so dark tinted windows that you couldn't see anything inside. He also had a white Land Rover long chassis which he used to chase the intruders entering his 99 acre garden and kick them out in very rude manner.

    • @spacelook9076
      @spacelook9076 Před 2 měsíci

      I know! And he rolled over several of the nastier invaders and buried them under the rose bushes.

  • @Willsontime
    @Willsontime Před 2 měsíci +3

    He didn’t have so many cars. He has the Rolls and another in the UK. In the US he didn’t have any. Apple also was the official owner for the luxury cars

  • @KittyPurrfect100
    @KittyPurrfect100 Před 2 měsíci +4

    He was getting out of the passenger side of the Mini to record in 1966/1967

  • @barryroot
    @barryroot Před 2 měsíci +6

    To me the most interesting car he owned (maybe next to that blue Ferrari) would be the Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint he had when he was living in San Francisco while he and Yoko were separated. I don't see much about it online but I have seen period photos of it, with a blue and white psychedelic paint job. Someone has it somewhere, no doubt. Last I heard it was disassembled and "awaiting restoration."

    • @JoseDiaz-so6hf
      @JoseDiaz-so6hf Před 2 měsíci +1

      John Lennon never lived in San Francisco.

    • @barryroot
      @barryroot Před 2 měsíci

      @@JoseDiaz-so6hf LA, then. I guess. Just something I read a decade or more ago. Sorry I can’t provide a link.

    • @JoseDiaz-so6hf
      @JoseDiaz-so6hf Před 2 měsíci +2

      It's ok. I've read a lot about Lennon's 'lost weekend' in LA with May Pang, I just haven't come across him being in San Francisco... maybe they were there for a weekend or two... :). I just don't trust an article that says Sgt. Pepper's was released in 1970 (!), so that got me all cranky. Thanks for your calm and serious reply. @@barryroot

  • @tinkeringwithmark1186
    @tinkeringwithmark1186 Před měsícem +1

    We had both of the RR's. Great cars!

  • @SWog617
    @SWog617 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Imagine no possessions.
    I wonder if you can.
    No need for greed or hunger.
    A brotherhood of man.

  • @therelentlesswan
    @therelentlesswan Před 2 měsíci +4

    What car do you drive?
    I'm a minimalist, so I drive a white Rolls Royce.

  • @patrickbarrett5650
    @patrickbarrett5650 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Did he also collect clocks? An antique dealer at ‘trade-winds’ in Nottingham showed me a cheque signed by Lennon (his road manager chose the clock). He didn’t know whether it was worth more uncashed.

  • @theelderstatesman6502
    @theelderstatesman6502 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Wonderful cars in a wonderful time

    • @sirright8340
      @sirright8340 Před 2 měsíci

      Interesting, the planet-lover lefties owning so many cars? Typically, lefties' ideology: Do what I say, not what I do. I'm very important, you don't.

  • @NewBeatleJohn
    @NewBeatleJohn Před 2 měsíci +6

    Probably the most
    iconic beetle was
    the white one shortly
    shown at AbbeyRoad

    • @stp1649
      @stp1649 Před 2 měsíci

      You think so to bad it was a nazi made car 🚙 😮

    • @NewBeatleJohn
      @NewBeatleJohn Před 2 měsíci

      History sometimes
      turning MAGIC as
      LoveBug and Hippie
      symbol - both iconic
      beetles and BEATLES
      as well - like both ❤

    • @stp1649
      @stp1649 Před 2 měsíci

      @@NewBeatleJohn THE VW BEETLE SUCKS

    • @peterduxbury927
      @peterduxbury927 Před 2 měsíci

      Forget the knockers. I have owned and driven the exact same model & colour of this Abbey Road Beetle (as a daily driver) for 20 years. You have good taste!

    • @stp1649
      @stp1649 Před 2 měsíci

      @@peterduxbury927 you ever work on one Volks means people in Germany wagon is obvious Hitler called it the PEOPLE'S CAR and then they built the V 2 rocket 🚀 what a guy ? Anyway Paul was 26 at the time of the iconic picture but that's the Beatles who we could never second guess just listen to the music

  • @hollywoodjoe123
    @hollywoodjoe123 Před 2 měsíci +4

    At 7:27 the narrator says the Chrysler allowed him to get around without being noticed - - LOL- look at the plate it reads LENNON - LOL -

    • @duffbaker9554
      @duffbaker9554 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Most likely, the plate was added posthumously.

    • @hollywoodjoe123
      @hollywoodjoe123 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@duffbaker9554 YES that it what I also thought -- It must have been done later after John Lennon had passed away ! Thank you for your comment !

  • @artistsingerwriterproducer8288

    Is a good collection, have fun. Like some of your songs, write, compose a d sing too, have a look around, do short films too about cars etc, one of them now selected for a festival, need fast true investor, finance etc

  • @ericanderson1691
    @ericanderson1691 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I lived on the same block as his NYC Dakota apartment in 1994, and street parking was free if you moved your car for street cleaning days. I remember an old unlocked Rolls Royce that was always parked around his building that I would complete with for available spots. 14 years after his death...

  • @Stormyweather751
    @Stormyweather751 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Some counter culture figure. He sings about no Possessions. (imagine)

    • @Trombonology
      @Trombonology Před 2 měsíci +2

      "Positions"???? You're fit to criticise?

    • @Stormyweather751
      @Stormyweather751 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Trombonology well, Lennon did.

    • @Trombonology
      @Trombonology Před 2 měsíci

      @@Stormyweather751 You're saying that the lyric is "no positions"? If so, you are incorrect.

    • @Trombonology
      @Trombonology Před 2 měsíci +1

      Ha! Love the edit -- from _positions_ to _possessions_ . 🙄

    • @Stormyweather751
      @Stormyweather751 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Trombonology you are correct. Unfortunately my phone keyboard does not work that well

  • @telboyjack100
    @telboyjack100 Před měsícem +1

    As Elton John commented, "imagine three apartments " in reference to his New York flats.

  • @yvansilva9853
    @yvansilva9853 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Imagine was an idea he threw to the world but he never said he was communist as far as I know.
    Also the picture of the house shown is George Harrison’s in Hertfordshire, that’s no Lennon’s.

    • @sirright8340
      @sirright8340 Před 2 měsíci

      Interesting, the planet-lover lefties owning so many cars? Typically, lefties' ideology: Do what I say, not what I do. I'm very important, you don't.

  • @dimik3855
    @dimik3855 Před měsícem +1

    I am both a Lennon fan and an auto enthusiast and frankly, unimpressed in his choice of cars. He's still my Favorite Beatle.

  • @JoeBlow-fp5ng
    @JoeBlow-fp5ng Před 2 měsíci +3

    🎼🎵🎶🎵"Imagine no possessions. I've owned 100 cars."🎵🎶🎶

  • @wmstalla542
    @wmstalla542 Před 2 měsíci +7

    WOW, nothing but angry comments here! Poor John, not even safe in the grave. Not even close to All You need is LOVE!

    • @kevindimauro9689
      @kevindimauro9689 Před 2 měsíci +2

      “Yeah I just wanted to be rich.” These are his words at the start of this video.

    • @Acanofalconpunch
      @Acanofalconpunch Před měsícem

      Like how Lennon loved his son?

    • @marktoken6052
      @marktoken6052 Před 4 dny

      He's finally in a place where there's no possessions, y'know

  • @timbuckxxi9690
    @timbuckxxi9690 Před 2 měsíci +7

    At 3:32 John's Rolls has a very interesting PLATE #...TOO FUNNY..And...I never knew John was a bit of a car collector..

    • @AlanSmitheeman
      @AlanSmitheeman Před 2 měsíci +2

      FJB MC - Fender Jazz Bass playing Minor Chords

    • @chrisfranklin2104
      @chrisfranklin2104 Před 2 měsíci +2

      F J B !! ...I see !! 🤗

    • @southernbreeze3278
      @southernbreeze3278 Před 2 měsíci

      didn't look like he was. had a handful of expensive cars over the years as most rich people do, but didn't see where he was a collector

  • @hishamhilal8332
    @hishamhilal8332 Před 2 měsíci +2

    All the people hating and calling him a hypocrite. No it's not hypocrisy to write imagine and own nice things. His activism is still legit because he was spending his own money which he earned, he didn't rip anyone off or extort.

    • @marktoken6052
      @marktoken6052 Před 4 dny

      So Imagine was for you and me, not thee. Perfect as it sums up leftists' attitudes.

  • @guylancaster2055
    @guylancaster2055 Před 2 měsíci +12

    The working class hero as bourgeois as the next guy

    • @michaelg6641
      @michaelg6641 Před 2 měsíci

      Really...obviously and more to waste...

    • @user-ru7gg3tq6t
      @user-ru7gg3tq6t Před 2 měsíci

      No more bourgeois than Michael Jackson who died paying BACK Sony ..a debt slave. Your comment shows me you do NOT grasp the music biz and how the labels turn artists into debt slaves through advances for paying off previous debts. It also shows me you don't grasp capitalism and you have never read Marx,yet you glibly throw Marxist terms around like "bourgeoisie" and "proletariat". The class system in capitalism is SET, a worker CANNOT rise up BECAUSE the bourgeoisie does NOT share in the profit. It would be IMPOSSIBLE for the labels to have made money off of the Beatles, but pay them millions, and if you look up how little they were paid by EMI you would see the verification of that. The FEW cars at any one time IN THE 60s, Lennon "OWNED" ,were either bought for him by the label, or he bought them with ADVANCE money from the label. Music biz is A COMPANY TOWN. The LABEL owned him AND HIS CARS! ...later in the 70s he did not seek the phony status he sought in the 60s as well...read his Red Mole interview....

  • @MrPlownds26
    @MrPlownds26 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I heard a rumour that Rolls Royce bought the psycodelic phantom at the earliest oppertunity and resprayed it.

    • @spacelook9076
      @spacelook9076 Před 2 měsíci +1

      That ol' "psycodelic" phantom is hard to catch.

  • @drjackdaw6627
    @drjackdaw6627 Před 2 měsíci +10

    imagine no possessions, it's easy if you try....

    • @georgesmaillard1460
      @georgesmaillard1460 Před 2 měsíci

      "Just" imagine ...

    • @duffbaker9554
      @duffbaker9554 Před 2 měsíci

      "Oh, for chrissakes Neil-it's only a bloody song." John Lennon, once upon a time, to a joking Neil Aspinall.

  • @brianredmond4919
    @brianredmond4919 Před 2 měsíci +3

    😊” imagine no possessions,i wonder if you can ? - because i can’t “ pass the bubbly…….

  • @josefolsson5343
    @josefolsson5343 Před měsícem +4

    People seem to be a bit too quick to judge Lennon for having lived a different way of life than he envisioned in his solo part of his musical career. I'd like to ask the following question to these people: is it really that wrong to try and propagate a different life than the one you've been living?
    My point being that we are all human and, by default, equally capable of committing mistakes or acts that contradict our own outspoken principles. The difference here lies in whether we realize those and, if so, whether we try to make a change or choose to stick to our familiar patterns.
    I think John Lennon did the best he could to evolve as an individual despite all the hardships he had to conquer in his life, especially his younger years. Could he have been a better father/husband? Absolutely! Could he have avoided his wrongdoings? Not hardly considering his tainted soul. But I guess it's easier to ignore all of this and keep hating him rather than facing the possibility that you might have been led astray by systems beyond your own control. To me that's worse than what Lennon, in my opinion all too often, is being accused of. Use more than the mandatory 10% of your brain's capacity and be amazed of what you might find. Or don't, it's all good to me either way you choose.
    As for me, I'm choosing to remember him for his unique ability to express his according to me overall inspiring and thoughtful ideas through his music and lyrics. I know he's imperfect and that he only aimed at inspiring others to live a different life than his own rather than trying to glorify himself. Agree or disagree, it's all the same to me. Even if you choose to hate me for defending him, I still won't be bothered. Live and let live.

  • @silvioporrini2941
    @silvioporrini2941 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Letztendlich war John Lennon auch bloß ein Materialist….

  • @P.P718
    @P.P718 Před 2 měsíci +3

    That mini cooper was the Rolls Roys of mini's .

    • @yankee2666
      @yankee2666 Před 2 měsíci

      A mini-Cooper has always been regarded as a piece of sht. You've obviously never driven a Rolls.

    • @spacelook9076
      @spacelook9076 Před 2 měsíci

      Mini's what?

  • @hugo2216
    @hugo2216 Před 2 měsíci +16

    'no possessions too' Imagine

    • @MarkBarna1
      @MarkBarna1 Před 2 měsíci

      And George living in a castle and also owning a bunch of cars, "Living in the Material World."

    • @mogadon7
      @mogadon7 Před 2 měsíci

      TWO GUNME. Second gunman shot him 4 times at close range in THE FRONT (as per trauma surgeon and both nurses). A professional assassination from the highest levels.

    • @sirright8340
      @sirright8340 Před 2 měsíci

      Interesting, the planet-lover lefties owning so many cars? Typically, lefties' ideology: Do what I say, not what I do. I'm very important, you don't.

  • @mkorobkin9033
    @mkorobkin9033 Před měsícem +1

    Hey folks, easy does it. John was in his early 20's, came from a lower middle class home, and had just earned piles of money.
    It wasn't for a few more years before he evolved.
    Also, it says, "Imagine...
    Peace

  • @1968spikey
    @1968spikey Před 2 měsíci +3

    Beep beep, beep beep YEAH! 😅

  • @beatlebrad5339
    @beatlebrad5339 Před 2 měsíci +2

    WOW ok this was just great!!! I am a big Beatles collector. And love British cars a lot + all of the other Beatles care as well. Taks for the video and all the best to you!!!

  • @johnnytoobad7785
    @johnnytoobad7785 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Looks like instant Car-ma got him....

  • @tomc8617
    @tomc8617 Před měsícem +1

    Not that he deserved to die like he did, but...
    The Lost John Lennon Interview "Power to the People"
    by TARIQ ALI and ROBIN BLACKBURN
    TA (interviewer): In a way you were even thinking about politics when you seemed to be knocking revolution?
    JL (Lennon): Ah, sure, 'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count me out'.
    The original version which ends up on the LP said 'count me in' too; I put in both because I wasn't sure.
    There was a third version that was just abstract, musique concrete, kind of loops and that, people screaming.
    I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution--but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution.
    On the version released as a single I said 'when you talk about destruction you can count me out'. I didn't want to get killed.
    I didn't really know that much about the Maoists, but I just knew that they seemed to be so few and yet they painted themselves green and stood in front of the police waiting to get picked off. I just thought it was unsubtle, you know.
    I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it.
    That was how I felt--I was really asking a question.
    As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game. ..."

  • @porscha901
    @porscha901 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Not a trunk a boot in the UK 😅

  • @robertcavalier6133
    @robertcavalier6133 Před měsícem +1

    My guess is that he never considered a bicycle. Those things provide pleasures that cars lack. I still (overall) admired John. An inspired, whimsical, spontaneous fellow who clearly made history. I only wish 1 lunatic could have gone surfing instead of visiting New York City with evil intent. Peace & Love, Cav. *

  • @arielachong7577
    @arielachong7577 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Good very good collection ❤😂.

  • @edwardbianchi192
    @edwardbianchi192 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Never thought of him being a car guy and I think this list proves it. At first buying expensive cars because he came into money. Then just buying what’s practical. Especially living in the city. Still remember the day he was shot. I believe I have it on tape off the radio somewhere.

    • @tj-kv6vr
      @tj-kv6vr Před 2 měsíci +1

      George Harrison was a HUGE Racing fan

    • @edwardbianchi192
      @edwardbianchi192 Před 2 měsíci

      @@tj-kv6vr I will look into that. I really do not know too much about the personal lives of the Beatles.

  • @davidhepburn9328
    @davidhepburn9328 Před 2 měsíci +12

    Imagine no possessions!!!

  • @jeffoneil8021
    @jeffoneil8021 Před měsícem

    Nice ❤ it

  • @lunes-1
    @lunes-1 Před 2 měsíci +2

    In the song imagine he vows
    No possessions 😮

    • @revrotunda3206
      @revrotunda3206 Před 2 měsíci

      He doesn’t vow no possessions, he said (or was it Ono who said it as she’s been given writing credits for that song) imagine having no possessions.

  • @peterbaruxis2511
    @peterbaruxis2511 Před 2 měsíci +1

    When Queen Elizabeth II summoned the Beatles to Buckingham Palace John said "let's take my car." LOL at 1:00 I like the house he bought before he even had a drivers license.

  • @CaptainRon1913
    @CaptainRon1913 Před měsícem

    John also had a left hand drive Porsche 911S - SWB

  • @carlosvelasquez9922
    @carlosvelasquez9922 Před měsícem +1

    Imagine all people sharing all the world (of course minus the cars)

  • @ketchuplike
    @ketchuplike Před 2 měsíci +1

    The other side of summer by Elvis Costello. Lx

  • @270yis7
    @270yis7 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I've never thought of John as much of a car guy. He had his famous psychedelic Rolls Royce during the 1960s, but many of John's other vehicles were generic and nondescript. He was a terrible driver and preferred using chauffeur service to getting behind the wheel himself.

  • @alancarlton8380
    @alancarlton8380 Před 2 měsíci +1

    $15k in today's money, that's nothing for a Beatle icon on his 4th or 5th Rolls ❤

  • @abc456f
    @abc456f Před 2 měsíci +11

    Imagine no possessions.

    • @BigElCat
      @BigElCat Před 2 měsíci +3

      I was going to say it. Our moral compass.

    • @BigElCat
      @BigElCat Před 2 měsíci +2

      He should have been singing "melting off the tires of my Maserati"...

  • @catlady8324
    @catlady8324 Před 2 měsíci +4

    I’m surprised he didn’t get one of the first cyber trucks.

    • @peteness9550
      @peteness9550 Před 2 měsíci

      That guy hasn’t finished his story yet. I’m sure he probably sold him one. Some father’s brothers friend had it.

  • @WillemBloemendal
    @WillemBloemendal Před měsícem +1

    John has owned also a purple DeTomaso Panterra.

  • @leonelh2480
    @leonelh2480 Před 2 měsíci

    How about the VW Beetle, which is famous known from the Abbey Road cover?

  • @MrDaiseymay
    @MrDaiseymay Před 2 měsíci +4

    I've only owned 5 cars in 60 years of driving, my current one for over 20 yrs. I rather like it. Mind you, I've only got a fraction of a fraction of the money john had.

    • @peteness9550
      @peteness9550 Před 2 měsíci

      Mind you, lol

    • @martincvitkovich724
      @martincvitkovich724 Před 2 měsíci

      well let's give up our possessions and join the Commies, I wonder if we can

    • @revrotunda3206
      @revrotunda3206 Před 2 měsíci

      That’s about a car every 10 years or so. Very often, too many miles are put on cars to have them last that long. Cars depreciate too quickly & are a money pit but they got the people as they know we need to rely on them. It’s the second most expense all the way around besides mortage/rent w/gas, insurance, licensing, oil changes, replacing tires, repair bills & other upkeep.

  •  Před 2 měsíci +1

    I sat in the psychedelic, yellow RR at Vancouver's Expo '86. The new owner, (Jimmy Pattison?) was charging one dollar, to do so.

    • @robertcambell6615
      @robertcambell6615 Před 2 měsíci +1

      My father worked at Expo 86 at the Alberta pravillion and I also got to sit in the car

    •  Před 2 měsíci

      @@robertcambell6615 Cool!

  • @marktoken6052
    @marktoken6052 Před 4 dny +1

    Imagine no possessions...it's easy unless you drive...

  • @7ANGLIA
    @7ANGLIA Před 2 měsíci

    good

  • @Cha-y412
    @Cha-y412 Před měsícem +1

    Who knew John Lenon owned a Family Truckster

  • @vonrock6862
    @vonrock6862 Před 2 měsíci +2

    He did the same with sailboats.

  • @revrotunda3206
    @revrotunda3206 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This story is indicative of Lennon always traipsing around in cars when that was not actually the case despite what cars he bought. As the video creator even admitted, Lennon was a notoriously bad driver & had barely drove since he obtained his driver’s license in 1965.

    • @spacelook9076
      @spacelook9076 Před 2 měsíci

      Goodbye to the past participle in English. Too much for people nowadays.

    • @revrotunda3206
      @revrotunda3206 Před 2 měsíci

      @@spacelook9076
      What are you trying to specify as in past participle as your response is under mine meaning it was for me

  • @Mooocheropordis
    @Mooocheropordis Před 2 měsíci +1

    I'd have the sexy black Radford mini cooper. So cool 😎

  • @RichardWatts-xu8qd
    @RichardWatts-xu8qd Před 2 měsíci +1

    WE HAD MUSIC PARTY ON WEEK ENDS.GESS WHO WAS IN THE CROWD.OSSBORN.PLAYED COUADDRA FONICES.

  • @raoulcaliente1030
    @raoulcaliente1030 Před měsícem +1

    "Imagine no possessions . . ."

  • @artistsingerwriterproducer8288

    I put you in my news list

  • @daleswansonrealtor-berkshi1601

    One more thing: however one feels, or felt, about John Lennon - personally or professionally - it would be nearly impossible to overstate the enormity of his fame during his lifetime. One would think that if John Lennon owned an enormous collection of automobiles, his global audience would have known about it. Old clips and stills - of random vintage cars - intercut or superimposed with old clips and stills of John Lennon & Yoko Ono - don’t necessarily provide evidence of anything. As for the green 1972 station wagon with the LENNON vanity plates (I can’t fathom why John Lennon would want own or do that), the fact is: there ARE other people with the surname Lennon, some of whom are not rich or famous. Some even in New York.

  • @kevinhamblin951
    @kevinhamblin951 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Everyone has to own an MG …,, that’s GM spelled backwards ….. interesting they are very similar to a GM car .
    😊

  • @BillySBC
    @BillySBC Před 2 měsíci +1

    And what did he do with these cars, sit in them and listen to the radio? Because the boy couldn't drive, he was basically blind beyond 3 feet.

  • @user-hi5fh9gx6m
    @user-hi5fh9gx6m Před měsícem +1

    best

  • @petergarbe2459
    @petergarbe2459 Před 2 měsíci +3

    JA, Ja , der rote John....

  • @tonyrossas5979
    @tonyrossas5979 Před 2 měsíci +4

    "Caviar Communist"...

  • @superfanb5742
    @superfanb5742 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I wonder were all of John's cars are now

  • @TobyBaker-hz3rw
    @TobyBaker-hz3rw Před 2 měsíci +4

    All ya need is love...

  • @gmshowtruck
    @gmshowtruck Před 2 měsíci

    What about the pure golden De Tomaso Pantera of John Lennon he do may have owned, or is that just a fairy tale?

  • @silvypetrisor6979
    @silvypetrisor6979 Před 2 měsíci +1

    So I guess when he wrote working class people, he didn’t mention how many cars he owned interesting

  • @okmeneer9583
    @okmeneer9583 Před 2 měsíci

    The 300 TD is a great car

  • @thomaswillson467
    @thomaswillson467 Před 2 měsíci

    His last high end purchase was in 1970. Imagine was written in 1971 he lived in NYC then. Cars??

  • @peterblack3665
    @peterblack3665 Před 2 měsíci

    I bought a Austin Marina here in Canada never ran properly.....feel apart eventually....

    • @johnburns4017
      @johnburns4017 Před 2 měsíci

      They were very reliable. But garbage design.

  • @jmc32007
    @jmc32007 Před měsícem +1

    Imagine no possessions

  • @Blue72Bronco
    @Blue72Bronco Před 2 měsíci +1

    How funny is it that his Rolls Royce license plate is F B J. even he knew back then.

  • @photojones1
    @photojones1 Před 2 měsíci

    You should do Paul!!! ROTGLMFAO

  • @dancingtrout6719
    @dancingtrout6719 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Fab 4 Wheels

  • @lawrencelewis2592
    @lawrencelewis2592 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Why not do one about David Bowie and/or Elton John? Both were car guys.

  • @hedgefundshyster..3241
    @hedgefundshyster..3241 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Imagine no possessions .😳...it's easy if you try ..