The Troubling Truth About John Lennon
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2024
- John Lennon was undeniably a man of contradictions. Even though he wrote music that was anti-violence, he was often a violent man in his personal life. He had almost no relationship with his father, and sadly, this pattern repeated with his older son Julian, although he was quite close to his younger son, Sean. In addition, Lennon struggled with addiction, was investigated by the United States government, and even faced allegations of plagiarism. From the deaths of multiple family members who were close to him to the tragic shooting that ended his life, here’s the troubling truth about John Lennon.
#JohnLennon #TheBeatles #Music
Absentee father | 0:00
Beloved uncle meets tragic fate | 1:33
Mother's tragic end | 2:41
On the outs with Julian | 3:46
Heroin addiction | 4:47
Domestic abuse | 6:04
The lost weekend | 7:16
John Lennon vs. America | 8:26
Plagiarism allegations | 9:50
Death by assassination | 11:00
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Who was the best Beatle?
George
George Harrison
paul
Clarence, before they kicked him out
Normally I Would Say John Or George But Now I Shall Say George
Tragic facts about his life.
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Please tell me that was an intentional Phineas & Ferb reference
“Ladies and gentlemen....I have a very sad story to tell you.” Que: BOW chicka WAH WAH! 😆
Really, what a bunch of assholes.
@@elenealaverdashvili “That’s what my baby said WOW WOW WOOOOWWW”
Sad that John became just like his father by abandoning Julian.
As what happens very often
At least he didnt turn out worse, he tried to make it better. Giving his rough upbringing, he could have done a lot worse.
I mean almost every father leaves their kids
Jessi Queen They do? What planet have you been living on? 🥴
Tango Bango my friends don’t see their dads
John made good music and wrote amazing songs but after I read Cynthia Lennon's book about her life with him, I never felt the same way about him again. He was absolutely, horribly abusive to Cyn and Julian. I agreed with Julian when he said that John was a hypocrite and it hurts me to know that a man who wrote such lovely songs could be so mean to his own wife and child. Bless them both.
You don’t know what mean is.
@Lynn Granata Oh really? So him physically abusing Cyn before they even got married was supposed to be pleasant? (John, himself, admitted to being physically abusive to previous girlfriends as well.) What about constantly demeaning her with verbal abuse by constantly telling her what absolute rubbish she was and then doing the same to their son? Or maybe showing preference to his second son with Yoko after years of treating his older child like an unwanted mistake? Not to mention parading his constant infidelities in front of her, including Yoko who was brought to their home while Cyn was off on holiday and came back to find them both there. I'm sorry, I seem to have forgotten that those are extremely desirable traits to want in a spouse/romantic partner/a human being in general.
In other words, yes, he was bloody mean. Use your common sense, Miss.
@BrownSugarV2 I understand you're not trying to start a fight, but a few points here:
1. I'm not being hypocritical
2. I am against domestic violence since I am a domestic violence survivor.
3. The subject of the video is John Lennon, so yes, I would only talk about John Lennon in this comment, although it's a fact that numerous other men were abusers and misogynists. To bring up such a wide point during a video about one specific person is just weird.
4. I'm not "saying what I want" about John Lennon. It's a FACT that he was abusive to both of his wives and his son Julian.
You just gotta learn to seperate the art from the artist my guy. John Lennon maybe a bad guy in his life but he also made some fire tunes
Also, I'd add that, the reason some of John's songs from The Beatles sting is in the lyrics. For example the infamous Getting Better where John literally stated he beat his wife but nobody noticed cus of how cheery the song sounded. The signs that John wasnt...right in the head were there, we were just too entranced to see it unfortunately
"I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically... any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything's the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster." John Lennon
@thomas riner Those are John Lennon's words.
@thomas riner Ha, yeah mane, you missing the quotation marks, homie?
jahn beet wif
Idk feeling bad doesn’t mean it didn’t happen
@@theotterguy No they are not
Never could understand parents that abandon or neglect their child.
Yeah. Like, you made that.
Also he was a beatle during that time, would have been hard to find the time for family life
Rich Smith- Drugs can most definitely do shitty things to you
norman bates
Off topic..troll.
never could understand how children could abandon and neglect their parent.......
I love the Beatles, but appalled at John's betrayal of Cynthia and Julian. Julian turned out to be a class act. He set a better example in real life than his father. However, I do think John was becoming a better man in the last years of his life.
John NY Julian was fortunate that he had a good mom in Cynthia . She deserves all the credit . God bless Cynthia .
@@honey-feeney9800 RIP Cynthia
That's why my favourite Beetle is George! Talented and funny and not a d!ckhead.
Yes, he was confessional and repentant about it but fate did not give the father and son time to come full circle. Becoming so famous and rich at such an early age certainly added to the challenge of being a good dad at 20 or so. We have to love and forgive him. He did suffer early on a lot. Music was the light that led him ever on out of human darkness.
Was it a planned betrayal, or, is it more endemic to the very rapidly changing life as a world famous man.?
The John that began with the Beatles...in fact, all of the Beatles, from the beginning were all very different people at the end of the 60s..
Sometimes relationships are lost, or, irrevocably altered by the pressures of fame and a press that loves slinging mud..true, embellished, or, totally false..
That has not changed to this day.
That, alone, would be an incredible weight to have to carry..
I'm not a Yolo fan, but, John Lennon loved her and I cannot judge him for that..
I feel like John Lennon didn't have the time to know himself. Everything in his life in forty years from the Beatles and his activism and the amount of people he lost is truly heartbreaking and I think he couldn't just take it all in at the rate it was going.
@ghost mall Dude, it's far from him just being less than perfect, or focusing on his "worst" moments. His evil deeds span most of his adult life, that's decades we're talking about. He abused his wife and son, and many of us know all too well what these abusers are like.
dont find excuses. john did what he did on his own. he also did bad things and theres no excuses for this. we are all responsible for our actions.
@ghost mall John Lennon will always be a POS. Shut up.
@ghost mall Very well said. You have much more humanity than some here.
@ghost mall Very well put -- couldn't agree more. People who have accomplished next to nothing in their lives attacking one of the most successful artists in history based on some tabloid drivel. If some of you would at least have the humility to admit jealousy and resentment are at the core of these attacks. We're all flawed, but some of us work harder, study harder and accomplish more, and that was certainly John Lennon.
My mother told me as a small girl that was just starting to appreciate music, that John was NOT at all the man his public image portrayed him to be. That he was a negligent father and an abusive husband. We have always and will always be a George Harrison family. Hands down, the beatle with the most insight.
Oh dear here we go the holier than thou brigade
All fur coats and no knickers
Bill Gowland nah definitely not holier than thou. I’m a flawed person, same as the next.
Bullshit....go slay some more muppets, creep.
@@ww2remembered983 bullshit back at you. No need to call someone a creep, thanks. What a world we live in when people ultimately resort to grade school name calling when the encounter a different opinion. Also, people do try to learn when they realize what they been told and believed isn’t necessarily true… do you realize that or… are you just a creep that like to call random people on the internet names?
I like both John and George. I think George also have flaws too. Remember when he snogged Ringo's wife? Yeah, not a good background story, but i like George more and i agree with you
The ‘Come Together’ “plagiarism” is so overblown. Lennon literally made it a known fact he’d borrowed a line from the song, yet people try and brandish it that he’d copied the entire song discreetly..
If you go back through out time in the history of pop music, i bet you'll find a lot of music has been plagiarized. And yet you'll find no one mentioning any of those songs.
maddogoz08 Chuck Berry was extremely well known for suing musicians all through the Sixties. He was cautious about people ‘ripping him off’, suing the Beach Boys for “Surfing USA”, directly taking the melody of “Sweet Little Sixteen”. Many others were sued for even making reference to Berry lyrics, such as Lennon, who Berry and his record label targeted especially to make big money..
John's Lennon's attorney, Harold Seider, was fully prepared to fight the plagiarism charge. However, he was based in NY, and Yoko -- who was pursuing NY session guitarist David Spinozza at the time -- didn't want Lennon around. So Seider & Lennon settled.
@Luke Robinett It was a loving homage and that's the way Chuck took it. John and Chuck were friendly with each other always. It wasn't Chuck who sued. It was his publisher Morris Levy. John never held anything against Chuck for it.
slowed down can clearly hear John copied the melody & rhythm of the verses. Berry deserves credit for his art.
John was my childhood hero. Now that my Beatlemania is in remission I can see things a little more clearly. He was a mess. A bundle of insecurities, neuroses., contradictions, and grudges. Sadly, ironically without all of that baggage he might not have been the genius that he was. He was rarely, if ever, happy. It was his madness that seemed to be the driving force that kept him keeping on.
Why was he your hero?
@@s3ntin3l60 Probably because I had some of the same insecurities and neuroses. I had some very challenging years as a teenager and music helped me get through it. It wasn't only what he said that struck such a chord with me but also the way he said it that I knew it was real. I loved McCartney but I didn't get that same thing from him. I know there's a lot of mythology around just about any famous person, but all of that aside, Lennon was a remarkably talented artist.
@@philblane5752 People love John Lennon bc of what he purposefully brought and stood for understanding how important and useful it was for social comment in front of a camera : peace and love , John was real with a big set of balls and that impacted a generation more than songs of his like “she loves you” ,etc , etc. We are all flawed sir but action taken of the latter defines who we become not what happens in the past .
I remember the Beatles when they first became famous. I never had the “mania” bc most of their music was so silly.
Thats why in his song, "Mother" he told us, the listener to not be like him. To not idolize him because he was a normal human with problems.
IT'S EASY TO SING ABOUT LOVE & LIFE, BUT IT'S HARDER TO LIVE THEM!
Dying is easy,young man,living is harder.
@@yoursleepparalysisdemon8171 didn't expect a hamilton reference here xD. Anyway, by the time John started singing about peace, he already changed and was a better, peaceful person.
@@rpaul4197 welp I’m an idiot
Except he did live by love with Yoko and raising their son Sean
Dude had a mansion with a fridge especially installed to keep his fur coats from matting... But yeah, imagine no possessions it isn't hard to do....
Actually that line ends with 'I wonder if you can'....I mean if you're going to get on your high horse for some lightweight reason, might aswell get it right.
"Imagine" nothing more than an ode to Communism. Lived in a multi million dollar apartment in the Dakota then sings that the rest of us need to eschew material possessions. Beat the crap out of his first wife Cynthia and lectures us about peace. The hypocrisy is epic.
Too bad he wasn't shot before that Globalist commie song was released.
@Moon Child even so he once let a homeless man in the mansion who was gonna be thrown out...fed em and clothed him
So exactly like Communism.
...John Lennon was not famous when the cop off duty killed his mother in an accident, he was seventeen years old.
People wont have any sympathy or understanding of the poor guy. Its not hard to see why he turned out to have a lot of his own problems being a father.
Cliffspringer No, people won’t understand unless it happened to them. I lost my father when I was 5 years old. I never would have ever thought of abandoning my kids but I have battled depression off and on my whole life. People are affected in different ways when they lose a parent at a young age. You are scarred forever!! Since John had a bad father, maybe at the time he was afraid that he just couldn’t handle it. Nobody knows what goes through another person’s head? The whole thing is sad....
Hey Mate - Actually you got it wrong here. Paul was 14 when his mother Mary passed - and John was 17..(please google). Anyways - thank you for trying to make things right..Peace out and thanks to god for the Beatles.
1920Janice abandonment is one of the most frightening feelings a child endures and loosing your dad at five must’ve been terribly painful, especially if you were close . That you’ve suffered depression is no surprise . I had a therapist many years ago who coached me through a workbook that helped with abandonment and , personally , I thought it was worth it. I’m so glad to hear that you went on to be a mom . I’ll bet you are a good parent and bonded well with your children .
Is that cop still alive today?
The damage caused by abuseas as a kid is not easy to over come.
Many of the abused bocome abusers themselves.
Classic behavior.
Did Julian Lennon become an abuser? Hmmm....
@@MrBannystar Did he? I hope not...people have the tendency to continue bad behavior because it's what they were brought up with. Unless you learn new coping skills..etc..well....and this applies to me...not "pointing the finger"...
@@janedoe-hq9vn As far as I know, no. That was the point of my reply because he and his mother received abuse from John but turned out OK.
Many people adore John Lennon so they'll try to offer excuses for his behaviour, but they'd be very quick to condemn someone else for the same thing.
@@MrBannystar I was sincere, not sarcastic, regarding "did he?"..didn't know too much about the issue...in agreement with you here..👍
@@janedoe-hq9vn *"I was sincere, not sarcastic"* Don't worry, I knew it was a sincere question :)
I think this was a fair portrayal of Lennon”s personal failings. Like most people he was neither a saint nor a monster. He was a human being with a poetic bent and musical talent, and was barely 23 when the Beatles landed in New York in early 1964. The love and peace he later spoke and sang about was his vision for humanity during the time of the Vietnam War. He wasn’t calling for failed marriages to endure, or absentee fathers to repent. One of his endearing traits was the honest and frank assessments he made of himself amidst the pitfalls of celebritum. Kurt Cobain said something to the effect he would rather be hated for what he is, than be adored for what he is not, and I suspect John held a similar sentiment. Despite personal issues, his life can be viewed as a charmed one. While many a talented guitar player/songwriter/vocalist languishes in obscurity, having a group of friends from youth that play music together and getting the opportunity to work with a music producer like George Martin at EMI, becoming the most beloved and critically acclaimed Rock band the world has ever known...and then getting permission from your wife to work out your mid-life crisis issues with her young intern! This is pretty cool stuff. And then out of nowhere comes this religious schizophrenic, Mark Chapman, to greet him at the entrance to his apartment building one fine night in December, 1980, firing five rounds into Lennon”s back. The only interaction John had ever had with this fellow was autographing an album cover earlier in the day at the killer”s request. That”s the real troubling truth.
He was a rock star .Very typical behavior of most ..
Well said!
@@winnifredforbes1114 - thank you, Winnifred. I appreciate the compliment.
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Great response!
Not saying that he didn’t do any good but, I believe the reason why John wasn’t the greatest person is bc of how many bad things impacted him, especially the things that traumatised him. His close uncle dies, his mum, abuse of heroine etc, I don’t think that’s the life anyone would wish for
Its weird how he and george who were closest to Hinduism where the first to go
@@michaell6807 lennon? Religious? Listen to "God" my friend.
Gizmo you have wrong info.
@@marycull3607 this is just a guess I’m not trying to dispute false info
That's not an excuse doe🤷🏻♀️
Forgot to mention he (Lennon) and Harry Nilsson getting tossed out of 'The Troubador' night club in West Hollywood in 1974 for being belligerent. At one point as he (Lennon) was acting up a waitress told him to knock it off. Lennon replied "Don't you know who I am?" She replied "Yeah, you're a drunk (*&^^%."
Julian and Sean look very much like their father. Good they remain close over the years.
@Harry Browneigh who ru Mr.brownie?
Juliean looks like his Dad. Sean looks like his mother.Glad they are close to one another.
Maybe Juliean and Sean will get closer if and when Sean s mother passes away. I still say she was the ruination of John. I don't think she really loved him . He was her money maker and security blanket.
@@jeanroberts4344--Sean is the spitting image of John. Their profiles are identical. Julian looked just like his mom, Cynthia.
@@jeanroberts4344 that rymes,lol
He is one of these people who can have selfless love and compassion for people they don't even know but they nurture a deep burning hatred for their own people. And they aren't even aware of it. And can't be made aware of it. This illness has been pervasive in the entertainment industry, especially among musicians for a long time. Why is that?
Idk...its said that people hurt the ones they are close to..I guess they take their love in return for granted...happens alot...
The Life of an Aquarius Moon
@Juan Perez Yep. I know a few famous musicians and because of my work I've been around many. It's incredible how much they do drugs. What's more incredible to me is a certain kind of soft mentality that comes with the territory. It isn't sensitivity it's more of a feel good facade to cover up their shortcomings. I swear if it wasn't for music most of them would be mass murderers.
@@hamnose That isn't true about mass murderers. Music
When I see pictures of John as a young man and what he became once he married Yoko, it's like there were two different John Lennons.
She is a powerful witch. He deteriorated when with her.
There is no excuse for the way John treated Julian. A parent's job is to protect and raise their child to be better than they were; and yes, some of us don't get ideal role models, but that is NO excuse to punish your child. If anything, that should be what propels you to be a better person. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis once remarked: "If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."
Right! "Peace songs" don't ever make up for what we do to our children!
People idolised him but I think he’s a twat
horrible comments and people on this site, glad you are not my parent, he was a troubled soul, like many, i’m off to imagine something better for the world
I could not agree more. My wife and I had less than ideal childhoods. However i am sure that most people can say that. Especially those who grew up in the 70's when the child abuse of today was just a daily occourance. However, we tried our best to not do as we had done to us. We were not perfect. However, we did try our best to raise our children with a more loving and stable environment than what we had. We made mistakes but we have terrific children with wonderful children of their own. ✌
It just means he's human. No excuse, but the average "bloke" can't handle mega stardom, millions of dollars, and being under constant public scrutiny.
The bad things he did are true but thank gawd he realised his mistakes, admitted it and tried to change.
Exactly! ❤️
@Bj D he’s John Lennon. Why would he need to seek attention when everyone knows who he is
@Bj D you’re a prick.
Indeed...the majority of us have our own issues/demons to work on...
he tried atleast
The other Beatles didn't accept "Yoko as an equal", because she wasn't an equal.
how so?
@@eeavwinex7869 She had zero musical talent.
funny that u watched a video about a domestic abuser and took away that Yoko is a bad artist. The misogyny didn't just jump apart, it ripped your black shriveled soul apart on its way out.
@@vampire7240 What exactly is misogynistic about saying that Yoko had zero musical talent? I said nothing about her art, that is entirely your own projection.
@@CitizenBeep is.... is music not considered art? You insulted her art, and her art is her music
I think it’s important to note John came out about his past actions before anyone else did, and he was deeply regretful
They didn't mention that he left Julian nothing in his will and Oko gave him zero and treated him like dirt. I hope that when she passes (probably soon) Sean will step up and financially help his half brother.
Sean will NOT do that and I doubt Julian cares anymore. Unearned money only causes trouble anyway. Julian is a fine man and that is worth more than all the money in the world.
Julian & Yoko are are good terms now stopped the drama. Sean is very talented as is Julian. Sean makes his own money to and works hard. Rumors are lame.
Yucko Ohno was a lot like Lennon himself
@@wendyjones6077 He can be a fine man with money. It's not as if Yoko is lacking.
No chance. He could do that now.
It would be really great if no one ever mentioned that POS assassin's name ever again.
Mark Mikel it’s funny cause you have the same first name as him
Except in an Obituary.
He is only referred to by me as "he whom shall not be named". Bastard...
He was a terrible person after all he was a fanatical Christian.
Gayla Smith Markimort
Shock horror. John Lennon was an imperfect human like the rest of us.
You beat your wife, do heroin, abandoned your family, and broke up the Beatles? He was a real jerk. Not everyone is or have to be a jerk.
@@davidstair9657, Captain Obvious, he abused other women too, not just Cynthia, you know. Also, acknowledge the fact that this was a time where women had no rights and men could abuse them all the time and get away it; acknowledge all the other men at the time that beat their wives and did heroin and abandoned their families; acknowledge all the sexism and misogyny in the 50's and 60's and all of the above that I wrote that women have had to go through all throughout millennia and still now after you wrote this comment, since you're fighting for women's rights. The correct thing for you to say is: most men at this time were jerks and they didn't have to be.
@@brownsugarv2935 Poor John, he had no choice BUT to beat his various women because history. It was good that he learned his lesson, though.
I would argue that beating women, at least those that are in a relationship, was not and still is not the norm. My Grandpa never beat grandma... actually, both sets of grandparents were kind one to another. I don't think my great grandparents either. I do remember that my great grandpa beat the hell out the one guy that was found out to have beaten my great aunt. These were all farmers, war vets, fairly poor.
No, I think wife beaters were an exception throughout history. John was a jerk. He was raised by his mother and aunt. He knew better. He inflicted pain on a weaker person through his fists and kicking. I'm glad that he admitted it, though.... I think he should have owned it more.
Regardless of troubling life events you couldn't stop a gifted artist from creating some of the most brilliant words and music of the twentieth century... except a sociopathic killer in need of worldwide attention. A sad and tragic end for my life-long hero. I have not gotten over it, and never will. His memory and work will live on forever.
The problem with videos about John Lennon is that they can only shed light on what was a very short life. We never got the chance to see what John Lennon would have done with the rest of his life, his family, his friends and his band mates. Many of his friends and family have stated that John Lennon was about to mend all his relationships with family and friends when he was assassinated by he who shall remain nameless. Also, as a fiftysomething man, I can tell you with absolute certainty that a man at 40, John Lennon's age when he was murdered, is still quite immature. To see what I mean, look at any of the Beatles at that age, and you'll see just how immature they were at 40 and how different they are today (or, in George Harrison's case, up until 2001).
👏🏻 someone with a brain. Thank you.
How convenient that he was about to mend ALL his relationships. You really believe that nonsense you just wrote? He was a shitty person who happened to be talented.
Fuck John Lennin!
Stop excusing that kind of behavior. Playing the blame game and hoping to pull peoples heart strings isn't going to change the fact that what can be done today shouldn't be left for tomorrow. Tomorrow may be too late. The man was already toxic, he simply found another toxic woman to bring into the mix..and yes that ono lady needs to get right with Christ asap. ..at least she still has time. That guy that killed lenjon obviously forgot thou shalt not kill. ..
It's amazing that all of you knew John Lennon personally. I mean, how else could you possibly know that he was a shitty person who happened to be talented? And how would you know that he was already toxic? Wow, you must know everything about John Lennon.
Fascinating. No doubt highly intelligent, talented person who was confused and tormented by his past.
Australia4031 the most sensible comment on this thread. Who can possibly make sense of the emotions of a man who never came to terms with his fame and artistic ability?
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John was clearly the most intelligent and the deepest thinker of all his bandmates
A past that would catch up with him
Jesus, we already know all this. Let the dead rest in peace! We love Lennon for the music so Let It Be! Nobody's life is perfect!!!
Whatever John's personal life was with family...not being a good father..etc...he still gave the world some of the greatest music in history! RIP John
Greatest music? You mean perhaps the literal communist manifesto put to music.
Can you even begin to imagine the evil behind promoting communism ?
@@verntoews5954 WTF? He never promoted communism in any way at all. I think you like making something out of nothing just to justify thinking of some crap to write here and feel like you achieved something. Well OK, you did. You achieved talking bollocks. Lennon achieved about £60 million by being part of the biggest band in history. Writing a few songs that most of the planet has heard and achieving more in 40 years than most people could not even imagine doing in their lifetime. So go back to the 9 till 5 job and try being constructive instead of making up weird stories/fantasy's. Unless rich people upset you so much it makes you feel good to invent something else. But maybe write it on toilet tissue while sat on the loo. At least that way you can use it in a handy way before flushing the can.
@@mixapikalic I agree Steve, John could well have been a
pawn, and I would like to know ,if not John ,who was the luciferian who influenced John to pretty much plagiarise the complete agenda of the existing Marxist Communist manifesto
Vern Toews okay ben Shapiro
Yeah there is nothing better than "Imagine". A song about a rich asshole singing about how beautiful world would be if all the people were poor 😃
John realised towards the end of his life he had been a terrible father to Julian and was really trying to bond with his son. He began phoning him more often (he actually played the whole Double Fantasy album to Julian down the phone before it was released and wanted Julian's opinion and thoughts on it), for his 17th birthday he wanted to give the gift of a painting of the two of them. Near his death he told Julian to look out for a white feather whenever he would pass away and Julian would know his dad is fine and he's looking out for him. Julian was presented with a white feather by a tribe and he believes it really was a sign from his father like John said all those years ago, so Julian created a charity and called it the white feather foundation.
Also, John was writing diaries in the mid 70s onwards and he told his personal assistant Fred Seaman in Bermuda 1980 that if anything was to happen to himself in the near future then he'd want Julian to have his diaries as he felt they could help Julian get to know his father better and John felt Julian deserved to know more about him. When John did die, Fred tried taking the diaries back to England to give them to Julian as John wanted but Yoko got him arrested for stealing property and Yoko got them back. Julian has never seen those diaries, even though it was what John wanted. A quote from John in 1980 is: "I hadn't seen my first son grow up and now here's a 17 year old man on thd phone talking about motorbikes. I was not there for his childhood at all. I was on tour, I don't know how the game works, but there's a price to pay for innattention to childen. And if I don't give him attention from zero to five, then i'm damn well gonna have to give it to him from sixteen to twenty, because it's owed. It's like the law of the universe."
Also, Julian said in 1988 in an interview for a documentary called Imagine about John he said "There was no wall facing us anymore, but it had been knocked down and we could actually (pretends to be on the phone) 'hi dad I'd like to come and see you is that okay?' 'Yeah'. It's hard to explain emotions in dealing with that situation especially when we were getting so close."
God bless Jullian. He has tons of charisma and musical talent. Thanks to his Mother he inherited a good, sincere heart.
Yoko is a cruel and wicked step-mother. That scream-singing crap she does is a joke.
Yoko was CLEARLY a POS . As a musician , if a girlfriend came and tried to horn in or insert opinion ..... THAT girls boyfriend IS OUT right away ! ALWAYS every time ! Actually a more common problem than you would think . Yes YOKO IS A RAT INDEED !
@@markconnell7723 Yep, Yoko and (fake name,) Courtney Love both!!!
I thought Julian bought the diaries from her? I hate that bitch so much
Chantelle Adlington I felt so bad for Julian. Especially after Sean was born. Lennon treated his oldest son like a poor relation
Yoko Ono, an equal to the Beatles? John Lennon WAS HIGH to think that. She was awful then, and she’s old and much worse now. Her singing is an instrument of torture in some circles...
John Lennon was my favorite member of The Beatles. He was a brilliant musician and very innovative. He was against Pres. Nixon in handling the Vietnam War. I felt sad with his demise in 1980. Correct me if I were wrong. The song Imagine becomes international song of peace. RIP John Lennon.
He said that the song imagine “ was just words, and meant nothing”
@@charles460 no 😂 fake news. He said it’s what we’re here on earth for, besides rocking
That he stole from Yoko Ono
@@idaslpdhr Stole? 😂 it’s called influence nothing to do with stealing 🤦🏽♂️
Imagine is about a one world order
Love Lennon. The only reason we know about his shortcomings as a man is because he told the world. He did all he could to be better before he was killed.
Nailed it. Thank you for this👍🏻
Exactly. No good deed goes unpunished. The irony is laughable. Using Lennon's words against him is a twisted and obvious joke.
finnibert The Beatles fanbase reminds me a lot of fanbases like Star Wars. They constantly bully Yoko. I think the whole manipulation thing is much more of a public persona people have formed around Yoko than an actual reality. John was always a great guy deep within himself, and eventually he channeled into that with his last ten years. But the trauma he experienced, the sudden fame, the unintended pregnancy and a marriage he was forced into because of society, all of that just perpetuated his issues with no mental health services that we have today to help him in ways that he needed. Like Mccartney has said, he could’ve turned out so much worse given the circumstances of his life. I’m inspired by and admire how he worked to change. Not condoning any of his wrongdoings, just saying I think this is a case of cancel culture, something I hate.
@@StupidBeagleReviews I definitely see the cancel culture thing present. I think some of it could even be called revenge politics.
Regarding Yoko, I thought she may have been unfairly treated but the hate for her doesn't just seem to be with outsiders but those that had direct contact with John and/or her. ( The Beatles, Lennon's family, Cynthia, various musicians, employees, May Pang etc ). I haven't heard a lot of positives about Yoko. I could only base it on that.
I think like John, she had a lot of problems and did some crappy things, turning John on to heroin for example. And she was also really fricken weird, weirder than John, which is saying something, and her music is rarely enjoyed because it’s so radically different, so I think a lot of people just saw her as talentless while John was a genius. Pretty much all the people you mentioned ended up forgiving Yoko mostly though, especially the other Beatles. I could talk about this forever, John’s decisions were his own, even to the point in which Yoko kicked him out for a year. In their last five years, they were a power couple and made each other better. She also helped with John’s solo career a lot, and I have a minority opinion in which John’s solo career rivals the Beatles themselves. It’s a complicated thing with very vocal toxic Beatles fans perpetuating myth.
It’s always the loudest that are the hypocrites. Its always a different story from what they say and what they actually do.
Danny C, That's not always the case.
I worship the man. He saved my life.
Context??
Why did he save your life ?
This is a hit piece. John was getting better by the end of his life, which is another reason his death is tragic.
He's a white male, therefore he needs to be destroyed.
MattOnWheels - Tragic ? Are you mad. It revived his career, one minute a fading ex pop-star largey forgotten, Bang ! now he's the late great.
@@who9387 I hope you know no one finds you funny.
@@beatles123 It wasn't supposed to be funny, just an obervation how his career chnged after.
@@beatles123 I'm flattered that you took the time to ask everyone if my post was funny, I wonder how many replies you got. Perhaps you should not publish the results of your poll until EVERYONE replies. Or maybe, just maybe it was ONLY YOU who had a sense of humour failure.
I never liked Lennon and even more so Yoko. He treated his first son appallingly. Like father like son!
Other than his fans, I've almost never heard anyone who actually knew Lennon have good to say about him, he was not a pleasant individual.
David Handley - I loved him. :( Or I loved his image. He was a great entertainer. Yoko - No! I didn't love her or her image.
@Jeremy Keane It seems "fashionable", and is supported by the media to think he was this wonderful genius. Many others just like the music which makes him great through there "blinkered" thinking on the subject.
Dave is still wondering who his 'Daddy' was. ...SOOO many possibilities, since 'Mom' had a 'knee problem'.(Couldn't keep 'em together!)
@@NEVER--MIND No one knows John's heart (and I certainly didn't like this guys comment. You must be a true John Lennon fan. Much as I loved him I wouldn't say something so insulting to someone. You need to grow up too.
An older friend, the Beatles' former personal assistant Neil Aspinall, once heard Lennon moaning about the costs of running his business empire. 'Imagine no possessions, John,' Aspinall said. Lennon glared back. 'It's only a bloody song,' he said.
Which it was
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But it became famous as much for the ideaology as it did for the tune and his voice
So that interesting that John later said it’s only a song!
The reason John was the Beatle seen as the most artistic was because his music was self revealing. McCartney was undoubtedly the better musician and more talented songwriter... but listening to McCartney’s songs tells you nothing about McCartney; nothing about his inner life of turmoil.
Lennon’s songs, from even early on, reveal his aggressive, sad, and self doubting nature and his struggles with trying to grow up into a more self realized adult.
From his songs “I’m a loser” and “Run for your life”, revealing his abusiveness, and insecurity, All the way thru “across the universe" and his solo work Lennon’s music charts his arc as a flawed human being trying to figure himself out. All his songs have an edge of personal pain to them that McCartney’s songs lack- and when they collaborated, McCartney’s contributions to Lennon’s songs were always softening that edge, while Lennon’s contributions to McCartney’s songs were to add some edge.
I love McCartney’s ability to bang out a delightful and catchy tune. But I don’t know the man thru his music. Lennon, I knew. I didn’t always like him as a man, but I always respected his raw honesty about who he was in his art.
Generally agree but Yesterday and I'm Looking Thru You are pretty revealing (loss hurts) songs by Paul. But neither show the same level of insecurity and fragility of If I Fell.
I dont agree for a second that Paul was the better songwriter. Paul became a catchier tunesmith but that is all. Their first hits were mostly John or with John. He truly led the way. The best Beatles tunes in my mind were primarily written by John. Later on Paul did an interesting thing, he copied Johns style to answer himself in a song for balance. He couldn't keep it up and lost the ability. Paul became a very good songwriter after a few years and wrote 4-5 great ones without John. He was never better in my mind. I have to give it 60/40 to John. The Beatles songs I don't like at all were written by George and Paul, rarely by John. I also think Paul was a bit underhanded and a bit of a musical thief if he can be called that. Certainly a tunesmith although a very, very good one.
finnibert lunchiken Nah- when it comes to pure popularity... McCartney’s tunes outperformed every other beatle. McCartney clearly had a better sense of pop music appeal... but to be clear, I do not think that being more popular is even remotely to be confused with a ‘better song’. Penny lane got more airplay than strawberry fields- it was undeniably catchier and did not ask the listener to think much... but Lennon’s tune spoke on a much more intimate level. His work was darker, often sadder. His songs more about how he lost the girl than getting her.
I agree that McCartney’s best work was when he was trying to emulate johns more personal style- and in many cases, John’s added bridge is what made a McCartney song show greater depth... but at the same time johns solo work- while raw and evocative, lost some of the melodic mastery that Paul brought to their collaborations.
Tho many of their songs as the Beatles were written independently of each other, they still honed them and refined them together in the studio... and their musical rivalry lent both of them something they each lost after the breakup.
I think paul’s pure musicality added to john’s lyrical brilliance, and vice versa.
@@finnibertlunchiken7792 'paul became a better tune smith' - even that isn't true
it's pretty obvious that musically they are about equal in all respects. For example i don't think paul ever hit a wrong note vocally, but john's voice had a far more interesting tone...ps george wrote some great songs, was just not as prolific as lennon & mccartney; it's even possible that 'something' was the best beatle song of all.
Lennon was the genius …… Macca has written so awful songs since The Beatles.
No one is perfect. He made some big mistakes, but he also had a lot of goodness in him. I wonder how many of you would look if your personal life were made public. Cast the first stone.
I couldn't agree more.
The ending truth is that John acknowledged the errors of his ways and worked wholeheartedly to correct and better himself.
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The only troubling truth about John Lennon is that such a gifted and well-meaning man was pointlessly killed.
@J Smith I shall beat my wife in honour of your comment....at chess that is! Having the superior male mind of course. After this, I will celebrate by beating her butt red in a pointless spanking...in bed that is! Something she seems to enjoy. With my superior masculine strength. And then settle in and listen to some fine Lennon music, knowing that he was a normal man just like me.
That’s because he unfortunately choose to live in gun-crazy America with that Asian woman. Bang-bang shoot-shoot . Not just the cowboys...
@J Smith He wasn't a wife beater.
@J Smith Cynthia said he hit her only once in a jealous rage. She said he felt so bad about it he never touched her again.
J Lennon had constant FBI and CIA surveillance. His political views were a threat to the US. Plus the Asian woman he married. I believe he was assassinated. Chapman was a mere smokescreen.
Love you John ❤️🌟
What's new?? So....
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
J.L. was a GREAT Human Being and always will be.
I love John as an artists and cherish the body of work he gave the world artistically. He is my favorite Rock n Roll Singer and one of my favorite lyricists. That being said, it is crazy how much violence surrounded not just him, but all the Beatles, and how many of their friends and associates, including John, ended up dying suddenly or tragically. If you read any of the biographies it just seems to be too many people to chalk up to chance.
You know I'm a dreamer: John made Our World a better place, he stood up against war. Not many among us could stand up to the scrutiny of site like Grunge.
SURE BUT HIS IRREFUTABLE ACTIONS HELPED DESTROY HIS BAND,HIS FAMILY,HIS BEST FRIEND (PAUL)JUST THINK IF HED. JUST STAYED WITH HIS FIRST WIFE CYNTHIA AND JULIA. MAYBE THE BEATLES BREAKUP WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS SEVERE...PERHAPS THEYD REGROUP. HIS LIFE A.Y.(AFTER YAKO) SLOWLY TRAINWRECK TILL HE WAS SHOT...BY A FORMER FAN WHO DECRIED HIM AS A HYPOCRITE.....
@@markorendas1790 you need to educate yourself before posting such a stream of total bullshit. 90% of what you wrote is false and you sound like an imbecile commenting on something you know nothing about. You are a serious moron
"his personal life was a nearly unending stream of chaos and disastrous events" - apart from being a member of the biggest band in the history of music
John was a victim. Abandonment, neglect, these are forms of abuse. An abused child will become an abusive adult, until they find the way to change themselves and heal. He did heal and was honest about his early bad behavior. We never got to see the great guy he could've become because some idiot murdered him.
You didnt mention the death of Stuart Sutcliffe... that had to have taken a toll on him. Losing his mom in 58 and then losing Sutcliffe in 62. They were like brothers
Yes that is right
And Paul's tragic 1966 death as well
The fact that he predicted that he would be murdered really creeped me out
Karl Fortuin Actually, I think it was mentioned in one of Cynthia’s books somewhere that they went to a physic who read in the cards somewhere that John would be murdered and the gun being the weapon. It was said he lived in fear for quite awhile. (I’m not completely sure I’m saying the exact information I read. But it was something like that.)
@@Sun_Dreamer very creepy in my book
J Lennon said that if he or Yoko got killed, it's no accident. Nixon and J Edgar Hoover assassinated Lennon over his political stance against the US in Vietnam. Give peace a chance demonstrations.
If he really said that....then that's a very sad thing to say.
People are too quick to pull out the pitchforks and judge this guy, he went through so much shit, cut the man some slack and realize people arent entirely good and evil. Many people are shitty parents or have shitty parents. Lennon just happened to be famous...
Wow.. a guy who had a tragic childhood and became one of the most famous people in human history had a few issues. SHOCKING!!!
Abandoning ur kids is not an issue hitting ur wife is not an issue stop letting pieces of shit get away with things cos they can sing
Creatively ,he was a genius. As a human being ,he was messed up with a chaotic personal life
John Lennon.
A human and
fraught with frailties
no different than all of us.
I ❤ John Lennon.
*Richard* 🍀
John Lennon's ultimate walk
towards *Peace* came
with growth based
on his own past.
That certainly is in
many ways how the paths
of our lives 'Come Together?"
This video pointed out
a great deal of negatives.
Possibly some of it was true
and we are all human.
*It is human to err and*
*divine to forgive.*
*For all have sinned and*
*fall short of the Glory of God.*
*Amen.*
Bear in mind that *many* in his position did not do these things at all.
True none of us are perfect
Don’t judge a man by his flaws and weaknesses. Rather, judge a man by his talent and contributions to the world. In this light, John Lennon was one of the great men of the 20th century. RIP my friend.
This just in, he was a regular dude who aspired to be better, to be more evolved than he was. He lived in the time of james bond.
James Bondage was a different thing.
John had a rough childhood but he made something of himself I think he did alright I think revolution is his best rocker and I want you she's so heavy is one my favorite
I had a feeling he was the one getting into drugs first !! I also had a feeling he was the leader & hardest to get along with.
Seems to me, some families or persons have tragic following, no matter how smart, rich, successful, powerful they are!
Lennon is one of them!
The most troubling truth about JL was he was mentally taken over by Yoko...who ruined his career and life and eventually played a crucial role in his murder...
I just read Cynthia Lennons book “John” What a complete arsehole! I cannot understand why he left her and Julian for Yoko. The LSD and heroin must have had a lot to do with it. I see early Beatles era John and Yoko-era John as two different people. I know which one I prefer.
Paul later said he grew cold with cythia and dissatisfied with her around rubber soul. Guess young love isnt always the right kind of love.
John wanted a strong woman, and Cynthia just wasn't. He wanted a woman who could be a lover and a mother at the same time due to his lack of motherly love throughout his childhood. He also called Yoko "mother" and phoned her daily during his lost weekend that he wanted to come back to her. Although I truly believe John changed his self centered ways toward the end of his life, watch "The Day John Lennon Died" on YT and you'll know what I mean.
LSD isn't an addictive, hedonistic drug like heroin is, people who've never been around the drug scene really need to stop just naming things like it means something. People love to talk about the LSD and the weed, but those were never really the big issues for these musicians, it was way more often barbiturates and alcohol. Despite the differences in their severity, drugs like alcohol, heroin, Xanax and other sedative pills, are there to distract you and make you "forget" your problems temporarily. Acid and mushrooms are some potent anti-addiction drugs because they make you THINK, really hard, about what's wrong and right about your behavior. I still credit a couple of trips for getting me off of heroin and Xanax. The trip literally turned the people near me into a metaphor for right and wrong behaviors, my choices were colored with feelings, of righteousness and beauty, or of darkness and self-harm: which did I want to pick?
Julian's mention of his father's hypocrisy is one reason I am weary of celebs making political statements. For years I was a chauffeur in Los Angeles before Uber and Lyft crippled the limo industry. I can tell many of you watching this horror stories about the behavior of many stars.
Please tell us.
"celebrities" are masters of illusion. look at that freak we have in the WH.
@@FriendofDorothy exactly.
They’re human beings..get off your judgemental horse,dude.
I had a friend who's uncle drove a cab in NYC. One night Alice Cooper got in his cab and asked him to haul ass through traffic to get him to a performance on time, mission accomplished. A couple of weeks later in the mail he received a framed photo and thank-you letter from Cooper.
Oh and while John never had a close relationship with Freddie, he did buy a house for him and arrange he would get a small pension to live on, considering Freddie's previous track record I'd say that was about fair.
I think the most important thing is that he managed to find peace in the end, despite all the drama he had in his life and how hard he took it
My top 11 John Lennon Songs: 11. Stand By Me 10. Happy X-mas (War is Over) 9. #9 Dream 8. Give Peace A chance 7. Beutiful Boy (Darling boy) 6. Watching the wheels 5. Mind Game 4. Instant Karma 3. (Just Like) Starting Over 2. Whatever gets you thru the night 1. Imagine
I’m I just the only one that still likes John Lennon?
Elvis Aaron Presley ❤️ John Lennon
U still like Lennon too right?
No he was a great singer and songwriter and as we all are not a perfect human being
I still like him...
Nah. I still love Lennon. We are all human and do/have done stuff we aren't proud of.
Ur all forgetting that John was planning on spending more time with Julian before his death.
Key word, "planning."
Too little too late!
@@danbardos3498 It's not like he wasn't going to
there's a blaring moment in that sentence, as if you were trying to say that it was a lie
he got shot, man
@@pemo2676 I'm saying he was a bad father. Love the guy despite his many flaws, but he was. He was a bad father. There's no escaping that fact.
Lots of people "plan" on being better. It doesn't change reality.
And he fact that that he got shot should be a warning to us all... to live each day like it's your last.
He didn't; hell, I don't... but facts don't care about our intentions.
I don't get the people who feel a need to think Lennon was a 100% garbage person. There are some truly unflattering things about him, particularly the type of father he was, but I don't get why someone has to be completely bad or completely good. I don't think he could have written and sang "Imagine" if there wasn't a part of him that did feel it.
Listen to Now And Then!!!
maybe its just me but I cant help but hear so much regret in his voice in the lyrics and in the melody
I don't care about his life, I care about and love his music.
I do, but I can separate the artist and the art.
You have to separate the two in order to maintain objectivity imo.
Lennon is Everyman..the good and bad .
@@karlconnolly3994 And what a fantastic man he was.
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Absolutely fantastic..I love him and miss him..I truly believe his best was yet to come.
@mewabe4 Gee, someone who actually understood John Lennon, yes you are correct, and even John himself admitted that he was an arsshole and a male chauvinist not giving any credit to Yoko for the song Imagine.
I know honestly John Lennon a good person at heart
if you dont know him personally, then your really not one to talk about whether or not he was an 'good person at heart'
@@MahaHMA Cynthia herself said that John only smacked her once, apologized, and then never hit her again
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@@kylegratenburg5268 that doesn't make sense. Anybody who heard his songs, saw him singing, cracking jokes, or getting angry at interviewers knew john lennon pretty well. Observing a situation through the modern marvel of television [or youtube] is really not any different from seeing that event in real life. [especially if you have bad eyesight like lennon did.]
He was greatly reduced in stature after getting free from the Lads. Like those who hate their family, it usually doesn't go to a good place.
So...if by accident of birth one happens not to love one's family, one should just give up and die in a ditch with all the other stray dogs? Tough judge!
All you have to do is listen to Lennon songs and you’ll see why he had no love for his son another reason is he didn’t have a good relationship with his father so he wouldn’t even know what that kind of familiar love is and how to love your offspring
He was happy with May Pang. She helped him reunite with Julian and Cynthia. She encouraged them to have a relationship and then Yoko decided she wanted him back, but he kept seeing May.
yes very happy, he even strangled her and broke her glasses and kicked her out of the house VERY HAPPY
Ono an equal? I think not.
@leah rose No one can make anyone hate. It's has to be their choice.
@@rosiecallender2679 That's far more subjective, and highly debatable than most people today would like to believe or perceive. It depends on the reasons, circumstances, situational contexts. If it has to for racist, sexist, homophobic, or discriminatory reasons or purposes, usually it's environmental or it's a learned behavior that someone picked up or maybe subconsciously always sort of believed in some fashion but became more direct and visible. There are occasions when it's understandable or maybe even acceptable for one person to hate another, like in extreme-type situations in a wife or husband walking in to,their house and finding their spouse in bed with someone else, and this sort of behavior has been ongoing for significant period of time. Or if some random psychopath/sociopath shoots a bunch of people and one of my relatives was one of the victims and forensic psychologists will tell you that both sociopaths and psychopaths are incapable of showing or feeling remorse, or sympathy or empathy for their crimes. Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer are two notable examples.
In fairness, Lennon considered her an equal as an artist. Not as a singer or musician. Lennon fell in love with her passion and audacious approach to expression. Although having her in the studio and equating her input with the other Beatles was very off-putting.
@@mr.marcus3123 Lennon was on a lot of drugs.
The Beatles were all from a rough class of people, and were a foul-mouthed lot. But their music was simply incredible.
John knew that he wasn't perfect but he tried to better himself and the world he was living in. Thatis very admirable and more than 99 % can say about themselves.
your source for that statistic?
hypocrisy is part of the human experience. I believe that artists have a complex reality they present , and I still think that John lennon's songs promote peace and love , despite whatever happened in his life. there is no perfection or purity in the human experience , and there is no doubt John Lennon was a genius , whose musical talents are without doubt. no matter what anyone says.
whoever posted this crap is far from perfect.
Surely a sin to insult a man who was murdered by a crazy and jealous person
Dylan was wiser when he said, on being called a genius l'm "Just a song-and-dance man." Lennon's an entertainer not Mozart or Michaelangelo. Nasty piece of work too.
Absolutely. It sounds like he didn't like some parts of himself, like the violent tendencies. I think he was likely conflicted on a lot of things, I don't see why some people think it's so crazy he had expensive homes when he wrote "imagine no possessions"...any rich person would indulge to an extent. I don't think he could have come up with "Imagine" if he didn't feel it on some level. I also do think the animosity he felt for his own father likely contributed to his own failing to be a good father to Julian. Most people are both good and bad.
'Any mistake is forgivable...as long as you admit it.' - Bruce Lee.
@@garymorgan3314 Mozart and Michelangelo had their problems, too. I am beholden to the Beatles. My wife lost her dad in 1960 when she was 8 yrs old. When the Beatles came out they put the sunshine back into her heart. The Beatles weren't angels but they were no worse than a lot of us and they did a lot to put a lot of joy into the hearts of a lot of girls and young women. God Bless the Beatles and John Lennon. I hope John and George are at peace.
The truth is that John Lennon was a genius and musical visionary -- plus one of the greatest male vocalists of all time.
It’s so fascinating that he was able to take generational horrors, probably starting hundreds of years prior, and transform them into one of the most enthralling and complex creations humankind has ever known, but he wasn’t able to end them
Loved the Beatles, loved John. As with the rest of us, celebs are full time mere mortals.
Never understood the need to probe into the lives behind the acts. None among us would appreciate being endlessly and openly stalked and discussed when off duty or absent from our professionalism.
1:22 nothing to do with the video, but why does it seems like the man next to John, has a face on the back of his head? So weird...
it's just professor quirrell
@@nicole4508 ahaha, good point 😂
It was a mask, isn't it? '-' I didn't eveb notice this haha
You can't blame John for his response to his derelict father. He wrote a great song about the man...
Sometimes, the abused become the abuser. Breaking the cycle is the trick.
Lennon was never a perfect person. The story is complicated, and the motives are of course caused by something that had happened. He was human, and I think we need to realize that.
Most of this seems accurate and most of this sort of material can be found in almost anybody's life. I don't know anyone who hasn't played the fool, used people, proved the hypocrite...most of us do it on a smaller scale cause we are not rich and famous...so imagine if many of your own mistakes in life were made public...how would you feel? How would you react? How would you explain yourself? After that experience, you might cut Lennon a bit more slack.
While that's a great observation, by your own statement most people have that condition. Even so, Lennon sticks out like a sore thumb. Me, you, other musicians, anybody...we have that baseline and yet still, Lennon stands taller than most. Sorry, no pass.
Excellent point and certainly something to think about.
@@tiffanylyons4474 I will say however that Lennon must have had "good" in him more than we know too, since he did sincerely write about those things in song. I guess the question is: "how much did Lennon strive to change those things about himself that weren't so admirable?". He must have to some degree. It could be that he never got to achieve his goal of being a better person, but he was on that path.
I appreciate your reasonable comment on my own hopefully reasonable observation. But the rich and/or famous are at the end of the day mere mortal flesh. It is the unreasonable assumption that because someone 'stands taller than most' they are to be held to a higher moral standard. Why? Talent exists free of moral values. I understand Lennon's early life was bad; as an adult he behaved poorly; then righted himself towards the end. He admitted to his mistakes and tried to move on. What more is there for a person to do?
Why are we wasting our time watching this, when we could be listening to Yoko sing?
Because despite its pain, life is still worth living.
I'd like to keep thinking that, thanks.
I'd rather listen to Delirium Sean Lennon & Les Claypool get down. Great live playing Nye the Fillmore
Oh you mean spongebob.
I don't have any Yoko Ono albums, so what I do is stick a piece of sheet metal in my car's grille, and drive at 82 mph. At that speed, the metal behaves just right and goes "EOOOEEEWAHHHEEEoooooWWWWWWwwwwweeeeeAAAAHHHH"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
what's up at 1:21 with the dude on the left and the face on the back of his head?
I wonder how much he could've developed if he lived, like if he re-connected with his son, or him and Yoko had a divorce and he found someone else- what could he have done? That would've been a cool timeline
He never really got the chance to reflect on his earlier life and tell more, explain more, express more, and fix more.
that timeline exists in some reality
Julia Lennon, John's mother, was killed in a car accident by an off duty policeman. This man was a learner driver who accidentally drove forward instead of reverse. When taken to court he got off without punishment. It is ironic that he would be forever reminded of what he had done when the Beatles became so famous. John Lennon was guilty of hitting women in his younger days, but changed when he embraced the anti war movement and met Yoko. He was indeed guilty of neglecting his eldest son when he left Cynthia for Yoko. Whatever his faults were, John did throw himself wholeheartedly into the campaign against the Vietnam war, along with Yoko. He and Yoko took a lot of abuse for their stand on this issue and for this they are to be applauded.
susangavaghan John’s mom was killed, true. However, she had already abandoned him, and John was left to be raised by his Aunt. Please, do not make his mother into a saint. I’m sure she had issues, but, abandoning your child is an act which scars them for life. Seldom have I been more moved by John singing/screaming about how much he wanted his mother, but she didn’t want him.
@@UnoHoo1 John Lennon's mother did not abandon him. Julia was abandoned by John's father Freddie Lennon when he went out to sea and he stopped providing for her and John. Julia met a man named Bobby Dykins and they began living together. They could not marry because John's father was at sea and she could not obtain a divorce. John was living with Julia and Bobby but they could only afford a flat with one room. Julia's sister, Mimi, reported this to the social services which resulted in John being removed from Julia and sent to live with Mimi. Julia tried to visit John but Mimi shut the door in her face. When John was 10 he began visiting his mother in secret. All this is in the book 'Imagine This - Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon' written by John's half sister Julia. In the movie 'Nowhere Boy' Julia was portrayed as having abandoned John. I believe that Sam Taylor Wood, the director of the movie had intended to paint a more accurate picture but Paul McCartney told her that she must not portray Mimi in a bad light, and that she loved John madly. So the script was altered. As I have already stated, John was no saint and did have his flaws. However, he was a musical God and did a lot of good in his anti Vietnam war protests.
I hate that trope. If a normal person killed someone, you would think about it almost every day, regardless of the fame of their son.
3:18 it seems as if the narrator is not expressing the time frame in the best possible way.. John Lennon's mother died when John was a teenager and he did not become famous until some 7 or 8 years later. The policeman who accidentally killed John's mother could not have known that the son of the woman he killed was going to be famous, not likely. I have read books about the life of John Lennon and never heard what happened to the policeman who killed John's mother. . It is interesting to hear that that policeman became a letter carrier and then had to deliver mail along the route where the son of the victim lives.
the troubling truth; he was a human being
Sometimes it's best to stay out of people's lives, reporting things that might be best left alone. This is a good example.
Shame he didn’t learn his lesson with Julian!
Funny how people tend to ignore the fact that John stopped his career to raise Sean.
@@MarcosMagalhaes_ I'm not particularly interested in the fact that he did that, he wasn't a good father to Julian, yet he was bitter about his own father! He was a hypocrite! It's testament to his wonderful mum Julia that he turned out the way he did!
@Jenni Graham You said he didn’t learned his lesson with Julian. Actually, he did. He stopped his career to raise his second kid, and was coming to good terms with Julian by 1979/1980. Even Julian said, with a lot of frustration, that Lennon was killed when everything was fine between them. But those good months did not erased the bad years, Julian wasn’t telling a lie when he said that John was an hypocrite, because he was talking about the man he knew as a kid, not the guy that was a real to father to Sean. Those 5 years out of the music business made the difference on him. Lennon was killed during the best time of his life, as a person.
@@MarcosMagalhaes_ but how does that consul julian? glad he wanted to be a good father to sean... but how about fixing things with julian?
@Joann Ross From my last comment: “He stopped his career to raise his second kid, and was coming to good terms with Julian by 1979/1980. Even Julian said, with a lot of frustration, that Lennon was killed when everything was fine between them. But those good months did not erased the bad years, Julian wasn’t telling a lie when he said that John was an hypocrite, because he was talking about the man he knew as a kid, not the guy that was a real to father to Sean. Those 5 years out of the music business made the difference on him. Lennon was killed during the best time of his life, as a person.”
So...who would like to cast the first stone?
Its not that .... He just should have never been made out to be any kind of "good example " or " hero" or someone to look up to
@@markconnell7723 ....I agree. Its a common mistake made by passionate fans of music, sports, etc. Our connection with these artists, musicians, athletes, tricks us into believing we know them personally and blinds us to their faults.
Classic narcissist; self absorbed, egotistical and violent. The writer and performer of "Imagine" lived at the Dakota in NYC and had a beachfront mansion in Palm Beach. "Imagine no possessions...". Yeah, right.
Thomas Thomas My thought EXACTLY. I couldn`t agree more.
The song imagine is a parody
typical liberal shithead hypocrite.
You are 100%correct.lennon was the biggest phony.
Ridiculous comments. He wouldnt be any more Narcissitic than most people. He was an immensely talented musician and writer.