When John first moved to New York in 1971, he lived on Bank Street in the village and later moved to the Dakota, which is directly across the street from Central Park. I grew up in the same neighborhood just two blocks from where he lived so I used to see him walking in the neighborhood all the time and actually met him twice. I never asked him for an autograph, which, as you can see, he would’ve gladly signed. I don’t know why but for some reason, I felt it was inappropriate . As you can see from the video, he carried himself with humor and grace.
That's the best combo a person could have. Funny and gracious. There isn't many of them out there! John was a real person who happened to become one of the biggest artists of all time. He was still a man at heart though. A lot of modern celebrities are just walking, talking corporate ideology billboards. Who are so out of touch with reality they don't see the walls coming down around them. They hate the thing that gave them the ability to be stars in the first place. I'm all for change and things being better for everyone but not this cyber corporate dystopia where "everyone is equal" and "I'm doing my part!" 🤣 here's your ribbon. Sorry that got off topic. That's amazing you saw him. I would have asked. I'm not gonna lie lol
@@L33Reacts John wanted everyone to be equal. Of course not in a capitalistic mind where everything is copied and just aligned to maximise profite, it loses its heart. But thats not a left ideology agenda, because the problems the world has are real, thats about the money.
He was and is a legend. He had his issues but his mind and heart were in the right place. He had the talent to express these things in ways that penetrated the fabric of our society to the core.
I was 16 and a Beatlemaniac from birth according to my folks (1964) in Berkeley, California; a vert fun, colorful place back then. My girlfriend called hysterical with the news and we spent the rest of the day and late into the night simply hugging each other and crying our eyes out. I remember it like it was yesterday and it kills me.
John ...what a man, what a poet , what a visionary...your dream is about to come true... humanity will soon be free from their bondages of evil. The demons are running now but will not escape justice coming very soon. January 20th onwards 👍💗🙏
John Lennon is the only person I miss that died before I was even born. His death always makes me sad when I think about it. Rest in eternal peace, John.
You are right, guy. He was more than a star or celebrity, he was truly loved by many millions. I will never forget how we heard Howard Cosell announce his death during a Monday night football game. Which is why the song, Starting Over, climbing the charts after his hiatus, always breaks me up. So excited that he was back! And then he was taken away.
My sister lived on the same street as The Dakota and once was walking down the street and looked up to see John and Yoko approaching on the sidewalk, both smiling and saying excuse us as they passed her by. We saw the Beatles as kids and the Beatles were everything to us.
To some of us oldies who were ‘there’ with The Beatles all along this is very emotional. He and the other Beatles were beyond superstar at that time, they became Icons. John reached new heights with his anti war and living in New York, so revered!
I just found him and lost him at the same time. I don't know how to feel. But there is a sort of emptiness when I do try and feel it. I wasn't there, so the impact is somewhat lessened, but the sting is still there. 😪
His journey was so authentic,we didn’t expect perfection from our artists. We wanted honestly, pain,anger, confusion,sillyness ,emotional growth ,and Music Music Music. he gave us all he wanted- we wanted more but it was his life experience. I wanted him to tell me what to expect. The night he was murdered I was destroyed, I walked out of a club in shock went home and fell into sobbing mourning with my roommates. I knew the 80s was doomed. If you want to hear a beautiful honest song that was the first time I heard a vulnerable man in Rock. ❤️JEALOUS GUY❤️ He loved NY ! He & Yoko found a home . The songs he wrote for her Beautiful!
Love #9 Dream! Two other huge favorites for me because they just seemed so early to hint at punk and later alt-rock stuff, but, I Found Out, and, Well Well Well. Damn it's just so stripped down and intense. But I love the luxuriousness of #9 Dream!
John was living like any other New Yorker when I was a little kid. He loved being accessible and unfortunately died because he wanted to feel connected. I was on a class trip to the planetarium right by his place the day he was killed. It's freaky thinking that guy was standing there, waiting for him all day
You said it. I was 13 when he was murdered and I cried for days every time I heard his voice. His songs were all over the radio every station for days after. He was my favorite Beatle and my personal hero because of the type of person he was. I wanted to be just like him. I try to always be kind and thoughtful to everyone. I know I am not perfect no one is but John made me want to strive to be as much of that as I could.
Putting his politics aside Lennon was & still is a musical genius. His early stuff with the Beatles was teenage angst & love sick pop but he later broke out with songs like this. Lyrically deep, some Harrison tunes are the same way. Two great talents lost. RIP John & George.
Most of this shot in NYC 🗽my hometown and in Central Park as well. Amazing how it seems John was able to walk freely back then with no bodyguards or entourage as the New Yorkers were generally respectful and gave him his space back in the day❤
No doubt, and I'm sure that lead to his sense of feeling safe on his own, but the total lack of security would end up being the critical miscalculation that would lead to the end of his life on that awful, fateful day of December 8, 1980. May he rest in peace. Peace
@@BernardHodgsonNew Yorkers never hurt John. Just look at the mob of people who ran to his apartment in the middle of the night It was a brainwashed psycho from Hawaii.
Yoko introduced him to New York and he loved it. He said it reminded him of Liverpool. He did a fund raiser for John Sinclair, a New Yorker who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for marijuana possession. He was released the day after the concert. As a result, the Nixon administration considered John Lennon a threat and repeatedly tried to get him deported. He successfully fought it and stayed there, with the exception of his "lost weekend" in LA which lasted a year and a half or so, until the day he died. God, I miss that man. We can only imagine the wonderful music and art the world has lost.
I once stayed for a while in a place about two blocks from the Dakota. Spent a lot of time in Central Park and I even ran into Yoko a couple times at that little memorial park that she did. Hey man, I have followed your channel for a while, and something just clicked just now. If you haven't done his hit Cold Turkey yet, you absolutely absolutely absolutely have to. I can tell that you like him, but given your past experience, which probably wasn't exactly like his, I'm not saying that, but given your past experience, I am positive your respect for him will shoot through the roof. It's a great song on top of it, really cutting edge for the time and raw. And so compelling. Btw, you are one of the few reactors I watch where when they point to where a link is supposed to be on the screen, it's actually there, lol.
John was a NYer after the Beatles. He was so loved & approachable, but sadly that was his downfall. He never turned down a request for an autograph, esp kids. The video was filmed in Central Park, his apt was on W 72nd St & Strawberry Fields is in the park right across from The Dakota. He loved NY & we loved him. Still do.
Hey Lee! Nice reaction my friend. John loved NYC. He spoke once in an Andy Peables interview taken only a day before his assassination of how NY was 24\7 and had his kind of energy. Ironically he also spoke of how safe he felt there. He said he felt comfortable going to restaurants there without being bugged. He said mostly the people will just wave and give smiles of recognition. What a dark night that was. I still miss him
Lee, Every Year on John Lennon s Birthday October 9th a group of musicians fans gather at Strawberry Fields Imagine Mosaic and play guitar, bass & drums. They play Beatles and John Lennon songs all day. I came upon this one year while walking through Central Park in NYC. I got to join in along with many people. What a special experience I'll never forget. ☮️
R.I.P. John and George. Thank you for all the audio treasures. Who knows what further gifts you would have blessed us with had your life not been taken so soon.
'I knew he was in the know..' that's what I thought when I heard this song, "Instant Karma" and "Imagine". I never realised how spiritual John and George was until I heard their songs and watched interviews they gave about spirituality. They "Really" understood the meaning of life and what we are, which is, pure love, peace and joy. I would not be surprised if the Beatles were put here to spread "peace and love" in order to advance our consciousness. Great reaction Lee!
Your singing at the beginning - hahaha Not enough is ever said about Lennon's slide guitar work and the clavichord he is playing in this song. And I haven't even mentioned the depths of understanding consciousness which he sings about - just terrific!
It's funny how he goes into the Tiffany store which is known for its expensive jewelry and he comes out with one of those dirty water dogs from the hot dog stands on the corner LOL❤
I shall be spinning the vinyl 45 of Lennon's "Instant Karma" in the Green Fields of this years Glastonbury Festival, along with other rock tunes, including The Beatles "Revolution"" & Edwin Starr's "War".
This was the time and place I grew up. I was extremely fortunate but we took it for granted. NYC Central Park Zoo. mid 70s and those hot pretzels from the push cart vendors - the best!
I too have wondered how The Beatles solo songs would have sounded if they stayed a group the way The Rolling Stones did in the '70s. BTW, now that you've heard "Mind Games" you're ready for one of my personal favorites, "#9 Dream" from Walls and Bridges.
I will never forget watching Monday Night football and Howard Cosell announcing towards the end of the game - John Lennon shot twice in the back - dead on arrival.
I've got a long list of solo beatle stuff to Do. So far I've connected with John's stuff the most a long with Paul.... and George. .. damn this is hard
So cool that you reacted to the music video instead of just the song . The song is awesome, a true classic, but the video adds so much more context. I posted the following comment to the official music video a few years ago on December 8, 2020. I figure I'd copy it here to give you an idea of how the world felt when we realized John was gone. Here it is: I remember watching Monday Night Football 40 years ago today, December 8, 1980. The Miami Dolphins vs The New England Patriots. I remember rooting for one team, although I cant remember which, because it had some sort of potential playoff implications for my Buffalo Bills. Towards the end of the regulation game, a scroll came across the bottom of the screen saying a former Beatle had been shot in NYC. It didn't say who, or what kind of physical condition they were in. Immediately, I thought of Paul McCartney. Paul had been busted for Marijuana possession in Japan earlier that year, and although improbable, the only thing I could think of was maybe some kind of drug deal gone bad. I remember hoping he'd be okay. Then, a short while later, Howard Cosell interrupted the game and said it was John Lennon, that he had been shot in the back, that he was rushed to the hospital, and that he was pronounced dead on arrival. I remember standing up from my chair in disbelief. All of a sudden, this game that meant so much to me only moments earlier meant absolutely nothing. The impact of knowing the Beatles would never, ever reunite was overwhelming. And that a man of peace was so brutally gunned down for no apparent reason was really unbearable at the time. My heart goes out to his family on this sad anniversary. Rest in Peace John Lennon. Peace
73 was good year for post-Beatles: - John's Mind Games - Ringo's self-titled album (a.k.a. Ringo 73) -George's Living in the Material World -Paul McCartney and Wings' Red Rose Speedway and THE GIANT Band on the Run NOTE: Spinozza quoted in this video worked with McCartney on RAM and Ringo on Ringo the 4th, there's other story of him about Beatles-related but it's embarrassing search and 'think for yourself'... CHEERS !!!
That is called " The Bandshell" . Directly behind it is the "Rumsey Play Field" , the location of the "Summer Stage" It was my "Home" Monday thru Wednesday in the Summer during the 90's, where I was Head Carpenter for New York Grand Opera I definitely had the nicest "Yard" in NYC every Summer! I miss it alor!
Great song! 1973's music is burned into my mind. That year at age 12 I had the trauma of being locked up in an asylum. The music I heard on the air was a window to a better world I knew was out there and that I would live in someday... Well, here I am today, an old musician in Tucson.
What an amazing creative mind. We were all robbed by pure insanity and when you listen to John now you can have such a range of emotions,so high and so low. I simply will never be able to forgive mindless thoughts that have no place in this world.
The Mind Games album is set to be released in a remixed 6 disc, 2 Blu-ray, book, box set, Ultimate Collection release in July. The 2-disc version should be pretty good too.
Funny story about David Spinozza.....when he was hired to work on the Mind Games LP, he had learned that Lennon was unaware that he had previously worked with McCartney and was concerned that he might be dismissed if lennon found out due to the sour relationship he had at the time with McCartney. It so happens that when Lennon did find out, he simply commented, "Well, Paul knows how to pick good people." Having recorded with Ringo years later, Spinozza is one of a few select muscians who has played for three of the four Beatles. Jim Keltner holds the same distinction as well, although he has not yet played with McCartney.
Klaus has worked with all four, though technically, Paul was working with him, not the other way around. They also worked together for Carly Simon. Klaus played bass and Paul sang backing vocals.
John & Yoko lived in the famous Dakota Buildin' across from Central Park. It also played a major role in the film Rosemary's Baby. Iffin' you haven't seen this movie I can't recommend it enough. A true classic!
I agree with you about this video. Just John fooling around and with no alterations to the studio track. The video is very fun but also unavoidably deep, sad, and reflective given that you can't change his tragic fate only a few years later. He lived in New York City with Yoko and Sean, at the Dakota building. He was also murdered there in 1980 by a sub-human nothing who even had the balls to have gotten John's autograph on the Double Fantasy album earlier in the day.....I so glad that Yoko is still alive to keep this monster behind bars....
The video was so awesome. It made my soul happy to see him amongst the people who loved him. It makes an old man feel good. Oh wait I can't say that till tomorrow:( lol Keep that deviant under the prison.
@@L33Reacts Happy 30th Birthday you "old man". Just wait until you're a 53 year-old fossil like me. 😉 Hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow with your family!!! 🥳🎁🍻
Check out the story of when Paul went to John’s apartment when Lorne Michaels’ offered the Beatles live on the show a lowly sum if they came on the show. Paul went to the apartment while the show was in progress so they could have gotten in a taxi and crashed the show. But John did not want to do it. What a moment in time. I wish John acted more in character and spontaneously did it.
I love that he's singing mind Guerillas 🗡 not the animal gorillas 🦍 because maybe many here aren't willing to admit it but I will my mind has got an army of them and sometimes I can't shut then off (negativity) but it's great that John gives tips about (positivity) Love Is the Answer, acceptance, letting things go what a great message I need to hear & live.❤
What unfortunately led to his death was his access to fans. He would literally just go shopping and walk through the parks in New York. Go grab a cup of coffee, etc. People would just run into him all the time. He didn't isolate himself. It was a different time. Sadly, this same openness allowed his killer to get too close.
It's hard to watch John in NY knowing he was finally happy, and knowing what was coming. It broke my heart when he was murdered. Thanks for it all John.
This is one of John's most Beatley tracks. The other is #9 Dreams and I enjoy both considerably with the visuals ! Haven't yet heard the album though. For a modern muso you're groovy in liking them fab four ! 😹🤡🌈
#9 Dream is wonderful! Yes...Lennon and Ono moved to NY City after the Beatles and lived in the Dakota - which was featured in the movie "Rosemary's Baby".
I will miss John forever😢❤
When John first moved to New York in 1971, he lived on Bank Street in the village and later moved to the Dakota, which is directly across the street from Central Park. I grew up in the same neighborhood just two blocks from where he lived so
I used to see him walking in the neighborhood all the time and actually met him twice.
I never asked him for an autograph, which, as you can see, he would’ve gladly signed. I don’t know why but for some reason, I felt it was inappropriate .
As you can see from the video, he carried himself with humor and grace.
That's the best combo a person could have. Funny and gracious. There isn't many of them out there! John was a real person who happened to become one of the biggest artists of all time. He was still a man at heart though. A lot of modern celebrities are just walking, talking corporate ideology billboards. Who are so out of touch with reality they don't see the walls coming down around them. They hate the thing that gave them the ability to be stars in the first place. I'm all for change and things being better for everyone but not this cyber corporate dystopia where "everyone is equal" and "I'm doing my part!" 🤣 here's your ribbon.
Sorry that got off topic. That's amazing you saw him. I would have asked. I'm not gonna lie lol
@@L33Reacts John wanted everyone to be equal. Of course not in a capitalistic mind where everything is copied and just aligned to maximise profite, it loses its heart. But thats not a left ideology agenda, because the problems the world has are real, thats about the money.
@L33Reacts Lennons most meaningful song lyrically is "Working class hero " so ,so true 👍 respect from socialist Liverpool.
@@L33Reacts you really did delete my comment? lol. Thats just the truth. Equality is literally what John wanted.
@ricardo_miguel13 ? No I didn't delete anything . RUclips does that randomly sadly.
He was and is a legend. He had his issues but his mind and heart were in the right place. He had the talent to express these things in ways that penetrated the fabric of our society to the core.
Losing John Lennon still hurts to this day. The nomark that killed him robbed us of one of our greatest artists and a generational spokesman.
I was 16 and a Beatlemaniac from birth according to my folks (1964) in Berkeley, California; a vert fun, colorful place back then. My girlfriend called hysterical with the news and we spent the rest of the day and late into the night simply hugging each other and crying our eyes out. I remember it like it was yesterday and it kills me.
John ...what a man, what a poet , what a visionary...your dream is about to come true... humanity will soon be free from their bondages of evil. The demons are running now but will not escape justice coming very soon. January 20th onwards 👍💗🙏
Yes he was such a dude, what a loss ❤
John was such a great great guy. Brilliant man. Great singer song writer him and all the Beatles are amazing love them all 😊❤
Breaks my heart watching him gone so soon. Love you John
God I know, it's hard to watch. 😔
John Lennon is the only person I miss that died before I was even born. His death always makes me sad when I think about it. Rest in eternal peace, John.
You are right, guy. He was more than a star or celebrity, he was truly loved by many millions. I will never forget how we heard Howard Cosell announce his death during a Monday night football game. Which is why the song, Starting Over, climbing the charts after his hiatus, always breaks me up. So excited that he was back! And then he was taken away.
My sister lived on the same street as The Dakota and once was walking down the street and looked up to see John and Yoko approaching on the sidewalk, both smiling and saying excuse us as they passed her by. We saw the Beatles as kids and the Beatles were everything to us.
Yes John was loved in the city 🌆❤️🎉
I’m glad he found a new home in NYC. I know I did when I worked and lived there in 2016
Lennon's Solo Stuff was Magnificent, and Meaningful 💎
To some of us oldies who were ‘there’ with The Beatles all along this is very emotional. He and the other Beatles were beyond superstar at that time, they became Icons. John reached new heights with his anti war and living in New York, so revered!
John, God I miss him.
[tears welling up]
I just found him and lost him at the same time. I don't know how to feel. But there is a sort of emptiness when I do try and feel it. I wasn't there, so the impact is somewhat lessened, but the sting is still there. 😪
Amen, I feel you.
His journey was so authentic,we didn’t expect perfection from our artists. We wanted honestly, pain,anger, confusion,sillyness ,emotional growth ,and Music Music Music. he gave us all he wanted- we wanted more but it was his life experience. I wanted him to tell me what to expect. The night he was murdered I was destroyed, I walked out of a club in shock went home and fell into sobbing mourning with my roommates. I knew the 80s was doomed. If you want to hear a beautiful honest song that was the first time I heard a vulnerable man in Rock. ❤️JEALOUS GUY❤️ He loved NY ! He & Yoko found a home . The songs he wrote for her Beautiful!
Sad watching the film and considering the loss.
I cried. Happens every time. Love John. ✌️❤️
This and #9 Dream are two of his crowning achievements in my opinion.
Agree!!!❤❤
Love #9 Dream! Two other huge favorites for me because they just seemed so early to hint at punk and later alt-rock stuff, but, I Found Out, and, Well Well Well. Damn it's just so stripped down and intense. But I love the luxuriousness of #9 Dream!
John was living like any other New Yorker when I was a little kid. He loved being accessible and unfortunately died because he wanted to feel connected.
I was on a class trip to the planetarium right by his place the day he was killed. It's freaky thinking that guy was standing there, waiting for him all day
You said it. I was 13 when he was murdered and I cried for days every time I heard his voice. His songs were all over the radio every station for days after. He was my favorite Beatle and my personal hero because of the type of person he was. I wanted to be just like him. I try to always be kind and thoughtful to everyone. I know I am not perfect no one is but John made me want to strive to be as much of that as I could.
"Gimme Some Truth", another Lennon classic !
Putting his politics aside Lennon was & still is a musical genius. His early stuff with the Beatles was teenage angst & love sick pop but he later broke out with songs like this. Lyrically deep, some Harrison tunes are the same way. Two great talents lost. RIP John & George.
It's hard to imagine the number of amazing songs John would have created had he not left us so long ago.
Most of this shot in NYC 🗽my hometown and in Central Park as well. Amazing how it seems John was able to walk freely back then with no bodyguards or entourage as the New Yorkers were generally respectful and gave him his space back in the day❤
And see where that got him
No doubt, and I'm sure that lead to his sense of feeling safe on his own, but the total lack of security would end up being the critical miscalculation that would lead to the end of his life on that awful, fateful day of December 8, 1980. May he rest in peace.
Peace
@@BernardHodgsonNew Yorkers never hurt John. Just look at the mob of people who ran to his apartment in the middle of the night
It was a brainwashed psycho from Hawaii.
@@BernardHodgsonan out of state loser flew with a gun from Hawaii. He was safe from New Yorkers.
@@thewizard6077I remember that day still 😢
Yoko introduced him to New York and he loved it. He said it reminded him of Liverpool. He did a fund raiser for John Sinclair, a New Yorker who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for marijuana possession. He was released the day after the concert. As a result, the Nixon administration considered John Lennon a threat and repeatedly tried to get him deported. He successfully fought it and stayed there, with the exception of his "lost weekend" in LA which lasted a year and a half or so, until the day he died. God, I miss that man. We can only imagine the wonderful music and art the world has lost.
I once stayed for a while in a place about two blocks from the Dakota. Spent a lot of time in Central Park and I even ran into Yoko a couple times at that little memorial park that she did.
Hey man, I have followed your channel for a while, and something just clicked just now. If you haven't done his hit Cold Turkey yet, you absolutely absolutely absolutely have to. I can tell that you like him, but given your past experience, which probably wasn't exactly like his, I'm not saying that, but given your past experience, I am positive your respect for him will shoot through the roof. It's a great song on top of it, really cutting edge for the time and raw. And so compelling.
Btw, you are one of the few reactors I watch where when they point to where a link is supposed to be on the screen, it's actually there, lol.
John was a NYer after the Beatles. He was so loved & approachable, but sadly that was his downfall. He never turned down a request for an autograph, esp kids. The video was filmed in Central Park, his apt was on W 72nd St & Strawberry Fields is in the park right across from The Dakota. He loved NY & we loved him. Still do.
The Strawberry Fields Memorial is in Central Park, yes. Would love to go see it some time.
My favorite line is at the very end, in the fadeout. "I want you to make love not war. I know, you've heard it before."
Hey Lee! Nice reaction my friend. John loved NYC. He spoke once in an Andy Peables interview taken only a day before his assassination of how NY was 24\7 and had his kind of energy. Ironically he also spoke of how safe he felt there. He said he felt comfortable going to restaurants there without being bugged. He said mostly the people will just wave and give smiles of recognition. What a dark night that was. I still miss him
Love this song, it has really stayed with me since i was a kid.
Lee, Every Year on John Lennon s Birthday October 9th a group of musicians fans gather at Strawberry Fields Imagine Mosaic and play guitar, bass & drums. They play Beatles and John Lennon songs all day. I came upon this one year while walking through Central Park in NYC. I got to join in along with many people. What a special experience I'll never forget. ☮️
Yeah I've been to Strawberry Fields several times and even not on his anniversary people play his music and the Beatles songs even till today❤
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel….
Love Lennon’s lyrics.
R.I.P. John and George. Thank you for all the audio treasures. Who knows what further gifts you would have blessed us with had your life not been taken so soon.
'I knew he was in the know..' that's what I thought when I heard this song, "Instant Karma" and "Imagine". I never realised how spiritual John and George was until I heard their songs and watched interviews they gave about spirituality. They "Really" understood the meaning of life and what we are, which is, pure love, peace and joy. I would not be surprised if the Beatles were put here to spread "peace and love" in order to advance our consciousness. Great reaction Lee!
Different times. The future looked positve. Peace & Love, ( give it a chance)!
One of my favourite John Lennon Singles. ❤
Your singing at the beginning - hahaha
Not enough is ever said about Lennon's slide guitar work and the clavichord he is playing in this song. And I haven't even mentioned the depths of understanding consciousness which he sings about - just terrific!
You like that huh? Maybe I will take my voice on tour. 😭🤣🤣
And yes, John knew what was up. He sprinkles it in through his music
@@L33Reacts get it booked! ..I'll be your first roadie 😂 have a great birthday friend
Lennon's solo career was the most interesting, to me. Check out
"Jealous Guy". Used Klaus Goodman , on bass a lot.
Love your taste level in music.
I love this. Always since it came out.
Yes, he was just about the most revered individual that era 🤘❤️
It's funny how he goes into the Tiffany store which is known for its expensive jewelry and he comes out with one of those dirty water dogs from the hot dog stands on the corner LOL❤
Yes I smiled at that little joke!
Yes! I'm glad you said that. I laughed out loud. Loved John's silly sense of humor! 🥰
I shall be spinning the vinyl 45 of Lennon's "Instant Karma" in the Green Fields of this years Glastonbury Festival, along with other rock tunes, including The Beatles "Revolution"" & Edwin Starr's "War".
This was the time and place I grew up. I was extremely fortunate but we took it for granted. NYC Central Park Zoo. mid 70s and those hot pretzels from the push cart vendors - the best!
Mind Games has a transcendent quality. I like big picture songs. Dream Number 9 is probably my favourite Lennon song - sunny and dreamlike.
I too have wondered how The Beatles solo songs would have sounded if they stayed a group the way The Rolling Stones did in the '70s. BTW, now that you've heard "Mind Games" you're ready for one of my personal favorites, "#9 Dream" from Walls and Bridges.
He is still a hero!
I will never forget watching Monday Night football and Howard Cosell announcing towards the end of the game - John Lennon shot twice in the back - dead on arrival.
Love the video as well as the song. Instant Karma is also great
I've got a long list of solo beatle stuff to Do. So far I've connected with John's stuff the most a long with Paul.... and George. .. damn this is hard
NO.9 Dream is beautiful, well worth a listen when you get the chance.....
My favorite single of his!
So cool that you reacted to the music video instead of just the song . The song is awesome, a true classic, but the video adds so much more context. I posted the following comment to the official music video a few years ago on December 8, 2020. I figure I'd copy it here to give you an idea of how the world felt when we realized John was gone. Here it is:
I remember watching Monday Night Football 40 years ago today, December 8, 1980. The Miami Dolphins vs The New England Patriots. I remember rooting for one team, although I cant remember which, because it had some sort of potential playoff implications for my Buffalo Bills. Towards the end of the regulation game, a scroll came across the bottom of the screen saying a former Beatle had been shot in NYC. It didn't say who, or what kind of physical condition they were in. Immediately, I thought of Paul McCartney. Paul had been busted for Marijuana possession in Japan earlier that year, and although improbable, the only thing I could think of was maybe some kind of drug deal gone bad. I remember hoping he'd be okay. Then, a short while later, Howard Cosell interrupted the game and said it was John Lennon, that he had been shot in the back, that he was rushed to the hospital, and that he was pronounced dead on arrival. I remember standing up from my chair in disbelief. All of a sudden, this game that meant so much to me only moments earlier meant absolutely nothing. The impact of knowing the Beatles would never, ever reunite was overwhelming. And that a man of peace was so brutally gunned down for no apparent reason was really unbearable at the time. My heart goes out to his family on this sad anniversary. Rest in Peace John Lennon.
Peace
Another great Lennon vocal
John Lennon…. Most Important Person In Modern Music History. “The Beatles…. Greatest Musical Group In History. Nobody else even comes close.
73 was good year for post-Beatles:
- John's Mind Games
- Ringo's self-titled album (a.k.a. Ringo 73)
-George's Living in the Material World
-Paul McCartney and Wings' Red Rose Speedway and THE GIANT Band on the Run
NOTE: Spinozza quoted in this video worked with McCartney on RAM and Ringo on Ringo the 4th, there's other story of him about Beatles-related but it's embarrassing search and 'think for yourself'...
CHEERS !!!
First guy in New York to wheel his baby carriage through Central Park. I have missed him for almost 24 years (he was taken 4 days after my birthday).
Damn! That video broke me. I remember the night it happened.
Me too. It's so hard to watch, but I can't look away because he was just so damn magical.
That is called " The Bandshell" . Directly behind it is the "Rumsey Play Field" , the location of the "Summer Stage" It was my "Home" Monday thru Wednesday in the Summer during the 90's, where I was Head Carpenter for New York Grand Opera
I definitely had the nicest "Yard" in NYC every Summer! I miss it alor!
Mi gran idolo n° 1. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵👍🌹🌹🌹
Beautiful.
John. ❤️
The best 👌
What a great video clip . Geez we all miss John 😢
Great song! 1973's music is burned into my mind. That year at age 12 I had the trauma of being locked up in an asylum. The music I heard on the air was a window to a better world I knew was out there and that I would live in someday... Well, here I am today, an old musician in Tucson.
"Talking things into existence."
Yep. Nicely said. Cheers
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What an amazing creative mind. We were all robbed by pure insanity and when you listen to John now you can have such a range of emotions,so high and so low. I simply will never be able to forgive mindless thoughts that have no place in this world.
In this video John is dressed like Father Guido Sarduchi from SNL. LOL.
More like Father Guido Sarducchi dressed like him!
I’ve never seen this video. It’s uplifting.
The Mind Games album is set to be released in a remixed 6 disc, 2 Blu-ray, book, box set, Ultimate Collection release in July. The 2-disc version should be pretty good too.
He loved NY
_Mind Games_ is actually a book, on which the song is based.
My most liked Lennon song.
John was always my favourite of the Beatles Sadly another legend took way too soon, and it was brilliant song
Funny story about David Spinozza.....when he was hired to work on the Mind Games LP, he had learned that Lennon was unaware that he had previously worked with McCartney and was concerned that he might be dismissed if lennon found out due to the sour relationship he had at the time with McCartney. It so happens that when Lennon did find out, he simply commented, "Well, Paul knows how to pick good people." Having recorded with Ringo years later, Spinozza is one of a few select muscians who has played for three of the four Beatles. Jim Keltner holds the same distinction as well, although he has not yet played with McCartney.
Klaus has worked with all four, though technically, Paul was working with him, not the other way around. They also worked together for Carly Simon. Klaus played bass and Paul sang backing vocals.
you're right- it is a beautiful video.. but at the same time it broke my heart and made me cry.
John & Yoko lived in the famous Dakota Buildin' across from Central Park. It also played a major role in the film Rosemary's Baby. Iffin' you haven't seen this movie I can't recommend it enough. A true classic!
I agree with you about this video. Just John fooling around and with no alterations to the studio track. The video is very fun but also unavoidably deep, sad, and reflective given that you can't change his tragic fate only a few years later. He lived in New York City with Yoko and Sean, at the Dakota building. He was also murdered there in 1980 by a sub-human nothing who even had the balls to have gotten John's autograph on the Double Fantasy album earlier in the day.....I so glad that Yoko is still alive to keep this monster behind bars....
The video was so awesome. It made my soul happy to see him amongst the people who loved him. It makes an old man feel good. Oh wait I can't say that till tomorrow:( lol
Keep that deviant under the prison.
@@L33Reacts Happy 30th Birthday you "old man". Just wait until you're a 53 year-old fossil like me. 😉 Hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow with your family!!! 🥳🎁🍻
Check out the story of when Paul went to John’s apartment when Lorne Michaels’ offered the Beatles live on the show a lowly sum if they came on the show. Paul went to the apartment while the show was in progress so they could have gotten in a taxi and crashed the show. But John did not want to do it. What a moment in time. I wish John acted more in character and spontaneously did it.
Make sure to listen to "God" on Lennon's "Plastic Ono Band" album.
I love that he's singing mind Guerillas 🗡 not the animal gorillas 🦍 because maybe many here aren't willing to admit it but I will my mind has got an army of them and sometimes I can't shut then off (negativity) but it's great that John gives tips about (positivity) Love Is the Answer, acceptance, letting things go what a great message I need to hear & live.❤
What unfortunately led to his death was his access to fans. He would literally just go shopping and walk through the parks in New York. Go grab a cup of coffee, etc. People would just run into him all the time. He didn't isolate himself. It was a different time. Sadly, this same openness allowed his killer to get too close.
He moved to New York and ultimately was murdered there at the Dakota. He loved New York.
hard to believe some jackass murdered him in front of his apartment and yoko.....john the master of peace and love
Definitely one of my favorites of his (with #9 Dream).
Love this lyric❤
"Yes is the answer
and you know that for sure
yes is surrender
you gotta let it
you gotta let it go❤"
John Lennon and Elvis were the 2 biggest stars in the world at this time.
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Great reaction Man, cheers :)
It's hard to watch John in NY knowing he was finally happy, and knowing what was coming. It broke my heart when he was murdered. Thanks for it all John.
Walk Away by James Gang. It's an old video that I'm referring to. (1971)
9:48 What you were seeing was the code running the program that is the simulation
Shout out to Central Park in the fall. Especially the band shell and the bridge.❤ and the rocks from the Ice Age.
Yes he moved to New York because it was the center of the world. He said if he had lived during Roman Times he would have moved to Rome.
God Lennon
you're just the cutest thing ever!
I'm glad you're feeling happy today
Lol thank you. I guess the ever looming 30 has finally been accepted by my subconscious lol
@@L33Reacts LOL.. dude wait till you hit 50 🙃
or 60 lol @@hopeklemann1
A new “remix” is being released in July. A good album.
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No one was as cool as Lennon. He didn't copy anyone. He had is own eclectic style.
I believe he moved to NYC because NYers are chill around famous people, and didn't hound him for autographs.
This is one of John's most Beatley tracks. The other is #9 Dreams and I enjoy both considerably with the visuals ! Haven't yet heard the album though. For a modern muso you're groovy in liking them fab four ! 😹🤡🌈
It's 6 years after the White Album
#9 Dream is wonderful!
Yes...Lennon and Ono moved to NY City after the Beatles and lived in the Dakota - which was featured in the movie "Rosemary's Baby".