John had come full circle. He was happy and at peace . In an interview with the BBC, he said I can walk down the street with no fear, I'm happy and whole. And then some sick selfish monster comes along and it's over. I love my brother John. May he be in death as he was in life. Powerful, beautiful, and all love, all the time. 😊
The love for his son is a beautiful thing. John did not live a normal life and lived through a lot of loss. I’m sorry his sons didn’t have him in their lives very long.
Lennon was a brilliant artist who shared his many talents with the world. Yes, he was far from being a perfect soul. A quick story, my best friend’s wife was dying from a brain tumor in 1979. My wife and I moved in to help care for her and their 2 children. We played music to help us get through this very hard time. I wrote John a letter about the horrible time. The day of her funeral, I went to check the mail. To my shock there was a post card from John. He drew a picture of the sky with the sun poking through the clouds and some raindrops falling on a new flower. I knew over time that he did similar drawings for others going through tough times. It is incredible to actually have John touch us in such a beautiful way. Such a beautiful soul he is. We loved him then and we still do. Thanks John
What a sweet interview! I especially loved hearing John express his joy of being at home with Sean and learning how to do some cooking for the house and being there for the little moments with his son. It breaks my heart he didn't get to see Sean grow up.
It really is a very sweet interview!!!! I always love hearing John's voice!!! My only consolation is that evil jerk who assasinated John is in Prison for life..fot the past 44 years!! There is justice!!!!!!
@@lisaparsons4124 absolutely, but he just happened to be famous, it happens every day, but what a pointless thing to do, beyond belief but that's what some people are like, if you was unlucky you could be walking down the street and get murdered by a random stranger, it's rare but it happens, you never know what's around the corner.
and these things happen when you're least expecting it, I bet John Lennon must have thought what's happened to me? but reading articles about it that guy was sinister and when John Lennon signed his album in the famous photo, when he came back to the Dakota building he was still there, waiting, John Lennon was uneasy about this bloke but I don't suppose he could ever have imagined what was going to happen.
This is an incredible interview; perhaps the best I have ever heard with John. I give much of the credit to Lisa Robinson, who asks intellegent and thoughtful questions...the kind I always want to hear in interviews but rarely do. John is relaxed and wanting to talk, and the combination of the two coming together (no pun intended!) is really brilliant. My favorite moment is when he is talking about how he stopped playing music 5 years before, discovered there is this other life that is rich and satisfying, and so now the pressure was off. He knew he could live without it.
@@MrThermostatic Sad, but true. I still have mine, but it does seem to be fading out, in general. Yes, Lisa Robinson is very impressive. Always liked her style.
I always find time to listen to anything John Lennon says; this is no exception - a great interview with the great and sadly departed man. RIP John. Thanks for uploading.
John Lennon was incredibly kind and nice to his fans he had total respect for them and was very open and honest. Something I really admired about John Lennon was he didn't talk down to people like in a patronising way and nor did Yoko. It sounds like he had a lot of early rejection in life. He had a very tough life in some ways. He wasn't pretentious at all.
@@morbidmanmusic I love Yoko Ono and John Lennon loved Yoko Ono. Please have some respect for Yoko Ono as she was John Lennon's wife. What is more Yoko Ono isn't condescending or patronising. Please leave her alone.
A very unique and talented man I didn't agree with everything he did but he always had my respect as far as music goes it was the best I love John Lennon I miss John Lennon.
John Lennon was a awesome singer and song writer,a great artist.Love and remember his music, and in1980,I was 14, when he passed.May John Lennon RIP 💐💙
The Beatles were so many things, Musical geniuses, husbands, fathers, bakers, gardeners, family men, buddies,icons, producers,painters, poets, actors, innovators. Truly, growth was the most common theme, aside from the Peace and Love movement they pioneered! What a gift and a loss all in one. John Lennon For Ever.
It's amazing how much he changed the world. He started The Beatles and world-wide, people followed. I remember when John started wearing glasses in public. Right after, every guy has the same style, every where. In the Sixties, life revolved around The Beatles. Truly a cultural phenomenon. John&Yoko4Ever
The way some people talk about john lennon, you would think he was a serial killer or something lmao John was just human that made some mistakes. Yes john could have been a better father to julian but many people get divorced and start new families, not just john lennon. John was becoming a better father to julian and was keeping in contact with julian through the years. There is sooo many pictures of them together. And also the wife beater thing is highly exaggerated, it's getting tiring reading those damn comments. John hit cythia once as a young man, he apologized and never hit her again, cynthia herself in her book said it was only once. Why does no one mention ringo abusing his wife but only john gets singled out as this evil person. Ringo used to beat his wife barbara, ringo said this himself. There is so many untrue rumors about john lennon floating around these days, i even heard a rumour of john hitting julian which is the biggest bullshit story i haver heard. Was john perfect? No, of course not but he wasn't this monster some people are trying to paint him as these days
Well said. I agree with everything you wrote and I wish more people were this level headed and reasonable about John. He was very open about his shortcomings and trying to become a better person. I don't condone or excuse some of his awful actions but I respect that John was trying to be a better father and person towards the end of his life.
I was born Kirkdale 1950 i lived near by these guys seen it all way back then & NOTHING comes close to these boys in a world full of "Buble gum " music i later went on to get hooked on to Dylan,Bowie & Leonard cohen, the crap we have now is simply that>
It was magic maybe even cosmic with the Beatles and how they made so many classics and started talking about love and Spirituality and justice. Uncanny
John, probably listening to the Beeb on shortwave. I wish he lived, his voice and contribution in all the crisis we’ve been through since he left us would have been interesting.
In 79/80 the BBC were talking about scrapping the BBC World Service and John was very vocal in keeping this service going (it was clear that he was more home sick than he let on throughout the 70’s…. One of his favourite things to do in NYC was to sneak away from Yoko and go to a Irish bar and read the English newspapers that had arrived fresh off the plane)
It's such a great interview!! John really grew up taking care of his little son,,Sean. It's just so sad.,,,,, Just when John cleaned up his life and was starting over ,,when that maniac,,evil jerk shot him to death!! soooooo sad!! rip John,,we all love you so much!!!
This interview sounds like he had come to terms with life and got rid of all his demons....Sure miss him. I am almost certain there would of been a reunion in the 90's or early 2000's had he not been murdered.
I was never certain of a reunion. He'd have turned his life back upside down and end up absolutely never able to do the simplicities of his life such as to go out for a stroll in the park. He already had enough difficulties with his privacy as it was. Hence, employing Fred Seaman to do everything for him.
@@BeesWaxMinder You're dreaming. They had no interest for George's Bangladesh charity concert in 74 and only Ringo turned up. None of them for No Nukes concert in 79. Only Paul for the Kampuchea (aka Cambodia) crisis charity concert in 79. None for CND in any year. And you think they'd turn up for some starving Africans - who always starved every year? So, is that why George and Ringo never turned up for Live Aid? And McCartney could hardly even be bothered doing it, like he couldn't care less and only played one single song?
@@apollomemories7399 Really?! tell THAT to Pink Floyd and Bob Geldof! ONE SONG?! …You weren’t there Live Aid was not as organised an event as TV-reruns & RUclips might have you believe -even Elvis C’ got to do a Beatles song & there’s honestly little comparison to Live Aid with anything up til then Some things don’t neatly fall into place historically & it’s one thing for, say, Frankie Goes to Hollywood not appearing whilst Simple Minds get to play Song after Song after Song after Song after Song and another to suppose that the likes of the Beatles are gonna say “screw you” while Macca’s gonna say “I deign to merely play One Song, maybe…” Live Aid was a once in a lifetime one-off & The nearest thing to live aid was Live8, more than ConcertForBangldesh where ‘Floyd were at levels of animosity with each other that few bands could ever imagine (I can’t imagine the Fab Four spending millions in court arguing over the sex of an inflatable pig!) Anyway… We’re splitting hairs and talking about something that never could have happened -there was no ‘Threetles’ & there has never been another John YMMV
@@BeesWaxMinder Have you any idea whatsoever as to what you're talking about here? Firstly, Pink Floyd were not remotely involved in LiveAid. LiveAid was in 1985 and the only member of Pink Floyd who had any involvement was David Gilmour, who played support guitar during Bryan Ferry's set. Secondly, what you're thinking of in terms of Pink Floyd and Bob Geldof was Live 8 in 2005. You have confused LiveAid with Live 8. Good grief, you know nothing. If you can't even grasp the basic facts then don't talk about it as you only drop your trousers. Yes, one song was all Paul McCartney played. Of course, I wasn't there - did you see the type of audiences that go to these things? Wild horses couldn't drag me to be anywhere near that.
When he talked about working 6 hours to come up with a song...and nothing happened...then Nowhere Man just channeled thru...Jeeeez... that's just so amazing to think about. What a great interview. 😃
Attention: The Beatles Interviews - I was confused by the date header at the top stating 1980 10 24, as this was actually as stated below in September.
@Robert Giesecke "SMOOTH JAZZ GUITAR" no argument there. John let go of the reins about the time of Revolver and got lazier over time. His contributions to the Let It Be album were next to nothing and he didn’t do much more on Abbey Road
Oh my gosh. The amount of condemnation from these comments!!. So are you all perfect in your life?? Nothing you regret? I did things in my 20 and 30 that I'm not proud of but I learned from them. You without sin cast the first stone!. Yea he was young in his 20 and maybe wasn't the best dad. But he grew up and was better with Sean. Good greif people... we grow up and grow as a person!!!
Really appreciate this comment! Unfortunately in this modern age with social media has made people hypercritical, and self-righteous. John was a flawed individual , no doubt, and I truly can't excuse some of the terrible things he did but he was honest about most of his failings and trying to be a better person. By the end of his life he had become a loving father to Sean and was having a good relationship with Julian. It seems people are so quick to condemn him while acting like they're faultless beings, without realizing the complicated time he was brought up in.
What love to love is the best this 12:18 is how john is a real homosapim and yoko is the only people who can get it than you think about it. I got love from dad and mum like all of us and peace of mind
Most probably still writing his wonderful music and helping out new bands to recording there new songs and most importantly giving talks all over the world with his loving wife Yoko about peace ✌
When he talks you can tell he's trying so hard to make every word every moment relevant and everything he does relevant, he thought too much of himself ,he should have just relaxed and did what he does best in life which he kept running from
I love his positive side but when he got into the bashing of Beatles and Paul then I'm out. He was so positive at the end, like here. What a shame he didn't live longer. He was definitely one of the greatest artists of all time.
Almost evth he says here, comes from "mother" Y. He had been under her spell. Very sad. His happy time: 1973-74. Within this time he reunioned with friends, family.
I know exactly how he feels! I hate phones! I hate thirsty people calling. Leave me alone to be me enjoying the nothingness . . If I wanna hear from you, I will call you,
That's interesting, because George said John returned to Liverpool 2 days after he'd been deported. John says he stayed in Germany for two additional months with the house band. Which story is true? 🤔
With John the truth is usually somewhere in the middle…. It was only 10 days. Paul, George and Pete were deported on the 21st of November and John returned to Liverpool and kept himself to himself before catching up with the others on the 15th of December. He says a number of time he didn’t write music or touch a guitar for 5 years, and yet there is no shortage of demos from this period…. In 1976 he even started writing a musical. Even the lost weekend, he makes zero reference to Mae Pang, and yet he was seeing her regularly up to 1978, and he phoned her from South Africa when he visited in early 1980…. And he was fully aware Yoko was seeing Sam Havadtoy during this period
So being dead was always in his mind, I guess being an orphan is what he really couldn't overcome. Sounds also like John was an introvert that for necessity acted as an extrovert to survive as a musician..
I feel very bad for Julian and Cynthia but when I listen to this I realize that the beetle John was just twent two years old when he became a star he hadn't grown up and he was being pulled by the record companies what was expected plus they where on world tours it was into the studio anyone who is being told they are the greatest thing on earth when they haven't had tome to even grow up yet you can understand even Cynthia said that she just wanted a normal married life dad coming home getting his pipe and slippers making dinner while John bonded with his son Paul told her that's not John Lennon he had known his personality better than anyone at that time and he was a bastard but as he grew older he realized the important things in Julian's life and he tried to rectify it but the damage was done and he grew up with a very strong female influence so ending up with yoko was almost ment to happen he allowed her to control every aspect of his life he knew nothing of business so I'm sure she told him that Julian would be fairly cared for and he never doubted her
In my opinion, Yoko represented a complete and total opposite of who John was. But this was a complementary opposite - like an opposing weight that stabilizes a flywheel.
You people sre so quick to judge.You have no idea what another person goes thru in their life that may bring them to decisions thatay be wrong or right Ste you a perfect father,a perfect mother. a perfect person ? Get real.John always backed his beliefs matter the cost.He was honest and real.
It’s great to hear him this relaxed,
I’ll always love John. He is proof that human beings can grow
Indeed. John was evolving, right up to the end.
Yes he did grow up into the man he always wanted to be
Yes I agree John Lennon is proof humans can grow.John Lennon a awesome singer and song writer
John had come full circle. He was happy and at peace . In an interview with the BBC, he said I can walk down the street with no fear, I'm happy and whole. And then some sick selfish monster comes along and it's over. I love my brother John. May he be in death as he was in life. Powerful, beautiful, and all love, all the time. 😊
And the best sence of humor. 😊
The love for his son is a beautiful thing. John did not live a normal life and lived through a lot of loss. I’m sorry his sons didn’t have him in their lives very long.
He is a fantastic artist.
Horrible person. Awful dad, violent husband.
Terrible friend. Corrupt business partner.
Was
Yes I agree 💯
@@ralex3697 Relax
I still have a signed cassette from him
cool
Imagine it is worth a great deal
What was it like meeting him?
WOW!! CHERISH THAT CASSETTE!!!!!
He was so real.
He was 😢
And so honest too….
Lennon was a brilliant artist who shared his many talents with the world. Yes, he was far from being a perfect soul. A quick story, my best friend’s wife was dying from a brain tumor in 1979. My wife and I moved in to help care for her and their 2 children. We played music to help us get through this very hard time. I wrote John a letter about the horrible time. The day of her funeral, I went to check the mail. To my shock there was a post card from John. He drew a picture of the sky with the sun poking through the clouds and some raindrops falling on a new flower. I knew over time that he did similar drawings for others going through tough times. It is incredible to actually have John touch us in such a beautiful way. Such a beautiful soul he is. We loved him then and we still do. Thanks John
What a sweet interview! I especially loved hearing John express his joy of being at home with Sean and learning how to do some cooking for the house and being there for the little moments with his son. It breaks my heart he didn't get to see Sean grow up.
I believe John from up above,,has seen Sean grow up,,and he will always look down on Sean and Julian from above,,always!!!
Too bad he didn't think enough of Julian to be in his life.
It really is a very sweet interview!!!! I always love hearing John's voice!!! My only consolation is that evil jerk who assasinated John is in Prison for life..fot the past 44 years!! There is justice!!!!!!
@@scottishlady1474 John was just starting to get to know his first son,,Julian,,when that asshole evil assasin took his life!!
One of the best I’ve heard. I’m a huge Lennon guy, thank you for this.
r.i.p. Johnny
Love John Lennon a awesome singer and song writer alot of great songs ❣️ RIPJOHN Lennon 💐
This was one of the most in depth personal interviews I've ever heard with John. Six weeks after this interview, he was taken from us.
And sad to say they deified him just the same way he said they would in this interview had he passed in the mid 70’s. Prescient.
what an incredible shame when a lunatic took his life, I was 13 at the time, I remember it like it was yesterday.
So sad John Lennon was taken from us,by that crazyevil man, love John Lennon music,a awesome singer and song writer
@@lisaparsons4124 absolutely, but he just happened to be famous, it happens every day, but what a pointless thing to do, beyond belief but that's what some people are like, if you was unlucky you could be walking down the street and get murdered by a random stranger, it's rare but it happens, you never know what's around the corner.
and these things happen when you're least expecting it, I bet John Lennon must have thought what's happened to me? but reading articles about it that guy was sinister and when John Lennon signed his album in the famous photo, when he came back to the Dakota building he was still there, waiting, John Lennon was uneasy about this bloke but I don't suppose he could ever have imagined what was going to happen.
Sad but sweet. 💜 How we miss him🥺
RIP John.
This is an incredible interview; perhaps the best I have ever heard with John. I give much of the credit to Lisa Robinson, who asks intellegent and thoughtful questions...the kind I always want to hear in interviews but rarely do. John is relaxed and wanting to talk, and the combination of the two coming together (no pun intended!) is really brilliant. My favorite moment is when he is talking about how he stopped playing music 5 years before, discovered there is this other life that is rich and satisfying, and so now the pressure was off. He knew he could live without it.
I relate. And changed #9 likes to #10. He’s October 9th. I’m October 10th. Dig it.
I love her classic New York accent which is now a thing of the past. It's a shame how homogenized New York City became. New York lost its character.
@@MrThermostatic Sad, but true. I still have mine, but it does seem to be fading out, in general.
Yes, Lisa Robinson is very impressive. Always liked her style.
This is fantastic!!!!!
He was a gem. I miss him. ☮️💟
If I could back in history he’d be the person I would want to meet most
I always find time to listen to anything John Lennon says; this is no exception - a great interview with the great and sadly departed man. RIP John. Thanks for uploading.
I thought I heard everything. Thanks for posting. Great to see new stuff turn up.
He was always interesting, smart and funny. ☮️💟☮️💟
John Lennon was incredibly kind and nice to his fans he had total respect for them and was very open and honest. Something I really admired about John Lennon was he didn't talk down to people like in a patronising way and nor did Yoko. It sounds like he had a lot of early rejection in life. He had a very tough life in some ways. He wasn't pretentious at all.
Oh, someone always has to make a cliche Yoko is ______'comments.
@@morbidmanmusic I love Yoko Ono and John Lennon loved Yoko Ono. Please have some respect for Yoko Ono as she was John Lennon's wife. What is more Yoko Ono isn't condescending or patronising. Please leave her alone.
This is amazing to hear from John. He covers a lot of topics in a short time. Thanks for posting this .
Very very good interview - Never heard this before. Thanks for sharing!
A very unique and talented man I didn't agree with everything he did but he always had my respect as far as music goes it was the best I love John Lennon I miss John Lennon.
Yes indeed😊I very great conversation💖
John Lennon was a awesome singer and song writer,a great artist.Love and remember his music, and in1980,I was 14, when he passed.May John Lennon RIP 💐💙
That was really interesting. I always enjoy coming across stuff like this.
He’s so genuine in his interviews. I love hearing him talk.
Yes very incite full interview with some stuff I haven’t heard before!
Rest In Peace John Lennon 1940-1980. Good Interview!
What a great guy.
Sean is grown up, very bright, and very much around.
Read almost every book listened to almost every interview never heard this before why
Me too. This is terrific!!!!!
One of the best JL interviews!!!!!!!! Thank you! ☮️💟☮️💟
The Beatles were so many things, Musical geniuses, husbands, fathers, bakers, gardeners, family men, buddies,icons, producers,painters, poets, actors, innovators. Truly, growth was the most common theme, aside from the Peace and Love movement they pioneered! What a gift and a loss all in one. John Lennon For Ever.
It's amazing how much he changed the world. He started The Beatles and world-wide, people followed.
I remember when John started wearing glasses in public. Right after, every guy has the same style, every where.
In the Sixties, life revolved around The Beatles. Truly a cultural phenomenon. John&Yoko4Ever
Wonderful interview. ❤️🙏🏻❤️
simply Amazing !!!!
He sounded really happy and peaceful towards the end of his life.
Excellent interviewer. She never interrupted him.
Great interview - maybe the most relaxed / normal / honest ever
The way some people talk about john lennon, you would think he was a serial killer or something lmao John was just human that made some mistakes. Yes john could have been a better father to julian but many people get divorced and start new families, not just john lennon. John was becoming a better father to julian and was keeping in contact with julian through the years. There is sooo many pictures of them together. And also the wife beater thing is highly exaggerated, it's getting tiring reading those damn comments. John hit cythia once as a young man, he apologized and never hit her again, cynthia herself in her book said it was only once. Why does no one mention ringo abusing his wife but only john gets singled out as this evil person. Ringo used to beat his wife barbara, ringo said this himself. There is so many untrue rumors about john lennon floating around these days, i even heard a rumour of john hitting julian which is the biggest bullshit story i haver heard. Was john perfect? No, of course not but he wasn't this monster some people are trying to paint him as these days
Well said. I agree with everything you wrote and I wish more people were this level headed and reasonable about John. He was very open about his shortcomings and trying to become a better person. I don't condone or excuse some of his awful actions but I respect that John was trying to be a better father and person towards the end of his life.
I was born Kirkdale 1950 i lived near by these guys seen it all way back then & NOTHING comes close to these boys in a world full of "Buble gum " music i later went on to get hooked on to Dylan,Bowie & Leonard cohen, the crap we have now is simply that>
That’s very cool! Thank You for sharing. I’ve loved The Beatles since I was little. Peace and Love to you!
It was magic maybe even cosmic with the Beatles and how they made so many classics and started talking about love and Spirituality and justice. Uncanny
John, probably listening to the Beeb on shortwave. I wish he lived, his voice and contribution in all the crisis we’ve been through since he left us would have been interesting.
Yes indeed
In 79/80 the BBC were talking about scrapping the BBC World Service and John was very vocal in keeping this service going (it was clear that he was more home sick than he let on throughout the 70’s…. One of his favourite things to do in NYC was to sneak away from Yoko and go to a Irish bar and read the English newspapers that had arrived fresh off the plane)
John was always so real from day 1
I still miss his creative energy and cheeky sense of humour. 🕊
John was in a good mood on Those days.Would be great still have him nowadays.
Excellent upload and channel! Subbed. Thanks!
This is shown to me on my mobil from 1980...
It's such a great interview!! John really grew up taking care of his little son,,Sean. It's just so sad.,,,,, Just when John cleaned up his life and was starting over ,,when that maniac,,evil jerk shot him to death!! soooooo sad!! rip John,,we all love you so much!!!
I never knew he kept playing in Hamburg after the others went back home. I wonder if those musicians he played with ever talked about that time.
Wow, that was fantastic. Has this been circulating for a while? I listen to nothing John, I'm surprised I never heard this before.
Odd that he was still making demos even during 77 and 78.
Great interview
RIP John..imagine..........
This interview sounds like he had come to terms with life and got rid of all his demons....Sure miss him. I am almost certain there would of been a reunion in the 90's or early 2000's had he not been murdered.
I was never certain of a reunion. He'd have turned his life back upside down and end up absolutely never able to do the simplicities of his life such as to go out for a stroll in the park. He already had enough difficulties with his privacy as it was. Hence, employing Fred Seaman to do everything for him.
They would’ve for LiveAid IMO
@@BeesWaxMinder You're dreaming. They had no interest for George's Bangladesh charity concert in 74 and only Ringo turned up. None of them for No Nukes concert in 79. Only Paul for the Kampuchea (aka Cambodia) crisis charity concert in 79. None for CND in any year. And you think they'd turn up for some starving Africans - who always starved every year?
So, is that why George and Ringo never turned up for Live Aid? And McCartney could hardly even be bothered doing it, like he couldn't care less and only played one single song?
@@apollomemories7399
Really?!
tell THAT to Pink Floyd and Bob Geldof!
ONE SONG?! …You weren’t there
Live Aid was not as organised an event as TV-reruns & RUclips might have you believe -even Elvis C’ got to do a Beatles song & there’s honestly little comparison to Live Aid with anything up til then
Some things don’t neatly fall into place historically & it’s one thing for, say, Frankie Goes to Hollywood not appearing whilst Simple Minds get to play Song after Song after Song after Song after Song and another to suppose that the likes of the Beatles are gonna say “screw you” while Macca’s gonna say “I deign to merely play One Song, maybe…”
Live Aid was a once in a lifetime one-off & The nearest thing to live aid was Live8, more than ConcertForBangldesh where ‘Floyd were at levels of animosity with each other that few bands could ever imagine (I can’t imagine the Fab Four spending millions in court arguing over the sex of an inflatable pig!)
Anyway… We’re splitting hairs and talking about something that never could have happened -there was no ‘Threetles’ & there has never been another John
YMMV
@@BeesWaxMinder Have you any idea whatsoever as to what you're talking about here?
Firstly, Pink Floyd were not remotely involved in LiveAid. LiveAid was in 1985 and the only member of Pink Floyd who had any involvement was David Gilmour, who played support guitar during Bryan Ferry's set.
Secondly, what you're thinking of in terms of Pink Floyd and Bob Geldof was Live 8 in 2005.
You have confused LiveAid with Live 8.
Good grief, you know nothing.
If you can't even grasp the basic facts then don't talk about it as you only drop your trousers.
Yes, one song was all Paul McCartney played.
Of course, I wasn't there - did you see the type of audiences that go to these things? Wild horses couldn't drag me to be anywhere near that.
I was getting ready for school I was 11 me mum shouted up John's been shot jam 55 soon it's never left me. Rip John miss you so much x
God bless poor John..
When he talked about working 6 hours to come up with a song...and nothing happened...then Nowhere Man just channeled thru...Jeeeez... that's just so amazing to think about. What a great interview. 😃
Agree!!!
That's generally how song writing happens....
Being prophetic @17:28-17:41.
True! That’s haunting
Attention: The Beatles Interviews - I was confused by the date header at the top stating 1980 10 24, as this was actually as stated below in September.
The pity that john and Paul were not taking it had to get time to come together and don't forget G Martin now that is what he needed
"Endless time"😢 Wow, first mention of "macrobiotics" I've ever heard.
He was one of a kind.
Paul is a great musician but John was a genius.
Both were
Paul is definitely a genius as well, just a different kind to John, but their differences are what made them compliment each other perfectly.
Paul was 70% of all Beatles output. That is an established fact now. Even the best part of John’s songs were Paul’s ideas.
@@kevinfitzsimons41 All hail the great McCartney, huh?
@Robert Giesecke "SMOOTH JAZZ GUITAR" no argument there. John let go of the reins about the time of Revolver and got lazier over time. His contributions to the Let It Be album were next to nothing and he didn’t do much more on Abbey Road
rip johnny
As real as someone in his rarified, unreal life-station and status CAN be…
he's the best
❤️
I’m not the only one !
I totally relate to how he felt about everything Rocklove ArtyThan ☆♡☆
Lennon Lives!
2:20 "She was taking care of business".
Speaks volumes.
You don't get a gold record for making bread? Probably doesn't pay quite as well either. 😆 Love John!
❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢
Oh my gosh. The amount of condemnation from these comments!!. So are you all perfect in your life?? Nothing you regret? I did things in my 20 and 30 that I'm not proud of but I learned from them. You without sin cast the first stone!. Yea he was young in his 20 and maybe wasn't the best dad. But he grew up and was better with Sean. Good greif people... we grow up and grow as a person!!!
Really appreciate this comment! Unfortunately in this modern age with social media has made people hypercritical, and self-righteous. John was a flawed individual , no doubt, and I truly can't excuse some of the terrible things he did but he was honest about most of his failings and trying to be a better person. By the end of his life he had become a loving father to Sean and was having a good relationship with Julian. It seems people are so quick to condemn him while acting like they're faultless beings, without realizing the complicated time he was brought up in.
What love to love is the best this 12:18
is how john is a real homosapim
and yoko is the only people who can get it than you think about it.
I got love from dad and mum like all of us and peace of mind
Bizarre to think that John lived to 40, but Sean's nearly 50. But that's the passing of time.
And Julian's over 60!
I wonder what he'd be up to now if he was still alive.
definitely mucking about on twitter and baking bread
Most probably still writing his wonderful music and helping out new bands to recording there new songs and most importantly giving talks all over the world with his loving wife Yoko about peace ✌
This might be the most human interview I've ever heard him do.
When he talks you can tell he's trying so hard to make every word every moment relevant and everything he does relevant, he thought too much of himself ,he should have just relaxed and did what he does best in life which he kept running from
Oh it’s wonderful to be here .. listening to John without the wall flower witch
What a Guy......GOD!!!!!!
I love his positive side but when he got into the bashing of Beatles and Paul then I'm out. He was so positive at the end, like here. What a shame he didn't live longer. He was definitely one of the greatest artists of all time.
Ultimately, a little boy was robbed of his father. That really means more than what any of us lost.
His teenage son was also robbed.
RIP JL...
Almost evth he says here, comes from "mother" Y. He had been under her spell. Very sad. His happy time: 1973-74. Within this time he reunioned with friends, family.
Did Sean Lennon hear this?
I think he should
No mention of May Pang
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤
Have we lost our accents since 1980?
I know exactly how he feels! I hate phones! I hate thirsty people calling. Leave me alone to be me enjoying the nothingness . . If I wanna hear from you, I will call you,
That's interesting, because George said John returned to Liverpool 2 days after he'd been deported. John says he stayed in Germany for two additional months with the house band. Which story is true? 🤔
With John the truth is usually somewhere in the middle….
It was only 10 days. Paul, George and Pete were deported on the 21st of November and John returned to Liverpool and kept himself to himself before catching up with the others on the 15th of December.
He says a number of time he didn’t write music or touch a guitar for 5 years, and yet there is no shortage of demos from this period…. In 1976 he even started writing a musical.
Even the lost weekend, he makes zero reference to Mae Pang, and yet he was seeing her regularly up to 1978, and he phoned her from South Africa when he visited in early 1980…. And he was fully aware Yoko was seeing Sam Havadtoy during this period
Poor John, he retired a time for not killing himself, but, after all, he found his own killer instead. His Fate was Sealed.
I'm same with phones
I think it should be 9/24 not 10/24.
Casting the first stone? No sin on your hands? ❤️ Brother John ❤️money for dope,money for rope
Oh John why couldn't you spend some precious time with your first young son Julian?...
He did try to.
The day before John Bonham died.
So being dead was always in his mind, I guess being an orphan is what he really couldn't overcome. Sounds also like John was an introvert that for necessity acted as an extrovert to survive as a musician..
He experienced a lot of death in his life, losing several people he was close to. He knew about death.
I’m astounded - no Yoko Ono! Yippee
Damn Mark David Chapman.
I feel very bad for Julian and Cynthia but when I listen to this I realize that the beetle John was just twent two years old when he became a star he hadn't grown up and he was being pulled by the record companies what was expected plus they where on world tours it was into the studio anyone who is being told they are the greatest thing on earth when they haven't had tome to even grow up yet you can understand even Cynthia said that she just wanted a normal married life dad coming home getting his pipe and slippers making dinner while John bonded with his son Paul told her that's not John Lennon he had known his personality better than anyone at that time and he was a bastard but as he grew older he realized the important things in Julian's life and he tried to rectify it but the damage was done and he grew up with a very strong female influence so ending up with yoko was almost ment to happen he allowed her to control every aspect of his life he knew nothing of business so I'm sure she told him that Julian would be fairly cared for and he never doubted her
In my opinion, Yoko represented a complete and total opposite of who John was. But this was a complementary opposite - like an opposing weight that stabilizes a flywheel.
You people sre so quick to judge.You have no idea what another person goes thru in their life that may bring them to decisions thatay be wrong or right
Ste you a perfect father,a perfect mother. a perfect person ? Get real.John always backed his beliefs matter the cost.He was honest and real.