Correct: the real James Paul, from Liverpool, England was John's good & close friend from their teen years... However, Billy Shears, born in Scotland 5 years before McCartney, (who is the entertainer that the CIA chose to replace James Paul when Paul died in September, 1966....) that talented, but obnoxious, Scotsman is someone who earned Lennon's loathing.
John did not hate Paul. They were as close as brothers. And as anyone who has a brother knows, brothers fight. Sure they both lashed out at each other a bit. The breakup of the Beatles was very acrimonious. But they eventually got past all that and the 4 of them remained friends as long as they lived. The last words John spoke to Paul were "Think of me sometimes." You don't say that to someone you hate.
Brothers sometimes fight. And bandmates are a bit like married couples when they split-catty and unfair. But I think they cared a great deal for each other really.
as talented as lennon was it didn't stop him from being an a..hole. he changed his mind regularly, he lied, he was egotistical and more. he thought that he was the best. and he wasn'''t anything close. he was so jelaous of Mccartney that his comments and behavour were embarrassing. so sad because he was an extraodinary gifted songwriter.
Zappa could care less of Lennons Status. When Lennon & Ono showed up as his door, he could care less. He kind of said "Lennons at the door? Big deal, what am I supposed to do jump up and down for joy? To be honest..I think the man was jealous of John Lennon. ☹👓
You did not mention that Dylan said to Lennon ... "you guys never say anything", after that the Beatles started writing songs with more meaningful lyrics than 'she loves you ya ya ya'.
Think about this: All of The Beatles never witnessed the impact of the mania from the other side, because they were the embodiment of it.. Sadly, John Lennon and to a certsin extent George Harrison were not alive long enough to reap the fruit of their legacy, they were taken from us long before they could really enjoy their legacy the way Paul, and Ringo have been able too.. Therefore, up until 1980 John was probably still looking at his time with The Beatles as passè, although knowing his genius, he was probably unsure how the legacy of The Beatles would pan out.. However, we've been given enough time to know different.. The Beatles are now just as important today as they've ever been..
With Lennon and McCartney it was a very complex relationship. The bottom line is that they both loved each other very much but their paths diverged. It was definitely a love/hate thing but eventually they reconciled, even though they never did get The Beatles back together. As far as Dylan is concerned, well, Lennon definitely wasn't wrong about *Slow Train Coming.*
@@dennis3351ehh it DID work on the right tracks, don't totally write yoko off. have you heard "why" by the plastic ono band? that's punk rock as hell. it sounds like an unreleased captain beefheart track.
John sadly harboured a lot of pettiness and seemed to turn on former idols and friends often and for no very good reason. One should remember that he died a relatively young man, after living a very special, isolated life that he didn't handle too well - cue the absurd amount of drugs. We never got to listen to his views as a mature, sober man.
John Lennon had a massive ego from time to time. John was pissed off cause George Harrison never mentioned him as a mentor or something similar in Georges book "I me mine"? A little íronic if we think about the title of the book? If I could have chosen a Beatles member to sit and talk to I would choose George without a doubt. Paul had problem with his ego as well. You could tell by the way George looked at Paul in the Anthology video that he was annoyed by Pauls ego?
@@strikerorwell9232 Tbh, the book was an unreadable mess and mostly about George's spiritual journey. I don't think he mentioned any of the Beatles or even Clapton in it. I guess they asked John about it at tjhe wrong time...
What an ass! John Lennon, a top 40 idol, had the audacity to criticize the cream of the crop jazz session musicians which made up blood, sweat and tears. Comparing Blues (Part 1 and part 2) to Lennon's top 40 naive hit Imagine, is like comparing Coby steaks to a big mac.
John was not in a happy frame of mind, during his 71 Rolling Stone,interview, he pretty much put everyone and everything down, except BB King, the song Spirit in the Sky,and Dave Edmonds, remake of I Hear you Knocking. You really can’t use this interview because, by the time it came out, he had already changed his mind about much of what he said he was a emotional guy who was always evolving!
George Harrison once said that if you didn't like something John Lennon said, just wait 15 minutes. Or something like that. John's moods changed more often than Michigan's weather.
Well, He was a bit of an early Johnny Rotten of his time.. I see some parallels there there personality-wise. And even in the subject matter of discontent and unconventional nature of his song writing.
A child from a broken home who never resolved his ongoing issues of abandonment , lack of a nurturing environment, and resulting anger management issues and chemical dependency. Mr Peace and love? Hardly.............
Living through Vietnam I can say that JL did more for the cause of peace than any other artist in the history of rock ‘n roll, despite his many faults.
In spite of his song writing genius as a Beatle, Lennon was always petty. And in spite of his constant demands for "The Truth", he couldn't handle the Truth regarding himself, Yoko, and their relationship. Yoko was a talented Avant Garde artist, but he wanted to pretend she was a pop singer as well. He couldn't handle the fact that she could not hold a tune to save her soul and no one wanted to hear her scream. He lived in this sick delusion up until his death. His last two albums were really only one album plus Yoko. He cheated his fans by forcing them to buy Yoko along with his music.
I think Yoko howling and screaming on a mic while John played with Chuck Berry, pretty well showed everyone she had no taste! Very controlling and manipulating women! Her deciding that John should be with Pang, no real man would allow that! John never should have sung the line “they’re going to crucify me”!
In an earlier interview John said he hated Jazz. He said it reminded him of drinking stale beer. Then in his 1980 Playboy interview, he said the only thing he listened to was Jazz. 😄
Subconsciously Lennon felt threatened whenever he saw talent. All his life he was tortured by feelings of abandonment. He feared the most was abandonment by his fans. Therefore, he was petrified by what he perceive as competition.
I think you might be on to something. Maybe he was self-conscious, and secretly worried that his latest releases wouldn't live up to his fans' expectations.
@@JackTheSkunkI grew up in the 1970s, I rarely heard any songs, on the radio, from John Lennon's post Beatles music. I think his last album before his son Sean was born,around the mid 1970s, was not a commercial success. Paul McCartney,on the other hand, had hit after hit in the Pop music charts. John Lennon's "Double Fantasy",1980 album was of course a huge seller after his death. I was around 13 when he was killed, I still have that album.
My sister still has that Blood, Sweat & Tears album somewhere in storage... probably somewhere in our grandma's basement. She used to play that album all the time and I definitely remember holding onto that album cover. Dang, I hope her albums didn't get wet down there. Last I heard, the basement was in dire need of repairs.
Most people had no idea that "Too Many People" had anything to do with John. Even after I read it, the words are not specific enough to be clear that the lyrics were about john Lennon. "How Do You Sleep?" was very specific and could only be about Paul and it was pretty stupid anyway though it did have a pretty good slide guitar on it.
I think what really set off John was the line: "That was your first mistake, you took your lucky break and broke it in two". In fairness, John was a real SOB for most of 1970, barring Paul from the 'Let It Be' mixes was in pretty poor form. I can't blame Paul's bitterness.
@@XFLexiconMatt C'mon is obviously. Ram is full of messages and attacks to Lennon, Harrison and Ringo. People can't see it because Mccartney or whatever his name is, have that little cutie face and he talk nicely
Almost met John at 3 Savile Row, circa one very early Saturday morning (9 am), January 1970, after arranging a meeting with John, regarding a song I had written: 'Simnel Cake Blues'. I was informed by the receptionist - dearest Debbie, I believe - that John seldom arrived before noon. I stupidly left at 11.30 am. When I left, I noticed, at the left-hand side of the front-door exit, bins full of tape edits from the studio/s I thought about getting a few string-handled brown-paper bags to collect the edits, but thought I would appear to be a scrounger. Caveat: I was a very young 18 year-old at the time. All the best, John W L. Rab 👋 🕊
John and Yoko broke an agreement with Zappa over their live jam together , Lennon altered the live recording ,adding his vocal tracks and lyrics ,and removing others , releasing the jam on "Sometime in New York city" without Zappa's agreement.
@@hansvandermeulen5515 Was that one of the manyJohnnie Johnson songs that Chuck never gave him credit for? Also, John could transform the most banal tune into sublime beauty, a la Three Blind Mice >> All You Need is Love. It was cheeky of John to pinch the line though.
To me, John Lennon was always a radical. Paul, George Ringo. Seemed to be more calm. I got agree with John Lennon never really cared much for Frank Zappa myself I didn’t like that style of music. When the Beatles were together, I liked most of their music I am a fan of the Beatles since 1964. Remember seeing them on Ed Sullivan for the first time I liked most all of their music. But some of it I didn’t like . And the strange thing about it it was the songs that John Lennon wrote. But I must say imagine it was one of my most favorite songs by John Lennon. I play this song on guitar has a solo finger style instrumental, a piece of music. It is a truly beautiful song. I’m so sorry he lost his life at such a young age. I am now 70 years old. I wouldn’t want to lose my life at 40 that’s too young may he rest in peace and may God have mercy on his soul. We all miss and love you, John.❤️❤️😪😪🎸🎸
@@FrankHerrera-qr1mhWhere do you get that idea from? he rejected religion yes, but certainly had a spiritual side. He said "People always got the image I was an anti-Christ or anti religion. I'm not." everything i gave read suggest he was a spiritual non religious theist or agnostic. I have yet to read anything suggesting him to be religious or atheist.
@friwilli Lennon admitted that "Imagine" was almost a communist anthem. Communism is atheistic by nature. Spiritual? His lyrics in "God" clearly state he believed in nothing except Yoko and himself. He could've compared The Beatles to anything other than Jesus (as he stated), but he didn't. He went after Christianity. You can tell his apology is forced and not sincere. There is no doubt, however, that in dying, he got all the answers he had in life.
@@FrankHerrera-qr1mh Are you now going to suggest Lennon was a communist too, because you think "imagine" is ALMOST communistic? This is ridiculous. The Beatles also wrote "I am a walrus" does that make the walrusses and eggmen? First of all "Imagine" is by no means communist, if you study communism and listen to the songs lyrics, this should be obvious. imagine is far more utopian and promoting anarchy than communistic, but it is not really a political song, nor is it promoting atheism, and even if this was the topic this would not make Lennon and communist atheist. I love every part of the lyrics of Imagine but I am neither communist or atheist in fact I hate both communism and atheism, so there is nothing to your argument. And about God...first of all believing in God is not the same as being spiritual, and it's ridiculous to assume John literally believed in nothing but himself and Yoko, especially since it would contradict your "imagine" argument which said nothing about either him or Yoko but is in fact full of ideals about a better world, something neither atheism or communism could or would do.... Imagine lyrics include... imagine there's no country....a brotherhood of man...this is talking about love, there is nothing remotely communistic or atheist about this...same goes for the lyrics "nothing to kill or die for...no possessions, no greed or hunger, SHARING the world and streaming" All of this suggests spiritual ideal far more than communist or atheist...how else could you imagine a world of love with no possessions?
Even though he disliked the Grammys, he appeared on the 1975 Grammys .He and Paul Simon took to the Stage! Quite funny! 😆😆 th-cam.com/video/hUlR8jWUKd8/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=RecordingAcademy%2FGRAMMYs
No more than anything else he claimed not to care about meaning everything was just an opportunity to insult. Malignant narcissist JL would insult anyone and anything just to make himself the center of attention.
John Lennon was one of the very very few musical geniuses of the 20 th Century. He could do it all, write and compose, play multiple instruments, and had great vocals. John could do it "all" and to think some loser, that never contributed anything to life, took John's life. I miss John Lennon, as he had way more to give. RIP John -- you were a great one. BTW - I don't believe for a minute he hated Paul.
He was crippled by self doubt. You can't judge a man's entire life on one interview from 1971, a time when Lennon was struggling to remember who he himself was after years of chaotic living, heavy drugs use and more recently damaging episodes of primal scream therapy. He was a man lost at sea in the early 1970's.
Who cares? If you believe the man's personal quirks to be fair game then you are compelled to weigh them against the artistic wealth he gave the world. The latter outweighs the former by about a billion to one.
Zappa was pissed off a how Lennon took the live tape the two had made (Some Time In New York City disc2) and claimed the track King Kong and renamed it Jam Rag.
Zappa was legit and that's why Lennon hated him. I was in elementary school when the Beatles hit it big and I've never understood how. Compare to the Moody Blues or Jefferson Airplane.
@@vonhalberstadt3590 well, that’s a extraordinarily subjective minority opinion. Even members of those bands would call the Beatles the greatest band of all time. Specially, Justin Hayward. The Beatles created 15 groundbreaking revolutionary albums in seven years, biggest selling recording artist of all time numerous musical idioms created huge cultural impact, including major, cultural statements about peace, love, and spirituality, in the midst of a world torn apart by strife. Several enduring musical masterpieces that will be recognized 100 years from now. Hope that helps make you understand why they’re so big, then and now.
He was one to hold the belief that everyone changes with time, and that includes your feelings regarding people, music, art, etc. What you said or felt last year may not be how you feel now.
Didn't know John and Paul attacked each other in songs, that's sad. At least later on they made up and I think all four of them knew they were great together.
Actually John attacked Paul in his infamous Rolling Stone interview after which Paul let fly with Ram and Too Many People. John upped the ante with How do you sleep? Then they made up but some folks pretend the 'feud" is still going on which is just the fan being a douche.
Most of this broadcast draws from the Lennon Remembers interview of 1971 when he was bitter and going through primal therapy. In the interview with Bob Harris in 1975 he admitted he did shoot his mouth off , citing a Lennon blasts Hollies headline.
When he went in 1980 I was 13 years old my older brother masssive Beatles fan he became a saint no one had a bad word to say about him the more I read about him the more I come to the conclusion he was a irritating selfish prick give peace a chance he couldn’t find peace within himself and his family he treated his x wife and child like shite and as for Noko can’t be bothered because you’re a so called genius dont give you permission to slag people off and treat people like shit
John Lennon merely said it like it was,...from his point of view. Just like we all do! We met the boys, as they were evolving. It was amazing. Miss you John.
They aren't ONE OF the greatest songwriting duos of the 20th century...they are IT. No band in history can claim a body of work to match what the Beatles produced. In EIGHT YEARS. Before any of them turned 30 years old.
I feel like artists should be careful about criticizing one another unless it's done with love, out of the public eye, and stay away from overtly negative vibes.
Probably some uptight Christian hiding out at National Lampoon who didn't like the line ' God is a concept by which we measure our pain' Without doubt the Beatles are bigger than Jesus lol
@@grimmertwin2148Yeah, Tony Hendra, Christopher Guest, and Michael 0'Donaghue were DEFINITELY "closet Christians" at National Lampoon. Shit, they were regular Pat Robertson/Moral Majority supporters. You clown ...
Criticizing the mainstream, pushing boundaries - that's what's missing now. In today's music scene, we could really use more visionary artists like Lennon who fearlessly criticized the status quo and pushed boundaries. There's a new band that have been ticking the boxes for me lately - they're called The Doublejumps - I highly recommend people go and check them out. Rock music definitely needs a fresh injection of creativity and innovation, just like The Beatles brought to the genre.
@@robertjones447 Lennon was far less mainstream with the Beatles than silly love songs and junk from Paul. Lennon - 40 great songs, Paul - 15, just watching.
.....that's what he WANTED you to think !! He was a MASTER of the put-on and the provocation.....like when he sang on Revolution..." count me out....IN " !! manager Brian Epstein asked the Beatles if they could suggest a title for his upcoming biography and Lennon blurted out : " QUEER JEW ! ", causing the hurt Epstein to flee in tears. Lennon practically was begging for someone to punch him out....like when he said to the young Tom Jones : " Oh yeah, you're that PUFF from Wales ! "
Most the things John said in 1971 I take with a grain of salt, he was being fed a lot of lines by others, and I don't mean juat Yoko Ono, but Allen Klein. Klein was a conartist who told John what he wanted to hear. A lot of vemon was being fed to John at that point, and John was gullible.
@@ReviewsChannel-e4r all of these artists and entertainers criticize people.. in Lennons case he only seemed to do it to ones who he considered equal to him in ability
by the way "just another day" is another well known McCartney song. You might have heard it: Lyrics start with "Every day, she takes a morning bath, she wets her hair Wraps a towel around her as she's heading for the bedroom chair It's just another day"
I love Lennon and admire his talent despite his many flaws as a person. Also, you have to keep in mind that he had a pretty hard life that made him a very insecure person with a need to assert himself.
Having an absent father and a mother who gave him to her sister to raise him and then died because of an accident when John was a teenager, is not exactly an easy life, even if he was middle class.
I love John but I think that he is wrong about Frank Zappa. Frank was not only a genius but he stood up to Tipper Gore and The PMC in 1985.Frank was always a fighter for Creative Artistic Freedom.I think had John Lived he would be standing up there with Frank Zappa against the PMC.
I won't argue with that, but I'm also of the opinion that no one was more convinced of Zappa's genius than Zappa himself. With Zappa and Lennon on the same stage, it's a wonder their combined egos didn't reach critical mass.
John and Jesus gave love to everyone. John was able to love some parts of people while not liking or respecting other parts. People treated John that way also. Perhaps this would be about the respect and love John had for others if John was alive. John and Paul had a great friendship. Please remember to love.
Was John Lennon giving love to others when he used to pee on anonymous passersby from his upper level hotel windows? Lennon was the biggest jerk in Rock history!
John was a great songwriter and singer, but Paul arranged almost everything. When John met Yoko he, and George, wanted to just meditate. John’s music became stranger and he wanted Yoko to sing during every collaboration which other musicians hated.
Steely Dan's song "Only a Fool Would Say That" was written about John. This is what Zappa had to say about the appropriation of his song "King Kong" by Lennon: th-cam.com/users/shortsOY8hgADuYE8?feature=share
IMO, without Dylan's strong influence and then his affirmative push for Lennon to "say something" with his music on 28 August 28 1964, and thereafter, there would not likely have been many lyrically significant Lennon compositions after “I’m A Loser” and "In My Life”. Silly or serious love songs? Sure. Maybe an occasional meaningful thing, but "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", ”Yer Blues”, “Help”, “Nowhere Man”, "Across the Universe", “Norwegian Wood”, “Lucy in the Sky…”, “Revolution”, “Walrus”, ”Rain”, “Imagine”, and his two great masterpieces, “Tomorrow Never Knows”, and “A Day in the Life”? No. Not likely.
@@grimmertwin2148 Yes, this might have happened ("I can't hide", misinterpreted to be "I get high"), but it is not the only reason that Dylan encouraged Lennon to write more meaningful lyrics. When they met, Lennon was already a big fan of Dylan's and appreciated his inciteful, poetic lyrics. Similarly, Dylan was already a fan of the Beatles and appreciated the inventiveness of their music. They influenced each other to their mutual benefit.
Bullshit. Lennon dealt with a lot of frustration, depression and and self deprecation, he had many many flaws but narcissism wasn’t one of them, specially in the early 70, he was an open wound. And yes the world was changing and yes, rock was getting softer. In a way the new progressive / jazz fussion bands did amazing things in that era but damn there were so many pretentious intellectuals saying what or how rock should be, after the Beatles opened the doors for them.
I'm rolling on the floor at the irony inherent in much of this. "Lennon was frequently distrustful of overt pomposity ..."Say what? It would be hard to find a more pompous and self-important persona than Lennon. At the time he was slippery and untrustworthy, self-aggrandising and wholly ego-driven. I do not understand the subsequent beatification of this creepy person.
He had issues for sure, but I adore the music he created during and after the Beatles. And I do believe he was a strong force in ending the Vietnam War. Prickly as he was, we could sure use another Lennon these days, IMHO
JL was a flawed genius, somewhat like Elon Musk, for an example. Only Lennon drew attention to the Vietnam war and wrote at least two anthems for the anti-war movement, Give Peace a Chance and Imagine. Musk commercialized EVs and revolutionized space transportation. These are both incredible additions to the human pantheon.
I remember what he said about Joan Baez, but though he may not have been a big fan of her records, they were friends for a time during the Beatles touring years when she traveled with the Beatles during their American tours.
John Lennon never hated anyone. From what you say in this video you clearly demonstrate that you never understood who John Winston Lennon really was. ☮
Lennon was a damaged individual. He could be on both sides of any situation at any given moment. Many artists can and are. Whatever makes them successful also makes them unique or non-conformist. With Lennon, WYSIWYG, at that moment.
John wrote some amazing timeless songs. Also, a true artist in every sense of the word. His anger, insecurity and jealousy was a wall he put up to protect him from being hurt. He had some traumatic things happen in his childhood and adult life which he had no control over. His way to release this was to write amazing songs like ‘Jealous Guy’ ‘Julia’ ‘How do you Sleep’ etc… Decades from now all the negative B.S. people write about him will be gone, but his music for sure will live on forever. We love you John.
No doubt Lennon was a musical genius and innovator, but as a person, he was a woman beating asshole who just couldn't keep his damn mouth shut. I'll listen to his music with admiration, however, I couldn't care less about his opinion about or on anything. He should have just created music and kept his mouth shut!
His way to release was to do drugs and hit women, his work in the 70s was nothing close to his Beatles work. He doesn't even look like the same guy. He was aging hard and fast. People want to call him a tortured genius. Thats fine, but Lennon was far from a good human being. Sing about peace and love and act like you oldest son doesn't exist. The negative BS will go on, because its who he was.
I've heard it said, "If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all." The thing about attacking other musicians for the "crap" they're making ignores the fact that the people he's dumping ad hominems on are admired by audiences who enjoy their work. When Lennon did stuff like this he was hurting himself far more than he was hurting anyone else.
All may be true and he could change his mind frequently, but he liked rock and roll straight up, above and beyond everything else. Towards the end of his life he said something to the effect of "I just wanna play Little Richard music (and record and perform)" Forget everything else. Man that's hard to argue!!!
You make an awesome point. I will never criticize other musicians. When a friend, especially a non-artist does criticize, I will always reply "I admire them for putting it out there!" And that will always change the direction to a positive one.
I think you should all read Lennon's last interview. It's been turned into a book. You'll then be able to correct yourselves. Why? Because you'll know what you're talking about lol. It's called context. And contradiction. I'm sure you all have it too. Lennon ripped my favourite band the Rolling Stones. I don't hold it against him. Fallible heroes are far more interesting. And now his bass player has joined them. And John himself was in the Dirty Mac band. With Keith. On bass. Rock'n'roll is a circus. That's the only clue you get. Oh and ' Yer blues' lol Peace in Gaza now!
John was bitter, and he disliked a number of people. He didn't like Paul Simon, and he didn't like Led Zepplin. Zappa claims John stole one of his songs...and John did get nicked for copyright infringement on Come Together and Chuck Berry's You Can't Catch Me. Like the other 3 John did his best work with the Beatles.
Ringo had a lot of success after the Beatles but there will always be magic associated with the Beatles no matter how much success any of them had on their own..
@@saulbennett4677 and Keith Richards didn't like their work either although he spoke well of Page. I can't imagine who a person could dislike Zep, it really puzzles me. I have the feeling that none of these guys ever sat down and listened to their first 5 albums beginning to end. They pushed the borders of what rock was and I think they were intimidated by them. First song, first album, HOW can anyone who likes rock NOT like 'Good Times Bad Times" ? It makes NO sense.
Theirs was a very complicated relationship. They loved each other but their paths diverged and they basically took it out on each other. They did reconcile eventually, though.
@bobthebear1246 I don't think John and George had reconciled at the time of John's unexpected death. George later told Paul that re regretted this very much.
John Lennon most likely suffered from borderline personality disorder most of his life. He was obsessed with approval and feared abandonment. His interviews were often erratic and his comments were sometimes impulsive and of the moment. Listening to his behavior in Beatle recording sessions, he obviously harbored resentment towards Paul McCartney for taking charge and his prolific ability in creating likable songs. There are a couple of instances in the expanded Sgt. Pepper edition where John is continually insulting Paul, almost riding him the way a middle school bully might ride another student. Personally, I have always preferred John's music but the man definitely had issues.
The truth is John’s music suffered the most after the split in my opinion. Party because he started to lose interest but i also believe the loss of his band devastated him and he just couldn’t deal with it.
When John quit the Beatles, he actually quit the Beatles. The other Beatles did the Beatles thing as solo acts. Paul continued writing Beatles songs as a solo act. George and Ringo did as well. But John's music changed profoundly after he quit the Beatles. His music had a stripped down, serious, anti-commercial quality. He wrote songs that he wanted, and that he knew would not be cute, fruity, commercial, and therefore, popular. Gone forever were the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "Strawberry Fields Forever," and "Across the Universe" type pop ditties, that arguably were some of his best songs. He chose NOT to do this anymore, or not very much. When he accidentally wrote a Beatles song, he would give it to Ringo. He gave "I Am the Greatest," and "Goodnight Vienna" to Ringo, after all. In a sense, he quit being his old self, in the hope of being something better, as a new, Beatle-free self. Many of the songs on Imagine and Plastic Ono Band represent this change in John's anti-Beatle approach to music. You can take "Cold Turkey," "How Do You Sleep?," "Crippled Inside," "Mother," "I Found Out," and "Gimme Some Truth," as a few examples of this new approach to his song writing, once he had creatively and imaginatively left the Beatles for good. Surely his former fans were appalled by this change in his music, preferring the old John to the new John. That would be a short-sighted approach though. As caustic, cruel, brutal, and anti-commercial as these new songs were, they also represent some of the best writing in his career. But John was liberated by leaving the Beatles. You can see that being in the Beatles became a prison for all four of them?
That's utter nonsense. John's solo stuff was kickass! A lot of it wasn't 'Beatley', but it was fine, often profound music in its own 'write'. POB and Imagine are two of the best Beatle solo offerings. Along with All Things Must Pass and Band on the Run. Imho.
And lets not forget Lennon in a Playboy interview when he bashed Neil Young for Hey Hey My My. When in the song Young says "The king is gone but he's not forgotten", referring to Johnny Rotten. Lennon almost blew his top over that.
In a way I understand that. Although I've always liked Young for the most part, I've never liked that song, and truthfully, Young is one of those artists who can be as good as it gets and as bad as it gets on the same album.
lennon had no mouth filter, blabbed and said things that he didn't remember or changed his mind the next day. Most of what he said you have to take with a grain of salt.
The 'riff' between Lennon and McCartney is really misunderstood if not over blown. If you watch the get back documentary you witness 2 people (Lennon and McCartney) who knew each other so well that could finish each other's sentences if not each other's lyrics. Even the other Beatles felt like outsiders around these two...especially Harrison
I think John was intimidated by musicians who had real chops, because he wasn't a very developed musician or singer; that's why he hated jazz. Paul said he was a real jealous guy. His brilliance was in his conceptualizing and unique approach to making music and songwriting, (and singing) which was very powerful and innovative, and with his mates (he was arguably the dominant Beatle in all of this) he helped transform the world of popular music and culture forever. His power and originality gradually became less so after the Beatles. As for "evolving as a person", slagging everyone and endlessly complaining is hardly evolving or "pushing boundaries". He often wore his self pity on his sleeve, while his flip side was charming, witty and highly entertaining. He was often disturbed and insecure. All this aside, for me, his Plastic Ono Band album is the greatest artistic expression of the human condition, of a particular person's experience, I have ever encountered in any medium. This is my take on John Lennon.
@@danutahanyga4834 , I don't know Lennon really, these are the impressions I've picked up over the years. We only see these people through the media which are often unreliable. I've always been a fan, but with some reservations. Your prism is clear?
I don´t think Lennon hated any of these musicians, he either had a conflict with them or was just critical of their work. For example the infamous John vs Paul feud, I saw a letter from 1971 where John responded to a letter Linda wrote him. She wanted him to stop being critical of Paul. John responded in classic Lennon fashion, very blunt and direct. But at the end of the letter he writes: "In spite of it all, love for you both, from us two". That is not a person that hates you. Same with Dylan, yes he was critical of his art at times, he for example thought Dylan was too vague and too poetic and didn´t really say what he really meant. I´m sure Lennon was jealous of Dylan being considered a god, fans interpretating all kinds of genius from his vague lyrics. Lennon was more about stripping away all the bullshit, conveying a direct message. But despite this artistic difference, Lennon and Dylan were friends. Lennon was a brutally honest person, for better or worse. It´s what made him such a power lyricist and such an influential activist, but it of course also meant he sometimes said some hurtful things. In his 1980s interviews, I think he had softened a bit and although he was still honest, he said what he thought in a nicer way. Sadly he was taken from us, so we never got to see if he would´ve softened even more as he got older.
John got critical with performers who he felt didn't live up to his standards and those who didn't seem to represent pure straightforward rock and roll. Joni and Joan were girlie folk singers. BST was jazz rock. Dylan went gospel. Paul's "granny songs" didn't cut it. Just remember John's standard in '71 was rock to change society. He was looking at musicians through that lens.
Really, John didn't really hate any of those Musicians. He never met them!!!!!😱He might of disliked their music but, thats it. I think HATE is a strong word to use. John was all about *"Love & Peace" ❤☮ ✝🎸*
Not that it's interesting to anyone but me and close friends but I tend to agree with what is purported by Far Out Magazine to have been Lennon's opinions/tastes, those five certainly aren't my cup of tea either! 🙂 (I reckon the word "hate" is too strong to be used so often and loosely - It's overused / I also do not think he "hated" Paul McCartney)
I'm a Christian, and Lennon's comment in 1966 didn't make him my enemy, or the enemy of any true Christian. Lennon was right, as true Christians know. That doesn't indicate that Christianity is untrue. In fact, it supports what the Bible teaches about Jesus, that the Son of God came into the world, and the world killed him.
But it was gods decision to have Christ murdered, anyway he was only dead for a couple days for crying out loud, that's no big deal I've had weekends I don't remember too.
Only if you believe God controls everything in which case human agency doesn’t exist and we are robots in a play. Many Christians feel that way, but I sure don’t. I believe in free will
@@patbrennan6572 I know it means nothing to you now. After all, Esau sold his birthright for what amounts to a bowl of soup. But you are jesting at the most holy event in history. Professing yourself to be wise, you've become a fool. ( Romans 1:22. ) I hope that God will give you light.
I'm not a fan of this magazine. A significant proportion of its content seems to be clickbait, geared towards stirring up arguments among rock music fans. Statements by famous musicians taken out of context, exaggerated, turned into headlines etc. If you search for Far Out Magazine, followed by say John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards or Bob Dylan for example, you'll get a string of articles from the site that have very little to do with their music, but all to do with negative things they've said about other musicians at one time or another. It's just another gossip rag at the end of the day, only instead of current stuff, they like to dig up old disagreements between bands and musicians from 40 years ago just to piss off the fans.
Lennon was over rated. McCartney had already surpassed him talent wise. Lennon was exposed as a lesser member of the Beatles. That create jealously that made John quit. John's solo attempts were deemed a success but lacked the greatness of his previous writing partnership with Paul. All the former Beatles and most musicians at the time knew this but were gracious enough to not say it out loud.
Paul and John were like inseparable caring brothers to each other they were very close it was only way way way way later they started fighting and hated each other
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John has said his first love was Paul, he didn’t hate Paul and Paul didn’t hate John, they loved each other
Maybe he loved biological Paul but not Bill Shepherd the freemason imposter...
Correct: the real James Paul, from Liverpool, England was John's good & close friend from their teen years...
However, Billy Shears, born in Scotland 5 years before McCartney, (who is the entertainer that the CIA chose to replace James Paul when Paul died in September, 1966....)
that talented, but obnoxious, Scotsman is someone who earned Lennon's loathing.
@@rmp7400you're living proof people can believe anything. You're the proof.
John did not hate Paul. They were as close as brothers. And as anyone who has a brother knows, brothers fight. Sure they both lashed out at each other a bit. The breakup of the Beatles was very acrimonious. But they eventually got past all that and the 4 of them remained friends as long as they lived. The last words John spoke to Paul were "Think of me sometimes." You don't say that to someone you hate.
Brothers sometimes fight. And bandmates are a bit like married couples when they split-catty and unfair. But I think they cared a great deal for each other really.
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Very well said!
No...think of me now and then
as talented as lennon was it didn't stop him from being an a..hole. he changed his mind regularly, he lied, he was egotistical and more. he thought that he was the best. and he wasn'''t anything close. he was so jelaous of Mccartney that his comments and behavour were embarrassing. so sad because he was an extraodinary gifted songwriter.
John criticized the state of music in 1979? Poor John. He should listen to the state of popular music today. He'd shit his draws.
Correct. John would describe this thing as muzak.
He'd shit all over the popular music, laughing in rage.
John would love modern music.
@@michaelmorningstar8645 John had no time for manufactured music
@@teresaolszanka112 He has time for Tomorrow Never Knows. So you are wrong about that.
The word "hated" is a bit strong, he actually played with Zappa and he didn't hate Bob Dylan. Crazy video.
He stole from Zappa!!
He went on stage with Zappa, which was a huge honour for Lennon, then he stole the credit for, and re-named King Kong, a Zappa piece.
Zappa could care less of Lennons Status. When Lennon & Ono showed up as his door, he could care less. He kind of said "Lennons at the door? Big deal, what am I supposed to
do jump up and down for joy? To be honest..I think the man was jealous of John Lennon. ☹👓
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Oh I think it was the other way round. Lennon was jealous of Zappa's musical talent, which was on a level way above Lennon's.
"A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono"
Lennon changed like the wind. I'd take everything listed here with a pinch of salt.
Can't imagine ever being that famous, especially at such young ages. How would the rest of us handle being a Beatle?
hard pass from me.!
the thought of the spotlight on me..
dead embarrassing.!
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I'd like to give it a try 😊
It would really have an effect. And probably not entirely pleasant.
Better than they did!
Better
You did not mention that Dylan said to Lennon ... "you guys never say anything", after that the Beatles started writing songs with more meaningful lyrics than 'she loves you ya ya ya'.
Dylan never said anything much, either. Just cobbled words together that some misguided people read into what was never there.
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@@samnous2002 and cant sing,..
John and Paul were friends until his death, in an interview from the 70s he literally calls Paul his “best friend”.
Think about this: All of The Beatles never witnessed the impact of the mania from the other side, because they were the embodiment of it..
Sadly, John Lennon and to a certsin extent George Harrison were not alive long enough to reap the fruit of their legacy, they were taken from us long before they could really enjoy their legacy the way Paul, and Ringo have been able too..
Therefore, up until 1980 John was probably still looking at his time with The Beatles as passè, although knowing his genius, he was probably unsure how the legacy of The Beatles would pan out..
However, we've been given enough time to know different.. The Beatles are now just as important today as they've ever been..
With Lennon and McCartney it was a very complex relationship. The bottom line is that they both loved each other very much but their paths diverged. It was definitely a love/hate thing but eventually they reconciled, even though they never did get The Beatles back together.
As far as Dylan is concerned, well, Lennon definitely wasn't wrong about *Slow Train Coming.*
That depends on your point of view. Two Virgins was hardly Lennon's masterpiece, was it?
Yoko did it...😁
@@MacDaddyBanks and the audacity to let yoko try to sing. i mean screech like a wounded stray cat.
@@dennis3351 ...in a blender...
@@dennis3351ehh it DID work on the right tracks, don't totally write yoko off.
have you heard "why" by the plastic ono band? that's punk rock as hell. it sounds like an unreleased captain beefheart track.
John sadly harboured a lot of pettiness and seemed to turn on former idols and friends often and for no very good reason. One should remember that he died a relatively young man, after living a very special, isolated life that he didn't handle too well - cue the absurd amount of drugs. We never got to listen to his views as a mature, sober man.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Nobody's perfect
John Lennon had a massive ego from time to time. John was pissed off cause George Harrison never mentioned him as a mentor or something similar in Georges book "I me mine"? A little íronic if we think about the title of the book?
If I could have chosen a Beatles member to sit and talk to I would choose George without a doubt. Paul had problem with his ego as well. You could tell by the way George looked at Paul in the Anthology video that he was annoyed by Pauls ego?
@@strikerorwell9232 Tbh, the book was an unreadable mess and mostly about George's spiritual journey. I don't think he mentioned any of the Beatles or even Clapton in it. I guess they asked John about it at tjhe wrong time...
What an ass! John Lennon, a top 40 idol, had the audacity to criticize the cream of the crop jazz session musicians which made up blood, sweat and tears. Comparing Blues (Part 1 and part 2) to Lennon's top 40 naive hit Imagine, is like comparing Coby steaks to a big mac.
@@strikerorwell9232Paul's 'ego' kept the band going for as long as it did.
John was not in a happy frame of mind, during his 71 Rolling Stone,interview, he pretty much put everyone and everything down, except BB King, the song Spirit in the Sky,and Dave Edmonds, remake of I Hear you Knocking. You really can’t use this interview because, by the time it came out, he had already changed his mind about much of what he said he was a emotional guy who was always evolving!
This was probably due to this weird primal scream therapy John and Yoko were doing at the time. This was a really really angry John Lennon period.
Yes, the context is important. That should've been mentioned at least once.
Well said
George Harrison once said that if you didn't like something John Lennon said, just wait 15 minutes. Or something like that. John's moods changed more often than Michigan's weather.
Well, He was a bit of an early Johnny Rotten of his time.. I see some parallels there there personality-wise. And even in the subject matter of discontent and unconventional nature of his song writing.
A child from a broken home who never resolved his ongoing issues of abandonment , lack of a nurturing environment, and resulting anger management issues and chemical dependency. Mr Peace and love? Hardly.............
Then abandoned his own son
Living through Vietnam I can say that JL did more for the cause of peace than any other artist in the history of rock ‘n roll, despite his many faults.
In spite of his song writing genius as a Beatle, Lennon was always petty. And in spite of his constant demands for "The Truth", he couldn't handle the Truth regarding himself, Yoko, and their relationship. Yoko was a talented Avant Garde artist, but he wanted to pretend she was a pop singer as well. He couldn't handle the fact that she could not hold a tune to save her soul and no one wanted to hear her scream.
He lived in this sick delusion up until his death. His last two albums were really only one album plus Yoko. He cheated his fans by forcing them to buy Yoko along with his music.
She sounds pretty on I'm Your Angel. Oh dear Lord, Kiss Kiss Kiss makes me blush. She made Donna Summer sound like an amateur!
Lol Yoko is a great singer and they worked together as a songwriting duo. He wasn't pidgeonholing her by any stretch
You’re delusional. Her voice like an angel carried him for years 😂
I think Yoko howling and screaming on a mic while John played with Chuck Berry, pretty well showed everyone she had no taste! Very controlling and manipulating women! Her deciding that John should be with Pang, no real man would allow that! John never should have sung the line “they’re going to crucify me”!
Yoko's stuff on Double Fantasy is very good.
In an earlier interview John said he hated Jazz. He said it reminded him of drinking stale beer. Then in his 1980 Playboy interview, he said the only thing he listened to was Jazz. 😄
drugs kill the memory
Subconsciously Lennon felt threatened whenever he saw talent.
All his life he was tortured by feelings of abandonment.
He feared the most was abandonment by his fans.
Therefore, he was petrified by what he perceive as competition.
Exactly. Not only threatened by other’s talents, but envious.
He had no problem abandoning Cynthia and Julian.
I think you might be on to something. Maybe he was self-conscious, and secretly worried that his latest releases wouldn't live up to his fans' expectations.
You nailed that one dude!
@@JackTheSkunkI grew up in the 1970s, I rarely heard any songs, on the radio, from John Lennon's post Beatles music. I think his last album before his son Sean was born,around the mid 1970s, was not a commercial success. Paul McCartney,on the other hand, had hit after hit in the Pop music charts.
John Lennon's "Double Fantasy",1980 album was of course a huge seller after his death. I was around 13 when he was killed, I still have that album.
My sister still has that Blood, Sweat & Tears album somewhere in storage... probably somewhere in our grandma's basement. She used to play that album all the time and I definitely remember holding onto that album cover. Dang, I hope her albums didn't get wet down there. Last I heard, the basement was in dire need of repairs.
I could tell you three musicians that hated Yoko.
John Lennon's biggest mistake was letting yoko come anywhere near the studio. She f*cked up Double Fantasy with that howling BS.
drugs
So true! Like screeching nails on a blackboard....
Linda Was Able To Sing Notes Here & There Yoko Just Screamed
Most people had no idea that "Too Many People" had anything to do with John. Even after I read it, the words are not specific enough to be clear that the lyrics were about john Lennon. "How Do You Sleep?" was very specific and could only be about Paul and it was pretty stupid anyway though it did have a pretty good slide guitar on it.
I think what really set off John was the line: "That was your first mistake, you took your lucky break and broke it in two". In fairness, John was a real SOB for most of 1970, barring Paul from the 'Let It Be' mixes was in pretty poor form. I can't blame Paul's bitterness.
@@XFLexiconMatt C'mon is obviously.
Ram is full of messages and attacks to Lennon, Harrison and Ringo.
People can't see it because Mccartney or whatever his name is, have that little cutie face and he talk nicely
Almost met John at 3 Savile Row, circa one very early Saturday morning (9 am), January 1970, after arranging a meeting with John, regarding a song I had written: 'Simnel Cake Blues'. I was informed by the receptionist - dearest Debbie, I believe - that John seldom arrived before noon. I stupidly left at 11.30 am.
When I left, I noticed, at the left-hand side of the front-door exit, bins full of tape edits from the studio/s I thought about getting a few string-handled brown-paper bags to collect the edits, but thought I would appear to be a scrounger. Caveat: I was a very young 18 year-old at the time.
All the best, John W L.
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John and Yoko broke an agreement with Zappa over their live jam together , Lennon altered the live recording ,adding his vocal tracks and lyrics ,and removing others , releasing the jam on "Sometime in New York city" without Zappa's agreement.
Taking a songwriting credit for one of the songs as well.
I just put the jist of that on the most recent comment lol
I have read elsewhere that it was unintentional, and that he apologized later.
Also-John didn’t need to steal anyone else’s songwriting credit!
John Lennon did get sued for plagiarizing Chuck Berry's You Can't Catch Me in Come Together.
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Was that one of the manyJohnnie Johnson songs that Chuck never gave him credit for?
Also, John could transform the most banal tune into sublime beauty, a la Three Blind Mice >> All You Need is Love.
It was cheeky of John to pinch the line though.
Sang about love, lived petty and surly.
Exactly. A hypocrite when it came to love and peace. He was a volatile, angry, attention-seeking exhibitionist.
Because love SELLS.
To me, John Lennon was always a radical. Paul, George Ringo. Seemed to be more calm. I got agree with John Lennon never really cared much for Frank Zappa myself I didn’t like that style of music. When the Beatles were together, I liked most of their music I am a fan of the Beatles since 1964. Remember seeing them on Ed Sullivan for the first time I liked most all of their music. But some of it I didn’t like . And the strange thing about it it was the songs that John Lennon wrote. But I must say imagine it was one of my most favorite songs by John Lennon. I play this song on guitar has a solo finger style instrumental, a piece of music. It is a truly beautiful song. I’m so sorry he lost his life at such a young age. I am now 70 years old. I wouldn’t want to lose my life at 40 that’s too young may he rest in peace and may God have mercy on his soul. We all miss and love you, John.❤️❤️😪😪🎸🎸
He was an atheist who stopped believing in God.
>>... "We all miss and love you, John."
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Nope! Not true.
@@FrankHerrera-qr1mhWhere do you get that idea from?
he rejected religion yes, but certainly had a spiritual side. He said "People always got the image I was an anti-Christ or anti religion. I'm not."
everything i gave read suggest he was a spiritual non religious theist or agnostic. I have yet to read anything suggesting him to be religious or atheist.
@friwilli Lennon admitted that "Imagine" was almost a communist anthem. Communism is atheistic by nature. Spiritual? His lyrics in "God" clearly state he believed in nothing except Yoko and himself. He could've compared The Beatles to anything other than Jesus (as he stated), but he didn't. He went after Christianity. You can tell his apology is forced and not sincere. There is no doubt, however, that in dying, he got all the answers he had in life.
@@FrankHerrera-qr1mh Are you now going to suggest Lennon was a communist too, because you think "imagine" is ALMOST communistic? This is ridiculous.
The Beatles also wrote "I am a walrus" does that make the walrusses and eggmen?
First of all "Imagine" is by no means communist, if you study communism and listen to the songs lyrics, this should be obvious. imagine is far more utopian and promoting anarchy than communistic, but it is not really a political song, nor is it promoting atheism, and even if this was the topic this would not make Lennon and communist atheist. I love every part of the lyrics of Imagine but I am neither communist or atheist in fact I hate both communism and atheism, so there is nothing to your argument.
And about God...first of all believing in God is not the same as being spiritual, and it's ridiculous to assume John literally believed in nothing but himself and Yoko, especially since it would contradict your "imagine" argument which said nothing about either him or Yoko but is in fact full of ideals about a better world, something neither atheism or communism could or would do....
Imagine lyrics include... imagine there's no country....a brotherhood of man...this is talking about love, there is nothing remotely communistic or atheist about this...same goes for the lyrics "nothing to kill or die for...no possessions, no greed or hunger, SHARING the world and streaming"
All of this suggests spiritual ideal far more than communist or atheist...how else could you imagine a world of love with no possessions?
Number one most hated was himself I suspect.
ATUTE OBSERVATION
Lennon loved Elton. He said it was the first new thing he had heard since The Beatles.
I seriously doubt John Lennon cared about the Grammys.
Even though he disliked the Grammys, he appeared on the 1975 Grammys .He and Paul Simon took to the Stage! Quite funny! 😆😆
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No more than anything else he claimed not to care about meaning everything was just an opportunity to insult. Malignant narcissist JL would insult anyone and anything just to make himself the center of attention.
@@ReviewsChannel-e4r Irony alert.
John Lennon was one of the very very few musical geniuses of the 20 th Century.
He could do it all, write and compose, play multiple instruments, and had great
vocals. John could do it "all" and to think some loser, that never contributed
anything to life, took John's life. I miss John Lennon, as he had way more to give.
RIP John -- you were a great one. BTW - I don't believe for a minute he hated Paul.
John was certainly full of himself.
He was crippled by self doubt. You can't judge a man's entire life on one interview from 1971, a time when Lennon was struggling to remember who he himself was after years of chaotic living, heavy drugs use and more recently damaging episodes of primal scream therapy. He was a man lost at sea in the early 1970's.
Who cares? If you believe the man's personal quirks to be fair game then you are compelled to weigh them against the artistic wealth he gave the world. The latter outweighs the former by about a billion to one.
At least he wasn’t Kanye West levels of egotist
lets hear your hits
@@AnthonyMonaghan Right. and a Sea man like his dad
Only legitimate one here that he hated was Zappa.
Zappa was a dick but intriguing as fuck...
Zappa was pissed off a how Lennon took the live tape the two had made (Some Time In New York City disc2) and claimed the track King Kong and renamed it Jam Rag.
@@PaulMabley it wasn’t cool but the track was horrible and Lennon probably thought they had improvised it or hell, I’ll steal it for Yoko.
Zappa was legit and that's why Lennon hated him.
I was in elementary school when the Beatles hit it big and I've never understood how.
Compare to the Moody Blues or Jefferson Airplane.
@@vonhalberstadt3590 well, that’s a extraordinarily subjective minority opinion. Even members of those bands would call the Beatles the greatest band of all time. Specially, Justin Hayward. The Beatles created 15 groundbreaking revolutionary albums in seven years, biggest selling recording artist of all time numerous musical idioms created huge cultural impact, including major, cultural statements about peace, love, and spirituality, in the midst of a world torn apart by strife. Several enduring musical masterpieces that will be recognized 100 years from now. Hope that helps make you understand why they’re so big, then and now.
He was one to hold the belief that everyone changes with time, and that includes your feelings regarding people, music, art, etc. What you said or felt last year may not be how you feel now.
Didn't know John and Paul attacked each other in songs, that's sad. At least later on they made up and I think all four of them knew they were great together.
Actually John attacked Paul in his infamous Rolling Stone interview after which Paul let fly with Ram and Too Many People. John upped the ante with How do you sleep? Then they made up but some folks pretend the 'feud" is still going on which is just the fan being a douche.
You didn't know that? Listen to "How Do You Sleep", Lennon, and "Too Many People", McCartney.
That's where the brothers Gallagher nicked it from.
@@ST-xg3gyToo Many People may be about John, but it's still Paul's typical happy melodic songs.
Most of this broadcast draws from the Lennon Remembers interview of 1971 when he was bitter and going through primal therapy. In the interview with Bob Harris in 1975 he admitted he did shoot his mouth off , citing a Lennon blasts Hollies headline.
When you're rich, you can afford to be pretentious. Two words: Yoko Ono.
Exactly.
One word, Bingo!
you totally misunderstand both lennon and ono.
Geniuses
When he went in 1980 I was 13 years old my older brother masssive Beatles fan he became a saint no one had a bad word to say about him the more I read about him the more I come to the conclusion he was a irritating selfish prick give peace a chance he couldn’t find peace within himself and his family he treated his x wife and child like shite and as for Noko can’t be bothered because you’re a so called genius dont give you permission to slag people off and treat people like shit
Reminder: Lennon used the work of Zappa and his band and passed it off as his own.
John Lennon merely said it like it was,...from his point of view. Just like we all do! We met the boys, as they were evolving. It was amazing. Miss you John.
They aren't ONE OF the greatest songwriting duos of the 20th century...they are IT. No band in history can claim a body of work to match what the Beatles produced. In EIGHT YEARS. Before any of them turned 30 years old.
without mccarney lenonn would be nothing. the 2 together were incredible.
I feel like artists should be careful about criticizing one another unless it's done with love, out of the public eye, and stay away from overtly negative vibes.
you're never careful when you're high all the time and you hurt people with your loose lips
Amen
National Lampoon took Lennon to town over that 1971 interview. They recorded a parody song called "Genius is Pain" which is well worth checking out.
Probably some uptight Christian hiding out at National Lampoon who didn't like the line ' God is a concept by which we measure our pain'
Without doubt the Beatles are bigger than Jesus lol
@@grimmertwin2148Yeah, Tony Hendra, Christopher Guest, and Michael 0'Donaghue were DEFINITELY "closet Christians" at National Lampoon. Shit, they were regular Pat Robertson/Moral Majority supporters.
You clown ...
Criticizing the mainstream, pushing boundaries - that's what's missing now. In today's music scene, we could really use more visionary artists like Lennon who fearlessly criticized the status quo and pushed boundaries. There's a new band that have been ticking the boxes for me lately - they're called The Doublejumps - I highly recommend people go and check them out. Rock music definitely needs a fresh injection of creativity and innovation, just like The Beatles brought to the genre.
Lennon WAS the mainstream. Paul was mainstream too, but didn't pretend otherwise.
Being mainstream doesn't mean one can't criticize the mainstream, look at Kurt Cobain for example @@robertjones447
Music today is 💩
Check out the tedeschi trucks band
@@robertjones447 Lennon was far less mainstream with the Beatles than silly love songs and junk from Paul. Lennon - 40 great songs, Paul - 15, just watching.
I've never heard a quote from John Lennon that didn't make him sound like a ginormous asshole.
.....that's what he WANTED you to think !! He was a MASTER of the put-on and the provocation.....like when he sang on Revolution..." count me out....IN " !! manager Brian Epstein asked the Beatles if they could suggest a title for his upcoming biography and Lennon blurted out : " QUEER JEW ! ", causing the hurt Epstein to flee in tears. Lennon practically was begging for someone to punch him out....like when he said to the young Tom Jones : " Oh yeah, you're that PUFF from Wales ! "
He was the peaceful wife beater
He was an asshole, he beat women and treated his son like crap. You cant deny he was a musical genius, but not such a good human being
Irony alert.
Most the things John said in 1971 I take with a grain of salt, he was being fed a lot of lines by others, and I don't mean juat Yoko Ono, but Allen Klein. Klein was a conartist who told John what he wanted to hear. A lot of vemon was being fed to John at that point, and John was gullible.
drugs break you down
He respected people like McCartney..the stones..paul simon.. ..zappa..dylan..and others but he sometimes criticized them
You don't trash people you respect.
@@ReviewsChannel-e4r all of these artists and entertainers criticize people.. in Lennons case he only seemed to do it to ones who he considered equal to him in ability
Why don’t you write a book
@@jimshepard8822 I could write a book about this and several other topics.. some people are just gifted this way . Some aren't
by the way "just another day" is another well known McCartney song. You might have heard it: Lyrics start with "Every day, she takes a morning bath, she wets her hair
Wraps a towel around her as she's heading for the bedroom chair
It's just another day"
I love Lennon and admire his talent despite his many flaws as a person. Also, you have to keep in mind that he had a pretty hard life that made him a very insecure person with a need to assert himself.
Yes!
what hard life? he was middle class the other three lower class.
Having an absent father and a mother who gave him to her sister to raise him and then died because of an accident when John was a teenager, is not exactly an easy life, even if he was middle class.
I love John but I think that he is wrong about Frank Zappa. Frank was not only a genius but he stood up to Tipper Gore and The PMC in 1985.Frank was always a fighter for Creative Artistic Freedom.I think had John Lived he would be standing up there with Frank Zappa against the PMC.
I won't argue with that, but I'm also of the opinion that no one was more convinced of Zappa's genius than Zappa himself. With Zappa and Lennon on the same stage, it's a wonder their combined egos didn't reach critical mass.
liberal democrats wanting to limit free speech- imagine that!
John and Jesus gave love to everyone. John was able to love some parts of people while not liking or respecting other parts. People treated John that way also. Perhaps this would be about the respect and love John had for others if John was alive. John and Paul had a great friendship. Please remember to love.
Was John Lennon giving love to others when he used to pee on anonymous passersby from his upper level hotel windows? Lennon was the biggest jerk in Rock history!
Saying that John hated Paul its such a dumb thing to say, its disrespectful and just bluntly ignorant
a guy who finally sang God Bless our love
And then, he would lavish never-ending praise on Yoko's immense musical talent.
and beauty.
You mean her screechy howling and banging on a tambourine type of talent? lol A refugee looking groupie.
@@jerryweber1768 lol
Just listen to the songs they sang and enjoy the memories
John was a great songwriter and singer, but Paul arranged almost everything. When John met Yoko he, and George, wanted to just meditate. John’s music became stranger and he wanted Yoko to sing during every collaboration which other musicians hated.
Fake
Simply untrue
Steely Dan's song "Only a Fool Would Say That" was written about John.
This is what Zappa had to say about the appropriation of his song "King Kong" by Lennon: th-cam.com/users/shortsOY8hgADuYE8?feature=share
John and Paul did have a fight towards the end of the Beatles but "hate" is a strong word.
IMO, without Dylan's strong influence and then his affirmative push for Lennon to "say something" with his music on 28 August 28 1964, and thereafter, there would not likely have been many lyrically significant Lennon compositions after “I’m A Loser” and "In My Life”. Silly or serious love songs? Sure. Maybe an occasional meaningful thing, but "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", ”Yer Blues”, “Help”, “Nowhere Man”, "Across the Universe", “Norwegian Wood”, “Lucy in the Sky…”, “Revolution”, “Walrus”, ”Rain”, “Imagine”, and his two great masterpieces, “Tomorrow Never Knows”, and “A Day in the Life”? No. Not likely.
'Penny Lane' was mostly McCartney.
@@hungfao Yes, so it was. Duly edited.
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Only because Dylan misheard the lyrics ' I get bye' for 'get high' on a Beatles track.
He had to cover himself for not listening properly lol
@@grimmertwin2148 Yes, this might have happened ("I can't hide", misinterpreted to be "I get high"), but it is not the only reason that Dylan encouraged Lennon to write more meaningful lyrics.
When they met, Lennon was already a big fan of Dylan's and appreciated his inciteful, poetic lyrics. Similarly, Dylan was already a fan of the Beatles and appreciated the inventiveness of their music. They influenced each other to their mutual benefit.
You got to serve someone...it might be the Devil or it might be the Lord...but you're going to serve someone !
I am a Beatles fan but I think that John Lennon loved HIMSELF too much but he wouldn't be the only one
I think he just loved the fact of who he was.
well thats bull shit he in 70s moan he do most is songs again so read up bum
He was extremely narcissistic and verbally abusive. Doing tons of coke over the years added to his nastiness.
Bullshit. Lennon dealt with a lot of frustration, depression and and self deprecation, he had many many flaws but narcissism wasn’t one of them, specially in the early 70, he was an open wound. And yes the world was changing and yes, rock was getting softer. In a way the new progressive / jazz fussion bands did amazing things in that era but damn there were so many pretentious intellectuals saying what or how rock should be, after the Beatles opened the doors for them.
I'm rolling on the floor at the irony inherent in much of this. "Lennon was frequently distrustful of overt pomposity ..."Say what? It would be hard to find a more pompous and self-important persona than Lennon. At the time he was slippery and untrustworthy, self-aggrandising and wholly ego-driven. I do not understand the subsequent beatification of this creepy person.
He had issues for sure, but I adore the music he created during and after the Beatles. And I do believe he was a strong force in ending the Vietnam War. Prickly as he was, we could sure use another Lennon these days, IMHO
At times and in some ways, but also his being gone was strongly in-the-cards.@@debbie9929
JL was a flawed genius, somewhat like Elon Musk, for an example. Only Lennon drew attention to the Vietnam war and wrote at least two anthems for the anti-war movement, Give Peace a Chance and Imagine. Musk commercialized EVs and revolutionized space transportation. These are both incredible additions to the human pantheon.
I remember what he said about Joan Baez, but though he may not have been a big fan of her records, they were friends for a time during the Beatles touring years when she traveled with the Beatles during their American tours.
She reportedly turned down his sexual advances, which is allegedly how Norwegian Wood came about.
I've seen a few times. Beautiful voice. Beautiful woman. Beautiful person.
John Lennon never hated anyone. From what you say
in this video you clearly demonstrate that you never
understood who John Winston Lennon really was. ☮
If his ego hadn't gotten in the way he would have seen the talent of others.
stoned/high all the time doesn't help
Anyone who thought Yoko had any talent has no right to criticize anyone.
Maybe who doesn't understand that she wasn't conventional artist...😊
Lennon was a damaged individual. He could be on both sides of any situation at any given moment. Many artists can and are. Whatever makes them successful also makes them unique or non-conformist. With Lennon, WYSIWYG, at that moment.
drugs
Yip. Big named folk have to sound like what they're saying now is final & definite when it really isn't.
Did anyone asked him about joko Ono singing???
Le:nnon was rockand roll dyed wool. He didn't hate Dylan. Ridiculous. This is not accurate.
As much as I love John Lennon he could be an arrogant jerk.
Spoiled child...
I suspect all geniuses have their accompanying flaws
@@briancollins5117 John had A LOT of them.
John wrote some amazing timeless songs. Also, a true artist in every sense of the word. His anger, insecurity and jealousy was a wall he put up to protect him from being hurt. He had some traumatic things happen in his childhood and adult life which he had no control over.
His way to release this was to write amazing songs like ‘Jealous Guy’ ‘Julia’ ‘How do you Sleep’ etc… Decades from now all the negative B.S. people write about him will be gone, but his music for sure will live on forever. We love you John.
Paul was the talent. Case closed.
I think that's a great assessment
No doubt Lennon was a musical genius and innovator, but as a person, he was a woman beating asshole who just couldn't keep his damn mouth shut. I'll listen to his music with admiration, however, I couldn't care less about his opinion about or on anything. He should have just created music and kept his mouth shut!
Artists are always a bit whacked.
His way to release was to do drugs and hit women, his work in the 70s was nothing close to his Beatles work. He doesn't even look like the same guy. He was aging hard and fast. People want to call him a tortured genius. Thats fine, but Lennon was far from a good human being. Sing about peace and love and act like you oldest son doesn't exist. The negative BS will go on, because its who he was.
I've heard it said, "If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all."
The thing about attacking other musicians for the "crap" they're making ignores the fact that the people he's dumping ad hominems on are admired by audiences who enjoy their work. When Lennon did stuff like this he was hurting himself far more than he was hurting anyone else.
Agreed.
I agree too
All may be true and he could change his mind frequently, but he liked rock and roll straight up, above and beyond everything else. Towards the end of his life he said something to the effect of "I just wanna play Little Richard music (and record and perform)" Forget everything else. Man that's hard to argue!!!
You make an awesome point. I will never criticize other musicians. When a friend, especially a non-artist does criticize, I will always reply "I admire them for putting it out there!" And that will always change the direction to a positive one.
I think you should all read Lennon's last interview. It's been turned into a book.
You'll then be able to correct yourselves.
Why?
Because you'll know what you're talking about lol.
It's called context.
And contradiction.
I'm sure you all have it too.
Lennon ripped my favourite band the Rolling Stones.
I don't hold it against him.
Fallible heroes are far more interesting.
And now his bass player has joined them.
And John himself was in the Dirty Mac band. With Keith. On bass.
Rock'n'roll is a circus.
That's the only clue you get.
Oh and ' Yer blues' lol
Peace in Gaza now!
John was bitter, and he disliked a number of people. He didn't like Paul Simon, and he didn't like Led Zepplin. Zappa claims John stole one of his songs...and John did get nicked for copyright infringement on Come Together and Chuck Berry's You Can't Catch Me. Like the other 3 John did his best work with the Beatles.
Jim Morrison hated Led Zeppelin also
Ringo had a lot of success after the Beatles but there will always be magic associated with the Beatles no matter how much success any of them had on their own..
He had no problem with Alice Cooper
@saulbennett4677 Who cares? I love Led Zeppelin Great Band 👍
@@saulbennett4677 and Keith Richards didn't like their work either although he spoke well of Page. I can't imagine who a person could dislike Zep, it really puzzles me. I have the feeling that none of these guys ever sat down and listened to their first 5 albums beginning to end. They pushed the borders of what rock was and I think they were intimidated by them. First song, first album, HOW can anyone who likes rock NOT like 'Good Times Bad Times" ? It makes NO sense.
John lennon was an immediate person. You got uncut what ge was thinking in that moment.
John Lennon didn't hate Paul McCartney.
Could have fooled me..
Exactly, he called him his best friend in a television interview at the time which you can find.
But he did hate George. Or rather George hated John's guts. Nasty stuff.
Theirs was a very complicated relationship. They loved each other but their paths diverged and they basically took it out on each other. They did reconcile eventually, though.
@bobthebear1246 I don't think John and George had reconciled at the time of John's unexpected death. George later told Paul that re regretted this very much.
John Lennon most likely suffered from borderline personality disorder most of his life. He was obsessed with approval and feared abandonment. His interviews were often erratic and his comments were sometimes impulsive and of the moment. Listening to his behavior in Beatle recording sessions, he obviously harbored resentment towards Paul McCartney for taking charge and his prolific ability in creating likable songs. There are a couple of instances in the expanded Sgt. Pepper edition where John is continually insulting Paul, almost riding him the way a middle school bully might ride another student. Personally, I have always preferred John's music but the man definitely had issues.
The truth is John’s music suffered the most after the split in my opinion. Party because he started to lose interest but i also believe the loss of his band devastated him and he just couldn’t deal with it.
When John quit the Beatles, he actually quit the Beatles. The other Beatles did the Beatles thing as solo acts. Paul continued writing Beatles songs as
a solo act. George and Ringo did as well. But John's music changed profoundly after he quit the Beatles. His music had a stripped down, serious, anti-commercial
quality. He wrote songs that he wanted, and that he knew would not be cute, fruity, commercial, and therefore, popular. Gone forever were the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,"
"Strawberry Fields Forever," and "Across the Universe" type pop ditties, that arguably were some of his best songs. He chose NOT to do this anymore, or not very much.
When he accidentally wrote a Beatles song, he would give it to Ringo. He gave "I Am the Greatest," and "Goodnight Vienna" to Ringo, after all. In a sense, he quit
being his old self, in the hope of being something better, as a new, Beatle-free self. Many of the songs on Imagine and Plastic Ono Band represent this change
in John's anti-Beatle approach to music. You can take "Cold Turkey," "How Do You Sleep?," "Crippled Inside," "Mother," "I Found Out," and "Gimme Some Truth,"
as a few examples of this new approach to his song writing, once he had creatively and imaginatively left the Beatles for good. Surely his former fans were appalled
by this change in his music, preferring the old John to the new John. That would be a short-sighted approach though. As caustic, cruel, brutal, and anti-commercial as
these new songs were, they also represent some of the best writing in his career. But John was liberated by leaving the Beatles. You can see that being in the Beatles
became a prison for all four of them?
That's utter nonsense. John's solo stuff was kickass! A lot of it wasn't 'Beatley', but it was fine, often profound music in its own 'write'. POB and Imagine are two of the best Beatle solo offerings. Along with All Things Must Pass and Band on the Run. Imho.
John's solo career rocked what are you talking about
@@andrewbell2712 I listen to all the songs you mentioned, but in the end I rather listen to Help, In My Life, and Come Together, or She's So Heavy.
John's solo stuff was far better than Paul's or George's
And lets not forget
Lennon in a Playboy interview when he bashed Neil Young for Hey Hey My My. When in the song Young says "The king is gone but he's not forgotten", referring to Johnny Rotten. Lennon almost blew his top over that.
In a way I understand that. Although I've always liked Young for the most part, I've never liked that song, and truthfully, Young is one of those artists who can be as good as it gets and as bad as it gets on the same album.
lennon had no mouth filter, blabbed and said things that he didn't remember or changed his mind the next day. Most of what he said you have to take with a grain of salt.
He was a junkie
@@KaliYugaSurfing
According to those who know, he only used for about a year in the late 60's
Excellent information. Thanks for posting. Good time for you. Lennon rip.
The 'riff' between Lennon and McCartney is really misunderstood if not over blown. If you watch the get back documentary you witness 2 people (Lennon and McCartney) who knew each other so well that could finish each other's sentences if not each other's lyrics. Even the other Beatles felt like outsiders around these two...especially Harrison
And yet Dylan got a grammy for his best vocals performance of, Gotta Serve Somebody. It's the first track off of Slow Train Coming.
“Hated” ? Bullish!t.
the power of youtube, every handicap can upload videos promoting his own opinion
John was thin skinned, and a very flawed character.
As much as he was a nice guy, he was also mean and nasty.
drugs
He was human .
@@jeffreese1828 Great observation.... But so was Hitler.
2:24 A second swipe with the line, "And since then, you're just another day." "Another Day" was McCartney's current single.
I think John was intimidated by musicians who had real chops, because he wasn't a very developed musician or singer; that's why he hated jazz. Paul said he was a real jealous guy. His brilliance was in his conceptualizing and unique approach to making music and songwriting, (and singing) which was very powerful and innovative, and with his mates (he was arguably the dominant Beatle in all of this) he helped transform the world of popular music and culture forever. His power and originality gradually became less so after the Beatles. As for "evolving as a person", slagging everyone and endlessly complaining is hardly evolving or "pushing boundaries". He often wore his self pity on his sleeve, while his flip side was charming, witty and highly entertaining. He was often disturbed and insecure. All this aside, for me, his Plastic Ono Band album is the greatest artistic expression of the human condition, of a particular person's experience, I have ever encountered in any medium. This is my take on John Lennon.
Very good.
Had a cracking voice though
You've got an odd perspective on Lennon. Like you were viewing him through a clouded prism.
@@danutahanyga4834 , I don't know Lennon really, these are the impressions I've picked up over the years. We only see these people through the media which are often unreliable. I've always been a fan, but with some reservations. Your prism is clear?
He had his heroes, but I don't think he was intimidated? He was the most famous musician of his era
It sounds a bit like they got Ringo to do the narration.
I don´t think Lennon hated any of these musicians, he either had a conflict with them or was just critical of their work. For example the infamous John vs Paul feud, I saw a letter from 1971 where John responded to a letter Linda wrote him. She wanted him to stop being critical of Paul. John responded in classic Lennon fashion, very blunt and direct. But at the end of the letter he writes: "In spite of it all, love for you both, from us two". That is not a person that hates you. Same with Dylan, yes he was critical of his art at times, he for example thought Dylan was too vague and too poetic and didn´t really say what he really meant. I´m sure Lennon was jealous of Dylan being considered a god, fans interpretating all kinds of genius from his vague lyrics. Lennon was more about stripping away all the bullshit, conveying a direct message. But despite this artistic difference, Lennon and Dylan were friends.
Lennon was a brutally honest person, for better or worse. It´s what made him such a power lyricist and such an influential activist, but it of course also meant he sometimes said some hurtful things. In his 1980s interviews, I think he had softened a bit and although he was still honest, he said what he thought in a nicer way. Sadly he was taken from us, so we never got to see if he would´ve softened even more as he got older.
John got critical with performers who he felt didn't live up to his standards and those who didn't seem to represent pure straightforward rock and roll. Joni and Joan were girlie folk singers. BST was jazz rock. Dylan went gospel. Paul's "granny songs" didn't cut it. Just remember John's standard in '71 was rock to change society. He was looking at musicians through that lens.
Really, John didn't really hate any of those Musicians. He never met them!!!!!😱He might of disliked their music but, thats it. I think HATE is a strong word to use.
John was all about *"Love & Peace" ❤☮ ✝🎸*
Wondering if the Beatles first reaction to hearing he was shot was possibly from an enemy he had insulted?
Not that it's interesting to anyone but me and close friends but I tend to agree with what is purported by Far Out Magazine to have been Lennon's opinions/tastes, those five certainly aren't my cup of tea either!
🙂
(I reckon the word "hate" is too strong to be used so often and loosely - It's overused / I also do not think he "hated" Paul McCartney)
It's impossible to believe there were only five.
Five What? 🤔
@@GaryChambers-p5m How did you see my comment without seeing the subject of the video to which the comment was posted?
I too was thinking that 5 musicians would be far too few for John “the God”Lennon to be hating on.I would guess that 5000 would be more likely.
I'm not a huge fan of the Beatles, but Lennon had good taste in music, based on the musicians he hated here!
Lennon is pretty dreary, especially attacking such good artists
He became a burnout through drugs, he had that yoko making that ear destroying vocalisations, onlya mentally unwell person would think it was ok
With the Starting Over album, we were introduced to an older mature John. His greatest time of life and creativity were only budding.
Never ever diss Frank Zappa. I was there then and am still here now. Zappa was/is a musical Genius till this day.
I'm a Christian, and Lennon's comment in 1966 didn't make him my enemy, or the enemy of any true Christian. Lennon was right, as true Christians know. That doesn't indicate that Christianity is untrue. In fact, it supports what the Bible teaches about Jesus, that the Son of God came into the world, and the world killed him.
But it was gods decision to have Christ murdered, anyway he was only dead for a couple days for crying out loud, that's no big deal I've had weekends I don't remember too.
Only if you believe God controls everything in which case human agency doesn’t exist and we are robots in a play. Many Christians feel that way, but I sure don’t. I believe in free will
@@taddallman-morton6796 so do I. Determinism makes the whole Christian argument into a charade.
@@patbrennan6572 I know it means nothing to you now. After all, Esau sold his birthright for what amounts to a bowl of soup. But you are jesting at the most holy event in history.
Professing yourself to be wise, you've become a fool. ( Romans 1:22. ) I hope that God will give you light.
@@bobtaylor170 wonderfully expressed!
I'm not a fan of this magazine. A significant proportion of its content seems to be clickbait, geared towards stirring up arguments among rock music fans. Statements by famous musicians taken out of context, exaggerated, turned into headlines etc.
If you search for Far Out Magazine, followed by say John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards or Bob Dylan for example, you'll get a string of articles from the site that have very little to do with their music, but all to do with negative things they've said about other musicians at one time or another.
It's just another gossip rag at the end of the day, only instead of current stuff, they like to dig up old disagreements between bands and musicians from 40 years ago just to piss off the fans.
Lennon was over rated. McCartney had already surpassed him talent wise. Lennon was exposed as a lesser member of the Beatles. That create jealously that made John quit. John's solo attempts were deemed a success but lacked the greatness of his previous writing partnership with Paul. All the former Beatles and most musicians at the time knew this but were gracious enough to not say it out loud.
their musical taste/style changed after fame,drugs, and a bit of growing up
John was miles than better Paul wrote way better songs Paul wrote cheesy songs.
I’ll always love John,nice duality he had going on w Paul.
Lennon put out his share of rubbish post Beatles. Let's be honest.
This doesn't include Mark David Chapman.
I've met a few people that knew Lennon, and they all disliked him...
Uh huh
Paul and John were like inseparable caring brothers to each other they were very close it was only way way way way later they started fighting and hated each other