1980 12 08 - John Lennon in his own words - The Life And Times Of John Lennon In His Own Words

1980 12 08 Recorded at the Geffen Records Office interview with Bob Miles.
Originally to be another JL interview but with the event that followed the same day the interview was later played as a tribute.

[@robertsaul234]

While that thumbnail photo was taken in his apartment window, his assassin was waiting below. Unbelievable...

[@stephentaylor5500]

Just listening to him talk you can tell he was a huge cultural personality. His early death was a huge loss.

[@feedbackhell]

this channel really is the best kept secret as far as beatles interviews go on this platform. thanks for taking the time to get the entirety of these things in good quality

[@thebeatlesinterviews7924]

Thanks so much :) Plenty more to come.

[@JWirtel]

Yoko's really smart...There's no question about it, but when she chimes in, I find myself relating to Al Capp

[@chrismacdonald7955]

Never fails to amaze me how John considered Yoko to be a talented artist. I think she was a wannabe artist. Concept art, in my opinion is so that people with no talent at all can CALL themself artist and pretend they're cooler than everybody else because they "get it" and you don't. To Yoko and the like I say, " Don't feed me crap and tell me it's steak" I love John and wish he was here still.

[@valmor1073]

Her hold over him is one of the biggest mysteries.The choices he had at his Will and he picks her.His life I get it .

[@thejasonknightfiascoband5099]

Wow this interview was conducted literally 12 hours before he was robbed of his life???

[@BeatleBabe1978]

Thank you so much.

[@andiestewart7423]

Everything they said is STILL valid today . Especially now June 2023 ❤

[@anthonylarusso9676]

Yoko sits there chuckling Less than 8 hours prior to his murder, having declined security for him, repeatedly and further exposing him by openly outlining their recording schedule.

[@Iskowitz]

This is actually from the BBC radio interview which was recorded at the Hit Factory on December 6, 1980.

[@kachohugetsu890]

もしも今まだ存命だったなら、どんな風に年齢を重ねたかな？と思います。
時代や起こったことにより、ものすごく人は振り回されたんだな、とよく分かる。

[@spiritedtruthseeker5929]

This man was killed and was barely famous anymore. He was telling truths about the band and life and got discarded. I love you John I can only imagine dealing with what you had to live with. I wouldn't of been able to handle that.

[@Ryan-on5on]

I know your comment comes from a warm place, but you're simply wrong about Lennon being "barely famous anymore" in 1980. That year he released a long-anticipated album, "Double Fantasy," his first all-original record since 1974, and was publicly mulling about going on tour again to end the 8-year hiatus since the last concert he gave. This news provoked rampant and intense speculation by the press about John's future plans since coming out of his "house-husband" retirement, including the possibility that he and the other three lads might have interest in reuniting for a concert or two.
In December 1980, the ex-Beatle's profile in the public limelight was still so strong that NBC producers famously allowed sports anchor Howard Cossel to interrupt his "Monday Night Football" broadcast with breaking news of Lennon's murder, kicking off a week-long frenzy of media coverage on the assassination, the massive vigil that organically emerged outside the Dakota to mourn John, and the legacy of Lennon in music, culture, and social causes. If he had indeed been "barely famous" in 1980, news of his murder wouldn't have registered so much as a blip in the press, let alone the massive outpouring of grief and interest that transfixed the world in the weeks following. That the awful event was so widely and pervasively covered only shows how much of an A-list celebrity John was, even after being largely out of the media spotlight in the 5-years preceding!

[@valeriapretell7517]

Interesting

[@rfadegames0791]

20:04

[@oliverbird6914]

" I don't like to offend people".......hmmmmm

[@igorjajic2726]

Doushbags doesnt count

[@luboceric6468]

after a bit of bowler run wine etc I don't like Asian, but I do like Japanese. a Japanese woman came to car park recently.

[@tailrj]

Yoko Ono destroyed him with the song Woman is a ---- 😮

[@nigefal]

It is odd really Lennon's death venerated him for many into something he was not. It is always very apparent on the internet. In death Lennon can do no wrong. There is a fawning halo effect about him.
And yet it also took away Yoko Ono's identity. She has been a lost soul sense. In life Yoko Ono can do no right according to the internet.

[@nigefal]

The story Lennon tell's how he met Yoko was not true at all according to Cynthia Lennon. Yoko stalked him for weeks.

[@tailrj]

Yoko Ono destroyed him with the song Woman is a ---- 😮