This is the most emotionally devastating song John ever wrote... The pain, the abandonment, the rejection all crushed into a beautiful expression of honesty.
You would conclude that he would then do all he could to be a great father to Julian. But he abandoned his first son. Even told Cythia than Julian was a drunken mistake.
@@Fontsman-14 I don't know what the truth is, you don't either. We're just speculating, but if that's the truth, give your son the truth you fucking pussies!
Yes,,the saddest song John ever wrote!! The pain of being abandoned by both parents!! I think his parents were too selfish,,they only cared about themselves.,,and made their son's life miserable...his entire life. For John said,,he lost his mother twice. Just when he was getting closer to her,,,a speeding police car ran her down and she killed her. She was only 44. John,,absent mindly did the same to his son,,Julian..just when he was getting to know him better,,,he cleaned up of drugs..wanted to start over,,and just then,,that jerk,,evil maniac shot and killed John,,at the age of 40. The Lennon curse i think died when John died. It's clear and blessings now for Julian.
It's not a song but a masterpiece and a hit. Who's listening this masterpiece in 2024? I'm sure John Lennon sang this hit with all his heart and all he felt. It's just a masterpiece.
Naprosto souhlasím. John měl neuvěřitelný talent. Zpíval, hrál a skládal svým krásným srdcem❤. Jeho ztráta je neskutečná. (Ta mezera, která po něm vznikla.... těžko to popsat slovy. je to můj pocit 😢. Jen si představte, že by žil a skládal dál své úžasné hity! O co všechno jsme přišli...) 😂. Díky Johne také za tvé názory na svět ❤.
The most heart wrenching song ever written- Lennon sings and imitates himself as a 5year old child screaming out for his parents who left him. Only Lennon could write this. This is what makes him a a great song writer.
My dad loved this song. When he was passing away we played John Lennon for him and he took his last breath during this song. The cd started skipping as he left this earth. I can’t listen without ugly crying. Powerful song.
Lennon is "the man". His strength here is undeniable, and heart breakingly honest. My own father died in December '71 Four years later I got this LP. I listened to it endlessly, whether sober or soaring high on LSD. Everytime I heard this song I cried like a baby knowing my own mother, too, would one day die. She died in 2009.. Tell the people in your life that you care about that you love them. After their dead its too late. Forgiveness and gratitude bring peace. Good luck. (And it still makes me cry.) RIP
Methinks that he was saying sorry to his own children for becoming his being absent from important moments in their life. Of course, he didn't intentionally abandon his children like his father did to him. It was the trappings of celebrity of being arguably the most famous Pop star of the modern era that separated him from his children
It’s the pleas and pain of a little boy, not a grown person. Those of us who have experienced Primal Therapy, as John did, can understand the exquisite poignancy of those screams. This songs still takes me back to the deep yearning of a small girl who desperately needed the love of my parents.
Today’s I lost my mom 27 December 2014 I’m crying today ! Never someone replace your mom ! I’m not young ! I’m man and left my love town Algiers since 25 years I live Canada and since 27 December 2014 each I think for my mom and when I come back to Algiers I’m very sad she is not there I go each day to graveyard ! Enjoy with your child hope a very long life !
Heard this one for the first time today, and I am already 75. It moved me to tears. Most of our parents never quite matured emotionally driven by life's circumstances - we should not resent them. Each Generation faced its own challenges.... My Dad died afflicted by Alcohol addiction. I resented that for some time - but now I am at peace about it. He was otherwise a good and kind man.
Yes, the Time with war was hard with them. My parents also were sick of that, 4 children was too much for two working class heroes. I just only can forgive them.
@@ullap.6689 Parents didn't have it easy & for most part did better than their parents. Life is a struggle but at 4 yrs old, it came too early. Today, children are still being abused. Giving kids 'everything' is not the solution. The 'cauldron of life' destroys us or makes us strong. As Lennon once said, 'All you need is LOVE' :)
Green And Orange Line Productions John was really into Primal Screaming at the time to release the hurt,angry and deeper hidden feelings.I've heard it works too.💗 ✌x
Warched "Nowhere Boy" last night. Acting and Accents a bit dodgy... but hearing John Lennon sing this at the end, moved me to true tears. That raw emotion.
This to me is classic John Lennon. It tells you so much about his life in one song. He was such a special man gone way too soon. He had his wild ways but who didn't when they are young? His songwriting ability was so exceptional. I hope wherever he is he knows we are still listening to his music.
76 yo here. Abandoned at birth (Hoboken NJ). No Mother, No Father. Both unknown to this day. Obviously Nobody wanted me. Survived anyway 😊. Can Relate. JaneLee 8/11/23
And you don't have to have the physical abandonment to feel that sense of loss either. Emotional abandonment is equally destructive ( sometimes worse) because they are there... but not there for you.
John Lennon, no word's can really describe what his gave to the world. The song "Mother" is the anthem of all children who felt abandoned and not loved.(including myself). I cry when I hear this song.The angst and raw emotion, in Johns voice says it all. Not only a great artist,but a storyteller that touched our hearts & soul's.His life was cut so short (1980 , I will NEVER forget that day). However, he left us a precious gift, I rare gem, that will live forever in the heart's of mankind thoughout eternity...Thankx, John
@@soniaolivella3657 Yeah really right? I think the record is an interesting note of the time he was in but not a great record. Too personal and assuming that we want to hear this stuff. I don't listen to it that much.
@@meijycakes I don't think it's his best at all. Some good stuff of course but not his best. I think it was better for me at the time it came out. Nowadays I definitely look at that time period and what came out of it differently. Many people are afraid to criticize his work because he was JOHN LENNON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and that he is no longer with us.(the same going for the other Beatles). I am more honest. John and Paul's best work were with the Beatles. As solo artists, in my opinion, John wasn't as good as Paul. I was surprised and dissapointed, but it is what it is. PLASTIC ONO BAND was highly personal and made at a time where he was very messed up and wrote and recorded for therapy. I can see that but it really isn't that great of a record. His singles were ultimately better than the albums.
@@richbailey8174 agree i don't now why the name of the band is more heavy than his work material and as fans we can't critize his fails as people and artist ,people is too sensitive this days
The lyrics swept tears off my eyes. I have lost so many people in my life, from misery to pain, and I'm still here, I chose to live, while my parents are headed for a divorce, they're both fighting for their rights, while I'm here in the void, just nowhere to go except Beatles' music that has been beside me all this time ... I am screaming as John within.
Unfortunately these things happen, and we find ourselves in bigger voids than we thought we would find, the good thing is that it passes, it makes you stronger, and you will see that you don't depend on other people to find your happiness and well-being , this will pass.
There are many problems that have arisin from the pandemic around insecurity in the family and relationships. That fact that you find meaning and solice in the lyrics means you have a soul, the thing John had pointed out on occasions. He transenderd different religions leading to people from these religions respecting him. The eternal light will always shine for people who never give up. My biological parents left my brother and I at 4, but we were adopted, although my adopted parents weren't perfect they still had love and believed . We have gone on to marry with children. Life is a wonder and this includes our nature, be strong the sun brings with it a new day. John
Try your best to go for counselling early on in the process, don't crop it all up. may you be strengthened and healed and use your painful experience to help others
I dedicate this song to both my parents that I lost 2 years ago six months apart , they were both 62. My father died of a sudden heart attack , I still remember that call. My only guidance left was my mother who also passed away six month later, she was battling lupus for 30 years, until my father decided to call her to heaven.
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” -John Lennon Happy mother's day!
Lennon wrote this while he was undergoing "Primal Scream" therapy, where he was dealing with a lot of issues that were detailed in the lyrics: He lost his mother at a crucial period in his life to a drunk-driving, off-duty policeman who ran her over in a crosswalk, and his aunt Mimi raised him, which explains the line, "Mother you had me, but I never had you." His father, a merchant seaman, left him for the sea and for work. "I wanted you, you didn't need me" explains his feelings about his dad. Lennon's primal screaming on this song expresses the pain of his childhood.
john lennon's mother was forced to relinquish custody to her parents and her sister, mimi. he knew his mother, but had no real relationship with her or his siblings. she did teach him to play the banjo and ukulele, so, yay. she was killed in 1958, not when he was small. his father left early on.
What a very sad and moving song!! I experienced abandonment issues!!! It is hard to have feelings of not being important!! When John wrote Help he meant it!!!
Those church bells at the beginning always sent a chill down my spine...hearing John's resentment of being abandoned by his parents was so sad....and hearing him scream out in that little boy's cry was so heartbreaking....today would be his 81st Birthday....and his music lives on....thank you John : ))))
his mother was seen as ill while his relatives were most likely slave drivers for starters everybody here seems like liars dont get it never will or own up to what he still made proper attempt yet nobody listening got real point and would make him joke scapegoat like what happens to people discarded devalued whether disabled kidnapped bought and sold was great music and higher standard education level more accountability ones like me who still care are in losing battle all these comment s lack anything credible effort points substance reason or meaning to change my mind advice to John as fellow hurt musician would be to not have shared any of this and to anyone i know these days to refrain from saying your even a fan is worse than breaking any commandment and am sickened by females shallow attempts to even belittle issues like abandonment when his mother was schizophrenic and the tradition of child care services of believing older abusive liars worse than his mother was cool lady arguably who wasn't murdered by a stalking relavant nutcase but by still killed by a cop ACCIDENTLY ran her over drunk is like saying JOCK F everyones just too cool should troll elsewhere give us a break sorry but just another woman getting overly uppidy in wrong place
give pro abortion rights my life is proof otherwise nothing is sacred for american women otherwise world men need to unite beyond nation religion see what they look at while she is gone may be staring right back at you laughing right at you about living hell you are left in either way trust your gut and if you feel cheated you are not alone isn't new problem but is latest reason big problem under alot of radars for worst reasons none of which are legal or new read old testament don't jump off the cliff for them!
No artist's music just touches my soul like Mr. John Lennon. He was the genius of the Beatles & will always be the best songwriter/musician to ever walk this great earth of ours. I still miss him after all these years. I'm glad we still have his great music to listen as long as God gives us life.
Doesn't matter the original meaning of this. Music is this. Just feel it as you wish, don't stay on the real author's intentions. For me, this means something, and I love my definition.
Jonas Helaut youre a numbskull, he finds comfort in this song, it doesn’t need to stick true to the original meaning behind a piece because music is about relatability. Please don’t be do insensitive.
Julio Sousa Gomez-Lafuente sorry to hear that mate The songs about Lennons parents abandoning him more or less though, it’s great you seemed to have a strong relationship with your folks though ✌🏻
Mother, you had me But I never had you I wanted you But you didn't want me So I got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye Father, you left me But I never left you I needed you But you didn't need me So I just got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye Children, don't do What I have done I couldn't walk And I tried to run So I got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye Mama don't go Daddy come home Mama don't go Daddy come home Mama don't go Daddy come home Mama don't go Daddy come home
@@geoffreyhoffmann3963 how was he disconnected from the human race? At least any more then any mega celebrity? Even as a mega celebrity, he held onto normal friendships and relationships.
@@christinacobb2053 its even more heatbreaking when you realize he was violent and abusive for a brief period because of the trauma of losing his mother. just putting myself in his shoes and imagining. was not right but i understand it and i agree with you
Such a beautiful and emotionally devastating song. Even Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground, who notoriously disliked The Beatles, was utterly blown away by it and called it one of the greatest songs he ever heard.
I didn't know that bit of information. It's such an astounding song. To use the rock n' roll genre to write about trauma and longing is so incredibly powerful. John was the REAL deal.
Eleanor Rigby was dedicated to "all the lonely people" This song should be the anthem for all those adopted and were never blessed to know their Real Parents.
You can tell he when he sang this that inside he was still a little boy wanting to be loved. He told us this was why he loved Yoko so much: "Woman , I know you understand the little child inside the man."
@@maxmillion349 He smacked his first wife once and that was when he was very young. He wasn't a good dad to Julian, but that was when he was young. There are a ton of horrible parents out there, and seeing how John was raised, he could have turned out way worse.
It's such a great song. Even though I'm a McCartney guy. I can't deny that John was an amazing musician. The idea of church bells as well as the percussion in this song is just masterful to me
Always thought it interesting that John and Paul both lost their mothers when they were teenagers. Did they ever discuss this together or was it an unspoken bond?
I love Paul and he's a genius but I think John was slighty better, and it's not a matter of gift, because Paul was probably better gifted playing instruments and all that stuff, but John had something that its immeasurable and only John had that. You just can see it in this song, Anne Teal explains it perfectly, Feelings sanf through real emotions. And he also was the most charismatic personality.
My mom just died, her funeral's in 2 days. I sang this song at a family gathering when the kids started doing karaoke. What a great release to scream, "momma don't go!" at the top of my lungs. Not a dry eye in the house.
Hun ..I am so so sorry and just hope you've got actual solid real friends around you to get through this horrendous time . found out formally only 3 nights ago that my mother was dead and buried ...I'm ill in hospital (been I 15 months ..seems Covid 19 & me really don't get along ) & wasn't even informed ..it's all to do with my sister's greed ..I.just wanted my mum.My comment above says it all..I've always seen this song as an anthem more for adults abandoned as children ..I used to live in John Lennons flat years ago ..I know his pain , went through it too ..Love & strength to you love xxxx
BRANO DELICATO E SUGGESTIVO, CON LA VOCE MAGNIFICA DI J.LENNON CHE ESPRIME TUTTO IL SUO DOLORE PER LA MORTE DELLA MADRE. LA VERSIONE ITALIANA CHE HA LO.STESSO TITOLO È CANTATA DA *** MIA MARTINI*** CHE HA CONSERVATO TUTTA L'ESSENZA DEL BRANO.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
Omigosh, THIS. This just brought TEARS to my eyes, a sudden outpouring of shared grief… hun, I don’t know you, but I FEEL YOU. It’s Mother’s Day 2024, and I am missing my Mom still (she passed from sudden cancer in 1988), some 36 years later…
Wow I just saw these replies today, Mother's Day 2024. My mom's birthday was on the 10th, first birthday and mother's day without her. God bless you all. Eddie Hernandez, whittier california.
This is one of, if not his most powerful song; the screaming at the end, you can just feel his pain. Anyone who lost a parent knows whats its like. He was a human just like all of us and a brilliant a powerful guy.
The words of this song always resonated..I'm a Liverpool lass ..always knew 'the score ' with my fractured divorced parents ..knew I was the after thought..This song is for you Marge ..I loved you dearly ..you just didn't know how to feel my I ove..Goodnight mum and dad and Goodbye ❤❤
I was the last child at home with both parents when they divorced. I was 13. They were so estranged by the time I graduated high school that neither one of them came to my commencement, for fear that they would see each other. I'm 67 now. I heard McCartney's Red Rose Speedway and Plastic Ono Band's Mother about the same time. I related instantly. A young person's life, left to the care of adults who don't want to be adults, can be a hellish nightmare for the kid. RIP, Johnny.😢
I'm so sorry Jerry, this is the same thing that happened to my partner & my father also, both men extremely broken inside from this happening. 💔 I hope you have found healing & love now.
Although Lennon is my favourite Beatle, I seldom listen to this raw gem.... due to its intense despair and pain.... the cry of an abandoned child !!! But now we understand the source of his incomparable musical genius that has shaped the world !!! To our benefit and generations to come....
When Dad got caught naked in bed with his girlfriend, he said, "Margaret Ann, it's not what you think!!" So Dad and his income left us. Many painful years to follow. I can't say I missed the psychopath much.
I listen to this song because of how my Father abandoned me because my Stepmother hated my existence and whatever other reasons I am unaware of (she was his first love, they broke up, he got with my Mum, they had me, and later on my Stepmother and him got back together and had my brothers and he abandoned me about 8 years later after years of me being psychologically and physically abused by my Stepmother). I blame him mostly though, he was my Father (I refer to him as Father or his name, "Dad" is an earned title) and had the responsibility to stand by me, I will never repeat his harmful choices and will be a much better emotional available and present parent from my experience.
That's why the Beatles and John are still important They are all true musical geniuses who can express any emotion they feel through music like no one else
Omg,I am just listening to it at 2am and like I am fucked up like I can't..John was such a beautiful kid they really should regret it oh just when you imagine the pain 😫😫
You should have been crying tears for Julian Lennon after John Winston "ONO" Lennon's disgusting treatment of him! John was a big cry baby always whining about his selfish father leaving him and his selfish mother dumping him on her sister! Why didn't John write a confessional apologizing to Julian Lennon, a fine, good and decent man!, about how he threw him under the bus for that wretched Yoko Ono. Note: Go to Google and enter - HACKARD LAW - IMAGINE DISINHERITANCE . You'll soon find yourself crying tears for his wonderful son John Charles Julian Lennon
Julian from interviews is at peace with some of the stuff in that relationship, but you can see hurt as well. he definitely didn't have the relationship he craved with his dad.
@Scott McGinn John's parents abandoned him when he was only 5 and since the first 5 years of a person's life is crucial for things like character development (this is a fact, look it up) it probably, almost definitely, impacted him to do the same to Julian. Also, since his mother didn't try to become a part of his life until he was a teenager (15-16, don't remember the exact numbers), and got ripped away from him 2-3 years later, that probably caused him to him to try to mend his relationship with Julian when HE was a teenager as well (again, I think it was 15-16, dont remember the exact numbers) and like his own mother, got ripped away from the child he was trying to have a relationship with in 1980, 4-5 years after he tried to mend the relationship with the child he neglected for so long, just like his mother.
Being abandoned by his parents at five was bad enough. If you know the history of John, then you know that was just the beginning. His Aunt Mimi's husband who helped her raise John after his abandonment died when John was 15. His mother (who he began to establish a relationship with in his teens) was killed when he was 17. His best friend (Stuart Sutcliffe) died when he was 22. Brian Epstein who he was close to (despite his comments to the contrary) died when John was 27. Mal Evans who John was also close to (and possibly the only person John never spoke badly of other than Ringo) died when John was in his mid 30s, etc .....
Lembro do meu irmão chorando vendo o Jornal. Eu tinha 7 anos em 1980. Aquilo foi profundamente marcante para mim. Desde então, eu me tornei um grande apreciador do Lennon e dos Beatles.
John gets a lot of shade from kids today about his treatment of Julian and Cynthia as if everything is black and white, but humanity is all shades of grey, and John Lennon was robbed of his time for redemption. Not a single f’n person can really put themselves in the shoes of young John Lennon.
John Lennon had a lot of baggage to unload. From pain,love and letting go of the Beatles. Very deep emotion as well as putting forth really great music at that point in his life. Lots of great tracks to start his solo career. Everyone please checkout this lp. Long live John Lennon. Peace.
John was deeply troubled by his dad abandoning him, by his Mom leaving him at his aunt and by her death at the time when they finally started to bond. I can somewhat understand why he had so complicated relationships for so long. I was lucky to have both parents in my life and yet I still deal with feelings like that I didn't fulfill my dad's expectations, that I'm a disappointment for him, that my Mom never gave me a consoling hug, never said that I did something well etc. My self-esteem was badly affected, although I believe they didn't do it on purpose. God bless you, John.
"Daddy come home"...This part makes me cry softly. My dad always helped me at every moment of my life and still helps,but when he and my mom divorced when i was a child i felt so alone,i had no one to share my sorrow and lived with a terrible mother. And what about her? she never worried about me at all. Nowadays i prefer living by myself,no tears anymore
RNG Silvercraft Id say that there isn’t a citation for that on the wiki page about the song, but because of the Beatles references in the series I’m willing to bet that this is true.
I'm sorry for your loss. My dad just passed away 2 months ago from liver failure. He had this song on his iPod playlist, so it hurt. I know where you're coming from
@Codebook Spectrum Dylan was a lyricist, Lennon sang more over feelings, McCartney was even more focused on melody. Lennon is in the middle of Dylan and McCartney. Lyrics Feelings Melody
A biographer of John rightly said that even John's youth writings were more authentic than Dylan's confused gibberish. And compare with George's bullshit in much of his lyrics. He doesn't even reach his feet without relying on religious texts, although his fans want the opposite, that is, that George is better than John. Never, never, never, nor in music, nor in lyrics.
I've been revisiting the Beatles work as of late and I have to say that while I still rank Paul as a musician and songwriter, his last true grand work was The Long and Winding Road & Let it Be. He never reched that level of sincerity on his work ever again.
My goal in life has always been to raise children of my own as best as I can since my own father was shitty. This song has reinforced my will to accomplish that goal.
So sorry about your dad,God will bless you taking good care of the kids,I can relate my two Joe and crystal are grown now,he's 35,shes31.A great day to you
My momma didn't go My father is at home My first listen and I'm already crying. WTF. Man tapped into a universal feeling of vulnerability felt by all humans.
Mother, you had me But I never had you I wanted you But you didn't want me So I got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye Father, you left me But I never left you I needed you But you didn't need me So I just got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye Children, don't do What I have done I couldn't walk And I tried to run So I got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye Mama don't go Daddy come home Mama don't go Daddy come home Mama don't go Daddy come home Mama don't go Daddy come home Mother // John Lennon
Perhaps she was fucking up the live performances with her shrieks because... fame and public image had stolen John's life from him. She needed him to see that loving his family, his son, her, himself... would heal his soul. I had not see things this way. I don't even know if it's true, knowing very few details. But it is a good story. A sad story. It lends credit in my eyes to the idea that his assassination was convenient to those who needed to make an example of anyone trying to steer public thought towards love and peace. John's was a total rejection of status and pride, the two things that the State will always need people to have and be influenced by to keep its power over them.
Mother, you had me But I never had you I wanted you But you didn't want me So I just got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye Father, you left me But I never left you I needed you But you didn't need me So I just got to tell Goodbye Goodbye Children, don't do What I have done I couldn't walk And I tried to run So I just got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye Mama don't go Daddy come home Mama don't go Daddy come home Mama don't go Daddy come home Mama… - John Lennon
this song is the embodiment of how it feels to be abandoned. especially when you're very young The pain in his voice is gut wrenching . I miss him so much The most honest songwriter ever and the best, in my humble opinion.
I lost my mother due to COVID, last year. She was 44 back then, and I was about to graduate. Honestly, it has been terrible ever since then. I've been trying to cope with things changing, now that I'm employed and have got my dad (who's also about to retire within an year). Personally, this track has been so much relatable, in fact the whole album. I don't even know what to say. Apologies for dragging it till now. All I'm gonna say is, you don't know what it takes until you've been through the same.
So sorry for the loss of your mother, Arijit. Grief is a terrible journey that we somehow endure, one day at a time, one moment to the next. Best wishes to you as you go 🕊️✨
@@timbaker4253 what an obnoxious question. You shouldn't push your agenda over someone sharing their personal grief. I'm so sorry for your loss Arijit. I hope you and your Dad are doing ok. I bet your mom is really proud of you. My Mom is going through a tough battle with cancer at the moment, so I empathize with your pain and heartache. Look after yourself 💚
This video makes the song much more sad. The part where it says “daddy come home”and shows a picture of John and Julian is heartbreaking because they could never had a good relationship, when it was getting better John was killed. The last 2 minutes where they put all the pictures is very sad.
@@hw343434 y'know, not all art needs to be or is necessarily a personal stripping down. I was merely suggesting that the tradition of baring one's soul is solid but there is plenty of fantastic and even revelatory music that ISN'T a personal nude fest. to compare one artist to another and measure their worth based on how much of their soul they've bared is absurd.
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This is the most emotionally devastating song John ever wrote... The pain, the abandonment, the rejection all crushed into a beautiful expression of honesty.
You would conclude that he would then do all he could to be a great father to Julian. But he abandoned his first son. Even told Cythia than Julian was a drunken mistake.
@@Fontsman-14 Probably because it was the truth... Probably true to say John was a drunken mistake of his own father too, so...
@@alexbrook5958 But you don't let your son find out such a thing. He knew the effect it would have on Julian. But did he care?
@@Fontsman-14 I don't know what the truth is, you don't either. We're just speculating, but if that's the truth, give your son the truth you fucking pussies!
Yes,,the saddest song John ever wrote!! The pain of being abandoned by both parents!! I think his parents were too selfish,,they only cared about themselves.,,and made their son's life miserable...his entire life. For John said,,he lost his mother twice. Just when he was getting closer to her,,,a speeding police car ran her down and she killed her. She was only 44. John,,absent mindly did the same to his son,,Julian..just when he was getting to know him better,,,he cleaned up of drugs..wanted to start over,,and just then,,that jerk,,evil maniac shot and killed John,,at the age of 40. The Lennon curse i think died when John died. It's clear and blessings now for Julian.
It's not a song but a masterpiece and a hit. Who's listening this masterpiece in 2024? I'm sure John Lennon sang this hit with all his heart and all he felt. It's just a masterpiece.
Masz racje to hit ja słucham gdy mi smutno pomaga ❤❤🇵🇱😊
I first heard Streisand sing it in 1972 when I was 15. Loved it. And I agree, a masterpiece. How little we know about our famous idols.
Naprosto souhlasím. John měl neuvěřitelný talent. Zpíval, hrál a skládal svým krásným srdcem❤. Jeho ztráta je neskutečná. (Ta mezera, která po něm vznikla.... těžko to popsat slovy. je to můj pocit 😢. Jen si představte, že by žil a skládal dál své úžasné hity! O co všechno jsme přišli...) 😂. Díky Johne také za tvé názory na svět ❤.
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The most heart wrenching song ever written- Lennon sings and imitates himself as a 5year old child screaming out for his parents who left him. Only Lennon could write this. This is what makes him a a great song writer.
Perfectly put.
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Agreed!!!
I am so sad.
You just feel the hurt in his words
Lyrics so simple, so brutal, so honest, that voice wrenching into spiralling anger at the end, encapsulates Lennon in one song.
My dad loved this song. When he was passing away we played John Lennon for him and he took his last breath during this song. The cd started skipping as he left this earth. I can’t listen without ugly crying. Powerful song.
rip, but this would be such a sad song to listen to while your dad was actually dying. I hope your ok
Yup
🙏🙏🙏🙏💔💔😥 but he had great taste Bless him RIP
I bet your dad met John Lennon and George Harrison
It's ok to ugly cry... Because your feelings are valid. Never hold back
"Mother, you had me but I never had you". My god, so powerful, and loaded that one sentence.
Muito emocionante
Vrdd
Each lyrical line was absolutely brilliant.
@@peckerhead1038 and we can get you guys love you abundantly clear to close the loop
And Julian never had him
My generation living without both of our parents. If only they had just listened to John....Mama don't go, Daddy come home ❤...
True!!!
😢😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔
"Mother, you had me
But I never had you"
Hell of a start to the album.
True!!!
Cruel!
Can we please just appreciate the bravery of John Lennon for having the balls to show this this much vulnerability?
Lennon is "the man".
His strength here is undeniable, and heart breakingly honest.
My own father died in December '71 Four years later I got this LP. I listened to it endlessly, whether sober or soaring high on LSD. Everytime I heard this song I cried like a baby knowing my own mother, too, would one day die. She died in 2009.. Tell the people in your life that you care about that you love them. After their dead its too late.
Forgiveness and gratitude bring peace. Good luck.
(And it still makes me cry.)
RIP
Yo ,lo hago, ,pero e internet
Yes indeed!!!!
Julian
Methinks that he was saying sorry to his own children for becoming his being absent from important moments in their life. Of course, he didn't intentionally abandon his children like his father did to him. It was the trappings of celebrity of being arguably the most famous Pop star of the modern era that separated him from his children
It must be one of the saddest songs ever written. The pleas of a grown up child.
Thank god for Mimi. Did he ever write a song about her?
Not sure. He did buy a very nice home for her as a thank you for her love.
It’s the pleas and pain of a little boy, not a grown person. Those of us who have experienced Primal Therapy, as John did, can understand the exquisite poignancy of those screams. This songs still takes me back to the deep yearning of a small girl who desperately needed the love of my parents.
Gostaria de prestar grande homenagem a John lenon
gostariA de prestar uma grande homenagem a John lenon
"Mama don't go, Daddy come home"... this is enough to make chills on my body...
Today’s I lost my mom 27 December 2014 I’m crying today ! Never someone replace your mom ! I’m not young ! I’m man and left my love town Algiers since 25 years I live Canada and since 27 December 2014 each I think for my mom and when I come back to Algiers I’m very sad she is not there I go each day to graveyard ! Enjoy with your child hope a very long life !
@@soufienetchantchane2839 I’m sorry ❤️
You’re right about that!!!
@@soufienetchantchane2839 RUAH - Alma,,Espírito,Fôlego,Sopro de Vida,Vento...
Agreed
John hat wie immer sein Herz und Seele in all seinen songs ausgedrückt. Wir vermissen dich John auch noch nach 43 Jahren.
Heard this one for the first time today, and I am already 75. It moved me to tears. Most of our parents never quite matured emotionally driven by life's circumstances - we should not resent them. Each Generation faced its own challenges.... My Dad died afflicted by Alcohol addiction. I resented that for some time - but now I am at peace about it. He was otherwise a good and kind man.
Yes, the Time with war was hard with them. My parents also were sick of that,
4 children was too much for
two working class heroes.
I just only can forgive them.
@@ullap.6689 Parents didn't have it easy & for most part did better than their parents.
Life is a struggle but at 4 yrs old, it came too early. Today, children are still being abused.
Giving kids 'everything' is not the solution. The 'cauldron of life' destroys us or makes us
strong. As Lennon once said, 'All you need is LOVE' :)
Same to you Klaus Schick just this day " May 28, 2023 I've heard these precious Song of Lenon. I cried while listening these song.😢
John's screaming at the end is one of the most heart-wrenching sounds in the history of music.
Green And Orange Line Productions John was really into Primal Screaming at the time to release the hurt,angry and deeper hidden feelings.I've heard it works too.💗 ✌x
YES.
Yes It Is
Yes, it is
@@arturecords l h 5li
Freddie Mercury said that this album was the most honestly album which he've ever heard, and i am agree with him
He was right!
Had a friend who turned me on to this song.i was really touched by the lyrics.
paula gimenez luquemother don't go daddy comes home ,,,,what a sad situation missed you John rip love it Yoko Ono
Plastic ono band is best beatle solo album
Is there a video where he said that?
Warched "Nowhere Boy" last night. Acting and Accents a bit dodgy... but hearing John Lennon sing this at the end, moved me to true tears. That raw emotion.
😅😊😊😅😊😊
😊
My mother was my mum and dad. Raised 5 children on her own. i never realised till i was older the stress wee caused her. Thank you mother and sorry
Pink Floyd
That's very mature of you
Judging by that comment, I would say that she did a bloody good job bringing up her children.
Love you mom
same .......
This to me is classic John Lennon. It tells you so much about his life in one song. He was such a special man gone way too soon. He had his wild ways but who didn't when they are young? His songwriting ability was so exceptional. I hope wherever he is he knows we are still listening to his music.
"Father, you left me, I never left you" just broke me, i lost my dad last month :(
Condolences to you.
:(
I’m so sorry for your loss may he Rest In Peace......
That's the way it's supposed to be sad to say
:( well at least your dad's in a better place. :)
I'm 70 years old, mom was an alcoholic and Dad was a workaholic. This song still hits hard.
76 yo here.
Abandoned at birth (Hoboken NJ). No Mother, No Father. Both unknown to this day.
Obviously Nobody wanted me.
Survived anyway 😊.
Can Relate.
JaneLee
8/11/23
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Ich sende dir viel ❤ Liebe 💕 🤗
Thank you
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MANY THANKS 🤗.
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8/10/24
Wow man, that's tough, you are a good son.
The pain in Lennons voice on this one is just heart wrenching. A true artist. May God rest his soul.
Exactly, you can feeling the pain.
1970
Mama dont go, Daddy come home.
This is the anthem for all abandoned children in the world. 😥
Agreed!!!!!
Including Julian Lennon.
But also those whose parents died when they were young... my mother passed away when I was 15, and my father when I was 36... a beautiful song.
And you don't have to have the physical abandonment to feel that sense of loss either. Emotional abandonment is equally destructive ( sometimes worse) because they are there... but not there for you.
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John Lennon, no word's can really describe what his gave to the world. The song "Mother" is the anthem of all children who felt abandoned and not loved.(including myself). I cry when I hear this song.The angst and raw emotion, in Johns voice says it all. Not only a great artist,but a storyteller that touched our hearts & soul's.His life was cut so short (1980 , I will NEVER forget that day). However, he left us a precious gift, I rare gem, that will live forever in the heart's of mankind thoughout eternity...Thankx, John
Wow, you just made me cry
He was more than a musician & activist -- he share his SOUL with us !
often thru other's misfortunes the rest oif the world benifits yet the creater suffers
so let's give back
to the stranger who needs a dollar...give it to them
John would like that
John, you are never die. A lot of people remember you.
Especially Julian
The whole album is one of the greatest in Rock history. John's voice is great..I know he didn't care for his voice but it was rawfully gorgeous
Hello Yoko Ono.
@@soniaolivella3657 Yeah really right? I think the record is an interesting note of the time he was in but not a great record. Too personal and assuming that we want to hear this stuff. I don't listen to it that much.
@@richbailey8174 what? this is john's best record & it's universally acclaimed, speak for yourself
@@meijycakes I don't think it's his best at all. Some good stuff of course but not his best. I think it was better for me at the time it came out. Nowadays I definitely look at that time period and what came out of it differently. Many people are afraid to criticize his work because he was JOHN LENNON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and that he is no longer with us.(the same going for the other Beatles). I am more honest. John and Paul's best work were with the Beatles. As solo artists, in my opinion, John wasn't as good as Paul. I was surprised and dissapointed, but it is what it is. PLASTIC ONO BAND was highly personal and made at a time where he was very messed up and wrote and recorded for therapy. I can see that but it really isn't that great of a record. His singles were ultimately better than the albums.
@@richbailey8174 agree i don't now why the name of the band is more heavy than his work material and as fans we can't critize his fails as people and artist ,people is too sensitive this days
The Plastic Ono album is just John in a total state vulnerability and raw emotion it’s fucking amazing
IMO It's the Best Beatle solo album besides All Things Must Pass.
@@lelk4682 Band on the run is better
@@thiagohumberto8685 False
Thiago Humberto LMAO you’re kidding
Yes - it was written and recorded after both he and Yoko completed several months of Primal Scream therapy.
The lyrics swept tears off my eyes. I have lost so many people in my life, from misery to pain, and I'm still here, I chose to live, while my parents are headed for a divorce, they're both fighting for their rights, while I'm here in the void, just nowhere to go except Beatles' music that has been beside me all this time ... I am screaming as John within.
Unfortunately these things happen, and we find ourselves in bigger voids than we thought we would find, the good thing is that it passes, it makes you stronger, and you will see that you don't depend on other people to find your happiness and well-being , this will pass.
@@arturmpud 🖤
There are many problems that have arisin from the pandemic around insecurity in the family and relationships. That fact that you find meaning and solice in the lyrics means you have a soul, the thing John had pointed out on occasions. He transenderd different religions leading to people from these religions respecting him. The eternal light will always shine for people who never give up. My biological parents left my brother and I at 4, but we were adopted, although my adopted parents weren't perfect they still had love and believed . We have gone on to marry with children. Life is a wonder and this includes our nature, be strong the sun brings with it a new day. John
Try your best to go for counselling early on in the process, don't crop it all up. may you be strengthened and healed and use your painful experience to help others
@@johnhayes5820 🤍
And this song has lesson in our life, don't be a broken family, couse I'm the one of broken family
Lou reed called this one of the greatest songs ever written. Can’t help agreeing with him for once!
Sure isn't no pop song.Straight from the soul of his heart!
If it's me who said it first, will you agree? Or just because it's lou reed?
Johnny boy only writes great songs you animal don’t need to agree with anyone
@@jamessenzel5942 .
musik bambu klarinet watulìnèy
@@jamessenzel5942 1!!!2!0
The pain in this man's voice is something else.
I dedicate this song to both my parents that I lost 2 years ago six months apart , they were both 62. My father died of a sudden heart attack , I still remember that call. My only guidance left was my mother who also passed away six month later, she was battling lupus for 30 years, until my father decided to call her to heaven.
🕊🕊🌹🌹👀
I'm so so so sorry. My dad passed away from a sudden heart attack too. It will be a year tomorrow.
@@alece I feel you 🙏🙏
@@idawilliams3528 🙏
Same mostly identic experience
U....always on my mind
U....'re THE BEST
U....my Angel
U.....my Mother.....
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” -John Lennon
Happy mother's day!
Kim Set happy mothers day
Kim ~ Thanks for the quote. Sounds like John, razor sharp wit and heart on his sleeve.
I'll take things that never happened for $400 Alex
John said that himself
Only John can could say that ✌️
Lennon wrote this while he was undergoing "Primal Scream" therapy, where he was dealing with a lot of issues that were detailed in the lyrics: He lost his mother at a crucial period in his life to a drunk-driving, off-duty policeman who ran her over in a crosswalk, and his aunt Mimi raised him, which explains the line, "Mother you had me, but I never had you." His father, a merchant seaman, left him for the sea and for work. "I wanted you, you didn't need me" explains his feelings about his dad. Lennon's primal screaming on this song expresses the pain of his childhood.
john lennon's mother was forced to relinquish custody to her parents and her sister, mimi. he knew his mother, but had no real relationship with her or his siblings. she did teach him to play the banjo and ukulele, so, yay. she was killed in 1958, not when he was small. his father left early on.
Jealucy slow rock in70
his mother abandoned him with his aunt Mimi years before the incident that killed her
Yoko Ono, for that reason, too, played a very important role during the couple period.
What a very sad and moving song!! I experienced abandonment issues!!! It is hard to have feelings of not being important!! When John wrote Help he meant it!!!
Those church bells at the beginning always sent a chill down my spine...hearing John's resentment of being abandoned by his parents was so sad....and hearing him scream out in that little boy's cry was so heartbreaking....today would be his 81st Birthday....and his music lives on....thank you John : ))))
his mother was seen as ill while his relatives were most likely slave drivers for starters everybody here seems like liars dont get it never will or own up to what he still made proper attempt yet nobody listening got real point and would make him joke scapegoat like what happens to people discarded devalued whether disabled kidnapped bought and sold was great music and higher standard education level more accountability ones like me who still care are in losing battle all these comment s lack anything credible effort points substance reason or meaning to change my mind advice to John as fellow hurt musician would be to not have shared any of this and to anyone i know these days to refrain from saying your even a fan is worse than breaking any commandment and am sickened by females shallow attempts to even belittle issues like abandonment when his mother was schizophrenic and the tradition of child care services of believing older abusive liars worse than his mother was cool lady arguably who wasn't murdered by a stalking relavant nutcase but by still killed by a cop ACCIDENTLY ran her over drunk is like saying JOCK F everyones just too cool should troll elsewhere give us a break sorry but just another woman getting overly uppidy in wrong place
give pro abortion rights my life is proof otherwise nothing is sacred for american women otherwise world men need to unite beyond nation religion see what they look at while she is gone may be staring right back at you laughing right at you about living hell you are left in either way trust your gut and if you feel cheated you are not alone isn't new problem but is latest reason big problem under alot of radars for worst reasons none of which are legal or new read old testament don't jump off the cliff for them!
Al final somos resentidos sociales. Sin explicacion😊
Pena que ele fez o mesmo com o seu filho Julian Lennon, replicou o mesmo abandono e indiferença que sofreu.
No artist's music just touches my soul like Mr. John Lennon. He was the genius of the Beatles & will always be the best songwriter/musician to ever walk this great earth of ours.
I still miss him after all these years. I'm glad we still have his great music to listen as long as God gives us life.
Джон беше истински и велик Човек, но неговият живот няма нищо общо с някакъв измислен бог ! Нещастник!
My dad died when I was 16, now I am losing my mother to alzheimer... At least before we had geniuses like Lennon where to find comfort... Life is Real
Julio, Lennon is not singing about losing parents, he is singing about never having parents at all, listen to the song!!
Jonas Helaut he had a mother it’s just he only got close when he was young she died like at 16
Doesn't matter the original meaning of this. Music is this. Just feel it as you wish, don't stay on the real author's intentions. For me, this means something, and I love my definition.
Jonas Helaut youre a numbskull, he finds comfort in this song, it doesn’t need to stick true to the original meaning behind a piece because music is about relatability. Please don’t be do insensitive.
Julio Sousa Gomez-Lafuente sorry to hear that mate
The songs about Lennons parents abandoning him more or less though, it’s great you seemed to have a strong relationship with your folks though ✌🏻
Mother, you had me
But I never had you
I wanted you
But you didn't want me
So
I got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Father, you left me
But I never left you
I needed you
But you didn't need me
So
I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Children, don't do
What I have done
I couldn't walk
And I tried to run
So
I got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Powerful. I've stumbled through life not knowing how to act or do anything correctly. :( This hits too close to home.
Thanks!!!!!!!
Steven Miller i
Antonia Gambetta yep
thanks
He had such a sad childhood. But look at how he's impacted our world!!!!
Genius seems to always be accompanied by a great disconnect from the rest of the human race.
@@geoffreyhoffmann3963 how was he disconnected from the human race? At least any more then any mega celebrity? Even as a mega celebrity, he held onto normal friendships and relationships.
Yes I agree 💯 John Lennon was awesome singer and song writer,sure miss him,may he RIP 💐
Yes that's why people need to give him a break
@@christinacobb2053 its even more heatbreaking when you realize he was violent and abusive for a brief period because of the trauma of losing his mother. just putting myself in his shoes and imagining. was not right but i understand it and i agree with you
Such a beautiful and emotionally devastating song. Even Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground, who notoriously disliked The Beatles, was utterly blown away by it and called it one of the greatest songs he ever heard.
I didn't know that bit of information. It's such an astounding song. To use the rock n' roll genre to write about trauma and longing is so incredibly powerful. John was the REAL deal.
Lou reed done a cover of this song and I've got to be honest it's absolutely awful and he butchered it and it's on TH-cam..
"Momma don't go... Daddy come home..." What a painful song..
Eleanor Rigby was dedicated to "all the lonely people"
This song should be the anthem for all those adopted and were never blessed to know their Real Parents.
You can tell he when he sang this that inside he was still a little boy wanting to be loved. He told us this was why he loved Yoko so much: "Woman
, I know you understand the little child inside the man."
Yep and he fucked his own son off beat his wife and cheated on her.
@@maxmillion349 He smacked his first wife once and that was when he was very young. He wasn't a good dad to Julian, but that was when he was young. There are a ton of horrible parents out there, and seeing how John was raised, he could have turned out way worse.
@@cliffspringer8084 could of turned out better as well.
It's such a great song. Even though I'm a McCartney guy. I can't deny that John was an amazing musician. The idea of church bells as well as the percussion in this song is just masterful to me
Absolute irreplaceable true gold. Feelings sang through real emotions. They created a god. Rip John Lennon
Why choose between perfect and perfect?
Always thought it interesting that John and Paul both lost their mothers when they were teenagers. Did they ever discuss this together or was it an unspoken bond?
John was a better songwriter..no doubt..
I love Paul and he's a genius but I think John was slighty better, and it's not a matter of gift, because Paul was probably better gifted playing instruments and all that stuff, but John had something that its immeasurable and only John had that. You just can see it in this song, Anne Teal explains it perfectly, Feelings sanf through real emotions. And he also was the most charismatic personality.
The most painful and honest song I have ever heard.
My mom just died, her funeral's in 2 days. I sang this song at a family gathering when the kids started doing karaoke. What a great release to scream, "momma don't go!" at the top of my lungs. Not a dry eye in the house.
Hun ..I am so so sorry and just hope you've got actual solid real friends around you to get through this horrendous time . found out formally only 3 nights ago that my mother was dead and buried ...I'm ill in hospital (been I 15 months ..seems Covid 19 & me really don't get along ) & wasn't even informed ..it's all to do with my sister's greed ..I.just wanted my mum.My comment above says it all..I've always seen this song as an anthem more for adults abandoned as children ..I used to live in John Lennons flat years ago ..I know his pain , went through it too ..Love & strength to you love xxxx
BRANO DELICATO E SUGGESTIVO, CON LA VOCE MAGNIFICA DI J.LENNON CHE ESPRIME TUTTO IL SUO DOLORE PER LA MORTE DELLA MADRE. LA VERSIONE ITALIANA CHE HA LO.STESSO TITOLO È CANTATA DA *** MIA MARTINI*** CHE HA CONSERVATO TUTTA L'ESSENZA DEL BRANO.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
Omigosh, THIS. This just brought TEARS to my eyes, a sudden outpouring of shared grief… hun, I don’t know you, but I FEEL YOU.
It’s Mother’s Day 2024, and I am missing my Mom still (she passed from sudden cancer in 1988), some 36 years later…
Wow
I just saw these replies today, Mother's Day 2024. My mom's birthday was on the 10th, first birthday and mother's day without her. God bless you all. Eddie Hernandez, whittier california.
Ahhhrrgghhh!! Here come the waterworks.. 😢
This is one of, if not his most powerful song; the screaming at the end, you can just feel his pain. Anyone who lost a parent knows whats its like. He was a human just like all of us and a brilliant a powerful guy.
I hated the beatles because of john lennon.
@@sharpenflat6002 Why do you hate Lennon?
I don't even know what reddit is. but I know an insolent prick when I see one.
@@sharpenflat6002 yeah every morning when you look in the mirror. Theres the most insolent prick in the world.
Darby O'Gill. I doubt everyone has a parent that genuinely didn’t want them :/
"Father you left me, but I never left you. I needed you, you didn't need me. So I just gotta tell you, Goodbye, goodbye."
Funny that he did the same thing to Julian like his dad to him
1970
John express his emotion and feelings thru this song his life his longing for a complete family, his sadness and emptiness.
The words of this song always resonated..I'm a Liverpool lass ..always knew 'the score ' with my fractured divorced parents ..knew I was the after thought..This song is for you Marge ..I loved you dearly ..you just didn't know how to feel my I ove..Goodnight mum and dad and Goodbye ❤❤
I was the last child at home with both parents when they divorced. I was 13. They were so estranged by the time I graduated high school that neither one of them came to my commencement, for fear that they would see each other. I'm 67 now. I heard McCartney's Red Rose Speedway and Plastic Ono Band's Mother about the same time. I related instantly. A young person's life, left to the care of adults who don't want to be adults, can be a hellish nightmare for the kid. RIP, Johnny.😢
I'm so sorry Jerry, this is the same thing that happened to my partner & my father also, both men extremely broken inside from this happening. 💔 I hope you have found healing & love now.
1970
Although Lennon is my favourite Beatle, I seldom listen to this raw gem.... due to its intense despair and pain.... the cry of an abandoned child !!! But now we understand the source of his incomparable musical genius that has shaped the world !!! To our benefit and generations to come....
True!!!
this song is the embodiment of how it feels to be abandoned. especially when you're very young
Sure does
When Dad got caught naked in bed with his girlfriend, he said, "Margaret Ann, it's not what you think!!" So Dad and his income left us. Many painful years to follow. I can't say I missed the psychopath much.
I listen to this song because of how my Father abandoned me because my Stepmother hated my existence and whatever other reasons I am unaware of (she was his first love, they broke up, he got with my Mum, they had me, and later on my Stepmother and him got back together and had my brothers and he abandoned me about 8 years later after years of me being psychologically and physically abused by my Stepmother). I blame him mostly though, he was my Father (I refer to him as Father or his name, "Dad" is an earned title) and had the responsibility to stand by me, I will never repeat his harmful choices and will be a much better emotional available and present parent from my experience.
Truth.
@@krystalrowan7934 Good for you. Break the cycle. It's hard, but it's doable.
That's why the Beatles and John are still important
They are all true musical geniuses who can express any emotion they feel through music like no one else
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Cant believe how many tears I shed during this song
Na z6
Omg,I am just listening to it at 2am and like I am fucked up like I can't..John was such a beautiful kid they really should regret it oh just when you imagine the pain 😫😫
me too. it hits home so hard for me
Ah, l'm almost crying with you ((
You should have been crying tears for Julian Lennon after John Winston "ONO" Lennon's disgusting treatment of him!
John was a big cry baby always whining about his selfish father leaving him and his selfish mother dumping him on her sister!
Why didn't John write a confessional apologizing to Julian Lennon, a fine, good and decent man!, about how he threw him under the bus for that wretched Yoko Ono.
Note: Go to Google and enter -
HACKARD LAW - IMAGINE DISINHERITANCE .
You'll soon find yourself crying tears for his wonderful son John Charles Julian Lennon
It’s amazing what damage some parents can do to their children.
Including John himself.
Julian from interviews is at peace with some of the stuff in that relationship, but you can see hurt as well. he definitely didn't have the relationship he craved with his dad.
@@scottmcginn2169 Just as things were getting better for John and his relationship with julian , he was killed.
@Scott McGinn
John's parents abandoned him when he was only 5 and since the first 5 years of a person's life is crucial for things like character development (this is a fact, look it up) it probably, almost definitely, impacted him to do the same to Julian. Also, since his mother didn't try to become a part of his life until he was a teenager (15-16, don't remember the exact numbers), and got ripped away from him 2-3 years later, that probably caused him to him to try to mend his relationship with Julian when HE was a teenager as well (again, I think it was 15-16, dont remember the exact numbers) and like his own mother, got ripped away from the child he was trying to have a relationship with in 1980, 4-5 years after he tried to mend the relationship with the child he neglected for so long, just like his mother.
@@Ash-uo8sp , Trippy shit. And sad!.
Being abandoned by his parents at five was bad enough. If you know the history of John, then you know that was just the beginning. His Aunt Mimi's husband who helped her raise John after his abandonment died when John was 15. His mother (who he began to establish a relationship with in his teens) was killed when he was 17. His best friend (Stuart Sutcliffe) died when he was 22. Brian Epstein who he was close to (despite his comments to the contrary) died when John was 27. Mal Evans who John was also close to (and possibly the only person John never spoke badly of other than Ringo) died when John was in his mid 30s, etc .....
This is probably the most vulnerable song I've ever heard
John was very courageous when showed it.
E' la canzone piu' bella di tutti i tempi .Ti strazia il cuore entra nel profondo dell'anima
ciao fratello
Listen to listen by Sean Lennon. Very vulnerable feeling song right there.
Jipi soy mochilero que mundo
Lembro do meu irmão chorando vendo o Jornal. Eu tinha 7 anos em 1980. Aquilo foi profundamente marcante para mim. Desde então, eu me tornei um grande apreciador do Lennon e dos Beatles.
This is such a powerful song. I cry and cry every time I hear it. Thank you John for all your great music.
Yes I agree 💯 I can relate both my parents have passed away
Grow up
Me Gustaría una traducción al Español.
1970
I'm a 70 year old man, and I'm crying my eyes out!
"Children don't do what I have done"
No one can make me believe he didn't care about Julian. He clearly expressed his regret and guilt in this line
I can only imagine how hard it was for him having a son and having your band become the greatest and biggest in history around the same time.
@@elongateddolphin You also a Ninjago fan?
@Juan Perez he is not exaggerating, believe me. But he tried to fix himself. They were close enough to speak for hours on phone.
I can’t judge John… only people who had a similar childhood, would understand him.. I’m glad that he broke the cycle with his second child…
John gets a lot of shade from kids today about his treatment of Julian and Cynthia as if everything is black and white, but humanity is all shades of grey, and John Lennon was robbed of his time for redemption.
Not a single f’n person can really put themselves in the shoes of young John Lennon.
John Lennon had a lot of baggage to unload. From pain,love and letting go of the Beatles. Very deep emotion as well as putting forth really great music at that point in his life. Lots of great tracks to start his solo career. Everyone please checkout this lp. Long live John Lennon. Peace.
Don't we all.
This song always brings tears to my eyes because I can hear the pain in his voice, plus, This is MY life too...but moved on. Goodbye rip John x
John Lennon is one man my favorite singer, I'll love his songs
The pain in his voice is gut wrenching . I miss him so much
did you know him?
@@mishatomskovich7103 Harsh
@@mishatomskovich7103 r u dumb? U dont have to personally know someone to miss them
Se siente la voz de Lennon tan triste. Es un gran cantante
John was deeply troubled by his dad abandoning him, by his Mom leaving him at his aunt and by her death at the time when they finally started to bond. I can somewhat understand why he had so complicated relationships for so long. I was lucky to have both parents in my life and yet I still deal with feelings like that I didn't fulfill my dad's expectations, that I'm a disappointment for him, that my Mom never gave me a consoling hug, never said that I did something well etc. My self-esteem was badly affected, although I believe they didn't do it on purpose. God bless you, John.
...and ironically he treated his first son Julian the way he was treated. He didn't even leave him anything in his will. Not a nice "father".
@@Steelers2116 I understand that John Lennon left something for Julian in his will, but, it was Yoko who put obstacles.
And Julian abruptly lost his father when they started to bond...oh God I think that is why Julian didnt have any children.
Imagine that…broken families destroy children. It’s too bad the lesson has NEVER been learned.
Heart wrenching and beautiful at the same time. Pure pain. Poetry. Thank you John Lennon for your great composition.
Yes indeed!!!
"Daddy come home"...This part makes me cry softly. My dad always helped me at every moment of my life and still helps,but when he and my mom divorced when i was a child i felt so alone,i had no one to share my sorrow and lived with a terrible mother. And what about her? she never worried about me at all. Nowadays i prefer living by myself,no tears anymore
And I thought I had a problem... A dad who doesn't care much is still better than what you've gone through.
I'm sorry.
Hey, your a lovely human being. Unique and special. I wish you well. X
Sending you lots of love. Your darkness your light your wholeness. You are loved.
Fun Fact: This song is the reason why Shigesato Itoi named the Mother (or Earthbound in the West) series what it is called today.
really?
Yes it's real
RNG Silvercraft Id say that there isn’t a citation for that on the wiki page about the song, but because of the Beatles references in the series I’m willing to bet that this is true.
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My dads mother passed away two weeks ago and I heard him listening to this and it really broke my heart.
😭
I'm sorry for your loss. My dad just passed away 2 months ago from liver failure. He had this song on his iPod playlist, so it hurt. I know where you're coming from
Im sorry for your loss and pain.
were they close or did they have this sort of relationship?
Damn I feel for your dad. Brutal.
I know how you feel .... i lost my mother this April ....She was only 53 Years old 💔
He was a Great Man and never gonna Die. How many people still love Yohn Lennon
( YOHN )
The most honest songwriter ever and the best, in my humble opinion.
You're right.
@Codebook Spectrum Dylan is a poet, Lennon sang more over feelings.
@Codebook Spectrum Dylan was a lyricist, Lennon sang more over feelings, McCartney was even more focused on melody. Lennon is in the middle of Dylan and McCartney. Lyrics Feelings Melody
A biographer of John rightly said that even John's youth writings were more authentic than Dylan's confused gibberish. And compare with George's bullshit in much of his lyrics. He doesn't even reach his feet without relying on religious texts, although his fans want the opposite, that is, that George is better than John. Never, never, never, nor in music, nor in lyrics.
Carlos Ribeiro exactly
I love listening to his music sitting outside by the Lake. He was one of the Greatest!!
I love Mccartney but he just can't touch my soul as deeply and powerful as John can.
I've been revisiting the Beatles work as of late and I have to say that while I still rank Paul as a musician and songwriter, his last true grand work was The Long and Winding Road & Let it Be. He never reched that level of sincerity on his work ever again.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 agree
Yo María amoalos beatles desde siempre más al maestro Jhon tengo use sentayocho años
Augusto Carranza los mejores
True
My goal in life has always been to raise children of my own as best as I can since my own father was shitty. This song has reinforced my will to accomplish that goal.
So sorry about your dad,God will bless you taking good care of the kids,I can relate my two Joe and crystal are grown now,he's 35,shes31.A great day to you
Same.
1970
thankyou for sayingthis
You will. Prayers.
John Lennon👍👏 what a talent........
✌️
2023
how can anything be this beautiful
My momma didn't go
My father is at home
My first listen and I'm already crying. WTF. Man tapped into a universal feeling of vulnerability felt by all humans.
It’s been my favorite song for over 45 years. I’m 65 probably when I was in my teens. I started loving this song.
"Mama don't go... Daddy come home!!!!!" Tears.
The most painful song I've ever heard....
Are you Asian?
Deep deep song
@@harveygaming3277 YES
Very painful...I lived this pain in depression and I knew this song in this period of depression and you? th-cam.com/video/htfg93q75Pw/w-d-xo.html
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John Lennon is a song that expresses your mind well. This song shakes my heart.
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You can feel the emotion in his voice... so powerful...
Yes indeed!!!!
Lennon's best and saddest song. Raw emotion.
Tack"
Yes man.... I'm 28.... He is my brother...
Glenn Hall
Absolute raw emotion!!
the greatest talent no one will ever replace
Definitely is one of my favs
Mother, you had me
But I never had you
I wanted you
But you didn't want me
So
I got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Father, you left me
But I never left you
I needed you
But you didn't need me
So
I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Children, don't do
What I have done
I couldn't walk
And I tried to run
So
I got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mother // John Lennon
Great still
The pain that this song carries and the intensity in his voice touched my soul, a true masterpiece
That song is not to be listened anytime. It´s powerful and deep.
You can feel so much pain, fear and anger in the screams of the last verses... It's hard not to cry...
Miquéias Michelon
Beautiful, heart-wrenching song and video.
Today is 38 years without you John, a lifetime ago. The love and music live on.
I am thankful Yoko inspired him to be so emotional and to scream his feelings instead of keeping them bottled inside :'(
That's why I love Yoko despite of the hate that she has received her entire life.
Perhaps she was fucking up the live performances with her shrieks because... fame and public image had stolen John's life from him. She needed him to see that loving his family, his son, her, himself... would heal his soul. I had not see things this way. I don't even know if it's true, knowing very few details. But it is a good story. A sad story. It lends credit in my eyes to the idea that his assassination was convenient to those who needed to make an example of anyone trying to steer public thought towards love and peace. John's was a total rejection of status and pride, the two things that the State will always need people to have and be influenced by to keep its power over them.
Beautifully put 💕❤️💗🙏
Mag Magnet He was happy and that’s all that matters. And he tried to show everyone love was the answer and to believe in ourself not anyone else!
the 'primal scream therapy'
Ouch, the pain in John's voice is heart wrenching. Can't get through this without losing it. I love John and celebrate him finding Yoko.
Mother, you had me
But I never had you
I wanted you
But you didn't want me
So
I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Father, you left me
But I never left you
I needed you
But you didn't need me
So
I just got to tell
Goodbye
Goodbye
Children, don't do
What I have done
I couldn't walk
And I tried to run
So
I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama…
- John Lennon
Such a sad song, you can feel johns pain in this song. 💜
Yes
You mean the worlds
His music is just Brilliant no one better, and iam 70 still love him great ❤❤❤❤❤
this song is the embodiment of how it feels to be abandoned. especially when you're very young
The pain in his voice is gut wrenching . I miss him so much
The most honest songwriter ever and the best, in my humble opinion.
Absolutely one of the most unbelievable songs ever written and sang rest in peace John Lennon you were the best
I lost my mother due to COVID, last year. She was 44 back then, and I was about to graduate. Honestly, it has been terrible ever since then. I've been trying to cope with things changing, now that I'm employed and have got my dad (who's also about to retire within an year).
Personally, this track has been so much relatable, in fact the whole album. I don't even know what to say. Apologies for dragging it till now. All I'm gonna say is, you don't know what it takes until you've been through the same.
So sorry for the loss of your mother, Arijit.
Grief is a terrible journey that we somehow endure, one day at a time, one moment to the next.
Best wishes to you as you go 🕊️✨
1970
God gives you a lot of strenght to get over your loss of your mother.
How do you know it was “covid”?
@@timbaker4253 what an obnoxious question. You shouldn't push your agenda over someone sharing their personal grief. I'm so sorry for your loss Arijit. I hope you and your Dad are doing ok. I bet your mom is really proud of you. My Mom is going through a tough battle with cancer at the moment, so I empathize with your pain and heartache. Look after yourself 💚
Mother's Day...it's not a happy day for everyone...some of us never had a real mother.
Eres una mujer hermosa me gustaría ser tu amigo
carlos que burro, buscando mujeres en el TH-cam jajaja no sos hombre para encontrar una de verdad
Im with you on that
It's really painful to hear about the sadest song of jhon lennon
Michelle Wind Thank God I’m not the ONLY one 😢😘
Es maravillosa esta canción, todos los sentimientos que John sentía por su infancia, sin duda quedaron plasmados, en esta obra tan magnifica.
Definitivamente ....es como si transmitiera esos sentimientos al que lo escucha.....tan nostálgico en esta obra maestra 💓
grandes palabras
asi es,bro
まるで、赤ちゃんが泣き叫ぶように全ての感情を宇宙に吐き出してるよね
Supo hacer una catarsis y compartirla...
What a song. John is pure genius
Yes I agree 💯
@@lisaparsons4124 I too.
I cry and cry every time I hear it
😊This song make me cry.I remember my sweet mama
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This video makes the song much more sad. The part where it says “daddy come home”and shows a picture of John and Julian is heartbreaking because they could never had a good relationship, when it was getting better John was killed. The last 2 minutes where they put all the pictures is very sad.
I think John has stripped down in this song. Deserves our respect, few artists would do that.
actually, a lot of artists do that- it's a big part of making good art.
Jennifer Beetz NOT at this Level!!! And not this powerfully. Paul McCartney NEVER did this
@@hw343434 y'know, not all art needs to be or is necessarily a personal stripping down. I was merely suggesting that the tradition of baring one's soul is solid but there is plenty of fantastic and even revelatory music that ISN'T a personal nude fest. to compare one artist to another and measure their worth based on how much of their soul they've bared is absurd.