A huge part of our crushing grief at losing Lennon is he was finally finding peace in his heart.. Personally I was so happy for him and looked forward to his music paving the way as I grew older ☮️
Lee we all care about you. There's a reason such a wide age group and type of listener tune in on a regular basis. Heck, I'm 70 and I've seen others on here who said they were 60 and I read comments on here from listeners your age. (Younger kids don't make the effort to comment.) I mean we can hear these songs from many sources online or in our years of collections at home. Part of the joy on your channel is watching your joy when you discover this music. It reminds us of ourselves so many years ago and confirms our relevance in today's world.
My wife and I have no children. Yet, I feel overwhelming saddness to the point of tears, when I hear John express real true deep personal love for Sean.....the son I know he wanted to correct the mistakes he made with Julian.He wasn't going to allow his 2nd born to grow to manhood with an absent father. One word......heartbraking
@@pvank1799 I knew it wasn't. I also never cared. People say things in songs all the time that someone else said before. I don't think it's a big deal. I think when someone uses something someone else said in their own art it's just that - their art. I also don't know why more than one or two people are making kind of a deal about it. I mean, Bee Gees wrote a song called 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' and I don't think they attributed that to the (very famous) person who said it first, and I sure never saw anyone make a big deal out of it, or even mention it actually. I just don't get this with this particular line of this song.
John always gave us Truth. Sad, happy, silly, yearning, bitter, lonely, cynical...he always told the truth. I can remember exactly the moment I heard he died. Broke my heart.
Always, and it's why so many talk so much smack on him, too. The other Beatles did some of the same flawed things and made some of the same kinds of mistakes, but they tended to be very private. John was an open book.
The U.S. vs. John Lennon is an excellent documentary about when "Tricky Dicky" Nixon tried to kick Lennon out of the country. Lots of info about the case of course as well as good bio info and performance footage.
Yep. In fact most of the best solo songs from Harrison, Lennon and McCartney were originally worked on by the band in the year before they broke up. Which makes you wonder what an incredible next album they might have made. Considering that Harrison and Starr worked on a lot of the songs when Lennon did them solo, as well as McCartney at least a few times, we ALMOST Know what they would have sounded like if they'd been done with the full band, but - it's just hard to know what the finished, full-band versions would have been like.
Yes, John already had a fascination with the #9 with songs like Revolution 9 and #9 Dream. Then Sean is born on his birthday. It must have blown his mind
@@alrivers2297 3 months to the day. That's how long we had John back for. 9th October he released the Double Fantasy album. 8th December he was gone. You were supposed to look after him, USA. It hurts my heart to this day and it was 4 days after my birthday. Worst birthday and following year ever.
John was finally happy and content and that loser decided to take him away. My favorite lines are "Before you go to sleep, say a little prayer" and "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." I'm Losing You is my favorite song on the album and what should have been a great start for 80s Lennon.
Oh yes! woo hoo! Wasn't expecting this. 🥰 Don't feel bad. Beautiful Boy gets me in the feels to this day. Him singing 'I can hardly wait to see you come of age' is too much sometimes. Definitely two sides of him here. He did a lot of songs that show the other side of him that you haven't heard yet, like Love, Jealous Guy, Woman, Number 9 Dream, and some others. Thanks Lee! 💜
Dude, love your channel. Love the Beatles. Love Lennon! All I want is the truth. I know a lot of people who love the Beautiful Boy side of John and wish he didn't show the other side of him. Both are solid, solid songs. I miss the guy. What a voice of the people. Thanks for the channel.
Lee u r so sweet! I know u r a good Dad! I had a hard up bringing and a absent father but I decided to not make that mistake and I found a man who wanted to be a Dad and to this Day he still is a good dad to my children! I use to sing beautiful boy to my son when he was born!! What a beautiful way to love on Sean! What a great kiss for him and for Julian! You r wonderful, I pray for you… as I do for my now grown son❤
@@lauraallen55 It’s so true. Julian is a lovely person! Yes, Good Night was for him, when he was 5…like Sean was when Beautiful Boy was released… Ringo sang the Good Night on the White album… (kind of soothing after Revolution 9!)
@@theeloquentbaby Yes, he turned out so good. :) It's interesting that he wrote songs for each of them when they were that specific age. He was abandoned by his father and mother, really, at that age. Maybe he wanted to say something special to them at that age.
@@lauraallen55 Yes…Maybe at those “anniversaries”, he would reflect and need to express a remembrance of deep love that merged with his love for his sons…,
When I hear this I think of my beautiful boy. My son. Who's now almost 36 and 6'5". But there was a time when he was itty bitty. Still my beautiful boy. And always will be.
Gimme Some Truth" (originally spelled "Give Me Some Truth") is a protest song written and performed by John Lennon. It was first released on his 1971 album Imagine. "Gimme Some Truth" contains various political references emerging from the time it was written, during the latter years of the Vietnam War. Co-produced by Phil Spector, the recording includes a slide guitar solo played by George Harrison, Lennon's former bandmate in the Beatles.
If you haven't heard it yet and when you think you are ready please check out Lennon's "Cold Turkey", about his experiences around withdrawing from heroin. It's funky, harrowing, and totally compelling.
Paul picked "Beautiful Boy" as one of his desert island discs - when he was asked to pick his top few songs that he would want with him if he were stuck on a desert island. It clearly was one of his all time favorite songs that John recorded. There is footage of John & Paul writing "Gimme Some Truth" together in the "Get Back" documentary. The song was never released as a Beatles song - but john would come back to it on his 1971 "Imagine" album.
I actually requested the video, but Lee didn't get the link somehow. I also requested Instant Karma. Haven't gotten to #9 Dream yet, or Across the Universe, or I'm Losing You, or so many others. It's a lot of money to request all these. You could always throw in for one? :)
@@redadamearth absolutely. If John hadn't been killed it would just be a beautiful song about Sean and fatherhood. .it breaks your heart that he was loving his life and his family and was taken away.
Damn, dude. So sorry to hear about the hassle and crap going on. Sending good vibes from the PNW and hoping it all works out for you. As usual, your reaction to John Lennon's music is exactly the same as mine. He was truly one of a kind. Looking forward to more of your videos on Lennon and the Beatles.
The first time they played on the Ed Sullivan Show it was my 14th birthday. They changed my life, as well as many others. But I had never heard of Liverpool. I had to look it up on a map to find it. One of their biggest influences was they came from nothing. Particularly George and Ringo were from lower class families. When they made it, every kid who had heard them thought, "Hey why not me." How many garage bands got formed immediately?
Have you checked out Instant Karma and #9 Dream... Two of his best! Also check out What You Got off of the Walls and Bridges album for a good angry vocal during his break up with Yoko, before getting back together...
He hasn't yet. I can only afford to request so many at a time lol! You could always officially request one of those? Actually, I have requested Instant Karma, but he hasn't gotten to it yet. :)
I requested this song with the video of John, Yoko, and Sean all by the lake, playing and hanging out. It didn't come through somehow. You should check it out.
You talked about something that was specific about his writing. His riffs were always good and always memorable. The other things he was really good at were the imagery his lyrics and music evoked, and his chord changes. Paul was the melody man, and a lover of matching up lyrics to music. What a perfect pair to write songs.
I've seen some stuff by Sean with Les Claypool from Primus - the Lennon Claypool Delirium. Also with Tal Wakenfeld, former Jeff Beck bassist. I love '#9 Dream ', 'Watching the Wheels', 'Across the Universe', wotevs.
A perfect double-play along the lines of today's would be McCartney's solo song "Too Many People" (which is a good song) followed by Lennon's reply song "How Do You Sleep". Stirred up some controversy in their day, but they ended life as friends.
"Gimme Some Truth" was going to be a Beatles song initially. You can see Paul and him working on it in the "Get Back" documentary in '69. Paul was actually helping him with the lyrics.
Yes, Paul contributed a couple lines. There's a quote from Peter Jackson talking to Paul and Paul doesn't even remember having anything to do with the song lol!
Man, these vids are kinda amazing to watch. It took me quite a few years to travel through this Beatles /John Lennon thing and yeah, it's quite a profound journey in lots of ways. For me it started in 1981, when my teenage years started - shortly after he died - and I didn't really get to the end for another 10 years. You're doing it in under a year... honestly, as silly as I might sound here... go easy... I think you've already realised, they weren't messing about and they could touch people like very few artists in their genre ever managed to do. The artwork of the 3 combined Anthology albums is a painting called 'Trojan Horse' - it's a very appropriate title. I wouldn't change any of it for the world but lots of people will agree that The Beatles journey can sometimes be more that just loving a really, really good band.
Thanks man you are too kind. I’m trying to take my time with it. But I also want to listen to it all at once lol! It’s so hard. I’ve definitely been forever impacted by this great man and of course the Beatles too. They have been such a fruitful and strange trip lol I love them so much now. Even this video is a couple months old now, I’ve come even further ! Lol
Double Fantasy is a great album Yoko has several songs to check out, Kiss Kiss, Every Man Has A Woman To Love Him, and Walking On Thin Ice (the song they were working on the night he was murdered)
'Lucy...' was written for Julian just as 'Hey Jude' was. 'Dig A Pony' - rooftop. Billy Idol's old band Gen X did a credible version of '...Truth'. 😊🤙🏼🎶🔥🧡🍁💚✨️🕊
Espero puedas traducir: ... Amé tus palabras sobre la familia y todo lo que está pasando en la sociedad. Siempre estoy fijandome si reaccionas a un nuevo tema de John o the beatles. Pero hoy tuve que hacer un párate xq la segunda canción no la conocía y me encantó; y tuve que buscarla subtitulada. La escuché 2 o 3 veces y volví a ver tu reacción. Sabía que te iba a encantar esa canción. Espero puedas reaccionar a las canciones de John Lennon: "war si over" y "gime peace a chance'
Beautiful Boy is a heart shredder. Jeez man. I used to always post this on my Son's Facebook for his birthday. Drove him nuts for a few years but he eventually, at about age 20, started to like it. Edit .. I can't remember. Have you done Working Class Hero? That's John at his absolute pissed off best. Talk about venom. He's got some for everyone there, even the victims of what he's describing.
Great reaction as always.. Gimme some truth is quite a Dylanesque composition... I feel for good Americans nowadays... so many really bad things going on...
Why thank you Rita I appreciate that! There really is. Either you get pulled in one way or another. It’s a rough time for us right now. So much polarization
Nice reaction. With you all the way. Jim Keltner backed a lot of tracks for a lot of people, including George Harrison’s supergroup Traveling Wilburys. ✌️
There's a reason Liverpool was at the center. It was a seaport and sailors brought back lots of 45s from America with music that wasn't broadcast on the BBC. Liverpool was also a poor town after the WAR. Heck all England was. As George Harrison said, "we'd listen to whatever record was around. You couldn't afford much. Heck we couldn't afford a cup of sugar let alone a rock n roll record.
I feel that the song "Gimme Some Truth" hits the nail on the head when it comes to describing the two-faced, cliquey, sycophantic dynamics in most of the social and walking groups I am currently or have been part of. It appears to me that specific organizers, co-organizers, walk leaders, and members of these groups solely exhibit a focus on their inner circle, disregarding individuals in need of additional support. It's so disheartening to see unfair favouritism play out, especially for those who could benefit from more inclusivity and real friends to hang out with.
Saudoso Alan White, daí seria o futuro baterista do Yes💕 Sean pelo que ouço atualmente sobre política, não puxou a ideologia do pai, uma pena. Abraço a todos!
I want to turn you on to a relatively new act that is sort of a secret phenomena. It's a hard rocking all-girl band from Japan called Band-Maid. They are simply amazing with a hard pounding drummer. You will become a fan. Start with "Thrill" and look for others like "Domination", "From Now On", and "Hate".
Its a beautiful song but I always feel for Julian who was dropped like a hot potato (along with Cynthia) when he took up with Yoko. He always said that Paul was more of a Father to him at that time than John. I know they made up years later but it must have been a hard time for that little boy to live through.
Paul didn't even remember he contributed to it (one 3-word line). 'I was meeting with Paul [McCartney] and I said to him, “You know that John Lennon song ‘Gimme Some Truth’?”. He says, “Uh, the one on the Imagine album? Yeah, I know that one”. “Did you know that you actually co-wrote that with John?” He says, “What are you talking about?” I showed him this footage from the Get Back sessions where Paul and John are working on ‘Gimme Some Truth’. Paul’s come up with that ‘money for rope’ thing which John loves. Paul looked at me and said, ‘I have no memory of that. I had no idea I was involved with that song’. Then he says, “It’s a great song. I’ve always loved that song so if I get some credit for it, great”.' - Peter Jackson
@@lauraallen55 I have an 18 disc bootleg of the Get Back sessions in which Paul is throwing out lyric ideas to John. Much more than a three word snippet. It was just another day at the office for Paul and probably quickly forgotten. Paul sings a line "no short haired yellow belly son of Gary Cooper..."
@@robertsaul234 That was a quote made directly by Peter Jackson and by Paul. Argue with them maybe? Maybe he was throwing out ideas, but the three-word snippet is what got used, by John, for his song. :)
@@robertsaul234 Okay.... and? It's John's song, and always will be. It was personal to him. It didn't get done on the Beatles' album, so it's not their song.
@@genegarrett3372 I'm Losing You is my favorite post-Beatles song of John's. It doesn't really fit the happy theme of Double Fantasy, being an older song from his darker period, and I wonder if that's why it doesn't get a ton of notice.
Back after the thunder just let up and the need to restart my computer and reopen everything, Now waiting for some JL and taking three minutes to listen to the first part of Beethoven's Allegretto in the seventh symphony. How can a deaf person write such magic? Anyway, on to Lennon.
Yes, This was a favorite song of John's for McCartney. It's a beautiful melody and lullaby. The only criticism is John's failure to give credit in the liner notes to his use of the quote "life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans" to its author Allen Saunders' 1957 quote. And Gimme Some Truth, wow you don't want to make John angry as Nixon did (at Elvis' request) trying to have him kicked out of the country.
John probably didn't know where the saying came from, or didn't remember. I don't always remember those things either. The thing is that you and I have the luxury to go look these things up, and John didn't. What could he do? Not use it because someone else said it first, or use it and put in the liner notes that he read that or heard it somewhere and doesn't remember? Either scenario would be bad lol!
@@lauraallen55 Hey, get off me lady. I never said he shouldn't have used it. I just pointed out where it came from. Besides it not on him anyway. There are people at the record company whose sole job is to check lyrics for copyright issues.
@@genegarrett3372 Hey mister get over yourself, maybe? I wasn't 'getting on you' ffs! You did not just 'point out where it came from'. You said it was a criticism of John and it was a failure on his part. No revisionist history gonna fly here. What's your damage anyway, dude? I didn't come at you and was civil to you. Again, get over yourself, maybe. Don't talk to me anymore, either. Go make someone else's day a pain in the ass why don't you. Some saying in Reader's digest wasn't a 'copyright issue' either lmao.
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After he died, I hv cried every single time hearing Beautiful Boy
I cry every time too. Good thing Lee didn't see the link I gave him for the video and only did the audio. The video is heart-wrenching.
@lauraallen55 Yes it is. I cry, too.
I remember a video of Paul (McCartney) listening to this and he was so moved he was tearing up.
McCartney chose this song as one of his Desert Island Discs.
The interview was close to Lennon's death, so maybe that's why he was tearing up.
Snap.😁😊
I love George Harrison’s slide guitar on Gimme Some Truth.
There was a lot going on in that brain of John Lennon
John is the biggest loss in musical history 😢❤ a true poet.
A huge part of our crushing grief at losing Lennon is he was finally finding peace in his heart.. Personally I was so happy for him and looked forward to his music paving the way as I grew older ☮️
Lee we all care about you. There's a reason such a wide age group and type of listener tune in on a regular basis. Heck, I'm 70 and I've seen others on here who said they were 60 and I read comments on here from listeners your age. (Younger kids don't make the effort to comment.) I mean we can hear these songs from many sources online or in our years of collections at home. Part of the joy on your channel is watching your joy when you discover this music. It reminds us of ourselves so many years ago and confirms our relevance in today's world.
Well said 👏👏
Very well said ❤
My wife and I have no children.
Yet, I feel overwhelming saddness to the point of tears, when I hear John express real true deep personal love for Sean.....the son I know he wanted to correct the mistakes he made with Julian.He wasn't going to allow his 2nd born to grow to manhood with an absent father. One word......heartbraking
Choking tears back😢 as a mom of 5 boys..this really resonates in my heart
What a Line: Life is happening to you while you're busy making other plans!
Close! 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans'
Not original. @lauraallen55
@@pvank1799 Did I say it was?
@lauraallen55 many people assume it is his original quote unless otherwise noted.
@@pvank1799 I knew it wasn't. I also never cared. People say things in songs all the time that someone else said before. I don't think it's a big deal. I think when someone uses something someone else said in their own art it's just that - their art.
I also don't know why more than one or two people are making kind of a deal about it. I mean, Bee Gees wrote a song called 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' and I don't think they attributed that to the (very famous) person who said it first, and I sure never saw anyone make a big deal out of it, or even mention it actually. I just don't get this with this particular line of this song.
John always gave us Truth. Sad, happy, silly, yearning, bitter, lonely, cynical...he always told the truth. I can remember exactly the moment I heard he died. Broke my heart.
Always, and it's why so many talk so much smack on him, too. The other Beatles did some of the same flawed things and made some of the same kinds of mistakes, but they tended to be very private. John was an open book.
I always cry at Beautiful Boy, glad it was the first pick today. 😊
That was my lullaby to my boys when they were little ....tearing up! Both are musicians now ,I think it worked!!
Harrison on guitar
The U.S. vs. John Lennon is an excellent documentary about when "Tricky Dicky" Nixon tried to kick Lennon out of the country. Lots of info about the case of course as well as good bio info and performance footage.
A lot people write songs but there’s only few that can touch you and John was one of them
Whatever people thought..John loved being a homebody and a dad. Truth. We still need more. Seems to have disappeared at times.
But making fun of MCCartney for staying at home and beeing a family man….
But he made fantastic bread...apparently, RIP John and George. @ichbinich3166
Give Me Some Truth was almost a Beatles song. It was rehearsed in the Get Back film.
Yep. In fact most of the best solo songs from Harrison, Lennon and McCartney were originally worked on by the band in the year before they broke up. Which makes you wonder what an incredible next album they might have made. Considering that Harrison and Starr worked on a lot of the songs when Lennon did them solo, as well as McCartney at least a few times, we ALMOST Know what they would have sounded like if they'd been done with the full band, but - it's just hard to know what the finished, full-band versions would have been like.
Sean and John share same birthday, Oct 9th. John turned 40 and Sean turned 5.
Yes, John already had a fascination with the #9 with songs like Revolution 9 and #9 Dream. Then Sean is born on his birthday. It must have blown his mind
@@alrivers2297 3 months to the day. That's how long we had John back for. 9th October he released the Double Fantasy album. 8th December he was gone. You were supposed to look after him, USA. It hurts my heart to this day and it was 4 days after my birthday. Worst birthday and following year ever.
Yes! That's what we need to day. Gimme Some F'n Truth!
Beautiful Lennon songs.
It's not possible to listen to John's music without the undercurrent of sadness and what might have been. But I'll keep listening til he day I die
John was finally happy and content and that loser decided to take him away. My favorite lines are "Before you go to sleep, say a little prayer" and "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." I'm Losing You is my favorite song on the album and what should have been a great start for 80s Lennon.
Gotta LOVE that Harrison guitar on "Truth"
Can't mistake it!!❤❤
This man could WRITE ❤❤❤
That's George on guitar on Gimme Some Truth!
The Plastic Ono Band LP opened with the tolling church bells signifying his mother's death. Beautiful Boy starts with the "tolling" of gentle chimes.
Oh yes! woo hoo! Wasn't expecting this. 🥰
Don't feel bad. Beautiful Boy gets me in the feels to this day. Him singing 'I can hardly wait to see you come of age' is too much sometimes. Definitely two sides of him here. He did a lot of songs that show the other side of him that you haven't heard yet, like Love, Jealous Guy, Woman, Number 9 Dream, and some others. Thanks Lee! 💜
Dude, love your channel. Love the Beatles. Love Lennon! All I want is the truth. I know a lot of people who love the Beautiful Boy side of John and wish he didn't show the other side of him. Both are solid, solid songs. I miss the guy. What a voice of the people. Thanks for the channel.
Love is the answer.
Lee u r so sweet! I know u r a good Dad! I had a hard up bringing and a absent father but I decided to not make that mistake and I found a man who wanted to be a Dad and to this Day he still is a good dad to my children! I use to sing beautiful boy to my son when he was born!! What a beautiful way to love on Sean! What a great kiss for him and for Julian! You r wonderful, I pray for you… as I do for my now grown son❤
Right 👍 teared up in the song for Sean and totally sober in Give Me Some Truth
John is raw and real❤️
John did have a beautiful boy. Such a song of love...
A good pairing of John’s deepest feelings, Laura, thank you!
My pleasure!
John had two beautiful boys. ;)
He wrote and sang Good Night for Julian years earlier when Julian was 5 as well.
@@lauraallen55 It’s so true. Julian is a lovely person! Yes, Good Night was for him, when he was 5…like Sean was when Beautiful Boy was released…
Ringo sang the Good Night on the White album… (kind of soothing after Revolution 9!)
@@theeloquentbaby Yes, he turned out so good. :) It's interesting that he wrote songs for each of them when they were that specific age. He was abandoned by his father and mother, really, at that age. Maybe he wanted to say something special to them at that age.
@@lauraallen55 Yes…Maybe at those “anniversaries”, he would reflect and need to express a remembrance of deep love that merged with his love for his sons…,
@@theeloquentbaby Probably true! He was very expressive with how he felt about everything, so it makes sense.
When I hear this I think of my beautiful boy. My son. Who's now almost 36 and 6'5". But there was a time when he was itty bitty. Still my beautiful boy. And always will be.
🌸 I've heard beautiful boy so many many times, and I cry every time.
as I'm watching here, I'm seeing something in your face... I hope you're okay.
I submitted the video, and that made me cry just finding and watching it. That would have for sure made him cry.
Gimme Some Truth" (originally spelled "Give Me Some Truth") is a protest song written and performed by John Lennon. It was first released on his 1971 album Imagine. "Gimme Some Truth" contains various political references emerging from the time it was written, during the latter years of the Vietnam War. Co-produced by Phil Spector, the recording includes a slide guitar solo played by George Harrison, Lennon's former bandmate in the Beatles.
And, as we know now from Get Back, it was co-written by Paul. "Did I?" says Paul, "it's a damn good song."
My friends all know that Gimme Some Truth is to be played at my memorial service
NIce selection ... two sides of John. So sad that we lost him.
Paul wrote the bridge to Gimme Some Truth as seen in Get Back. John just changed some of the words
If you haven't heard it yet and when you think you are ready please check out Lennon's "Cold Turkey", about his experiences around withdrawing from heroin. It's funky, harrowing, and totally compelling.
Check the live version of Gimme Some Truth
🌸 don't let the idiots get you down, dude. find your peace.
Paul picked "Beautiful Boy" as one of his desert island discs - when he was asked to pick his top few songs that he would want with him if he were stuck on a desert island. It clearly was one of his all time favorite songs that John recorded.
There is footage of John & Paul writing "Gimme Some Truth" together in the "Get Back" documentary. The song was never released as a Beatles song - but john would come back to it on his 1971 "Imagine" album.
I sang this to my first son, born in1980. He then sang it to his first son
L33 this song always makes me think of Mr. Hollands opus. Beautiful song done equally beautiful movie.
There's a very touching video for Beautiful Boy. Also, listen to Instant Karma and #9 Dream
I actually requested the video, but Lee didn't get the link somehow. I also requested Instant Karma. Haven't gotten to #9 Dream yet, or Across the Universe, or I'm Losing You, or so many others. It's a lot of money to request all these. You could always throw in for one? :)
Gorgeous inside and out
Check out SERVE YOURSELF by JOHN LENNON.
This is beautiful!!
I've been going down the rabbit hole that is your Lennon material and wow, you totally get it.
Money for dope. Money for rope.
I agree with L33!
I have John’s caricature of him tattooed on my arm. Gimme some truth is a killer tune
Great contrasting Lennon joints!
Beautiful Boy is so sad.
It's only sad in retrospect, knowing he died - it's a beautiful song and McCartney's favorite that Lennon had ever written.
@@redadamearth absolutely. If John hadn't been killed it would just be a beautiful song about Sean and fatherhood. .it breaks your heart that he was loving his life and his family and was taken away.
@@redadamearthnot a sad song, but a tragic song
Damn, dude. So sorry to hear about the hassle and crap going on. Sending good vibes from the PNW and hoping it all works out for you. As usual, your reaction to John Lennon's music is exactly the same as mine. He was truly one of a kind. Looking forward to more of your videos on Lennon and the Beatles.
The first time they played on the Ed Sullivan Show it was my 14th birthday. They changed my life, as well as many others. But I had never heard of Liverpool. I had to look it up on a map to find it. One of their biggest influences was they came from nothing. Particularly George and Ringo were from lower class families. When they made it, every kid who had heard them thought, "Hey why not me." How many garage bands got formed immediately?
Have you checked out Instant Karma and #9 Dream... Two of his best! Also check out What You Got off of the Walls and Bridges album for a good angry vocal during his break up with Yoko, before getting back together...
He hasn't yet. I can only afford to request so many at a time lol! You could always officially request one of those? Actually, I have requested Instant Karma, but he hasn't gotten to it yet. :)
Beautiful ❤
I didn't connect to this song until I saw the version on Mr Holland's Opus
I requested this song with the video of John, Yoko, and Sean all by the lake, playing and hanging out. It didn't come through somehow. You should check it out.
You talked about something that was specific about his writing. His riffs were always good and always memorable. The other things he was really good at were the imagery his lyrics and music evoked, and his chord changes. Paul was the melody man, and a lover of matching up lyrics to music. What a perfect pair to write songs.
Such a storyteller 🤩
I've seen some stuff by Sean with Les Claypool from Primus - the Lennon Claypool Delirium.
Also with Tal Wakenfeld, former Jeff Beck bassist.
I love '#9 Dream ', 'Watching the Wheels', 'Across the Universe', wotevs.
Next “Cold Turkey “ please.
A perfect double-play along the lines of today's would be McCartney's solo song "Too Many People" (which is a good song) followed by Lennon's reply song "How Do You Sleep". Stirred up some controversy in their day, but they ended life as friends.
I requested both of those, and Lee has already done them.
Beautiful Boy made McCartney cry.
Sean was five years old when John died. He was born on John’s 35th birthday.
Also, Klaus is pronounced like “house”, not like Santa 😊.
Julian was 5 when John left them. John was 5 when his dad left him.
"Gimme Some Truth" was going to be a Beatles song initially. You can see Paul and him working on it in the "Get Back" documentary in '69. Paul was actually helping him with the lyrics.
Yes, Paul contributed a couple lines. There's a quote from Peter Jackson talking to Paul and Paul doesn't even remember having anything to do with the song lol!
There is a video clip of The Beatles performing "Gimme Some Truth" if you can find it.
George Harrison on slide rocks this !
Man, these vids are kinda amazing to watch. It took me quite a few years to travel through this Beatles /John Lennon thing and yeah, it's quite a profound journey in lots of ways. For me it started in 1981, when my teenage years started - shortly after he died - and I didn't really get to the end for another 10 years. You're doing it in under a year... honestly, as silly as I might sound here... go easy... I think you've already realised, they weren't messing about and they could touch people like very few artists in their genre ever managed to do. The artwork of the 3 combined Anthology albums is a painting called 'Trojan Horse' - it's a very appropriate title. I wouldn't change any of it for the world but lots of people will agree that The Beatles journey can sometimes be more that just loving a really, really good band.
Thanks man you are too kind. I’m trying to take my time with it. But I also want to listen to it all at once lol! It’s so hard. I’ve definitely been forever impacted by this great man and of course the Beatles too. They have been such a fruitful and strange trip lol I love them so much now. Even this video is a couple months old now, I’ve come even further ! Lol
Double Fantasy is a great album
Yoko has several songs to check out, Kiss Kiss, Every Man Has A Woman To Love Him, and Walking On Thin Ice (the song they were working on the night he was murdered)
'Lucy...' was written for Julian just as 'Hey Jude' was.
'Dig A Pony' - rooftop.
Billy Idol's old band Gen X did a credible version of '...Truth'.
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The two sides of John.
But not at the same time
You nailed it.
Espero puedas traducir: ... Amé tus palabras sobre la familia y todo lo que está pasando en la sociedad. Siempre estoy fijandome si reaccionas a un nuevo tema de John o the beatles. Pero hoy tuve que hacer un párate xq la segunda canción no la conocía y me encantó; y tuve que buscarla subtitulada. La escuché 2 o 3 veces y volví a ver tu reacción. Sabía que te iba a encantar esa canción. Espero puedas reaccionar a las canciones de John Lennon: "war si over" y "gime peace a chance'
Klaus Voorman is a friend from the Hamburg period with The Silver Beatles . I bielive he's the author of the "Revolver "LP artwork. 😉
Didn't he design different versions of it too?
Beautiful Boy is a heart shredder. Jeez man. I used to always post this on my Son's Facebook for his birthday. Drove him nuts for a few years but he eventually, at about age 20, started to like it.
Edit .. I can't remember. Have you done Working Class Hero? That's John at his absolute pissed off best. Talk about venom. He's got some for everyone there, even the victims of what he's describing.
Yes, he's done that one. I requested that, and these two. :)
Great reaction as always.. Gimme some truth is quite a Dylanesque composition... I feel for good Americans nowadays... so many really bad things going on...
Why thank you Rita I appreciate that! There really is. Either you get pulled in one way or another. It’s a rough time for us right now. So much polarization
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Everybody has a Jeykll and Hyde side.
They sure do, and some of them coming out with their Mr. Hyde side in the comments lol!
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@@chitownlee Gotta laugh, but really? Sometimes, I don't understand people lol!
Makes me think of Billy Joel's song The Stranger
@@alrivers2297 Gimme Some Truth does? Maybe Billy Joel was inspired by John's song?
Nice reaction. With you all the way.
Jim Keltner backed a lot of tracks for a lot of people, including George Harrison’s supergroup Traveling Wilburys.
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Yeah, "overthinking, overanalyzing, separates the body from the mind" - Tool (I suspect you know this song already)
There's a reason Liverpool was at the center. It was a seaport and sailors brought back lots of 45s from America with music that wasn't broadcast on the BBC. Liverpool was also a poor town after the WAR. Heck all England was. As George Harrison said, "we'd listen to whatever record was around. You couldn't afford much. Heck we couldn't afford a cup of sugar let alone a rock n roll record.
You see an unfinished quick version of Gimme Some Truth in Peter Jackson's Get Back.
GImme Some Truth was banned on the radio during the Nixon era.
I feel that the song "Gimme Some Truth" hits the nail on the head when it comes to describing the two-faced, cliquey, sycophantic dynamics in most of the social and walking groups I am currently or have been part of. It appears to me that specific organizers, co-organizers, walk leaders, and members of these groups solely exhibit a focus on their inner circle, disregarding individuals in need of additional support. It's so disheartening to see unfair favouritism play out, especially for those who could benefit from more inclusivity and real friends to hang out with.
🌸 I really started to worry about what was on your mind during beautiful boy ....
He was a good Dad to Sean. Maybe trying to make up for his shortcomings with Julian.😢
Saudoso Alan White, daí seria o futuro baterista do Yes💕
Sean pelo que ouço atualmente sobre política, não puxou a ideologia do pai, uma pena.
Abraço a todos!
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John's home studio take on "Gimme Some Truth" is also very good:
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It is. I came really close to requesting that one.
Sean was 5 when he recorded Beautiful Boy. He was shot a couple of months later. Horrible
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Its a beautiful song but I always feel for Julian who was dropped like a hot potato (along with Cynthia) when he took up with Yoko. He always said that Paul was more of a Father to him at that time than John.
I know they made up years later but it must have been a hard time for that little boy to live through.
Gimme Some Truth could have had been credited as a Lennon/McCartney composition.
Paul didn't even remember he contributed to it (one 3-word line).
'I was meeting with Paul [McCartney] and I said to him, “You know that John Lennon song ‘Gimme Some Truth’?”. He says, “Uh, the one on the Imagine album? Yeah, I know that one”. “Did you know that you actually co-wrote that with John?” He says, “What are you talking about?”
I showed him this footage from the Get Back sessions where Paul and John are working on ‘Gimme Some Truth’. Paul’s come up with that ‘money for rope’ thing which John loves. Paul looked at me and said, ‘I have no memory of that. I had no idea I was involved with that song’.
Then he says, “It’s a great song. I’ve always loved that song so if I get some credit for it, great”.' - Peter Jackson
@@lauraallen55 I have an 18 disc bootleg of the Get Back sessions in which Paul is throwing out lyric ideas to John. Much more than a three word snippet. It was just another day at the office for Paul and probably quickly forgotten. Paul sings a line "no short haired yellow belly son of Gary Cooper..."
@@robertsaul234 That was a quote made directly by Peter Jackson and by Paul. Argue with them maybe?
Maybe he was throwing out ideas, but the three-word snippet is what got used, by John, for his song. :)
@@lauraallen55 He used the other line as well. John replaced "Gary Cooper" with "son of tricky dickie."
@@robertsaul234 Okay.... and? It's John's song, and always will be. It was personal to him. It didn't get done on the Beatles' album, so it's not their song.
For those not born then tricky Dick references President Richard M. Nixon
What about reacting to Sunday Bloody Sunday and I’m loosing You. Thanks!
Do you mean How Do You Sleep by John? He's done it!
@@lauraallen55 thanks!
@@lauraallen55 I'm losing you is one of his best. such emotion.
@@genegarrett3372 It is!
@@genegarrett3372 I'm Losing You is my favorite post-Beatles song of John's. It doesn't really fit the happy theme of Double Fantasy, being an older song from his darker period, and I wonder if that's why it doesn't get a ton of notice.
Back after the thunder just let up and the need to restart my computer and reopen everything, Now waiting for some JL and taking three minutes to listen to the first part of Beethoven's Allegretto in the seventh symphony. How can a deaf person write such magic? Anyway, on to Lennon.
Yes, This was a favorite song of John's for McCartney. It's a beautiful melody and lullaby. The only criticism is John's failure to give credit in the liner notes to his use of the quote "life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans" to its author Allen Saunders' 1957 quote. And Gimme Some Truth, wow you don't want to make John angry as Nixon did (at Elvis' request) trying to have him kicked out of the country.
John probably didn't know where the saying came from, or didn't remember. I don't always remember those things either. The thing is that you and I have the luxury to go look these things up, and John didn't. What could he do? Not use it because someone else said it first, or use it and put in the liner notes that he read that or heard it somewhere and doesn't remember? Either scenario would be bad lol!
@@lauraallen55 Hey, get off me lady. I never said he shouldn't have used it. I just pointed out where it came from. Besides it not on him anyway. There are people at the record company whose sole job is to check lyrics for copyright issues.
@@genegarrett3372 Hey mister get over yourself, maybe?
I wasn't 'getting on you' ffs!
You did not just 'point out where it came from'. You said it was a criticism of John and it was a failure on his part. No revisionist history gonna fly here.
What's your damage anyway, dude? I didn't come at you and was civil to you. Again, get over yourself, maybe. Don't talk to me anymore, either. Go make someone else's day a pain in the ass why don't you.
Some saying in Reader's digest wasn't a 'copyright issue' either lmao.
@@genegarrett3372I think she was just giving you some information, not attacking you, bro
I can have no respect at all for Lennon as a father. He was a terrible father to his first son.