This was off his last album, Double Fantasy. Just a masterpiece. This song just destroys me when I hear it. The day he died so many of us never got over it. The whole album just breaks my heart now and I haven't listened to it since he died.😥😥😭😭 Glad you listened to it. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
I was in high school when John Lennon passed away. I remember people in my school were crying in the hallway the next day. Still listen to his music today. Timeless!!
When I was younger I went through a dark and difficult time. Then one day this song came on in the car, and my life turned around. It was like a dawning day as the light of this song washed away the darkness in my mind. I clung to Lennon for a time after. I still get choked up thinking about that time. He truly saved me
I'm glad you came out of the dark place. Music is the only thing that calms me down or raises me up when I need it. It's what is getting me through the past 2 years, that's for sure! That and my crazy cats who are a constant source of entertainment... and they keep me on my toes literally, herding me to their food bowls every chance they get, lol! God bless you!
Jay and Amber, you guys should check out Julian Lennon's song "Too Late for Goodbye". You will think you're seeing and hearing the reincarnation of his father, they're so similar! Julian is John Lennon's son from his first marriage that was basically broken up when he met Yoko Ono. Julian was also the inspiration for the Beatles song "Hey Jude".
Thank you so much sir. I wasn’t born yet when John died, and was too young to contemplate George’s death. Now I understand. John is my father’s favorite singer. This song will be my wedding song with my wife. We love it very much
He hadnt done an album in a long time, when this came out in 1980. This was a huge success, and had 3 pretty big hits. One of the hits " watching the wheels" references his 5 year absence from the music business
It was a big deal his return to music. He got killed in 1980 so not long after this release. I was 10 in 1980. My mom 29. She was a huge Beatles fan and particularly loved John. I remember well the day he died. My mom cried her eyes out.
@@TANTRUMGASM you are my hero🥹 i talked to john yesterday; he said these things to “blow peoples minds” ps. I love you. By the way, are you one of those folks that think paul was replaced? And that billy preston was the 5th beatle🤭
@@debjorgo I was 18 remember it well Plenty of albums when released went straight to # 1 It stalled on the charts and the first single single did nothing till he was shot The critics killed it but really who gives a shit what critics say Everyone was looking forward for Lennon’s comeback the album was disappointment Sorry but that’s the truth
I was so young when John Lennon was killed by a stalker here in NYC! John Lennon didn't even have security around him and would just walk around NYC and would always talk to his fans. I was so upset, even as a kid loved his music. Now living in NYC, it means even more...the tributes to him in Central Park with "Imagine" spelled out so beautifully and Strawberry Fields, etc. This song and Imagine were always my favorites. RIP John Lennon, always wonder all you would have created if your life wasn't cut so short.
And had he had a bodyguard - he would have had a greater than 50/50 chance of surviving. Remember he was killed by an oddball, not a professional hitman.
@@Inglese001 yeah I just meant how he trusted people and lived his life as if he wasn't a celebrity...he even talked to the killer David Chapman earlier that day & sign one of his albums for him. David Chapman even admitted how kind he was as John Lennon always made it a point to speak to his fans who waited so long outside The Dakota (his apt bldg in NYC) for him. Its beyond horrific how he then murdered him when he returned home. John Lennon's kindness and appreciation for his fans showed what great character he had and so sad how this deranged man still killed him.
My favorite John Lennon song, along with "Watching the Wheels". I would also love to see you react to "Valotte", a tremendous song by John's oldest son, Julian. It's scary how close they sound!
Lennon wrote this song as an ode to his wife Yoko Ono. He regarded it as the most Beatles-like track on his Double Fantasy album and he called it the '80s update of "Girl," which is a track on Rubber Soul. Speaking with Rolling Stone just days before his death, Lennon said: "'Woman' came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly hit me what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms... but any truth is universal. What dawned on me was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as I whisper at the beginning of the song. It's a 'we' or it ain't anything." In many ways, this song is Lennon's apology to Yoko. In 1973, the couple was having problems in their marriage, so Yoko agreed to put their relationship on hold and let John sow his oats. He did, taking up with his assistant May Pang and engaging in some unruly behavior. Lennon referred to this time as his "Lost Weekend" - it lasted about 18 months. This was released as a single in January 1981, about a month after Lennon was murdered. In the UK, this replaced Lennon's "Imagine" at #1, which had been reissued following Lennon's death. This was the first time an artist replaced himself at UK #1 since The Beatles did it in 1963 with "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand." This is the only song title for which Lennon and McCartney wrote separate songs. In 1966 McCartney wrote a song of the same title for Peter & Gordon using the pseudonym Bernard Webb. The word "woman" begins each verse, but doesn't show up in the chorus, which is just "Ooh, Oooh Oooh, well, well, do do do do." (Songfacts.com)
Another fun fact, the name Double Fantasy comes from a flower that John saw when he visited the Bermuda Botanical Gardens. He wrote most if not all of the album when he and his son spend a few months on the island!
Not to take away from the song, it’s one of my favorites besides Watching the Wheels, but Lennon was with May Ping which Yoko Ono herself arraigned. She was Yoko’s personal secretary. That way she knew who he was sleeping with during that “lost weekend “
@@joannathornock8037 I’m no Yoko hater, but it's true the ”Lost Weekend” narrative depends on who you ask. Yoko’s official story about what happened is not corroborated by anyone else who was there. According to most people she threw him out, after making sure that her assistant, May Pang, would accompany him. What followed was a legit relationship between John and May, only briefly dominated by him partying like crazy in L.A. After he sobered up, the two of them had a very ordinary home life together for quite some time. (May has written a book about it). If John did wrong by anyone, it was by May, whom he abruptly left when Yoko wanted him back. I think it’s only reasonable to regard John & Yoko as the first ”influencer couple”, two people who cultivated their mutual brand with vigour and quite a bit of spin. Doesn’t make them bad people by any means, it’s just a reminder to not believe everything they ever said. EDIT: I'm sure John had plenty of other things to apologise to Yoko for. The "lost weekend" wasn't one of them though.
Remembering the day he died in 1980, we decided offhand not to go to university, but sitting in a room and listening to this new album then with the lovely and awesome song "woman" written for his belove wife Yoko.
I’m 46 years old. This song is my FIRST musical memory. I did the math, I had to be 5 or 6 because this song came out in 1981. I was walking through my grandmas bedroom and it was playing on her clock radio on the dresser. I remember stopping and staring at the radio, listening. I started to cry a little bit. My aunt asked me what was wrong. I told her I missed my friend. I distinctly remember thinking about a little girl in my preschool class. No clue why all those things came together other than to say, music man…to this day I’m very emotional, always have been, I cry easily. Seems like it all started with this damn song.
I get it! I distinctly remember feeling such deep, anguished feelings during certain songs and movies, when I was 5 years old. How is this possible at such a tender age? But it is! As for this song, it's so beautifully bittersweet. I remember the day Lennon was killed as it were yesterday. Thanks for sharing your beautiful memories ❤️
Next song from this album should be Starting Over! This album released right around the time he was murdered,and it felt like the entire world was grieving.
Now I know - this song still makes me cry. So beautiful, such happiness. It's good to know his last years were so happy, but that makes it even sadder that he was taken so soon. He was only 40 when he died, & that was almost 42 years ago. For my generation, his murder is a shock we'll never forget!! RIP, John. Hope you know how fondly & widely you are remembered still, & for always!!
John Lennon said that 'Woman' was the grown-up version of the Beatles song 'Girl.' I listened to both songs after reading that, and I get what he's saying. 'Girl' is a young man's fantasy about having a cool girlfriend who looks good, but the song's entire emotional content is about how he thinks this imaginary dream girl would make him feel. 'Woman,' on the other hand, is about the reality of being in a relationship with a woman who made his life complete. He said that's why he whispers "the other half of the sky" in the song's intro, because the realization of how much he loved Yoko was like discovering for the first time that there's a night sky to complement the day.
I always thought it was "Woman is the other half of the sky." I don't know why! The syllables don't match LOL. I just relistened and you're right, that is what I hear now too.
For those of us who were around at the time this album was released, hearing "Woman" or "beautiful Boy" or "Watching the Wheels" always brings a sad, bittersweet feeling....because Lennon was murdered just a couple of weeks after it was released. It's kinda nice to see you two reacting to it "purely", without having experienced that shock & sadness.
On the same Double Fantasy album John has a song for his son Sean - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)". Paul says that's one of his favorite songs by John. Paul himself wrote a song for John's other son Julian - "Hey Jude".
Paul had more of a relationship with little Julian (who was born in 1963) than his father John did. John admits that he barely knew his son during the Beatles, before he met Yoko. It was nice that Paul had a sort of uncle relationship with Julian. I have seen more photos of Paul walking along with little Julian and either holding him in his arms or Julian's hand while walking, than I have seen of John doing the same thing. I love John too, but I just feel so sad that he couldn't have given Julian at least a 1/4 of the love and attention he gave to Sean. Thankfully Julian and Sean have a close relationship with each other now.
Album released 9th October 1980 (his 40th birthday). Killed 3 months later on 8th December 80. Too freakin sad. He had just recorded for the first time in 5 years. 3 months later, gone.
Amazing comeback after five years of retirement. Few months after this song was recorded, he was violently assassinated I. Front of his own house in cold blood for no good reason. Thanks for the great reaction,
It is very difficult for many of us to hear this, knowing this was his last album. Double Fantasy was a huge hit and this was my favourite song on that album. Thank you for reacting to this. Still miss John every day. 💔🇨🇦💔🇨🇦
@@TANTRUMGASM I wouldn’t say he deserved to be killed-I would say the “peace loving, spiritual, hippie vibes” everyone attributes to him is insane. He was very flawed, a talented artist, but not some angel who walked among us.
I never saw the original interview but I knew he had confessed to being cruel to women but you have to him credit for coming forward and expressing genuine regret.
Lennon was in my opinion the greatest popular songwriter when it came to songs being an extension of his own emotional life. He saw music as a way of expressing his inner world and as much as I love McCartney and think that when it comes to the craft of songwriting Paul has no equal, John for me remains the greatest of them all. A true artist that made honesty and authenticity essential to his craft.
After John was murdered it took me years to be able to hear this song without crying, it still puts a lump in my throat, you guys need to also check out 'Beautiful Boy' his song for his son Sean, just heartbreakingly beautiful.
It's so sad that John never wrote a song for his FIRST son JULIAN with his FIRST wife Cynthia. I know it hurt Julian a lot when he heard "Beautiful Boy" and it always hurt him that John never spent much time with him when he was growing up. It was very weird, because John's father abandoned him when he was 5, then John abandoned Julian when he was five (when he left Cynthia for Yoko) and then John was murdered when Sean, his son with Yoko, was 5 years old. Julian never married or had kids because of what happened to him and basically not really knowing his dad. Julian and John were just starting to FINALLY build a relationship when John was murdered.
Whenever this song came on the radio, my husband of 33 years would grab me around my waist and put his head on my shoulder, and whisper along. This will be the first time I have heard it in the three years heʼs been gone. Thank you for making this.
“Watching the Wheels” & “(Just like) Starting Over” should definitely be on the list to give a listen to. These songs take me back to being a little girl…and have remained on my playlist forever…❤ I LOVE “Woman” too!
It’s been 42 years, and I still remember (like it was yesterday) hearing the news that John was dead. This album was just newly released, so this song was played all the time. It had been my favorite on the album, so it was like a kick in the chest hearing it. Still, it’s a beautiful song, and I’m very happy that people such as y’all are listening to and enjoying it. ♥️
This Song is Moving!! From Double Fantasy His Last! It Still Hurts Knowing he was Assinated! Music we Never Get to Hear!! John is A Genius! RIP JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON! 💔
This is my absolute favorite John Lennon song. It’s such a beautiful tribute to the love of his life. This song is also very bittersweet because as the 1980’s began, John finally seemed happier than he had ever been. He had sowed his wild oats and seemed ready to settle down and get back in the groove of things. Then, tragically he was murdered. This was released shortly after his death and it still brings back sad memories even now because of that, but it’s such a beautiful song. Another song John Lennon wrote during this same time was “Grow Old With Me”. Mary-Chapin Carpenter had the most beautiful version of that song, and it will literally give you chills. Definitely one to put on your list of songs to react to down the road. ❤
Love this song sooo much!! He says, "To the other half of the sky" at the beginning. Just completely beautiful!!! "The real meaning of success," love & family. His apology for "The lost weekend" years before. John took off 5 years to just be a dad to Sean & bake bread while Yoko went off to work. "Double Fantasy" was their lp together & amazing! You should play "Girl" by The Beatles now - to see the difference. Also, "Power to the People," that was sung in the streets at protests.
"Woman" is one of my absolute favorite songs of all time. Thank you for reacting to this one. I remember on December 8, 1980 I was standing in my living room with the TV on and "We interrupt this program" came on. One of the saddest moments of my life.
For me, I was listening to the radio when I heard the news...was totally shocked and saddened. Just not fair--who knows what great music he could have created! "Beautiful Boy" will always be my favorite from the Double Fantasy album.
This song was a remorseful apology to Yoko for his well-known indiscretions that severely interrupted their relationship for a time. From the same album, you should hear his songs for his fans and friends, Starting Over and Watching the Wheels. The first one was his comeback song and was zooming up the charts as we celebrated his return to the music world when we lost him. It breaks my heart every time I hear it. But if you want to hear his sense of humor, listen to The Ballad of John and Yoko, with help from Paul.
you should research a bit more, yoko gave pai lang a call and asked her if she was willing to hang out with john, pai lang agreed. and there relationship lasted till yoko found out they were falling in love.
J & Amber, you'll Love his "(Just Like) Starting Over" and "Whatever Gets You thru the Night"!!!! "Woman" was from his amazing comeback album "Double Fantasy", released three weeks before his murder.
Double Fantasy was one of his later albums, released just before he was needlessly murdered by a nutjob. I consider it one of his best - a more mature and thoughtful John Lennon.
The fan video went so dark so fast for being a love song. It showed a photo of "John Lennon and his accused killer", then showed the Dakota where he was shot, followed by the back of the Imagine album cover of him laying down, and finally a picture of his dead face in the morgue. I.. I just can't.. omg.. RIP Johnny
You guys picked a good role model for spreading peace and togetherness and love. And you're off to a great start. Keep doing what you do. Bless you both 💕🙏🌈
My favourite John Lennon song. Jealous Guy and of course Imagine as well. You should react to his oldest son Julian Lennon's tracks like "Valotte" and "Too Late For Goodbyes".
There were pictures of him signing an autograph for the person who would shoot him hours later and a photo of John in death. The old building is The Dakota, where they lived, and where exteriors of Rosemary's Baby were filmed.
I was blessed to have seen them live on the Ed Sullivan show. The Beatles shaped everything good or bad about the world we live in today. Think of that, art music, culture, revolution...the youth movement didn't just start it started in 1963 with four legends. John Lennon was the greatest of all and his death shook the world as hard or harder than his life. Every musician today in one way or another owes their career to them. The world hated Yoko for breaking up the band, but it was destiny. She was a hard as tacks lady and John loved her like a new puppy! I pray the world never forgets the history and how the fab four moved the earth.
"For the other half of the sky..." My favorite John Lennon song. This song always brings tears to my eyes. There will never be a song as beautiful as this. 💙
In an interview for Rolling Stone magazine on 5 December 1980, three days before his murder, John Lennon said that the song "came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly hit me what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms ... but any truth is universal. What dawned on me was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as I whisper at the beginning of the song. It's a 'we' or it ain't anything." In that same interview, Lennon said that "Woman" was his most Beatlesque song on Double Fantasy and that the track is a "grown-up version" of his Beatles song "Girl".
My now very grown son remembers when all of our friends gathered for that moment of silence around the world after he died. I don't know if, without personally experiencing it, one can truly know how deeply John and his music affected the world. It was huge. 💔
Them walking in the park was one of the last film clips of them together as he was shot no long after if you watch this film clip there is a picture of John taken with the shooter getting a autograph with him. He got the autograph in the afternoon and came back in the evening as John was getting back from a studio session for this album. Such a senseless act was in a daze for weeks and months after still miss his music.
Hi y'all! I know how much you love John Lennon, Yoko and the Beatles so I put together these official videos of John Lennon solo songs. I think you'll love hearing these amazing songs and watching these beautiful videos. Enjoy! I am a huge Beatles fan and can answer any and all questions you may have! Peace and love from Portland, Oregon. Ed #9 Dream - ua-cam.com/video/7zZsKOvXiFo/v-deo.html (1974 - John had a fascination with the number 9 as it played a big role in his life at various points) Mind Games - ua-cam.com/video/bVYXWVs0Prc/v-deo.html (1974) Whatever Gets You Through the Night - ua-cam.com/video/vjWebKavfuI/v-deo.html (Elton John sings backup! #1 hit song in 1974) Watching the Wheels - ua-cam.com/video/uVXR2LYeFBI/v-deo.html (1980) Cold Turkey - ua-cam.com/video/jo7A02KtuDw/v-deo.html (1969) Stepping Out - ua-cam.com/video/FYZsJOmZKVI/v-deo.html
"Whatever Gets You Throught the Night" is the complete opposite of this song: Loud and bluesy. It was the only song during John's solo career that went to #1 in the U.S. John had made a playful bet with Elton John: If it went to #1, he'd appear at Elton's concert at Madison Square Garden. That took place on Thanksgiving night 1974.
Still makes me shed a tear hearing this given the love and warmth he was singing about and to lose him the way we did. People asked after MJ died was there ever any other artist whose death shook the world, well yes, the answer was John Lennon. His death resonated globally in a time before digital media. Luckily though his music lives on....yeh this was just a pure love ballad.
Looove this song! 🥰 John is definitely my fave Beatle! Two of my other faves by him are “Jealous Guy” and “Watching the Wheels”, check them out when you can! Also, Yoko’s song “Nobody Sees Me Like you Do” is a must listen. She wrote it for John and it was on her first solo album after his murder. Such a good song
Thanks for listening to John Lenin’s first posthumous hit released in 1981, and it hit #2. Such a beautiful song. Could you please listen to his rocking Whatever Gets You Thru The Night, which he recorded with an uncredited Elton John. It hit #1 in 1974.
One of his best! After his “lost weekend “ when they were separated for quite some time! Then he came out with his best songs. Double Fantasy album. ❤🎃
Strangely enough Paul MacCartney wrote a song also called "Woman", which was sung by Peter and Gordon. Peter Asher was the brother of Paul's then girlfriend Jane Asher, which is why Paul gave him the song to record. Peter and Gordon were one of the first groups which headed the British invasion.
Yes, it was recorded in December 1965. Paul used a pseudonym "BERNARD WEBB" as the composer under the "WOMAN" title on the record label. He wanted to see if it would become a hit, with that name on the record. With so many Lennon and McCartney songs becoming instant hits during that time, he started to wonder if it was just the Lennon-McCartney name that made them hits, and not the songs that were causing them to be a hit. We fans didn't find out till a few years later that it was written by Paul. However, many of us, including me, already had suspicions that it might be Paul or a Lennon-McCartney song as it sounded like something they would have written. Also the fact that no one had ever heard of this "Bernard Webb" !
This song was on his last album Double Fantasy in 1980. After a 5 year break from the music industry. For us Beatles fans this album was highly anticipated, we couldn't wait to hear his voice again. It's a beautiful album about his life. Not to long after it debut he was murdered in front of his apt. Building in New York. His wife Yoko witnessed it all. It's hard to listen to this album because the music was so fresh and before you knew it, John was gone. December 8 1980 is an evening I still feel. It still breaks my heart. God bless John Lennon.
So many of us remember hearing about his murder on Monday Night Football. The next day in high school found groups of us huddled around radios listening to all the radio stations playing non-stop Beatles and John Lennon songs.
THIS is my favorite solo John Lennon song. I remember hearing it as a child when my mom played it on her phonograph, and I remember the first time I learned it on guitar as an adult and played it to her.
Ok I have to share. When I was a kid, this album came out and it should be said that no matter how much love he had for yoko, it would never magically make her a good singer. So he stuck a song by her in between each of his own amazing songs because he loved her so much he was willing to force her onto you. So, listening to this album went as such; lay back chill THEN jump to your feet in terror and move that needle! Then Ohh yeah jam to this smooth groove THEN cover your ears before they bleed as you move that needle! Then Well isn’t this the prettiest song you’ve ever heard THEN take cover, the dogs are crying, move that needle! Careful! Don’t scratch his songs just hers!!!! And so on.
In an interview John did for Rolling Stone magazine three days before his death, John said "the song came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda. Realizing what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms ... but any truth is universal. What dawned on me was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as I whisper at the beginning of the song. It's a 'we' or it ain't anything." He also said that "Woman" was his most Beatlesque song on Double Fantasy and that the track is a "grown-up version" of his Beatles song "Girl".
@@TANTRUMGASM well tantrumgasm, I imagine you believe yourself very courageous in your crusade to deride Lennon; it’s always easy to attack the dead with insults to which they cannot respond. But let’s address your argument anyway - yes, Lennon had a checkered past; he was estranged from his father, was a class clown. And Lennon admits he had a violent temper. But from his humble beginnings in Liverpool, From the rough streets of Hamburg where his friend, Stu Sutcliffe, was jumped and Injured so badly he would die. From a background of violence and abandonment, where did John Lennon go from there? What did he turn into? What was the message chose to give us? What’s the message youre giving us? And who are you to cast the first stone? Please answer respectfully. Oh addendum: you “liked” your own post? Yea that’s not deceptive.
@@siegeperilous Thank you. I wrote a comment and was told the same thing, I acknowledged John’s past behavior. Yes it was wrong. Double Fantasy allowed us to “hear” John’s feelings and acknowledge his post Beatles sound. The album is a masterpiece. I’m not sorry about my comment.
@@TANTRUMGASM - Notice the quote was all past tense. People can redeem themselves. He was not proud of his past behaviour but ashamed of it and had the courage to admit it. His parents rejected him and jerked him around like a bag of s*** and that was his response. Hurt others before they can hurt you. A defense mechanism. Psychology 101. Nobody should defend his past actions and that included himself.
Oh no! I haven't heard this song since it came out! The "Double Fantasy Album came out in November of 1980 and the following month that same year John Lennon was shot dead! It would just make me cry when I would hear this song afterwards! I was 15 and it was heartbreaking to me at the time. 40 plus years later it is still a beautiful song to me; he wrote this song inspired by his wife Yoko Ono! Enjoyed your reaction! ☮💕
I feel you. It was 4 days after my 19th birthday my dad came and woke me up at like 4am (UK). I thought I was dreaming but awoke with a feeling of dread that something bad had happened but still half asleep. As I came downstairs "Imagine" was playing and my mum was crying in the kitchen. Then the dots connected and I became unglued. He would have been 82 on 9th October; imagine that. I feel the same sick shock and unreality of it all still. I never use the murderer's name as that's what he wanted, to have his name for ever linked to John's. I call him assassin, killer or murderous bastard, they serve him just as well. What a waste of a talented life.
@@scenevision356 No he wasn't you troll. I've seen you before doing this with Lennon; why don't you feck off if it's so offensive? Why are you even here, but for this spite?
@4:27 The Imagine album cover that morphs into the photo of him lying there dead in the morgue is devastating. Not sure why Yoko wanted to include a photo of the man that was about to shoot him later @4:20 in the video. Maybe to show her husband's last photo. Senseless and heartbreaking to this day.
I am not sure that THIS video was sanctioned by Yoko, because I have seen the "official" video that does NOT have those 2 pics included. I can't be certain of that because I have seen both versions many times. The fact that Yoko did give the Rock Hall the blood smeared glasses that John was wearing when he was murdered. They were part of a John Lennon exhibit that was at the Rock Hall, years ago, and most of the items were loaned to the Rock Hall by Yoko. I saw that exhibit and the glasses, which were very upsetting to see. She also used those glasses on the cover of one her solo albums. So who knows, she might HAVE had those 2 pics inserted into the other video.
She let photos be taken of him right after the shooting because she was SO ANGRY! She said she wanted the world to see what the deranged coward had done to him. He was shot on my birthday.....I feel the same devastation every December 8th....it never goes away. I was 30. I'm 72 now. And it still feels like it was yesterday.
The video was from Central Park in New York City. John and Yoko lived in the Dakota, their home right across the street from Central Park. There is a memorial in the Park very close to the Dakota, with the word “Imagine” in the center of it. People still gather there spontaneously, and I’ve seen and heard musicians playing John’s music there.
One of my favorites! Have you reacted to John’s son Julian Lennon? His latest album “Jude” is amazing. Start with Julian’s “Valotte” all the way to his version of “Imagine” something he said he would never record. It’s always a pleasure to listen to any of the Beatles but this one by John, incredible!! ❤
@@scenevision356 I am not a fool. The song is beautiful. Even Julian said the same thing. “He was a hypocrite. He would talk about love and peace yet he would beat mum up.” A paraphrased quote. I’m not a fool or blind to the history of John Lennon.
It will be 42 years in December when John Lennon left this world and evry time I listen to one of his songs I tear up. Greetings from Vancouver Island Canada.
Probably the best tribute song for John. You'd think one of the Beatles could have done a decent song for him, but it was his friend Elton who did it right.
Yes, this is a great song! Four years ago, a dear, lifelong friend of mine by the name of John passed suddenly. Empty Garden has been personal since. Crushing, but beautiful.
I have a very hard time listening to any music off this album as it takes me right back to the time of his death. I was 13 and just really becoming a fan then boom John Lennon was murdered in December and in January my father died at 46 of a heart attack. Music is how I coped and I find it difficult still so many years later to listen to some of the music from that time. As an adult these many years later it also brings up great sorrow for Yoko. She had her husband and lover murdered in front of her and the majority of the public disregarded her trauma and pain.
This is my favorite solo Lennon song. One of his best. He was a fantastic writer, as were all of the Beatles. But this song is just such a tribute to his woman, but for most of us that appreciate our the women in our lives.
I've heard my share of Lennon songs but I was 5 when this came out so I haven't caught up on all of them, and this is my first time hearing this too! I love the way John and Yoko are together, it really reminds me of me and my wife and how we are together publicly vs privately. Very cool song! 😍
The world was heartbroken when we lost John Lennon.
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
I remember the day well. I was 10 my mom 29 and a huge Beatles fan. She was obsessed with John. I remember her crying and how devastated she was.
I still remember hearing about it on Monday Night Football from Howard Cosell it was devastating in my life.
I was 15 years old and I lost my hero.😭
@@rodneygriffin7666 I just started high school in 1980 so I understand sir.
This was off his last album, Double Fantasy. Just a masterpiece. This song just destroys me when I hear it. The day he died so many of us never got over it. The whole album just breaks my heart now and I haven't listened to it since he died.😥😥😭😭 Glad you listened to it.
Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
I feel the same way.
TRASH lennon was a WOMAN BEATER you cowardly pieces of sht worship this ABUSER
Well, his last album except for the posthumous "Milk and Honey," which has some good stuff on it.
Same.
I was in high school when John Lennon passed away. I remember people in my school were crying in the hallway the next day. Still listen to his music today. Timeless!!
Do you remember when most the radio stations had a minute of silence to honor him? It was so powerful.
Please don’t use the term “passed away” when referring to John Lennon. John Lennon was killed.
When I was younger I went through a dark and difficult time. Then one day this song came on in the car, and my life turned around. It was like a dawning day as the light of this song washed away the darkness in my mind. I clung to Lennon for a time after. I still get choked up thinking about that time. He truly saved me
I'm glad you came out of the dark place. Music is the only thing that calms me down or raises me up when I need it. It's what is getting me through the past 2 years, that's for sure! That and my crazy cats who are a constant source of entertainment... and they keep me on my toes literally, herding me to their food bowls every chance they get, lol! God bless you!
Jay and Amber, you guys should check out Julian Lennon's song "Too Late for Goodbye". You will think you're seeing and hearing the reincarnation of his father, they're so similar! Julian is John Lennon's son from his first marriage that was basically broken up when he met Yoko Ono. Julian was also the inspiration for the Beatles song "Hey Jude".
A great song you'd enjoy is Watching the Wheels....as he was a new stay at home dad & the lyrics are so fitting!🎼
Thank you so much sir. I wasn’t born yet when John died, and was too young to contemplate George’s death. Now I understand. John is my father’s favorite singer. This song will be my wedding song with my wife. We love it very much
God Bless You. May Our Lord always smile your way.
In early 1981, when you heard this song on the radio, you just cried inside.
How silly!
@@nonrepublicrat how ignorant
@@nonrepublicrat why?
This song is the epitome of love and respect for his woman ❤
Shit, I still feel bad for him and I wasn't even around back then!
In just over a month, John will have been gone 42 years. Still remember that gut punch like it was yesterday.
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
I just remember crying and crying thinking it couldn't be true.
He hadnt done an album in a long time, when this came out in 1980. This was a huge success, and had 3 pretty big hits. One of the hits " watching the wheels" references his 5 year absence from the music business
It was a big deal his return to music. He got killed in 1980 so not long after this release. I was 10 in 1980. My mom 29. She was a huge Beatles fan and particularly loved John. I remember well the day he died. My mom cried her eyes out.
@@TANTRUMGASM you are my hero🥹 i talked to john yesterday; he said these things to “blow peoples minds” ps. I love you. By the way, are you one of those folks that think paul was replaced? And that billy preston was the 5th beatle🤭
I love love John but this album was not a big hit till after he was shot
This is a good tune
@@rethink62 It had only been out three weeks. And back then, it was very rare for an album to go straight to the top.
@@debjorgo
I was 18 remember it well
Plenty of albums when released went straight to # 1
It stalled on the charts and the first single single did nothing till he was shot
The critics killed it but really who gives a shit what critics say
Everyone was looking forward for Lennon’s comeback the album was disappointment
Sorry but that’s the truth
I was so young when John Lennon was killed by a stalker here in NYC! John Lennon didn't even have security around him and would just walk around NYC and would always talk to his fans. I was so upset, even as a kid loved his music. Now living in NYC, it means even more...the tributes to him in Central Park with "Imagine" spelled out so beautifully and Strawberry Fields, etc. This song and Imagine were always my favorites. RIP John Lennon, always wonder all you would have created if your life wasn't cut so short.
And had he had a bodyguard - he would have had a greater than 50/50 chance of surviving. Remember he was killed by an oddball, not a professional hitman.
I put a flower next to the notice .. be the hope
@@Inglese001 yeah I just meant how he trusted people and lived his life as if he wasn't a celebrity...he even talked to the killer David Chapman earlier that day & sign one of his albums for him. David Chapman even admitted how kind he was as John Lennon always made it a point to speak to his fans who waited so long outside The Dakota (his apt bldg in NYC) for him. Its beyond horrific how he then murdered him when he returned home. John Lennon's kindness and appreciation for his fans showed what great character he had and so sad how this deranged man still killed him.
My favorite John Lennon song, along with "Watching the Wheels". I would also love to see you react to "Valotte", a tremendous song by John's oldest son, Julian. It's scary how close they sound!
Had this on a 45.
@@sheilaholmes8455 Me too. :)
ua-cam.com/video/uVXR2LYeFBI/v-deo.html Watching the Wheels
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
You should hear Sean cover Beatles songs.
Lennon wrote this song as an ode to his wife Yoko Ono. He regarded it as the most Beatles-like track on his Double Fantasy album and he called it the '80s update of "Girl," which is a track on Rubber Soul.
Speaking with Rolling Stone just days before his death, Lennon said: "'Woman' came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly hit me what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms... but any truth is universal. What dawned on me was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as I whisper at the beginning of the song. It's a 'we' or it ain't anything."
In many ways, this song is Lennon's apology to Yoko. In 1973, the couple was having problems in their marriage, so Yoko agreed to put their relationship on hold and let John sow his oats. He did, taking up with his assistant May Pang and engaging in some unruly behavior. Lennon referred to this time as his "Lost Weekend" - it lasted about 18 months.
This was released as a single in January 1981, about a month after Lennon was murdered.
In the UK, this replaced Lennon's "Imagine" at #1, which had been reissued following Lennon's death. This was the first time an artist replaced himself at UK #1 since The Beatles did it in 1963 with "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand."
This is the only song title for which Lennon and McCartney wrote separate songs. In 1966 McCartney wrote a song of the same title for Peter & Gordon using the pseudonym Bernard Webb.
The word "woman" begins each verse, but doesn't show up in the chorus, which is just "Ooh, Oooh Oooh, well, well, do do do do."
(Songfacts.com)
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
Another fun fact, the name Double Fantasy comes from a flower that John saw when he visited the Bermuda Botanical Gardens. He wrote most if not all of the album when he and his son spend a few months on the island!
Not to take away from the song, it’s one of my favorites besides Watching the Wheels, but Lennon was with May Ping which Yoko Ono herself arraigned. She was Yoko’s personal secretary. That way she knew who he was sleeping with during that “lost weekend “
@@joannathornock8037 I’m no Yoko hater, but it's true the ”Lost Weekend” narrative depends on who you ask. Yoko’s official story about what happened is not corroborated by anyone else who was there. According to most people she threw him out, after making sure that her assistant, May Pang, would accompany him. What followed was a legit relationship between John and May, only briefly dominated by him partying like crazy in L.A. After he sobered up, the two of them had a very ordinary home life together for quite some time. (May has written a book about it). If John did wrong by anyone, it was by May, whom he abruptly left when Yoko wanted him back.
I think it’s only reasonable to regard John & Yoko as the first ”influencer couple”, two people who cultivated their mutual brand with vigour and quite a bit of spin. Doesn’t make them bad people by any means, it’s just a reminder to not believe everything they ever said.
EDIT: I'm sure John had plenty of other things to apologise to Yoko for. The "lost weekend" wasn't one of them though.
Remembering the day he died in 1980, we decided offhand not to go to university, but sitting in a room and listening to this new album then with the lovely and awesome song "woman" written for his belove wife Yoko.
I’m 46 years old. This song is my FIRST musical memory. I did the math, I had to be 5 or 6 because this song came out in 1981. I was walking through my grandmas bedroom and it was playing on her clock radio on the dresser. I remember stopping and staring at the radio, listening. I started to cry a little bit. My aunt asked me what was wrong. I told her I missed my friend. I distinctly remember thinking about a little girl in my preschool class. No clue why all those things came together other than to say, music man…to this day I’m very emotional, always have been, I cry easily. Seems like it all started with this damn song.
It is okay...I am a very emotional man...and I am fine with it.
I get it! I distinctly remember feeling such deep, anguished feelings during certain songs and movies, when I was 5 years old. How is this possible at such a tender age? But it is! As for this song, it's so beautifully bittersweet. I remember the day Lennon was killed as it were yesterday. Thanks for sharing your beautiful memories ❤️
That’s a great story. The little child inside the man.
Next song from this album should be Starting Over! This album released right around the time he was murdered,and it felt like the entire world was grieving.
Now I know - this song still makes me cry. So beautiful, such happiness. It's good to know his last years were so happy, but that makes it even sadder that he was taken so soon. He was only 40 when he died, & that was almost 42 years ago. For my generation, his murder is a shock we'll never forget!!
RIP, John. Hope you know how fondly & widely you are remembered still, & for always!!
His passing is definitely one of those "do you remember where you were when you heard?" moments. I, like soooo many others, vividly remember.
John Lennon said that 'Woman' was the grown-up version of the Beatles song 'Girl.' I listened to both songs after reading that, and I get what he's saying. 'Girl' is a young man's fantasy about having a cool girlfriend who looks good, but the song's entire emotional content is about how he thinks this imaginary dream girl would make him feel. 'Woman,' on the other hand, is about the reality of being in a relationship with a woman who made his life complete. He said that's why he whispers "the other half of the sky" in the song's intro, because the realization of how much he loved Yoko was like discovering for the first time that there's a night sky to complement the day.
I always loved the first thing he says "For the other half of the sky". Beautiful song!
I always thought it was "Woman is the other half of the sky." I don't know why! The syllables don't match LOL. I just relistened and you're right, that is what I hear now too.
This song just makes me tear up, so beautiful. John's song IMAGINE does the same to me.
Yes. I feel for Yoko and Sean. Can you imagine? She was there.
For those of us who were around at the time this album was released, hearing "Woman" or "beautiful Boy" or "Watching the Wheels" always brings a sad, bittersweet feeling....because Lennon was murdered just a couple of weeks after it was released. It's kinda nice to see you two reacting to it "purely", without having experienced that shock & sadness.
I was born 8 years after it happened and I'm still kinda bummed about it
On the same Double Fantasy album John has a song for his son Sean - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)". Paul says that's one of his favorite songs by John. Paul himself wrote a song for John's other son Julian - "Hey Jude".
They've already reacted to both of those songs. Just search for "Rob Squad" and the song title or artist.
Paul had more of a relationship with little Julian (who was born in 1963) than his father John did. John admits that he barely knew his son during the Beatles, before he met Yoko. It was nice that Paul had a sort of uncle relationship with Julian. I have seen more photos of Paul walking along with little Julian and either holding him in his arms or Julian's hand while walking, than I have seen of John doing the same thing. I love John too, but I just feel so sad that he couldn't have given Julian at least a 1/4 of the love and attention he gave to Sean. Thankfully Julian and Sean have a close relationship with each other now.
Oh now you’re talking. I just can never get enough of the Beatles together and solo. ❤
Album released 9th October 1980 (his 40th birthday). Killed 3 months later on 8th December 80. Too freakin sad. He had just recorded for the first time in 5 years. 3 months later, gone.
Such a sad day 12/8/80, everyone remembers where they were :( Album released 17 November 1980.
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
@@surlechapeau I thought it was released on John's/Sean's birthday, Oct 9. I could be wrong though.
Amazing comeback after five years of retirement. Few months after this song was recorded, he was violently assassinated I. Front of his own house in cold blood for no good reason. Thanks for the great reaction,
It is very difficult for many of us to hear this, knowing this was his last album. Double Fantasy was a huge hit and this was my favourite song on that album. Thank you for reacting to this. Still miss John every day. 💔🇨🇦💔🇨🇦
His last album while he was alive, later Yoko released Milk and Honey with songs that John had recorded along with some by Yoko
@@TANTRUMGASM I wouldn’t say he deserved to be killed-I would say the “peace loving, spiritual, hippie vibes” everyone attributes to him is insane. He was very flawed, a talented artist, but not some angel who walked among us.
I never saw the original interview but I knew he had confessed to being cruel to women but you have to him credit for coming forward and expressing genuine regret.
One of the greatest love songs ever written ..
#RIPJohn
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
@@scenevision356 Calm down idiot.
Lennon was in my opinion the greatest popular songwriter when it came to songs being an extension of his own emotional life. He saw music as a way of expressing his inner world and as much as I love McCartney and think that when it comes to the craft of songwriting Paul has no equal, John for me remains the greatest of them all. A true artist that made honesty and authenticity essential to his craft.
This is IMO one of Lennon’s finest works. Just a tremendous personal love song. ❤
After John was murdered it took me years to be able to hear this song without crying, it still puts a lump in my throat, you guys need to also check out 'Beautiful Boy' his song for his son Sean, just heartbreakingly beautiful.
It's so sad that John never wrote a song for his FIRST son JULIAN with his FIRST wife Cynthia. I know it hurt Julian a lot when he heard "Beautiful Boy" and it always hurt him that John never spent much time with him when he was growing up. It was very weird, because John's father abandoned him when he was 5, then John abandoned Julian when he was five (when he left Cynthia for Yoko) and then John was murdered when Sean, his son with Yoko, was 5 years old. Julian never married or had kids because of what happened to him and basically not really knowing his dad. Julian and John were just starting to FINALLY build a relationship when John was murdered.
Whenever this song came on the radio, my husband of 33 years would grab me around my waist and put his head on my shoulder, and whisper along.
This will be the first time I have heard it in the three years heʼs been gone. Thank you for making this.
i'm sorry that you lost your beloved husband. and i'm thinking about you from the east coast of Canada, even though we are strangers. gentle hugs.
“Watching the Wheels” & “(Just like) Starting Over” should definitely be on the list to give a listen to. These songs take me back to being a little girl…and have remained on my playlist forever…❤ I LOVE “Woman” too!
Woman, has always been one of my favorites from John. Great vocal, great melody, great lyrics.
“Mother” is a very personal and revealing look at John’s early life - a great song
It’s been 42 years, and I still remember (like it was yesterday) hearing the news that John was dead. This album was just newly released, so this song was played all the time. It had been my favorite on the album, so it was like a kick in the chest hearing it. Still, it’s a beautiful song, and I’m very happy that people such as y’all are listening to and enjoying it. ♥️
This Song is Moving!! From Double Fantasy His Last! It Still Hurts Knowing he was Assinated! Music we Never Get to Hear!! John is A Genius! RIP JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON! 💔
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
This is my absolute favorite John Lennon song. It’s such a beautiful tribute to the love of his life. This song is also very bittersweet because as the 1980’s began, John finally seemed happier than he had ever been. He had sowed his wild oats and seemed ready to settle down and get back in the groove of things. Then, tragically he was murdered. This was released shortly after his death and it still brings back sad memories even now because of that, but it’s such a beautiful song. Another song John Lennon wrote during this same time was “Grow Old With Me”. Mary-Chapin Carpenter had the most beautiful version of that song, and it will literally give you chills. Definitely one to put on your list of songs to react to down the road. ❤
Love this song sooo much!! He says, "To the other half of the sky" at the beginning. Just completely beautiful!!! "The real meaning of success," love & family. His apology for "The lost weekend" years before. John took off 5 years to just be a dad to Sean & bake bread while Yoko went off to work. "Double Fantasy" was their lp together & amazing! You should play "Girl" by The Beatles now - to see the difference. Also, "Power to the People," that was sung in the streets at protests.
I'll never forget hearing the news of Lennon's death. So heartbreaking. He is still missed so much by everyone who grew up listening to him. 👍💯✌🇨🇦😢💔
That brought a tear to my eye as it took me back to the time this played on the radio around the same time John had been killed.
"Woman" is one of my absolute favorite songs of all time. Thank you for reacting to this one.
I remember on December 8, 1980 I was standing in my living room with the TV on and "We interrupt this program" came on. One of the saddest moments of my life.
For me, I was listening to the radio when I heard the news...was totally shocked and saddened. Just not fair--who knows what great music he could have created! "Beautiful Boy" will always be my favorite from the Double Fantasy album.
This song was a remorseful apology to Yoko for his well-known indiscretions that severely interrupted their relationship for a time. From the same album, you should hear his songs for his fans and friends, Starting Over and Watching the Wheels. The first one was his comeback song and was zooming up the charts as we celebrated his return to the music world when we lost him. It breaks my heart every time I hear it. But if you want to hear his sense of humor, listen to The Ballad of John and Yoko, with help from Paul.
Good choices!!! I just suggested them both too! ❤
John went full circle but came back home to stay with his true love Yoko
I remember so well...even now as I type my eyes are full of tears...thanks for your comment!
you should research a bit more, yoko gave pai lang a call and asked her if she was willing to hang out with john, pai lang agreed. and there relationship lasted till yoko found out they were falling in love.
@@TANTRUMGASM Your hero is Ted Nugget? He molested underage girls! Get the F**K out of here dude!
My favourite song too 💖💫💖💫💖💫💖don't forget "BEAUTIFUL BOY" is another beautiful song 💖💫💖
Lennon’s lyrics are either absurd or brutally honest. He shared the best and worst of his emotions with the world. An amazing artist.
So beautiful, his vocals make u feel his love. R.I.P. Such a great loss. Thanx so much, Many Blessings
J & Amber, you'll Love his "(Just Like) Starting Over" and "Whatever Gets You thru the Night"!!!!
"Woman" was from his amazing comeback album "Double Fantasy", released three weeks before his murder.
Double Fantasy was one of his later albums, released just before he was needlessly murdered by a nutjob. I consider it one of his best - a more mature and thoughtful John Lennon.
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
You should check out the song Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote for him after he was killed - "Empty Garden". Guaranteed tear-jerker.
The fan video went so dark so fast for being a love song. It showed a photo of "John Lennon and his accused killer", then showed the Dakota where he was shot, followed by the back of the Imagine album cover of him laying down, and finally a picture of his dead face in the morgue. I.. I just can't.. omg..
RIP Johnny
The Elephant in the room / (video) , not sure how many people noticed
You guys are the best reaction pair out there plus I love the Beatles and particularly John Lennon.
Such a beautiful song. Such a very sad loss of John. 💞
This one gets me a bit teary that their life together was cut short in such a horrid way. It’s a beautiful song for the ‘other half of the sky’.
I can’t even imagine the shock and horror she felt that night.
Rip To A Great Singer, Songwriter John Lennon,We Still Miss You Always
You guys picked a good role model for spreading peace and togetherness and love. And you're off to a great start. Keep doing what you do. Bless you both 💕🙏🌈
Arguably the most sincere love song ever written.
Such a beautiful, heartfelt song. 🥰 Love, love, love it! ❤️🎶🎵
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
John was murdered at age 40, and he's been gone for 42 years. That fact blows my mind since I was around from The Beatles beginnings.
My favourite John Lennon song. Jealous Guy and of course Imagine as well. You should react to his oldest son Julian Lennon's tracks like "Valotte" and "Too Late For Goodbyes".
There were pictures of him signing an autograph for the person who would shoot him hours later and a photo of John in death. The old building is The Dakota, where they lived, and where exteriors of Rosemary's Baby were filmed.
I was blessed to have seen them live on the Ed Sullivan show. The Beatles shaped everything good or bad about the world we live in today. Think of that, art music, culture, revolution...the youth movement didn't just start it started in 1963 with four legends. John Lennon was the greatest of all and his death shook the world as hard or harder than his life. Every musician today in one way or another owes their career to them. The world hated Yoko for breaking up the band, but it was destiny. She was a hard as tacks lady and John loved her like a new puppy! I pray the world never forgets the history and how the fab four moved the earth.
John Lennon - Just like Starting Over - Watching the Wheels & Woman (My top three favorite of his)
"For the other half of the sky..." My favorite John Lennon song. This song always brings tears to my eyes. There will never be a song as beautiful as this. 💙
I bought this album which came out right around the time he was killed. It was so poignant to listen to and also one of his best albums.
These are really a tremendous and wonderful couple. They recognize the brilliance of John Lennon. RIP John - you are in Heaven now.
In an interview for Rolling Stone magazine on 5 December 1980, three days before his murder, John Lennon said that the song "came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly hit me what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms ... but any truth is universal. What dawned on me was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as I whisper at the beginning of the song. It's a 'we' or it ain't anything." In that same interview, Lennon said that "Woman" was his most Beatlesque song on Double Fantasy and that the track is a "grown-up version" of his Beatles song "Girl".
@@TANTRUMGASM troll
My favorite John solo and he had many... All my favorite!!! 😂
My now very grown son remembers when all of our friends gathered for that moment of silence around the world after he died. I don't know if, without personally experiencing it, one can truly know how deeply John and his music affected the world. It was huge. 💔
Them walking in the park was one of the last film clips of them together as he was shot no long after if you watch this film clip there is a picture of John taken with the shooter getting a autograph with him. He got the autograph in the afternoon and came back in the evening as John was getting back from a studio session for this album. Such a senseless act was in a daze for weeks and months after still miss his music.
I am not a huge Beatles fan, but I LOVE this song. Thank you for reacting to it!
Hi y'all!
I know how much you love John Lennon, Yoko and the Beatles so I put together these official videos of John Lennon solo songs. I think you'll love hearing these amazing songs and watching these beautiful videos. Enjoy! I am a huge Beatles fan and can answer any and all questions you may have! Peace and love from Portland, Oregon.
Ed
#9 Dream - ua-cam.com/video/7zZsKOvXiFo/v-deo.html (1974 - John had a fascination with the number 9 as it played a big role in his life at various points)
Mind Games - ua-cam.com/video/bVYXWVs0Prc/v-deo.html (1974)
Whatever Gets You Through the Night - ua-cam.com/video/vjWebKavfuI/v-deo.html (Elton John sings backup! #1 hit song in 1974)
Watching the Wheels - ua-cam.com/video/uVXR2LYeFBI/v-deo.html (1980)
Cold Turkey - ua-cam.com/video/jo7A02KtuDw/v-deo.html (1969)
Stepping Out - ua-cam.com/video/FYZsJOmZKVI/v-deo.html
"Whatever Gets You Throught the Night" is the complete opposite of this song: Loud and bluesy. It was the only song during John's solo career that went to #1 in the U.S. John had made a playful bet with Elton John: If it went to #1, he'd appear at Elton's concert at Madison Square Garden. That took place on Thanksgiving night 1974.
Still makes me shed a tear hearing this given the love and warmth he was singing about and to lose him the way we did. People asked after MJ died was there ever any other artist whose death shook the world, well yes, the answer was John Lennon. His death resonated globally in a time before digital media. Luckily though his music lives on....yeh this was just a pure love ballad.
Looove this song! 🥰 John is definitely my fave Beatle!
Two of my other faves by him are “Jealous Guy” and “Watching the Wheels”, check them out when you can!
Also, Yoko’s song “Nobody Sees Me Like you Do” is a must listen. She wrote it for John and it was on her first solo album after his murder. Such a good song
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
@@TANTRUMGASM why don't you get off this thread if you've got nothing constructive to add to it?
@@TANTRUMGASM Spammer. You must be so proud.
@@TANTRUMGASM Your name says it all, moron.
@@markbrubaker466 Thank you.
The picture of him in the morgue was just heart wrenching!!!
I love this song, it's from his last album Double Fantasy 💖💖💖
Milk and Honey is his last album.
Double Fantasy was released in 1980, Lennon died 3 weeks later. Milk and Honey was released posthumously in 1984
Thanks for listening to John Lenin’s first posthumous hit released in 1981, and it hit #2. Such a beautiful song. Could you please listen to his rocking Whatever Gets You Thru The Night, which he recorded with an uncredited Elton John. It hit #1 in 1974.
One of his best! After his “lost weekend “ when they were separated for quite some time! Then he came out with his best songs. Double Fantasy album. ❤🎃
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
This song is so incredibly brilliant in its timeless resonance. It continues to play even when the music stops. RIP John Lennon.
Strangely enough Paul MacCartney wrote a song also called "Woman", which was sung by Peter and Gordon. Peter Asher was the brother of Paul's then girlfriend Jane Asher, which is why Paul gave him the song to record. Peter and Gordon were one of the first groups which headed the British invasion.
Yes, it was recorded in December 1965. Paul used a pseudonym "BERNARD WEBB" as the composer under the "WOMAN" title on the record label. He wanted to see if it would become a hit, with that name on the record. With so many Lennon and McCartney songs becoming instant hits during that time, he started to wonder if it was just the Lennon-McCartney name that made them hits, and not the songs that were causing them to be a hit. We fans didn't find out till a few years later that it was written by Paul. However, many of us, including me, already had suspicions that it might be Paul or a Lennon-McCartney song as it sounded like something they would have written. Also the fact that no one had ever heard of this "Bernard Webb" !
John had the most beautiful voice.
Bout time you got to this album. This whole album (and I can not emphasize this enough) is absolute GOLD!
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
This song was on his last album Double Fantasy in 1980. After a 5 year break from the music industry. For us Beatles fans this album was highly anticipated, we couldn't wait to hear his voice again. It's a beautiful album about his life. Not to long after it debut he was murdered in front of his apt. Building in New York. His wife Yoko witnessed it all. It's hard to listen to this album because the music was so fresh and before you knew it, John was gone. December 8 1980 is an evening I still feel. It still breaks my heart. God bless John Lennon.
Just Like Starting Over is a great song, also from His Double Fantasy album.
LOVE your comments about John, Love, Connecting, We are One! Love you both!! Thank you for your positive messages always!!
So many of us remember hearing about his murder on Monday Night Football. The next day in high school found groups of us huddled around radios listening to all the radio stations playing non-stop Beatles and John Lennon songs.
THIS is my favorite solo John Lennon song.
I remember hearing it as a child when my mom played it on her phonograph, and I remember the first time I learned it on guitar as an adult and played it to her.
Ok I have to share. When I was a kid, this album came out and it should be said that no matter how much love he had for yoko, it would never magically make her a good singer. So he stuck a song by her in between each of his own amazing songs because he loved her so much he was willing to force her onto you. So, listening to this album went as such; lay back chill THEN jump to your feet in terror and move that needle! Then Ohh yeah jam to this smooth groove THEN cover your ears before they bleed as you move that needle! Then Well isn’t this the prettiest song you’ve ever heard THEN take cover, the dogs are crying, move that needle! Careful! Don’t scratch his songs just hers!!!! And so on.
@@TANTRUMGASM OK...you made your unwanted point. Now go back to your mother's basement and play your video games
In an interview John did for Rolling Stone magazine three days before his death, John said "the song came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda. Realizing what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms ... but any truth is universal. What dawned on me was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as I whisper at the beginning of the song. It's a 'we' or it ain't anything." He also said that "Woman" was his most Beatlesque song on Double Fantasy and that the track is a "grown-up version" of his Beatles song "Girl".
The best songs John Lennon ever wrote was Imagine and Woman. Love this reaction! ❤
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
Didnt he write a couple so so songs while in a little band called Beatles🤔
@@TANTRUMGASM well tantrumgasm, I imagine you believe yourself very courageous in your crusade to deride Lennon; it’s always easy to attack the dead with insults to which they cannot respond.
But let’s address your argument anyway - yes, Lennon had a checkered past; he was estranged from his father, was a class clown. And Lennon admits he had a violent temper.
But from his humble beginnings in Liverpool, From the rough streets of Hamburg where his friend, Stu Sutcliffe, was jumped and Injured so badly he would die. From a background of violence and abandonment, where did John Lennon go from there? What did he turn into? What was the message chose to give us?
What’s the message youre giving us? And who are you to cast the first stone?
Please answer respectfully.
Oh addendum: you “liked” your own post? Yea that’s not deceptive.
@@siegeperilous Thank you. I wrote a comment and was told the same thing, I acknowledged John’s past behavior. Yes it was wrong. Double Fantasy allowed us to “hear” John’s feelings and acknowledge his post Beatles sound. The album is a masterpiece. I’m not sorry about my comment.
@@TANTRUMGASM - Notice the quote was all past tense. People can redeem themselves. He was not proud of his past behaviour but ashamed of it and had the courage to admit it. His parents rejected him and jerked him around like a bag of s*** and that was his response. Hurt others before they can hurt you. A defense mechanism. Psychology 101. Nobody should defend his past actions and that included himself.
Oh no! I haven't heard this song since it came out! The "Double Fantasy Album came out in November of 1980 and the following month that same year John Lennon was shot dead! It would just make me cry when I would hear this song afterwards! I was 15 and it was heartbreaking to me at the time. 40 plus years later it is still a beautiful song to me; he wrote this song inspired by his wife Yoko Ono! Enjoyed your reaction! ☮💕
Even after 40 years after his death , I find his last album hard to listen to. It really gets to me.
Although it’s beautiful, this made me so sad.❤
I feel you. It was 4 days after my 19th birthday my dad came and woke me up at like 4am (UK). I thought I was dreaming but awoke with a feeling of dread that something bad had happened but still half asleep. As I came downstairs "Imagine" was playing and my mum was crying in the kitchen. Then the dots connected and I became unglued. He would have been 82 on 9th October; imagine that. I feel the same sick shock and unreality of it all still. I never use the murderer's name as that's what he wanted, to have his name for ever linked to John's. I call him assassin, killer or murderous bastard, they serve him just as well.
What a waste of a talented life.
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
@@scenevision356 No he wasn't you troll. I've seen you before doing this with Lennon; why don't you feck off if it's so offensive? Why are you even here, but for this spite?
Every time I hear this song it sounds like so much more than a love song it has a special melancholy twang
@4:27 The Imagine album cover that morphs into the photo of him lying there dead in the morgue is devastating. Not sure why Yoko wanted to include a photo of the man that was about to shoot him later @4:20 in the video. Maybe to show her husband's last photo. Senseless and heartbreaking to this day.
I am not sure that THIS video was sanctioned by Yoko, because I have seen the "official" video that does NOT have those 2 pics included. I can't be certain of that because I have seen both versions many times. The fact that Yoko did give the Rock Hall the blood smeared glasses that John was wearing when he was murdered. They were part of a John Lennon exhibit that was at the Rock Hall, years ago, and most of the items were loaned to the Rock Hall by Yoko. I saw that exhibit and the glasses, which were very upsetting to see. She also used those glasses on the cover of one her solo albums. So who knows, she might HAVE had those 2 pics inserted into the other video.
She let photos be taken of him right after the shooting because she was SO ANGRY! She said she wanted the world to see what the deranged coward had done to him. He was shot on my birthday.....I feel the same devastation every December 8th....it never goes away. I was 30. I'm 72 now. And it still feels like it was yesterday.
The video was from Central Park in New York City. John and Yoko lived in the Dakota, their home right across the street from Central Park. There is a memorial in the Park very close to the Dakota, with the word “Imagine” in the center of it. People still gather there spontaneously, and I’ve seen and heard musicians playing John’s music there.
One of my favorites! Have you reacted to John’s son Julian Lennon? His latest album “Jude” is amazing. Start with Julian’s “Valotte” all the way to his version of “Imagine” something he said he would never record. It’s always a pleasure to listen to any of the Beatles but this one by John, incredible!! ❤
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
@@scenevision356 I am not a fool. The song is beautiful. Even Julian said the same thing. “He was a hypocrite. He would talk about love and peace yet he would beat mum up.” A paraphrased quote. I’m not a fool or blind to the history of John Lennon.
@@TANTRUMGASM Again I am not a hypocrite. Liking a song doesn’t make you a hypocrite. I know that John was a wife beater.
It will be 42 years in December when John Lennon left this world and evry time I listen to one of his songs I tear up. Greetings from Vancouver Island Canada.
Elton John wrote a beautiful tribute to John called Empty Garden
Probably the best tribute song for John. You'd think one of the Beatles could have done a decent song for him, but it was his friend Elton who did it right.
Yes, this is a great song! Four years ago, a dear, lifelong friend of mine by the name of John passed suddenly. Empty Garden has been personal since. Crushing, but beautiful.
The beauty of Love. This is the song! 💗
I have a very hard time listening to any music off this album as it takes me right back to the time of his death. I was 13 and just really becoming a fan then boom John Lennon was murdered in December and in January my father died at 46 of a heart attack. Music is how I coped and I find it difficult still so many years later to listen to some of the music from that time. As an adult these many years later it also brings up great sorrow for Yoko. She had her husband and lover murdered in front of her and the majority of the public disregarded her trauma and pain.
Of course, the backing vocals are John as well. I've never loved a voice more than Johns', so when you get him x2 it's HEAVEN.
I absolutely love this song
The truth in our hearts live forever.
Peace on earth.
This is my favorite solo Lennon song. One of his best. He was a fantastic writer, as were all of the Beatles. But this song is just such a tribute to his woman, but for most of us that appreciate our the women in our lives.
John lennon was a pos wifebeater.............WIFE BEATER educate your ignorance sometimes you complete fools
I've heard my share of Lennon songs but I was 5 when this came out so I haven't caught up on all of them, and this is my first time hearing this too!
I love the way John and Yoko are together, it really reminds me of me and my wife and how we are together publicly vs privately. Very cool song! 😍