Very informative, I love her passion for John!! Love and miss John and George but, my passion is for Paul! Paul would've been a Beatles forever!!! It broke his heart when they ended and to carry the burden of the one who "broke up The Beatles" for all those years. We've talked briefly in the past ken and it seems we have the same favs, PTP and Through Our Love!! Love all 4, Beatles 4ever
What an amazing lady!! I love her knowledge and deep understanding of context !! Her understanding of Lennon should be the template not the stupid Goldman one !! What she nails is how broken Lennon was, I think he often rejected the safety net of love ie Cynthia perhaps May Pang the Beatles ? 🤷🏻♂️ Lennon partly rejects the ´nest ´ because safe love often was taken from him ? I really connected with the aspect of dealing with failure !! With Yoko he had a deep intellectual connection and love perhaps like mimi ? There has been a large amount of negativity towards John mainly because of a misunderstanding of time and context, plus with many the utterly obscene rejection of Yoko ! Both did make mistakes for sure and could be cruel but living under a microscope, magnifies every mistake? John for me is important as he gave us a glimpse of the fragility of us but was perhaps the first to admit his failures openly and i honestly feel he did want to be better as a human, whether his better understanding of Woman, Julian and life ? Thank you for this utterly fascinating broadcast !! Jude keep on keeping on !!!
Some people take the song IMAGINE too literally, I think. John explained in his very last 1980 interview that by "imagine no religion", he was actually referring to "imagine no different denominations". I believe greatly in Heaven myself, but for the purpose of this song the idea is to basically pretend that there is NOTHING -- just people - no divisions, nothing else coming between us. No heaven, no hell, no separate countries, no possessions that cause war and greed, etc. What would it be like? It's not meant to be a literal call for having no beliefs nor literally possessions. It's just imagination, he's not actually degrading or telling anyone not to believe in anything, or to give everything up. Just wondering what such a scenario might do or achieve, even though it can and never will be.
In the 1971 'Imagine' film we see John & Yoko talking to Tariq Ali, one of the most influential figures of the 'New Left' at the time, we see Lennon pathetically trying to impress these socialist and communist personalities with his new album, he's trying to tell them 'I'm on message', after this of course Lennon goes to NYC and becomes involved with even more dubious far left characters... in 71-73 Lennon adopted the opposite attitude of 'If you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao, You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow.' By the time you get to 1980 I'm guessing Lennon thought he had been used and attempted to suggest 'Imagine' had a more universal and artistic message... of course after Lennon's murder Yoko then encouraged the use of 'Imagine' in every conceivable globalist political and cultural event thus negating any 'artistic' expression the song ever had...
The idea that Jude could prefer John's patchy solo career more than the Beatles is strange. There were certainly highlights, and like Ken I'm a fan of the underrated Mind Games album (which many shrug off as "average"), but he had so many peaks during the Beatles career that they dwarf what he did afterwards. His solo work became more and more conservative, with few of the innovations and spectacular achievements he created so regularly with Paul, George and Ringo.
Well, this is where we both disagree. As I've said in the show, I've come across some fans that prefer individual solo music from John, Paul and George over the group. I respect everyone's opinions. I really like every song John did in his solo-career. Even songs that I didn't care about at first (Angela, Only People) I enjoy so much more now. I believe there's never a final word on anything. Some of John's best work was in the Beatles, some of it in his solo-career. What I can say for myself is that I enjoy all the Beatles' solo-work as much as what they did together. In some ways, I prefer the solo-music more. In the group they had to adhere to a certain format. As solo-artists they were free to create whatever they wanted. It's all a matter of taste, and I never dismiss anyone's opinions. I just want to hear why some fans feel the way I do, and perhaps I can learn something from them.
Very informative, I love her passion for John!! Love and miss John and George but, my passion is for Paul! Paul would've been a Beatles forever!!! It broke his heart when they ended and to carry the burden of the one who "broke up The Beatles" for all those years. We've talked briefly in the past ken and it seems we have the same favs, PTP and Through Our Love!! Love all 4, Beatles 4ever
I always have found something verty authentic,raw and real about the song,"Cold Turkey".
Interesting iinsight. Thank you,,Jude( Cool name)
Safe as Milk! those were the stickers that came with Captain Beefheart's debut album (ie 1967)
What an amazing lady!! I love her knowledge and deep understanding of context !! Her understanding of Lennon should be the template not the stupid Goldman one !!
What she nails is how broken Lennon was, I think he often rejected the safety net of love ie Cynthia perhaps May Pang the Beatles ? 🤷🏻♂️ Lennon partly rejects the ´nest ´ because safe love often was taken from him ? I really connected with the aspect of dealing with failure !! With Yoko he had a deep intellectual connection and love perhaps like mimi ? There has been a large amount of negativity towards John mainly because of a misunderstanding of time and context, plus with many the utterly obscene rejection of Yoko ! Both did make mistakes for sure and could be cruel but living under a microscope, magnifies every mistake? John for me is important as he gave us a glimpse of the fragility of us but was perhaps the first to admit his failures openly and i honestly feel he did want to be better as a human, whether his better understanding of Woman, Julian and life ?
Thank you for this utterly fascinating broadcast !! Jude keep on keeping on !!!
Some people take the song IMAGINE too literally, I think. John explained in his very last 1980 interview that by "imagine no religion", he was actually referring to "imagine no different denominations". I believe greatly in Heaven myself, but for the purpose of this song the idea is to basically pretend that there is NOTHING -- just people - no divisions, nothing else coming between us. No heaven, no hell, no separate countries, no possessions that cause war and greed, etc. What would it be like? It's not meant to be a literal call for having no beliefs nor literally possessions. It's just imagination, he's not actually degrading or telling anyone not to believe in anything, or to give everything up. Just wondering what such a scenario might do or achieve, even though it can and never will be.
It is essentially the Communist Manifesto set to music.
Well said Joe
In the 1971 'Imagine' film we see John & Yoko talking to Tariq Ali, one of the most influential figures of the 'New Left' at the time, we see Lennon pathetically trying to impress these socialist and communist personalities with his new album, he's trying to tell them 'I'm on message', after this of course Lennon goes to NYC and becomes involved with even more dubious far left characters... in 71-73 Lennon adopted the opposite attitude of 'If you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao, You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow.'
By the time you get to 1980 I'm guessing Lennon thought he had been used and attempted to suggest 'Imagine' had a more universal and artistic message... of course after Lennon's murder Yoko then encouraged the use of 'Imagine' in every conceivable globalist political and cultural event thus negating any 'artistic' expression the song ever had...
The idea that Jude could prefer John's patchy solo career more than the Beatles is strange. There were certainly highlights, and like Ken I'm a fan of the underrated Mind Games album (which many shrug off as "average"), but he had so many peaks during the Beatles career that they dwarf what he did afterwards. His solo work became more and more conservative, with few of the innovations and spectacular achievements he created so regularly with Paul, George and Ringo.
Well, this is where we both disagree. As I've said in the show, I've come across some fans that prefer individual solo music from John, Paul and George over the group. I respect everyone's opinions. I really like every song John did in his solo-career. Even songs that I didn't care about at first (Angela, Only People) I enjoy so much more now. I believe there's never a final word on anything. Some of John's best work was in the Beatles, some of it in his solo-career. What I can say for myself is that I enjoy all the Beatles' solo-work as much as what they did together. In some ways, I prefer the solo-music more. In the group they had to adhere to a certain format. As solo-artists they were free to create whatever they wanted. It's all a matter of taste, and I never dismiss anyone's opinions. I just want to hear why some fans feel the way I do, and perhaps I can learn something from them.
Would love her opinon on why john was able to drop his ego and bring paul into the beatles, his bi statement was always this is my band
Judy Jewish
Her books are total BS...it's all in her head 😂😂😂