@warrcc c Yoko wouldn't have given John a second glance if she'd met him before he became famous. She wanted his fame. Plus, her parents had committed Yoko to a mental asylum, and she'd had to use Tony Cox to trick the asylum just to let her out. So her parents weren't giving her any money and she was over 35 years old by then. In later years, to get her parents' money for Sean (his inheritance), she traveled to Japan and spent a lot of John's money trying to show her parents that SHE could keep up with them. So yeah, she WAS after John's money and fame.
@@yvonnemariane2265 Haha, good point. She followed her heart though, which is good. John certainly had no money or fame then, and they were together 10 years, so she must have done it for love. And, isn't it kinder not to marry someone you don't love? She was just a teen.
@@charwest9449 well.. there are different types of affection... some are more about 'animal magnetism' and some are based on more enduring principle.. You're abs right better to follow your heart.. but it's more like "beating heart' than 'good heart'. I'm just saying, she reaped what she sowed.. a sexy 'bad boy' won't end up giving the real goods. Bible teachings are all about that lol
@@yvonnemariane2265 She was barely 18 though, just starting art college, so not sure when she'd dated enough to actually choose a "fiance". John may have been a "sexy boy" but he was hardly your basic "bad boy" loser. When Cynthia met John he was an extremely charismatic 17 year old who had achieved so much already. He was very ambitious, starting a band, getting them together, rehearsing, getting them jobs, already teamed up with Paul McCartney, and always prodding them to go "to the toppermost of the poppermost". Plus he was a sensitive poetic guy, a writer, a cartoonist. John and Cynthia had both lost a parent while teens and bonded over that. She knew the softer side of him. He wrote her letters every day whenever they were separated. It was a real relationship of 4 or 5 years before they got married, became parents, and entertained the Beatle family as well as their own, at their Kenwood home. They also lovingly bought homes for his two aunts, Mimi and Harriet (which greedy Yoko sold the second John was no longer there to see what she was doing). So it seemed to those around him that John had a complete personality and character change once Yoko and he started doing a LOT of drugs together. (He even, just before inviting Yoko to his marital home while Cy was away, that same day, called a meeting at Apple only to announce to the others that he was in fact JESUS CHRIST returned.) And once she introduced heroin things really accelerated. Almost overight, whereas before he'd been very reserved in public he immediately was taking his clothes off for album covers and distributing sex tapes of him and Yoko going at it. That was when he became rabidly hateful to Cynthia, leaving her with a miserly amount (the classic stand by your boyfriend in med school only to be dumped once his payoff starts rolling in, and opportunists like Yoko come calling to share in it). John even tried to pin "adultery" on poor Cynthia so that he could come out smelling like a rose, arranging elaborate situations for that to come about, and which he almost got away with until Yoko turned up pregnant just a few days after they'd "come out" as a couple -- which he had to announce eventually. And he completely lost his sense of humor. It was as if Yoko and/or the heroin warped his judgement and filters and released his nasty "bad boy" -- and a decidedly UNSEXY one at that. He turned into an emaciated, hairy, unkempt, spaced out, captive, morose, creepy "bad boy". Yuck. So was John a classic "sexy bad boy" Cynthia should have known would turn out badly? Well, hindsight is always 20/20 but at the time I don't think it was very black and white.
People don't stay together because they are good. People grow, change, move in different directions. It's called life. Yoko Ono was the creative and intellectual challenge that John needed later in his life, simple as that. Yoko was also a very strong woman and personality, something John ultimately looked for, given that his very own mother and later his aunt had been very strong personalities. Cynthia was a lovely lady, just not the right woman for John. Can you live with that?
Cynthia was all class. Despite enduring things that would make most people angry and bitter, she continued to carry herself with nothing but grace, dignity, poise, and kindness. Truly a great person and a great mother to Julian. May she rest in peace.
All class??? Was she not the one who cheated on her fiancee with john??? I love how people often ignore what women do in order to make the guy look like the devil.
Why... they were both very young and had they used a condom, they would've never been married in the first place...two completely different beings both accountable for their actions and the outcome!
Cynthia simply adored her husband , So different from Yoko. She’s not upset at the fact that he left close to nothing to their only son. Moreover, she was left to raise the boy alone.
@@sherrycaraway5663 It's called maturing - just because you're still mentally a teenager doesn't mean she has to be. You do realize that you don't have to hold on to hate/acrimony? You reach a point when you realize that it's unproductive and takes up too much space and energy. But you wouldn't hnow about that. Letting go of unproductive feelings does not make anyone a doormat. And another thing adults understand is that surface means nothing.
cynthia was a lovely woman. i like how she talks about her memories of john in an honest way, but isn’t trashing him or anything. she’s truly a beautiful soul.
Very true. Recently, I've been watching interviews with her and she gives the impression of intelligence as well as emotional intelligence. She's fair almost to a fault - I would have loved to have known her. I can only wish, with all the wealth he'd amassed, he could have been more generous to her when they split. He had more than he could spend! Eh, c'est la vie 🤷🏻♀️
Met her at a Beatlefest years ago....She sat by herself before others noticed her...Very quiet, yet riveting with her conversations...We chatted about her hotel accommodations....what she’s been doing....nothing about John....very likeable.
I would've loved to have met Cyn. I visited Liverpool years ago and went to that art school she and John attended. I was thinking how nice it would've been to have gone there with her, to visit, or to have met her, once I arrived. I'd have taken her to Ye Cracke for a drink. 😎👍💓
@@waynej2608 I got to meet and spend a good amount of time with Cynthia at a major event over 20 years ago, now. She was very kind and gracious and told me a few stories not generally known concerning the appearance of Yoko in their lives. It also was disappointing to hear one story where she sought to contact Paul for help with the beginning of Julian's recording career and her not having much luck. I personally witnessed her breaking down in tears as one of John's early songs was performed that must have had a deep meaning for her. It was obvious to me that she still loved John many years after his death and in spite of his apparent neglect and abuse of her. It is said that he would call her " Powell" when annoyed,or, angered with her and that he felt trapped by her pregnancy with Julian and marriage to her . Unfortunately, John rejected so many things in his life : his middle name Winston, a man who alone took on and defeated Hitler while baby John was being born amidst a hellish Nazi bombing of Liverpool. He rejected the treasure Cynthia was, a woman who unselfishly truly loved him and Julian, by extension. He recreated the abandonment he suffered as a child in how he treated Julian. Lennon rejected his own creation......The Beatles.....even as he was on his way to New York to play on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time, telling Brian Epstein, " There's got to be something BIGGER and BETTER than THIS !!!.....I want OUT !! " A horrified Epstein told John that NONE of them would ever be as big as the Beatles. Without Epstein John eventually " abdicated" to Paul and used Yoko to fracture the group and get his wish, after marinating in self destructive drugs for years. Still, Cynthia held her love for John and was quiet for many years as others wrote scathing "tell all" books about the Beatles. Now that they are both gone, maybe their souls are in a much different place where earthly pain is gone and the love John sang about is real and shared between them and the creator of us all.
Really fascinating to hear your personal meeting with Cynthia...you were so lucky to have met and talked with her. Nice to know she was a lovely person just as I always heard she was. Thanks so much for sharing! @@johnfoster535
Met her also at a Beatle fest and she was pitching the book. I got to talk to her about the beginnings and how the Beatle film BackBeat reflected how they were in Hamburg. She said partially true. I wondered. A lovely person to sit down with - REALLY the person there from the beginning and throughout - the fifth Beatle.
@@johnfoster535 I love your story about meeting Cynthia, but John didn't just marry her because she got pregnant. A whole year before she was pregnant he asked her if she wanted to get engaged, but she suggested they wait because things were going good for them. When she did get pregnant she gave him the option to leave, but he said, “neither of us planned to have a baby, Cyn. I love you and I'm not going to leave you now.” Also John's sister over heard when John was telling his Aunt Mimi he was marrying her, she was telling him he didn't have to and John was saying to her how much he loved Cynthia and said I would've married her eventually anyway. Here's the quote from John's sister: "I do remember John being told you don't have to marry her John; you don't have to do this. I know that Mrs Powell, that's Cynthia's mother, also told Cynthia, you don't have to get married. So they didn't get married because it was a shotgun wedding. They got married because they wanted to, because I remember John saying: 'I want to marry her, what's the matter with you all?'" -Julia Baird
Indeed. The rest of the Beatles hung on to every word that came out of his mouth. Talented, of course, but seriously lacking in character.@@marycad1160
@@marycad1160 So WHAT ! Get a Life, Like ALL MALES, IN THE VATICAN DO ! ANd, have you realised YET, that there's a GIANT CONNECTION WITH 'DOSH' & 'SPIRITUALALITY ?
If you read Paul interview John said he needed a strong woman and his first wife was not. But if you ask me she was strong enough let him go even though she loved him she had a son to raise. Hate never solve nothing, in fact it cause more pain.shed gave all she could .Jillian turned out fine. He loved his mother. I read all his interviews he got all of them together his mom, Yoko and Sean.I'm sure Cynthia was at peace when she passed..n.j.
"Evie Home" It is one of those situations that was unavoidable. The thing is that John and Cynthia were incomparable.. John was a wild and troubled young man. His mother died when he was about 14 years old and he was very distraught about it. His dad deserted him when he was young. He cut school and hung out with young tough guys on the street and he certainly could have ended up in jail along with a lot of them. He was lucky that he channeled some of his anger and waywardness into forming a band and performing in night clubs even though there often would be brawls and violence during those performances in those night clubs. Cynthia herself was living in that society in which things were changing and a lot of young people were rebelling and taking drugs and having one night stands etc. She just did not have a chance.
Cynthia was such a beautiful woman and such a wonderful mom. She outlived so much pain... She survived his physical agressions, being abandoned by John during thier marriage and the way he abandoned Julian after their divorce. A strong and beautiful woman indeed, Rest in Peace Cynthia, you raised a good man.
@No free speech in YTube regime; we deserve better I hear ya.. the Lennon bashers are getting on our nerves... He was never an angel but he was a decent guy who could have taken all his money hid out in a huge castle like most celebrities do and did and said nothing..like most celebrities do..... and it was money of course that he earned did not inherit .. instead he tried to use his platform for promoting peace... He admitted all his flaws and even over exaggerated them when he was high during interviews .. he was more honest and revealing about himself than any celebrity I've ever known and I'm 62 now.... He fell out of love and got a divorce like millions of people have done and remarried the person who turned out to be the love of his life... We all know about his relationship with his two sons and some of the reasons why things turned out the way they did with them... He never received renumeration for his peace efforts not did he ask for any... The world was a much brighter better place when John Lennon was around.. he changed in his life and became a man of peace from less than peaceful beginnings.. I respect that.. I'm not a man of peace .. I tried to be be but I realized the world is full of too many morons... Lennon should have known we would never have a peaceful world.. I know it
2:33--she was so adorable when she tried to explain her sudden jealousy when the girl stroked John's head. So cute lol. Such a sweet spirit and gentle voice she had. God rest her precious soul.
This is the first time I have ‘ever’ heard her voice. Considering all that has happened with the Beatles and John and Yoko and his death. I’m just taken by how gentle she is, how loving she sounds. She must have been a lovely and intelligent person in life. No wonder he fell in love with her ‘all those years ago.”
....at 06:30 ...'of course I love him, of course I love him - I love John as I loved him ...you don't change love - there's no reason on Earth why I should hate him...and it's sad....''
Yeah ,John im not standing up and saying John actually made the right decision with choosing his mate but people makes choices they choose with being right ,wrong ,etc !! Oh without a doubt Paul McCartney is a multi talented musician with being a top notch songwriter as well ! I just liked John's style , personality and preferred his penned material !! Paul on the other hand is one great writer and can play about any instrument in existence !! I'll admit I just liked the person that John Lennon was with an imagination you're born with to pen historical lyrics as he did !! I consider Merle Haggard the greatest song writer to ever walk the face of the earth !! It's a matter of opinion
@Michael H. i think when time goes by and you think what life was like with a person who left so severely, how could that not be devastating? Sometimes one' emotions get the better of them. No problem there.
John was an idiot for this. He should've never married Cynthia in the first place, he didn't wanna hurt her but he should've seen it coming that he would her hurt more along the way. I think John was homosexual and found love in Yoko because she looked like a man. He should've found himself a nice boy like Stu
None of you know the future of all us sinners! It's not what you think in the religious doctrines of mankind. The truth is God will have all spirits reconciled to Him!
Well said timeriderx. And love can be found in the Oxford dictionary between A & Z. And the Soul is as a white bird wheeling ever sunward, ever sunlit..
@@timeriderx What you`ve just said is what some early Christians believed. God wants everyone to come to repentance. The Orthodox Church believed and continues to believe that there is no such thing as individual salvation.
Jib Wangler well if yoko didn't exist in john Lennon's life this wouldn't be happening right now or didn't killed they're telling the truth mate no reason to protect yoko
he was a bad boy who preferred a bad girl to be bad with.....he grew into a whole different person than Cynthia once knew. She was better off without him, whether she knew it or not. She never forgot the "old" John.
@@vikkinicholson2300 exactly, though John and Yoko fed off each other's negativity and it made John spiral out of control. Cynthia stabilized him; Yoko encouraged his wild side and turned him batshit crazy. You can see how thrill and the appeal of running free would make John so attracted to Yoko Ono, but Cynthia grounded him and helped him function optimally. Had John stayed with Cynthia, he probably wouldn't have got as bad as he did.
I think Cynthia was the only woman who loved John Lennon, the man. Not “Beatle John”, the mega rock star, but the quirky, middle class kid from Liverpool, who pretended to be working class, because it seemed cooler in his mind. The guy who didn’t have a pot to piss in, nor a window to throw it out of. Sad that in all the madness he couldn’t see that himself. You can hear the heartbreak in her voice, even all those years later. RIP Ms. Powell.
Fair points but love is blind.. it sounds like he got married because of the baby like millions of men and women do.. yoko was the one big love of his life.. like her or not
@@manny4552 No, John married Cynthia because he loved her. They'd been together for 5 years at that point and emotionally she was his rock. John was eager to take it to the next level. Birth control was only by condom at that point in time so if anyone mess d up it was John. When they found they were expecting a child, Cynthia said he didn't have to marry her. But John said NO, HE WANTED TO MARRY HER, HE LOVED HER. John also complained to his sister about Aunt Mimi's attitude, saying, why doesn't she understand, I LOVE HER!! This revisionist story that he 'had' to marry her was PR stuff concocted by Ono.
@@charwest9449 it's likely he loved her but he was not madly in love with her... And John even said they got married because of the kid... Just like millions of people do
@@manny4552 so, it wasn't planned, but they were in a long term committed relationship -- and Cynthia gave him options. She wasn't the one pressing for marriage. He was.
My heart hurts for Julian. To basically, not have his dad around as he was growing up is so sad. I understand about John being away when the Beatles were just getting started. However, when they stopped touring, in 1966, Julian was only 3 years old. John could have made an effort. If not for Julian’s wonderful mom, Cynthia, Julian could have become a very bitter and angry young man. Later, when John retired so he could stay home to raise his second son, Sean, the emotional pain Julian had to have felt is heartbreaking. It must have been so hard for her to witness the hurt that her son was going through. She did an excellent job in raising her son. I hope she knew that.
Yes, Lady Cynthia can sing. Look up the song 'Those Were The Days'--she did a remake of that song in 1995. She was such a sweet, pretty, gentle, talented, friendly, and humble woman. And that was a threat to a certain person who wanted everything she had. And took it away.
Cynthia Lennon Fan what an utterly incredible beautiful woman. The epitome of class. I believe John was such an angry wounded person he had to lash out punish anyone good enough and pure enough to love him. He was a brilliant tortured soul. Julian thank God has inherited the sensitivity and class of his mother. But how wonderful he inherited his fathers great talent and perhaps his emotional intensity. A beautiful loving soul.
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John hurt Paul too. He degraded him publicly when they split. Really hurt Paul. John needed to part angrily.
Thank you, Cynthia, for telling us what John Lennon was like, as a person, Yoko Ono might screeched like a cat. You were THE best, genuine, honest, respectful, and heartfelt Mrs Lennon. RIP John, and Cynthia Lennon. 😥
He saw what he wanted to see a bossy woman.he said he needed a strong woman, said Cynthia was not. He really was blind if he thought that.glad Paul saw the man Jillian was going to be.he was right Jillian turned out be good man he loved his brother..he had a better heart than his father..n.j-.
IF JULIAN ever reads things like this......I just lost my mom....and after seeing this - you had a BETTER mom than dad. Your dad got World acclaim and was an awesome songwriter.....but Cyn was an incredible human....God Bless her soul.....so happy to see this!
What a neat person Cynthia was. I liked how she and her girlfriend got the giggles recalling those younger days and that she doesn't deny or try and erase the fact love was there and still kept hold of the truth of love. Love in your heart far outweighs all the bad. I like her outlook and honesty and excellent way she brought up her Julian who adored and lovingly protected his Mom.
Kai Carter I think you are both idiots who incredibly think they more about John & Yoko than they did themselves. Unless you are both psychic and or telepathic, you are both talking out of your arses.
tdunlopmusic Right, because you are a bloody mind reader and know what they both thought. Of course, if you are less than 40 you’d have to be an effing psychic to.
tdunlopmusic Me nasty, I’m not the one being an ignorant bitch about Yoko Ono Lennon. Studied up, probably read books by so called expert biographers that had no contact with anyone who knew John or Yoko, so basically regurgitated the same old gossipy bullshit written by other complete nobodies. Bad influence? John Lennon produced music that many argue is the best work he’d ever made whilst with this bad influence. John Lennon himself said if he hadn’t been so selfish musically he’d have insisted Yoko be co credited as songwriter on many of his best songs. He said that about the song Imagine, but of course you know better than the man himself. Whether you like it or not, John Lennon made it very clear that Yoko inspired him artistically and politically. Perhaps you don’t like the direction that took him, so like a lot of ill informed nasty little nonentities, you chose to make it all Yoko’s fault. Thing is, by the time they met John Lennon was a fully grown self aware man, not some stupid infatuated child that could be persuaded to do things he didn’t want to. That is basically saying Lennon was weak willed, easily influenced and incapable of doing what he wanted to do because he was being manipulated somehow by Yoko. The absolute bottom line is that John loved Yoko. He was inspired by her and wanted to be with her. When he decided he needed time out and wanted to spend it as a house husband looking after Sean, Lennon trusted Yoko implicitly and handed her control of his work and his fortune. As it happens Yoko was and is extremely savvy when it comes to business and she is credited for substantially increasing that fortune even though no new music was forthcoming. Anyway, I’ve wasted more than enough time responding to your trite drivel. You won’t believe a word of what I’ve written because it won’t suit your personally biased attitude towards Yoko. Haters have to hate even if it does make them look like nasty little nobodies. Just in case you do bother to be open minded, I’ve copied part of an article for you that discusses this Yoko broke up the Beatles bollocks. It is people who knew the Beatles, John & Yoko. It includes some of Paul McCartney’s comments on the matter. Hopefully you’ll believe McCartney, but it wouldn’t shock me to find you disagree and claim Yoko conned Paul into sayIng what he did. [ Rumours have swirled since 1969 that Yoko Ono caused the Beatles break up. But the former wife of John Lennon may finally be off the hook. Despite decades of feuding, Sir Paul McCartney has recently come to Ono’s defense to set the record straight. “She certainly didn’t break the group up. I don’t think you can blame her for anything,” he said in an interview, which first aired on the Al Jazeera English TV channel in November, adding that Lennon was “definitely going to leave.” McCartney even credited his former band mate’s widow for her creative inspiration, which led to Lennon writing the legendary tune “Imagine.” “When Yoko came along, part of her attraction was her avant garde side, her view of things,” he continued. “She showed him another way to be, which was very attractive to him. So it was time for John to leave.” So will McCartney’s revelations be enough to clear Ono’s name from blame? “John was just tired of the band’s unhealthy rivalry and wanted to go his own way. Yoko’s source of inspiration gave him the courage to face change,” Suzannah Galland, whose family had strong ties to Lennon and Ono via her Uncle, the late comedian Marty Feldman, concurred. “This is how we cherish and remember John Lennon, the great legend.” Joe Levy, editor of Billboard, echoed that Ono’s name should be cleared. “Of course Yoko's not to blame. Any fan who thought so was just someone who couldn't accept, as John Lennon put it on his first solo album, that the dream was over,” he explained. “The blame won't disappear because of this - just like Paul being alive doesn't stop high school kids from looking for ‘Paul is dead’ clues - but it should.” And according to Los Angeles-based music producer Jonathan McHugh, much like any 15 plus year relationship, people grow apart.]
Yoko didn't love John, if she did she would not have set him up to go screw her friends, she did it just to keep him tied to her so she could carry on getting the money and exposure
I really admired The Beatles since I was in my high-school days 'til now, but just like Cynthia & Julian life story, I think we' re in the same boat.. It's so sad, what we did? We turn on to GOD & ask for devine guidance to Obey God's law.... I'm living with peace & joy with my kids. Tnx God 🙏myb Phil 🙋😘
Life didn't change John...the drugs did...notice he didn't treat Yoko like he did Cynthia, NO...because she was the boss...I felt he saw Yoko as a mother figure.
I'm not read up on the details of everyones individual & interactive stories, & I wasn't there for what happened. I do understand that Cynthia exudes a warm kind alive brilliance, a genuine modesty.. Even in UA-cam preserved moments, if I had to choose a friend in a lifeboat or a stuck lift, someone to get out of any difficulty mutually trusting, acting for all to make it, Cynthia would get my vote. Yes, we all have to step away from our Earth roles, physical bodies. Yes, I do realize that She has become Julian's angel, in a different role/way @÷ She is beauty-full, uplifting & inspiring even in a film. She had a great good nature, good humored Lady. I love how she dreamed of being an artist, a creative, & was strong, deserving of limelight, true loving, her happy share...she was all that herself, generous & well wishing, honorable ambience. I've been a Julian fan for since whatever year that I sat up, having discovered his music, his Tonight Show first appearance...now his photos, that are so focused...tunnel & floral & mountain shades all lit....Im happy with his musical evolution, & more so Impressed with his Personhood. How you live your time here, well, it's In the Key of Smiles (my song, song tribute here). It's an all around amazing story of stories, everyone's so distinctive. The brothers..Well, I stayed up watching Sean's showy music videos, shortly after I found that Jullian can sing & play, song write oh Yeahs! Then I found Sean's productions so different from Jullians..lol, I don't normally short my night's sleep, to absorb music. These guys are both that good. How they sprang up wasn't from nowhere/no place. I am just not informed about major & minor details. Cynthia just makes my whole face/being smile. She is the definition of "great" & "good person", this admirer is nodding y-e-s @-8- TY. I am aware that Yolo also has suffered losing John, that is, she had to choose to hold on, or would she let go, before & after he was shot. I have read some of her writing, her very early history, from her big creative book, at the Moma. Yoko choreographed a work for PBS, which aired in the last millennium. She also has appeared here in there, & I won't detail all. She relied on chocolate, heart broken one lasting time, & tears. Sometimes, we just don't know. Sometimes, we just need to be kind & be careful, whatever the world does, however we are able to. So, Idk any of these people except as I see them presented. I like to think that I am discerning, & I do have my own ideas, & that includes that everyone has shared their talents. I'm a creative, so that is powerful, in my appreciation. I do wish people, all of us could always be & do the best for & by everyone. But ah, yes, the plot thickens, for now. We all have our views. Good luck to the lovers..good growth, sun reaching, enjoying...in moments.
@@elizabethbarajas8614 yes she did knew who they were before. _Her first contact with a member of the Beatles was when she visited Paul McCartney at his home in London to obtain a Lennon-McCartney song manuscript for a book John Cage was working on, Notations. McCartney declined to give her any of his manuscripts but suggested that Lennon might oblige. Lennon later gave Ono the original handwritten lyrics to "The Word"_ A fact that has been confirmed many times.
I love how Cynthia tells the story of her and John and remembers all the little details. I also have an ex who I remember every detail about even now. May Cynthia RIP! I hope her and John have reunited in some way now.
Hello Elizabeth, How're you doing? Your comments concerning my mom caught my attention and that is why I am reaching out to you,Thank you. It's nice meeting you here🌹
A TWIST OF LENNON, by Cynthia is a great book. I felt it gave the true account of John's life. And who would know better than Cynthia. RIP sweet Cynthia.
Her john book has note details. She wrote the other book while john was alive & I believe he threatened a law suit but unfortunately you cant sue when someone is telling the truth & if he could not prove otherwise u have no leg to stand on. He wrote her such a nasty note after the book. Saying " we had a few good times but the marriage was long over before yoko . U asked me when u came to California to get u pregnant so julian could have a sibling & I turned u down & was so embarrassed by that ridiculous request. If u truly want to put the Beatles behind u do so. Regards mrs twist " I highly doubt cynthia would ever ask john while he was with May to get het pregnant. He also wrote " we had a few good times " really john in a 10 year relationship a few good times? Is that why u wrote her all those obsessive letters writing I love u over & over like 100 times in one letter ? Or how crazily possessive he was of her ? Or how he would make her stay with him til the very last bus came at 1am. Or how he for years demanded all of her time & attention or he would throw tantrums ? He would jump off the stage if any guy danced near her at the cavern club & threaten to kill the guy. This letter was pure yoko & I'm sure the pregnancy thing was just to embarrass her bc seeing how cynthia is how timid she was during the divorce I dont believe for a second she would ask him.to give her another baby. John was a liar & yoko tried to destroy any person john was close to. During the recording of how do u sleep yoko would giddily run over & have viscious insults of paul & John. Would add to them & laugh. Ringo who was drumming for the recording finally lost it & told john " enough john! I'm embarrassed how u are acting like a kid in the playground attaching paul like this. " so a lot was left out & it was still very viscious. He wanted to leave in the line " how do u sleep u cunt " which is on imagine. Paul did nothing to john . But that's how john is when he ends a relationship he is viscious. Probably the guilt. He also did this to may pang. He went to a party elton john threw & john called her horrible names & lunged at her to attack her & elton threw him out of the party.
She was holding back tears at the house, revisiting memories...what a strong wonderful woman, Julian is blessed having her as a mother way more than having John as a father...RIP.
Cynthia Powell is a beautiful, dignified, perseverant, and patient lady. I always admire her sense of dignity, patience, and perseverance in the spite of the fact that she and Julian were being treated poorly by John. I hope Cynthia could rest in peace.
...at 06:30 ...'of course I love him, of course I love him - I love John as I loved him ...you don't change love - there's no reason on Earth why I should hate him...and it's sad....'' - a truly moving statement she made here. What a great interview! Like reading a book, she made you feel like you were right there reliving the moments with here and John. John, what were you thinking man???
That's a very true observation. They certainly took bits from different statements and strung that one together. It would be interesting to see what she was actually and specifically saying "and ti's sad" to.
That was the problem Greg...he wasn't thinking...if he was he wouldn't have looked twice at Cruella Deville...he was putty in her hands and I still say to this day she only had Sean to take away Julians inheritance, I read Julian only got £.20.000. And that was years after John died....disgusting. @Greg Christopher.
What a sweet lady she was... very proper. In many ways she was really too good for John, yet - at the same time - she simply didn't fit into his lifestyle either, especially after the extreme fame. Julian takes after her, he seems to be such a nice person. The whole story of John, Cyn and Julian is so sad.
hearing Cynthia speak of John, it's like my history with my first husband is echoing her experiences. Yes, "of course I love him", struck a chord with me and my unwanted experiences.
Thank you for sharing this lovely, moving video. Life can be so precious and yet, so cruel. Perhaps it always is. I'm not sure, but I agree. Love is forever.
Always liked Cynthia. Its a shame things turned out as they did but I bet she was still glad they met. She could never have envisaged what an incredible ride she's was in for but I bet she would have still loved John just as much without all that. A lovely lady.
The goodness, the beauty, the charm, the pureness of Cynthia Powell, obviously just wasn't enough for John. Whatever it was he was still looking for he found it in Yoko Ono. Another one of life's mysteries.
Mirren Sawyers John really was a bastard. Yoko is not only one of the weirdest people to ever walk the earth, but she is quite the douche bag herself. Do your own investigation, form your own conclusions. I’m just giving my opinion
Les Thomasson Oh I know what they did, personally I’m not a fan of Yoko. The things she has done like publish the sunglasses John wore when he got assassinated and sell things off Julians will but I was just curious as to what you thought. I have to agree she was a very weird person. I never understood what John saw in her.
When John and Yoko were living in a million dollar home, Cynthia and Julian were living on the British equivalent of welfare. John had a herd of dairy cattle. They paid $350,000 for one cow, to add to their collection. You can see some of these cattle in the video, " Jealous Guy ". He was a genius, but a real shit of a person...
@@mariaelenarodriguez3081 I agree with both of you. It's sad because before I knew of John's ways I liked him, when I was younger. As I grew I disliked him. He's a piece of shit like ginger Baker.
I feel so sad for Cynthia. Yoko can’t compare to the woman CYnthia was. I’m stunned at the stories I’m reading in these comments about the final days of the Beatles. The Beatles came along during my teenage years and they were the best. Wonderful memories.
I always liked Cynthia because she wasn't a gold digger, she loved John when he had nothing.
Lovely woman who kept her dignity even up to her later life,she is sadly missed
Took a chance & it worked & treat Julian like a piece of schitt Yoko was a parasite
She owned the John Lennon cafe in Liverpool 🤔 lol
@warrcc c Yoko wouldn't have given John a second glance if she'd met him before he became famous. She wanted his fame. Plus, her parents had committed Yoko to a mental asylum, and she'd had to use Tony Cox to trick the asylum just to let her out. So her parents weren't giving her any money and she was over 35 years old by then. In later years, to get her parents' money for Sean (his inheritance), she traveled to Japan and spent a lot of John's money trying to show her parents that SHE could keep up with them. So yeah, she WAS after John's money and fame.
Good point; I never ever thought about that. Out of all of the Beatle women; she and Aunt Mimi were there from the beginning.
good people always get overlooked or mistreated...she's a kind human being.
She was.
not when she dumped her fiance for a 'bad boy' lol
@@yvonnemariane2265 Haha, good point. She followed her heart though, which is good. John certainly had no money or fame then, and they were together 10 years, so she must have done it for love. And, isn't it kinder not to marry someone you don't love? She was just a teen.
@@charwest9449 well.. there are different types of affection... some are more about 'animal magnetism' and some are based on more enduring principle.. You're abs right better to follow your heart.. but it's more like "beating heart' than 'good heart'. I'm just saying, she reaped what she sowed.. a sexy 'bad boy' won't end up giving the real goods. Bible teachings are all about that lol
@@yvonnemariane2265 She was barely 18 though, just starting art college, so not sure when she'd dated enough to actually choose a "fiance".
John may have been a "sexy boy" but he was hardly your basic "bad boy" loser. When Cynthia met John he was an extremely charismatic 17 year old who had achieved so much already. He was very ambitious, starting a band, getting them together, rehearsing, getting them jobs, already teamed up with Paul McCartney, and always prodding them to go "to the toppermost of the poppermost". Plus he was a sensitive poetic guy, a writer, a cartoonist. John and Cynthia had both lost a parent while teens and bonded over that. She knew the softer side of him. He wrote her letters every day whenever they were separated. It was a real relationship of 4 or 5 years before they got married, became parents, and entertained the Beatle family as well as their own, at their Kenwood home. They also lovingly bought homes for his two aunts, Mimi and Harriet (which greedy Yoko sold the second John was no longer there to see what she was doing).
So it seemed to those around him that John had a complete personality and character change once Yoko and he started doing a LOT of drugs together. (He even, just before inviting Yoko to his marital home while Cy was away, that same day, called a meeting at Apple only to announce to the others that he was in fact JESUS CHRIST returned.) And once she introduced heroin things really accelerated. Almost overight, whereas before he'd been very reserved in public he immediately was taking his clothes off for album covers and distributing sex tapes of him and Yoko going at it. That was when he became rabidly hateful to Cynthia, leaving her with a miserly amount (the classic stand by your boyfriend in med school only to be dumped once his payoff starts rolling in, and opportunists like Yoko come calling to share in it). John even tried to pin "adultery" on poor Cynthia so that he could come out smelling like a rose, arranging elaborate situations for that to come about, and which he almost got away with until Yoko turned up pregnant just a few days after they'd "come out" as a couple -- which he had to announce eventually. And he completely lost his sense of humor.
It was as if Yoko and/or the heroin warped his judgement and filters and released his nasty "bad boy" -- and a decidedly UNSEXY one at that. He turned into an emaciated, hairy, unkempt, spaced out, captive, morose, creepy "bad boy". Yuck.
So was John a classic "sexy bad boy" Cynthia should have known would turn out badly? Well, hindsight is always 20/20 but at the time I don't think it was very black and white.
Leaving her was the biggest mistake he made in his life. What a wonderful woman she was.
She doesn't talk about the times he beat her and was hardly in Julian's life. Then he takes up with Oko Screecho.
I know of only one time that Cynthia mentioned John slapping her. From what she said he never hit her again.
He was not compatible with her, the marriage had no future, you like what you like.
John Lennon was way too blind to see just how good of a lady Cynthia was to him. Thank God that Julian is more like his mother.
I agree,
He would never wear his glasses
So true, I have seen some interviews with Julian and what a nice guy he is, so natural, honest and thoughtful.
People don't stay together because they are good. People grow, change, move in different directions. It's called life. Yoko Ono was the creative and intellectual challenge that John needed later in his life, simple as that. Yoko was also a very strong woman and personality, something John ultimately looked for, given that his very own mother and later his aunt had been very strong personalities. Cynthia was a lovely lady, just not the right woman for John. Can you live with that?
Fabio Balenzano well said
Cynthia was all class. Despite enduring things that would make most people angry and bitter, she continued to carry herself with nothing but grace, dignity, poise, and kindness. Truly a great person and a great mother to Julian. May she rest in peace.
Great comment 👍
All class??? Was she not the one who cheated on her fiancee with john??? I love how people often ignore what women do in order to make the guy look like the devil.
@@infiniteeic she didn't cheat. And her fiancé had already betrayed her before.
"There's no reason on Earth why I should hate him". Well she's a bigger person than I am and she would be perfectly justified in doing so.
Sadly, Cynthia was a door mat.
Why... they were both very young and had they used a condom, they would've never been married in the first place...two completely different beings both accountable for their actions and the outcome!
@Kelly they didn't marry because of the pregnancy. It was John's idea and it wasn't necessary.
Cynthia simply adored her husband , So different from Yoko. She’s not upset at the fact that he left close to nothing to their only son. Moreover, she was left to raise the boy alone.
@@sherrycaraway5663 It's called maturing - just because you're still mentally a teenager doesn't mean she has to be. You do realize that you don't have to hold on to hate/acrimony? You reach a point when you realize that it's unproductive and takes up too much space and energy.
But you wouldn't hnow about that. Letting go of unproductive feelings does not make anyone a doormat. And another thing adults understand is that surface means nothing.
cynthia was a lovely woman. i like how she talks about her memories of john in an honest way, but isn’t trashing him or anything. she’s truly a beautiful soul.
Most definitely, on all counts.
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Very true. Recently, I've been watching interviews with her and she gives the impression of intelligence as well as emotional intelligence. She's fair almost to a fault - I would have loved to have known her. I can only wish, with all the wealth he'd amassed, he could have been more generous to her when they split. He had more than he could spend! Eh, c'est la vie 🤷🏻♀️
Met her at a Beatlefest years ago....She sat by herself before others noticed her...Very quiet, yet riveting with her conversations...We chatted about her hotel accommodations....what she’s been doing....nothing about John....very likeable.
I would've loved to have met Cyn. I visited Liverpool years ago and went to that art school she and John attended. I was thinking how nice it would've been to have gone there with her, to visit, or to have met her, once I arrived. I'd have taken her to Ye Cracke for a drink. 😎👍💓
@@waynej2608 I got to meet and spend a good amount of time with Cynthia at a major event over 20 years ago, now. She was very kind and gracious and told me a few stories not generally known concerning the appearance of Yoko in their lives. It also was disappointing to hear one story where she sought to contact Paul for help with the beginning of Julian's recording career and her not having much luck. I personally witnessed her breaking down in tears as one of John's early songs was performed that must have had a deep meaning for her. It was obvious to me that she still loved John many years after his death and in spite of his apparent neglect and abuse of her. It is said that he would call her " Powell" when annoyed,or, angered with her and that he felt trapped by her pregnancy with Julian and marriage to her . Unfortunately, John rejected so many things in his life : his middle name Winston, a man who alone took on and defeated Hitler while baby John was being born amidst a hellish Nazi bombing of Liverpool. He rejected the treasure Cynthia was, a woman who unselfishly truly loved him and Julian, by extension. He recreated the abandonment he suffered as a child in how he treated Julian. Lennon rejected his own creation......The Beatles.....even as he was on his way to New York to play on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time, telling Brian Epstein, " There's got to be something BIGGER and BETTER than THIS !!!.....I want OUT !! " A horrified Epstein told John that NONE of them would ever be as big as the Beatles. Without Epstein John eventually " abdicated" to Paul and used Yoko to fracture the group and get his wish, after marinating in self destructive drugs for years. Still, Cynthia held her love for John and was quiet for many years as others wrote scathing "tell all" books about the Beatles. Now that they are both gone, maybe their souls are in a much different place where earthly pain is gone and the love John sang about is real and shared between them and the creator of us all.
Really fascinating to hear your personal meeting with Cynthia...you were so lucky to have met and talked with her. Nice to know she was a lovely person just as I always heard she was. Thanks so much for sharing! @@johnfoster535
Met her also at a Beatle fest and she was pitching the book. I got to talk to her about the beginnings and how the Beatle film BackBeat reflected how they were in Hamburg. She said partially true. I wondered. A lovely person to sit down with - REALLY the person there from the beginning and throughout - the fifth Beatle.
@@johnfoster535 I love your story about meeting Cynthia, but John didn't just marry her because she got pregnant. A whole year before she was pregnant he asked her if she wanted to get engaged, but she suggested they wait because things were going good for them. When she did get pregnant she gave him the option to leave, but he said, “neither of us planned to have a baby, Cyn. I love you and I'm not going to leave you now.”
Also John's sister over heard when John was telling his Aunt Mimi he was marrying her, she was telling him he didn't have to and John was saying to her how much he loved Cynthia and said I would've married her eventually anyway. Here's the quote from John's sister: "I do remember John being told you don't have to marry her John; you don't have to do this. I know that Mrs Powell, that's Cynthia's mother, also told Cynthia, you don't have to get married. So they didn't get married because it was a shotgun wedding. They got married because they wanted to, because I remember John saying: 'I want to marry her, what's the matter with you all?'" -Julia Baird
She is such an eloquent woman. Such class. Bless her heart
Agree. John Lennon, for all his talent, was an arrogant, smart mouthed SOB.
@@paulbroderick8438 I bet if you were his age, you wouldn't DARE say that to his face - putrid wannabe/ wish could be/ jealous IDIOT.
@@paulbroderick8438 How sad that John mocked Jesus Christ.
Indeed. The rest of the Beatles hung on to every word that came out of his mouth. Talented, of course, but seriously lacking in character.@@marycad1160
@@marycad1160 So WHAT ! Get a Life, Like ALL MALES, IN THE VATICAN DO ! ANd, have you realised YET, that there's a GIANT CONNECTION WITH 'DOSH' & 'SPIRITUALALITY ?
John was a fool to leave beautiful intelligent and kind Cynthia
@wayne pitty And Asian!
@thomas brunn he should've just gone for a sweet and sour veggie with dumplings!
If you read Paul interview John said he needed a strong woman and his first wife was not. But if you ask me she was strong enough let him go even though she loved him she had a son to raise. Hate never solve nothing, in fact it cause more pain.shed gave all she could .Jillian turned out fine. He loved his mother. I read all his interviews he got all of them together his mom, Yoko and Sean.I'm sure Cynthia was at peace when she passed..n.j.
"Evie Home" It is one of those situations that was unavoidable. The thing is that John and Cynthia were incomparable.. John was a wild and troubled young man. His mother died when he was about 14 years old and he was very distraught about it. His dad deserted him when he was young. He cut school and hung out with young tough guys on the street and he certainly could have ended up in jail along with a lot of them. He was lucky that he channeled some of his anger and waywardness into forming a band and performing in night clubs even though there often would be brawls and violence during those performances in those night clubs.
Cynthia herself was living in that society in which things were changing and a lot of young people were rebelling and taking drugs and having one night stands etc.
She just did not have a chance.
Yes she was attractive, intelligent and a class act. Julian is a great guy also, also a class act.
I met Cynthia once. She was such a soft spoken, kind woman. One of the best moments in my life.
Julian has a lot of his Mom in him. Bless.
LOOK AFTER YOUR MUM JULIAN, SHES A DIAMOND
Dick Carpenter unfortunately she died.
@@barbarawebb7185 Julian!?
Fergal Hughes Julian’s mother Cynthia Lennon died.
@@barbarawebb7185 Did I write that? I must've meant something else. I should've shut my mouth/thumb!?
Cynthia was such a beautiful woman and such a wonderful mom. She outlived so much pain... She survived his physical agressions, being abandoned by John during thier marriage and the way he abandoned Julian after their divorce. A strong and beautiful woman indeed, Rest in Peace Cynthia, you raised a good man.
What physical aggressions.. she said he slapped her once when they were teenagers
@No free speech in YTube regime; we deserve better I hear ya.. the Lennon bashers are getting on our nerves... He was never an angel but he was a decent guy who could have taken all his money hid out in a huge castle like most celebrities do and did and said nothing..like most celebrities do..... and it was money of course that he earned did not inherit .. instead he tried to use his platform for promoting peace... He admitted all his flaws and even over exaggerated them when he was high during interviews .. he was more honest and revealing about himself than any celebrity I've ever known and I'm 62 now.... He fell out of love and got a divorce like millions of people have done and remarried the person who turned out to be the love of his life... We all know about his relationship with his two sons and some of the reasons why things turned out the way they did with them... He never received renumeration for his peace efforts not did he ask for any... The world was a much brighter better place when John Lennon was around.. he changed in his life and became a man of peace from less than peaceful beginnings.. I respect that.. I'm not a man of peace .. I tried to be be but I realized the world is full of too many morons... Lennon should have known we would never have a peaceful world.. I know it
Why did she stay with him, beating women isn’t love by anyone’s standards and then abandonment??? Never understood
this obsession with John Lennon.
Such a nice lady she was...so deep and honest
Cynthia had a beautiful heart & raised an awesome son. Yoko could never measure up to Cynthia.
karma will show up on their kid
Etta James But he is objectively accurate with his statement.
@Etta James REALLY disgusting what Yoko and John did to his son. It's perfectly fine to compare women or men what are you even talking about?
@Etta James ah yes, hypocritical at it's finest. Comparing women? No no no. Comparing men? Yes yes yes. That's how your comment sounds like
@Etta James You sound like a sexist idiot and you're not helping your case at all. Stop now, you're giving feminism a bad name
Cynthia seemed like a really honest, kind, classy lady. Not to mention she was gorgeous. John Lennon’s loss.
2:33--she was so adorable when she tried to explain her sudden jealousy when the girl stroked John's head. So cute lol. Such a sweet spirit and gentle voice she had. God rest her precious soul.
Cynthia's character shows through. What a lovely human being.
I meet her many years ago I work in a hairdressers in London she used to come in such a lovely lady this was around 1971🌹🇬🇧
What a lovely experience for you ,sweet memory
"Of course I love him! We don't change love" Tears come to my eyes when I listen to this. Thanks for the example.
The better mrs Lennon
I believe that Cynthia was a person full of inner grace, strength, and dignity. She loved John for himself. RIP sweet lady.
This is the first time I have ‘ever’ heard her voice. Considering all that has happened with the Beatles and John and Yoko and his death. I’m just taken by how gentle she is, how loving she sounds. She must have been a lovely and intelligent person in life. No wonder he fell in love with her ‘all those years ago.”
....at 06:30 ...'of course I love him, of course I love him - I love John as I loved him ...you don't change love - there's no reason on Earth why I should hate him...and it's sad....''
She didn't had a choice but to divorce him but she still love deep inside even he hit her she knows its her fault.
no it's really Yoko she's a witch
Hey Freebird0964 A REAL man walks away and does NOT strike a woman.
Ik cried ! Do you know when This was filmed ?
Yeah ,John im not standing up and saying John actually made the right decision with choosing his mate but people makes choices they choose with being right ,wrong ,etc !! Oh without a doubt Paul McCartney is a multi talented musician with being a top notch songwriter as well ! I just liked John's style , personality and preferred his penned material !! Paul on the other hand is one great writer and can play about any instrument in existence !! I'll admit I just liked the person that John Lennon was with an imagination you're born with to pen historical lyrics as he did !! I consider Merle Haggard the greatest song writer to ever walk the face of the earth !! It's a matter of opinion
Imagine being one of the first people to ever hear John, Paul and George sing together, as she described? Holy smoke. "It was special."
“Behind every successful man is his wife. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually the other woman.”
- Mark Twain
…Not always. But more often than is visible at first sight.
What a brilliant quote. Thanks.
Fantastic quote
Cyn really got the short end of the stick, didn't she? Very sad to watch this, especially as she gets emotional in their old house.
The woman is driving around in a Jaguar, and you're saying she got the short end of the stick?
@@DavidJones-wz2wg so what if she's driving around in a jaguar?
@Michael H.
i think when time goes by and you think what life was like with a person who left so severely, how could that not be devastating? Sometimes one' emotions get the better of them. No problem there.
David Jones “Money Can’t Buy Me Love.”
Michael H. Oh I should, should I?
John was the kind of guy who is always searching for something he already has but he's never aware of this.
And addiction medicine they call that ‘the geographical cure’. The myth that ‘the grass is greener on the other side’.
John was an idiot for this. He should've never married Cynthia in the first place, he didn't wanna hurt her but he should've seen it coming that he would her hurt more along the way. I think John was homosexual and found love in Yoko because she looked like a man. He should've found himself a nice boy like Stu
Something I can never have by nine inch nails rings a bell.
@@Kelvinack lol ok
@@Kelvinackyou are weird
Oscar Wilde - 'Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.'
He didn't think he had a future when he was dying and seemed too proud or too guilt ridden to repent.
None of you know the future of all us sinners! It's not what you think in the religious doctrines of mankind. The truth is God will have all spirits reconciled to Him!
Well said timeriderx. And love can be found in the Oxford dictionary between A & Z. And the Soul is as a white bird wheeling ever sunward, ever sunlit..
@@timeriderx What you`ve just said is what some early Christians believed.
God wants everyone to come to repentance. The Orthodox Church believed and continues to believe that there is no such thing as individual salvation.
Karma!! Do good onto others and good karma will come to you
Do wrong and bad karma will find you. It’s the law of the universe!
Hate to be a contrarian but i think that Cynthia is more intelligent, more talented and a better woman/person than Yoko.
Yoko is a devil
Cynthia is so lovely and so incredibly talented. I still don't know what he was thinking leaving her to be with yoko....
Jib Wangler well if yoko didn't exist in john Lennon's life this wouldn't be happening right now or didn't killed they're telling the truth mate no reason to protect yoko
Jib Wangler just ignore haters u wasting ur time for fighting them just stay out of these video its about Cynthia not yoko
Jib Wangler is it Yoko’s amazing singing voice that you love? She is such a talented vocalist! Do you think that?
Thank you for sharing 😢 I think Cyn and Julian are one of the saddest stories in the Beatles history.
May this wonderful woman RIP.
poor cynthia. god bless her soul.
Wish she would have remarried a nice guy to love for the rest of her life.
She's great. Don't pity her.
Fascinating, sweet, elegant Cynthia.....true love story of her love for John Lennon.....love her dignity
Nathalie Ellington, when did she die?
@@terry4137 2015
he was a bad boy who preferred a bad girl to be bad with.....he grew into a whole different person than Cynthia once knew. She was better off without him, whether she knew it or not. She never forgot the "old" John.
@@vikkinicholson2300 exactly, though John and Yoko fed off each other's negativity and it made John spiral out of control. Cynthia stabilized him; Yoko encouraged his wild side and turned him batshit crazy. You can see how thrill and the appeal of running free would make John so attracted to Yoko Ono, but Cynthia grounded him and helped him function optimally. Had John stayed with Cynthia, he probably wouldn't have got as bad as he did.
@@Potatopot724He would probably still be alive.
I always thought highly of Cynthia but now I do even more.
I was deeply saddened to learn of her passing, for Julian especially. Great woman who raised a great son.
I think Cynthia was the only woman who loved John Lennon, the man. Not “Beatle John”, the mega rock star, but the quirky, middle class kid from Liverpool, who pretended to be working class, because it seemed cooler in his mind. The guy who didn’t have a pot to piss in, nor a window to throw it out of. Sad that in all the madness he couldn’t see that himself. You can hear the heartbreak in her voice, even all those years later. RIP Ms. Powell.
Fair points but love is blind.. it sounds like he got married because of the baby like millions of men and women do.. yoko was the one big love of his life.. like her or not
@@manny4552 No, John married Cynthia because he loved her. They'd been together for 5 years at that point and emotionally she was his rock. John was eager to take it to the next level. Birth control was only by condom at that point in time so if anyone mess d up it was John. When they found they were expecting a child, Cynthia said he didn't have to marry her. But John said NO, HE WANTED TO MARRY HER, HE LOVED HER. John also complained to his sister about Aunt Mimi's attitude, saying, why doesn't she understand, I LOVE HER!! This revisionist story that he 'had' to marry her was PR stuff concocted by Ono.
@@charwest9449 it's likely he loved her but he was not madly in love with her... And John even said they got married because of the kid... Just like millions of people do
@@charwest9449 it was an unplanned pregnancy... And there are millions of them too
@@manny4552 so, it wasn't planned, but they were in a long term committed relationship -- and Cynthia gave him options. She wasn't the one pressing for marriage. He was.
My heart hurts for Julian. To basically, not have his dad around as he was growing up is so sad. I understand about John being away when the Beatles were just getting started. However, when they stopped touring, in 1966, Julian was only 3 years old. John could have made an effort. If not for Julian’s wonderful mom, Cynthia, Julian could have become a very bitter and angry young man. Later, when John retired so he could stay home to raise his second son, Sean, the emotional pain Julian had to have felt is heartbreaking. It must have been so hard for her to witness the hurt that her son was going through. She did an excellent job in raising her son. I hope she knew that.
Nicer than Yoko - not difficult - bet she could sing better than Yoko too....lol.
Classy lady.
my cat can sing better than Yoko.
Yes, Lady Cynthia can sing. Look up the song 'Those Were The Days'--she did a remake of that song in 1995. She was such a sweet, pretty, gentle, talented, friendly, and humble woman. And that was a threat to a certain person who wanted everything she had. And took it away.
@@vikkinicholson2300 - I was just going to comment my dog can sing better than Yoko. Let’s just say pets in general can out-sing Yoko.
Any fucker can sing better than yoko, total idiot
Cynthia was billions time better than that screeching yoko.
This literally made me cry!!! Cynthia was such an amazing lady💗 Rest In Peace Cynthia and Johnny🕊🌸
Me, too.
She seemed like a thoroughly decent and kind person
John Lennon did never know, what love is, a poor man
The ending always gets me. 😭
She was Amazing one of the smartest women I. Showbiz
Cynthia Lennon Fan what an utterly incredible beautiful woman. The epitome of class. I believe John was such an angry wounded person he had to lash out punish anyone good enough and pure enough to love him. He was a brilliant tortured soul. Julian thank God has inherited the sensitivity and class of his mother. But how wonderful he inherited his fathers great talent and perhaps his emotional intensity. A beautiful loving soul.
John hurt Paul too. He degraded him publicly when they split. Really hurt Paul. John needed to part angrily.
Rest in peace Cynthia.
Thank you, Cynthia, for telling us what John Lennon was like, as a person, Yoko Ono might screeched like a cat. You were THE best, genuine, honest, respectful, and heartfelt Mrs Lennon. RIP John, and Cynthia Lennon. 😥
Cynthia, a very elegant, beautiful, and articulate woman. RIP lovely lady.
I love John as I loved him. What a beautiful line. She speaks poetically
I will never understand what he saw in that horrid Yoko.
Kindness was not the quality he valued most.
If John loved Yoko then that's enough for me
He saw what he wanted to see a bossy woman.he said he needed a strong woman, said Cynthia was not. He really was blind if he thought that.glad Paul saw the man Jillian was going to be.he was right Jillian turned out be good man he loved his brother..he had a better heart than his father..n.j-.
@@neitajames6029 Just to let you know, John's son was JULIAN, not Jillian. :-)
@@CupidStunt72 really, he cheated on cynthia with yoko.thats ok with u?
She was wonderful and had a lot of class. RIP Cynthia.
Born September 10.
I loved this woman. She was so strong. She got mistreated so bad by him and she never stopped loving him right up until the day she died.
IF JULIAN ever reads things like this......I just lost my mom....and after seeing this - you had a BETTER mom than dad. Your dad got World acclaim and was an awesome songwriter.....but Cyn was an incredible human....God Bless her soul.....so happy to see this!
CLASS... I can't say more!
I still wonder how John could leave a lovely woman like Cynthia for someone like yoko....
johnattan goodboy Cynthia wasn't just with him for fame
Harsh but... possibly one of the realest statements
Yoko was quite a bit older. Probably wanted a mother figure. He calle her mother
Chantelle Adlington John was a bad father and husband.
Chantelle Adlington how could she be? She was with him years before he became famous
God bless Julian. He had an amazing mom
Totally Classy lady.A heart of treasure,and spirit.That is the meaning of love.
What a neat person Cynthia was. I liked how she and her girlfriend got the giggles recalling those younger days and that she doesn't deny or try and erase the fact love was there and still kept hold of the truth of love. Love in your heart far outweighs all the bad. I like her outlook and honesty and excellent way she brought up her Julian who adored and lovingly protected his Mom.
It's estimated Yoko is worth 600 million dollars. And she wouldnt give anything to him. What a rot.
WOW, so very emotional to watch. She still loved him, after everything. That's a fantastic lady.
Or a dumb one.
What a kind gentle, charming lass.
this is a beautiful interview and makes me feel deeply for Cynthia and all that has happened.
Much respect and love for Cynthia ... Wish her and Jude the best of the best ... BLESSINGS.
I think yoko ono never truly loved John Lennon but rather his fame.
They were both eccentric, and the only ones who really know what their relationship was about.
Kai Carter I think you are both idiots who incredibly think they more about John & Yoko than they did themselves. Unless you are both psychic and or telepathic, you are both talking out of your arses.
tdunlopmusic Right, because you are a bloody mind reader and know what they both thought. Of course, if you are less than 40 you’d have to be an effing psychic to.
tdunlopmusic Me nasty, I’m not the one being an ignorant bitch about Yoko Ono Lennon. Studied up, probably read books by so called expert biographers that had no contact with anyone who knew John or Yoko, so basically regurgitated the same old gossipy bullshit written by other complete nobodies.
Bad influence? John Lennon produced music that many argue is the best work he’d ever made whilst with this bad influence. John Lennon himself said if he hadn’t been so selfish musically he’d have insisted Yoko be co credited as songwriter on many of his best songs. He said that about the song Imagine, but of course you know better than the man himself. Whether you like it or not, John Lennon made it very clear that Yoko inspired him artistically and politically. Perhaps you don’t like the direction that took him, so like a lot of ill informed nasty little nonentities, you chose to make it all Yoko’s fault. Thing is, by the time they met John Lennon was a fully grown self aware man, not some stupid infatuated child that could be persuaded to do things he didn’t want to. That is basically saying Lennon was weak willed, easily influenced and incapable of doing what he wanted to do because he was being manipulated somehow by Yoko.
The absolute bottom line is that John loved Yoko. He was inspired by her and wanted to be with her. When he decided he needed time out and wanted to spend it as a house husband looking after Sean, Lennon trusted Yoko implicitly and handed her control of his work and his fortune. As it happens Yoko was and is extremely savvy when it comes to business and she is credited for substantially increasing that fortune even though no new music was forthcoming.
Anyway, I’ve wasted more than enough time responding to your trite drivel. You won’t believe a word of what I’ve written because it won’t suit your personally biased attitude towards Yoko. Haters have to hate even if it does make them look like nasty little nobodies.
Just in case you do bother to be open minded, I’ve copied part of an article for you that discusses this Yoko broke up the Beatles bollocks. It is people who knew the Beatles, John & Yoko. It includes some of Paul McCartney’s comments on the matter. Hopefully you’ll believe McCartney, but it wouldn’t shock me to find you disagree and claim Yoko conned Paul into sayIng what he did.
[ Rumours have swirled since 1969 that Yoko Ono caused the Beatles break up. But the former wife of John Lennon may finally be off the hook.
Despite decades of feuding, Sir Paul McCartney has recently come to Ono’s defense to set the record straight.
“She certainly didn’t break the group up. I don’t think you can blame her for anything,” he said in an interview, which first aired on the Al Jazeera English TV channel in November, adding that Lennon was “definitely going to leave.”
McCartney even credited his former band mate’s widow for her creative inspiration, which led to Lennon writing the legendary tune “Imagine.”
“When Yoko came along, part of her attraction was her avant garde side, her view of things,” he continued. “She showed him another way to be, which was very attractive to him. So it was time for John to leave.”
So will McCartney’s revelations be enough to clear Ono’s name from blame?
“John was just tired of the band’s unhealthy rivalry and wanted to go his own way. Yoko’s source of inspiration gave him the courage to face change,” Suzannah Galland, whose family had strong ties to Lennon and Ono via her Uncle, the late comedian Marty Feldman, concurred. “This is how we cherish and remember John Lennon, the great legend.”
Joe Levy, editor of Billboard, echoed that Ono’s name should be cleared.
“Of course Yoko's not to blame. Any fan who thought so was just someone who couldn't accept, as John Lennon put it on his first solo album, that the dream was over,” he explained. “The blame won't disappear because of this - just like Paul being alive doesn't stop high school kids from looking for ‘Paul is dead’ clues - but it should.”
And according to Los Angeles-based music producer Jonathan McHugh, much like any 15 plus year relationship, people grow apart.]
Yoko didn't love John, if she did she would not have set him up to go screw her friends, she did it just to keep him tied to her so she could carry on getting the money and exposure
I love John but how he treated Julian and Cyn in later life is just abominable
How he treated himself??
145 likes for a comment that makes no sense at all? Baffles my mind...
John is Julians first name. John Charles Julian Lennon.
Wher you there 😂😂😂😂🖕✌️
R ✌️✌️✌️✌️🤣 no. but there’s plenty of source material to research.
What an amazingly beautiful and thoughtful woman.
Cynthia was always a class act right to the end a lovely person . The end she talks about it being spooky gave me chills.
"There's no reason on Earth for me to hate him" Wow ... what a kind gentle woman.
Cynthia truly deserved better, what a beautiful and caring woman 💐💐💐 she will be missed loads 🌹🌹🌹🌹😢😢😢 R.I.P Cynthia Lillian Powell
A very lovely and genuine lady. I'm a huge Lennon fan, but he blighted Cyn's life. RIP
What a sweetheart Cynthia is... I feel that leaving Cynthia was John's biggest mistake.....but life has a way of changing people...
I really admired The Beatles since I was in my high-school days 'til now, but just like Cynthia & Julian life story, I think we' re in the same boat.. It's so sad, what we did? We turn on to GOD & ask for devine guidance to Obey God's law.... I'm living with peace & joy with my kids. Tnx God 🙏myb Phil 🙋😘
Life didn't change John...the drugs did...notice he didn't treat Yoko like he did Cynthia, NO...because she was the boss...I felt he saw Yoko as a mother figure.
Beautiful Lady. Imagine there's no Yoko.
Imagine there's no Yoko, it isn't hard to do lol.
I'm not read up on the details of everyones individual & interactive stories,
& I wasn't there for what happened. I do understand that Cynthia exudes a warm kind alive brilliance, a genuine modesty.. Even in UA-cam preserved moments, if I had to choose a friend in a lifeboat or a stuck lift, someone to get out of any difficulty mutually trusting, acting for all to make it, Cynthia would get my vote. Yes, we all have to step away from our Earth roles, physical bodies. Yes, I do realize that She has become Julian's angel, in a different role/way @÷ She
is beauty-full, uplifting & inspiring even in a film. She had a great good nature, good humored Lady. I love how she dreamed of being an artist, a creative, & was strong, deserving of limelight, true loving, her happy share...she was all that herself, generous & well wishing, honorable ambience.
I've been a Julian fan for since whatever year that I sat up, having discovered his music, his Tonight Show first appearance...now his photos, that are so focused...tunnel & floral & mountain shades all lit....Im happy with his musical evolution, & more so Impressed with his Personhood. How you live your time here, well, it's In the Key of Smiles (my song, song tribute here).
It's an all around amazing story of stories, everyone's so distinctive. The brothers..Well, I stayed up watching Sean's showy music videos, shortly after I found that Jullian can sing & play, song write oh Yeahs! Then I found Sean's productions so different from Jullians..lol, I don't normally short my night's sleep, to absorb music. These guys are both that good. How they sprang up wasn't from nowhere/no place. I am just not informed about major & minor details. Cynthia just makes my whole face/being smile. She is the definition of "great" & "good person", this admirer is nodding y-e-s @-8- TY.
I am aware that Yolo also has suffered losing John, that is, she had to choose to hold on, or would she let go, before & after he was shot.
I have read some of her writing, her very early history, from her big creative book, at the
Moma. Yoko choreographed a work for PBS, which aired in the last millennium. She also has appeared here in there, & I won't detail all. She relied on chocolate, heart broken one lasting time, & tears.
Sometimes, we just don't know. Sometimes, we just need to be kind & be careful, whatever the world does, however we are able to.
So, Idk any of these people except as I see them presented. I like to think that I am discerning, & I do have my own ideas, & that includes that everyone has shared their talents. I'm a creative, so that is powerful, in my appreciation.
I do wish people, all of us could always be & do the best for & by everyone. But ah, yes, the plot thickens, for now.
We all have our views. Good luck to the lovers..good growth, sun reaching, enjoying...in moments.
I don't think I could even if I tried!
"Its easy if you try"
It's easy if you try.
She was a lovely woman; very genuine and real. RIP Cyn.
Cynthia Was A Real Lady.
May She Rest in Peace.
God Bless.
Of all the countless Beatles documentaries I think this is the most insightful , entertaining and moving I have seen...
Cynthia loved John when he was a nobody. Yoko chased after a Beatle.
Great Observation
No she didn’t??? I thought this was common Beatles fan knowledge. Yoko knew nothing about them except that ringo meant Apple in Japanese
@@elizabethbarajas8614 thats what she said, and yet Paul said she'd come around to his house before she'd met John so that was a lie
@@Potatopot724 whose house? were you there?
@@elizabethbarajas8614 yes she did knew who they were before.
_Her first contact with a member of the Beatles was when she visited Paul McCartney at his home in London to obtain a Lennon-McCartney song manuscript for a book John Cage was working on, Notations. McCartney declined to give her any of his manuscripts but suggested that Lennon might oblige. Lennon later gave Ono the original handwritten lyrics to "The Word"_
A fact that has been confirmed many times.
I love how Cynthia tells the story of her and John and remembers all the little details. I also have an ex who I remember every detail about even now.
May Cynthia RIP! I hope her and John have reunited in some way now.
Hello Elizabeth,
How're you doing?
Your comments concerning my mom caught my attention and that is why I am reaching out to you,Thank you.
It's nice meeting you here🌹
@@julianlennon...Sorry, but I don’t think the real Julian Lennon takes the time to reply to people’s comments on social media!
She's wonderful
A TWIST OF LENNON, by Cynthia is a great book. I felt it gave the true account of John's life. And who would know better than Cynthia. RIP sweet Cynthia.
I READ BOTH HER BOOKS .
Her john book has note details. She wrote the other book while john was alive & I believe he threatened a law suit but unfortunately you cant sue when someone is telling the truth & if he could not prove otherwise u have no leg to stand on. He wrote her such a nasty note after the book. Saying " we had a few good times but the marriage was long over before yoko . U asked me when u came to California to get u pregnant so julian could have a sibling & I turned u down & was so embarrassed by that ridiculous request. If u truly want to put the Beatles behind u do so. Regards mrs twist " I highly doubt cynthia would ever ask john while he was with May to get het pregnant. He also wrote " we had a few good times " really john in a 10 year relationship a few good times? Is that why u wrote her all those obsessive letters writing I love u over & over like 100 times in one letter ? Or how crazily possessive he was of her ? Or how he would make her stay with him til the very last bus came at 1am. Or how he for years demanded all of her time & attention or he would throw tantrums ? He would jump off the stage if any guy danced near her at the cavern club & threaten to kill the guy. This letter was pure yoko & I'm sure the pregnancy thing was just to embarrass her bc seeing how cynthia is how timid she was during the divorce I dont believe for a second she would ask him.to give her another baby. John was a liar & yoko tried to destroy any person john was close to. During the recording of how do u sleep yoko would giddily run over & have viscious insults of paul & John. Would add to them & laugh. Ringo who was drumming for the recording finally lost it & told john " enough john! I'm embarrassed how u are acting like a kid in the playground attaching paul like this. " so a lot was left out & it was still very viscious. He wanted to leave in the line " how do u sleep u cunt " which is on imagine. Paul did nothing to john . But that's how john is when he ends a relationship he is viscious. Probably the guilt. He also did this to may pang. He went to a party elton john threw & john called her horrible names & lunged at her to attack her & elton threw him out of the party.
The truth always hurts. But Leave the dead to the dead.
@@randeepkaur3814 I 7:09 7:09 7:09
She was holding back tears at the house, revisiting memories...what a strong wonderful woman, Julian is blessed having her as a
mother way more than having John as a father...RIP.
@Julian Lennon I'm doing good, and hope you are too, thank you for your reply...
@Julian Lennon I replied on your post about you being more blessed for having Cynthia as your mother than having John as a father....
@Julian Lennon I think you replied to check out your UA-cam channel and email.
Cynthia. Pure class
Cynthia Powell is a beautiful, dignified, perseverant, and patient lady. I always admire her sense of dignity, patience, and perseverance in the spite of the fact that she and Julian were being treated poorly by John. I hope Cynthia could rest in peace.
Very brave lady to go back to a place of fond memories!
Or maybe the pay check had something to do with it.. LMMFAO
Cynthia and Julian had the enormous good sense to stay away from that 50th Anniversary TV special a few years ago.
What a nice and good hearted lady. Humanity needs more like her.
...at 06:30 ...'of course I love him, of course I love him - I love John as I loved him ...you don't change love - there's no reason on Earth why I should hate him...and it's sad....'' - a truly moving statement she made here. What a great interview! Like reading a book, she made you feel like you were right there reliving the moments with here and John. John, what were you thinking man???
There's an edit to add "and it's sad".
In the biz we call that a Frankenbite! Constructing dialogue from unrelated bits of sentences.
That's a very true observation. They certainly took bits from different statements and strung that one together. It would be interesting to see what she was actually and specifically saying "and ti's sad" to.
That was the problem Greg...he wasn't thinking...if he was he wouldn't have looked twice at Cruella Deville...he was putty in her hands and I still say to this day she only had Sean to take away Julians inheritance, I read Julian only got £.20.000. And that was years after John died....disgusting. @Greg Christopher.
@@Irene-qe5hu yes, that is sad
What a sweet lady she was... very proper. In many ways she was really too good for John, yet - at the same time - she simply didn't fit into his lifestyle either, especially after the extreme fame. Julian takes after her, he seems to be such a nice person. The whole story of John, Cyn and Julian is so sad.
...such a faithful woman, she still loved him even though he ditched her for another woman. She is very decent woman with a strong character.
Love and miss you Cynthia R.I.P.!!!!!!!!😢
what a lovely person, Cynthia - what a lovely presentation! Thanks much
hearing Cynthia speak of John, it's like my history with my first husband is echoing her experiences. Yes, "of course I love him", struck a chord with me and my unwanted experiences.
John should have stayed with Cynthia.
Thank you for sharing this lovely, moving video. Life can be so precious and yet, so cruel. Perhaps it always is. I'm not sure, but I agree. Love is forever.
Always liked Cynthia. Its a shame things turned out as they did but I bet she was still glad they met. She could never have envisaged what an incredible ride she's was in for but I bet she would have still loved John just as much without all that. A lovely lady.
The goodness, the beauty, the charm, the pureness of Cynthia Powell, obviously just wasn't enough for John. Whatever it was he was still looking for he found it in Yoko Ono. Another one of life's mysteries.
Sad, I for the life of me, how John could love someone like yoko!! Cynthia, is such a beautiful lady.
Cynthia out classed John and he knew it. He was a mutt.
Heartbreaking for Cynthia and Julian, the forgotten people that loved John and whom Yoko tries to erase even to this day.
Truth be told
You don't change love! What a beautiful sentiment to express. Thank you Cynthia R.I.P
Just read her book “John” he was a total bastard to her. What John and Oko did to her and Julian in the end was sick and disgusting.
MissyB 75 what did they do?
Mirren Sawyers John really was a bastard. Yoko is not only one of the weirdest people to ever walk the earth, but she is quite the douche bag herself. Do your own investigation, form your own conclusions. I’m just giving my opinion
Les Thomasson Oh I know what they did, personally I’m not a fan of Yoko. The things she has done like publish the sunglasses John wore when he got assassinated and sell things off Julians will but I was just curious as to what you thought. I have to agree she was a very weird person. I never understood what John saw in her.
@Leroy B Yoke came from a wealthy Japanese family, it wasn't for the money. Maybe she jist loved him ?What
In the end they both changed who they were and regretted there actions from the time
what a beautiful woman....this made me cry and this does not happen often...love you cynthia.....you are the best...
It's truly hurts, Cynthia seems very kind. If I were John, I would stay together with Cynthia no matter what.
When John and Yoko were living in a million dollar home, Cynthia and Julian were living on the British equivalent of welfare. John had a herd of dairy cattle. They paid $350,000 for one cow, to add to their collection. You can see some of these cattle in the video, " Jealous Guy ". He was a genius, but a real shit of a person...
He was a musical genius but as a man he was a real a---hole
@@mariaelenarodriguez3081 I agree with both of you. It's sad because before I knew of John's ways I liked him, when I was younger. As I grew I disliked him. He's a piece of shit like ginger Baker.
I feel so sad for Cynthia. Yoko can’t compare to the woman CYnthia was. I’m stunned at the stories I’m reading in these comments about the final days of the Beatles. The Beatles came along during my teenage years and they were the best. Wonderful memories.