@paulmccartneyloveful John will never be replaced. I feel so bad for Sean and Julian. Even though many people think Yoko is at fault for breaking up the Beatles.. (i used to think that) John fell in love. and i hope wherever he is right now, he ok, RIP John Lennon. We will always remember and love you. The Beatles music will live on forever.
Honestly, if he was playing for his father, who the fuck should go against that? Its JOHN LENNON'S SON DAMNIT. I think he has the right to do that instead of some shit Beatles tribute bands whom have never met a Beatle.
Hey Sean - you are a fat spoiled little shit that can't sing.
You bad-mouthed John and now you're doing a back peddle like a faggot and saying hes great.....yeah whatever.
fuck off and die - you suck, your "music" sucks and will NEVER sell, your mother is a fucking whore and Julian got fucked over by you and that ugly cunt of your mother.
@darynfreeman He does have some good points, though. Julian didn't get treated very well by Yoko. It wasn't up until 2009 that Julian received some of John's money by fighting through the courts in endless legal battles with Yoko. Julian even to THIS DAY has to buy all of his father's possessions back with the only money he has. Why? Because Yoko sold everything of John's to keep all the money to herself, or give all of the money and possessions to Sean on a silver platter. Julian got nothing.
@MrTEHCOMEDIAN i really feel sorry for u maybe u should chill a bit or take therapy because john lennon is dead u should NOT decide whats bad or good for him because its not ur life idiot well anyways i hope u realize someone should splat the fuck out of u so now u can make more sense of life FYI - you dont know what it is to be a musician neither do i but it must be a heck of a crazy life because of people like you
Heres the thing. A lot of children try to emulate their fathers, if the father has an impact in their lives. So what if he wants to be like his father? Most kids do.
You are a very talented man in ur own right, it must be so difficult to live ur life being John Lennon's son (many doors may be open to you that wouldn't have been if you were born Joe Smith) I think it must be all the more difficult trying to be a musician and always being compared to ur father as well as frustrating. Keep it real and do ur own thing Sean <3
i dont know why ppl judging his music and compeares him to his father? First of all he is not JOHN, he is SEAN, second of all, just let him play his music not his dads.
He is so well spoken, and he too, like Julian, has a sad undertone. I was the same age as Sean when my father was killed and it does mark your soul. I wish him well and rolingstonesgirl is right - they all deserve peace.
@kikelambs Wow, you are just SAD and your statements rather ignorant and empty! Some of Lennon's best work rests in his post Beatles work and that is what shines with his beauty and honesty! Unlike today's phony garbage!
fuck all the Lennon haters..Sean misses his dad! if you were only 5 when you lost your dad and your dad was a musican dont you think u would wanna follow in his footsteps and sing and play guitar. hes not trying to be exactly like him. he misses him so just leave him alone. hes a brilliant musican and so was his dad
i am in tears right now,listening to him explain his main reason for his interest in music, which he says is his only way to be reconnected to his father... so sad.
@flakbac John Lennon was rich? Must have been all the money he got when his Mum got run over. Or did his Mum's work as a waitress really do that well? flak should be flake.
I feel bad for Sean. When he was 5 his dad was shot. Nothing is worth more than my fathers life. I couldn't imagine having lost him at 5.
On top of that everything Sean does is criticized. He knows how much people hate him just because his music isn't as good as his fathers. They call him fake and insincere even though they don't know him and there's nothing he can do about it.
@DeadJ0ker27 Well he could go get a minimum wage in a call centre and stuggle to pay his rent, like many other people. I'm pretty sure if his only connection to music was his mum career, his life would be a lot more frustrating
@DeadJ0ker27 Yeah and that sucks for him, but at the same time, being Lennons son, opens far more doors for him than most people in his country. He is financially secure for life, probably gets more women than youve ever seen, and can pretty much do anything he wants in his life, travel the world, start a business try new things. Better life than you or I.
And so is the case for so many other celebrities or people who were born into wealth.
I don't feel bad for him in a great sense like he's a starving child. I'm well aware his life is better than mine.
It's just that every Sean Lennon video I go on most comments are from people who hate him because he's rich and doesn't make music as nearly good as his father.
@DeadJ0ker27 I do think Sean is a good musician and has made some good music but in many instances lacks the creativity in his song writing to match John's. I think a lot of that comes from not having the childhood and pain John had. Sean lost his father and I don't claim to know how that feels or what else his childhood brought, but John lost his father, mother, uncle (who was essentially a stepfather) and best friend along the way. Sean still had loving mother and limitless money and fame.
@bearfan83 But I think Sean does have a lot of nice music and I don't think he cares too much about whether its popular. He knows it will never be as good or as popular as his dads but I don't think that was his motivation in becoming a musician. This interview sheds some light on his motivations.
@DeadJ0ker27 I also always felt bad for Julian, because he never got the chance for his father to really get to know him. He was born with Beatlemania, had to got through the divorce of him and Cynthia, and never really seeing his father till May Pang started getting the two together more often, and then when they were starting to really build a relationship he was shot. Yes still tragic though to lose your father at 5, but as for Julian always felt bad for him a little more.
That must mean you're a fly, with an insatiable appetite for feces. You're all over him all over Youtube. What is the source of your obsessive hatred for this young man? Please consider therapy. You seem like a Chapman type.
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I personally find Sean's music endearing. Julian as well. Funny, since I heard their music first before listening to John's work. And even then, I only know a few of his solo work as compared to his work in the Beatles. Eh, everyone has their preferences I guess.
im just glad he isnt just focused on like his fathers son, he shys away from using that as a stepping stool and for that you have to respect him, and he seems like a down to earth person
I also don't know to much about Sean, however, he seem's like a nice guy and I know his dad would have been very proud of him When I do see Sean perform I think he is a talented person nd intelligent as well
Yellow Submarine was written by Paul. You have enough money you don't need a Career!!....I really don't think you'd make it musically on your own with out his name. But don't feel bad...most don't. I'm sure it's hard to be his son.
My father fell ill when I was 14 and died when I was 18... I think young men who loose their fathers unwittingly fall into a category of psychological development that is totally unique (girls too). "Normal" people who don't experience this loss can only understand this transformation academically. Over the years I've met guys who lost their fathers before they came of age and something inside them is stunted at the age of this death. This defines us because all human beings are just layers.
John would be proud of/on both his sons. They are very talented and good persons. I have seen Sean - warm speakingvoice also! - playing the Beatles-hit 'Julia' and it was wonderful. His own songs are very good too. It must be very difficult for a musician to have a father who had worldfame like no other. I can imagine Sean communicates with his father by playing music. Thank you, Sean!
Thank You Sean for the interview. I lost my dad 10 yrs ago and I always feel he is looking down in heaven. I was in Northeasrtern Univ when your dad dies. My English teasher Mr Chritian never was the same he diesd 2 yrs later from alcholism. take vare Frank-Boston,ma.
He is honestly so talented <3 He really is. To be honest, Sean, got me into The Beatles! Which is a strange way to go about it because usually you'd dig a little deeper after knowing about The Beatles.
Sean Lennon is his own man just like John Lennon his Dad and Yoko Ono his mother and I love and admire gifted artist all my life like little children and adults as we all are universally unique and authentic human beings and that is incredble to me. I love you, Leah Gomez. ((*J*))
@LonlyHeartsClubBand do you in your opinion think Yoko has or had any talent>? I listened to one of the Yoko Ono Plastic Bands records way back and I really couldnt stand it. I havent heard of ANY records by Sean (not saying that there arent any) but really I never saw him in the public eye like that as a musician. Julian tho since the 80's has had a lot of good songs. I guess like all things its just a matter of ones personal opinion tho :P
@LonlyHeartsClubBand PS Julians mom had no talent so just cause John did doesnt mean that both his kids inhereted talent........ but like I said Yoko omg no no talent she has about as much talent in singing as I do which is none really but all that matters is shes ok and living her life I just feel so bad for Julian Sean Yoko and John what a tradgedy that was I still remember that day like it was just yesterday
You don't get out of life's struggles just because you're rich. You still love, yearn, get sick, get rejected, mourn, die. We all got that in common. Being rich can smooth the way, and but also make some people not pursue their inner light--but extreme poverty can do that too. People whining about the silver spoon and being judgmental are keeping themselves back more than anyone else.
Quote from Sean: "He was a counterculture revolutionary, and the government takes that kind of shit really seriously historically. He was dangerous to the government. If he had said, 'Bomb the White House tomorrow,' there would have been 10,000 people who would have done it. These pacifist revolutionaries are historically killed by the government. Anybody who thinks that Mark Chapman was just some crazy guy who killed my dad for his personal interests is insane, I think, or very naive."
@LongLiveOx I'd love to hear more about that. Because I completely agree. His death was some left over job, probably scheduled some 9 or 10 yrs before. It did'nt happen then. Was forgotten about, but never crossed off the list. The 70's was too hot. Too much light shined on those guys. Or posibly his protection on the inside was dropped, maybe after the election. It suited the enviorment of the times. RR was shot at 4 months later.
@LongLiveOx Well, I guess the only question to ask out of that is if Mark David Chapman did kill John Lennon for the government than what did Mark have to gain from it? A life in prison? The whole world hating you and wanting to kill you? I mean what did Mark gain from it.....I bet you don't have a legitimate answer to that most basic question......you'll come up with an answer... but it won't make sense.
@Flipper79able I agree with you on this point. But in the interest of playing devil's advocate, I think it is possible that he could have been conned into thinking he would get the fame and recognition he craved, or even that he was convinced of these cravings. But even that does lead to another question: why would he stay silent all these years once he realized he got screwed on the 'deal' he expected? There could be fear of injury to his family, but he seems too crazy to hold such rationale.
@LongLiveOx so,Chapman was somehow sent to put a hit on lennon by the government,is that the direction this quote[if its a quote]?.i guess im insane then ,or im just naive,because i dont believe that at all,its not the way it was imo.
@LongLiveOx My question is then, why would they (the government) have waited until 1980 to assasinate him? Just curious, no disrespect intended. He was a fine musician, artist, I enjoy his music, Beatles and after.
@LongLiveOx - I was an adult in 1980 unlike Sean and was a life long Beatles fan and I can tell you John Lennon was about as politically important to people as Sting is now. He'd left the music scene for years and most people thought of him and this slightly dotty shut in living with nutty Yoko. He had just released a new album that had nothing political to say and it didn't even make the top 40 until he was murdered. Mark Chapman was just some nut job like the guy that stabbed George.
@WillShakespeare2007 - Then why was the FBI tracking him? And why did the U.S. government try so desperately to deport him? And why was he shot one month before Reagan (and Bush Sr.) were inaugerated? Look up "Mark David Chapman and World Vision" and maybe that will change your opinion of Lennon's murder. Chapman was really living high on the hog, for someone who was supposedly unemployed. People being naive is what allows these kinds of things to go on.
@LongLiveOx - He had an FBI file as he had been part of the Peace movement in the late 60's early 70's and they tried to deport him in 1972. By 1980 John Lennon was just an old drug addict rock star not some great youth leader. Punk had been and gone and he was no one politically. Seriously if you lived through this era you would know how stupid this sounds. His new album had nothing political and he couldn't even get that in the top 40. He has become this legend since his death.
I've noticed something that makes John and Sean very similar. John loved his mother, Julia, so much and when she was killed he immersed himself in music and guitar playing as this was something they both were passionate about and she was the one to help him learn the guitar and encouraged him- and this probably made him feel closer to her after she'd died. Now, to hear Sean saying music helped him feel closer to his dad makes me feel very emotional :')
@KissmyEyesj Wow, that's an amazing connection I never thought about. And there are a lot of very eerie cycles in that family. Julian, John's elder son, lost his father at the same age John lost Julia- and right when they were getting very close.
Losing your father when you are a child,regardless of who you are is traumatic and long lasting. I lost my dad when I was 2. I have no memory of him whatsoever and had to work through a lot of repressed emotion. I will be 50 in June and still have feelings of being cheated. From what family and friends have told me about my father I realize that he was a good guy and made people laugh. I missed out on his life. How do you think Sean Lennon must feel? Continued...
why does the rank of a songwriter depend on unusual chord structures or obscure technical abilities? i think simplicity is greatly underrated. what makes a great song? to me, it's something that moves me. if something is technically proficient but emotionally unmoving, it fails for me.
It doesn't at all. I guess a better way to say it is that I think that Sean is more technically gifted as a songwriter in terms of music theory and the laws of music so to speak, but I think that John is a natural born songwriter. Like the gift was just... there. Not that it wasn't with Sean or anything, but I feel like Sean is more academic in his approach to songwriting whereas John was more based on intuition and feel. Does that make sense?
@NeilFraudstrong I wanted to disagree with your original post but I like the way you worded it here better. John was a musical genius. Genius' cant study or learn to be, they're born with it. Its in their skin, like a Zebras stripes. Seans probably not but still talented. Johns stuff is more original, soulful, honest, sexy, primal, raw, artistic. One can learn complex chords and inversions and labor w/ it, stringin them together in many many permutations, many different odd orders and timings.
Although I'm a massive Beatles & John Lennon fan I never knew much about Sean Lennon , but he seems a very nice down to earth young man . His dad would have been proud of him no doubt his mum is .
I met Sean in 2006 after he performed a show in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but he's very nice and very humble. Some people brought up the whole "I just loved your Dad" thing or The Beatles and he got a bit clammed up, but he was very nice.
It was kind of weird though because I absolutely loathe his mother (I don't want to get into that debate here), but you shouldn't blame or hold prejudice against the kids for the faults of their parents.
@NeilFraudstrong Really? I didn't know that you met Sean a few years ago. That's wonderful that Sean was very nice and humble to you and other people. :) And you're right. We shouldn't blame or judge kids because of the mistakes and faults of their parents.
It does bring tears to my eyes that he lost his father so young. His father adored him, too, as we all know. I'm glad he has a relationship with Julian. No doubt they can both see a bit of their dad in each other. Both so very talented in their own right.
People are going to vote this comment down I bet, but Sean is a better songwriter than John on a technical level. Sean uses a lot of unusual chord structures and a lot of unusual chord changes which makes him a better songwriter on a technical level. John is still the better songwriter, but John was a master of using a hook and a catchy rhythm which formed the basis of his great songwriting. They're actually two completely different songwriters, but both are great songwriters
@NeilFraudstrong But he's a product of a time which has songwriters in general using more complicated structure, the beneficiary of thousands of writers who have advanced songwriting (from a 'musical' or 'technical' standpoint) by leaps and bounds since his father's time. The fact is that much of what Sean writes is pretty ordinary, all things considered. John spearheaded changes in rock music which still influence absolutely every writer in popular/indie rock, whether conscious or otherwise.
@NeilFraudstrong yes he is,but you have to consider all thats happened in music since the fab four ran the game.he has alot of musical knowledge to draw on.the beatles helped form and flesh out much of that knowledge.
@NeilFraudstrong Really?? Wow! Technical doesn't mean "better"?! Unusual chord structures and changes doesn't mean" better "?! It's these types of comparisons that show how moronic people are and how little they actually know, but feel the need to share their idiotic critique with everyone. Good job dumbing down the human race.
Whoa dude, calm down. It wasn't a critique. Maybe if you had actually read what I said then you would understand what I actually said. Way to fly off the handle for no reason.
@NeilFraudstrong Stop making ridiculous comparisons if you don't want to hear an opposing realistic view!You can't compare a copy to the original,in essence Sean IS a copy.Whatever he does musically is only variations of John therefore any comparison is rubbish.I'm sorry you don't get that and want to let everyone know about your ability to hear the differences in chordal complexities,it still doesn't override the minor resolving to a major cadence which is what John contributed to pop music.
@NeilFraudstrong Are you serious? Sean is a silver spoon victim, that got doted in the extreme. "beautiful,beautiful, beautiful boy, (high piched wobbly voice).
Love is beautiful, but doting ain't the answere.Great art comes only out of struggle or suffering (more or less)Alright....losing a loved dad is suffering too.
But who want's to hear the noodlings of a bored multi miljonaire ? I'd stick my hand in fire , you wouldn'have given this one iota of attention ,had this been Sean Johnson.
@NeilFraudstrong - I've been around songwriting most of my adult life now, and I truly believe that complexity of structure, thru greater knowledge has little or no place whatsoever in art. Simplicity is everything and paradoxically, simplicity of melody derived from ignorance, is the preserve only of the TRUE genius - ie. Lennon Snr. N. Young, McCartney, Dylan et. al.
I think that this goes both ways. For instance, Sean has great melodies and great song structure and thus great songs. However, Yngwie Malmsteen is, technically speaking, a brilliant guitarist and musician, but his songs feel flat and lack emotion. John wrote "simple" songs (technically speaking), but they were more genius than anything ever written in the history of rock music. It's like I said, they are two different songwriters, but both do (and did) what they do well.
@NeilFraudstrong Hi, you say Sean is technically a better songwriter than John. Can you give me an example of a song where that is the case? Preferably a song I could find on youtube. Thank you.
@NeilFraudstrong I don't fully disagree but I would note that it was more Paul who wanted all the added "hooks" and pop formula, more than John, who was a bit more gritty and artsy. Sean on the other hand has spent his life trying to be a great musician, whereas John was naturally an innovative new artist. Apples and oranges, even if they are blood.
@NeilFraudstrong i see what you mean,but don't forget there was no real pop music background in the 50's and 60's when john taught himself to play music and write his own songs,there wasn't so many different music streams like today that could influence you in terms of new harmonies,structures,lyrics,guitar tone,new recording process ,production..that's why lennon was a genius cause he actually invented all that with the beatles..had Lennon not existed we would still listen to skiffle today.
@NeilFraudstrong I see that you're spreading your nonsense on this comment page too. The most complex chord structures of "ANY" song by a Beatle was created by Jon Lennon. & that song would be "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"...Much more complex than "Anything" Sean has put out.
@NeilFraudstrong I know this is old but I just had to point out that John's structure's were unusual for their time. Such things are totally subjective and The Beatles are the ones who made them normal. The musicologist Alan W. Pollack's analytical work on their early songs is plenty evidence for how original the structure of their stuff was.
@NeilFraudstrong he really isn't any better than john. More advanced chords are nothing if you can't make a good song from them, and bingo - that's Sean. John could easily look at those chords too, but i bet the difference would be that he could make something out of them, but good songwriting = not having to reinvent the wheel while making great music that people enjoy hearing.
@plotchickens With respect I feel the same as Fraudstrong about Sean - his songwriting is pretty advanced. He has definitely had some classical training and is a really accomplished musician. John always acknowledged that he himself was a 'primitive' musician, no worse, no better, just different. Yes, John could write something simple and very catchy, but you should check out Sean's album Friendly Fire - there are many examples there of complex chords AND good songs!
@divinedgar OK, this is what you have to understand, I have never heard one Sean Lennon song played ever, whereas Julian Lennon gets plenty of airplay when he has a song out. This indicates that Julian is the superior songsmith and perhaps Sean should let it go. Just because daddy was a genius doesn't mean one has to follow suit.
@rosine101 no, it doesn't. again, airplay has nothing to do with how good a songwriter is.
i could name dozens of great artists and songwriters that don't receive any airplay. yet crap such as katy perry or lady gaga is all over the airwaves. are you saying they are better because of it?
no, they have simple, over-formulaic songs that are as hollow and predictable as can be. that is why they are popular.
@divinedgar John Lennon had tons of airplay. Are his songs formulaic and hollow? I think not. Now, if someone of Sean's status cannot provide music that is at least artistically AND commercially viable then he should think about letting it all go. Perhaps a job in a supermarket or car wash?
@divinedgar This is exactly why Yoko is still around. There are always those people with bad artistic taste who support "artists" such as Sean and Yoko.
Lennon and other great artists of the time earned airplay through great work. This was when radio stations were largely independent and a disc jockey selected songs his listeners wanted to hear. Now a couple companies own all media, and content is thoroughly controlled. Quite frankly, the people controlling the content that is available do not want you to hear the likes of Lennon, or Bob Marley, or anyone who presents a form of consciousness opposed to their agenda. Hence, Gaga.
I really like Sean a lot. I view him as his own artist and try not to compare him to his father because it isn't quite fair. John, to me, is simply incomparable to any artist. But Sean is extremely talented and so musical and melodic. I have enjoyed every one of his albums, but especially "Friendly Fire." I also am digging the one he just released with his girlfriend Charlotte. There voices are LOVELY together. This is a really sweet interview, and it makes me sad.
really nice sentiments. I think sean has started to make amazing music with his partner Charlotte. We saw glimpses of it early on on songs like Parachute, but now he has really found his own voice and is making some music which I love just for its own sake. I hope he makes lots more. Of course John Lennon's music lives on in the, lyrics, chord arrangements etc of almost every good artist who has walked into a recording studio in the last 30 years. But Sean has found his own sound and niche.
Hello sean if you are reading this i am sorry for your loss. right now i am crying this man was amazing i never met him or never could but if i could ever speak to him i would say "Im with you and millions of others are with you every step"
it's fuuny, all these terrible comments, on a video about john's son and him.... seems wrong dont you think? love and peace....... RIP JOHN
paulmccartneyloveful 9 hours ago
@paulmccartneyloveful John will never be replaced. I feel so bad for Sean and Julian. Even though many people think Yoko is at fault for breaking up the Beatles.. (i used to think that) John fell in love. and i hope wherever he is right now, he ok, RIP John Lennon. We will always remember and love you. The Beatles music will live on forever.
rollerskating123 7 hours ago
American accented?! But it doesn't matter. Lennon for the win.
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The last time John Lennon saw his father he was five years old...it's so wierd how things work out.
Chelsea31Dawn 5 days ago
The last time John Lennon saw his father he was five years old...it's so wierd how things work out.
Chelsea31Dawn 5 days ago
i think his stuff is great
chachee15 1 week ago
Honestly, if he was playing for his father, who the fuck should go against that? Its JOHN LENNON'S SON DAMNIT. I think he has the right to do that instead of some shit Beatles tribute bands whom have never met a Beatle.
JustinDavidPierce 1 week ago 2
if he doesnt make music to get attention what is he playing for
come on dude, follow ur diet
hegemoniuspiper 2 weeks ago
Hey Sean - you are a fat spoiled little shit that can't sing.
You bad-mouthed John and now you're doing a back peddle like a faggot and saying hes great.....yeah whatever.
fuck off and die - you suck, your "music" sucks and will NEVER sell, your mother is a fucking whore and Julian got fucked over by you and that ugly cunt of your mother.
MrTEHCOMEDIAN 2 weeks ago
@MrTEHCOMEDIAN
Classless - Clueless & without Credibility!
Your Opinion is viewed as less than .05 percent of those who know better!
Just not a Creditable word you spoke! YOU'VE JUST BEEN SCHOOLED kid!
Now be off with ya!
sptsoffl 1 week ago
@sptsoffl schooled? by whom, you?
keep sucking that fat shits dick you little faggot and fuck off
its tools with no taste like you that keep little spoiled talentless shits like Sean "I am a faggot with no talent" Lennon in business
You probabley think Yoko is a "great artist"
LOLOLOL fucking pathetic
MrTEHCOMEDIAN 1 week ago
@MrTEHCOMEDIAN what are you, 12?
darynfreeman 1 week ago
@darynfreeman He does have some good points, though. Julian didn't get treated very well by Yoko. It wasn't up until 2009 that Julian received some of John's money by fighting through the courts in endless legal battles with Yoko. Julian even to THIS DAY has to buy all of his father's possessions back with the only money he has. Why? Because Yoko sold everything of John's to keep all the money to herself, or give all of the money and possessions to Sean on a silver platter. Julian got nothing.
choobuka 1 week ago 5
@MrTEHCOMEDIAN Wow do you have a dark heart. i actually feel sorry for you.
dakotajoman 4 days ago
@MrTEHCOMEDIAN i really feel sorry for u maybe u should chill a bit or take therapy because john lennon is dead u should NOT decide whats bad or good for him because its not ur life idiot well anyways i hope u realize someone should splat the fuck out of u so now u can make more sense of life FYI - you dont know what it is to be a musician neither do i but it must be a heck of a crazy life because of people like you
kitty22605 3 days ago
I will support Sean, no matter what.
Danhtran1122 2 weeks ago
My dad died when I was 5.. :/ it sucks..
Gibson1961SG 2 weeks ago
Heres the thing. A lot of children try to emulate their fathers, if the father has an impact in their lives. So what if he wants to be like his father? Most kids do.
TimAyro 2 weeks ago
What a beautiful reason to make music,i see johns beauty lives on in Sean. xx
RaeRae914 4 weeks ago
You are a very talented man in ur own right, it must be so difficult to live ur life being John Lennon's son (many doors may be open to you that wouldn't have been if you were born Joe Smith) I think it must be all the more difficult trying to be a musician and always being compared to ur father as well as frustrating. Keep it real and do ur own thing Sean <3
jitterbug121 1 month ago
i dont know why ppl judging his music and compeares him to his father? First of all he is not JOHN, he is SEAN, second of all, just let him play his music not his dads.
TheBymickis 1 month ago
Julian is the better Lennon son.
choobuka 1 month ago
he sounds like yoko.
Atomicflash500 1 month ago
Music is a fantastic conduit...couldnt be a better method to stay in touch with his father.
tctctctc4 1 month ago
He is so well spoken, and he too, like Julian, has a sad undertone. I was the same age as Sean when my father was killed and it does mark your soul. I wish him well and rolingstonesgirl is right - they all deserve peace.
michele3bt 1 month ago
siento que es muy pretencioso en realidad si quiere parecerse a su padre
iibaan 1 month ago
why the hell do people come on such sweet videos and leave hate commons?
yeah youre cool....
you losers have no idea.
The Lennon Family deserves peace <3
rollingstonesgirl99 1 month ago
I'm glad Sean is not making anything stupid, like john did.
I love john but in his Beatles heyday, but after that john was really bad!
kikelambs 1 month ago
@kikelambs Wow, you are just SAD and your statements rather ignorant and empty! Some of Lennon's best work rests in his post Beatles work and that is what shines with his beauty and honesty! Unlike today's phony garbage!
mrfrogbutt1 1 month ago
@kikelambs You're calling Imagine and Jealous Guy bad? I think a lot of people would disagree.
c4r50n1 1 month ago
John Lennon was of was his time, his children are just that, his children.
GodfreyTempleton 1 month ago
sean is a rich spoiled brat PAY MORE TAXES YOKO LENNON KING OF THE WIMP GENERATION
flakbac 1 month ago
fuck all the Lennon haters..Sean misses his dad! if you were only 5 when you lost your dad and your dad was a musican dont you think u would wanna follow in his footsteps and sing and play guitar. hes not trying to be exactly like him. he misses him so just leave him alone. hes a brilliant musican and so was his dad
harrypotterfan11ver 2 months ago 4
@harrypotterfan11ve Music ability often comes in the Genes.
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RaunchyRocker 2 months ago
i am in tears right now,listening to him explain his main reason for his interest in music, which he says is his only way to be reconnected to his father... so sad.
tessabela 2 months ago
make your own life, you'll never be like your dad
hotmn4u 2 months ago
@hotmn4u No one has to be like their dad, yet genectics plays a large part, it connects up a person. They are good in all their different ways.
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seans a rich little mamas boy wimp just like his ole man
flakbac 2 months ago
@flakbac so why are you watching this if you hate them?
zombiewalrus666 2 months ago
@flakbac
why the fuk are you trolling on lennon vids,this the 3rd video ive seen you
xtremanater321 2 months ago
@flakbac John Lennon was rich? Must have been all the money he got when his Mum got run over. Or did his Mum's work as a waitress really do that well? flak should be flake.
DRBragg 2 months ago
I think Sean is a great guy who had a great dad...
Dicky2219 2 months ago
It's always the same. The most brilliant people never give birth to children who can go on and eclipse them.
raceching 2 months ago
WHy am I not allowed to vote anymore?
anael169 2 months ago
Sounds like an American, higher-voiced John...
Wrathmont313 2 months ago 54
@Wrathmont313 Exactly what I was thinking, it's scary...
melleh92 2 months ago
@Wrathmont313 Not even close...more like an American Yoko. Julian sounds like John.
britbrighton 2 months ago
@Wrathmont313 Well he was born in NY.
GirlMax 1 month ago
@Wrathmont313 he is american..NYC
mattyblues101 1 month ago
@Wrathmont313 he was born in New York anyways.
HaifischDoktor 1 month ago
If this guy was not Lennon son at this moment he would saying " Would you like fries with that " along with his equally worthless mother.
blueticecho 2 months ago
@blueticecho his mom was already an artist before sean
barrow29 2 months ago
@blueticecho LMAO!!!
britbrighton 2 months ago
I feel bad for Sean. When he was 5 his dad was shot. Nothing is worth more than my fathers life. I couldn't imagine having lost him at 5.
On top of that everything Sean does is criticized. He knows how much people hate him just because his music isn't as good as his fathers. They call him fake and insincere even though they don't know him and there's nothing he can do about it.
Must be a frustrating life.
DeadJ0ker27 3 months ago 83
@DeadJ0ker27 Well he could go get a minimum wage in a call centre and stuggle to pay his rent, like many other people. I'm pretty sure if his only connection to music was his mum career, his life would be a lot more frustrating
lynus111 2 months ago
@lynus111
Fact is his dad was John Lennon and he was shot when Sean was 5.
DeadJ0ker27 2 months ago
@DeadJ0ker27 Yeah and that sucks for him, but at the same time, being Lennons son, opens far more doors for him than most people in his country. He is financially secure for life, probably gets more women than youve ever seen, and can pretty much do anything he wants in his life, travel the world, start a business try new things. Better life than you or I.
lynus111 2 months ago
@lynus111
And so is the case for so many other celebrities or people who were born into wealth.
I don't feel bad for him in a great sense like he's a starving child. I'm well aware his life is better than mine.
It's just that every Sean Lennon video I go on most comments are from people who hate him because he's rich and doesn't make music as nearly good as his father.
DeadJ0ker27 2 months ago
@DeadJ0ker27 Thats just you tube, im sure he's enjoying his life.
lynus111 2 months ago
@DeadJ0ker27 I do think Sean is a good musician and has made some good music but in many instances lacks the creativity in his song writing to match John's. I think a lot of that comes from not having the childhood and pain John had. Sean lost his father and I don't claim to know how that feels or what else his childhood brought, but John lost his father, mother, uncle (who was essentially a stepfather) and best friend along the way. Sean still had loving mother and limitless money and fame.
bearfan83 1 month ago
@bearfan83 But I think Sean does have a lot of nice music and I don't think he cares too much about whether its popular. He knows it will never be as good or as popular as his dads but I don't think that was his motivation in becoming a musician. This interview sheds some light on his motivations.
bearfan83 1 month ago
@bearfan83
Sean isn't nearly as good as his father in my opinion.
It's hard for anyone to compare to John, though. Most musicians wouldn't like being forced to compete with John Lennon all the time.
DeadJ0ker27 1 month ago
@DeadJ0ker27 I also always felt bad for Julian, because he never got the chance for his father to really get to know him. He was born with Beatlemania, had to got through the divorce of him and Cynthia, and never really seeing his father till May Pang started getting the two together more often, and then when they were starting to really build a relationship he was shot. Yes still tragic though to lose your father at 5, but as for Julian always felt bad for him a little more.
rockstar6302 1 month ago
@rockstar6302
Agreed. I think Julian had it worse and went through alot more pain than Sean.
DeadJ0ker27 1 month ago
that s an ugly , not ridiculous voice.
myrddinistheshit 3 months ago
@VictoriousTrojan who does? Whats ur point?
carrier3232 3 months ago
@plotchickens
That must mean you're a fly, with an insatiable appetite for feces. You're all over him all over Youtube. What is the source of your obsessive hatred for this young man? Please consider therapy. You seem like a Chapman type.
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peopledick 3 months ago
HE IS JUST LIKE YOKO >:(
kaitlinan 3 months ago
articulate & heartfelt...
acousticguitarfan 3 months ago
@MrStratoStrut He is NOT a genius. Let's leave it at that.
rosine101 3 months ago
@rosine101 I PREFER JULIAN
zombiewalrus666 3 months ago
@zombiewalrus666 Julian is definitely the talent of the two.
britbrighton 2 months ago
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Um, Sean is pretty awesome so I don't agree with you. They're BOTH talented.
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REBELANGELISM 3 months ago
I personally find Sean's music endearing. Julian as well. Funny, since I heard their music first before listening to John's work. And even then, I only know a few of his solo work as compared to his work in the Beatles. Eh, everyone has their preferences I guess.
prodigyoftheyear 3 months ago
im just glad he isnt just focused on like his fathers son, he shys away from using that as a stepping stool and for that you have to respect him, and he seems like a down to earth person
airfaith 4 months ago
I also don't know to much about Sean, however, he seem's like a nice guy and I know his dad would have been very proud of him When I do see Sean perform I think he is a talented person nd intelligent as well
jitterbug121 4 months ago
This is beautiful.
maybetomorrow11217 4 months ago
Yellow Submarine was written by Paul. You have enough money you don't need a Career!!....I really don't think you'd make it musically on your own with out his name. But don't feel bad...most don't. I'm sure it's hard to be his son.
PatrickWysocki 4 months ago
<3
fabfourgroupie 4 months ago
yea it is sad. move on.
pbrick6301 4 months ago
My father fell ill when I was 14 and died when I was 18... I think young men who loose their fathers unwittingly fall into a category of psychological development that is totally unique (girls too). "Normal" people who don't experience this loss can only understand this transformation academically. Over the years I've met guys who lost their fathers before they came of age and something inside them is stunted at the age of this death. This defines us because all human beings are just layers.
D26J68 4 months ago
John would be proud of/on both his sons. They are very talented and good persons. I have seen Sean - warm speakingvoice also! - playing the Beatles-hit 'Julia' and it was wonderful. His own songs are very good too. It must be very difficult for a musician to have a father who had worldfame like no other. I can imagine Sean communicates with his father by playing music. Thank you, Sean!
holyjohn1000 4 months ago
Sean is cool.
22heloise22 4 months ago
He.is.so.hot.
condensedblackbeans 4 months ago
Thank You Sean for the interview. I lost my dad 10 yrs ago and I always feel he is looking down in heaven. I was in Northeasrtern Univ when your dad dies. My English teasher Mr Chritian never was the same he diesd 2 yrs later from alcholism. take vare Frank-Boston,ma.
frank02111 4 months ago
He is honestly so talented <3 He really is. To be honest, Sean, got me into The Beatles! Which is a strange way to go about it because usually you'd dig a little deeper after knowing about The Beatles.
LonlyHeartsClubBand 4 months ago
Sean Lennon is his own man just like John Lennon his Dad and Yoko Ono his mother and I love and admire gifted artist all my life like little children and adults as we all are universally unique and authentic human beings and that is incredble to me. I love you, Leah Gomez. ((*J*))
LeahsLegacy19569 4 months ago
Sean Lennon is not talented. Julian is
jerzeytpke 5 months ago
@jerzeytpke How can one of his sons be talented, and one not. They both are. I think you're just going by Sean not have talent by his mother, Yoko.
LonlyHeartsClubBand 4 months ago
@LonlyHeartsClubBand do you in your opinion think Yoko has or had any talent>? I listened to one of the Yoko Ono Plastic Bands records way back and I really couldnt stand it. I havent heard of ANY records by Sean (not saying that there arent any) but really I never saw him in the public eye like that as a musician. Julian tho since the 80's has had a lot of good songs. I guess like all things its just a matter of ones personal opinion tho :P
jerzeytpke 4 months ago
@LonlyHeartsClubBand PS Julians mom had no talent so just cause John did doesnt mean that both his kids inhereted talent........ but like I said Yoko omg no no talent she has about as much talent in singing as I do which is none really but all that matters is shes ok and living her life I just feel so bad for Julian Sean Yoko and John what a tradgedy that was I still remember that day like it was just yesterday
jerzeytpke 4 months ago
You don't get out of life's struggles just because you're rich. You still love, yearn, get sick, get rejected, mourn, die. We all got that in common. Being rich can smooth the way, and but also make some people not pursue their inner light--but extreme poverty can do that too. People whining about the silver spoon and being judgmental are keeping themselves back more than anyone else.
Neverever325 6 months ago 2
Great to know this from his point of view!!
volkwino 6 months ago
I wonder if John was still alive, he would have more of an English accent...
FIARband 7 months ago
Sounds like a nice guy .
kilroy1963 7 months ago
Quote from Sean: "He was a counterculture revolutionary, and the government takes that kind of shit really seriously historically. He was dangerous to the government. If he had said, 'Bomb the White House tomorrow,' there would have been 10,000 people who would have done it. These pacifist revolutionaries are historically killed by the government. Anybody who thinks that Mark Chapman was just some crazy guy who killed my dad for his personal interests is insane, I think, or very naive."
LongLiveOx 7 months ago 30
@LongLiveOx I'd love to hear more about that. Because I completely agree. His death was some left over job, probably scheduled some 9 or 10 yrs before. It did'nt happen then. Was forgotten about, but never crossed off the list. The 70's was too hot. Too much light shined on those guys. Or posibly his protection on the inside was dropped, maybe after the election. It suited the enviorment of the times. RR was shot at 4 months later.
jake1052003 3 months ago
@LongLiveOx Well, I guess the only question to ask out of that is if Mark David Chapman did kill John Lennon for the government than what did Mark have to gain from it? A life in prison? The whole world hating you and wanting to kill you? I mean what did Mark gain from it.....I bet you don't have a legitimate answer to that most basic question......you'll come up with an answer... but it won't make sense.
Flipper79able 3 months ago
@Flipper79able I agree with you on this point. But in the interest of playing devil's advocate, I think it is possible that he could have been conned into thinking he would get the fame and recognition he craved, or even that he was convinced of these cravings. But even that does lead to another question: why would he stay silent all these years once he realized he got screwed on the 'deal' he expected? There could be fear of injury to his family, but he seems too crazy to hold such rationale.
MrStonesword 3 months ago
@LongLiveOx so,Chapman was somehow sent to put a hit on lennon by the government,is that the direction this quote[if its a quote]?.i guess im insane then ,or im just naive,because i dont believe that at all,its not the way it was imo.
dempsey981 3 months ago
@LongLiveOx My question is then, why would they (the government) have waited until 1980 to assasinate him? Just curious, no disrespect intended. He was a fine musician, artist, I enjoy his music, Beatles and after.
hubbaman9885 2 months ago
@hubbaman9885 maybe because he was getting back into the public eye with the release of double fantasy. before that he hid away for five years
meghanxreneex33 2 months ago
@LongLiveOx - I was an adult in 1980 unlike Sean and was a life long Beatles fan and I can tell you John Lennon was about as politically important to people as Sting is now. He'd left the music scene for years and most people thought of him and this slightly dotty shut in living with nutty Yoko. He had just released a new album that had nothing political to say and it didn't even make the top 40 until he was murdered. Mark Chapman was just some nut job like the guy that stabbed George.
WillShakespeare2007 2 months ago 2
@WillShakespeare2007 - Then why was the FBI tracking him? And why did the U.S. government try so desperately to deport him? And why was he shot one month before Reagan (and Bush Sr.) were inaugerated? Look up "Mark David Chapman and World Vision" and maybe that will change your opinion of Lennon's murder. Chapman was really living high on the hog, for someone who was supposedly unemployed. People being naive is what allows these kinds of things to go on.
LongLiveOx 2 months ago
@LongLiveOx - He had an FBI file as he had been part of the Peace movement in the late 60's early 70's and they tried to deport him in 1972. By 1980 John Lennon was just an old drug addict rock star not some great youth leader. Punk had been and gone and he was no one politically. Seriously if you lived through this era you would know how stupid this sounds. His new album had nothing political and he couldn't even get that in the top 40. He has become this legend since his death.
WillShakespeare2007 2 months ago
Well, you look a lot like him buddy! :)
AirsoftCentralTV 8 months ago 9
@AirsoftCentralTV you fancy him ;)
sean2kk8 3 months ago
@AirsoftCentralTV a lot like his mother as well
sarabower1 3 months ago
fuck u mark david chapman u left this boy with out a father gross
jamesnoahearvin32 8 months ago 3
@jamesnoahearvin32 More like two boys without a father. MDC should be ashamed of what he done.
Gabreya 7 months ago
can you tell me a great song sean has out?
siguy923 8 months ago
I've noticed something that makes John and Sean very similar. John loved his mother, Julia, so much and when she was killed he immersed himself in music and guitar playing as this was something they both were passionate about and she was the one to help him learn the guitar and encouraged him- and this probably made him feel closer to her after she'd died. Now, to hear Sean saying music helped him feel closer to his dad makes me feel very emotional :')
KissmyEyesj 9 months ago 3
@KissmyEyesj Wow, that's an amazing connection I never thought about. And there are a lot of very eerie cycles in that family. Julian, John's elder son, lost his father at the same age John lost Julia- and right when they were getting very close.
lalalives 8 months ago
Losing your father when you are a child,regardless of who you are is traumatic and long lasting. I lost my dad when I was 2. I have no memory of him whatsoever and had to work through a lot of repressed emotion. I will be 50 in June and still have feelings of being cheated. From what family and friends have told me about my father I realize that he was a good guy and made people laugh. I missed out on his life. How do you think Sean Lennon must feel? Continued...
094340 11 months ago
OH please get a real job bum. quit being a freeloader. get a job at wal mart that would of made your dad happy to.
dogdogdogdogdog889 1 year ago
if he had a liverpool accent he'd sound like john
halloweenfan92 1 year ago
How beautiful!
johncgusky 1 year ago
why does the rank of a songwriter depend on unusual chord structures or obscure technical abilities? i think simplicity is greatly underrated. what makes a great song? to me, it's something that moves me. if something is technically proficient but emotionally unmoving, it fails for me.
jasonnwest 1 year ago
@jasonnwest
It doesn't at all. I guess a better way to say it is that I think that Sean is more technically gifted as a songwriter in terms of music theory and the laws of music so to speak, but I think that John is a natural born songwriter. Like the gift was just... there. Not that it wasn't with Sean or anything, but I feel like Sean is more academic in his approach to songwriting whereas John was more based on intuition and feel. Does that make sense?
NeilFraudstrong 1 year ago
@NeilFraudstrong Sure, but I don't think an academic approach to doing something necessarily equates to somebody being better at a craft/art.
jasonnwest 1 year ago
@NeilFraudstrong I wanted to disagree with your original post but I like the way you worded it here better. John was a musical genius. Genius' cant study or learn to be, they're born with it. Its in their skin, like a Zebras stripes. Seans probably not but still talented. Johns stuff is more original, soulful, honest, sexy, primal, raw, artistic. One can learn complex chords and inversions and labor w/ it, stringin them together in many many permutations, many different odd orders and timings.
flowerdoodle 1 year ago
Sean is one of the greatest people on earth. He is a down to earth kind and caring person. Sean keep doing what you are doing!
zukolover666 1 year ago 2
Although I'm a massive Beatles & John Lennon fan I never knew much about Sean Lennon , but he seems a very nice down to earth young man . His dad would have been proud of him no doubt his mum is .
Albert18264 1 year ago 100
@Albert18264
I met Sean in 2006 after he performed a show in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but he's very nice and very humble. Some people brought up the whole "I just loved your Dad" thing or The Beatles and he got a bit clammed up, but he was very nice.
It was kind of weird though because I absolutely loathe his mother (I don't want to get into that debate here), but you shouldn't blame or hold prejudice against the kids for the faults of their parents.
Sean's a great musician and person.
NeilFraudstrong 1 year ago
@NeilFraudstrong Really? I didn't know that you met Sean a few years ago. That's wonderful that Sean was very nice and humble to you and other people. :) And you're right. We shouldn't blame or judge kids because of the mistakes and faults of their parents.
Gabreya 7 months ago
@Albert18264 I think so too <3
molnvit 6 months ago
It does bring tears to my eyes that he lost his father so young. His father adored him, too, as we all know. I'm glad he has a relationship with Julian. No doubt they can both see a bit of their dad in each other. Both so very talented in their own right.
urthcreature 1 year ago 2
@MrStratoStrut
People are going to vote this comment down I bet, but Sean is a better songwriter than John on a technical level. Sean uses a lot of unusual chord structures and a lot of unusual chord changes which makes him a better songwriter on a technical level. John is still the better songwriter, but John was a master of using a hook and a catchy rhythm which formed the basis of his great songwriting. They're actually two completely different songwriters, but both are great songwriters
NeilFraudstrong 1 year ago 31
@NeilFraudstrong But he's a product of a time which has songwriters in general using more complicated structure, the beneficiary of thousands of writers who have advanced songwriting (from a 'musical' or 'technical' standpoint) by leaps and bounds since his father's time. The fact is that much of what Sean writes is pretty ordinary, all things considered. John spearheaded changes in rock music which still influence absolutely every writer in popular/indie rock, whether conscious or otherwise.
anndeesavage 1 year ago
@NeilFraudstrong yes he is,but you have to consider all thats happened in music since the fab four ran the game.he has alot of musical knowledge to draw on.the beatles helped form and flesh out much of that knowledge.
3lullabies 1 year ago
@NeilFraudstrong Really?? Wow! Technical doesn't mean "better"?! Unusual chord structures and changes doesn't mean" better "?! It's these types of comparisons that show how moronic people are and how little they actually know, but feel the need to share their idiotic critique with everyone. Good job dumbing down the human race.
doobiewannabe 11 months ago
@doobiewannabe
Whoa dude, calm down. It wasn't a critique. Maybe if you had actually read what I said then you would understand what I actually said. Way to fly off the handle for no reason.
NeilFraudstrong 11 months ago
@NeilFraudstrong Stop making ridiculous comparisons if you don't want to hear an opposing realistic view!You can't compare a copy to the original,in essence Sean IS a copy.Whatever he does musically is only variations of John therefore any comparison is rubbish.I'm sorry you don't get that and want to let everyone know about your ability to hear the differences in chordal complexities,it still doesn't override the minor resolving to a major cadence which is what John contributed to pop music.
doobiewannabe 10 months ago
@doobiewannabe
lol k
NeilFraudstrong 10 months ago
@doobiewannabe dude...so unchill.
tashlosung 10 months ago
@tashlosung dude... so 90's with the slang.
doobiewannabe 10 months ago
@NeilFraudstrong Are you serious? Sean is a silver spoon victim, that got doted in the extreme. "beautiful,beautiful, beautiful boy, (high piched wobbly voice).
Love is beautiful, but doting ain't the answere.Great art comes only out of struggle or suffering (more or less)Alright....losing a loved dad is suffering too.
But who want's to hear the noodlings of a bored multi miljonaire ? I'd stick my hand in fire , you wouldn'have given this one iota of attention ,had this been Sean Johnson.
PAULLONDEN 6 months ago 2
@NeilFraudstrong - I've been around songwriting most of my adult life now, and I truly believe that complexity of structure, thru greater knowledge has little or no place whatsoever in art. Simplicity is everything and paradoxically, simplicity of melody derived from ignorance, is the preserve only of the TRUE genius - ie. Lennon Snr. N. Young, McCartney, Dylan et. al.
BobbyKempBigBand 6 months ago
@BobbyKempBigBand
I think that this goes both ways. For instance, Sean has great melodies and great song structure and thus great songs. However, Yngwie Malmsteen is, technically speaking, a brilliant guitarist and musician, but his songs feel flat and lack emotion. John wrote "simple" songs (technically speaking), but they were more genius than anything ever written in the history of rock music. It's like I said, they are two different songwriters, but both do (and did) what they do well.
NeilFraudstrong 6 months ago
@NeilFraudstrong Hi, you say Sean is technically a better songwriter than John. Can you give me an example of a song where that is the case? Preferably a song I could find on youtube. Thank you.
tomthefunky 5 months ago
@NeilFraudstrong I don't fully disagree but I would note that it was more Paul who wanted all the added "hooks" and pop formula, more than John, who was a bit more gritty and artsy. Sean on the other hand has spent his life trying to be a great musician, whereas John was naturally an innovative new artist. Apples and oranges, even if they are blood.
BrokenBard 5 months ago
@NeilFraudstrong i see what you mean,but don't forget there was no real pop music background in the 50's and 60's when john taught himself to play music and write his own songs,there wasn't so many different music streams like today that could influence you in terms of new harmonies,structures,lyrics,guitar tone,new recording process ,production..that's why lennon was a genius cause he actually invented all that with the beatles..had Lennon not existed we would still listen to skiffle today.
frenchytouch 5 months ago
@NeilFraudstrong I see that you're spreading your nonsense on this comment page too. The most complex chord structures of "ANY" song by a Beatle was created by Jon Lennon. & that song would be "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"...Much more complex than "Anything" Sean has put out.
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NeilFraudstrong 5 months ago
@NeilFraudstrong I know this is old but I just had to point out that John's structure's were unusual for their time. Such things are totally subjective and The Beatles are the ones who made them normal. The musicologist Alan W. Pollack's analytical work on their early songs is plenty evidence for how original the structure of their stuff was.
Flubly 4 months ago
@NeilFraudstrong he really isn't any better than john. More advanced chords are nothing if you can't make a good song from them, and bingo - that's Sean. John could easily look at those chords too, but i bet the difference would be that he could make something out of them, but good songwriting = not having to reinvent the wheel while making great music that people enjoy hearing.
plotchickens 4 months ago
@plotchickens With respect I feel the same as Fraudstrong about Sean - his songwriting is pretty advanced. He has definitely had some classical training and is a really accomplished musician. John always acknowledged that he himself was a 'primitive' musician, no worse, no better, just different. Yes, John could write something simple and very catchy, but you should check out Sean's album Friendly Fire - there are many examples there of complex chords AND good songs!
WilburyVision 4 months ago
@NeilFraudstrong oh get real, no one,s ever heard sean lennon songs getting airplay, thats how good he is.
rosine101 4 months ago
@rosine101 i love john's music and respect sean's as well, but airplay has nothing to do with quality.
you have to know this.
divinedgar 3 months ago
@divinedgar OK, this is what you have to understand, I have never heard one Sean Lennon song played ever, whereas Julian Lennon gets plenty of airplay when he has a song out. This indicates that Julian is the superior songsmith and perhaps Sean should let it go. Just because daddy was a genius doesn't mean one has to follow suit.
rosine101 3 months ago
@rosine101 no, it doesn't. again, airplay has nothing to do with how good a songwriter is.
i could name dozens of great artists and songwriters that don't receive any airplay. yet crap such as katy perry or lady gaga is all over the airwaves. are you saying they are better because of it?
no, they have simple, over-formulaic songs that are as hollow and predictable as can be. that is why they are popular.
and what does sean have to let go of?
divinedgar 3 months ago
@divinedgar John Lennon had tons of airplay. Are his songs formulaic and hollow? I think not. Now, if someone of Sean's status cannot provide music that is at least artistically AND commercially viable then he should think about letting it all go. Perhaps a job in a supermarket or car wash?
rosine101 3 months ago
@rosine101 i never said that. i adore john's music and it means the world to me as a songwriter myself.
if you can't see why sean writes music, perhaps it is you that should work in a car wash, dear.
divinedgar 3 months ago
@divinedgar This is exactly why Yoko is still around. There are always those people with bad artistic taste who support "artists" such as Sean and Yoko.
britbrighton 2 months ago
@britbrighton do you write music?
divinedgar 2 months ago
@rosine101
Lennon and other great artists of the time earned airplay through great work. This was when radio stations were largely independent and a disc jockey selected songs his listeners wanted to hear. Now a couple companies own all media, and content is thoroughly controlled. Quite frankly, the people controlling the content that is available do not want you to hear the likes of Lennon, or Bob Marley, or anyone who presents a form of consciousness opposed to their agenda. Hence, Gaga.
subg88 3 months ago
@subg88 So your saying frank zappa rules right? Or are you saying that "stand up" is a great tull album?
SuperFirewire1 3 months ago
@rosine101 LOL!!!
britbrighton 2 months ago
@divinedgar That's a fact proven obviously by what gets airplay these days.
MrStonesword 3 months ago
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BeautifulLoveoxo 1 year ago
I really like Sean a lot. I view him as his own artist and try not to compare him to his father because it isn't quite fair. John, to me, is simply incomparable to any artist. But Sean is extremely talented and so musical and melodic. I have enjoyed every one of his albums, but especially "Friendly Fire." I also am digging the one he just released with his girlfriend Charlotte. There voices are LOVELY together. This is a really sweet interview, and it makes me sad.
lalalives 1 year ago 3
really nice sentiments. I think sean has started to make amazing music with his partner Charlotte. We saw glimpses of it early on on songs like Parachute, but now he has really found his own voice and is making some music which I love just for its own sake. I hope he makes lots more. Of course John Lennon's music lives on in the, lyrics, chord arrangements etc of almost every good artist who has walked into a recording studio in the last 30 years. But Sean has found his own sound and niche.
setefu 1 year ago
Hello sean if you are reading this i am sorry for your loss. right now i am crying this man was amazing i never met him or never could but if i could ever speak to him i would say "Im with you and millions of others are with you every step"
yuo252 1 year ago