look people.............you either pick and choose what to make fun of............or make fun of it all lenny george and lampoon got it if you dont................go hide under your bed
This is hardcore propaganda towards john. i heard the entire interview on a free podcast on itunes. John was simply being honest and barely aggressive in the interview.
this is my favorite lennon period other than the psychedelic beatles. Radical and fuckin pissed off in the U.S. baby they can make fun of him all they want but he was dope.
EASTMAN WAS AN ANIMAL! A FUCKING STUPID MIDDLE-CLASS PIG! I WON'T LET FUCKING ANIMALS LIKE THAT NEAR ME! YOKO IS A SUPREME INTELLECTUAL!! I'LL TELL YOU WHY NOBODY LIKES HER MUSIC, IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN AND SHE'S ORIENTAL, THAT'S WHY!! WHERE ARE YOU MOTHER!?! THEY'RE TRYING TO CRUCIFY ME!!! YOKO! MOTHER!! ARRRGGGH!!!
Oh god I'm laughing so hard it hurts this is fucking brilliant!
Actually, this was virtually word for word, though sometimes a bit out of context, from the Rolling Stone interview. Lennon had just come out of primal therapy, and was very upset with Jann Wennar for later selling it as a book, "Lennon Remembers." It's hilarious, though the interview surely wasn't. Years later, Lennon would regret it. But this album was pure genius- and pain from laughing.
Wow... I forgot about this... my buddy had this record and we used to play it when his mother was elsewhere occupied - - because of all the bad language. It's mildly amusing - I remember we weren't rolling on the floor laughing - but we always thought it was pretty good. We both hated Yoko too. We used to cringe hearing that "the dream is over" part. We knew it wasn't Yoko, but it was close enough! heh heh
I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall right after Lennon heard this for the first time. What the hell...It's almost word-for-word from the actual interview.
I resent performing for you fuckers! Tell me, what do you know? A lot of faggot middle-class kids Wearing long hair and trendy clothes. Look, I'm not your fucking parents And I'm sick of uptight hippies coming knocking at me door With a fucking peace symbol Get this, got that I don't owe you fuckers anything. And all I've got to say is "Fuck you!"
you are right and i have read the goldman biopic and as muchas i love lennon the book made me like him more in way..i like the idea of him beign a violent maniac.
Used to hit his wife Cynthia, kicked his art-school friend in the head, causing him to brain-hemmorage years later, hit Yoko a bit, took a swing at Paul's wife Linda- you got your wish.
Theres is no proof that Lennon ever said that. This sentence comes from Giuliano's book, "Lennon in America" which is not to be believed blindly. The only ones who quote that fabrication are baptist evangelists and far-right neo-cons. Hence we know who you are, dubzyzy.
I see what you mean... Lennon became a whole lot more interesting to me too when I saw what a freak he could be... If I saw him as a clean peace promoter who enjoyed the occasional spliff, I'd never have been interested in him...
cheers mate. john had a great sense of humour and this came accross strongly in his interviews.a lot of the things he said, especially in the wenner interview were tounge in cheek, exaggerated accounts of what was really going on. john spoke his mind depending on his mood that day. if the wenner tapes were recorded on a different day, he may have been a lot kinder with his words. he was a human being with different moods just like the rest of us. i love listening to his entertaining interviews
"i'm a fuckin artist!!!! i'm sensitive like shit!!!!" ROFL this is brrrilliant! so lennon like! althou i dig the stuff john made after 1973, say wat you want, steveconn ^_^
I wouldn't go as far as Chapman Dollarbob. Maybe Goldman. Whatever, it's funny. Lennon would have GOT this. I think Double fantasy was a clearing of the cobwebs, Stevecon.
I think his Yoko songs are like praising the anchor that sunk him to the bottom of the sea, artistically. Around '73 John's flame pretty much petered out, and all his bitchy comments about Jagger and Dylan (and Paul) couldn't change that.
Yeah, but so what, loving Yoko meant more to him than entertaining you and me with "Kite" or "Lucy". I think his choice of drugs in the '70's were his were the real creative anchor. Heroin and alcahol. You've got to get off this yoko thing. She was just the woman he loved. He had the whole lost weekend away from her and did his muse return? His songs plod along on "Walls and bridges" and he treads water on the Rock and roll album.
It's funny but don't get carried away. What would you devote YOUR whole album to? Parodys of third rate romance (or rants)?
It's been 27 years since that romance died and 37 since Lennon made the music you are ripping here and we all GET it. That means on some level it's still important to people. Including you.
Parodies of third-rate romance would probably be more interesting than his later stuff. 27 years since the romance died, but Yoko keeps playing up the 'Night of The Living Lennon' bit with endless rehashed compilations, the "Love" musical in Vegas, etc., so we might as well say what's shit and what isn't.
Dead funny!! but you sound more like a manc in parts. I agree his muse faded in the 70's. However genius can come and go. When Lennon had it he was certainly not over rated. Lennon himself did something similar to this with Dylan songs.
Yeah but once you've already changed the world and music three or four times.....maybe it's time to say "I had a good sh1t today" or "I love you yoko"....
You can hear Johns real pain in the song, "My Mommys Dead"
Man, there are a lot of fked up situations in the world and Lennons was one of them, he just also happened to write some of the coolest songs ever & pour his heart out honestly in a way which hasn`t been equalled
Very good! Haven`t heard anything as bizzare as this since Rolf Harris covered Stairway to Heaven.
Poor JL could never forgive Paul for announcing the break up of the Beatles - he had a big chip on his shoulder around this time BUT amazingly he didn`t try to hide it, he sang about it, talked about it and made movies of himself in that state of mind. Nothing like a modern star would do these days.
Absolutely hilarious for where John was at at the time, LSMIC! :p
If you've ever read/heard the Jann Wenner interviews from 1970 with John, you realize this is a very apt parody. Loved it, I can't thank you enough for sharing it! And wow, I wouldn't have expected such quality satire from NL. I bet Lennon himself would've found this hilarious if he heard it at the time! Guess NL standards have sunk since '70. ;)
yer right, he was a working class...HERO. he came from the working class and never lost touch with that. you can't knock him for being rich and famous as a result of following his passions, you little stooge.
and where are you from idiot>ever been to liverpool?if aunt mimi had heard john say he was working class in her company she would have whacked him.ever been to mendips?ever been anywhere? prick..........
you obviously don't know the economic climate of liverpool in the 40's-50's. I am from Manchester and received my masters in business at Oxford. You act like some beatles historian but really are ignorant. Working class is what the rich are not. you seem to equate it with abject poverty. maybe you can get your facts straight before you post again and make even more of a fool of yourself.
iam not equating money and class you moron.i went to cambridge where i got my doctorate in psychology and it is very clear from your comments and others you have posted, well put it this way, ive got your number........prick (again)ps i grew up in liverpool
Well that was a shallow, vacuous, banal and mediocre little comment.Okay, now off you go and leave some more hateful little comments,it will help you to not looking at yourself for abit longer,help you avoid all the emotion inside you....MUPPET lmao crackerjacker well really :)
that is the only comment you deserve. too bad you don't have nothing better to do than respond to me. i was quoting the song...which is a parody itself..which should have clued you into the fact i was joking..but it gave you chance to use the word banal and condescend to someone. too bad you can't find productive, healthy ways to use the small batch of brains you have. you might be happier.
Now all youve got to do is to read your last comment and imagine you are talking to yourself!That way you might gain insight into how every little hate comment you make is really,oh and heres the fun part....ITS YOUR SUB CONSCIOUS TRYING TO TALK TO YOU !! YOUR not happy thats why you and people like you comment like you do.And i did kwno your where trying to be funny,just windin ya up silly..deep breaths and relax
yeah, i just clicked reply on this one...i saw the first part about me actually talking about myself, which is the old..i'm rubber you're glue comeback...I am just typing this for the last word. Next time i will delete the email notification i get. LAST WORD.
this loser actually had to post last..the dude above predicted it. and ergo...owned his ass. for all to see. MGA, you are a fucking joke...i bet you have a wife and kids,and when not with them...you make childish posts...so sad.
MGA.. 1st, I'm not trying to be smart ass. I'm studying hostile You Tube comments and would like your thoughts pn the matter. But I must say that I am surprised, especially with your background, that you accuse others of what you, yourself are doing here with your comments to Aleister77.
You cant study hostile comments on youtube because to do so you have to presume that what you read is accurate and given this medium that is not possible. Also people and life are constantly surprising so I am not trying to be a smart ass but DONT BE SURPRISED. There are better ways to spend your time
oh and for the record youtube is full of people like aleister77 who have an anonymous channel so they can bandy there hate comments everywhere. That guy/girl certainly does. YOU WILL NOT FIND ME HIDING :O)
he was from Liverpool and knew the deal. don't listen to Working cLass hero and tell me he can't relate. he fucking spelled it out man. you sound like chapman calling him a phony like that, asshole.
The Lennon's had a working class house on "Newcastle Road" in Liverpool. His dad was working class. His mum was working class. Later he moves to Menlove Avenue with his working class uncle and aunt who had worked hard enough to buy a semi in the suburbs. With a scholarship to grammar his education was free.(not exactly Eton.) Lennon was a working class kid living in an upper working class house with working class parents in the most working class city in the world. In short..
Genius is not necessarily pain.I don't rember einstein going off his head or shakespear or mozart for that matter. He should of put this out as a single i would of bought it! lol.
hang on a min!you're steveconn!you're out to get lennon coz of what he said about the rolling stones!humourous parody nonetheless. as for this genius thing we all know there's a corresponding line between genius and madness(demons,whatever).yes you're right john did bitch a lot.just check out stuff he said bout paul. but gladly at the end of his days he was very positive.RIP john.
I admire Lennon as an artist (he most certainly was a genius), but i dig this parody. Around this time, Lennon was in his working class/ maoist period, intellectually spoken not his strongest phase imo. But on a personal level, he's right as always, especially about Mick and Paul.
"John's genius was a cover for his paranoia" as Paul once said (and who knew him better?). John was as capable of jealousy as anyone, and I wouldn't take his bitchiness about Paul and Jagger's success as Gospel.
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Fantastic! loved it!!!
JimmyFarina1 1 week ago
Gosh, I haven't heard this in decades! National Lampoon, was it? Radio Dinner, I think.
LordKalkin 1 month ago
look people.............you either pick and choose what to make fun of............or make fun of it all lenny george and lampoon got it if you dont................go hide under your bed
hoodus61 2 months ago
It is off the National Lampoon Radio Dinner album
douglasferrin 4 months ago
This song by the way was sung by Christopher Guest and played by Melissa Manchester.
douglasferrin 4 months ago
Very funny. John Lennon lost some marbles when he went to interviews
StopFear 6 months ago
painful AND BORING
beatlesandbeyond 6 months ago
This is hardcore propaganda towards john. i heard the entire interview on a free podcast on itunes. John was simply being honest and barely aggressive in the interview.
MrEspenBakke 7 months ago
It's so cool !!!
walitung 8 months ago
i remember when this came out, i thought i was going to wet my pants i laughed so hard!
TheTony1058 8 months ago
i remember when this cme out, i thought i was going to wet my pants i laughed so hard!
TheTony1058 8 months ago
This very VERY funny and these are actual quotes from his intervies that this guy is singing lol.Sounds like him too.Fuck Lennon he was hypocrite.
freddygoldstein 11 months ago
this is my favorite lennon period other than the psychedelic beatles. Radical and fuckin pissed off in the U.S. baby they can make fun of him all they want but he was dope.
DaveS12382 11 months ago
This is the funniest thing I've heard in a while. And thats being said with the upmost respect for Lennon.
DaveS12382 1 year ago 2
Classic stuff. Thanks for posting. I played the hell out of this album back in the day.
Bensalem5Gang 1 year ago
EASTMAN WAS AN ANIMAL! A FUCKING STUPID MIDDLE-CLASS PIG! I WON'T LET FUCKING ANIMALS LIKE THAT NEAR ME! YOKO IS A SUPREME INTELLECTUAL!! I'LL TELL YOU WHY NOBODY LIKES HER MUSIC, IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN AND SHE'S ORIENTAL, THAT'S WHY!! WHERE ARE YOU MOTHER!?! THEY'RE TRYING TO CRUCIFY ME!!! YOKO! MOTHER!! ARRRGGGH!!!
Oh god I'm laughing so hard it hurts this is fucking brilliant!
sockpuppetmartinez 1 year ago 3
LMAO!!!
OmarionCallGuy2k6 1 year ago
Actually, this was virtually word for word, though sometimes a bit out of context, from the Rolling Stone interview. Lennon had just come out of primal therapy, and was very upset with Jann Wennar for later selling it as a book, "Lennon Remembers." It's hilarious, though the interview surely wasn't. Years later, Lennon would regret it. But this album was pure genius- and pain from laughing.
auramac 1 year ago
I've loved this for years. My new favorite moment, right there at the end: "Turn left at Iceland!"
I've also always wondered what Lennon's reaction was.
SurferJoe1 1 year ago
I WAS THE WALRUS!
PAUL WASN'T THE WALRUS!
I WAS JUST SAYING THAT TO BE NICE!
BUT I WAS ACTUALLY THE WALRUS!
TomthatiscalledTom 1 year ago
bahahahah I love and cherish the beatles/lennon but this is a riot.
vivicazero1 1 year ago
its funny but disrecpectfull
callybongo9 1 year ago
lmao this is so true... did John ever hear this? what did he think of it?
phil946 1 year ago
"fuck you/the sky is bluuuuu-eah"
this never gets old. Approaching Rutles godlike parodic genius.
zcxspam 1 year ago
bravo sknoof
keyeword 2 years ago
This was 1972, just to nitpick, not 1970. It's on the LP "Radio Dinner."
sknoof 2 years ago
EASTMAN WAS AN ANIMAL!!
dontleademsomuch 2 years ago
I love this! Thanks- made me day, son.
Aujouret 2 years ago
If you have (or had) a self centered ego artist maniac in your family or life you can really relate to this videos humor!!!
222Lightning 2 years ago
Wow... I forgot about this... my buddy had this record and we used to play it when his mother was elsewhere occupied - - because of all the bad language. It's mildly amusing - I remember we weren't rolling on the floor laughing - but we always thought it was pretty good. We both hated Yoko too. We used to cringe hearing that "the dream is over" part. We knew it wasn't Yoko, but it was close enough! heh heh
jzerony 2 years ago
This Is great! Almost word for word from Johns 1970-71, Rolling stone interview!
I heard John wasnt to pleased with It when he heard It. But it Is funny!
danesesrocky76 2 years ago
who is this guy?
moozikluvr 2 years ago
It's none other than Tony Hendron. He played the manager in "This Is Spinal Tap". A satirist extraordenaire.
Holdenon3 2 years ago
i love this song
he was a real genius and he was pist on this song
mi faborita
swingprodr 2 years ago
nudger08, yes it's supposed to be funny.
Okay, it was "us" that made him a star and made then him want to run away from it because being a Beatle was just too much stardom.
I'm a big Lennon fan, but anything that can take his ego down just a peg by throwing his own words at him is pure genius.
The real punch line is that John couldn't see the humor in it at the time.
Genius!
Pain!!!
AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROTFLMFAO
Holdenon3 3 years ago 4
Who sins is it JOhn ???
djTbilisi 3 years ago
I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall right after Lennon heard this for the first time. What the hell...It's almost word-for-word from the actual interview.
TheNiceMeanMan 3 years ago 2
Taken from a book too.
swarlock 2 years ago
far out Steve!
frankothemountain 3 years ago
john is a legend this is so fucking funny !
georgecurrysama 3 years ago
Don't get me wrong. I am probably the world's number one John Lennon fan. But this is hilarious. Absolutely f@ckin' hilarious.
TheWoodstockChannel 3 years ago 10
This is brilliant. Thanks steveconn, you're a god amongst men.
Beatles4EvaLOL 3 years ago 4
Thanks.
steveconn 3 years ago
is this supposed to be funny??? Clowns
nudger08 3 years ago
Yes, it's called a parody.
steveconn 3 years ago
it's almost word for word from one of his interviews. i didn't believe it myself until i heard it.
TheNiceMeanMan 3 years ago
And very funny in an ironic way.
swarlock 2 years ago
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desmondjohnson13 2 years ago
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FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!
masinoman3 3 years ago
...him with his fuckin' Hare Krishnaaaaahhuhhhahhh!
89Blues 3 years ago
I resent performing for you fuckers! Tell me, what do you know? A lot of faggot middle-class kids Wearing long hair and trendy clothes. Look, I'm not your fucking parents And I'm sick of uptight hippies coming knocking at me door With a fucking peace symbol Get this, got that I don't owe you fuckers anything. And all I've got to say is "Fuck you!"
The sky is blue.
mrblue99 3 years ago
The guy knew how to make rants rhyme.
steveconn 3 years ago
wow that is word for word of the interview..the whole real thing is on itunes
dubzy81 3 years ago
Well, not word for word, but just parodying the general tone of John's "off heroin, Primal Scream therapy rant" period.
steveconn 3 years ago
nah big chunks are actually word for word, i have listened to the interview loads of times.
dubzy81 3 years ago
But not in that exact sequence. Lots of it is him going over how the Beatles met, who wrote what. The ranting is interspersed.
steveconn 3 years ago
you are right and i have read the goldman biopic and as muchas i love lennon the book made me like him more in way..i like the idea of him beign a violent maniac.
dubzy81 3 years ago
Used to hit his wife Cynthia, kicked his art-school friend in the head, causing him to brain-hemmorage years later, hit Yoko a bit, took a swing at Paul's wife Linda- you got your wish.
steveconn 3 years ago
"I've always wondered what it would be like to kill a woman, many women! It was only becoming a Beatle that saved me from actually doing it"
-John Lennon.
How cool is that?
dubzy81 3 years ago
Yikes!
steveconn 3 years ago
OMG!!
jammin6816 3 years ago
whats cool about wanting to kill women?,sorry but what are you saying?
fatley 3 years ago
dubzy81 is a little loony.
steveconn 3 years ago
Theres is no proof that Lennon ever said that. This sentence comes from Giuliano's book, "Lennon in America" which is not to be believed blindly. The only ones who quote that fabrication are baptist evangelists and far-right neo-cons. Hence we know who you are, dubzyzy.
AnthonyMishima 3 years ago
no way i am agnostic i just like the quote and HOPE it's true. anything with added dimensions is good.
dubzy81 3 years ago
I see what you mean... Lennon became a whole lot more interesting to me too when I saw what a freak he could be... If I saw him as a clean peace promoter who enjoyed the occasional spliff, I'd never have been interested in him...
so there you go.
Added dimensions all the way here too.
AnthonyMishima 3 years ago
Fab parody. I love it.
PressPlay2Go 3 years ago
this is amazing.
NinjaKurosai 3 years ago
Yup, they did a good job.
steveconn 3 years ago
This is fucking funny
MidnightRambler444 3 years ago
Captures the man I think.
steveconn 3 years ago
spot on
MidnightRambler444 3 years ago
The piano on this track is played by Melissa Manchester.
sextus 3 years ago
Good to know!
steveconn 3 years ago
i heard that everything in this video was real quotes, is that true?
beetle423 3 years ago
No, it is a comic exaggeration of his views on fame, the Beatles, the Stones, etc.
steveconn 3 years ago
this isnt john lennon singing rite its an impersenator?
benimalover 3 years ago
Right, it is a parody by Tony Hendra of "Spinal Tap" fame
steveconn 3 years ago
This is pure genius and should be turned into a performance piece.
Artistspop 3 years ago
George and his Hare Krishnas could take Lennon anyday.
jonchapple 3 years ago
Christopher Guest did music on this track and the voice of John was none other than Tony Hendra who played "Ian Faith" in Spinal Tap.
eekabostatic 3 years ago
I knew Hendra was the Lennon voice but didn't know about Guest's involvement. Thanks for the info!
steveconn 3 years ago
If I recall correctly from the liner notes I think Melissa Manchester is on piano.
guarachon63 2 years ago
what did he say was the best rock n roll record ever made?
fourtyfrets 3 years ago
"Don't Worry, Kyoko", the B-side to one of his Plastic Ono singles with Yoko.
steveconn 3 years ago
cheers mate. john had a great sense of humour and this came accross strongly in his interviews.a lot of the things he said, especially in the wenner interview were tounge in cheek, exaggerated accounts of what was really going on. john spoke his mind depending on his mood that day. if the wenner tapes were recorded on a different day, he may have been a lot kinder with his words. he was a human being with different moods just like the rest of us. i love listening to his entertaining interviews
crazycraiky 3 years ago
...and all I got to say is fuck yooooouuu. The sky is bluuuuuue.
Love it. Agreeing with crazycraiky, I think this would have amused John greatly.
fourtyfrets 3 years ago
bloody brilliant, mate. and i bet lennon himself wouldve found this hilarious :))
crazycraiky 3 years ago
"I was the walrus, Paul wasn't the walrus. I was just saying that to be nice"
Lol
greenpuppet43 3 years ago
How did National Lampoon or anyone else know what the interview sounded like? The tape wasn't released for years afterward.
Unles they were basing it on the printed interview alone. But it seems like the song parodies the tone of the taped interview.
timetobuyawatch 3 years ago
Probably someone leaked the tape from Wenner's office -all those showbiz people are pretty chummy.
steveconn 3 years ago
laughed my ass off !!!
bassboyz9 3 years ago
Hilarious!
Beatles4EvaLOL 4 years ago
Lyrics?
freddead 4 years ago
wtf??
this is compleatly insane!!
charly1234567890 4 years ago
If you heard his interview from that period it would make more sense.
steveconn 4 years ago
i guess youre totally right xD
charly1234567890 4 years ago
you have NO life lol
SeanTheScot 4 years ago
You people are complete idiots. You don't have a fucking clue about this.
davekingpa 4 years ago
Spoken like Lennon himself.
steveconn 4 years ago
"i'm a fuckin artist!!!! i'm sensitive like shit!!!!" ROFL this is brrrilliant! so lennon like! althou i dig the stuff john made after 1973, say wat you want, steveconn ^_^
manatsunoshi 4 years ago
Yeah, those "Rock N' Roll" and "Double Fantasy" albums are timeless (ugh).
steveconn 4 years ago
This is awesome!
jboldery 4 years ago
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Backlap 4 years ago
I wouldn't go as far as Chapman Dollarbob. Maybe Goldman. Whatever, it's funny. Lennon would have GOT this. I think Double fantasy was a clearing of the cobwebs, Stevecon.
Was better to come? Sadly we'll never know.
stevenhoward72 4 years ago
I think his Yoko songs are like praising the anchor that sunk him to the bottom of the sea, artistically. Around '73 John's flame pretty much petered out, and all his bitchy comments about Jagger and Dylan (and Paul) couldn't change that.
steveconn 4 years ago
Yeah, but so what, loving Yoko meant more to him than entertaining you and me with "Kite" or "Lucy". I think his choice of drugs in the '70's were his were the real creative anchor. Heroin and alcahol. You've got to get off this yoko thing. She was just the woman he loved. He had the whole lost weekend away from her and did his muse return? His songs plod along on "Walls and bridges" and he treads water on the Rock and roll album.
stevenhoward72 4 years ago
Yeah, but I don't devote whole albums to my third-rate romances; John could've spared us that (if you got nothing to say...)
steveconn 4 years ago
It's funny but don't get carried away. What would you devote YOUR whole album to? Parodys of third rate romance (or rants)?
It's been 27 years since that romance died and 37 since Lennon made the music you are ripping here and we all GET it. That means on some level it's still important to people. Including you.
stevenhoward72 4 years ago
Parodies of third-rate romance would probably be more interesting than his later stuff. 27 years since the romance died, but Yoko keeps playing up the 'Night of The Living Lennon' bit with endless rehashed compilations, the "Love" musical in Vegas, etc., so we might as well say what's shit and what isn't.
steveconn 4 years ago
Dead funny!! but you sound more like a manc in parts. I agree his muse faded in the 70's. However genius can come and go. When Lennon had it he was certainly not over rated. Lennon himself did something similar to this with Dylan songs.
stevenhoward72 4 years ago
Yeah, the "Serve Yourself" parody, which was pretty ballsy coming from someone going through his Barry Manilow ("Double Fantasy") period.
steveconn 4 years ago
Yeah but once you've already changed the world and music three or four times.....maybe it's time to say "I had a good sh1t today" or "I love you yoko"....
stevenhoward72 4 years ago
corny.
dfrogger2007 4 years ago
"The dream is over."
The first time I listened to that, I was literally rotf. I'm not just typing that, that's what happened.
SonofMrPeanut 4 years ago
"And all i`ve got to say is Fuck Yooouuuuu!...... The sky is bluuuuueeee!"
Brilliant,shit i think i`m addicted to this video! Heeeellllpppp.
davey1272250 4 years ago
yeh, it takes about 173 times before you can get away from it. it is great stuff.
Aleister77newaccount 4 years ago
dude that was so grungy i can see how he has alot of influence on those grunge bands
mahojorissing 4 years ago
"Genius is pain..."
You can hear Johns real pain in the song, "My Mommys Dead"
Man, there are a lot of fked up situations in the world and Lennons was one of them, he just also happened to write some of the coolest songs ever & pour his heart out honestly in a way which hasn`t been equalled
davey1272250 4 years ago
"pour his heart out in a way which hasn't been equalled"
You ever heard of Elliott Smith?
breeeegs 1 year ago
Very good! Haven`t heard anything as bizzare as this since Rolf Harris covered Stairway to Heaven.
Poor JL could never forgive Paul for announcing the break up of the Beatles - he had a big chip on his shoulder around this time BUT amazingly he didn`t try to hide it, he sang about it, talked about it and made movies of himself in that state of mind. Nothing like a modern star would do these days.
RIP John
davey1272250 4 years ago
His talent grew smaller but his rants grew larger!
steveconn 4 years ago
Absolutely hilarious for where John was at at the time, LSMIC! :p
If you've ever read/heard the Jann Wenner interviews from 1970 with John, you realize this is a very apt parody. Loved it, I can't thank you enough for sharing it! And wow, I wouldn't have expected such quality satire from NL. I bet Lennon himself would've found this hilarious if he heard it at the time! Guess NL standards have sunk since '70. ;)
Fondly,
Rachel :)
SolesGirlRachel 4 years ago
so true - fell right in the trap - yikes, guess it was the ultimate trap
vansuite 4 years ago
That was great!
aaron4159 4 years ago
LMAO!!!!!
jammin6816 4 years ago
Exactly.
steveconn 4 years ago
i feel like you have to be a fan to appreciate this as much as i do.
nattook 4 years ago
That, or someone who always kind of thought Lennon was an overrated, violent egomaniac
steveconn 4 years ago
Hahahahahaha that's gotta be the funniest thing I've heard in a long time! I'm a huge Lennon fan, but that was just spot on. LOL
vulcanicspice 4 years ago 2
OMG! I've been looking for this forever! I'm a huge Lennon fan but damn! This is so very funny and spot on, too. Thank you for posting this. :)
tasinda 4 years ago
You're Welcome
steveconn 4 years ago
by the way Steve i forget to say thanks for posting this all the best.
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
i didn't think people in the 70's were capable of being funny.
Aleister77newaccount 4 years ago
jl was not working class folks
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
Yeah, but it meant alot to him to pose.
steveconn 4 years ago
whats this, about two hippos? Was John a fan of the zoo? I suppose we all our in our own way.
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
Hippos?
steveconn 4 years ago
IT MEANT ALOT TO HIM 'TO POSE'
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
Oh. Clever.
steveconn 4 years ago
yer right, he was a working class...HERO. he came from the working class and never lost touch with that. you can't knock him for being rich and famous as a result of following his passions, you little stooge.
Aleister77newaccount 4 years ago 2
and where are you from idiot>ever been to liverpool?if aunt mimi had heard john say he was working class in her company she would have whacked him.ever been to mendips?ever been anywhere? prick..........
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
you obviously don't know the economic climate of liverpool in the 40's-50's. I am from Manchester and received my masters in business at Oxford. You act like some beatles historian but really are ignorant. Working class is what the rich are not. you seem to equate it with abject poverty. maybe you can get your facts straight before you post again and make even more of a fool of yourself.
Aleister77newaccount 4 years ago
iam not equating money and class you moron.i went to cambridge where i got my doctorate in psychology and it is very clear from your comments and others you have posted, well put it this way, ive got your number........prick (again)ps i grew up in liverpool
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
whatever crackerjack...all i've got to say is Fuck you...the sky is blue.
Aleister77newaccount 4 years ago
Well that was a shallow, vacuous, banal and mediocre little comment.Okay, now off you go and leave some more hateful little comments,it will help you to not looking at yourself for abit longer,help you avoid all the emotion inside you....MUPPET lmao crackerjacker well really :)
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
that is the only comment you deserve. too bad you don't have nothing better to do than respond to me. i was quoting the song...which is a parody itself..which should have clued you into the fact i was joking..but it gave you chance to use the word banal and condescend to someone. too bad you can't find productive, healthy ways to use the small batch of brains you have. you might be happier.
Aleister77newaccount 4 years ago
Now all youve got to do is to read your last comment and imagine you are talking to yourself!That way you might gain insight into how every little hate comment you make is really,oh and heres the fun part....ITS YOUR SUB CONSCIOUS TRYING TO TALK TO YOU !! YOUR not happy thats why you and people like you comment like you do.And i did kwno your where trying to be funny,just windin ya up silly..deep breaths and relax
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
yeah, i just clicked reply on this one...i saw the first part about me actually talking about myself, which is the old..i'm rubber you're glue comeback...I am just typing this for the last word. Next time i will delete the email notification i get. LAST WORD.
Aleister77newaccount 4 years ago
oh dont be daft lighten up a bit... if you really really want the LAST word here it is LAST WORD, there you have it,its yours.... all the best :)
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
this loser actually had to post last..the dude above predicted it. and ergo...owned his ass. for all to see. MGA, you are a fucking joke...i bet you have a wife and kids,and when not with them...you make childish posts...so sad.
seanbedlem 4 years ago
Poor JL, how could his dream of peace for the world ever have been achieved when 37 years later there isn't even peace on YouTube?
EdwardPlatt 4 years ago
Well, John was always more "Give peace a chance...or I'll punch you in the kidneys" anyway.
steveconn 4 years ago
you two should have a boat race or whatever is it you people do
dubzy81 3 years ago
MGA.. 1st, I'm not trying to be smart ass. I'm studying hostile You Tube comments and would like your thoughts pn the matter. But I must say that I am surprised, especially with your background, that you accuse others of what you, yourself are doing here with your comments to Aleister77.
epicstorm2006 3 years ago
You cant study hostile comments on youtube because to do so you have to presume that what you read is accurate and given this medium that is not possible. Also people and life are constantly surprising so I am not trying to be a smart ass but DONT BE SURPRISED. There are better ways to spend your time
MGAVBRACE 3 years ago
oh and for the record youtube is full of people like aleister77 who have an anonymous channel so they can bandy there hate comments everywhere. That guy/girl certainly does. YOU WILL NOT FIND ME HIDING :O)
MGAVBRACE 3 years ago
Any lyrics to this brilliant parody?
freddead 4 years ago
he was from Liverpool and knew the deal. don't listen to Working cLass hero and tell me he can't relate. he fucking spelled it out man. you sound like chapman calling him a phony like that, asshole.
Dollarbob 4 years ago
i think you need to get out more
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
i think you enjoy buttfucking.
Dollarbob 4 years ago
Shut the fuck up dollar Bob.
Stop making an arguement over something so silly. Lennon was not from the wroking class.
freddead 4 years ago
The Lennon's had a working class house on "Newcastle Road" in Liverpool. His dad was working class. His mum was working class. Later he moves to Menlove Avenue with his working class uncle and aunt who had worked hard enough to buy a semi in the suburbs. With a scholarship to grammar his education was free.(not exactly Eton.) Lennon was a working class kid living in an upper working class house with working class parents in the most working class city in the world. In short..
stevenhoward72 4 years ago
Why is it good?
AND YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE SOMETHING UNDERMINING.... "You should know mgavbrace you fuckin queer.." or what ever response you decide to go with....
MGAVBRACE 4 years ago
John definitely had his violent side, and this parody nails it. Very funny!
mtreed55 4 years ago
Genius is not necessarily pain.I don't rember einstein going off his head or shakespear or mozart for that matter. He should of put this out as a single i would of bought it! lol.
airdale1sorry 4 years ago
This is Tony Hendra singing (the manager in "Spinal Tap").
ruskinhunt 4 years ago
Didn't know that, good info (Hendra accused of molestation by his daughter, too sad).
steveconn 4 years ago
hang on a min!you're steveconn!you're out to get lennon coz of what he said about the rolling stones!humourous parody nonetheless. as for this genius thing we all know there's a corresponding line between genius and madness(demons,whatever).yes you're right john did bitch a lot.just check out stuff he said bout paul. but gladly at the end of his days he was very positive.RIP john.
elwalsho 4 years ago
I admire Lennon as an artist (he most certainly was a genius), but i dig this parody. Around this time, Lennon was in his working class/ maoist period, intellectually spoken not his strongest phase imo. But on a personal level, he's right as always, especially about Mick and Paul.
tdeb79 4 years ago
"John's genius was a cover for his paranoia" as Paul once said (and who knew him better?). John was as capable of jealousy as anyone, and I wouldn't take his bitchiness about Paul and Jagger's success as Gospel.
steveconn 4 years ago
sounds Popeye with a fake brit accent
ahcansee 4 years ago
ok i used to think this was a bit of an insult but come to think of it there's truth in there...''genius is pain...''
superbami 4 years ago
...and a fine line to being a self-centered prick.
steveconn 4 years ago
at least you did label it as a parody.
SydLennon79 4 years ago
what a disgrace "!!!!"
SydLennon79 4 years ago
Yet remarkably close to the actual guy...
steveconn 4 years ago
MR.CONN is a wonderfull person for sharing this video to the world.
SydLennon79 4 years ago
Not a disgrace. After all, these are John's own words set to music.
Sonovox01 4 years ago