John Lennon - Man of the Decade (December 1969)

[jillaaree]

Man of the Century for me too!

[summerstone7]

i read that on lsd john lennon thought he was christ, and brought the other beatles together to tell them. did he consiounsly try to "immitate" christ?

or was it unconsiouss? becuase i definately see a parallel.

[FansFiltration]

The glasses Lennon and Ghandi used are typical British National Health issue of the 1930's and 40's. They are exactly the same type given "free" to subjects of the British empire by the government's social health program. John first got his famous "Granny Glasses" as a prop for his small role in the Richard Lester film "How I Won the War" in 1966. Ghandi most likely got his due to the fact that India was a part of the British Empire at the time...

[jillaaree]

@FansFiltration Thanks for this bit of trivia. I did not know this. Thank you

[johnlennon1970]

Man of the Century!

[chris14S]

It's terrible that he never made it to dinner.

[sandykopi]

Man of the century, for me.

[103121]

@sandykopi  I agree - love the man

[Bellyflops2]

So ironic how he died

[steveconn]

Do more drugs, John, it'll all get clearer...

[nano952]

what a leader

[bigdunk9]

John Lennon is the man of the century.

[minchingpennys]

By the way BTW Sonny Bono was murdered because he was about to expose top US government political figures who were (are transporting drugs into the USA.I luv u-tube (google search 4 info

[minchingpennys]

I was a Beatlemaniac,now its Jesus.He lives

[minchingpennys]

Ozzie Osborn stole his little round glasses.

[MacJaxonManOfAction]

@minchingpennys Yeah, but Lennon himself nicked them off Gandhi. It's probably the same pair of specs ;-)

[1m2a3t4t5]

@MacJaxonManOfAction

tell me more, eversince I saw a movie in my social studies class about Ghandi I just kept thinking how similar John Lennon was to him and how John must have taken a lot of wisdom from from, and the glasses.

[minchingpennys]

Yeah,his look was supercool

[ASupremeOwl]

Lennon what a truly unique genius...

Gutted I was never born in the 60's to enjoy his talents and the Beatles more!

Forever missed

[11isevil11]

the beatles were good until they went hippy

[kurtcobain628]

that was their best period

[11isevil11]

maybe from your point of view but i think that all their best songs apart from helter skelter were before te hippy period

[kikelambs]

Man of the Shit!!!!!!!!!

[Taff1967SC]

Nice to see this. Thanks

[NatalieRae14]

Oh my God. I've been looking for this full interview ever since I watched Imagine.

This is amazing. I think I might love you.

Thanks! =]

[BoogieWoogie1963]

It is true that the last portion of this interview see's John in a more optimistic frame of mind than I think i have ever seen him in, in an interview. Its difficult to tell with John though, whether this was a deep everlasting optimism. Remeber after this there was still alot of turmoil to go through for John- heroin addiction, primal therepy, lost weekend etc. Love the footage of him talking to the students though. A real relic of the sixties. Might as well be 100 years ago from today.

[FFThis]

You would be surprised at how many people aren't completely brainwashed.. its that "they" have found ways to make us feel like we are all alone but we are not! They seem to make sure that our musicians etc.. don't have a voice anymore other than looking pretty and making cash.. So we don't have a leader... so those of us that are aware need to all be leaders.

[Merseyrock]

John's boundless optimism in the last portion of this interview bears an eerie similarity - down to the language used! to his optimism during his last interview, on the morning of December 8, 1980. 11 years prior, on December 2, 1969, it is striking to hear so enthusiastic about the future, given that it has often been mentioned that it wasn't until the very end, that he managed to find peace and happiness. I don't think that's true. To judge from this, I think his happiest years began in 1969..

[mythme]

I've been looking for the "Man of the Decade" clip forever. Thanks so much for posting!!!

[latta4]

Heartbreaking and spellbinding. John Lennon is/was the Man! We love you!

(thanks for this priceless post)

[ManBeatles]

RARE!

[FansFiltration]

I'm glad I can share it with all fans.

[anytownus]

His message is still relevant today as 40 years ago.

[JAGAE]

great man