I reckon his best years were behind him in 1980. If he had lived, (based on other 60s stars that lived) a minor resurgence in the first half of the 80s, maybe one or two LPs worth at the most, mid 80s; a limited, (a few live shows) Beatles reunion in the wake of LIVE AID. 1990s (and J.L. in his 50s) a few mediocre LP's every 3 years or so.
Pioneering and trailblazing only belong to the young. The 1960s was Lennon at his finest.
great video - i believe this video also confirms that John Lennon is still alive. please view my channel for an amazing video I found in an old camcorder with film of John Lennon inside...
lennon and harrison were the real heart and soul of the beatles. ringo is justa piece of shit. probably doesn't believe that he is even from liverpool and is a fake! mccartney has sold out. doesn't know when to stop, they almost ruined the legacy of the beatles!
he was writing the "white album" material at the time of this interview...what a great period for him and paul...george and ringo too...jack douglas who produced john's last recordings..tells of meeting john when he was like 20..was a tape operator at some studio...and how one night he's alone in the control room with john..and john made him feel so at ease and so comfortable...and that quality is what transcended to audiences...how we all felt like we knew the beatles personally...great guys..
like bill hicks said why is it we kill the people who are trying to help us john lennon dead jfk dead malcom x dead martin luther king dead. ronald reagan wounded. what a loss rip john
John has inspired me in song-writing. He is a BRILLIANT songwriter. There not many musicians who can write and sing like John. There are a few good people and the world is dominated with bad people. Thank you, John!! The world misses you!!
jesus is actually only 7 inches high. At that time the Beatles were far bigger. IN height and circumference. I don't know what all the fuss was about personally. Jesus himself wasn't offended as he stated in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, " i've always been quite short. The gospel writers never mention the fact i'm only 6 inches high, which i find infuriating. I think it gives me a gimmick. Although, i'm rather glad they don't mention the 0.01mm Penis" Jesus 1967
WTF are you sayin??? even if you're good or whatever, you have no right of sayin you're better than jesus or sometin like that! thats y he's dead, more famous than jesus huh? that why he got shot! hahaha!
John was not afraid to think out-side of the cultural limitations. He was enlightened, and he had the courage to tell the truth. I love you, and the world misses you.
What you fail to understand is that he was a brilliant artist/singer-songwriter, who made millions of people happy through his music. Most fascinating artists have had some personal and behavioral issues, but it has only added to their art. Admire who we relate to??...I cannot relate to Lennon....my dad never left me, my mom was not killed by a drunk driver and I'll never have to succumb to a life of seclusion, based on my celebrity...AND I still love him and his music.
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The world has made this angry narcissicist into a legend, yeah he had poetic insight and some musical skills but he is defintly no one to admire, a horrible father with lots of issues but hey people want to admire what they can relate too.
He may have been a bad father, we know..but who says we're admiring him as that father, we admire John Lennon the activist, John Lennon the musician, that's the man we admire.
Nevermind what she said, she just goes around every John Lennon video and says he's in hell, if you pretend she isn't there, she won't have an audience to irate.
What the fuck has this world come to if a man goes to hell for striving so much for world peace? No such thing as hell in the first place, but you being a jesus believer and all...isn't it against your religion to judge others? Jesus all the way my ass if that's what he believes in. You're a dumbass
(that is so rude and mean :@ shame on you. death is not a thing to celebrate theotiscapbell wow! like why would you ever say that omg you make me sick) (JOHN ROCKS!) cool if you dont like him but dont be putting rude comments like that on youtube escpesially on this video man! R.I.P john you rock!
ARGH!! im trying to write down what he's saying for a project but i cant understand him!! he's like "...even if I didnt think of it quite like that. But then I've just realized who Dylan and other people-Bob Dylan not thomas." Is this what he's saying??
i luv john lennon and i dont understand, even if u dont like him, how can u HATE him so much that u cant even muster the tiniest amount of respect for him. He made a huge contribution to society and though u may disagree id say hes a very important icon of history. Im not talking to anyone specifically but im just saying maybe u should have an open mind about things. I never thought id like rap but now i actually do so its not a bad idea to try new things and look through diff POV's ya know?
wow theotiscampbell, very perceptive, nobody here knew that...
y would someone do that? jealous that john lennon is 4534539 times cooler then ull ever be? u obviously cared enough to search for his interviews so whatever. lennon is a freakin god n u should respect everything he did while he was alive. especially if u have that kind of douche attitude
john lennon was a wise man. he said once that he is entitled to his own opinion, just as others are entitled to their own opinions. so if theotiscampbell is going to express his/her opinion in this manner, then let it be!
You clearly have NO idea who your talking about.......... I would love to see you say that to his face, or say anything bad to his face, younever would,because in reality
you are a nobody compared to him, if you saw him in person, im sure youd suck upto him like a fucking baby on hismoms tits!
Any one who disrespects john lennon CLEARLY doesnt know anything about him or doesnt know him well enough, cause any normal person// even not normal people that know him properly
respect him, and know that of ever one lived by his ways the world would be a much better place.
Yay! Finally someone who gets what John Lennon was all about! WTF man. Talk about disrespecting John Lennon. you should "relieve the world of another [incompetent] fuckup" and kill yourself
Why such immaturity? Yes we all have different opinions, Who said John Lennon knew it all? there are so many different perspectives, that not accepting one, is a fool's job.
oh and to the people on here leaving shitty remarks about lennon, lets see you do something, oh yeh, you can't because your a loser with no talent and nothing of interest for the rest of the world to bother listening to
as you can tell from my user name i am a huge kurt cobain fan but john lennon was better, although they're not really comparable. I think they were both geniuses but I think john's genius eclipsed that of cobains. After all, cobain's idol was john lennon and throughout his life he had always looked up in awe at john lennon and the various music, art and political achievements he made.
i really quite enjoy kurt cobain...but you should really respect john lennon for what he has accomplished and his marvelous lyric writing skills. he was a great man, great musician..
bigdaddy, christians aren't the only people who deserve life in this world, and any self-respecting christian wouldn't pass such a judgement on someone. your pathetic.
Given that Jesus never existed and the only evidence of him being a real person is through a self-contradictory book, i think it's safe to say that not just John, but everybody who ever lived is bigger than the fictional being that is Jesus.
no it hasnt. all the historians credited with finding jesus were either a) calling someone christos which is a title not a name or b) proven to be false
Thanks for the civil response!! It's hard to say...Jesus Christ has about 183,000 videos and The Beatles have about 143,000 on YouTube....I am just know God had a hand in creating all of them!! :P
Haha...if you search only "Jesus" you get about 527,000 results.
More people leave off Christ...but yeah... Jesus is a pretty famous guy. Way more famous than The Beatles. But John Lennon wasn't wrong in saying that more people would attend a Beatles concert than a church service somewhere nearby.
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John Lennon's story is sad and trajic, he was an angery self absorbed narcissist and a horrible emmotionally abusive father and husband who the world has made into a hero and an Icon, really screwed up where we put our priorities. I really think he was deep enough that if alive today and willing to go through the pain of true self realization he would admit he was quite fould and extremely overated.
all the things about being a terrible person are true, yes. but he was a musical and philosophical genius. Why don't YOU try to invent songs that everybody likes, just to get perspective on how "overrated" he was?
People know he was a dick, but they like his music and his Ideologies the same. It's not like he's Jesus, who was a very kind person... although he did turn out being more popular than him... lol
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P.I.T.A.'s are simply pimply sociopaths so simply IGNORE them, mark as spam and move on.
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gay? shut the fuck up you insecure cancerous tumor. john lenon was the shit back when the beatles made your mom scream for her vibrator. next time you have something to say about john go cry in live journal first you fucking momo
If you wouldn't be such an arrogant idiot and know the whole story you'd understand why John said it and why it made sense at the time. If he's such a gay and Beatles sucks don't search for their videos and fuck off. We'll all appreciate it. Thanks
genuis, visionary, inteelectual, leader,brave and most of all a beatle love ya john rest in peace the worlds a much worse place without you. P.S who cares about his fookin hair its the musc that counts
Bless John Lennong for saying that. I never thought of it that way, but i see he's right on this. That's why songs come out sounding dumb when they're just meant to be written as a song. It's much more intersting to write about life then translate it into a song. Then maybe the experience creates the music.
It's interesting to realize the significance of that shift of thought in John's brain. The moment he realized "his writing" and "writing songs" were the same thing was the same moment the Beatles transitioned from "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" to "Across the Universe" and "I Am the Walrus"
The Beatles were fans of Elvis and also of Chuck Berry among others. Lennon did not seek to emulate ANYone.
Speaking as a contemporary of John's, I have to say that his fans of that time, when he left the Beatles, considered him a philosopher as well as a poet and musician.
Oh and just want to say that it wasn't the camera which made the voices appear lower but the sound recording system. John's speaking voice WAS quite low, in any case.
Its a known fact that Lennon looked up to a man named Captian Beefheart...he was a musical genius who played in Frank Zappa's band "Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention"...Lennon is great though, he (along with the rest of the Beatles) emulate an entire era of history...prossibly one of the most progressive eras in history (right up there with the enlightenment and the rennessiance) And definetly the most progressive era of music.
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ahh, soz then destructin123. When I saw the video, your comment was the top one. So I assumed (I guess it made an ass out of me) that you meant you didn't understand anything that John Lennon said, when it seemed pretty obvious to me, so I just thought I would post. Have a good one man, soz much
Lennon was considered a threat because those his age listened to him and were swayed by his philosophy. In many circles it is thought that the "powers that be" had him done in and made it look like a lone nutter. (the usual way they do things, as with Kennedy)
Lennon was a musician, Presley was a performer. I'm not a Presley fan, but I appreciate he captured a style and an image that Lennon himself sought to emulate in his early days as a performer.
sure i agree lennon sought to emulate elvis, but i think he surpassed him, certainly the beatles did. elvis didnt write his own songs, whilst lennon and the beatles did, and a lot of them were classics.
When I head that John was murdered,I for an instant I felt I knew it anyway, It didnt surprize me what had happened. The strangest feeling I've ever had. I have tried to recall the sensation of knowing and understanding why this happened. But without success. I new there was a reason why,,, for a fraction of a second in 1980 when I heard the sad news.
born during WW2,brought up with no father and a mother he rarely saw,raised by his aunt,re-united with mother at 16 for short period of time before she was killed,lost a close friend,started the greatest band of all time,released the 5 greatest albums of all time with the band and spentthe next 15 years in the publics eye as a consequence,got divorced,married yoko,went solo,she left him fer awhile,shot dead at 40. The price of success?
I still love you
pezdeaguaturbia 1 day ago
I reckon his best years were behind him in 1980. If he had lived, (based on other 60s stars that lived) a minor resurgence in the first half of the 80s, maybe one or two LPs worth at the most, mid 80s; a limited, (a few live shows) Beatles reunion in the wake of LIVE AID. 1990s (and J.L. in his 50s) a few mediocre LP's every 3 years or so.
Pioneering and trailblazing only belong to the young. The 1960s was Lennon at his finest.
morval99 3 months ago
i miss him alot. wish he was around
deepwoodskentuckian 3 months ago
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Fabio199810 4 months ago
blob dylan, not thomas...tee hee har har, that was necessary.
7upIsLove 2 years ago 4
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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
chachomartinez 2 years ago 138
wish u were here.....RIP JOHN LENNON
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great video - i believe this video also confirms that John Lennon is still alive. please view my channel for an amazing video I found in an old camcorder with film of John Lennon inside...
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lennon and harrison were the real heart and soul of the beatles. ringo is justa piece of shit. probably doesn't believe that he is even from liverpool and is a fake! mccartney has sold out. doesn't know when to stop, they almost ruined the legacy of the beatles!
comeclarityinsanity 2 years ago
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Records...
AHHAHAHAAAHAHA
bwoolz 2 years ago
he was writing the "white album" material at the time of this interview...what a great period for him and paul...george and ringo too...jack douglas who produced john's last recordings..tells of meeting john when he was like 20..was a tape operator at some studio...and how one night he's alone in the control room with john..and john made him feel so at ease and so comfortable...and that quality is what transcended to audiences...how we all felt like we knew the beatles personally...great guys..
MutantLarva2010 2 years ago 3
HATE Killed John Lennon
1940 - 1980
102102020 2 years ago 5
As people have increased in size over the last 2000 years I would assume that all four of the Beatles were, in fact, bigger than Jesus.
DRR180 2 years ago
like bill hicks said why is it we kill the people who are trying to help us john lennon dead jfk dead malcom x dead martin luther king dead. ronald reagan wounded. what a loss rip john
enorjusten 2 years ago 2
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John Lennon was absolutely nothing compared to Ray Davies in terms of song writing ability. Lennon wasn't bad either though, to be fair.
LEFWWFC 2 years ago
John has inspired me in song-writing. He is a BRILLIANT songwriter. There not many musicians who can write and sing like John. There are a few good people and the world is dominated with bad people. Thank you, John!! The world misses you!!
cavolo1987 2 years ago 2
to tell the truth i am jesus.
but that said, john wrote some good songs. i have plenty on vynil, feel free to contact me and we can hear some records together.
peace and love.
eldorado303 2 years ago
Lennon is a fucking GENIUS!!
Thursday0987 2 years ago 8
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He was a right self centred prick at this point in time, legend or no legend.
CCSofChocolatesvill 2 years ago
John Lennon was more than a genius, he was a gift to the world.
chaddyboyblue 2 years ago 4
John's hair *--*
BenjaminBregg77 2 years ago 11
jesus is actually only 7 inches high. At that time the Beatles were far bigger. IN height and circumference. I don't know what all the fuss was about personally. Jesus himself wasn't offended as he stated in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, " i've always been quite short. The gospel writers never mention the fact i'm only 6 inches high, which i find infuriating. I think it gives me a gimmick. Although, i'm rather glad they don't mention the 0.01mm Penis" Jesus 1967
carledge29 2 years ago 7
i'm not sure if he said he was better than jesus, but even so he was and still is better than jesus excuse my blastphmy
arcticmonkey113 3 years ago 4
WTF are you sayin??? even if you're good or whatever, you have no right of sayin you're better than jesus or sometin like that! thats y he's dead, more famous than jesus huh? that why he got shot! hahaha!
cain0022 2 years ago
god. the man was literally a musical genius.
the world lost a great musician.
MelodyofMusic 3 years ago 22
Love you John.
gingerbreadmeadow 3 years ago 24
It's so sad he died man! If he was alive today well I'm sure he'd still be popular rip
Lovelybabe212 3 years ago 24
of course we would, McCartney was almost as good a musician and hes still loved today hopefully he goes on tour soon
XtrmMcjohnson 2 years ago
John was not afraid to think out-side of the cultural limitations. He was enlightened, and he had the courage to tell the truth. I love you, and the world misses you.
AwesomeBeatles 3 years ago 31
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LoL i'd never heard him speak before....
yourfaceandmum 3 years ago
john lennon dominates. <3
loz3er5 3 years ago 11
J.Lennon was a musical genius and a unique man.He was never afraid to be counted and he told it like it was.
Bless John.I miss that man.
tuktukskagal 2 years ago 49
HIS VOICE !♥
ShiningLikeASun 3 years ago 26
Here, here! *sigh*
charlies86angel 2 years ago 23
I love you John Lennon!!!His voice is amazing..so sweet!He really wanted peace for the world..what a amazing person!!
Peace on Earth.
xojbabyxo 3 years ago 9
Lennon meant that they were bigger than Jesus as a metaphor for their popularity in the world. It was just taken extremely out of context.
splinterx3 3 years ago 13
Yup.Lennon was way ahead of his time.Great singer/songwriter and a man who strived so hard for peace.Miss John.Amazing man.Thanx for this clip.
tuktukskagal 2 years ago 87
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but a man without pace, how can give the peace ?
it is time to think he was a man with many problems, same the others. and a man in this situation can give peace. he needed.
i love beatles, but i prefer beatles when sing.
solitarionotturno 2 years ago
lennon wasnt ahead of his time he was his time
imatwatinlove 2 years ago 70
@tuktukskagal ahead of his time?
look at his face LOL he was maybe 2 yrs ahead of his time hahahaha
Fabio199810 4 months ago
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@tuktukskagal ahead of his time?
look at his face LOL he was maybe 2 yrs ahead of his time hahahaha
Fabio199810 4 months ago
Oh my !!
i lovee him so much !!
<333 !! (:
pellabree 3 years ago 2
His exact words were "We're bigger than Jesus"
4portswitch 3 years ago 3
i thought he said THE BEATLES were bigger than jesus (at that moment in time)
thebeatles240 3 years ago
no he said he was bigger than jesus people know him more than they know jesus
microsoftsucksass 3 years ago
Not even that. He said he HEARD that a boy in England said that to him he was more important than jesus.
csf93 3 years ago
better at guitar
crankthetoto 3 years ago
He said the Beatles meant more to kids then Jesus did.
Huddiethegreat 3 years ago 2
And, at the time at least, he was right
mistermusicpsycho26 3 years ago 3
genius.
Huddiethegreat 3 years ago
You're right-his delivery indicates that.
onthemoveagain 3 years ago
Rest in peace, buddy.
You will be missed by all.
ChimChimandChimaira 3 years ago 6
MAYPOHEAD,
What you fail to understand is that he was a brilliant artist/singer-songwriter, who made millions of people happy through his music. Most fascinating artists have had some personal and behavioral issues, but it has only added to their art. Admire who we relate to??...I cannot relate to Lennon....my dad never left me, my mom was not killed by a drunk driver and I'll never have to succumb to a life of seclusion, based on my celebrity...AND I still love him and his music.
botz1967 3 years ago 3
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The world has made this angry narcissicist into a legend, yeah he had poetic insight and some musical skills but he is defintly no one to admire, a horrible father with lots of issues but hey people want to admire what they can relate too.
MAYPOHEAD 3 years ago
He may have been a bad father, we know..but who says we're admiring him as that father, we admire John Lennon the activist, John Lennon the musician, that's the man we admire.
Numerater 3 years ago 5
very true, art is art
akasaart 3 years ago 2
I like the nasal voice of Lennon..
pappatacio66 3 years ago 10
fuck all you haters who dont like John Lennon or the Beatles! you dont have to like them but at least respect them!
lagartija209 3 years ago 7
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He's finally in HELL where he belongs!!!
im4jesusalltheway 3 years ago
WTF? Why would we go to Hell? He was a great man. Explain yourself
rjkahlon 3 years ago 3
Nevermind what she said, she just goes around every John Lennon video and says he's in hell, if you pretend she isn't there, she won't have an audience to irate.
Unchainedballad 3 years ago
lol Unchainedballad I love your comment it just shows im4jesusalltheway as the zombie she is. hahaha
findingusernamesucks 3 years ago
lol.. there is no hell nor heaven.. get over it hahahahha your god and your beliefs are sooooo stupid.. hhhhhhhhhhaaahahahahahhahahahaha
pinochska 3 years ago
What the fuck has this world come to if a man goes to hell for striving so much for world peace? No such thing as hell in the first place, but you being a jesus believer and all...isn't it against your religion to judge others? Jesus all the way my ass if that's what he believes in. You're a dumbass
JennaOmgz88 3 years ago 2
i lov ebob dylan
doodman325 3 years ago
(that is so rude and mean :@ shame on you. death is not a thing to celebrate theotiscapbell wow! like why would you ever say that omg you make me sick) (JOHN ROCKS!) cool if you dont like him but dont be putting rude comments like that on youtube escpesially on this video man! R.I.P john you rock!
mcrrocks1294 3 years ago
What a beautiful guy. Total lack of pretentiousness -- so rare.
Would appreciate comments on my original tune "Carry On" which memorializes Lennon, et al. click my name, it goes right to it.
Scotto2008 3 years ago
OMIGOSH THANKYOU!!! even tho i already printed up this effing interview...oh well ^^ THX AGAIN!
afirocs 3 years ago
ARGH!! im trying to write down what he's saying for a project but i cant understand him!! he's like "...even if I didnt think of it quite like that. But then I've just realized who Dylan and other people-Bob Dylan not thomas." Is this what he's saying??
afirocs 3 years ago
Yes, he's making it clear that he's referring to Bob Dylan (the musician) as opposed to Dylan Thomas (the poet).
gpc 3 years ago
i luv john lennon and i dont understand, even if u dont like him, how can u HATE him so much that u cant even muster the tiniest amount of respect for him. He made a huge contribution to society and though u may disagree id say hes a very important icon of history. Im not talking to anyone specifically but im just saying maybe u should have an open mind about things. I never thought id like rap but now i actually do so its not a bad idea to try new things and look through diff POV's ya know?
afirocs 3 years ago
RIP Mr. Lennon <3
LAKxox89 3 years ago 3
John has words of wisdom
zapeti1235 3 years ago 5
john lennon is fucking awesome so you guys can suck it
efildrawkcab1413 3 years ago 5
wow theotiscampbell, very perceptive, nobody here knew that...
y would someone do that? jealous that john lennon is 4534539 times cooler then ull ever be? u obviously cared enough to search for his interviews so whatever. lennon is a freakin god n u should respect everything he did while he was alive. especially if u have that kind of douche attitude
wiseman528 3 years ago
i wouldnt go as far as GOD...but yea i luv his music. escpecially Hello Goodbye!! AWESOME!! ♥ lol btw wut does douche mean???
afirocs 3 years ago
john lennon was a wise man. he said once that he is entitled to his own opinion, just as others are entitled to their own opinions. so if theotiscampbell is going to express his/her opinion in this manner, then let it be!
just shrug it off!
beatlesandbelle 3 years ago
I didnt see the part from
theotiscampbell
You clearly have NO idea who your talking about.......... I would love to see you say that to his face, or say anything bad to his face, younever would,because in reality
you are a nobody compared to him, if you saw him in person, im sure youd suck upto him like a fucking baby on hismoms tits!
No one should disrespect john lennon... Ever.
LaceyyLennonn 3 years ago 2
Stop hating every one
And Love
Its john way of life :)
Any one who disrespects john lennon CLEARLY doesnt know anything about him or doesnt know him well enough, cause any normal person// even not normal people that know him properly
respect him, and know that of ever one lived by his ways the world would be a much better place.
Peace && Love
<3
R.I.P John Lennon
xo
LaceyyLennonn 3 years ago 3
"The Ironing is delicious" I love how there are storms of comments about how much you people hate each other on a video interview with JOHN LENNON!
johnjohnTL 3 years ago
Yay! Finally someone who gets what John Lennon was all about! WTF man. Talk about disrespecting John Lennon. you should "relieve the world of another [incompetent] fuckup" and kill yourself
johnjohnTL 3 years ago
Why such immaturity? Yes we all have different opinions, Who said John Lennon knew it all? there are so many different perspectives, that not accepting one, is a fool's job.
Bl33DBL4CK 3 years ago
Only one of the greatest poets to ever come out of Ireland. And its Dylan Thomas.
ak4291 3 years ago
oh my god, your soo mature buddy
honestly shut the fuck up man
whatever point your trying to prove, your just making yourself look like a jackass
and by the way, making fun of a dead guy in a youtube comment?
what the fuck man, thats like the stupidest thing you could possibly do
codyhilborn 3 years ago
oh and to the people on here leaving shitty remarks about lennon, lets see you do something, oh yeh, you can't because your a loser with no talent and nothing of interest for the rest of the world to bother listening to
kurtcobain1 3 years ago
i like them both but u, u need to stop whinging, and judging
awayalwayz 3 years ago
as you can tell from my user name i am a huge kurt cobain fan but john lennon was better, although they're not really comparable. I think they were both geniuses but I think john's genius eclipsed that of cobains. After all, cobain's idol was john lennon and throughout his life he had always looked up in awe at john lennon and the various music, art and political achievements he made.
kurtcobain1 3 years ago
well...
now that i know you're only
here for the sake of antagonizing
us "serious, self-important sludge"
i don't need to bother with you
or waste time responding.
happy christmas moron.
drwinstonoboogie08 3 years ago
too bad for you asshat...
he was cremated.
go play somewhere else.
drwinstonoboogie08 3 years ago
*chuckles*
like you're so much better
being a cold heartless prick.
what a halfwit.
drwinstonoboogie08 3 years ago 2
It might of been a joke..Yea..But he should of never said it in the first place.
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kurt cobain is better then this dude.
tasa07 3 years ago
i really quite enjoy kurt cobain...but you should really respect john lennon for what he has accomplished and his marvelous lyric writing skills. he was a great man, great musician..
ZepsHeavensStairway 3 years ago
bigdaddy, christians aren't the only people who deserve life in this world, and any self-respecting christian wouldn't pass such a judgement on someone. your pathetic.
vonlichtenstien23 3 years ago
true that
diseasedfoe 3 years ago
wow,pretty old xD
He had been a great man
Londonfreak93 3 years ago 4
Do you have something against queers maxwell. I thought you were supposed to accept the queers, not make slurs about them.
BigDaddy5503 3 years ago
... twas a joke
Zimbabweland 3 years ago
Given that Jesus never existed and the only evidence of him being a real person is through a self-contradictory book, i think it's safe to say that not just John, but everybody who ever lived is bigger than the fictional being that is Jesus.
mythicaljake 3 years ago
no, jesus existed... it's been proven. now whether or not he performed miracles is the question...
Zimbabweland 3 years ago 2
no it hasnt. all the historians credited with finding jesus were either a) calling someone christos which is a title not a name or b) proven to be false
hashmeil42 3 years ago
no he's right. They no for a fact that there was a prophet called Jesus who was crucified by the Romans. Every other detail is uncertain.
shatteredlamp12 3 years ago
The Beatles are more popular than Jesus...it was true in 1966 and even more so today...how many Jesus Christ's YouTube videos are there??
beatleddie 3 years ago
Actually, Jesus is more popular than Beatles because of Family Guy!
AnInfant 3 years ago 3
Actually, if you search Jesus Christ you get a whole lot more results on YouTube that you would if you searched The Beatles.
I know a lot of it is humor...but there's no such thing as bad press. :)
timothywyatt72 3 years ago
Thanks for the civil response!! It's hard to say...Jesus Christ has about 183,000 videos and The Beatles have about 143,000 on YouTube....I am just know God had a hand in creating all of them!! :P
beatleddie 3 years ago
Haha...if you search only "Jesus" you get about 527,000 results.
More people leave off Christ...but yeah... Jesus is a pretty famous guy. Way more famous than The Beatles. But John Lennon wasn't wrong in saying that more people would attend a Beatles concert than a church service somewhere nearby.
timothywyatt72 3 years ago
such a sad truth horribly sad
MAYPOHEAD 3 years ago
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John Lennon's story is sad and trajic, he was an angery self absorbed narcissist and a horrible emmotionally abusive father and husband who the world has made into a hero and an Icon, really screwed up where we put our priorities. I really think he was deep enough that if alive today and willing to go through the pain of true self realization he would admit he was quite fould and extremely overated.
MAYPOHEAD 3 years ago
all the things about being a terrible person are true, yes. but he was a musical and philosophical genius. Why don't YOU try to invent songs that everybody likes, just to get perspective on how "overrated" he was?
People know he was a dick, but they like his music and his Ideologies the same. It's not like he's Jesus, who was a very kind person... although he did turn out being more popular than him... lol
Zimbabweland 3 years ago
correct
johnnie160 3 years ago
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He is SO GAY! Yea Beattles are more POPULAR that Jesus. PFFTTT!! GIVE ME A BREAK..... BEATLES ARE HORRIBLE.
UE2525 3 years ago
fuck you! your un-human, john lennon is the shit and so are the rest of the beatles!
vthokiesfan1119 3 years ago
UE2525 is a professional internet troll attacker. There are thousands of them online apparently. They'll show up at, say, an Elliott Smith page and post "Elliott was a loser junkie!!" or something else inflammatory just to get a RESPONSE!
P.I.T.A.'s are simply pimply sociopaths so simply IGNORE them, mark as spam and move on.
Peace
vaughntrapp 3 years ago
Agreed!
jninja12 3 years ago
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gay? shut the fuck up you insecure cancerous tumor. john lenon was the shit back when the beatles made your mom scream for her vibrator. next time you have something to say about john go cry in live journal first you fucking momo
mistro12369 3 years ago
lol haha good shit man, tell him. Beatles Rock, John Lennon will always be the man.
formymind 3 years ago
If you wouldn't be such an arrogant idiot and know the whole story you'd understand why John said it and why it made sense at the time. If he's such a gay and Beatles sucks don't search for their videos and fuck off. We'll all appreciate it. Thanks
Denibull 3 years ago
read the other half of the sentence l2r! lol
johnycage180 3 years ago
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That guy is like very ugly but it can't remove his talent.
johnycage180 3 years ago
without the glasses he was a handsome guy
rufo3 3 years ago
I can say that by ummmm let see, looking at him?
And I thought about it before and if you doesn't respect it your the one to blame.
I don't know where you live but I'm in a free country where everyone as the right to express himself without being disrespected or denigrated.
johnycage180 3 years ago
Thousands of screaming girls may disagree with you.
infernalhammer 3 years ago
Brilliant artists like Lennon are few and far between.
Atomsmasher777 3 years ago 4
wheres his scouse accent?
legend
thisshitiswackcanada 3 years ago
John Lennon Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
laviejadelpiano 3 years ago
Man that was way too short.
itslikeframingapear 3 years ago
genuis, visionary, inteelectual, leader,brave and most of all a beatle love ya john rest in peace the worlds a much worse place without you. P.S who cares about his fookin hair its the musc that counts
JNRbamyai 3 years ago 8
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I hate his image. I wish he had stayed with the moptop phase.
Elrich89 3 years ago
Quote from John to a journalist who said she liked him when he had the moptop: "I've grown up, but obviously you haven't."
AntoinePancakes 3 years ago 12
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Oh well, if he was happy looking like a dirty hippy, then that was his decision. At least when I listen to his music I don't have to see him.
Elrich89 3 years ago
what the heck?
he don't look like a dirty hippie! have you seen him with his LONG hair?
skippyrandom 3 years ago 4
Um, of course I have. Avid Beatles fan here.
Elrich89 3 years ago
He was so complicated ,simple,gorgeous, uptight, brutally honest, thoughtful, hard, sensitive.........John
I just love him
blackspace007 3 years ago 16
so true...thats my attitude with whatever i create. legand
exert2020 3 years ago
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Overrated skunk.
LastingTreasure 3 years ago
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*in Beavis voice* you suck!
schapoff 3 years ago
so why do you watch videos of him?
Micky5522 3 years ago 13
And I love you and you love me !
mokogintaz 3 years ago 3
i love john lennon.
he was such a good person.
xXinsanelove18Xx 3 years ago 7
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glad bob dylan showed them the way ha.
scotttgross 3 years ago
Bless John Lennong for saying that. I never thought of it that way, but i see he's right on this. That's why songs come out sounding dumb when they're just meant to be written as a song. It's much more intersting to write about life then translate it into a song. Then maybe the experience creates the music.
95cooks 3 years ago 4
It's interesting to realize the significance of that shift of thought in John's brain. The moment he realized "his writing" and "writing songs" were the same thing was the same moment the Beatles transitioned from "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" to "Across the Universe" and "I Am the Walrus"
hoopssheaffer08 3 years ago 2
The Beatles were fans of Elvis and also of Chuck Berry among others. Lennon did not seek to emulate ANYone.
Speaking as a contemporary of John's, I have to say that his fans of that time, when he left the Beatles, considered him a philosopher as well as a poet and musician.
Oh and just want to say that it wasn't the camera which made the voices appear lower but the sound recording system. John's speaking voice WAS quite low, in any case.
FunNotNuts 3 years ago
Its a known fact that Lennon looked up to a man named Captian Beefheart...he was a musical genius who played in Frank Zappa's band "Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention"...Lennon is great though, he (along with the rest of the Beatles) emulate an entire era of history...prossibly one of the most progressive eras in history (right up there with the enlightenment and the rennessiance) And definetly the most progressive era of music.
Jromano0005 3 years ago 3
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2pac didnt look up 2 no1 & look @ his legacy compared 2 john. (NOT CAUSIN BEEF)
Th3LegendKiller 3 years ago
I didn't understand a thing you said.
destructin123 3 years ago
Listen to it again and open your ears, it's pretty easy.
vangl 3 years ago
Hehe, I don't mean the video. I understand it.
What I mean is the comment this person in the name of, Th3 Legend Killer.
destructin123 3 years ago
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ahh, soz then destructin123. When I saw the video, your comment was the top one. So I assumed (I guess it made an ass out of me) that you meant you didn't understand anything that John Lennon said, when it seemed pretty obvious to me, so I just thought I would post. Have a good one man, soz much
vangl 3 years ago
fuck those who hate him! he's the biggest! biggest Legend!
vytautas70 3 years ago 13
from what i heard the beatles in the early days emulated chuck berry ? correct me if im wrong
shetownguitarist 3 years ago
i dont know they did play "Roll over beethoven" a chuck berry classic...i would think so.
Jromano0005 3 years ago
i find all the camers in the 60s make there voice sound deeper
IntenseRiffs 3 years ago 2
lennon was THE definition of music, until some bastard took him away from us just because h anted his name remembered
vhfender 3 years ago 7
Lennon was considered a threat because those his age listened to him and were swayed by his philosophy. In many circles it is thought that the "powers that be" had him done in and made it look like a lone nutter. (the usual way they do things, as with Kennedy)
FunNotNuts 3 years ago 2
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Man listen to him talk, it sounds so fucked up what he is saying.
cooley12 3 years ago
SHUT UP!
totalxfake 3 years ago 5
i never got to meet him. :-(
smackdab3 3 years ago
John Lennon = The coolest man who ever lived. Lest we forget. :-(
IKilledElviss 3 years ago 30
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lennon sure is the coolest man that ever lived, but why the fuck did you murder elvis.
elizajohn5 3 years ago
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He was making Lennon look bad. ;-)
IKilledElviss 3 years ago
lennon had more talent in his little finger than elvis had in his whole body. forza lennon.
elizajohn5 3 years ago 36
Lennon was a musician, Presley was a performer. I'm not a Presley fan, but I appreciate he captured a style and an image that Lennon himself sought to emulate in his early days as a performer.
morval99 3 years ago
sure i agree lennon sought to emulate elvis, but i think he surpassed him, certainly the beatles did. elvis didnt write his own songs, whilst lennon and the beatles did, and a lot of them were classics.
elizajohn5 3 years ago 4
'Lennon was a musician, Presley was a performer?' That's a deluded thing to say, on Lennon's behalf!
Electronicbox 3 years ago
i agree elvis is a joke compared to lennon
vhfender 3 years ago 13
When I head that John was murdered,I for an instant I felt I knew it anyway, It didnt surprize me what had happened. The strangest feeling I've ever had. I have tried to recall the sensation of knowing and understanding why this happened. But without success. I new there was a reason why,,, for a fraction of a second in 1980 when I heard the sad news.
holdersteven 3 years ago
this is wisdom.
bayleyasher 3 years ago
got that right ^_^
Theblackcat22 3 years ago
born during WW2,brought up with no father and a mother he rarely saw,raised by his aunt,re-united with mother at 16 for short period of time before she was killed,lost a close friend,started the greatest band of all time,released the 5 greatest albums of all time with the band and spentthe next 15 years in the publics eye as a consequence,got divorced,married yoko,went solo,she left him fer awhile,shot dead at 40. The price of success?
colmanaucoin 3 years ago
You left out one thing. He was one of the top five musical geniuses in history.
stk6mkt 3 years ago
Lennon,Beethoven,Mozart...
who are the other 2 ya think?
colmanaucoin 3 years ago
mccartney and harrison
JohnnyRotten14 3 years ago