Julian about his dad

Snippets of Julian Lennon's feelings about his father from interviews taken at different times in his life. It's a sort of storyboard for an animated thing I'd do if I had flash.

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• john
• julian
• lennon
• father
• dad
• beatles

[Keruaran]

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I can't imagine John Lennon, when confronted with his own failure to be a loving father to his firstborn son, not acknowledging it and doing something about it. That would just be out of character.

[NewMJ]

John said in an interview if he could do anything over he would have made things better for Julian.

[katelin2008]

which one plz post a link

[NewMJ]

I got the quote from one of the biographies about Julian, to my knowledge the interview was given in the mid to late 70s and it's not online.

[Taylana]

Interesting the audio interview and pictures:)

I wonder where I can find some excerpts from this audio from this "concert" of Julian that was playing in the background!? Especially SPACE? That is my favorite song of him? I never heard this song in a concert

[NewMJ]

The "concert" is from the Stand By Me video that followed Julian on his first tour way back in 1985. Hard to find but a joy for true Jules fans.

[syleriam]

He looks nice, even now in his 40's... I so glad cause he and his half bro Sean are good pals.

[kickassfan]

we love you Jules..Forever

[NotADood]

@Keruaran It's exactly what he did though. It's not out of character at all if you know the first thing about him.

[juliosammy]

he has such a sad look in his eyes

[oslin1]

Julian was unplanned, John was immature (early 20s) and his career had just taken off like a rocket. Also, John was bringing heavy baggage from unresolved feelings about his own father who abandoned him and his mother at age five. I'm sure as John matured he regretted his failure to parent Julian as he should have. It's amazing that Julian finds forgiveness for John. He appears to have inherited the sensitive, thoughtful aspects of his father along with the strength. Beautiful boy himself. :)

[QueenBeatlesWings]

in the PBS documentary LenoNYC there's an audio clip of John Lennon saying how he never got to known his son Julian, how it was like 'having a strange child in the house' but later as a teenager Julian had a better relationship with John. Julian later said he forgave John because he realized how impossible it would be for John to care for him- he couldn't quit during Beatlemania, and he wasn't ready to be a father- John said "Julian wasn't a planned baby, therein lies the difference"

[annm1969]

@muse54 I think your seriously missing the point of the tshirt. He's wearing it because firstly: Yoko has been trying to wipe his and Cynthia's existance out of John's history and secondly: critics always acted like Julian didn't have the right to use his birth name. When he wore that tshirt Yoko was trying to prevent his cd Photograph Smile from being released because Sean had his first Cd coming out. They now have a more peaceful relationship and seem to support eachother better.

[themillenia]

@muse54 He specifically said that he didn't have respect for him "as a father". You can have respect for someone in different realms and not just overall.

[Gabreya]

@muse54 No. It's just that his father neglected him in the years he was with that disgusting pig-faced chauvinistic female dog, and treated his half-brother better than him. But, it took some time for him to somehow forgive his father for not spending time with him often like he should. He still loves him but it's kinda hard for him to respect the father that acted as if he didn't exist. He managed to love him though.

[muse54]

How can he not have respect for his father when he obviously enjoys wearing a shirt that said Lennon and proud of it? I think he is confused.

[jayanxiety]

It must have been hard for Julian, especially early in his career where everyone expected him to carry on his father's legacy. Also, Julian looked and sounded much like his father, so much that some listeners thought songs like 'Valotte' were lost John Lennon tracks. He must have also found it hard to go through life having people tell him how great his dad was, when Julian obviously had different feelings.

[lunando9]

@Keruaran in one of the last John lennon interview, he said he was renewing his relationship with julian and was hopeful for the future, but then u know what happened in Dec. unfortunately