Aunt Mimi Reflects on John Lennon

In this clip, Mimi reads some letters of John's and some responses of her's and gives her thoughts on John and the Lennon family. To me, this appears to be a particularly scathing commentary by Mimi.

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[mightyquinn62]

H E L L O??? IS ANYONE HOME? This is a fraud. All of this Neilfraudstrong's junk is fraud. I can't believe these comments - how naive are people?!!! Ha ha ha!!!! Don't you know anything about John Lennon and his relationship with the only one who cared enough to raise him?????????????????? Please people. Wake up and smell the coffee.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@mightyquinn62

Yeah, you're right.

[NeilFraudstrong]

I love how Mimi keeps complaining towards the end about John not being able to stand the sight of her and after all he invited Alf into his home, blah blah blah. Yeah, John screwed you terribly. He only bought you a seaside bungalow in one of the hot spots of southern England and paid for your living expenses for life. What a jerk.

[TheHartlepoolgirl]

I think John always wanted more love, acceptance and warmth than Mimi was able to give. From Mimi's point of view,, I'm sure she thought she was doing her best to bring John up the right way, but it seems to me from the numerous books I've read , that John's heart was broken as a young boy and remained that way for the rest of his life.

[NeilFraudstrong]

One of the most traumatic experiences of John's life happened when he was 6. His dad had basically kidnapped him and taken him to Blackpool. Julia found out and went to Blackpool and John was forced to pick between Alf or Julia and he went back and forth several times before choosing Alf. Then, as he saw Julia walking away, he ran after her in tears asking her not to go, but that seriously ruined him for life.

[colinsmyth99]

When was this taped? I'm surprised to hear her talk like this, especially as he always seemed to hold her in the highest regard, even though he didn't visit her in years.

[NeilFraudstrong]

He didn't hold her in as high a regard as you might think. I think he loved and appreciated her, but he was resentful of her because she frequently threw away his writings and drawings. She was a very exacting and blunt woman. She wasn't supportive of him in music really. She basically wanted him to get a good education and get a good white collar job and not waste his early years chasing some pipe dream with music. She said "The guitar's alright, John, but you'll never make a living out of it."

[84sblack]

Mimi is my hero

[babystinky]

@NeilFraudstrong

that was in an interview in '71 with rolling stone that John said all that about Mimi. He loved her dearly. Yoko, and Paul knows this, they made sure she was properly shown in the movie and demonized. She was an old fashioned Christian lady who John actually wanted to have live with him in America, when he was with Yoko.

[andreasegde]

Read the real truth about Mimi Smith on Wikipedia.

[Doug5007]

To Gretchcountrygentle - I am astouinded by how stupid some people's comments on youtube are - If you grew up with John Lennon you would see how he declined. You are the one who really is not qualified to say anything - you get off of youtube - you are too dumb to put your comments in a public arena.

[gretchcountrygentle]

@Doug5007 You're a real expert on this , I guess you think. Regardless of some stupid top 100 list

Lennon was and is loved by more people than your small brain can comprehend. You go around comparing them like some authority on the subject Make yourself useful and get lost already

[gretchcountrygentle]

Very Enlightening. 

[lalalives]

@Doug5007 Maybe you knew John personally, but from this recording Mimi was talking about the period form when John became a huge star until the band broke up- ten years. And that includes time when he wasn't married to Yoko. Yoko Ono is often used as a scapegoat for any negative, horrible thing you can think of pertaining to John. A lot of John's issues, unfortunately, began far prior to him meeting Yoko.Although he COULD be cruel, he was also extremely warm and sweet. A paradox.