John Lennon

https://youtu.be/8y07XT2m2RA
Aunt Mimi 1981

“In 1965, John bought her a bungalow in Poole, Dorset, where she lived until her death in 1991. Despite later losing touch with other family members, he kept in close contact with Mimi and telephoned her every week until his death in 1980.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Smith

The video explores layers in the meaning of the lyrics and performance of the song – telling the story of John’s relationships with mother and father figures, including fractured memories from his childhood and important moments in his life.

We see parental figures gone too soon and desperately missed: his mother Julia, father Alfred, his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George Smith who raised and housed him for most of his childhood and teens, and manager Brian Epstein.

We see John with his wife Yoko Ono Lennon (who he nicknamed ‘Mother’ after they became parents with Sean), we consider John as a father, with sons Julian Lennon and Sean Ono Lennon, and then explore themes of John absent, gone too soon, missed sorely by his wife, children, extended family and the world.

Produced by Yoko Ono Lennon, directed and edited by Simon Hilton with 3D compositing by David Frearson, the video was first created in 2003 for the DVD release: ‘Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon’ and includes photographs by Bob Gruen, Stanley Parkes, Geoff Rhind, Robert Freeman, Jack Mitchell, Iain Macmillan, Paul Goresh, Joyce Ravid and many others:

https://youtu.be/sPYsMM1FvXs
MOTHER (Ultimate Mix, 2021) – Lennon & Ono w The Plastic Ono Band

Lennon moved to New York in 1971, and never returned to England again. Despite losing touch with several family members, he kept in close contact with her and telephoned her every week.

https://youtu.be/vQf9ldXwSmM
John Lennons’ Parents – The Impact of Aunt Mimi and Uncle George

In a 1981 television interview with Southern Television reporter Christopher Peacock, Smith stated that she spoke with Lennon by phone the night before he was murdered. He called her to say he was homesick and was planning a trip back to England.

https://youtu.be/pLHYx_gKX6U
The John Lennon Story
0:00 Intro
00:33 An Introduction to John Lennon
02:33 The Early Years – 1940 – 1958
10:10 The Beatles and the touring years
14:47 The Beatles studio years breakup and solo years
27:59 Personal Relationships
42:17 8th December 1980
45:47 Conclusion

https://youtu.be/yz1P7JU48DI
John Winston Ono Lennon was the co-founder of the most successful and influential band of all time, an unrivalled songwriter, a political activist and pacifist and a visionary. His songs took popular music to a new level, impacting modern music like no other before or since. This documentary will take you on a journey through his life told by those who knew him best, from his modest upbringing in Liverpool to his worldwide fame, his musical talent to his political activism, and from his struggles with the law to his tragic death.

https://youtu.be/mB8pMI0pUKQ
Nowhere Boy is a 2009 British biographical drama film about John Lennon’s adolescence, his relationships with his aunt Mimi Smith and his mother Julia Lennon, the creation of his first band, the Quarrymen, and its evolution into the Beatles. The film is based on a biography written by Lennon’s half-sister Julia Baird. The film received its US release on 8 October 2010, coinciding with that weekend’s celebrations of Lennon’s 70th birthday (9 October 1940).

John Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history. In 1969, he started the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, Yoko Ono. After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, Lennon continued a career as a solo artist and as Ono’s collaborator.

Born in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager. In 1956, he formed his first band, the Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. He was initially the group’s de facto leader, a role gradually ceded to McCartney. Lennon was characterised for the rebellious nature with acerbic wit.

https://youtu.be/8_Rg5qWuYrs
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon’s work included music, writing, drawings, and film. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.

https://youtu.be/zOTvm1i62Ys
Discovering John Lennon – True Story Documentary Channel

The Final 12 Hours of John Lennon | The Beatles

https://youtu.be/G2N7gJftVeQ

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