John Lennon & Yoko Ono - The Luck Of The Irish ☘️ 🇮🇪 (official music video HD)
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If you had the luck of the Irish,
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead
A thousand years of torture and hunger
Drove the people away from their land
A land full of beauty and wonder
Was raped by the British brigands
Goddamned, goddamned
If you could keep voices like flowers
There's be shamrock all over the world
If you could drink dreams like Irish streams
Then the world would be as high as the mountain of Morn
In the 'pool they told us the story
How the English divided the land
Of the pain, the death and the glory
And the poets of auld Eireland
If we could make chains with the morning dew
The world would be like Galway Bay
If you walk over rainbows like leprechauns
The world would be one big Blarney Stone
Why the hell are the English there anyway?
As they kill with God on their side
Blame it all on the kids and the I.R.A.
As the bastards commit genocide
Aye, aye, genocide
If you had the luck of the Irish,
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead
Written and performed by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Filmed on Portapak video by John Reilly at John & Yoko's apartment
105 Bank Street, New York, USA on 12 November 1971.
John: Liverpool is where the Irish came when they ran out of potatoes, and it’s where black people were left or worked as slaves. It was a very poor city, and tough. The people have a sense of humour because they are in so much pain, so they are always cracking jokes. They are very witty. And we talk through our noses. I suppose it’s adenoids.
I'm a quarter-Irish and long, long before the trouble started, I told Yoko that's where we're going to retire, and I took her to Ireland. We went around Ireland a bit and we stayed in Ireland and we had a sort-of second honeymoon there. So I was completely involved in Ireland.
Yoko: That was not artsy-craftsy music. It was music alongside the idea of 'The Message is the Music'. We went back to the original concept of a folk song. Like a newspaper, the function was to present the message accurately and quickly. And in that sense, it was funky music, just as a newspaper layout could he called funky. Also it is supposed to stimulate people among the audience and to make them think, 'Oh, it's so simple, even I could do it.' It should not alienate the audience with its professionalism but communicate to the audience the fact that they, the audience, can be just as creative as the performers on the stage, and encourage them to make their own music with the performers rather than to just sit back and applaud.
A second recording, made at Record Plant recording studios, is available on the album 'Sometime in New York City'.
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Irish people know there is a deep irony in the saying “luck of the Irish” but hearing our history recognized in Lennons song without any British stereotypes means a lot and is beautiful !
@joejoe5071
3 жыл бұрын
Usually I find it's Americans who come up with the Irish stereotypes. Also Lennon was part Irish himself.
@leonidiojosemachado5884
2 жыл бұрын
@@joejoe5071 no
@FabriciaOliveira-qb7qq
2 ай бұрын
Yoko ono em julian que esperancas esta a paz de deus amem ima fabricia
@kingmaxthe_first3389
2 ай бұрын
John Lennon was ethically irish
I’m Irish and this song always brings a tear to my eye thank you John and Yoko ❤️❤️❤️
❤ recommended by Sean Ono Lennon on X and so glad. Can’t believe this is the first time I’ve heard or seen this.
@sandysearls3734
Ай бұрын
I came here too after Sean's post on X. They sound great
@Wildflowers516
Ай бұрын
Ditto
Yoko had a nice voice when she sang 'normally'. Their voice's sounded great together. What a great couple!.
@Paul_9.53
7 ай бұрын
hm......naja..a voice like every church choir singer has
His voice is so incredibly sweet here. I like it. In a lot of his recordings he puts some sort of effect or double tracking. But the rawness and folkness suits him here.
@maorongnonnosheng8671
4 жыл бұрын
His voice is pure
@amygirt5804
3 жыл бұрын
yes the rawness of both their vocals on pt.
John Lennon was still is and always will be the BEST Miss you John ❤
"The Luck Of The Irish, take 1. Sean O' Leehon and Mrs. O' Nono"
@johnmc3862
3 жыл бұрын
Sean MacLennon.
@waynej2608
3 жыл бұрын
Also known as, Dr. Winston O'Boogie. Slainte.
@J.cd33
3 жыл бұрын
Mrs. MCono
John 💚yoko ♥️✌️they sing this well together a nice tune ☘️ love to you John
Cant believe it will soon be 40 years since his death. R.I.P John Lennon
@MarlboroMan1900
4 жыл бұрын
Simrat Clair he would 80 😞
@cruiser6260
4 жыл бұрын
@@MarlboroMan1900 not the way he smoked
@ladyggsmith3261
4 жыл бұрын
death ,.. no murder .. his life was sadly interrupted by insane loser narcissistic ..
John could talk about anything and I’d listen
Rest In Peace John Lennon. A great musician and an even greater man. RIP
@eleanorerigby5503
4 жыл бұрын
"great man"...who left his 1st son on his own at the age of 6 and always let him feel unwanted.. Yeah, great man..
@GeraBrown
4 жыл бұрын
@@eleanorerigby5503 The best of us are imperfect, troll. Why not go ask him about his mistakes. You know how to get there, right? Oh, I wasn't thinking. You'd be detoured.
@ismanumehrwuascht
4 жыл бұрын
He was a bit of a prick, but he will always be a legend
@GeraBrown
4 жыл бұрын
@Dean Morrow Perfect. Agree.
@GeraBrown
4 жыл бұрын
@@ismanumehrwuascht Today's pricks are a lot worse pricks, and don't care.
Lennon y su genial grupo los beatles ya son inmortales..su musica nunca sera antigua..porke es buena..y de calidad..pocos grupos lo consiguen..bravo..👍😘
@alessandrazapata4846
4 жыл бұрын
No jonn lenon se habia muerto
@GeraBrown
4 жыл бұрын
@@alessandrazapata4846 Si, pero vive siempre con nosotros, verdad?
This is pure gold, I have never seen it before, thanks for sharing it with all John and Beatles fans 👍😃
He had that purr in his vocal he could bring in . Salute to john, just another class tune seamlessly flowing from him . Love the harmony with yoko in the blarney stone bit she sings it so nice
Great Song! Great words by both of them!! Happy St. Patricks Day 2023 🍀🍀🍀
@anneliamohara2842
Жыл бұрын
Fair play to John and Yoko ! Wasn’t the thing do at the time ! Fair play they took a a stance . Have to Admire them !☘️
What a wonderful surprise this is! Nice job Yoko harmonizing with John. So very beautiful indeed. Thank you, and always in the Spirit of John's memory - Imagine.
Rest In Peace John Lennon...Thankful to hear this 💜 Your music will go on and on
Imagine! Paul McCartney watches that video right now, together with us and remembers his times with John, just remember. And do not have Irish luck ⊙ω⊙
@RenzoM2811
4 жыл бұрын
I'd rather not have Irish luck
@joyschilmiller9011
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you about that my friend. Love my Beatles music.
@yoycamp9239
4 жыл бұрын
There were a story that Yoko gave Paul "free as a bird" tape with John's words "end it my friend", somewhere after John was murdered, you know my friends it was going to be Beatles reunion in 1981-1985, but happend what happend, btw sorry for my language, (Russia, you know)
@elizajohn5
4 жыл бұрын
@@RenzoM2811 you don`t like the irish?
@RenzoM2811
4 жыл бұрын
@@elizajohn5 No. But the meaning of Lennon's song is that Irish people have bad luck.
always cool to see unseen footage
@Starfish9587
4 жыл бұрын
I literally love zombies lol
LYRICS : If you had the luck of the Irish, You'd be sorry and wish you were dead You should have the luck of the Irish And you'd wish you was English instead A thousand years of torture and hunger Drove the people away from their land A land full of beauty and wonder Was raped by the British brigands Goddamned Goddamned If you could keep voices like flowers There's be shamrock all over the world If you could drink dreams like Irish streams Then the world would be as high as the mountain of morn In the 'pool they told us the story How the English divided the land Of the pain and the death and the glory And the poets of auld Eireland If we could make chains with the morning dew The world would be like Galway Bay Let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns The world would be one big blarney stone (X2) Why the hell are the English there anyway? As they kill with God on their side Blame it all on the kids and the I.R.A. As the bastards commit genocide Aye, aye Genocide You should have the luck of the Irish, You'd be sorry and wish you were dead You should have the luck of the Irish And you'd wish you was English instead One more time You should have the luck of the Irish, You'd be sorry and wish you were dead You should have the luck of the Irish And you'd wish you was English instead Hey, yes, you'd wish you were English instead
@leighkm1942
4 жыл бұрын
Mountains of Mourne*
He's still shining
I love you John Lennon, wish you were alive so much. I miss you.
Made my day! I've seen it before but hey, don't fix it if it ain't broke. I tear up to this day. A most beautiful duet. RIP John and continued good vibes sent to Yoko.
Such a Lennon lyric. Right on the money. No holding back.
@MarioLopez-tk9cs
2 жыл бұрын
Yoko sus ojos trirste siempre sufrio y nosotros fuimos ina basura antè este gran misico y sù esposa 😪😪😪😪😪😪🎭
The world will be in a better place if John Lennon was still alive.
@spiralmorph727
3 жыл бұрын
the world IS in a better place because he lived
You will always be my hero, John. You may think your shockwave ended generations ago, but it hasn’t.. it is still spreading... Long live John Lennon. Hope to meet you at the gates of brass and gold.
@jimc6382
Ай бұрын
"Imagine there's no heaven... no hell below us, above us only sky." It could just be that people get the afterlife they believe in.
This is a great rare intimate musical moment. Thanks for the upload.
2 people in love John & Yoko.
Nice way to spend the first St. Patties Day of the decade listening to some John Lennon. Have a great holiday God bless! ✌💚 🍀
@minotaur953
3 жыл бұрын
What’s St. Patties day?, it’s St. Paddy’s or Patrick’s day
Lennon is the Leonardo da Vinci of the pop music.
R.I.P JOHN LENNON !
This is so wonderful! What a time for a 'new' John Lennon song. Just what we all need right now. Just IMAGINE if he were alive still. We may have never went so wrong and mucked things up so.
This is great. Some footage again as Beatles fans we have never seen!
John, this man of color loves and misses you a lot R.I.P.
We all miss you, John😭😭😭
John Lennon,que espectacular cantante,que hasta el día de hoy se digue escuchando . Clásicos como este de ayer ,de hoy y de siempre nunca se.olvidan,al contrario se sigue escuchando de todas las edades. Mis cordiales saludos
How lovely is he and she looking at each other. 😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thanks for the memories john 👍👍👍much appreciated
I love his voice so much
Very smooth voice , john has, no yelling , no loud singing, just soft smooth.
Ich liebe dich John Lennon
2:36 John& yoko sounded great signing together ❤
@cruiser6260
4 жыл бұрын
She can't sing that's why they resisted her joining the Beatles
@idonteperfect6943
4 жыл бұрын
@@cruiser6260 She can sing ive seen vids of her actually using her voice singing in a sweet soft tone or in her native and she sounds good not the best not perfect but good
@Janinho897
4 жыл бұрын
lol, they're nt even singing together in that moment :D :D
@RevRMc
4 жыл бұрын
@MiamiBeach xxx She isn't screaminh here
@madcircle0461
3 жыл бұрын
@@idonteperfect6943 she can’t sing a single note and it’s disgusting how terrible she is. She ruins every Lennon song she forces herself into even though NOBODY except John wanted her to be a part of his stuff. This album sometime in New York City was such a train wreck because he forced yoko on the public and the public said hell no lol.
Im irish and im glad this video is a thing, cheered me up as the parades were canceled
@you_did_good6196
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@rmontoya90066
4 жыл бұрын
Ditto!
@charlesdoherty9879
4 жыл бұрын
You bet , buddy ☘️☘️
@Monkeypole
4 жыл бұрын
Yea but 'the other' parades are cancelled now too so it's all good!
we miss u john.... hard to believe almost 40 years u been gone....🎸
all you need is love John Lennon
@tiagoc5321
4 ай бұрын
actually that’s what Elvis told John once
beautiful how they worked together as artist, proof here. we are in luck to see the love of john and yoko and their inner workings.
I love this. I miss him so much.
Simply stunning, never heard this before. So raw and beautiful.
John Lennon 1940 - ∞ 🙂
@Teajonmustard
4 жыл бұрын
Cringe he’s dead bro.
@_PuppetMaster86
4 жыл бұрын
Obi wan Kenobi He has left us physically but his spirit lives on.
@ffahrulchaniago
3 жыл бұрын
@@Teajonmustard His body probably dead but his soul ll never die. just like beatles, as long as music exists they're immortal.
This in one of my favorite Lennon's songs. Thanks for share it!!!
As an english born of Irish Asian heritage in 2021 this man is has to be recognized for his art and how he conveys it through his beautiful words an songs wow! R.I.P.
We need John Lennon now more than ever
@PrivatePepper1
3 жыл бұрын
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I always loved your incredible voice and your irresistible smile. We miss you John. I will always love you 💖✌️☮️ RIP
Awesome. RIP JOHN.🕊🕊🕊🌻💐🌻🕊🕊🕊
Such a beautiful performance and video of a song I’ve always loved. 💚
I love you John and Yoko💚💚❤️
I've got more Irish in me then most people & this video was the entirety of my st.patricks day celebration. pretty awesome. I've never seen or heard this before.
To appreciate this song even more, listen to Sunday Bloody Sunday by John Lennon and another good version by Garry Og.
This is an amazing song and what a perfect video. Thank you for posting.
In my opinion John Lennon should be setting beside God rite now. Who knows? I love this video. This song is on my favorite lp buy John and the Plastic ONO Band.This brought tears streaming down my face. I love you John.
@marksimons4108
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine theres no heaven? Ring a bell?Obviously you didnt listen hard enough!
@jimc6382
Ай бұрын
"Imagine there's no heaven... no hell below us, above us only sky." It could just be that people get the afterlife they believe in.
It didn't need anymore takes I love it like this his voice is really great ere..
Nice to see this video. I've always like this song.
@ZoeSienaHickman
2 жыл бұрын
Me, too.💚
*Damn that’s tearful. My wife is Irish American from Chicago, Illinois and I felt that!*
🎼Wow amazing🎼
Great!! Love you John and greetings from Panamá 🇵🇦
Ni el Coronavirus podrá contra Jhon Lennon el es invencible y único. Gracias por esta regalía 👏👏
R.I.P John Lennon, we love you ❤
John Lennon is love, John Lennon is life
@martinseitune3787
4 жыл бұрын
Es John Lennon 🙄
Gracias por lanzar este video para hacer un poco más entretenida la cuarentena en Argentina jaja
You can see how much he loved her
Imagine if he was alive today, I would have loved to hear his songs about today's politics, trump and what not
@donato8983
4 жыл бұрын
He'd probably touring with Roger Waters
@you_did_good6196
4 жыл бұрын
Well I’d think the world would change and hopefully trump wouldn’t be president
@solanodacosta8931
4 жыл бұрын
power to the people
@maxW25
4 жыл бұрын
@Jim McCracken idk
@you_did_good6196
4 жыл бұрын
Jim McCracken nothing
John as a knack of using his voice you no his emotions it goes well with yokos voice she has a lovely voice
John Lennon forever Like if you think is real Coment if you love John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Interesting job my dear ...♫♫♫ congratulations. Happy week....♫♫♫
I'll miss you forever, John.🤧
Yoko sounds so beautiful here... ❤
@viggen1543
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah now she’s not screaming
@princeali1786
Жыл бұрын
I beg the differ.
I love Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤️
Love you John & Yoko! Peace & Love! XXXXX
Gracias x publicar nuevos video del genio de la música esta es una pareja que traspasó la muerte ,medió siglo sigue más viva que nunca seguramente va pasar siglos y se va seguir haciendo de ellos 😍😍
💯 Thank you
Perfection love this rare video
RIP John such a touching video with Yoko. She has a beautiful voice too.
this is precious
Hello saudações 🇧🇷 Quero agradecer por compartilhar ótimos vídeos 👍 desejo uma abençoada 🙏 semana beijos com carinho 🥰
John's album sometime in new York city has been trashed by critics since it was released. Don't understand why, I always loved it's topicality addressing issues in the here and now. A document of the time he was living in and the issues which he felt strongly about. we could do with a lot more of the John of sometime in new York city now that the 1% own the wealth of the world. if I have to choose between imagine and sometime in new York city, I know which I would choose.
Brilliant! Tears...
we miss you, john
Always a favorite, thx !
Wow ... just penned ... version 1... and perfectly performed. Thanks!
How can seeing John’s beautiful face still bring me so much pain?😞
Wow a never seen footage, so cool
I’ve missed him for 40 years. It still hurts
*John Lennon is history💙*
this is so beautiful
Leave it to John Lennon to sing something controversial...the man had no fear!
What a sweet recording. I actually like this duet version more than John's solo version on Acoustic. Yoko sounds so good. I love the song even more now. Thank you for posting. ❤
One of the most beautiful and sad songs from John and Yoko lennon.
John wonderful insightful musical poet
Wonderful!
Muito bom. Obrigado pelo envio do vídeo.