A painful song to listen to. His mom was a “free spirit” who handed him off to her sister to raise, but she did come in and out of his life for years. When John was a young teenager, his mom was killed by a drunk driver. His dad left his family very early on, but did show up after John was famous, only to see if he could get money out of him. John apparently showed him the door, and rightly so. John’s sad childhood left scars on his soul that he never quite got over. He admittedly was a poor father to his first son Julian, but tried to be a far better father to his second son Sean.

Sadly, after all of this John did the same to his first son Julian. They had just started to reconnect when Julian was a teen, then John was murdered. Tragedy all the way around. I love John Lennon’s music, and this is a favorite❤️

"working class hero" by john is magnificent.

One of the saddest songs ever, and beautiful. The fact that John stretched his artistry to the point of exposing his own pain, fears, frustrations and everything that made him human, that's just...so rare.

"working class hero" will shake you up ffor sure....

@luvlgs1

3 жыл бұрын

this song makes me cry

He was taking Primal Scream Therapy. His mother used to visit him oxxasionally until she died in a road accident.

John Lennon was raised by his Aunt Mimi from the age of 5 (his mothers older sister) there are conflicting stories about how this arrangement came about but essentially his parents (who were married) had a messy break up and both walked away from their son. He reconciled with his mum when he was a teenager but she was sadly ran over by a car and killed when he was 17.

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

That's not what happened. Mimi had John removed from his mother because she didn't like that she had split from John's dad. Julia fought to get him back. Read the book his sister wrote.

@sunny70299

3 жыл бұрын

@@aimeechetwynd3992 I have. His sister wasn't there because she wasn't born, her account is not first hand and coloured by her biterness towards Mimi.

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunny70299 The account was told to her by an aunt who WAS there and was backed up by other members of the family who WERE there.

For all his success, this hurt never goes away.

You should try Isolation from the same album. The album was John’s therapy for many of his life Issues...not an entertaining album, but one of the most personal musical journeys you’ll hear.

He wrote a song about his mother, Julia, on The Beatles' White Album. Like John, Paul McCartney lost his mom at a young age. His mother Mary passed from cancer when he was 14 (?). He too wrote a song for her... "Let it Be".

This song is literally a representation of an event that allegedly happened to John. When he was very young, about 5, I believe, his parents were splitting up and they made John decide who he wanted to go with. At first he selected his dad, but as they were departing he ran back to his mother. That they would do this to a small child was traumatic for John and he never got over it. Over 50 years ago this happened to me as well and I never got over it. Anyway, John's mother's lifestyle made it so that he ended up being raised by his mom's sister. From his point of view, he believed he was an inconvenience. Legend has it that his Aunt Mimi did try to raise him right but never really gave him love. So, as he grew he bottled up all of this resentment and guilt. It may have made him create the greatest pop band to bless the Earth, but he was a bitter crippled man psychologically for years. As wrenching as the song is when you know the story, I feel it concludes the tirelessly debated subject of who was the most gifted vocalist of the Beatles. A fantastic vocal!!

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

That event never happened. His sister talks about it in her book. Mimi had John taken away from Julia because she didn't like she she wasn't with John's father.

@hungfao

3 жыл бұрын

​@@aimeechetwynd3992 John has cited this as fact. (aka his point of view) I have no reason to believe otherwise. What you say is true as well but it didn't happen simultaneously.

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

@@hungfao Never once have heard John actually say it. His sister has no reason to lie either. She was told all this by an aunt who was there and it was backed up by other members of the Lennon who say it never happened.

John's dad was a long shoreman who left when he was three and never returned. His mom was unstable and couldn't handle raising a child alone so she handed John over to his aunt Mimi who raised him.

@jgamb914

3 жыл бұрын

@Sedwick same thing to me. He was a seaman. that was the point

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

That's not actually true. Mimi didn't like that Julia was with another man and not John's dad so she made up a bunch of lies to social services who place John in the care of his grandad but his grandad gave him to Mimi to raise. It's all in John's half sisters book. He was close to his mum and his sisters.

The lyrics of "Mother" address both of Lennon's parents, each of whom abandoned him in his childhood. His father, Alf, left the family when John was an infant. His mother, Julia, did not live with her son, although they had a good relationship; she was hit and killed in a car accident on 15 July 1958 by an off-duty policeman named Eric Clague, when Lennon was 17. In one of his last concerts, Lennon stated that the song was not just about his parents, but was rather "about 99% of the parents, alive or half dead"

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

His mum never abandoned him. Mimi had John taken away because she didn't like that John's parents had split and Julia was with a new man (the man she married and had his sisters with).

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

And Alf didn't leave when John was an infant and he saw him several times a s a young child till the visits just stopped one day.

A lot of the photos in the video are of people and moments that had special relevance to this song. If you're not a big Beatles fan you're missing that level. John's father was a merchant marine who took off and his mother was young and more like a big sister to him. He saw her on and off, but he was raised by his aunt (her sister). His mother died when she was hit by a bus and I believe John was 16.

I cannot listen to this song without crying. The pain and the lonelyness and the lifelong emptiness. This is the hurt that won't heal. John was sixteen when his mother was struck and killed by a car... A life without reconciliation.

His “primal scream” album - Great song

Johns mother Julia wasn’t mentally suited at the time to raise John so her sister, his aunt “Mimi” raised him.

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

Not true Mimi had social services take him away because she didn't like that her mum wasn't with John's dad. Read the book his sister wrote.

I think this is Lou Reed's favourite Lennon song.

His parents divorced. His mother found a new man. This new man didn't want John. The mother chose the husband. The father went sailing and left him too. His mother's sister Mimi raised him. John wrote the song 'Julia' about his mother. The screaming is the psycological treatment he got in the form of the 'primal scream'-therapy.

I always thought of this song as his version of scream therapy, popular in the 70's

He never met his father. His mother didn't have the maturity. He was dumped on his Aunt who did the best she could. He then started to follow similar patterns plus all the repressed anger and unresolved emotional baggage which led to neglect, drug use and incidents of abuse. He didnt really turn ot around until his second child with Yoko. Finally got clean, turned things around and was shot to death. Some great personal life.

@DawnSuttonfabfour

3 жыл бұрын

He did know and meet his father, several times.

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

He met his dad several times and Mimi had John taken away from his mother as she didn't like that his parents had split and she was living with a another man. The man she married and had his half sisters with. Read John's sisters book. It's all in there.

His mother was a kid at heart but John lived with his aunt. She was hit by a bus coming over to see him.

@amyconklin3278

3 жыл бұрын

@Sean his mother was hit crossing the street leaving mimi's house by a drunk off duty policeman

@SeanRCope

3 жыл бұрын

@@amyconklin3278 I stand corrected.

@DawnSuttonfabfour

3 жыл бұрын

Drunk car driver not bus.

A little existential trauma goes a long way.

I love you man. Great video and review. I love how u listen and take your impressions. Keep on bro!!

That's his mother, Julia

Existential trauma.

"Fall on Me" Andrea & Matteo Bocelli will blow you away.

The collage pulls you in to a certain way of looking at the song . But it should speak for itself . Deep song .

liked it

No John Lennon's mother was killed in hit by car when he was young and I believe it was a police car I'm not sure on that but she was getting killed by a car and his dad left and never came back

@katethomas5712

3 жыл бұрын

You're right. John was 17

@robertsaul234

3 жыл бұрын

Off duty drunk cop.

@katethomas5712

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertsaul234 The drunk bit is disputed. He was a learner driver, and says he hadn't been drinking. Later on, he was a postman delivering to Forthlin Road

At 1.31 you asked Is that John Lennon's mom? The picture on the screen was John with his Aunt Mimi who brought him up. xxx

@aimeechetwynd3992

3 жыл бұрын

No that's his mum. He saw his mum quite a lot as a child until Mimi stopped the visits. Mimi isn't in the video. Google it that's his mum.

Crippled Inside- John Lennon song suggestion

Yeah you sure can tell here the pain he gets a scream therapy at one time in his life and therefore you put that into song a perfect fit his mother was hit by a car and killed and his dad left and never came back

His mother had a 2nd family with someone else and 2 kids. She and John adored each other. She was killed by a drunk driver on her way home from visiting John, he was 17 and had to pass by where she was killed. He never did get over it.

John was reared by his aunt. Kudos for reacting to a song this edgy.

Ouch😢

John Lennon was taken away from is mom

@garyfletcher844

3 жыл бұрын

She gave him up because she could not support him without a father nearby. He went to Strawberry Fields orphanage ,then later lived with his aunt Mimi.

Would like to say thanks for reacting to this song. But like your other reactions you seem to only focus on the lyrics. What do you think about the overall sound and musicality of the tracks? The guitar work Drums. Production etc. A track is more than the lyrics

You've some research to do!

This is a wonderful, poignant song. I love the Beatles and Lennon's music. This song is the result of therapy John was going through called "Primal Scream," which is why there is so much screaming in the song. It has the subject scream and finally get it all out instead of keeping things bottled up. It's a well-known treatment. It seems to have worked for John Lennon. John seemed to mellow after this therapy and to be able to move on. One indication is the way he treated his second son, Sean, compared to his treatment of his first son, Julian. You should listen to John Lennon's song, "Cold Turkey." It's about his quitting heroin cold turkey. A great song.

@JasonSmith-jr7jh

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be negative, but Cold Turkey is awful! Rockin' guitar, but the lyric is the most immature thing Lennon ever put out. He wanted it to be the next Beatles single, but the other three hated it (and vetoed it), and rightfully so. Even though I'm a Lennon fan, the Single of this was the worst thing ever put out in the name of all that is Rock, when coupled with the even worse B-SIDE of this 45. It's called "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's only looking for her hand in the snow)" If you think I'm exaggerating, why don't you look it up and give it a listen? And if you actually do look it up, I pity you brother...for what you're about to experience! ✌️

Can almost see the struggle not to let yourself be drawn into the feeling of the music, however you are not above the music you are reviewing here

Know something

I love your reactions but you really should take just a few minutes on Wikipedia and learn a little bit about the song that you’re going to react to.

Ok so you if you the truth read the book by his sister. John wasn't dumped by his mother at all Mimi had him taken away from her with her lies. John and his mum were very close and she visited him loads but I think Mimi stopped the visits. As a teenager they become closer as John could go see her by himself away from Mimi. He was also close to his half sisters and his mother was killed then she was hit by a drunk off duty police officer. He saw his dad several times a s child but then the visits stopped and they reconnected when John was famous.

He was not a great father himself.

@shellylynn5548

3 жыл бұрын

Here we go..

@GeorgeZimmermen

2 жыл бұрын

@@shellylynn5548 truth hurts. John was a pos father

I wish these reaction folks would actually do just a little research before reacting.. Why ask the viewers questions during the recording, its not like we can answer you & its not like you getting the answers a day later helps your reaction.. Do some bloody research first ffs.. This song is so much more powerful if you know why it was written..

You stopped reacting to any of my requests for some reason. It's not fun here any longer. Maybe you are embarrassed because you don't really want to use the intro/outro. That's ok. I won't hold you to them. Just delete them. Ill get my entertainment else where. I wish you luck though. BYE.

The lyrics of "Mother" address both of Lennon's parents, each of whom abandoned him in his childhood. His father, Alf, left the family when John was an infant. His mother, Julia, did not live with her son, although they had a good relationship; she was hit and killed in a car accident on 15 July 1958 by an off-duty policeman named Eric Clague, when Lennon was 17. In one of his last concerts, Lennon stated that the song was not just about his parents, but was rather "about 99% of the parents, alive or half dead".