Submitted by Knight_TheRider t3_z87sx1 in todayilearned
I had a poster of Lennon which I was looking for now I won't
Edit - But I am wrong, because part of song is about telling Lennon to go ahead with Yoko so who am I to judge?
in the end though if you want a some what happy ending. Julian and Sean are super close, enough so that Cynthia and Yoko were at least on speaking terms for the sake of their kids.
Yoko also refused to give Julian anything of his dad's after John's death. Julian was forced to buy various items at auction of memorabilia that Yoko held. Julian was also written out of his dad's will after he and Yoko got together. Everything was left to her and Sean.
Yoko is a better singer than human being.
Fucking dragged. wow.
Chuck Berry agrees
Chuck Berry, the guy who recorded women pooping in his restaurant bathrooms and had a whole hidden room off his bedroom with the tapes and projection gear? That arbiter of good taste?
Still yoko wasn't legally required to give Julian anything. So she didn't
Yeah I just read that, thanks for reminding me about it again, it is a good happy ending
Yup. John said he thought the whole song was about him, but I think it's more complicated than that. He probably did too, really.
sounds like Paul McCartney was a better dad to him than John Lennon ever was
He absolutely was
I think Julian and Paul are still close. I think Paul was very supportive and they both mourned deeply after the death of John.
Yes. I'm not sure. But i read somewhere that Julian is close friends with Paul's kids. He's a bit older but i imagine they all knew each other well as kids. Paul is a great dad and he and Linda had a very normal family life.
Paul was also nicer to Julian that his dad and step mother. John was actually kind of a dick to his son. And his son spoke out about this also.
So did John, in what turned out to be his final interviews. His relationship with Julian was just beginning to mend when he was murdered.
It seems that most of the Beatle children are close with each other. Sean Lennon, James McCartney, and Dhani Harrison are all good friends, and Dhani described Mary and Stella McCartney as being like big sisters to him. The McCartney and Starkey children also seem to be close, as well. No doubt the fact that they're the few people who've grown up with a Beatle as a father gives them something they can easily bond over.
yes they still are
John Lennon wasnt that nice to Julian. Also he didn’t leave anything to that son either. Yoko was terrible toward Julian giving him a check for one dollar stating it was all he deserved to get of his fathers money. She also sold a bunch of stuff that was suppose to go to him and I believe Paul bought it back for Julian
People think of John Lennon as some saint but that was more a show he put on. And put it on he did. Not saying he was horrible but rather just not a saint.
> She also sold a bunch of stuff that was suppose to go to him and I believe Paul bought it back for Julian
Not just "stuff that was supposed to go to him" - it was a collection of letters that Julian had written to John.
> it was a collection of letters that Julian had written to John.
And she felt entitled to sell those? What a despicable person.
I'm a huge John Lennon fan. I definitely don't think he was a saint. Neither did he. He was honest, the first guy in the game to say "fuck it, I'm just going to be honest". One of the reasons we know how horrible he could be is because he told us, in detail, to illustrate that even a bastard like him could grow.
Why such a fan then to be honest? I admire the artistic work he did with the Beatles and love a lot of their music, but by all honest accounts he just seemed to be a grade A jackass and abusive asshole, being "honest" about it does not make him admirable. The admirable ones are the ones that accomplish great things without having that kind of negativity and baggage.
Exactly, just cos someone says they know they are horrible doesn't make it OK.
Everyone has baggage.
Yoko Oh No!
Join Lennon was the liberal Jesus for awhile, but Reddit long hates him. Good
When I was a child I thought the name/chorus of this song was ‘hey dude’.
Is this Ed Sheeran?
Hey dude, I saw you nude. Don't try to fake it, I saw you naked. Don't try to coverup, I saw your buttercup....
Explains why this ballad is so comforting, it's just amazing
Lennon was a shitty father.
The first time around, yes.
That expensive recorder paid for itself in one go.
I am very interested in this car with the recorder on the dashboard.
It probably cost more than the car, and the cost pales compared to the royalties of Hey Jude. Someone out there must have this car in their collection, I assume.
Handy to doot out medieval tunes while stuck in traffic!
Must've been awkward when Paul shared that song with John eventually. "Hey I got this new song, it's called Hey... uh... Jude."
It's much too late for goodbye.
Sorry so how/why did Jules change to Jude? I actually have pinkeye and can barely read right now or else I’d read the article. Yeah I know I shouldn’t even be here, squinting furiously
Hey Jules still beats Hey Dude
And yet a frenemy of mine insisted that Jude was a girl in the song. I really think he knew that Jude was in fact a boy and was just screwing with me. There's a reason I call him a frenemy.
Hey Jude
Dammit, Winchesters.
If you replace "hey jude" with "gay dudes" it unironically becomes an unironically inspirational queer anthem.
Sure, why not. Paul would laugh and join in.
You know what sells a song better than it being good, a sappy made up backstory.
Lol its not, well you don't know beatles, so I guess it's okay, you will know soon
I had my Beatles phase about 20 years ago... But ok.
Then how come you think its a made up story?
Some people don't understand creativity. It confuses them at best, and usually scares them. They can understand "fastest guitar player" because it's a sport, but they will never understand "nuanced note". Butterflies aren't for them.
Yes, it does seem lonely and sad.
bolanrox t1_iya82ql wrote
Julian was doing the college tour circuit and someone asked him if he still was close with Paul. His eyes lit up and he good "Uncle Paul? I talk to him every day"