MY REACTION to John Lennon celebrates his birthday with Sean Lennon.

Birthday celebrations. Very rare footage! #rare #lennon #seanlennon #newyorkcity #johnlennon
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[@andreamiller6200]

The tears flow and my heart soars to see this, I had just watched Sean Lennon's video singing "Isolation" - happy 45th, Sean and happy 80th, John. The sky is especially lit up after having seen this today.

[@bobsarfatty4673]

"Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans.. For me John, was the nucleus of the Beatles , and as time goes on his greatness grow s.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

Clearest footage of Lennon in this time period.

[@aliaawwad9096]

John Lennon Forever

[@renman16291]

I remember seeing that magician a few times performing in Central Park. He looked very thrilled to meet John and to be invited to perform at Sean's 5th birthday party.

[@scottmeiklejohn8799]

Did you ever see john in Central Park or at Dekota?

[@renman16291]

@@scottmeiklejohn8799 I saw John a few times around the city, once one morning in Central Park sitting on a bench with Yoko in a wooded area. They both had on shades, hats and scarves covering their mouths. I looked at them as I passed. I didn’t recognize them at first. Yoko had those large sunglasses, and John had his shades on but his piercing eyes were between his shades and his hat peering out at me. He looked vulnerable and afraid I might recognize and hassle him. I just looked away and kept walking. I thought of flashing the peace sign, but I didn't. ✌️

[@janaparoubkova5895]

@@renman16291 To muselo být úžasné vidět Johna ❤️❤️👏 Já se přiznám, že bych se zastavila a požádala o autogram,pokud bych se zmohla na slovo a jazykovou bariéru 😁

[@renman16291]

@@janaparoubkova5895 Používám překlad ☺️ Byl bych rád, kdybych právě řekl ahoj, ale jeho oči říkaly "neobtěžuj nás". Jak může být jen sám se svou ženou, aniž by ho fanoušci neustále zastavovali a obtěžovali kvůli podpisu 24 hodin denně. Chtěl jsem, aby měl svůj klid, čas o samotě. Tolik mu můžu dát, kromě nákupu jeho desek ✌️

[@scottmeiklejohn8799]

@@renman16291 u should have gave flashed that peace sign 🤘

[@Ltb3105]

What I wouldn't give to HEAR this.

[@seerstone8982]

This party was held at The Tavern on the Green.

[@janaparoubkova5895]

Moc pěkné video ❤️ Já myslím, že John měl určitě Juliana také rád a jejich vztah se na konci jeho života hodně zlepšil, začínali si být bližší, je to smutné, že pak John zemřel 😥 O tom, že Yoko někoho měla jsem také četla, ale že si ho tam nastěhovala pár hodin po Johnovo tragické smrti je teda zprominutím odporné, nedovedu to pochopit 🤮😖

[@BanterousEngines]

I'm not crying you are

[@dhaley8847]

awesome footage, never seen any of this before. what possibilities existed at that point in time,

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

There a small clip of this footage in Imagine. I’m always drawn to John’s carriage, the natural way he carried himself. The position of his head, the way he scanned with his eyes. It’s regal, yet curious and playful. Thank you

[@lenalennon8746]

He moves like a dancer.

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

@@lenalennon8746 He does! He's elegant in every way.

[@musabhatti7948]

I can understand if he had lost the love for his first wife, but Julian deserved the same affection that John gave to Sean. So sad.

[@summer-turtle]

@@vitocorleone8323 Wait are you implying John deserved to get shot? Vomit.

[@stephanieo2509]

He didn't "tell him" that. He said it in an interview and was just explaining that he was an unplanned pregnancy. People act as if he totally ignored Julian and it just isn't true.

[@stephanieo2509]

@@vitocorleone8323 He didn't "abandon" his family. Newsflash: People get divorced all of the time. It sucks. But Julian was not abandoned. There was a period that he didn't see him for a couple of years when he moved to New York, but that was due to both his immigration status and Cynthia as well. Once they were reunited, they saw each other regularly, talked on the phone regularly and John was anxious for him to turn 18 because, as he said in letters to his family "I think he's going to run to me." This narrative that he had nothing to do with Julian is absolutely false and in fact, Julian has many more tangible memories of John than Sean does.

[@scottmeiklejohn8799]

Love is love sweetheart makes you do nasty and beautiful things

[@scottmeiklejohn8799]

Gimme some truth ffs

[@cjones3957]

I recognized Tavern on the Green immediately. I first dined there 12 years after this.

[@wolfganghaarer6954]

Great video. Thanks for posting!

[@TheLennonReacts]

You're welcome!

[@marinamorello7771]

Bellissimo!! Grazie per avercelo fatto vedere!!

[@phyllishammond9886]

His last birthday, ( sad)!

[@kopthelotklopp1523]

And two months later he was gone. Never take a day for granted.

[@anusandhanmagar1738]

I believe its frm 1978 so two years later...

[@kopthelotklopp1523]

@@anusandhanmagar1738 I can't remember what made me think it was 1980 but Sean looks older than 3 year which he was in October 1978 ? We might both be wrong and it could be 79? 🤣

[@anusandhanmagar1738]

@@kopthelotklopp1523 John had long Hair in '79...

[@justinherbert9146]

Never saw this - there is so little video of John from his last year - so this was great to see - i am assuming this is 1980 from how John looks - RIP

[@anusandhanmagar1738]

1978 actually ❤️❤️❤️

[@justinherbert9146]

@@anusandhanmagar1738 it is not - look at Sean he is 5 years old here -- he is not 3 years old as he would be in 1978 -- it is 1980 -- there are photos from the 1978 party which was held at the same restaurant

[@perryleary1705]

@@justinherbert9146 yes Sean looks older than three here but it could be his 4th birthday and not necessarily his 5th which would be his last birthday with John still alive. How do you know it’s 1980 and not 1979? And yet I can see only 2 candles on Sean’s birthday cake….

[@justinherbert9146]

​@@perryleary1705 It is 1980 by John's hair and glasses -- I would guarantee it is 1980 -- I tell you one observation -- in 1980 Paul still looked so young like he was still Beatle Paul -- he had the most successful solo Beatle career by far -- he had the best and healthiest marriage and family life -- and you can see that on him, just look at the 1980 Coming Up official music video -- where as John looked far older then 40 -- i do not buy into the revisionist story of a content family man - i totally believe the book i read by his assistant Fred Seaman - RIP John

[@perryleary1705]

@@justinherbert9146 ok it’s fine as long as it is your assumption though there are no actual clues suggesting it’s 1980 aside from John’s hair and glasses, regardless of Paul’s looks and career which is clearly off topic here

[@titanictinker2832]

❤️

[@lenalennon8746]

💕🔥🔥💕

[@rhiannonrede]

Happy Birdy...

[@Elcocko]

Why would anyone wanna cause harm to a Beatle? Makes me so sad.

[@celosemnexo]

John was so thin in his final years.

[@rjmprod]

All my life, this man, John Lennon was my idol, the person I most admired. Then I find out that this man I most admired was a piece of crap, and had little regard for other people. He was mostly involved with stroking his own ego. Now that I’m older, I realize that the man I should’ve admired most was my dad who was a great man and bore no resemblance to John Lennon…!

[@josephlennonmccartney245]

Like in 1979 or 1980

[@philipbonner6486]

Its a shame there is no sound 😢

[@A_M_P_]

He was so skinny in 1980. He must have lived off Sushi and cigarettes.

[@DanalovesJohnLennon73]

Who film this?

[@alexandermendiviljesus4758]

1979...

[@anusandhanmagar1738]

'78...

[@waynej2608]

1980!

[@alexandermendiviljesus4758]

@@waynej2608 la celebración de sus 40 años lo hicieron en privado,en su casa inclusive hay fotos de ese día donde John sale con su sombrero de cono de papel cortando la torta con Sean...

[@sasha-258]

No sound or muted.

[@philipbonner6486]

This clip is from 1978, from Taven the Green, 78th Avenue a few blocks away from John and Yoko's place where they lives at the Dakota New York. John was celebrating his 38th birthday with Yoko and it was Sean's 5th birthday and they all went to see a magic show.

[@waynej2608]

It was October 9, 1980. John turned 40, Sean 5. Sean was born on the same day in 1975.

[@originalmelinasfilmworld]

Sean wasn't 5 1978. He was 3 1978

[@davidjessee7701]

It's a shame that he couldn't or wouldn't give the same attention to his first born son Julian...

[@InstantKarma1970]

From 1963- 1970 Beatles consumed him - he had Julian with him outside school term 1971 Tittenhurst- Went to USA to locate Kyoko as Tony Cox absconded with her - then he was told immigration were not allowing his visa to stay in place so he would be deported he then had a 5 year battle whilst seeing Julian in LA in ‘74- Had Sean in 75 Yoko did not want a child and only kept it on condition that he take the mothering role - he had Julian over periodically telephone calls and saw him at Long Beach House one year - He did let down Cynthia in that he divorced her - it’s personal life - Julian loved and still loves his Dad and Sean Julian get along very well publicly stating love for each other!

[@Elcocko]

He was in the eye of the biggest hurricane one could imagine.

[@liverpix]

Why is Borat there ? 😁

[@princeali1786]

What do you buy for a man on his and his sons birthday, when he has everything?????? Something comical maybe ? Box of rubbers with holes in em ?? Idk 🤷‍♂️

[@scottmeiklejohn8799]

A box of love

[@princeali1786]

@@scottmeiklejohn8799 -True- he never got it from Yoko.

[@scottmeiklejohn8799]

@@princeali1786 yes but yoko tripled there income ! Bore him a child on his birthday ;she had to be mother and lover great love story artists and there art brilliant

[@princeali1786]

@@scottmeiklejohn8799 - Brother, she broke up the Beatles - she broke up a marriage and left a son without a father, she thought she was more important then John and had kicked him out ( so they say) for 18 months (Lost weekend) and set up May Pang to be his mistress and sent him to California, while she attempted a music career. While doing so, she was having many of an affairs. John was happy with May and was seeing his son Julian. John Had plans to go and meet Paul McCartney in New Orleans and possibly record with him. Everything stopped working When she got back with John. Only reason she got back was because she failed terribly as a musician. Now, toward the end, when John got this creative rush with writing beautiful music and decided to make a come Back record, she would not allow it unless she had equal amounts of songs. While john was in Florida and the Bahamas she fell in love with Sam Green her card reader and also Sam Havatoy. She ordered staff to remove John’s stuff from the Dakota and she was willing to divorce him for Sam Havatoy. But, that was when John began talking of a comeback. Durning the studio visits Yoko was in the hotels screwing both Sam Green and Sam Havatoy. To sum it up on the night John was murdered and about 3 hours later Sam Havatoy moved in and lived with her another 27 years before they broke up. So, you tell me, was Yoko right for him ? She spent so much of his money paying for trips to the Bahamas to meet a real live witch. She pay 40 thousand to the witch to have powers to control people and their minds. She did an animal sacrifice and sold her soul calling on demons and spirits. Not long after John is shot to death. That was her bargain, to have it all but lose someone close to you. She didn’t care if it was hohn Or Sean. Sick lady.

[@scottmeiklejohn8799]

@@princeali1786 lol she didn't break beatles up john funked a girl while yoko was there in apartment after nixon election Abbey Hoffman etc john blanked may pang after 18 month s begged to go back to mother yoko Elton john Sean's godfather set up meeting at his concert the rest is history the beatles were breaking up since epstein died they are artistic people free spirits they don't conform to society s silly rules ok sister great commicating with you sis

[@version736ha2]

Didn't know Borat was a friend of John's