John Lennon NAMES His Favourite Beatles Songs

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[@brianinglis3805]

I think if John had lived, he would've softened a lot more about the whole Beatles thing. It had only been 10 years since The Beatles officially broke up when he died in 1980.

[@robertwiles8106]

Supposedly, in the final weeks of his life John was playing his LP of A Hard Day's Night nonstop.

[@zumptt]

I dont see how they wouldnt have come together again for atleast a short time if he didnt get killed. Apparently in 1980 they were all sorta open to playing together again other than George, but if the other 3 were determined they couldve convinced him. I dont know how long it wouldve lasted probably not long but it wouldve happened.

[@lonedrone]

John's opinion about Beatles songs varied, almost from day to day. He once said he wasn't happy with the recording of any of his songs and would have done them differently, which of course must have hurt George Martin. But then again GM knew John quite well and knew that he didn't really mean it.

[@lonedrone]

@@zumptt Yes, in some form or other they would have reunited (for a concert, a record or maybe a video). George - as you say - was the biggest obstacle. But if John was in, George would be too.

[@tylerthompson1842]

Yes I agree and I believe he already was in that process right before he died. Very sad

[@MikeS-hs4vh]

John's last interview showed him as a man who had revised a lot of his earlier opinions. As has been alluded to, had he lived, I'm sure he would have realised that his work was far more impressive than he professed to admit.

[@roseannecoccaro9321]

If John had lived. I wonder what v he would of thought about Now and Then? It was so long ago that he was killed. It's like it was yesterday. My Sister had gotten married November 15 1980. It was not even a month when he died. So sad. Such a tragedy, such a shame. God Bless you John and George. RIP

[@georgecoen5986]

@@roseannecoccaro9321 In Johns fashion, I’m sure he would criticise it for being granny music and not cool enough.

[@Steve-d8s]

Could you imagine if they stay together for another 10 years.

[@MikeS-hs4vh]

@Steve-d8s True. I often think of that. But I also wonder if such a notion would have backfired. Fascinating prospect.

[@jchow5966]

I still love and miss John Lennon. He was so funny and positive. I am so glad and i was alive and a fan when he was alive. 💟☮️

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[@HuntysOddEats]

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[@ITILII]

In My Life is the Greatest Beatles song, of all time 🥇.....Something is 2nd best🥈 and Across the Universe 3rd best🥉

[@dcarlisle123]

Everybody's entitled to their opinion

[@mariliacr7951]

I love "A day in the life". Love its changes.

[@lioubastoupakova3770]

Decent list

[@theo9952]

Paul's voice sounds great in Oh Darling, especially the screaming part. But I wish there was an alternative version with John singing it. I think it would be just as dynamic.

[@heh9392]

All my Loving is the only Beatles song for me that is one of my favoueites forever, eventhough I cant name the very very best song of the best band in the world (as there are many), this song has been my fav ever since I discovered the Beatles years ago and I love so many aspects about it. Just a masterpiece. One thing I utterly love is the guitarplaying that John does and I myself learned it and it sounds amazing.

[@tpatrick44]

I really enjoyed your Video. I lived the entire era, I really like hearing bits and pieces I’ve never heard before. John was more complicated than most. Even cynical…often misunderstood. I think he was a genius. The fact he was able to write with Paul so well helped ALL of us! Two Brilliant People feeding off each other. I cried the night he was killed. So senseless! I cried when JFK, Bobby, and MLK were killed. I’m fortunate to have been alive when the Beatles broke out in 1964 in America. 🇺🇸 I’m grateful I experienced the Beginning and the End to the Beatles in America. John, Paul, George, and Ringo. WOW! What a combination! Thank you Brian Epstein and Special Thanks to George Martin… Billy Preston, and Eric Clapton! ❤

[@rtflone]

I lived the entire era as well. Genius is a word that is used far too much and too casually. Einstein was a genius. He saw things in his time no one else could see. John was a brilliant talented musician and composer as were Paul George and Ringo each in their own way.

[@Mr_Brownstone3386]

Really enjoyed this video, wonderfully done!

[@charliejoseph6465]

Paul's vocal performance on Oh Darling! is one of the best on all the Beatles records

[@reddwood4971]

Agreed but I wish there was an alt version with John singing it just to hear it

[@PaulFormentos]

@@reddwood4971 Yeah but reversed line "In Me Lives He" had to be sung by "Paul"

[@valeriyav2149]

John may have not said a lot of compliments to Paul personally but he said a lot of compliments about him to other people throughout years. A lot of people are so focused on his criticism right after the break-up that they ignore that John complimented Paul more than anyone in his life. He loved a lot of his songs, he called him the most innovative bass guitarist and a great musician, he said Paul is capable of masterful lyrics, he often told his friends musicians that Paul could have done it better whenever they showed him their work (sorry to those guys lol) and, most importantly, he always said that the only partner he chose in his life before Yoko, was Paul and that's because he recognized his extraordinary talent. It's funny how he believed Hey Jude was for him though lmao I wish he was a bit more appreciative of George's music (both John and Paul tbh) but he still recognized some of his songs later in life. But again, John was hypercritical about his own songs too. After the break up, he shitted on Straberry Fields Forever and Across the Universe and their arrangements but in 1980 he highlighted these two songs specifically.

[@danfox5347]

This was a great piece. Thanks for putting it together. They were the best. They were the inspiration for so many to learn to play guitar, including me. They were at the core of the soundtrack of our youth!

[@MusicMan73790]

I wouldn't put too much weight in Lennon commenting on his own songs and/or Paul's. It's not like he was there at the time or wrote them or anything. What did he know? What did he ever do? LOL LOVE the Beatles. Every year, the older I get the more I love their work. It's beyond description. Just a magic thing that happened, fortunately, for all of us.

[@JamesMurphy-vb1lu]

Fantastic video! Keep em coming! ❤

[@dimik3855]

Thank you Music Box. Anyone from that era has favorites of the Fab Four, after all they made music that was light-hearted, or heavy and thought provoking. Not many artists did that kind of music then. The music scene was mostly jingles and rythm based light fare. The Beatles wrote the soundtrack to our souls. Forever in our hearts. One can only imagine how complicated fame made their lives, and we were their witnesses.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

That is so John. To take a song like Hey Jude written for Julian but decide to believe it was about him. As McCartney has told the story behind the song the former was true not the latter. It's a shame John could be so aggressive. I know of dozens of people who had worse childhoods who did not turn out that way. However, John did have a heart it's just his acerbic nature often prevented him from showing it. Remember Paul lot his mother too at a very young age and lived in a much poorer area as did Geroge and especially Ringo. More on positive note this video is quite delightful as it is rare to see a post where John's likes are mentioned. We get so many posts that bang on about what Lennon hated etc, so this is a very refreshing change. It serves John much better as a considered person with soul and it even provided me with a surprise or two. It has made me realise that John could be a kind individual who simply spoke without deception, and often wore his heart on his sleeve.

[@TheCliffandPhilShow]

Right! It's nice to see something that is LOVED instead of click-bait HATED! :)

[@Downsdddgh]

Thank you for this channel. Interesting hearing John's thoughts on his songs. "All my loving" was my first favorite Beatle song. That album my first introduction to them before the Ed Sullivan show. The songs "I want to hold your hand" and "Help!" I think can explain the Beatle phenomenon in the simplist terms. The act of holding someone's hand and being vulnerable enough to ask for help. Here's something that I think is interesting.. Those who experienced Beatle mania in real time had to wait months for the next album. Now you can get them all on demand instantly.

[@jorgeb555]

Great video. Thanks! 🙏🏽

[@chalkandcheese1868]

John was still trying to get away from his Beatles persona even by 1980, so he was reluctant to praise them much.

[@nicknoga564]

I never take what John says too much to heart… it often seems he’s saying however he felt in the moment, and not as though he’d put a lot of thought into it. So he might praise a song one day and bash it the next.

[@VJ-Lowe]

Very interesting presentation.

[@desaperu]

Wonderful songs!

[@chuckyoneill9029]

That was good liked and shared

[@markdoughty8780]

A fascinating piece of Fab-ulous pop music history! Thanks for uploading; I liked it and subscribed.

[@CrystallynRose]

I agree that Across the Universe is one of his best songs. It's one of my favorite Beatles songs.

[@pianoman4623]

Very interesting compilation, thanks.

[@sandradowling-horgan4221]

Great positive video 😊

[@thanksfernuthin]

"You have the best opinion!" BRILLIANT!

[@johnclarke851]

It’s great that he loved Within You Without You. It’s a wonderful George track.

[@martinseitune3787]

Tremendo video ❤

[@juSwagMedia]

Peace & Love

[@fbello18]

Great job - still like to watch something new about them. Uhh

[@paulthomas-hh2kv]

If he lived anywhere else in the world, he would never have been shot

[@PaulFormentos]

ya do know Harrison was attacked in merry old England/////

[@johnhbeyer]

great job here, Musicbox

[@Miles_ethan]

Amazing work, as a "John" in a Beatles Tribute that plays out often (aka I know my Beatles lol) this is extremely well done! Thank you for this!

[@darrylb5247]

Lennon was a great singer, and Paul had a great work ethic. They had a fantasy decade in the 60's and the end came in 1970. To be honest though I wish I could have cut the airplay frequency by them and the Rolling Stones by 1/2 as I liked listening to the competition too! I was in England when Lenoon was killed. One newspaperhad the whole front page a silhouette of John's face!

[@DKoolbj7dl]

What a team, if they had not broken up they could be worth trillions🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@CristhoferCQ95_YT]

Good video, I hope they upload it in Spanish

[@jayalan2223]

Wonder what John thought about Deep Purple's version of HELP.

[@kingdicelille]

Very interesting video.

[@nvm9040]

John was the most critical of the Beatles work and especially his own work with the band

[@johnmc3862]

He was his own worst critic!

[@nvm9040]

@ most definitely but he did some great work with the Beatles

[@steverueschhoff2664]

Very long ago 50yrs. Rip jwl

[@LaHemeroteca]

great!

[@markgraham2312]

Superb!

[@One.Zero.One101]

Wow I never knew John thought Hey Jude was about him. I've always known about the Julian thing but I never knew John had said that.

[@gandalfandferg280]

He's got good taste

[@pelaronson4086]

What about "Something", "While my guitar,..."? I belive, he also said..specifecly 😅

[@LAWEAMALApro]

Buen video homeroteca

[@RockandRollWoman]

Across the Universe IS poetry.

[@JamesGowan]

I wish Lennon hadn’t been so critical. It really soured me on him. I loved his Beatles work.

[@Louis-w3v]

I think he just wanted to be modest and humble and he didn't want to sound like he was a savior. He got in trouble with his opinion in the past. Everything he said was magnified and most of the time it was out of context. He couldn't win with the media especially the American media. To me he was a genius! RIP John Lennon ☮️

[@theeoddments960]

@@Louis-w3vexact opposite he had SUCH a messiah complex by the early to mid 70’s. Especially around the time he was getting kicked out of New York. Gotta keep it real cant have historical revisionism on his later character. He was a militant aggressive character back then. He finally started maturing in his last couple years. Super tragic to think he would have rebounded and been much more gracious, maybe have even reconciled and took to Paul as a dear friend again.

[@Lu-em5wx]

Nice

[@tommyhaynes9157]

John Lennon was such a creative force and yet his opinions about music can be ridicules. He puts down some fantastic Beatles songs and thinks Yoko's chicken sounds are cutting edge art

[@moniquevandergoten1358]

Imagine one of my favorites.

[@doctorpatient519]

in John's "Across the Universe" commentary, he uses the expression "without chewin' it" ... anyone know what he means? thnx

[@markrymanowski719]

John was often seen chewing gum, even while recording. He took the gum out on that one. Just my opinion.

[@amplifier2]

„And I never wished I would have written it“ John trying to be kind while still being prickish.

[@Stewart-ll3lu]

Nice video. There are a few quotes that lose the original meaning. John did not describe Let It Be and The Long & Winding Road as The Beatles last burst of creativity. He said Paul had a creative spurt at the end and those songs were the last gasp from him. But that was the period where John said he, and probably George too, got sick of being side men for Paul. So they were Paul songs with the rest of the Beatles accompanying him. Very different to the Beatles truly working together with the kind of group integration that was at its height between 1965-66 for example. I think in fairness to Paul, as the Beatles were no longer touring they had longer apart. So Paul would more likely finish a group of songs rather than be half writing them together with John while rushing between concert venues, TV studios or film sets.

[@willemvandeursen3105]

...How can I cut Joke Ono from the shown pictures? She wasn't a Beatle! Neither was Jane Asher, but SHE at least was very pretty and intelligent so she knew when to shut up in the studio. I don't think Jane ever met Ohno, by that time she had broken up her engagement with Paul. Good fer her!

[@SmokeyTreats]

The Beatles spawned 12 years or so of the most explosive creativity in music's history. Such a travesty J. Edgar Hoover put Lennon on the top 10 most wanted list, & under the excuse of reasons of national security, forced the consolidation of thousands of radio stations into being owned by 3 entities, allowing them to forcefully 'evolve' music away from the subversive previous 12 years of killer music into f'ing DISCO, then watered down glam & glitter rock, etc. A very unnatural 'evolution' of music.

[@wolfebeardsnarl5691]

Funny how all the Beatles songs George loved best where the 3 part harmony songs

[@jwardbass4452]

Only one or two George songs :(

[@BadringerGronger]

3

[@Jammaster1972]

"Look, all we're saying is give peace a chunce"

[@paulgovan3507]

Lennon geopolitically wised up, grew up and evolved away from the Beatles - unlike most of his Beatles-only fans who never talk about "Gimme Some Truth", "Freda Peeple", "Working Class Hero" or any of his later brilliant grown-up political/geopolitical masterpieces that eventually led to his assassination... Paul G

[@marcyepstein9679]

Just read his words that's where the answers lay

[@slipnorris5882]

Give peace a chance

[@01moria]

Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? Really? Of all the great songs. I can’t even imagine why.

[@robertsterner408]

Swell

[@ZomBeeNature]

I don't know some of these songs.

[@JamesDonald-bl3zp]

I cant figue out why making a lot of money together and so much great beautiful musc ( the greatest ever ) can simply turn 4 guy against each other so damn bad that the gotta part ways and start bad mouthing each other in the worst ways imaginable, it dont make good sence , i mean they all four worked together and pulled themselves out of poverty to become so damn rich that even they cant believe it, everything was great , they owned the world you mite say, but NOooooo that wasnt enough , they wanted MORE like four spoiled brats , they should of been happy with what they had, and proud of what they accomplished in life instead of arguing over shit that they had to go and make a big deal out of and split up over......its true, people with money and fame ARE different...it goes to their heads, their BIG HEADS !

[@picometer472]

"John Lennon tended to be very aggressive due to many things he experienced during his life." You hear that all the time in court at sentencing.

[@GabrielDuelingPianos]

I thought they named all of their songs.

[@markblake4425]

❤

[@jeffcarlson3269]

Across the Universe?..... a bunch of non sensical lyrics ran together.. to a beautiful melody... kind of reminds me of Lucy in the sky with Diamonds.. and composed the same way,, with Paul driving the melody .. and John behind the lyrics.. or like I am the Walrus....

[@SergexxLopez]

You should look for another job 🤣

[@Joanla1954]

John's got a new song that only he can sing: Help! I needed somebody! Help! Not just anybody! Help! I said He was a nowhere man! Help! Help me if you can, I'm feeling down and very hot Help! Help me get my feet back on the ground, but you can't Help! The only One that could have saved me no longer can Help! I rejected Jesus and now I am beyond sad. This looks like I am mocking John Lennon and his eternity. I believe that John was a kind enough man that he'd not want you to be where he now is. A place he sent himself. I humbly ask you to choose eternal life with Jesus.

[@jchow5966]

☮️💟☮️💟

[@GilPerez-o5b]

Truly Paul is the most handsome beatle. but the fact is there's an occasion that john looks better than him

[@NaeemShah1]

by observing all those things i think John was hit by McCartney, better you can understand

[@paulmcgloin5966]

Got to get you into my life was about weed

[@jeffcarlson3269]

and Hey Jude...?.. c'mon! a song Paul.. wrote inspired by John's son Julian?.. even when John likes another person's song.. there has to be a reason behind it...

[@SergexxLopez]

🤣🤣🤣

[@JamesDonald-bl3zp]

3:29

[@jeffsnyder7290]

No Reply.

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

Imagine if John hadn't been murdered. what he would have been able to do. Yes, John wasn't an easy person. This is what hypocrites are: easy persons. John wasn't a hypocrite. Keep that in your mind. John did more for humanity than almost everyone else who has ever lived. Whether you liked him or not, he was a great person. He was sarcastic, if needed, but he was a great person, against violence. He even asked his murderer if there was something else that he could do for him besides signing an album.

[@sandtoy11510]

I’m surprised John liked anything, after the breakup he seemed to do nothing but criticize anything Beatle

[@leemugleston6422]

Interesting to hear the words and thoughts of a true musical genius

[@tbone9603]

Here comes the sun? Something? 😮

[@davidgray1165]

Come together and I want you on abbey road is great as well

[@AllenHansford-xz3mv]

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[@JK..INFX.D....]

J.L

[@athruathrualol]

Across the Universe it's definitely John's best song.

[@pjdonnelly92]

As a scouser when we call a friend lad. It doesn't stick out in our accent and infliction it just sits in the sentenc

[@jeffcarlson3269]

to all of you John Lennon worshippers that get on this site... Just because John was hypercritical of his and everyone else's work.. doesn't mean he was a great fellow.. or even a great song writer.. I think he was a POS to most people.. and he thought he was better than everyone else.. .He couldn't hold a candle to Paul McCartney ...IMO..... he was Not even as Prolific.. as Paul... Paul was the driving force in THAT band.. if not for Paul ....the Beatles wouldn't have lasted 4 years...

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

John obviously liked Revolverr a lot. I don't have a favourite Beatles album by the way, but I like A hard days night and Help a lot more than Revovler.

[@remygiudicelli3161]

Good video although I suspect you’re maybe making up half of the quotes . Some quotes sound like things John would have never said

[@jeffcarlson3269]

AND of course John would like "All My Loving"... since the triplet strumming done by him was his idea for that song... one of the few good ideas he ever had... naturally John would not dis.. a song.. he put so much effort into...

[@SergexxLopez]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@travisgaming2066]

0:29 yoko really is a witch!

[@jeffreyjacobs390]

Lennon was a pain in the arse ! John was not a talented as Paul in any facet of musical endeavor. John liked to throw critique upon a lot of others work ..... he often made work not up to par with the Beatles standards ! John's best song was Norwegian Wood ..... I was sad he died but, he made bad decisions that led up to his death ..... his high profile life was fodder for an unstable mind.

[@wade5414]

He wasn’t cool at all - dumped his son!!!

[@jardbinkley3144]

k. so don't listen to his music. You win.

[@richlaw1953]

Yeah, that was a Dick move… especially since John’s own father abandoned John and his mother.

[@Capitan650]

Too much lalala about John.He’s can’t do nothing without other 3 guy’s .Because The Beatles until today number 1 in the World.But John was leader that’s true.Rest and Peace.

[@FlamingoKicker]

John's "favorite" songs would change like the weather depending on when someone asked him.