LOVED IT!| FIRST TIME HEARING John Lennon - Nobody Told Me REACTION

[@susanliltz3875]

React to JULIAN LENNON “It’s Too Late For Goodbyes”

[@ndlouder]

Good song but I feel "Vallote" is better.

[@j7286]

@@ndlouder They should do both.

[@howardhales6325]

And "Saltwater."

[@sourisvoleur4854]

@@ndlouder I'd vote for Valotte because it's his song most like his father.

[@michaelpierce8674]

⁠I love the music video to Saltwater

[@rbking9296]

Dream No.9 is one y’all gonna love Promise!

[@karenduncan2478]

Love that song!

[@phila3884]

It's the other way around- #9 Dream.

[@rbking9296]

@philia 3884 your absolutely right I’ve been backwards all day I think they call it senior moments lol 😆

[@DJ-bj8ku]

Lot of stars in the video: Fred Astaire, Dick Cavett, Miles Davis, Andy Warhol, George Harrison. Man, I miss John.

[@mikerichards67]

How relevant is this song today. Strange days indeed. He was so deep with his thoughts and some of us were so lucky that we were able to experience his genius.

[@walterpanovs]

This is a song that John was planning to give to Ringo in January of 1981, but then John was murdered in December, '80 and it remained an unfinished demo of John's. It was eventually polished up and released as a posthumous John single in 1984 and it made it to #5.

[@thedogwoods5716]

It’s crazy that it’s a demo cause it’s recorded so well

[@DazzleMonroe]

@@thedogwoods5716 Not quite right. It was a studio recording that wasn't finished. Yoko then arranged for it to be finished and released. So not a demo

[@phila3884]

@@DazzleMonroe Yeah, and it didn't make the cut on Double Fantasy, so would John have ever released it if he were still around.

[@amb2745]

Ringo was recording an album titled "Can't Fight Lightning". Like the "Ringo" album back in the '70's, Can't Fight Lightning was going to showcase songs Ringo would sing with John, Paul, and George contributing songs for the album. One of the songs John was going to contribute was the title song "Can't Fight Lightning". When John was killed in 1980, Ringo decided not to use any of John's songs, and even changed the album title to "Stop And Smell The Roses".

[@Steve_Stowers]

I'm glad we have it. It's a great song, as good as much of the stuff he released during his lifetime.

[@kevinshea7547]

I’ll repeat my request for some Julian Lennon.

[@Mando-hereafter]

Yes Julian’s “Valotte”

[@elizabethfranco1284]

I was just about to do that.Yes Julian is definitely worth checking out.

[@db-gb5xi]

Yes, Valotte and Too Late for Goodbyes and Now You're In Heaven.

[@bobjoy5848]

You should check out his son Julian Lennon. Looks just like John. Much too late for goodbyes is excellent song

[@davidhuggan6315]

Saltwater and his newest classic "Lucky Ones"

[@Kieop]

This was a posthumous single. I love the line: Something's always happening. But nothing's going on.

[@mattg5855]

Watching The Wheels. A song about a man finding contentment with where he is in life & the blessings in his life & how they are the true meaning of success.

[@Guildofarcanelore]

“Strange days indeed!”

[@bjdefilippo447]

Most peculiar, Mama!

[@bishdizzle67]

Whoa!​@@bjdefilippo447

[@jimmayors2315]

That video was filled with very well-known people besides John and Yoko. Phil Spector, Dick Cavitt, George Harrison, Andy Warhol, Miles Davis,

[@MKins71]

You forgot the great Fred Astaire!

[@magneto7930]

Whatever Gets You Through the Night by John Lennon, that's the one you need to hear next. It features Elton John on piano and background vocals.

[@MrSteveLoucks]

Yes! I’ll second that!

[@mikek5958]

Elton told him it would go to #1 on the charts and John told him he's off his rocker so Elton made a bet with John that if it went to #1 he would have to come on stage with him to play it live. John made good on the bet.

[@jrox6091]

That song is a banger! I second the motion.

[@jdenino6022]

I think that Elton also does background vocals on Whatever Gets You Thru The Night. Never hear that song anymore even though it was a #1 hit back in the day.

[@57doodoo]

And after that No. 9 Dream.

[@gevowavemagnet]

This song was released posthumously, around 1984 or so. Like so many other people in their 20's, during the reign of Reagan, I was far from home trying to make a liveing. Even in death, John Lennon's music wa a comfort in uncertain times.

[@THOMMGB]

Nobody Told Me was released after John’s death. I really like this song. I wish it had made it onto John’s Double Fantasy album.

[@jeffmurdock8321]

It was also a play on the old song "Mama Said (There'd be Days Like This)"

[@johnboydTx]

Lennon was Love 😘❤️❤️ The World needs him now more than Ever !!!!!😢🙏🕊️✌️❤️

[@stephanieo2509]

This was my mother's favorite--because she loved it when he said "Most peculiar, mama!" Check out "I'm Losing You"--a real rock song.

[@michelleb9808]

I was 19 and completely devastated when JL was shot. It was just around releasing this album. I loved this song and Watching the Wheels from the album. The music he could have made...😪

[@neilmartin99]

I still can't believe John is gone. So senselessly.

[@kevinsacks3185]

Have a listen to "The Ballad of John and Yoko", a Beatles song about their early days, recorded by only John and Paul on all the instruments.

[@Richard2003]

Great Song!!!

[@kimberly3131]

I agree. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" is a great song indeed. Another one that I really love is "Two of Us". Love how their voices together are like two peas in a pod. (Not quite the best comparison, but it's all I can come up with at 2:30 am). I know " Two of Us" is supposed to be about Paul and Linda, but I like to pretend it's about friendship between John and Paul. There's a great version of it that shows them having fun with it while they practice.

[@robynfedalen1777]

John Lennon was a true artist. I love the Beatles and I love all four of them solo as well. ❤️✌🏻🎶

[@howcotube]

Amber love that T'shirt.!! Huge Beatles fan and you two are one of my favorite when it comes to reaction video/music. Wanted to mention some notables in the Nobody Told Me video: Fred Astaire, Dick Cavett -talk show host at the time. Andy Warhol - you saw toward the end with John and at a doorway. And caught a glimpse of Producer Phil Spector and of course we see George Harrison prance in as well. You guys are wonderful and I always watch when Beatles/solo is shown. I would also like to add one of my favorite solo Paul McCartney tunes is "This One" has a nice video to go along with it.. Take good care, Howard

[@debjorgo]

I started making a list. then I figured someone had probably already done the work. Also in the video, famous mime Marcel Marceau, Dracula portrayer, Jack Palance, and towards the end, blues/jazz legend Miles Davis.

[@jeffmartin1026]

@@debjorgo Looks like Ozzy at the very end.

[@howcotube]

@@debjorgo Good to know thanks, just did not know Miles Davis

[@rayhouse-cz8fb]

John will always be my favorite Beatle. This song reminds me of how much we lost December 1980 and what could have been. Thanks for the reaction and I love the fact of how much you guys love The Beatles.

[@Turtledove2009]

He will always be close to my heart too!

[@JohnKrajack]

Just love John Lennon's free spirit.

[@lt6134]

Love it. That’s Andy Warhol with John at the end of the video.

[@roseblake5803]

Miles Davis also….Rare footage of Miles

[@TomBrueggemann-dc9ss]

@@roseblake5803 Dick Cavett also

[@dow311]

Looked like Fred Astaire too.

[@beanybun6110]

And George Harrison…

[@DojoOfCool]

John Lennon was my favorite Beatle he was the Rocker of the Beatles. The guy I roadie and did sound for played guitar on a lot of Lennon's solo album. John would come over to my friends house and his son Billy was there. Lennon asked Billie who his favorite Beatles was, Billie said Ringo. Billy wanted to play drums. A week or two later Billie got home from school and their was a big box delivered by UPS addressed to him. Billie opens the box and it was a copy of every Beatles album and all of John Lennons solo albums. There was a note inside from John Lennon saying listen to these and see if Ringo is still your favorite Beatle.

[@Richard2003]

Wow great story!!

[@Firefoxy-rz1nw]

That's a shitty story. I thought you were going to say John bought the kid a drum kit

[@DojoOfCool]

Actually Billy already had a real nice small kid size drum set. His dad got some drummer friends to help him find a small bass drum and other drums. Modded a hi hat stand and some good cymbals. Also Billy did get to meet and hang with Ringo. One time Billy's parents took Billy with them to a party at Ringos and they got home late so Billy skipped school to sleep in. Then following day when Billy did go to school his friends asked him why he was out the day before. Billy just smiles and says.... I got home late from a party at Ringos and was just too tired. Billy was a real popular kid in elementary school.

[@pjmurphy920]

My favorite musician, John Winston Lennon. Beautiful man, beautiful soul.

[@skiptowne5724]

You really don't know a lot about him, do you?

[@radsandrems1734]

Some would argue John Ono Lennon but Im with you. The original is best.

[@007ndc]

​@@skiptowne5724neither do you. He was not perfect and neither are you or I.

[@tallmn1957]

​@@skiptowne5724Relax there, cowboy. Why attack a total stranger?

[@joankisloski6972]

He was talented, but not a good of a person.

[@deantitus9734]

This song is one of several songs that were released AFTER John Lennon's death in 1980!! Also on that list were (Just Like) Starting Over, Woman and Watching The Wheels!!

[@woodykelleher9253]

Starting over was top 10 at John's death -- out Octobet 1980.

[@faithnyou1732]

Such a fun song, and so many famous celebrities in this video -- Fred Astaire, Andy Warhol, Dick Cavett, George Harrison. Thanks for another great reaction! ✌💙✌

[@MikeB-in1nd]

Wow I haven't heard this song in decades

[@daleofficer1709]

John Lennon wrote a song called “Grow Old With Me”. In my humble opinion it’s the most beautiful song ANY of The Beatles ever wrote. It was covered beautifully by Mary Chapin Carpenter. I hope you guys will do a reaction video to it sometime, and Amber, keep the tissues handy. Not that it’s a sad song…it’s not…but it will definitely touch your heart. And my understanding is that it was the last song John ever wrote, which makes it even more emotional.❤

[@MrSteveLoucks]

Love you Jay and Amber for all the excellent music you’re keeping alive. Thank you. And thank you for more John Lennon. Nobody Told Me was a top 10 hit three years after he died. Next up, you MUST listen to his 1974 smash hit Whatever Gets You Thru The Night, with backing vocals by Elton John!

[@MrSteveLoucks]

PS Yoko and John often collaborated on their albums. Double Fantasy was perhaps their biggest.

[@cathyortiz1280]

John is my favorite! Great song - as usual!!

[@MikeWalsh-f1g]

My favorite fun John song😊 Love Watching the Wheels too!

[@donw7571]

One of his very last great hits......then he was gone. I was 16 when I heard the news on the morning of Dec 8th 1980. I am now 60 and it still haunts me . RIP JL

[@andymageen5308]

The cameos on this video are awesome, if you know who they were. For the newer generation they just missed the huge significance of the people shown. Strange days indeed, most peculiar. ✌️

[@jasonbutler7054]

Love you guys, you just raised my vibration ;)

[@CraigAlden-ld9ey]

A fantastic Julian Lennon Song is Just for You…. From Everything Changes…. Absolutely Awesome.

[@DJ-bj8ku]

Lots of stars in this avant-garde video: Fred Astaire, Miles Davis, Andy Warhol, Dick Cavett. Miss John.

[@bradsullivan2495]

"They're starving back in China, so finish what you got" is a slight variation on the admonition that parents in the 60s used on their kids to get them to eat their food (primarily vegetables). It came into play not long after the disastrous Chinese program, "The Great Leap Forward"--which instead of offering bountiful harvests resulted in starvation across a country that had close to 800 million/one billion people at the time.

[@Turtledove2009]

Never too much love for John Lennon!! ❤

[@O_Towne_Bear]

This and "Watching The Wheels" are my fave Lennon (solo) songs.

[@jamesbyersmusic]

Great Choice!! This was released on his posthumous album "Milk And Honey" and he actually originally wrote it for Ringo! This has always been one of my favourites Always love your channel Guys ❤

[@GaryKing-by4mb]

You should listen to “Goodnight”. John Lennon wrote it to sing to Julian at bedtime. He gave it to Ringo to sing because he thought his voice was better suited. It’s the last song on the White Album!

[@shanedangers]

Definitely one of the best "jangle pop" guitar great ...John Lennon great ...song! ❤

[@ursula8568]

I was riding in a vintage Chevy truck with my boyfriend driving on a snowy night in Seattle. We were driving into a tunnel that had a number of black ice slicks. There were cars all around us, so he was driving with great trepidation. So of course we hit a patch of ice and the truck spun around 450 degrees inside the tunnel (that’s a full circle and a quarter). Amazingly, there were no cars around us during the spin and the truck came to a slow stop and gently, oh so gently, just barely tapped the side of the tunnel with the front bumper. We both were holding our breaths and looking scared when we heard John Lennon sing from the radio: “Nobody told me there’d be days like these.” We looked at each other and burst out laughing, backed up and went on our way.

[@scottvanhille5688]

What a good upbeat song. I liked George Harrison and Dick's cameos in the video. Nobody told me.

[@kimmycook2698]

One of my favs...Strange days indeed........

[@FritzMonday]

That bass line !

[@bobjoy5848]

So sad what happened to john..tough to watch his videos. Rip john

[@theniemeyers8479]

Guys you really need to hear Paul McCartneys Goodnight Tonight.

[@CBGB_1977]

Omg! FOR SURE! Gah! I love that song!

[@CBGB_1977]

Jay will lose it with Sir Paul’s killer bass on Goodnight Tonight!! 😁🤘🏽

[@susanliltz3875]

Yes The Beatles = “LET IT BE “ this one will get you as much as Hey Jude!!

[@eugeneoman]

Great reaction guys! This is one of my favorite Lennon tracks. I discovered it when it started getting heavy airplay a few short years after John's death. 😔

[@tomfurci3701]

I have never seen this video before...though I've heard the song many times. How cool to see all the celebrities in the video - Fred Astaire, George Harrison, Dick Cavett, Andy Warhol and Miles Davis (playing basketball with John). And Yoko smiling a lot. She was always so serious. And in this video, so warm and loving. You could see how they felt about each other. Thanks for reacting to the song. You guys rock!

[@SteveInTheOC]

Omg i totally forgot about this song. Last i heard this was listening to it on my record player way back when. 😊

[@kenttheaker7904]

This is from MILK & HONEY (1983) and is a sort of demo record, as John was working up this 2nd set of songs (after DOUBLE FANTASY) when he was killed. So it's not quite finished. There are good spots on the record, such as this song (intended for Ringo), "I'm Steppin' Out," and "(Living on) Borrowed Time" but this is mostly for the hardcore fans. Thanks as always for giving John's solo work more love!

[@ricardo_miguel13]

also Grow Old With Me. Nobody Told Me is the one song of that turned into a Lennon classic for me! Also on youtube and spotify it has quite a lot streams.

[@thedogwoods5716]

I’d say Strange Days is pretty solid for anyone to enjoy out of that album though.

[@Kieop]

It's interesting that Ringo did eventually record Grow Old With Me, but to my knowledge, not Nobody Told Me.

[@johnathanstruble1064]

John making a statement, yet in a Beatles way....plus more true today than yesterday. ✌️♥️😁

[@nancysmith8626]

This song is such a strong memory from the fantastic year of 1984. Love it!

[@nedeast6845]

It is so true, I grew up in 1970's, and my parents would tell me "finish up your plate, there are children starving in the world"

[@RalphPugliese-eh7ph]

Yes Julian Lennon is very talented

[@bobg6638]

One of my favorites by Lennon, no doubt.

[@John_Locke_108]

Always been a favorite of mine.

[@CharlesHarris-cy6sl]

HELLO, ROB I'M A BIG JOHN LENNON FAN YOUR SHOW IS GREAT ! TO YOU AND YOUR GIRL I'M SORRY MY NAME IS CHARLES AND NOW BACK TO THE SHOW !

[@CharlesHarris-cy6sl]

PEACE AND LOVE CHARLES

[@hopalong918]

Wow… Just discovered your channel yesterday, a few hours before this was posted, upon recommendation of my dear Uncle Jim, who’s a huge fan of your reaction videos. Oddly enough, a little earlier in the day, he told me a story of when my grandma was once under the care of a doctor who was the very same physician to massage John Lennon’s heart, in an effort to save him after he was shot and killed in 1980. We ended up talking about John Lennon for quite a while. As our conversation continued and expanded to include more family members, we started to reminisce about the best concerts we’d ever seen. Elton John, Live in Central Park in 1980 was mentioned, and referring back to our earlier topic, we started talking about Elton’s beautiful and haunting tribute song to his close friend, “Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny)”. Last night, Jim texted me to tell me that you just posted this video, so I watched it, the very first one of yours that I’ve ever seen. I get why he’s such a big fan. I was then curious to see if you ever made a reaction video to Elton’s song, and I found the one you made 9 months ago, not yet having known the context before your first listen. Now I’ll be up all night, searching to see what your reaction was after reading the comments, and I’ll surely fall into a rabbit hole of your videos! 🤦‍♀️😂 Love your Star Wars shirts too, and ironically, during yesterday’s chat about reaction videos, my brother, who’s a massive Star Wars fan, showed us a video of The Rise of Skywalker Teaser Trailer Reaction Live from Chicago, which was pretty cool. I guess there’s a little Star Wars geek inside of me too because I had to wipe away a few happy tears.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

This one always makes me feel good. Do his hit Cold Turkey, if you haven't already. It's so intense, but really creative.

[@davidhuggan6315]

Written in 1980 saying what strange times they were...and people said it before 1980 and since. It is always said people as they get older.

[@FishTheJim]

I remember this song so well. Such an incredible song. :)

[@bishdizzle67]

The line "there's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised" is in there because he had just seen a UFO in New York.

[@richardgazinia5482]

True. He saw a UFO while he was with his mistress Mai Pang. I'm shocked Yoko let it stay in the song.

[@jerrymazza3465]

A must..”The Ballard of John and Yoko.” Great channel!

[@estoy1001]

I recall after his death, MTV (when it still played videos) played the hell out of this song.

[@willfromyadkinville]

just a great memory! then i grew up! he loved her! people can say whatever but it is clear!

[@Stratman1512]

The UFO line From Lennon is one of his all-time best verses in any song And it was a true story with Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high Everybody's flying and never touch the sky There's UFO's over New York and I ain't too surprised When John Lennon was relaxing in a chair on the roof of his Dakota‘s building high-rise in New York City (probably smoking) in the late 70s he has been quoted as saying he saw a UFO while lounging up there. If The aliens were time travelers, (hence if they’re folding time & space they could be coming from tens of thousands of years in the future and might be us in thousands of years in the future, hence I wouldn’t be surprised if they would wanna see John Lennon. And the cop stations phones were ringing off the hook from so many people seeing that UFO in NYC. & being its big corporations that are paying the media so IM not surprisingly it was barely covered in the newspaper or news.

[@patonifields2897]

Yes I love Julian Lennon

[@nickquantrill985]

What a Track that is! Fantastic. 2nd only to Imagine for me.👌❤️

[@MrsColumbo823]

Only John could pull in Fred Astaire and Andy Warhol and make it work. Miss you, John. ♥️

[@LOKISlog7]

My favorite post Beatles John song - everything in the video was him. I miss him so much when I hear this song. The dance, the love for Yoko, and an appearance by George who played on the song.❤

[@joeduke8239]

I love this song!

[@stevehamilton8824]

Excellent song. A little bitter/sweet and an emotional feeling. This was released after his death. Lennon originally gave this song to Ringo for his album but after Lennon was murdered he didn't feel right recording it and it eventually was released in its original form in 1984 on the MILK & HONEY album.

[@karencolley-smidt864]

Been here 2 and 1/2 years!!! Love you two!!!

[@bweewiggy5829]

Keep making us happy!

[@martintorrez999]

Please react to: Whatever gets you through the night - John Lennon

[@titusho2]

The great and beautiful Lennon ❤❤

[@BrandonGarcia-go5uc]

Yo J & Amber....How about some BADFINGER (they were kind of the Beatles little brother band from the same neighborhood). Good songs would be Baby Blue, No Matter What, Day After Day or Without You!!!!!!!

[@KenRoerden]

Keep going down the rabbit hole. John did such amazing songs, many of them painful and some upbeat ones like this one. Then there are his contented ones like Watching The Wheels and Beautiful Boy which you have done.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Definitely played this my 1st full day in NYC. Of course my 1st stop was Dakota Building & Strawberry Fields! ♥

[@AnyangU]

Love this Lennon solo song! Imagine what someone like Lennon thought as the 60s became the late 70s and the world that he helped birth had gone somewhat astray. Now, imagine if John had lived to see today and what he might think. He might say something more intense than most peculiar mama!

[@howardweinstein1324]

It's sad to think that he's been gone almost 44 years,longer than he lived his 40 years of life.

[@BaccarWozat]

Even his mother, whose untimely death at the hands of an off-duty policeman caused John no end of grief, died at an older age than John did.

[@jarnopylkkanen5453]

You know, its kind of weird ,that i think absolutly, the same thing.Johns been gone since 1980,I have born in 1985...

[@jarnopylkkanen5453]

If we listening his all so great music, where all so close to him.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

That’s Dick Cavett talk show host

[@davehess1019]

his beautiful song Beautiful Boy breaks my heart, I bawl my eyes out every time I hear that song

[@pervkhan]

Most of Lennon songs are very personal. "MOTHER" is a very very personal song.its about his childhood.His aunt raised him and he called her mother and her aunt never told him that she is not her mother, his mother disappeared after he was born and left her baby with her sister to raise.He found the truth when he was in his teens.

[@StevenCosta-tp2sw]

Loved seeing pop artist Andy Warhol near the end of the video. Famous artists flocking together. Very unique circles these people lived in. Historic times.

[@maryvanhorn4894]

Jealous Guy is another great Lennon song

[@mkmstillstackin]

Always have a fondness for this one!

[@Robsan40]

My favorite JL song! Please do the Beatles "I Should've Known Better"

[@aarongoldstein7614]

Earl Slick plays lead guitar on this track. He was married to Jean Millington of Fanny. It's been nearly two and a half years since you reacted to Fanny. I think you'll enjoy the Beat Club version of "Young and Dumb" featuring Jean on lead vocal.

[@KenRoerden]

Yes! There are some of us who keep asking for more Fanny, especially their heavier songs. Earl appears in the 2022 documentary film Fanny: The Right To Rock along with several other musical legends. Check it out on your movie channel. Fanny Rocks!

[@Firefoxy-rz1nw]

This song is a response or reference to the song, "Mama told me there'd be days like these" by, i believe, the Shirelles.

[@willswalkingwest7267]

All of the video bits were from John & Yoko''s "Imagine" film. The song was one of the last ones he recorded before he was killed in 1980. I like the line "there's UFO's over New York, and I'm not too surprised..." That's from his days with May Pang, he and her were on the balcony of their apt in NY while John was separated from Yoko and they stood and watched a 'UFO" flying over the city, it flew along the East River. The song is a good, fun little Rock and Roll bit. He was a flawed man but he made some cool music.

[@jdenino6022]

One of John's best solo artist songs was "Dream #9" it's very trippy and his voice is great on that one...❤

[@ChaseArkansas]

Aisumasen (I’m Sorry) by John Lennon from minds games is absolutely incredible. Nobody told me makes me so happy i love the lyric

[@robertsaul234]

As others have said, this song was intended for Ringo. John, Paul, & George were to contribute 4 songs each to Ringo's next album. They were trying to get Ringo a hit. The album ended up being Stop and Smell the Roses wirh 2 songs each from George and Paul. You should react to All Those Years Ago. It's George's tribute to John with a little help from his friends Paul and Ringo.

[@Bruno_Haible]

I love your T-shirt "Imagine all the people living life in peace".

[@tcarnold6425]

Recorded just days before his death and given a clean up by his wife a few years later. If you're interested in posthumous releases, try Queen's Mother Love. Freddie's final vocals, cleaned up and finished by the band; released 4 years after. 👌🏻

[@robcannon9165]

Hi Guys greetings from Liverpool England 🇬🇧 John Lennons home town and you really need to check out Johns solo song "LOVE" this is a beautiful simple song and video from John and The Plastic Ono Band which shows his love for Yoko!!! its so worth listening to you Guys.