My mom always said “The older you get, the faster a year goes by”, and I would think to myself “C’mon Mom, a year is the same every year, 52 weeks, 365 days. How can it go faster?” When you’re a kid in school, a year seems to take forever to pass, especially those nine months of the school year. Lo and behold, I now find myself over 70, seems like high school was just a few years ago, Mom lived to be 96 and she’s been gone 12 years. She was more right than I initially gave her credit for.
@Space00000. Жыл бұрын
John Lennon is the greatest of all time.
@gracemichelli.2am124 Жыл бұрын
John Lennon's voice has the purest tones..love him. RIP John..❤️
@donnamoskowitz4978 Жыл бұрын
Iconic song. Iconic artist. Who knew Yoko could actually sing instead of the primal screaming! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! Love from Texas!
@DJ-bj8ku Жыл бұрын
Only Lennon could marry Christmas and war in a song and make it work.
@lennonag846 ай бұрын
The most meaningful xmas song of all time.. alway my number one x mas song.
@robertmarriott6767 Жыл бұрын
You are correct. I'm 46 now and I've noticed since my late teens, each year goes by quicker. All the best man 🙏💙
@reneesandler1553 Жыл бұрын
My favorite Christmas song of all time! It's a song I've heard thousands of times but never get tired of. And I like Michael Duffy's commentary.
@charlenewebb5893 Жыл бұрын
Yes Grasshopper ,No regrets ever. Time is short .Enjoy everday Happy New Year
@jerry6549 Жыл бұрын
Great song. Of course, when John recorded this song the Vietnam war was not over.
@Cynthia... Жыл бұрын
Wait till you get older, it goes even faster. 😵💫 There's an old joke that shows a calendar and the wind is blowing the pages and the months fly by. That is what it feels like now. lol
@deborahdennehy9937 Жыл бұрын
I agree with you, it's just so sad that that he was killed by a crazy man who shot him. Yet John Lennon is one of the most brilliant singers/songwriter/etc. All my love to the wonderful John Lennon, incredible 💝💝💝💝
@frankphillips5660 Жыл бұрын
John Lennon was an icon and still is. His albums after the Beatles were amazing! Here is probably his greatest song after The Beatles, "Imagine": kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5jVcqJurKqDn6s The lyrics are about what the world could be in his eyes and it's wonderful to "imagine" that.
@steveullrich7737 Жыл бұрын
Imagine is John's masterpiece and I'm sure Michael will love it's message
@firstnamelastname-bu1xm2 ай бұрын
"lets just all have fun and enjoy eachother in a moment" 2:50 i love that
@debbiepochy6751 Жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song and powerful message. I was a sophomore in college when John Lennon was shot and I remember it like it was yesterday. So sad, all he wanted was peace. And yes---time does go faster the older you get! Wishing you and safe and happy Christmas. ❤
@ericnordstrom4335 Жыл бұрын
It has been 42 years since John had his life taken from his family and still I get emotional when I hear this song. The womans voice you hear in the background is Yoko singing with a childrens choir. Hope your Christmas went well. A great big Happy New Year from Vancouver Island Canada!
@cog4life Жыл бұрын
One of the best ever made!
@debraschiro6234 Жыл бұрын
He's talking about the Vietnam War being over I believe in 74 it's been so long God Rest Your Soul John Lennon you are a prophet like Marvin Gaye and Martin Luther King Prophets murdered by a gun
@nigeltown6999 Жыл бұрын
Paul had a really active 'post Beatles' career - lots of good stuff in there - he is credited wit inventing 'Indy' with an early album RAM - Well worth a listem.
@lorettacassidy6078 Жыл бұрын
I so miss the wisdom of my friend John!❤️
@chris...94974 ай бұрын
Release date 1971, 9 years after first stepping into a recording studio. This is a solo effort almost 2 years after the Beatles broke up. Consider: the kids in this video are likely all grandparents, being over 50 years ago.
@brooktu42498 ай бұрын
I actually always loved Yoko's voice on this. It was perfect for her :-)
@daniellittle830 Жыл бұрын
It's about time somebody played this song. It's what the world needs just doesn't know yet, and he wrote this 50 years ago
@petermontalbano3910 Жыл бұрын
That sign was in Times Square for years.
@grahamjohnbarr Жыл бұрын
John was a visionary, therefore the slew him.
@lorilxn15975 ай бұрын
Time goes by way faster as you age
@col4574 Жыл бұрын
Imagine all the people.........
@glennsmusicchannel Жыл бұрын
The woman is John's wife, Yoko. This was soon after he left the Beatles. Incredible song
@kentclark6420 Жыл бұрын
I guess the only explanation for war that I can think of is that yin yang thing of good and evil in essentially every particle of energy in the universe. And how that translates to the human condition on a macrocosmic scale. The thing is the need to evolve beyond division and polarity, going from the darkness to the light. It's a process we need to develop from within.
@lorilxn15975 ай бұрын
Always have had a crush on John
@lorilxn15975 ай бұрын
My favorite Christmas song
@lisaschliff Жыл бұрын
Children suffer the most from war.
@famat16110 ай бұрын
Every year seems to pass faster just because it's a smaller fraction of the overall. It is only statistics. Embrace it.
@huruduru5144 Жыл бұрын
War is about people who want power and control.
@sourisvoleur4854 Жыл бұрын
I wonder where each of those kids in the choir is, and if they show the vid to their grandkids.
@kathrynjenkins2373 Жыл бұрын
If you like this one, check out, give peace a chance, by Lennon, its during the Vietnam war.
@cog4life Жыл бұрын
Have you done IMAGINE. So beautiful.
@MotownGirlK Жыл бұрын
Someday at Christmas by Stevie Wonder is a good one with a similar sentiment
@jannetkoolman5645 Жыл бұрын
War is over, if you want to. If only…..
@RAAF1017 Жыл бұрын
If you like this, you should check out Imagine, and also Give Peace A Chance . . .
@pizzarellayt Жыл бұрын
Yes, John did branch off from the Beatles. In fact, every member did, the band broke up in 1970. Paul and George also have their own Christmas songs (Wonderful Christmastime and Ding Dong Ding Dong respectively), and Ringo had a whole Christmas album. The girl you were hearing was John's wife Yoko Ono.
@johncolvin3273 Жыл бұрын
Check out the Beatles "Hello, Good bye"
@vincentvancraig Жыл бұрын
This was released in 1970, or 71, so, the viet nam war still had about 4 years left to go...i think it was just a sarcastic “F you” to Nixon....anyway, it def resonates today with the current poo-poo.
@comedyriff52318 ай бұрын
There´s only one justification for war, self-defense. That is what happened in WW2, the allies had to defend themselves. All the other wars that are about power, subjugation, conquest are unjust.
@sharonpate54819 ай бұрын
For Christmas check out John Denver “The Marvelous Toy “ or “The Children of Bethlehem “ 👵🏼💜☮️
@kathyutica3 ай бұрын
Harlem Boys Choir!
@tracybeaman3683 Жыл бұрын
If you appreciate the passage of time you must listen to pink floyds song Time. Very deep lyrics. The older you get the more you understand
@JopiniStJopy Жыл бұрын
Good react. You should try to find the whole version -- it's on "Shaved Fish." This song actually ends with a wicked bass line that lasts for a good minute or so, one of the most kick-ass bass lines I've ever heard, right up there with "Ellen West" by Throwing Muses. Weird for a Christmas song to end with a sinister bass line, but it does.
@charlesstraight5499 Жыл бұрын
One last comment and then I'm gone I know you seem to really like John Lennon and most people do including myself and you seem to really like this song but he has another song that has a theme similar to this song that's not a Christmas song and that song is called imagine. You may want to check that song out at some time in the future I think you'll be pleasantly surprised that's strictly a John Lennon song My Favorite Beatles song is Hey Jude if you're interested in what I think is one of the greatest Beatles songs they got many of them but that's one of my favorites that and maybe Yellow Submarine.
@michaelj2528 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately there is money in wars , the millionaires in the billionaire's they love war , but they make sure their children do not do the fighting .Great SONG RIP JOHN .
@lailavikstrom9219 Жыл бұрын
well michael, you have somethimng there about time ; MAYA INDIANS says : TIME IS!!!! GOING FASTER NOW!!!!!!.....
@lisajames3359 Жыл бұрын
You should react to Imagine if you haven’t already. John just wanted peace. Simple as that.
@_EverLade Жыл бұрын
please react to here comes the sun, please!
@paulknight9998 Жыл бұрын
Next: "FIRST TIME HEARING Jingle Bells".
@TheClarita19842 ай бұрын
That's why he es murderer. He was a pacifist with a wide wide wide influence. RIP dear John🙏🏻
@patticrichton1135 Жыл бұрын
The years pass by faster the older you get, Michael! Just wait until you are 75 like me, and a year goes by like it's only a month, it's SCARY!! If you are familiar at all with an hour glass....life goes like an hour glass when you turn it over with the sand at it's fullest at the top of the glass, but as the grains of sand go through to the bottom of the glass, the sand at the fop starts going faster to the bottom until the top is empty.....it's exactly the way your life passes by as you age.
@charlesstraight5499 Жыл бұрын
You're absolutely right about seems like every year goes by faster than the last and there's a very very good and powerful reason for that. We are and what the Bible and especially Revelations talks about as the great sorting separating the wheat from the shaft and that's kind of what's going on we're getting near the leap to a brand new world and in reality it's not time that speeded up it's creation has speeded up in other words everything gets created work through and ended much faster than it used to be when we were younger and there's going to come a time where we have this great solar Flash it's also called the great event but at that moment that's when the old ends and the new begins and many people that are here now won't be in the new and that'll separate to another three-dimensional world. I could speak more on the topic but I'm going to stop right here because it's a very deep topic and really all I wanted to deal with was the feeling that time has speeded up because in reality time doesn't exist so what has speeded up is creation. When we all make the jump to the new world that is those who are able to go we will learn pretty quickly that time does not exist in that world time is a created necessity for three-dimensional worlds but it doesn't exist in any other worlds or dimensions.
@hakaigonzalez7253 Жыл бұрын
I always found it hilarious that John's Xmas song is way better than Paul's. Imo of course.
@stevejoshua9536 Жыл бұрын
Actually, as a former song-writer myself, I think the line, "without any fear" was every bit as much about it rhyming with the line, "and happy New year", as it was the actual underlying message. For me, the only negative in this otherwise great song is Yoko's annoying voice in the chorus.
@bwractive Жыл бұрын
yoko ono is still making "music", but i wouldn't recommend it 😅