#sean lennon

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[motherlennon]

JOHN and SEAN in Hong Kong, 1977

[undying-love]

twitter is going nuts over paul’s interview and now sean just posted “There are things I can never say and no one would believe me anyway.” which is ???

what do you think of the interview?

Hi! I already shared my thoughts on what Paul said in that interview in my previous post (and keep in mind that the interview took place over a decade ago; Paul was much more closed off about the subject at the time). So I’d like to take this opportunity to talk about what Sean said. Yes, I saw the tweet this morning. I also noticed that Lesley Ann Jones replied, saying that during her research she found things she couldn’t publish. I know she isn’t the most reliable author by any means, but in this specific case her perspective is a somewhat interesting. In her earlier books, before Fly Away Paul, she was very dismissive of John and Paul’s relationship, and said that Stuart and Pete Shotton were the closest friends John ever had. Then, in Fly Away Paul, her tone shifts dramatically; the way she writes about them suggests she came to believe there was something deeper between them. That makes me wonder whether her research and interviews revealed information about it that she couldn’t include, and whether that’s what she was referring to in her reply. As for Sean, I find the timing interesting, since his comment came not long after the Paul's 2015 interview was published. It’s hard to imagine that Sean doesn’t have any understanding of his father’s sexuality, especially considering that Yoko has spoken about John being bisexual. At the very least, he would be aware that John’s personal life and identity were more complex than a strictly straight narrative. He once posted a photo of John and Yoko with Andy Warhol, the one where they were all groping each other. When someone asked what it meant, Sean replied, “It’s not complicated.” It wouldn’t be surprising if he found it a bit frustrating (and slightly amusing) to see statements from Paul portraying John as exclusively straight. Of course, it’s possible that his comment wasn’t referring specifically to anything related to John (and Paul), but that remains one of the more intriguing interpretations. If Sean has read biographies like those by Philip Norman (which is very likely, since I think he was even interviewed by Norman for the book), and has also heard stories directly from Yoko, then he is probably aware of many details about John’s personal life. So he likely knows about John's infamous tape and the "John's princess" nickname (it's funny how nobody has ever mentioned this again or commented on it, not even Norman himself in the Paul biography he wrote some years after). Sean also pays close attention to John’s lyrics, Paul’s lyrics, and the ways they communicated through their music. Even the way John’s official social media (which Sean appears to oversee) sometimes highlights connections between their songs (like the famous In My Life birthday post, and the one about I Know (I know)). Also, just take a look at the way he talks about their bond in the new Wings book. Even if he wasn't referring to mclennon in his tweet, I think Sean understands there was something going on between John and Paul, even if he would never address it directly since, ultimately, that’s Paul’s story to tell if he ever chooses to.

[the-boney-rolls]

It went beyond just two people who were best friends, or had a nice friendship or something. It feels like, looking back, that their relationship was so vital that it didn't even matter if they did want to be friends. It seemed like they had to work together. There was some kind of force or magnetism, they needed each other, and it was inevitable. They couldn't avoid each other, even when they wanted to, during later periods of The Beatles. They complemented each other like a plus and minus on a magnet. There was an artistic, intellectual connection that transcended mere mortal friendships, or even brotherhood and family relationships. It was something beyond that. It was something that feels almost not of this world. I don't even know if I believe in the supernatural, but let's put it this way: When we look at the relationship of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, it's an argument for the cosmic. It's an argument for fate. It's an argument for some kind of divine order, because it's just hard to believe that it just happened by accident that they all met. And it's not just the two of them, but the four of them. There's a chemistry to that, for some, that feels like there was some kind of divine hand that intervened. I've heard Quincy Jones say that you always have to leave room for God to walk through the room. Meaning you can't try to control every bit of the creative process. That's why The Beatles' music feels so magical. Because the four of their relationships, but especially Paul and my dad's relationship, pushed them beyond themselves. Beyond their limitations as individuals. What makes the music so special is the sound of people being pushed beyond their basic abilities. I think that's what they gave each other.

Sean Ono Lennon, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run

[underthecitysky]

Sean Ono Lennon: People ask me to speculate on what would have happened. I’m very careful because there’s no way to know. But if I were to guess, just knowing my dad and knowing Paul as much as I do, I can’t imagine it not happening really . . . them getting together to do something. Because they were friends, after all, and they did work very well together. So I can imagine them getting back together doing something, whether it was The Beatles or not. I think some musical collaboration was certainly in the cards, for sure.

Michael McCartney [on if John were still alive]: Oh, we’d be joking. It would’ve been lovely. We’d have had this lovely man slowly maturing, like Our Kid [Paul]. The goodness that they could have given to the world. Immeasurable. That’s what’s so sad. To Our Kid, can you just think about it? The man that’s been so close to him all his life, starting out with him, then going through so much ups and downs, all the daft things, ‘How Do You Sleep?’ All those daft things. To lose a partner like that, that you’d been through so much with, to suddenly have the mat ripped from underneath your feet. . . . He was friend of mine, but to my brother, he was a soulmate.

Sean Ono Lennon: They were quantum-entangled. I feel like my dad passing was probably a real growing-up moment. I mean, at least it was for me, and I was very young, so I can imagine it was for him as well. It’s easy to hold on to familial squabbling and arguing and fights with somebody when they’re on the planet. And you feel like, ‘I’m mad at them, but we can make up any time.’ But once they’re gone, you realise, ‘Oh, wow, I can never say, “I’m sorry about that” again. I can never say, “Hey, that thing you said hurt my feelings.’ ” And when you realise that that opportunity has left, it’s a very sobering thing. What it taught me, losing my dad early on, was that you can’t take relationships for granted. I know it must be very hard for Paul, having lost his partner in crime. They really had a once-in-a-millennium chemistry that I don’t think we’re likely to see again.

-Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run

[always-a-mad-comet]

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This is the October-November recordings from the audio diary John Lennon was apparently keeping in autumn of 1979. I don't actually know where this originates from. There is a September one that was supposedly found in someone's garage, but the sources I've found don't mention any other recordings. I believe this compilation was originally played on the radio, as I removed some commentary from what sounds like a radio presenter giving context for the third section, apparently they were talking about what happens if someones goes to the sun.

My own transcription is under the cut.

John: You’ll be five next year on October the 9th, the same day I’ll be forty next year. There’s nothing I can do to get to be forty quicker, I have to be thirty-nine for one whole year, and you’ll have to be four for a whole year, you can’t rush it.

Seán: I was waiting- I wanted to be four.

John: Well, you are four, and next you’re going to be five.

Seán: That’s why I wanted to go to someone else’s birthday and be four so quickly!

John: But you can’t, you have to be each number for a whole year, and a year is 365 days. That’s how long a year is, 365 days.

Seán: Mm..

John: Mmhm.

Seán: Well, I love you.

John: I love you too, sweetheart.

[Section fades out]

Seán: Max he went to my birthday too so he’s four just like me.

John: Mmhm, I understand what you’re saying.

Seán: ‘Kay?

John: Yeah, but he doesn’t become the same age as you just because he goes to your birthday party. You see? Because he was already four when you went to your birthday party. When you woke up that morning- the night before you were four you were only three. So you were only three [stutters] that one day of your birthday party. You were four [stutters] that was the first day you were four, that day of your birthday. But Max had already been four for, I don’t know, quite a few months, I don't know how much older he is. You see, size isn’t age. You could be as tall as me maybe, but you would still be four, not really, but uh, who knows? So you could be, maybe you’d meet somebody, a little child that was taller than you and was only three. You never know, people are all different sizes.

[Section fades out] [I removed the radio presenter commentary from here]

Seán: When people melt, after they melt, and they finish, and the melting is finished?

John: Mmhm?

Seán: Is- Do they die, after they melted?

John: Oh, yes. Well, your body dies, but then you go into the spirit body, the one we were talking about before, made of light. Looks just the same but, it’s all just, it can go through walls and everything.

Seán: You don’t need to see with the other body?

John: Uh, well, you do see, you just don’t need these kind of eyes to see. You have a different kind of seeing, where you can see in the back of your head and all around, all at once.

Seán: Above your head? 

John: Yes.

Seán: And down, where your feet are?

John: Yes, always, all at once.

Seán: And where your knees is? 

John: Everywhere at once, you can see.

Seán: And on your chest?

John: Mmhm, you can see the whole thing.

Seán: Oh. And even inside your body? You can see because there’s eyes inside your body?

John: [yawning] Well, you can see right through it, cause it’s made just of light.

Seán: [giggles] What are you, a bugger?

John: [Laughs] Bugger, why? Why do you say that?

Seán: Bugger, bugger is a jeppyuh [I have no idea what this means, best guess is he is referring to someone they know.] expression, just like “No way!”

John: Mmm, kind of like that.

[charl0ttan]

sean ono lennon is anti woke as if his dad wasn't sucking and fucking all the other beatles + eric clapton

foreal..

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