John was never afraid to sing a song that might be considered out of his usual "safe place." Here, he unabashedly pronounces his love for his son, Sean. He obviously wanted only the best for him.
Bumping from 9 to 10. Very few songs can bring me to tears when I'm completely sober, but this one does. It's so beautiful, evocative, emotional, and tender... I had a really heart-felt post typed, but I deleted it. The music speaks for itself. I miss you, Mr. Lennon. See you on the other side...
This song is a great gift from a father to a son. Wouldn't we all want to know how our fathers loved us when we were children, and to hear it so eloquently stated.
Ten years ago at the funeral of a friend's little son, we sang this song. Still brings tears to my eyes.
ScottN (Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: May 13, 2012 - 12:52
jagdriver wrote:
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What really freaks me out is him singing, Happi-ness is a warm gun..... It's a little too prophetic, don't you agree?
Mother of all bitter ironies or simply a prosaic coincidence?
Lots of people talk about safe driving or gun safety only to be a victim later. People write love songs about someone who is "yesterday" by time the song is published..
For me, that song is simply so mixed up in my art-emotional kettle. Great song, but oh, do I miss you, John Lennon.
I concur. He really needed to stop popping massive quantities of "pill du joir," shooting up with Yoko, and going on extended binges with Ringo, Harry, et al. ......
......What really freaks me out is him singing, Happi-ness is a warm gun..... It's a little too prophetic, don't you agree?
Yes indeed, jagdriver! "Happiness is a Warm Gun" always gives me the creeps now.
Bumping from 9 to 10. Very few songs can bring me to tears when I'm completely sober, but this one does. It's so beautiful, evocative, emotional, and tender... I had a really heart-felt post typed, but I deleted it. The music speaks for itself. I miss you, Mr. Lennon. See you on the other side...
Oh, yes, 10 for sure... John Lennon was so happy when he wrote this song... this song brims with optimism... love it...
Bumping from 9 to 10. Very few songs can bring me to tears when I'm completely sober, but this one does. It's so beautiful, evocative, emotional, and tender... I had a really heart-felt post typed, but I deleted it. The music speaks for itself. I miss you, Mr. Lennon. See you on the other side...
Great show about John last night on American Masters.
Hi, hippiechick! I saw that show - it was amazingly well-documented, and showed a side of John and Yoko that most people never got to see. John truly loved Yoko, and she him. Even when she was talking about him so long after his murder, she choked up. I think my favorite part was when Jack Douglas talked about his and Yoko's "goodbye" to John - they sat in the studio and just listened to everything John had ever recorded, musical or verbal.
Whatever anyone thinks about Yoko and whether or not she was "good" for John or whether or not she broke up the Beatles, the fact remains - John and Yoko were deeply, passionately, completely in love, and no one should fault that, in this world of self-gratification and "me-first"-ism. They had the real thing.
I love this song on so many levels - the gentle side of John, the perception and love he showed to his and Yoko's child, his beautiful lyrical style... John Lennon may have been a lot of things to a lot of people, but to me, he was exactly what the world needed at the time, and he was cut down far too soon.
As a music theory prof, I play a piece of music at the start of every class period as I'm taking attendance. On the day I returned to work after the birth of each of my three boys, I'd play this song as I showed pics to the class. Then, last November, our first girl... had to pick a different tune. :)
I favor "Isn't She Lovely?" by Stevie Wonder, myself.
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I saw that show - it was amazingly well-documented, and showed a side of John and Yoko that most people never got to see. John truly loved Yoko, and she him. Even when she was talking about him so long after his murder, she choked up. I think my favorite part was when Jack Douglas talked about his and Yoko's "goodbye" to John - they sat in the studio and just listened to everything John had ever recorded, musical or verbal.