Produced by Yoko Ono Lennon, directed and edited by Simon Hilton with 3D compositing by David Frearson, the video was first created in 2003 for the DVD release, “Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon,” and includes photographs by Bob Gruen, Stanley Parkes, Geoff Rhind, Robert Freeman, Jack Mitchell, Iain Macmillan, Paul Goresh, Joyce Ravid and many others. We see John with his wife Yoko Ono Lennon (who he nicknamed “Mother” in 1980, five years after they had become parents with Sean), we consider John as a father, with sons Julian Lennon and Sean Ono Lennon, and then explore themes of John himself as absent and gone too soon, missed sorely by his wife, sons, extended family and the world. We see parental figures gone too soon and desperately missed: his mother Julia, father Alfred, his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George Smith who raised and housed him for most of his childhood and teens, and manager Brian Epstein.
On what would have been John’s mother Julia’s 107 th birthday today, and ahead of Mothering Sunday in the UK, the John Lennon Estate has released a newly updated video for “ Mother” which has been completely reconstructed from the original photographs, beautifully remastered in 4K and upgraded with the stunning new “Ultimate Mix.” Through the use of John’s personal photos, the video explores layers in the meaning of the lyrics and performance of the song – telling the story of John’s relationships with his mother and father figures, including fractured memories from his childhood and important moments in his life.
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The legendary songwriter’s anguish was on full display for the first time. Arthur Janov, John, joined by the minimalist Plastic Ono Band - Ringo Starr on drums and Klaus Voormann on bass, and producer Phil Spector – addressed his parents abandoning him in his most honest and personal song to date. Inspired by the primal scream psychotherapy he and wife Yoko Ono had been practicing with Dr. Just like any artist.” – JOHN LENNONġ2 MARCH 2021 (TORONTO, ON) – When released in 1970, “ Mother,” the stark and startling album opener of John Lennon’s first post-Beatles solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, signaled a change in John’s songwriting, away from third person narratives and towards a more autobiographical, confessional style. I was doing therapy and going through my life and so I wrote about the most important things that happened in my life. It’s just what came out of my mouth when I tried to write songs. I used to say I wouldn’t be singing ‘She Loves You’ when I was thirty, but I didn’t know I’d be singing about my mother. “I’m writing this now because it’s the way I feel. John Lennon, aged eight, with his mother Julia.
“MOTHER” FEATURED ON JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND – THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION DUE APRIL 16 IN CELEBRATION OF 50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEGENDARY ARTISTS’S ICONIC DEBUT SOLO ALBUM VIDEO UNVEILED ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JULIA LENNON’S 107 TH BIRTHDAY AND AHEAD OF MOTHERING SUNDAY
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