John Lennon Buying a Cottage (1971)
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A reconstruction I made this morning.
I've attempted to sequence the footage too, but I'm almost certain that it's not perfect.
Enjoy!
Sources:
MCP-042 John Lennon - Imagine John Lennon Outtakes
Gimme Some Truth (2000)
Above Us Only Sky (2018)
Imagine (1988) (dvd bonus)
0:00 - July 16th 1971 (buying the cottage)
3:29 - July 17th 1971 (constructing the cottage)
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Restored by Brody H.
The way he's dressed!! He looks like the coolest dude on earth.
Cause he was
Yep. Charisma for days. His fashion sense was next level.
I have to wonder why Yoko is wearing heels.
I’m not so sure about those shorts.
Miss you John 😢
Lennon is only 31 years old here, and look at all the unbelievable success he had had by this time. Only 31 and his Beatles career was over by then. What a trip he took from Liverpool.
he looked older than 31. I thought Yoko looked wonderful here....she was older than John but looked same age as him here....i saw a video of his childhood home...Aunt's house. It was a wonderful home as opposed to the small apartments that George and Paul grew up in.
@@JendromedaGeorge bought a bigger mansion by the way, friar park. And Paul has multiple houses and mansions
He was still 30 at this point - 31 in the October - but it was unbelievable what he and the other three had achieved so far
@@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv yes, and Paul had a farm...i heard about G's friar park.
@@alecmeadows3469 this won't be a popular remark but i didn't appreciate John's attitude in this video...something very rough about him. Also odd. Incomparable talent...but just not your nicest guy.
It's nice to see him so happy. If only he had stayed in England he might still be with us.
Unfortunately That nut job would’ve found him no matter where he was
Somebody tried to kill George in England. Leave the high and might stuff alone
No, if it wasn’t for Chapman he would probably still be alive. You can’t blame a country, it just takes one mentality ill person.
I know, that was a burglar that broke into his house. John was being stalked in New York by a so called fan.
@@Lulu-gt5dg The guy was not a New Yorker. That monster was from Georgia. Get your facts straight
I wish he had stayed in England. Amazing to see him doing normal everyday things like shopping and asking for the price. Miss him a lot
George was attacked in England. Crazy is all over the world. I’m sorry it happened period. No more needs to be said. Mr Chapman is solely responsible
@@charleshendrix232 MR? You regale him with the title MR!?
@@charleshendrix232 cry
😂😂😂 gronk @@J___Valentina___j
Normal, everyday things - 🤣
His last english summer. Left for NY in sept and never returned.
Heartbreaking that he didn't stay in the UK.
He became extremely home sick and nostalgic for England and Liverpool into 1980 as I understand. He’d watch the ships coming into New York and wonder if they were going to Liverpool. He even planned on renting the QE2 and wondered if it would fit into the Liverpool docks 😂. What could have been.
@@NicholasG after his green card in 1976 he visited Japan, Hong-Kong etc. Nearest he got to England was Bermuda
In a twisted way Nixon would’ve saved his life if he had been successful at deporting him.
Thanks, Ono
That's funny don't change the price because its me!
That was so rude, I thought. I know he was always joking, still I didn't like it.
@@cardona89i remember reading somewhere that people would drive the price up on housing etc if they knew it was the Lennon’s buying it so I think he was just making sure as being a Beatle would be larger than life in them days
@@ClaudeLavender Larger than life they were indeed and more popular than Jesus no doubt. I read that Pattie Boyd went to see a house they later bought, while George was in the car so the broker wouldn't raise the price, but still John's comment sounded a little offensive.
@@cardona89 Rude? Are you kidding? That's the FIRST thing I would demand. You don't think Real Estate agents and owners aren't scum especially on Long Island?? LOL I would also insist on an NDA before I talked to any stranger if I were John where if the agent says a WORD to anyone the deal is off. 🎬
@@cuda426hemi This was in England and that man wasn't in real estate, he was selling garden furniture!!
days that will never come back.
Get back jo jo
pretty much like yesterday.....
Lennon was one cool cat, will always be my favourite beatle
I don't know how "cool" he was, but I do know he was not good on the inside...to put it mildly.
@@thewholetruth5473As if you knew him and you're so much better. Actually you sound like a completely judgemental asshole and you've only said a few words. Give it up wanker. You're on every thread here. Imbecile.
Thank you for having existed dear John!! I was 19 years old then and you and Paul were my idol. I hope that in the next life I find you and thank you for the happiness you gave me.
@@thewholetruth5473 I don't agree with your opinion. No human being has the right to take the life of another. A murderer does not do society any favors, quite the opposite.
@@carlosmanuelperezrodriguez1623 Ok fair enough, but Lennon was a BAD person.
Let’s hope ti God he has mercy in their souls considering they pretty much ditched their Christian Faith upbringing , I pray to God he had mercy on them - George who turned Hindu or whatever and John not really attuned to anything and let them slide into purgatory.
I can’t help but think about how many more years John had each time I watch a post Beatles video.
It's sickening what we lost
@@nintendianajones64 Yep. I remember hearing the news on my transistor radio in my bed.I was 8 and understood what the Beatles meant. My family had all their records.
😅
He didn't have even a year left (if Mark Chapman hadn't gotten to him to do us all a favor). The drugs were gonna get him within a year.
Never seen this before. Where on Earth did it come from. Incredible!!!!!
I agree. Slap to my face this one.
Lennon Legend dvd extra
my thoughts exactly...this is an incredible video...oh...you said that too LOL
@@martinone9 it was from his imagine film
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And now & Then........ I saw snippets of this in 'The Anthology'.... John, & Yoko & Julian.. they all looked so happy that summer doing this... He probably hadn't yet made his 31st birthday at this point, and yet despite 98% income tax he has a mansion in Surrey, near Ascot, a Rolls-Royce, a LWB Mercedes and more success under his belt than most have in a lifetime. He's so matter of fact and modest.... I wish he had stayed at that lovely house where he had his own recording studio where he recorded Imagine, and that he had blossomed in this beautiful spot, then he may still be with us.... I still miss John and lament the music that he still had within him. He was a genius. RIP John.
Tittenhurst is more than a mansion. 72 prime acres near Ascot including this lake/pond. It's about as grandiose as the area gets. But rock stars then really knew how to cash in on the grand estates formerly owned by royalty and literal land lords fallen on hard times. (see the castles owned by members of the Who, Led Zep, et al.) So he paid the 2024 of a little under $2 million for it. Considering all he got, it was a steal. Now, like everything else, the property is virtually untouchable and was bought in 1988 by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the then ruler of Abu Dhabi.
@@dahliafully It is still there, and now owed by Sheik Zayed as you say. John paid £145,000 which depending on which machine you use is between £2.8m and £7m at todays prices. That is modest for what it is. I think a lot of that is because he was on 98% income tax, so even the rich had less money then. John sold it to Ringo in 1973, and Ringo sold to the Sheihk in 1988 for £5m at 1988 prices. The grounds are the most impressive thing. They are extensive and properly done in one of the most expensive parts of England. You can pull up outside the house, but you can't see much from the road, as there is a high wall. It must have been pretty cool coming from Liverpool to walk around those grounds owning it at the age of 30 making the video for 'Imagine'.
@@MrGman2804 Yes, I know it's still there, otherwise I agree with all of that. They hit the baby boom audience and hey day of the music industry supporting actually creative people. It was truly phenomenal.
Yeah. He had no idea he was on his way to hell eventually.
@@dahliafully So, despite the 98% tax, he still managed to accrue all this wealth .......
For a working class kid from Liverpool, being able to buy anything he wanted must have been a buzz everyday until he got shot. What a lovely life he had.
@@keithkristi7938 you may want to read up on Freddie Lennon. No way was John middle-class and, sorry, if you think he was, you're not English. I grew up on the same streets as The Beatles, and went to the same high school as two of them. John's dad worked on the ships and was a singer. I've been a singer in Liverpool too. It's not a middle-class thing. It can be bloody hard work.
@@notevertonImagine thinking telling someone they're not English is an insult😂😂😂
@@notevertonur not wise
A tortured genius. so possibly not.
Missing lyric.
1971 I was 13 years old - the world was brighter, carefree and sweet. We most looked forward to seasons as we did so much outdoors.
This footage is taken the day before my 17th birthday! So true about being outdoors all the time. Kids were in the country or town for hours on end, playing and unsupervised - it seems mythic now...
Just now looking at 17th July footage - my actual birthday!
And how would you know? Early seventies was the end of idealism, end of hippies, and was very cynical and debauched and dark days.
@@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec Wasn't like that at all in my experience. Not dark or debauched, still plenty of hippy-lifestyle folk, very much freer and easier - economically, socially and in terms of legislation. Cynical? Not so much!
At 10 years old I could ride my bike anywhere, walk by houses anywhere with no fear and alone. I wish we ALL could have that today.
IMAGINE if he were still alive. WE MISS YOU JOHN.
* he was
@@efraingraillet8502 I miss them all to be honest. The greatest group that ever existed.
I have no heroes…but, he’s the only celebrity who I miss as I would family. That’s saying a lot for someone who has been gone for 44 years!
I wonder if it’s still there. Where is this
you're a dreamer !
This is really special.
that's the jacket he wore at the white piano singing Imagine
Yes. You are correct.
This is a rare & beautiful video, especial showing John with Julian🩷💜
And Yoko being sweet to Julian ‘JULIAN ! ‘ ( waves)
To me, it's always surreal to watch films from the better part of a century ago with almost modern visual and audio quality. It feels like you're there, yet everyone in the film are now either middle aged (the children), very old or dead. It feels like you're placed in a long-since passed world which no longer exists.
It's always astonishing to see some rare footage of Mr Lennon. Thank so much!
53 years ago. I still remember when they (The Beatles) broke up. It was a big shock to all of us fans back then.
Damn dude this makes me feel like such a weirdo… seeing people live in the moment without a damn phone to keep them company. It’s like people literally had nothing better to do a lot of the time. This inspires me to go around without a phone fr
Are you really gonna be doing all that? You know it’s possible to have a phone and be in control of your use of it? Maybe just take some proactive steps towards managing healthy habits of using it first.
Maybe not a phone, but he did have a camera crew, so.....😉
Imagine no cell phones
That is your take? I lived many years without, a phone.
@@areareare9953looool he was an influencer! 😅
Its nice seeing John hanging out with Julian 👍🏻 the Beatles are te greatest band in the bloody universe. My favourite band, of all bands..then pink floyd.
🎶Picture yourself in a boat on a river🎶 Suddenly Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, seems even more relevant and beautiful. Thank you John for your wonderful creative mind.
"Don't change the price just 'cause it's me." LOLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!
'Those chairs are a bit cheap looking, will put them outside your office'. Why do I love John?
Not exactly what he said, or meant, though - was it.
@@sylviaroberts8103 I'm pretty sure that's what he said
@@leonagnew895 My interpretation was that he didn’t like the look of the chairs but he’d hang on to them until he could find some to replace them, at which time he’d leave the originals outside the office. From his tone of voice, I think he was just being helpful so the agent didn’t have to arrange for collection. Just being nice, which I’m sure he was a lot of the time - or some of the time anyway! He was certainly in a good mood on this particular day.
I thought that was funny too.
I never did
I wish he was still here. We miss him greatly.
Thank you very much for this rare video of John's private life. I see this video for the first time. 🙂
I dont believe witches.. But i thought i see one here.
C'est magnifique cette vidéo
Ahh, the good o’l 70s, never to be seen again😢
Oh Julian was so cute
He only had 9 years left to live. Wow.
I love his sweetness
It's cool seeing him go about his day like a normal dude
cuz he is a normal dude
Imagine no possessions ….. never mind.
Hopefully that place has a sound proof room....so that Yoko could practice her singing lessons.
John "Two Sheds" Lennon
haha hey that kinda sounds bad ass actually
So John....are you thinking of buying another shed....to bring you in line with your....epithet?
Great to see this footage being restored! Can’t wait to see what’s next! Much appreciated with all your work.
To think that John basically abandoned that precious, little boy - so tragic - and for both of them!
Yoko called to him....i always thought she had absolutely nothing to do with him. Yes, they both moved on and had Sean....odd times for everyone involved, i had read that they treated Cynthia terribly. Cynthia had a premonition that john would die by gunshot, the same week he was shot. It's in her book.
@@Jendromeda Cynthia just needed to accept reality. John and Yoko, thats reality. The rest is just wishes
@@charleshendrix232 were John and May Pang reality too ??
@@charleshendrix232 Nice reference.
You’ll get over it!
Even though I am a fan for over 50 years evry now and again I find a film like this that I have never seen before. It brightens my day.
Nice to see his idyllic days of summer. Titinhurst was a lovely property.
"Don't change the price coz it's me, you know?" Ha ha! It must be maddening when that happens. Love John.
Really cool and unique footage here. Thanks 4 upload..
If John had lived, we'd have "The Lennons" on MTV.
8:30 Did he say "Shut up about my hotpants"? Lol
how cute is young Julian!!
It's always interesting to see a Lennon in real life doing something real and interacting with general people. Great clip thanks for posting.
He was even charismatic when buying a house 😄👌
He was only charismatic to you because he was famous and maybe your idol…🤔 In real life (including pre fame), he could be a triggering abrasive character…. but that doesn’t mean he was a mean guy behind the fame mask
@@NigelHyphenJones he was charismatic by nature and his fame was a by product of that. Interesting, imaginative and driven with a certain tenacity to succeed. He like everyone else had a bad side which is no secret or surprise to me. I admire him for his legacy of music and wisdom and also because he had flaws.
@@NigelHyphenJonesPlease come back when your IQ reaches double digits. Just for example : How did he get to be the most famous person on earth at that time? Effing clown.
Wow...what a treat to find this video. Love seeing John in his personal life. Sure miss this guy. Shame hes not still with us. Thank you for sharing this great video.
Rest in Peace John Lennon.Enjoying the trappings of his successful music career with his missus at a young age.Such a difference in surroundings to the place where he was murdered.
John was a character. A unique personality for sure. 😢❤ Always in our hearts . Gone too soon. Senseless tragedy.
Yoko wandering around making strange noises as usual.
I miss John so much.
What a simply great document!
A great video and fascinating look at something close to John’s domestic life early post Beatles. Thanks.
Great? What’s “great” about it. It’s not even “good”.
@@user-ev4ie2wx7k its great
John had such a light energy ❤
He was an air sign, Libra with an Aquarius (another air sign) moon.
Thank you for sharing this it’s very sweet
John & Yoko getting in on the tiny house lifestyle
Also had a mansion........no possessions too?
@@toddjohnson271. Exactly!
@@sylviaroberts8103 It's fine and good for him. Just the working class hero stuff was childish nonsense.
@@toddjohnson271 Agreed.
John had such a soothing voice man.
Julian is a good bloke, it’s sad that he missed out on a lot growing up with his Dad
His boat is bigger than his pond.😂 Oh,I love ya, me brotherJohn.
This was more like a shed which John had put in the small island situated in the middle of the small lake in his estate called Tittenhurst Park in England.
That's what they're doing !
Love his Jacket
In next week's show, David Bowie buys a settee
That's beautiful looking
John was a genius and a natural he would always get on with things that needed to be done.
Yes- wave his arm and have everyone do it for him.
@@ellesnyder942 That applies for everyone with money.
@@ellesnyder942 From what I've heard he earned his money, so why not enjoy it? Do you judge people with money that you actually like? Think about that. I don't need an answer.
A lovely day
Interesting to see yoko call and wave to julian. New Perspective. Just a day in the life. Wonderful
LENNON FOREVER.........................................................
Como remador fue un excelente compositor.
What an obscene loss. So much life left to give.
I love that jacket!
John use the jacket in the imagine video playing on the pano
Wow. . . Lennon left Yoko to fend for herself getting out of the rowboat at 6:56. Pretty telling.
Maybe he just thought she's a grown woman and can look after herself
I always noticed in the Let It Be movie, when they arrive at Abbey Road and get out of their white Rolls, he walks several feet in front of her, seemingly unaware.
in this interesting video he treats her miserably, in my opinion and he acts quite rude in general.
@@jeffclement2468 i think he had a very rough side, i know it's not a popular thing to speak ill of the deceased, but he did have a temper and an icy side. Have you ever seen him argue with Phil Spector? It's nauseating.
@@JendromedaComplex and human.With a complex and human past
I love John's and Yokos jackets!!
Wonderful to see - thank you for making it available.
How did I get here? I was a 20 yrs old student in California
Damn I was 5 years old when this film was made! I'm really ancient!
dont feel bad... i was a teen ager.
Me too. Born in 66.
@@Jendromeda'a teen ager'? - teenager. 👍🏻 no offence.
😮 I Was Only 4... I'm Definitely Feeling Ancient Now.... 😂
My dad wouldn't even be born until 3 years after this film, and here i am, 23 years old.
It looks like John was buying a small Summer house for the island at Tittenhurst Park Ascot.
It's a pool house, not a cottage.
@@BadfingerBoogieBarb I didn't call it a cottage. In the UK we call that a cabin or Summerhouse.
@@Hammerman48 Yes, a summerhouse is correct; sorry, my mistake. I guess I had a brain fart, as the topic calls it a "cottage". It is not a cottage.
I don't suppose he needed it. Left for the US and ended up in a flat with no garden!
Amazing job enhancing the footage! I remember in the (Imagine) Video LP, they play chess inside this cottage.
What a great video. Thank you.
Cool footage
This is the guy who told us to "imagine no possessions" while buying mansions and driving around in a Rolls-Royce
Yup should've been a bum on the streets to prove his point...
Typical rich hypocrite!!
You expected him to live in a hovel and ride a bicycle?
@@telbon8869Wank on wankmeister.
Paul once said about people thinking the Beatles were not materialistic- that he and john would say 'lets write us a swimming pool.'
Heartbreaking that his life would be cut short ten years later.
The embodiment of cool my hero.....
Yoko really lead a charmed life....she came from total privilege in Japan, fannied around in the avant garde NY art scene, met one of the world's most famous and richest men...introduced him to smack and probably spent most of this clip off her face...imagine (!) being chauffeur driven everywhere, no money troubles, great drugs on tap.....still, I suppose she did have to put up with John's solo albums...sooo swings and roundabouts
Poor judgemental jealous you. You know it was great about 30 or so years ago when people like you had no voice and could not comment about anything and would just die with their pathetic pitiful thoughts. I miss those days.
You are ignorant
Where on earth did they find this footage! What a scoop. There's Julian too!
Yoko Ono is now 91, born February 18, 1933! John Lennon, would be 84 this year. Born October 9, 1940 ~ December 8 1980.
Some of the footage I have never seen. Thanks
Imagine no possessions John. Oh, wait a minute.
Yes, Sir Reginald Dwight called him on that. Oy vey ❗BTW, Sir Reginald's birthday is coming up on the 25th of March. In case you tuned in late, Sir Reginald is AKA Elton John ‼️😸 Birthday Greetings, E.J. 🎉 ✝️🙏🏼🎂
But he didn't kill anybody to buy those possessions. He didn't ravage any other territory for the purposes of greed. He didn't send an army to fight over a distant land where the oil flow provide a nice dividend for him and his rich friends. Where does it say that a rich man cannot want the world to live in peace? Context is important here...
@@KebabMusicLtd the problem is the rich man is telling others that it is a desirable thing to imagine no possessions and that the rich man also claims to be a working class hero. Come on John.
@@KebabMusicLtd is the only situation where one can call out hypocrites when they murder or steal? That seems bizarre.
@@mauricewascom658 Elton John spent £40 million in TWENTY MONTHS: 9 million on property and £293,000 on FLOWERS ALONE! Frying pan calling the kettle black?
Imagine no possessions - all you peasants - John Lennon
Correct. Lennon was such a hypocrite.
@@bunchlead jealous?
So you think Lennon was a hypocrite? Hey that's the very same reason Mark David Chapman murdered him! It seems obvious to me Lennon ditched the secluded millionaire's mansion to live in a relatively modest crowded apartment building in the middle of a peasant infested metropolis, where he rubbed elbows with the "peasants", walked in the park among them occasionally, signed autographs for them and was shot dead by one of them. Lennon would have been broke giving money away had it not been for Yoko (daughter of Tokyo bankers). He should have stayed on the estate. His message is still true even if he owned property. No one has yet figured out how to make communism manifest. His efforts to end the Vietnam war may have very really saved many lives. Another nut job broke into George Harrison's home and tried to stab him to death, succeeding in puncturing his lung. Maybe these type men need secluded expensive estates for their protection.
@@edbenti5007 Well said
@@edbenti5007 Yoko Ono and their son Sean were beneficiaries of Lennon's reported £220m estate. Yep, you're right, Lennon was broke and gave all his money away 😂
Getting in the back of a limousine with John Lennon would be a memory you’ll never forget.
The Beatles are done at this point and it's time for John to relax, have fun, and spend his money!
Yoko "They're hot pants" John "Will you shut up about my hot pants?"
Just SHUTUP About everything Ono.
Horrible how Julian was treated and thrown away. He looks more like John than Chinese son. He should have got half of estate.
John red brown hair so beautiful auburn color so underrated ...
How do you underrate a colour.
Bahahahahaha.
@@johndowling5850now “underrated” is a hip word in KZhead comments. Everything is “underrated”. When people really have nothing to say they just end up saying “underrated”….
@@perryleary1705 I agree, underrated.
@@davedoogan6650underrated comment
Love time capsules like this. Thanks for sharing ❤
It’s nice watching Julian being paid attention to here by Yoko…as we all know had an expiration date once she had her “own”.
At least it was quiet there.
Such a beautiful place. Why did John want to leave it?
He wanted to be in New York where he thought the action was. He compared nyc to Rome during the glory of the Roman Empire.
Taxes
She made him.
I wonder if he ever regretted it.
Wow!! Excellent video.
Just wonderful😎