The complete interview John Lennon's Aunt Mimi did in 1981. I had never seen this complete, so I thought I would share it. Mimi had a great sense of humor, very similar to Johns. Mimi confirms John planned on visiting soon
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@vgr11226110 жыл бұрын
What a grand lady. RIP Mimi and John.
@scottherf6 жыл бұрын
Pound for pound the closest and longest relationship Lennon had.
@scottherf6 жыл бұрын
It casts a new humanity over JL.
@harrodsongs4 жыл бұрын
@Rosida Andriyana Ugh why do you have to bring negativity into a lovely remembrance? John and Yoko chose each other, for whatever reasons. It's none of our business. Perhaps part of honoring John Lennon could be respecting that choice.
@ncfeline2 жыл бұрын
Very well said!
@rickyo68825 жыл бұрын
She adopted him and loved him. When nobody wanted him. John was grateful and adored her. I do too.
@josephinevicedal5314 жыл бұрын
It's not like Julia didn't want John. There was just a lot of things going on in Julia's life that made her incapable of taking care of John properly.
@missyb94384 жыл бұрын
Rick Yo she didn’t adopt him
@julkitan30174 жыл бұрын
Actually, after Freddie (John's dad) got separated from Julia, he wanted and tried to keep John with him and move to New-Zealand... that's the turning point when aunt Mimi opposed and looked after John for good.
@ernstvanstangl10483 жыл бұрын
Good northern woman.
@chezzer583 жыл бұрын
Never officially adopted, just look after him like one of her own.
@Ltb3105 Жыл бұрын
Strong woman, just a year after his death and able to crack jokes and laugh. I'm still crying over 40 years later...
@Sami-ArtAus10 ай бұрын
Me too, she loved him so much and so do I. ❤🇦🇺
@comedyriff52318 ай бұрын
She´s in good spirit, just like John was most of the time. But her saying "If I thought he was gone, I don´t think I could go on" was heartbreaking.
@dane21dc7 ай бұрын
No you’re not
@feelthejoy7 ай бұрын
She was a very sturdy lady. If it wasn’t for her, we might never have had the Beatles.
@sharifmahabuba85562 ай бұрын
really sad that he’s already been dead longer than he was ever alive 😢
@rebeccab7214 жыл бұрын
While I was in the sixth grade I wrote to each Beatle “parent” and asked for an autograph. Each one answered me, except for Paul’s dad. The sweetest note was from Aunt Mimi. Lovely lady.
@optimisticoutreach12364 жыл бұрын
well, then she woke up.
@duncandavies19664 жыл бұрын
why did you want an autograph of their parents?
@lovessmygreatohiostate9apn4124 жыл бұрын
Another delusional drama queen. Daddy didn't give her enough attention.
@juanmendoza29934 жыл бұрын
@@optimisticoutreach1236 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@lionelmax29534 жыл бұрын
Yeah Rebecca and i got an autograph of George’s son in 1962. Good times. If you don’t believe me, i was born in 2002.
@Mina-te5qi5 жыл бұрын
"Thank you, we've had enough" lmfaooo. She was a riot.
@kentancoco48114 жыл бұрын
do you mean idiot?
@hvafaenskaljeghete18004 жыл бұрын
Girl i dig your hair
@bleep772 жыл бұрын
She’s an unspoken legend. The most famous aunt in history.
@1982pencil5 жыл бұрын
the fact that she called him up and told him "that's enough, thank you!" with the bed-in is freaking hilarious. she's awesome.
@michaelpryce76812 жыл бұрын
Never forgot this woman bought John Lennon his first guitar, that alone secured her place in music and world history forever
@karaamundson3964 Жыл бұрын
ONE HUN- *DRED*
@lithograph-yx2ds Жыл бұрын
Johns mom actually bought him his first guitar
@paulshields2426 Жыл бұрын
Yes, his mother bought it according to his sister.
@MaryBywaters7 ай бұрын
@@lithograph-yx2ds was that not a banjo?
@SoulSonder26Ай бұрын
Yeah there's some confusion here. His mother GAVE him HER banjo during a brief period he was living with her. But mimi bought him his first guitar. This woman changed the history of the world by being a loving and caring guardian. A second mother, you could even say.
@jarredkennedy61315 жыл бұрын
You can tell in this interview that for all her strictness and disapproval of John's choice of career, she really did love and care about him.
@elisiamarie20009 жыл бұрын
Mimi: what do you do? Yoko: I'm an artistMimi: well I've never heard of you Haha! Love her
@noelmajers63696 жыл бұрын
My parents were from Liverpool and John's Aunt Mimi was very typical of her generation of Liverpudlians. Completely deadpan, don't suffer fools and refuse point blank to be impressed by anybody although they still managed to have hearts of gold. In fact one of my aunts (from Crosby) was lovely but hated the Beatles. When we asked her why, she would reply: "well they can't sing !" I notice Mimi'd managed to quell her Liverpool accent, though.
@DavidBrown-jk2pm5 жыл бұрын
--> Noel Majers. I for one believe you. Few can suddenly sing. It takes practice to go into "role." My grandmother came from there. "Well, I do think I like 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' It has a touch to it." What do you think of Pete Ham, from Swansea, Wales? There's a story. www.you.tube.com/watch?v=6eUJ03rmrDs
@silasmarner75865 жыл бұрын
Aunt Mimi is an absolute charmer.. what a great lady.
@msl3815 жыл бұрын
haha, classic and nobody sane wants to hear or see that mad cow
@justmadeit25 жыл бұрын
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@judithgoulding8046 Жыл бұрын
Such a pragmatic, funny, and honest woman. I can see how John leaned on her and cared so much for her as it's clear she loved and thought the world of him. Fascinating interview. ❤️
@kamu30573 жыл бұрын
She really has the same kind of humor and laughter as John. Makes you think how close they were
@marendenison33918 жыл бұрын
7:50 "I can't wait to see you, I'll see you soon..." ಥ_ಥ, my heart is melting
@michelebryan73538 жыл бұрын
+Maren Denison Yes, SO sad. So sad. :(
@YOYO-ot1hb7 жыл бұрын
Maren Denison 🙌
@YOYO-oj8sx7 жыл бұрын
Maren Denison 😞
@CAVERN12346 жыл бұрын
At this moment in time I am ill. I have lost my mum and know she will be waiting for me. I don't care what stupid or horrible comments will come back to what I have just said ,but in my heart I will see my loved ones once again just as she did. R.I.P. John and R.I.P. Mimi. X
@kristopherguilbault54282 жыл бұрын
@@CAVERN1234 I hope you do
@petermay54885 жыл бұрын
No wonder John loved her. Who wouldn't? What a wonderful lady she was! So glad I found this video.
@tmp11114 жыл бұрын
I heard Paul McCartney on an interview recently say that John liked strong women. I can see it’s because of Mimi
@littleredrose62544 жыл бұрын
Cynthia was a gentle type, softly spoken and reserved. The total opposite of Yoko.
@pupintheturdiii4 жыл бұрын
Yoko sold Mimi's house out from under her.
@tmp11114 жыл бұрын
PupinTheTurd III Urg are you kidding me? What a witch
@reeceschrock3964 жыл бұрын
Yoko is strong now?💪
@user-kj1pq6zh3x4 жыл бұрын
Because John himself was weak. Weak men always need strong women. Strong men need gentle women.
@geniusmchaggis7 жыл бұрын
nice lady. old school brit. war survivor. a warrior..tough. sweet...and a smartass....knows up from down...a lennon.
@anneap44576 жыл бұрын
genius mchaggis She was not a Lennon tho
@katamarigirl935 жыл бұрын
genius mchaggis She was a Stanley (his maternal aunt)
@devinjerryfreedomisfree45995 жыл бұрын
Catherine Callahan don’t bee an ass.. she’s a Lennon by association she literally raised John and he thought of her as such
@devinjerryfreedomisfree45995 жыл бұрын
Catherine Callahan ik what you meant😅 i’m not upset i’m just saying it’s unnecessary fir anyone to comment that on a post like this...
@oscarnovak95405 жыл бұрын
@@katamarigirl93 Indeed! They are family (simple as that)
@markharrison678510 жыл бұрын
What a caring, grounded soul. She gave a legend love and a bit of discipline and wings to grow. Heaven bless the Mums and Aunties of the world.
@SiennaWooldridge8 жыл бұрын
Her last words were "hello, John."
@gangstermedia90398 жыл бұрын
How do you know?
@SiennaWooldridge8 жыл бұрын
They said someone was in the room with her when she fell.
@valuecalc8 жыл бұрын
She fell, Sienna? Did she die when she fell?
@SiennaWooldridge8 жыл бұрын
Shortly afterwards she did
@valuecalc8 жыл бұрын
Sienna Wooldridge, do you know if she hit her head?
@cnedwick4 жыл бұрын
A remarkable woman who came from a simpler time when people didn't need much to be content. Full of wit and wisdom. You can tell these qualities were family traits
@Tobeythebeagle6 жыл бұрын
I hope she and John had a wonderful reunion when she joined him. How sad life can be. It never ceases to amaze me. You're here one moment and gone the next.
@nickyyap16632 жыл бұрын
Sure, Both were met up again in heaven.
@sweetestaphrodite2 жыл бұрын
It’s terrifying, isn’t it?
@The_torero Жыл бұрын
According to her carer at the time of her death, Mimi's last words were "Hello, John", so he probably did greet her on the other side.
@harold316511 ай бұрын
No such thing as an afterlife. Both John and Mary no longer exist.
@324464 ай бұрын
I hope she said ‘that’s enough thank you’.
@ialwtttiywtrar8 жыл бұрын
Some comments on here are saying that she wasn't very niceWell if she was so bad then why did John Lennon buy her that house and more importantly why did he bother to constantly keep in contact? Why.....because he loved and respected her for what she did in bringing him up when he was vulnerable despite the fact she wasn't his biological mother.Yes, she might have been old school, quite strict and disapproving of his 'career' but it seems to have been done with loving intentions. She genuinely thought he'd have a hard time becoming a musician.God bless her. I respect old school women like her, they are the salt of the earth.
@kelman7277 жыл бұрын
ialwtttiywtrar Apart from the questionable way she actually obtained custody of him. That aside...
@nurlindafsihotang497 жыл бұрын
+kelman727 John's mother basically shoved him to his aunt mimi. she could say no mind you. if ever my sister so waywards and neglected my nephews/niece(jinx) i would have keep my niece/nephew too
@007KayElleKay7 жыл бұрын
No, thats not the truth - Mimi had John removed from Julia and her "new" boyfriend (John called him "Twitchy" ) , she told social services that the three of them were sharing a bed ( John was five at the time ) and social services deemed that the situation was inappropriate . Mimi brought John up but he re-umited with Julia shortly before Julia was killed outside Mimi's house by an off duty policeman leaner driver.
@KatyReminiec93996 жыл бұрын
nurlinda, I have something i common with John Lennon..I was abandoned by my mother( different reason) as a child
@KatyReminiec93996 жыл бұрын
karry, didn't mimi have a argument with her sister about her disinterest in her son?
@kirbygene10 жыл бұрын
She was his anchor to his old life, and to someone in his life that gave instead of took from him. I've heard stories about John practically begging her to accept gifts because she really didn't care about that-- she just loved him as a son. Great lady!
@oscarnovak95405 жыл бұрын
This is true! Integrity! He knew he loved her (and vice versa)
@charwest94495 жыл бұрын
@Dr. killpatient I've heard that whereas Yoko usually was right by John's side as they walked, on THIS night, she had scurried far ahead. So she was nowhere near the hail of bullets.
@jj97492 жыл бұрын
@@charwest9449 convenient. She wanted him out of the way because of the guy she was having an affair with at the time
@sheldonlunn70502 жыл бұрын
@@jj9749 Have you noticed how similar Yoko looks to Courtney Love. AND they're never pictured together... Just saying.
@pixiewings21_95 жыл бұрын
God bless her. She seemed wonderful - a straight-talker, and so composed during this interview. I'm glad John had someone to love and support him as child/young man.
@karaamundson3964 Жыл бұрын
Also his uncle George.
@marcusmorrison32925 жыл бұрын
A tough lady, but she has a kindness and warm heart in her voice. John loved his auntie Mimi and it's easy to understand why.
@ellielouise62478 жыл бұрын
''What do you do?'' ''I'm an artist.'' ''Well, I've never heard of you.'' Consider yourself sassed
@earthlove69087 жыл бұрын
+Thomas C Yea, she was cool. OMG Aunt Mimi was so spot on.
@chantelleadlington7 жыл бұрын
Thomas C Yoko wanted to push John away from his family, even his own son, Julian. Whenever any of them including Julian used to try to phone John to talk to him, yoko would answer most of the time and make up an excuse as to why John couldn't talk on the phone and then would hang up. She was the one who persuaded John to move to New York just so she could have John all to herself. She didn't care that he had family and a son that all cared about him. I think moving to New York was a big mistake for John. He wouldn't have got shot if he wouldn't have lived there. You see, Yoko wanted and still does want to be seen as the only important person in his life and that only she mattered. She pushed everyone that loved John out of his life. Don't even get me started on what happened after John's death and how cruel she treated his family. John wanted to be burried, he told everyone close to him his fears about being cremated, but yoko didn't care and cremated him just so she could keep him to herself and so his family couldn't say their proper and last goodbyes. She didn't even tell them he died, so they had to find out like everyone else via the media. No family should find out a person from their family had been so tragically killed by finding out through newspapers and the media. She didn't even tell them if he had been burried or cremated or if he was having a funeral or not. She never invited them. At one point she was willing not to let his own son even come because Cyn asked if she could come since Julian was obviously very upset and wanted his mum there. Cynthia asked yoko on the phone, but yoko literally replied "I'm sorry, Cynthia, but if you come he doesn't come. It's not like you're an old school friend of mine is it?" So Julian had to go on his own. It's like yoko wasn't even letting his family and friends grieve for him. I know it would've been awkward since she was his ex wife, but John was Cyn's love of her life, she loved him deeply, so of course she would be sad and grieve him too. She knew him much longer than yoko and was met him when they were only teenagers. A quote from Cynthia is: "The man I love the most died a tragic death." In fact, the biggest mistake John did was leave Cynthia and Julian to be with yoko. If he stayed with them, then he wouldn't have been killed so young. Even when John was with Cynthia Mimi didn't like her, but only because she didn't like any woman for John. Mimi saw Cynthia again after John died and asked her why she let him leave for yoko. I think she liked Cynthia because she was a lovely woman who cared about John and loved him. Not for his money, but for him. She loved him for who he was (unlike yoko, but I guess I'll get more into that if you want me to.) Julia, John's mother certainly would've liked Cynthia. His sister, Julia once said about Cynthia: "Mummy would've loved Cynthia and the adoring way she was with John."
@sdgakatbk7 жыл бұрын
I get the feeling she knew him like a book.
@GuyTunes7 жыл бұрын
You say that with a lot of sentiment and capture a good deal of the truth of the situation, Chantelle.
@chantelleadlington7 жыл бұрын
GuyTunes thank you! I know this information because my grandad was friends with John for 23 years. They met at Liverpool art college, 1957
@reecethornley44857 жыл бұрын
i absolutely ADORE this woman!! She is amazing. What a lady!!
@abbymartin5543 жыл бұрын
I loved when she said, “What was I going to do with a boy of 21 thrown back on my hands, qualified for NOTHING?!’ 😂 Practical wisdom right there lol. Glad it all worked out and that boy was totally over-qualified to do so many wonderfully creative things in his 40 years of life. We love you John and Aunt Mimi. ♥️
@PinkyPuff694 жыл бұрын
“If I thought he was dead I wouldn’t go on. I don’t think of him as dead.” That exactly how I feel about my mom. If I really believed she was a light that went out, I wouldn’t go on. The existence and all that makes someone a something can’t just end.
@JaleelJohanson627 жыл бұрын
It's easy to see that Aunt Mimi was a formidable woman.... Probably one of only a few who could've handled John... lol
@DavidBrown-jk2pm5 жыл бұрын
--> JaleelJohanson62. You're so right. Johnny pissed off a balcony onto nuns. You do that any time recently? No. He also slapped girls around as if they were objects--expected them to obey rape. Some ran. Most don't want to talk about it. One doubts Mimi had an easy job on her hands. He was a con. "Peace and Love?" He was a schizoid, hypocritical asshole. The music industry used and deified him because it sells. He just accidentally happened to choose two other assholes...Alan Klein and Yoko Ono. Deserted his first wife and son. You do that recently? When Mimi was being notified about Lennon's death, her first words were: "What's John done now?" Mary Elizabeth deserved a medal for trying, and part of Lennon knew it. Lennon: Narcissistic nutcase. Hiding behind "eccentric" fame and wealth. Nothing new. "It sells." Married a woman whose "singing" and "writing" and "art" make people feel like vomiting. Forget "she broke up the Beatles." She just plain stunk in your face. Narcissistic Lennon knew it, even knew she was his "handler." I'd rather hear Cynthia and Julian sing hymns out of tune, all day and night. John and Yoko treated us all like idiots. Knowingly, intentionally. Little Auntie Mimi knew John. "What's John done now?"
@DavidBrown-jk2pm5 жыл бұрын
I meant to add: What kind of idiot knowingly has a "handler" for a wife. A wife with evidently no taste in art at all, in fact voraciously trying to ruin the concept itself. "The sound of a snowball." (I made that up.) The idiot? John Lennon. Threw away a good woman and son like Cynthia and Julian. I doubt Larry King, who interviewed her, is playing "Yoko Ono" records every day. He got his money, Well. Ask "Mimi" what the f--k was wrong with Johnny. She knew.
@SabrinaUmstead5 жыл бұрын
+David Brown Wtf are you on about. Before I get into anything else you said, there are so so so many lies I've heard surrounding John but never have I ever heard "expected girls to obey rape". Out of all the shitty things John did I can tell you that was not one of them. He may have cheated a lot which is wrong but at least he NEVER did it without consent. Now that that's out of the way, yes we do have a story from Cynthia Lennon that back in the 50s before they were married John slapped her once. It's disgusting and Cyn rightfully broke up with him. John was incredibly regretful and later came to apologize so they got back together and he never did it again. It can be assumed he might have hit his girlfriends before Cynthia but we'll never know because the only story we actually have is Cynthia's from her book "John". It was horrible he did that, but he learnt his lesson and changed. Then with Julian, he should have been better to Julian. He was absent, partly due to being in the most famous band in the world touring then coming home tired, partly for inexcusable shitty reasons of him being an ass. But he tried to make it up to Julian. All through-out the 70s he reconciled with Julian and became a househusband for his 2nd son, he changed. Even in the 60s when he couldn't be completely there, there are stories and quotes of John hiding Julian behind himself when answering the door to protect him, or loving the smell of Talc when giving him baths, or writing letters home explaining to Cyn how much he misses Julian not as 'the baby' but as a real person. There are even more great stories of small things like that in the 70s once things were better but people seem to only want to focus on the bad stories when in reality there's so much more. Next, with the whole John and Yoko thing, a lot of people definitely don't like Yoko's 'art' which is fine. But John being quite avant garde himself did, so what? Lastly, John wasn't a narcissist, he was actually very insecure finding fault in almost everything from his weight to his voice to his writing to his nose and just himself in general and i'll gladly give you the quotes if you want. He did a lot of stupid things but I don't think they outweigh the good things he did, especially with his efforts to change and make-up for those stupid things he did in his past. He didn't "treat us like idiots", he's the one who gave us a voice shouting "power to the people!" becuase he believed we were capable to, and he was the one who treated his fans respectfully and wrote deep or witty books and lyrics for us believing we could understand them.
@DavidBrown-jk2pm5 жыл бұрын
@Sabrina Umstead. Wow. Talk about being "on about" something. So shift the blame to the dragon lady who owned him. I have no problem with that. Insecure jerk instead. Okay, fine.
@SabrinaUmstead5 жыл бұрын
+David Brown I'm not shifting the blame onto anyone but John. The bad things that John did do, are no one but John's fault. I'm just trying to say, in my opinion, John is more than the bad things he's done, and some of these 'bad things' he's supposedly done aren't even true but lies spread around the internet.
@renjay37437 жыл бұрын
She is lovely. Behind every great man is a great woman. Never a better example of that saying.
@jorvikrangersclub44377 жыл бұрын
Ren Ja
@dennysmith43966 жыл бұрын
Behind every SUCCESSFUL man, is an EXHAUSTED woman....
@littleredrose62544 жыл бұрын
@@dennysmith4396 Then he dies and the 'Exhausted' woman has a good kip and starts to Spend Spend Spend.
@Vinylsearch4 жыл бұрын
She seems blunt, honest and funny.
@Pullitsurprize2 жыл бұрын
I certainly see why John said he couldn't wait to see Mimi. What a treasure she was.
@graciegrace958 жыл бұрын
The fact he called her every single night makes my heart melt. And the fact that a few hours before he died he was saying "I'll see you soon"/'I can't wait to see you" brought me to tears Jesus Christ
@zorro34us6 жыл бұрын
He didn't call her every single night ffs
@eddiepower38766 жыл бұрын
Once a week Grace ... once a week
@knockedoutloaded2796 жыл бұрын
John was coming to Uk in January, she got his room ready and he was planning a world tour and beatles reunion. It would have been his biggest year. I'll never get over it....cruel and pointless..
@bionicbigfoot27906 жыл бұрын
You do realize he was an absentee, asshole non-entity in his first son’s life, right? You virtue-signaling attention-seeking sheeplike dolt.
@silasmarner75865 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@warrioroftheworld0110 жыл бұрын
I have nothing but respect for John's "Aunt Mimi" I believe she was the main reason for John's success and she really loved John more than anyone had ever done or ever did. She cared about him, not as a Beatle, but as family and while they were only aunt and nephew, they were more mother and son. I heard once that John cut ties with most people in his life, but the one person that remained was Mimi. He called her every day because he really loved her and was grateful for her being there always for him. She was a true light in John's life and all of his fans.
@tygersflowerz6 жыл бұрын
Her love was the tough love he needed. The last thing he needed was an absentee parent or a lenient parent who was a "friend." He needed someone stern like her.
@scottherf6 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@danielbouju16886 жыл бұрын
she broke the beatles,because she sat on an amp"....
@rogandbingofbingalahtravel36805 жыл бұрын
@@danielbouju1688 Yep! Paul said so!!!
@goodpeopleoftheworldunite4 жыл бұрын
@John Deegan Yeah, she did say in this interview that he called maybe once or twice a week. That's still a lovely amount of time to be getting in touch, especially if you have the whirlwind of the Beatlemania around you.
@fredarcher72643 жыл бұрын
My Grandmother was just like Mimi , I never realized how special she was until she was gone and it was too late . Thank you Nanny for all you did for me .
@lemurianchick5 ай бұрын
I have read so many biographies on John and Mimi is portrayed as very stern but she seems like she was able to laugh easily. She always wanted children and John was a blessing to her because of that.
@Natashahoneypot7 жыл бұрын
I wish there were more aunt mini videos interviews, could listen to her stories for hours.
@patstokes36155 жыл бұрын
There aren't any Aunt Mimi videos because John had zero relationship with her and she is just making shit up. She was mean to him and I don't believe she was the one to buy him a guitar either. And asking her to live in New York is the biggest lie of all. Yoko wouldn't even let John see his own son let alone an old mean Aunt.
@hania888885 жыл бұрын
Pat Stokes calm down. just because ur jealous doesn’t mean you have to put Mimi in such a bad way. she was a loving aunt and you’re just jealous cuse u were probably brought up in a childs home
@silasmarner75865 жыл бұрын
Please don't feed the trolls. :)
@liverpix5 жыл бұрын
There was an interview with her on a plane during one of the Beatles tour. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pKuVrLmlp9jUhIU.html
@srdjanstankovic55472 жыл бұрын
John is the Best.... Srdjan, Belgrade, Serbia
@Ryang4038 жыл бұрын
thank god he had mimi. she was partly responsible for the beatles in a way. national treasure rest in peace xx By the way you don't ask a woman like that questions bout johns sex life god almighty lol.
@techtipsuk8 жыл бұрын
Yeah I thought that was a bit unnecessary.
@nurlindafsihotang497 жыл бұрын
but she was quite on spot " why wont they says that when he was alive? when he could fend for himself? why do they waited until.he died?" very fair minded indeed. classic sensible english lady. very handsome indeed aunt mimi was
@soulagent797 жыл бұрын
Yes, they might have had their issues, but at least she was probably the one and only person he could count on as a child and teenager.
@Ninersforlife4207 жыл бұрын
soulagent79 In the end, she only wanted what was best for him, like any maternal figure.
@mahatmacote64787 жыл бұрын
Josh B maternal, I think you mean
@cctunes6 жыл бұрын
I love this woman. How literate, witty, and charming as can be! John was blessed to grow up with Aunt Mimi.
@derekec4 жыл бұрын
One of the few people John could count on for any sense of order, stability and genuine uncompromising love. Without her, we may not have had the John and Beatles we knew.
@lonedrone7 жыл бұрын
You get a good sense of her personality here. She seems non-fussy and very direct, yet still warm and with a good sense of humour. She didn't suffer fools gladly. It speaks volumes that John was in continuous touch with her until the day he died.
@obscurelyvague6 жыл бұрын
"lonedrone" It makes me wonder who brought up Aunt Mimi
@nato2panama5 жыл бұрын
She was REAL, very comfortable in her own skin. I think John got a lot of his wit and directness from her.
@toxicturtle90774 жыл бұрын
Don't be fooled by Mimi's posthumous relationship with John. She outlived John by eleven years and had plenty of times to depict herself in a different light than how she actually was. She berated him verbally and physically for as long as they lived together. When John bought a coat for Cynthia and a chicken for Mimi after returning from Hamburg, she had an outburst, screamed at John to get out of her house, disparaged Cynthia by calling her a "gangster's moll," and hurled a hand mirror at him. She wouldn't even let him hug her, often rebuking him by saying things like "Get away, go on with you." He became a pent-up ball of frustration because of his upbringing with her, having trust and self-image issues for the rest of his life. His self-destructive way of dealing with confrontation or stress, to run away and shut himself away, was also pounded into him by Mimi. She rarely discussed tragedy, and forced John to bottle his emotions by never reciprocating his grief, particularly after his mother's death. She never gave him the approval he desperately searched for, which was likely an impetus for his success. John himself told Cynthia that Mimi never left him alone and found fault with everything he did. She belittled his passions, his music, and even his friends: George Harrison recalled that Mimi would insult his appearance whenever he walked in the house. Even an ounce of support would have meant the world for John, but she almost never gave it in his lifetime.
@TheBluewaterBlonde3 жыл бұрын
None of the Beatles suffered fools gladly either and could spot them a mile away, including John, Paul and George.
@charmainelouie53143 жыл бұрын
ToxicTurtle907 any evidence?
@villaparis28 жыл бұрын
'I don't think of him as dead' well said Mimi his spirit lives on
@dorothythompson9272 жыл бұрын
I love this! So fascinating to see this side of John. She was the perfect person to remind him of reality. What a very important relationship. She says she couldn’t go on if she believed he were dead. How many fans feel the same way? That’s how I feel. He lives on.
@thereunionparty9 ай бұрын
I've read so much about Mimi in the various biographies and she always seems rather severe and, while it's clear she wouldn't suffer fools gladly, this interview really brings out her sense of humour. And it's obvious there was an unbreakable bond of love between her and John.
@exploringwithprovingdarkar90497 жыл бұрын
Knew her when she lived at sandbanks. She was lovely bless her.
@paulgallacher53846 жыл бұрын
No you never.
@user-lu9hq6jv4v6 жыл бұрын
robin carter How cool for you!
@goodwolfbadwolf28445 жыл бұрын
How do you know Robin never knew her? Do you think that she had always lived in isolation where no average person knew her except the rich and famous?
@Ryan23H5 жыл бұрын
@@goodwolfbadwolf2844 because we have common sense
@goodwolfbadwolf28445 жыл бұрын
Well that’s no answer, a little arrogant. It wasn’t like she was a big celebrity living in some millionaire retreat somewhere with John whilst he was growing up. John became rich and famous, and a lot more isolating a lot later on. She was just a normal everyday common woman raising a wayward working class lad sending him to a normal school, living on a normal common housing estate in a big city which houses many thousands of other equally normal folk like us. Pretty hard to remain totally unknown to the normal common person. Common sense. What makes you think she is somebody no normal person would ever have known? Just because she raised John? Again, they lived on a common housing estate amongst many common people. They knew as many common everyday people just as much as maybe you and me.
@kewkabe8 жыл бұрын
Mimi made the Beatles, with her rough edge that rubbed off on John which went on to counter Paul's fluffy side. Thank you, Mimi.
@bammbii31538 жыл бұрын
she reminds me a lot of Johns sarcastic but slightly mean side haha I love it
@TheGroucho667 жыл бұрын
When she used the term 'soft-soaper' i.e. a person who often does insincere flattery/brown-noser in order to get something, the only time I recall hearing that phrase was in the John Lennon song 'Gimme Some Truth' with the line: "No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me with just a pocketful of hope". It may have been a commonly used phrase at the time but it could be a phrase that Lennon heard from Mimi.
@JohnSmith-kz8yo7 жыл бұрын
she kinda reminds me of Roger Waters for some reason. lol
@sloane2907 жыл бұрын
kewkabe John looks like his father. The talent came from the father & John should have been nicer to him.
@TheGroucho667 жыл бұрын
jay khajuria I had no clue that you were a geneticist and biologist.
@Bulletguy074 жыл бұрын
Lovely to know John kept in regular contact with Mimi and i shed a tear when she told how the last time they spoke was only the night before he was murdered.
@CharlieHarper84 жыл бұрын
who's here after nowhere boy
@kekeflamenza4 жыл бұрын
Yess me 😀
@onehotminutex10 жыл бұрын
apparently mimi's last words were 'hello john' :')
@therocknrollgamer95723 жыл бұрын
Because she knew she will reunite with him in spirit
@Trala529 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful and charming woman! No wonder John loved her so!
@colton83316 жыл бұрын
Tra La Not really, he loved her, but he felt that she hated him
@NicoSlash20116 жыл бұрын
Rigby did he told you this personally? Lol
@bionicbigfoot27906 жыл бұрын
You think-? She strikes me as an unhinged, terrifying crone with a horrifying nightmare smoker’s laugh that she’s cackle as she whips you with a switch.
@ChaanMim4 жыл бұрын
NicoSlash2011 Cynthia Lennon did in her book. She was never lovely person
@ernstvanstangl10483 жыл бұрын
Rip Mimi
@gregoryeatroff86086 жыл бұрын
I think I could have spent a week guessing and not come up with "A Hard Day's Night" as Mimi's favorite Lennon composition.
@francelaferriere61062 жыл бұрын
I was expecting her to say "In My Life".
@countdown2xstacy2 жыл бұрын
I thought she was going to slip and say “Yesterday” or “Michelle”…one of Paul’s songs.
@global0014 жыл бұрын
Mimi is so cool. You can see him in her. Intelligent, strong, humorous. Very touching when she said ‘I don’t think of him as dead. If I did, I couldn’t go on,’.
@clareire715 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this video! I was very fortunate to have known Mimi from 1974 until she passed away. She was a wonderful person and this video of her movements and voice brought back so many memories. SHE was John's biggest fan!
@peaceandlove5442 жыл бұрын
How did she manage to cope with his killing/death? Was her husband alive?
@valeriapretell7517 Жыл бұрын
@@peaceandlove544 no her husband passed when John was a teen
@maxwellfan559 жыл бұрын
What a lovely, charismatic and selfless lady, an example to us all. Wonderful to hear her pride toward John, I think he gets his sense of straight talk and reality from Mimi. Thank you so much for sharing, you've made my day!
@Lorieellesh8 жыл бұрын
+maxwellfan55 Yes, that's what I noticed as well. He had her personality. She seems to have been a tell-it-like-it-is person, like him.
@BMWproductionCo8 жыл бұрын
You clueless fuck, do your homework.
@glamdolly304 жыл бұрын
Charismatic? I don't get that at all. Odd sense of humour. And it's no surprise she was disrespectful to John's wife/widow Yoko, as she also hated his first wife Cynthia. Mimi was a judgemental old bag, who gave John a few headaches after he became a star. I don't believe for a second he would have moved her to the US - I'm sure he was only too glad there was an ocean between them!
@johnhenson88624 жыл бұрын
Mimi made an excellent mother subsitute. She had a good heart, no nonsense and spoke her mind without as much edge as John. Without her John would most likely have been completely un-tethered.
@glamdolly304 жыл бұрын
I thought the fabled Aunt Mimi was very disappointing. No real sense of humour, rude to John's partners (she hated his first wife Cynthia, as well as Yoko) and she laughs as she recounts telling the young John to give up the guitar as there was no career in it. She clearly didn't believe in his talent! She hardly mentions his death, then a year ago - weird. Google Mimi for more details - a strange lady and that's putting it mildly! In the sixties John set up a generous monthly income for her. When she heard he had done the same for his wife Cynthia's mother, Mimi was livid and slammed the phone down on him! She was also angry after John's death, to discover the beautiful house he had bought her at Sandbanks was not in her name, therefore Yoko wound up owning it, as sole heir. Mimi said she feared Yoko would sell it and evict her - but obviously she didn't. Quite apart from being far too rich to bother selling it, Yoko knew how important Mimi was to John. There was no question of her evicting the old lady who had raised her husband! Seems Mimi judged others by her own standards...
@marcmaschal2897 Жыл бұрын
I love her.John was a good boy.He loved his Aunt Mimi.He listened to her .She kept him in line.
@anniemihn9 жыл бұрын
OMG it's her, aunt Mimi herself!!! What an intelligent and witty lady. Of course John loved her. Of course.
@StephenS-20245 жыл бұрын
We all need an Aunt Mimi to keep us grounded.
@PazWasHere5 жыл бұрын
You can really tell that John loved and looked up to her in every way, shape and form; hell, the more I listen to her speak, the more I actually hear John (in ways of how she speaks, that is)!! Always had respect for Mimi, and may she and John rest in peace. ♥
@cagurl91134 жыл бұрын
Thank God he had her love & guidance when he was young, what a great lady!!
@1982pencil3 жыл бұрын
This woman is awesome. You can tell she suffered no fools and didn't take shit from anyone.
@bodijisattva93334 жыл бұрын
Auntie Mimi , was the only constant in John's life. A pillar of strength that grounded John. They were so fortunate to have each other. Nice interview.
@JimDiBattista4 жыл бұрын
What a sweet woman she was. John was blessed to have had someone who loved him so and cared so much for him.
@nomannewaz7252 Жыл бұрын
Such A Strong Lady..!...She is the woman behind Lennon's success not Yoko or any other woman...A strong Lady Like her is needed in every Man's life..
@angelicaquirarte11 ай бұрын
She was a cold hearthed woman, people defenition of strong is very strange,you can be loving,caring and strong she was'nt like that
@markyinbelfastxx90888 ай бұрын
@angelicagonzalez1407 ahhh u knew her did u?
@jds0210618 ай бұрын
Aunt Mimi was always one of my favorite Beatle people. She was never going to run for office. She just said it like it was. Everyone else around John seemed like they were afraid of Yoko except Aunt Mimi.
@ciconte15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading.... never seen this complete interview before.
@arrangrant60372 жыл бұрын
The bungalow was in Panorama Road Sandbanks down here in Dorset. When Mimi died in 1991 Yoko promptly sold it to a local property developer who demolished it and built a new glass and steel contemporary modern looking house.John said that out of all the places he visited in the world Sandbanks was the most beautiful
@ML-ul2zq2 жыл бұрын
HE wanted the property kept in the family for his sisters Julia and Jackie.
@silentwitness4843 Жыл бұрын
Who gets Yoko's estate when she goes! Satanic Sean? Maybe he will undo some of his evil mothers crap.
@craigwarner61563 жыл бұрын
My heart breaks a little every time i watch this interview. Which i do every couple of years or so.. Beautiful
@jamesvmatthews9 жыл бұрын
Nice lady. Good interview. Would love to see more.
@bobbyhill84362 жыл бұрын
Inside and out, she seemed a most beautiful person.
@suzannepitchford45584 жыл бұрын
A strong woman, totally true to herself and one that you wouldn’t, I imagine, dare cross and if you did you found out to your peril. I think that John needed this authority figure in his life and this spurred him on in his pursuit of global success. The phrase from Mimi “don’t let me have to come to America” would have been enough to send the shivers up his spine! Yes, he definitely knew not to cross over the line with this lady.
@marsrideroneofficial Жыл бұрын
Thanks to Aunt Mimi for taking care of John and buying a guitar and changed the world. Great that we can still see her on a video. ❤️ 08:00 "I don't think of him as dead" Aunt Mary Elizabeth
@brunocoriolano10 жыл бұрын
That's the first time I get to hear her voice. She's got a nice accent. I must say.
@paulgallacher53846 жыл бұрын
It's similar to my wives who grew up in the same posh part of Liverpool. It's an accent within a 2km area.
@littleredrose62544 жыл бұрын
@@paulgallacher5384 Remember Sandra from The Liver Birds? She had a posh Liverpool accent. Her mum was a bit of a snob. She called her daughter, Sarndra.
@LerafoLuap3 жыл бұрын
@@paulgallacher5384 Almost has a Welsh tinge to it.
@thomaswhittaker24432 жыл бұрын
@@LerafoLuap Sounds a slight touch of Irish to me
@ML-ul2zq2 жыл бұрын
@@LerafoLuap Her mother's family, the Stanley's were Welsh.
@polytheneprentiss15342 жыл бұрын
John was very fortunate. Everyone needs an aunt Mimi in their life 💖
@guitarmusic5242 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful interview. What a treasure! What a woman! This video brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for posting!
@jchow596610 ай бұрын
She is very direct and funny -like him.
@SuperLennon784 жыл бұрын
Love the pause when asked about yoko, silence speaks a thousand words
@TwiggyArmstrong3 жыл бұрын
Im guessing she was just trying to remember. I don’t think it was too serious
@abbymartin5543 жыл бұрын
It was like her whole tone changed for a moment when she started talking about Yoko...and then the robust laughter when she said ‘I never heard of you’ lol!! 😂
@SuperLennon783 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@Dan-nt2yb2 жыл бұрын
What pause?
@SuperLennon782 жыл бұрын
@@Dan-nt2yb your the only 1 who doesnt pick up on that & the quick look on her face
@greenaissance12 жыл бұрын
She sees the humour in everything. Just like John.
@ImTheDaveman5 жыл бұрын
Its a refreshing view of John from his Aunt's perspective. Thank you for posting this.
@hopebgood5 жыл бұрын
Yeah :)
@briteness4 жыл бұрын
So interesting to see and hear Aunt Mimi! It's like a character from a legend suddenly appearing in the flesh!
@GingerJesusSaves2 жыл бұрын
"What was John like?" "A bit like yourself, a soft soaper!" I had to Google this unknown phrase and it is brilliant; a person who flatters or cajoles, especially for reasons of self-interest or personal advantage: a soft-soaper specializing in rich, elderly women.
@debbiemccarthy38644 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful lady .. John was lucky to have her in his life 💗
@mickpearson61842 жыл бұрын
She's a typical straight talking Northern women a product of that time. Tough but caring and loving
@cuda426hemi7 жыл бұрын
How mind blowing it is that the legendary "Mimi", John's virtual "Mum" and an ancient adult figure when you were a kid of 13 in 1964 and a total Beatle freak - outlives John by 11 years. Just crazy.
@NicoSlash20116 жыл бұрын
cuda426hemi not true, she outlived him by 34 years.
@CrustyJoeMC6 жыл бұрын
no, she died in 1991, he died in 1980
@HoodieJIM5 жыл бұрын
CrustyJoe age
@rklewis24 жыл бұрын
Looks to me like Mimi was John's "Help" for his entire life. Kept him grounded.
@apollopursuingdaphne2976 Жыл бұрын
Well that broke my heart 😢 what a strong women
@Edward13122 жыл бұрын
John loved Mimi (she was effectively his mother growing up) and she loved him. He kept in touch with Mimi till the end long after he had lost touch with any of his other relatives.
@lancashirebomber27398 жыл бұрын
nothing as strong as an ironwillied northern bird.
@magegirl815 жыл бұрын
Amazing. She completely had his speech pattern. It was lovely to listen to.
@jchow59662 жыл бұрын
Ya gotta love her! I loved it when she said “i’ve never heard of her…”. About Yoko the “artist”. John really loved Mimi.
@gezatherton10716 жыл бұрын
There’s no doubt that she loved John very much. His murder must have absolutely devastated her and it’s amazing that she carried on for another decade!
@earthspirit5162 жыл бұрын
God bless her soul. Her tireless maternal work helped mold John into the man he was.
@wilmersnyder2502 Жыл бұрын
She was very articulate and intelligent.
@andyhowells26576 жыл бұрын
This is lovely thankyou for sharing it - I've never seen it before and I love Mimi's honesty - I'm sure John did too
@patricklee7803 жыл бұрын
Behind every great musician is a great parent and Aunt Mimi is no exception.
@ColumRogers10 жыл бұрын
Some people like to paint Mimi as a discouraging snob but this is not the impression I get. Listening to her talk is like listening to my own grandma Lol, very frank and down to earth!
@stanibol4 жыл бұрын
I would believe Cynthia's version of events before I would accept Mimi's plastic tales.
@Vingul2 жыл бұрын
@@stanibol wtf
@bandofbrutes10863 жыл бұрын
Beautiful woman. He was lucky to have her.
@mlzema2 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully insightful interview! Hats off to the interviewer for asking all the right questions.
@KOLDBLU3ST33L4 жыл бұрын
She did a good job as mother. Well done Mimi😊.
@Haberdashery228 ай бұрын
John is our hero and Mimi is right up there too. Over the years I've thought deeply about the tragedy John underwent of losing his Uncle George (Mimi's husband and a great father figure to John) , of reuniting with his mother Julia (Mimi's younger sister), then losing her so suddenly in that road accident outside their house while still only 18 or so. Just imagine how Mimi must've looked after John at that time, all that trauma on her shoulders. Then for John to have the strength to continue song-writing and performing with, as they were then, The Quarrymen. The rest is commom knowledge as The Beatles gained popularity across the world in a ridiculously short space of time and weren't we just so bloody lucky to have them in our lives ....