@saturn11
"Nobody Told Me" responds to the old do-wop song "Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This." John is saying that things had gotten so crazy, that even the wisdom and motherly world weariness of "Mama Said..." didn't prepare him for what he was seeing around him in the 70s and the things he was describing in the song's verses. That's why he says "Most peculiar, mama" at the end of the chorus. It's a very clever conversation with a song from his rock and roll roots.
@ronmartin4212
Grow old with me is one of John's most beautiful songs and should be played at every Beatle fan's weddings.
@lathedauphinot6820
I have this record. I haven’t forgotten it. The saddest song has to be “Grow Old With Me”. The best is yet to be.
@TonysMusic1974
If John's song were all released as part of Double Fantasy - without the Yoko songs, it would be a classic still today.
@allisons3663
I think, like many, combining the John songs from both albums to make an all-John final album is the preferred way of listening to his final works.
@micv5149
I made a compilation album of just John’s Double Fantasy songs with just John’s Milk & Honey songs, alternating the songs, I called it Double Honey. To me the albums go together very well with just his songs and make a complete Lennon album.
@Ravenoflight2275
I was 4 and a half when that December 1980 John Lennon was murdered . The radio stations were playing Beatles and John Lennon solo songs for almost a full week . By time I was in my sophomore year in high school my love for The Beatles was immense and I started researching everything I could know about Each Beatle . I watched The Imagine VHS and listened to all of John Lennon’s solo albums that summer . Double Fantasy is Bittersweet to me . What a great musician he was.
@joelnehl
I listen to it all the time. In a way it makes me sad because I loved the direction he was going with his last two albums, he still had a lot of great music to create. He seemed so much freer then, like I don’t care what anyone else thinks, I’m going to write songs that I want write.
@grahampaulkendrick7845
It's always heartbreaking to hear anyone talking about their plans which aren't ever going to happen. A fine video, Andrew.
@buffalobraves9
He's 100% correct that "Grow Old With Me" sounds better when someone else sings it. I was married in 1985 and chose it to be our wedding song. We hired a local vocalist girl to sing it and she knocked it out of the park. It's a great wedding song.
@MIB_63
I remember recording the Lennon songs from DF and M&H on a cassette tape which I used to listen to a lot. I never cared much about the Yoko Ono songs, except the single Walking On Thin Ice.
@catmando7262
Remember first hearing Nobody Told Me without knowing who it was by and thinking it was really good. I was pleasantly surprised when the DJ back announced it was John. It's still superb.
@mgconlan
I loved the irony that, after Yoko's falling-out with David Geffen (because he had wanted her to rush-release "Milk and Honey" sooner since he thought people would quickly lose interest in John Lennon), she placed the album with Polydor – the same label that had released John Lennon's first studio recording, "Ain't She Sweet," with The Beatles in Hamburg in 1961.
@tammylewis2408
I love the Beatles. John holds a special place. He was so complex, but yet a gifted musician. His 40 years of life was rocky, at best, but towards the end, he was becoming more aware of who he was, and his newer songs showed that reflection. We really miss him.
@j.c985
I listen to this album all the time, I love it. Yoko did a great job finishing it and her songs ‘Sleepless Night’, ‘O Sanity’ and ‘Let Me Count the Ways’ are so damn good. John’s songs are beautiful. It’s a really earnest, intimate and heartwarming album that I love.
@drummer083
I actually like John's songs on this one more than the ones on Double Fantasy, although they're all pretty strong. This is a great album and ESSENTIAL!
@AussieTVMusic
I was 17 when John died and after a decade of hoping the Beatles were getting back together DF was a great thrill to listen to. After he died the dream was over but this final hurrah was a nice closure to his life and career. And life goes on.
@danaschmitz5490
I love Milk and Honey! I admit it was a tough time for a new John Lennon album to come out in 1984. Tastes and music had shifted so much, what with it being the post-punk / new wave / hair metal period for music at the time. I prefer this album to Double Fantasy as well. I had heard that as a practice, John always tried to do his very best vocal, even when doing demos or basic tracks for songs. In this case, it really paid off for the listener, because his vocal performance is on these songs are all very good with some very small exceptions. As a 23-year-old in 1984, I also appreciated the much more raw mixes, as opposed to the previous album. The songs just sound like John playing with his band. That's when he is really at his best.
@williamlangan5902
Thanks! I loved this episode. At my high school, one guy was imitating John’s “dancing about” in the video of Nobody Told Me. I always liked the song and agree it did sound like Instant Karma with its 12 bar beat and A on the verses E minor on the chorus. I personally liked Living On Borrowed Time. It had a unique reggae beat. And Stepping Out was classic Lennon at his best! So no love lost for these songs!
@StephenCarlBaldwin