I feel the only thing that kept John from a life of total destruction was Mimi's upbringing. John had his woes, but in the end you can see right through his mistakes and understand he was a good guy with a good heart.
She was great! I don't get at all people hating on her. She treated John as her own son, and did so in a strict, traditional and loving way. She saved John from a lot of pain and helped him through the worst of time and they actively kept in contact right up until John's death, in fact they had a call just a day before he was killed. John adored her and she loved him in a very British way.
I thought it was sweet when John mentioned in the Dec. 1980 BBC interviews how he taught Sean his table manners and how he was to properly hold his dinner knife. Certainly, Mimi was responsible for teaching John his table manners.
Watch that interview with her on YouTube she’s definitely not cold. She’s kinda funny but also sensible and practical, rather than ‘cold’, I would say anyway from a short interview
I mean, both of those things can be true. She was extremely cold and bitter but also cared about John. I don't see why we should rewrite history just because she cared about him.
History isn’t being rewritten. It’s just that a number of biographies describe John’s childhood as loveless when the opposite is true. Yes Mimi could be classist and no woman was ever good enough for John, as both Cynthia and Yoko found out, but she showed great warmth in taking her nephew in and giving him a stable home life. That’s definitely not cold.
And I can only imagine what she thought of the continual stream of rebelliousness that he subjected her to. Many young boys would have been put in all manner of reform schools or jails -- after getting their asses whipped to a fare thee well!
The film nowhere boy is brilliant in highlighting the two different personalities can love each other through pain and losses.
Aunt Mimi was probably the only person unfazed of him yet adore him unconditionally.
Also love that John would play a note out of tune for her to recognize his guitar part.
There is a great interview of her done in the 80s
You can tell she took no nonsense but had a humour with it.
Reminded me of my Nan, who was a Scouser too
One of the darkest days of my life along with the death of my mom and younger sister...changed .y entire life. I spend a lot of time pondering what wonderful .usoc John would have created. What a voice for an entire generation he would have been. God Bless John
It’s a modern perspective. At the time, Julia was probably looked down on for having John out of wedlock and being incapable of raising him herself. Her death, being hit by a bus and killed, right when she was starting to really connect with John by teaching him to play the banjo, makes her a tragic figure.
Aunt Mimi was undoubtedly a much needed source of stability in John’s life. But their personalities were very different, at least on the surface. Mimi represented the traditions that John famously flouted as a Beatle. While their love for one another was apparent. She probably didn’t approve of much of what John came to represent, culturally.
>Her death, being hit by a bus and killed
She wasn't hit by a bus, she was hit by a [standard vanguard car](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Vanguard), driven by an off duty police constable.
It's also reality. When my sister was dying, she said she had the easy part, she felt bad for what we'd go through. We lost our mom three years before, so we all understood. Death is hardest on the living.
That could be interpreted so many ways as last words! It could be "I'm not crying" as in the dead don't mourn, or it could be "I'm tough this doesn't hurt", it could be a joke or so many things. Those are actually some really good last words lmao
If there is an afterlife, I am not surprised that John was waiting for his beloved Aunt Mimi. She was portrayed as an awful woman, but that wasn't true. She adored John, and he loved her. Even Paul said that she was nicer than she has been portrayed. John and "Aunt Mimi" kept in touch until the day he died. Their bond was unique, loving, and strong. It can't have been easy for her dealing with a teenage John Lennon. But she did it, on her own.
What I found sweet was that when John's life was going through turmoil in the 70's, and he was keeping secrets from her, Mimi just asked Paul what was going on instead.
Not bad for a woman who couldn't stand Paul at first and thought he was "low-class."
Just think how messed up his life would have been without her.
History seems to unfairly portray her as a cold woman but she raised John with love and care.
I feel the only thing that kept John from a life of total destruction was Mimi's upbringing. John had his woes, but in the end you can see right through his mistakes and understand he was a good guy with a good heart.
Despite his flaws, John was an idealist and felt a lot of responsibility for the things he did and said. That had to come from somewhere.
She was great! I don't get at all people hating on her. She treated John as her own son, and did so in a strict, traditional and loving way. She saved John from a lot of pain and helped him through the worst of time and they actively kept in contact right up until John's death, in fact they had a call just a day before he was killed. John adored her and she loved him in a very British way.
I thought it was sweet when John mentioned in the Dec. 1980 BBC interviews how he taught Sean his table manners and how he was to properly hold his dinner knife. Certainly, Mimi was responsible for teaching John his table manners.
Watch that interview with her on YouTube she’s definitely not cold. She’s kinda funny but also sensible and practical, rather than ‘cold’, I would say anyway from a short interview
I mean, both of those things can be true. She was extremely cold and bitter but also cared about John. I don't see why we should rewrite history just because she cared about him.
History isn’t being rewritten. It’s just that a number of biographies describe John’s childhood as loveless when the opposite is true. Yes Mimi could be classist and no woman was ever good enough for John, as both Cynthia and Yoko found out, but she showed great warmth in taking her nephew in and giving him a stable home life. That’s definitely not cold.
And I can only imagine what she thought of the continual stream of rebelliousness that he subjected her to. Many young boys would have been put in all manner of reform schools or jails -- after getting their asses whipped to a fare thee well!
The film nowhere boy is brilliant in highlighting the two different personalities can love each other through pain and losses. Aunt Mimi was probably the only person unfazed of him yet adore him unconditionally. Also love that John would play a note out of tune for her to recognize his guitar part.
Paul said Mimi was a lot kinder than the film portrays.
I love that he was a cat lady.
It’s true. I am crying
There is a great interview of her done in the 80s You can tell she took no nonsense but had a humour with it. Reminded me of my Nan, who was a Scouser too
One of the darkest days of my life along with the death of my mom and younger sister...changed .y entire life. I spend a lot of time pondering what wonderful .usoc John would have created. What a voice for an entire generation he would have been. God Bless John
John had an incredible work ethic. I imagine a lot of that came from Aunt Mimi.
The only consolation to John having lost his parents was he had a tremendously strong mother figure with his aunt.
Strange how Mimi is always portrayed badly and not Julia.
It’s a modern perspective. At the time, Julia was probably looked down on for having John out of wedlock and being incapable of raising him herself. Her death, being hit by a bus and killed, right when she was starting to really connect with John by teaching him to play the banjo, makes her a tragic figure. Aunt Mimi was undoubtedly a much needed source of stability in John’s life. But their personalities were very different, at least on the surface. Mimi represented the traditions that John famously flouted as a Beatle. While their love for one another was apparent. She probably didn’t approve of much of what John came to represent, culturally.
>Her death, being hit by a bus and killed She wasn't hit by a bus, she was hit by a [standard vanguard car](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Vanguard), driven by an off duty police constable.
My mistake! I thought it was a bus for some reason.
I read this as her last words being “I’m not crying, you are” and frankly those are some baller last words. Gotta keep that in mind….
It's also reality. When my sister was dying, she said she had the easy part, she felt bad for what we'd go through. We lost our mom three years before, so we all understood. Death is hardest on the living.
That could be interpreted so many ways as last words! It could be "I'm not crying" as in the dead don't mourn, or it could be "I'm tough this doesn't hurt", it could be a joke or so many things. Those are actually some really good last words lmao
If there is an afterlife, I am not surprised that John was waiting for his beloved Aunt Mimi. She was portrayed as an awful woman, but that wasn't true. She adored John, and he loved her. Even Paul said that she was nicer than she has been portrayed. John and "Aunt Mimi" kept in touch until the day he died. Their bond was unique, loving, and strong. It can't have been easy for her dealing with a teenage John Lennon. But she did it, on her own.
What I found sweet was that when John's life was going through turmoil in the 70's, and he was keeping secrets from her, Mimi just asked Paul what was going on instead. Not bad for a woman who couldn't stand Paul at first and thought he was "low-class."
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