there was a time (11-14ish) when i knew everything about the beatles, especially john lennon. i read every biography i could find, memorized every fact, listened to every beatles album, every solo album & yoko collab, watched every movie, even read his solo works of non-fiction/fiction (which i can say with some perspective was REALLY REALLY BAD).
11-14 yo me would probably give some kind of idolized description of john lennon. but now i think as hugely talented as he was, he was also a very real human being. an element of that comes through in this performance: in his humor, in his shambling inability to get lyrics right, in his raw passion when he does. his uncanny gift of sharing the experience of what it meant to be imperfectly human through his music has always stuck with me and even if my obsession has died down significantly, this is why he matters and why he'll always be remembered, at least, by me.
anyways, nostalgia aside: enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW45IW6obJY&NR=1
