Sean Lennon has reflected on the impact of John Lennon’s death on his mother Yoko Ono.
On Sunday (December 8), Sean and his family will be in New York City to commemorate the 44th anniversary of Father John’s death in 1980. . Sean said no one felt the impact more than his mother.
talking BBC Radio 6 Music About the recent Grammy-nominated John’s 1973 expansion set mind games On the album, Sean talks about his parents’ relationship during the record’s creation. then mind games’ As of this writing, John is in the midst of an 18-month “lost weekend” period of separation from Ono.
“A lot of people said, ‘Yoko wasn’t on this record, why did they feature her in the booklet’ and stuff like that,” Lennon began. “I think there’s a lot of history, a lot of what-ifs about that period because they were heading toward that famous separation that people call the Lost Weekend.
“But the thing is, even though they were separated, they were always talking, so I don’t think they were really broken up, all his stuff was still in my mom’s apartment, they weren’t really separated. The bottom line is , all my dad could think about was her.
“You look at the album cover, it’s a collage of my mom, literally the size of a mountain, and she’s like a little thing fading into the background,” he continued. “I think it was clear what he thought of my mom. Obviously, she’s immortal. The whole album is about her.
Sean spoke directly about his mother, claiming she had “never moved on from the relationship” since John’s death, but he also agreed with what happened recently mind games Release is a bit like a “love letter” to your parents.
“I’ve never said that, but I will say it’s my best effort to be a good son,” Sean responded.
