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WORKING CLASS HERO. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (official music video HD)

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JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. The Very Best of John Lennon.
36 tracks completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.
Listen to JOHN LENNON like you've never heard him before. OUT NOW → bit.ly/JL-GST
WORKING CLASS HERO
As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be
"There's room at the top" they're telling you still
But first, you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on The Hill
A working-class hero is something to be
Yes, a working-class hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero, well just follow me
If you want to be a hero, well just follow me
Written by John Lennon
Acoustic guitar and vocals by John Lennon
From the album 'John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band' by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Notes from Lennon Legend DVD:
Directed by Simon Hilton in 2003, this film for 'Working Class Hero' was filmed in Liverpool at locations important to John Lennon's childhood - at Dovedale, John's primary school; at the Strawberry Field Salvation Army Home in Woolton and John's childhood home 'Mendips' at 251 Menlove Avenue (also in Woolton), which had recently been acquired by Yoko Ono Lennon, donated to the National Trust and restored to a high standard in order for the public to visit.
Executive Producer: Yoko Ono Lennon.
You can visit Mendips with the National Trust here:
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John Lennon official website: www.johnlennon.com

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@luisangelgonzalez7115 5 лет назад

"My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all." -John Lennon

@dopadope7213 5 лет назад

Thank you for sharing. Have a nice day man

@samuelvictor9439 4 года назад

@@candymountainn, I don't think so. only if you understand it as an order, not as a condition.

@tarkover4479 4 года назад

And he did fulfill his role

@therespectedlex9794 4 года назад

You can't speak for how others feel. Some people aren't capable of better feelings. Genuine artists, or artists who are genuine people, are least like everyone else too.

@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv 4 года назад

candymountainn in your opinion

@Xxmeca421xX Год назад

This is one of the best songs ever written and recorded on the planet Earth.

@mctavish23 Год назад

Well said.

@ronnienaidoo3249 Год назад

Agree !!! It's timeless.

@blairdawson9506 Год назад

Yes

@somone2525 Год назад

I like this song a lot but I wouldn’t go that far 😅

@AN-yr7nm Год назад

Imho one of the most true

@ryanwilliams1800 Год назад

Forget about imagine, or jealous guy, THIS...THIS RIGHT HERE is Lennon's masterpiece. Those lyrics give me goosebumps and I really understand what he was saying in this song. It's haunting.

@ronnienaidoo3249 Год назад

Absolutely !!! True genius !!!

@suzygordon2331 Год назад

Agreed. Classic Lennon insight and that cleverness of lyric.

@Andygb78 Год назад

It's a perfectly articulated bitter truth of an artistic, sensitive working class kid's experience of society, set to music.

@ronnienaidoo3249 Год назад

Yes agree Andy !!! Lennon had first hand experience in his youth days in the UK when only the rich & wealthy were regarded as heroes !!! He proved the World wrong in his Classic "Working Class Hero" where the theme was that even the working class people can make it to the top !!!

@SamuraiGuy 6 месяцев назад

@@ronnienaidoo3249 I think you missed the point of the song. He's saying the rich only get there by exploiting the working class, then beating down anyone who comes close to their position.

@plodo1 6 лет назад

"They hate if you're clever, but despise a fool" great lyric

@philturner1242 5 лет назад

I'm not a massive solo Lennon fan and I never generally read deep & meaninglful things into his lyrics - but with that particular line, he was bang on the money.

@bigpaulie806 5 лет назад

Amen. We can't win. I love those lines. A true rock in a hard place

@jangiram1511 5 лет назад

Plz tell me what did he mean with this?🙏

@wittywoo9559 5 лет назад

"THEY" .. that created the system for us ...

@koil5933 5 лет назад

I wonder how many people see themselves as the clever ones.

@TreVader1378 3 года назад

My dad was a working class hero, maybe not to anyone else, but he was my hero, miss you big man.

@baddaboomb 3 года назад

He was your hero. Thats enough.

@constantaionescu3407 2 года назад

🤫🤫🤫

@debbiecclark6538 2 года назад

Every working class worker is a hero !! They keep this country going! My dad was as well !!

@soulus1084 2 года назад

Our hard working fathers are hero's they're the reason we have roads to walk and buildings to sleep in.

@daviditri3278 2 года назад

, you bet

@ryszardkorfanty1821 2 года назад

One guitar, two chords and one voice. Only a true genius of John Lennon and his superior philosophy would create a timeless piece that is still so true.

@pauladamson8577 Год назад

Three chords Ryszard, Am, G and D. Amazing what Lennon does with them nonetheless!

@michaeld.mahoney9106 Год назад

3 chords

@varminttank Год назад

3 cords A minor G and D

@lenafay6641 Год назад

So so true 👍

@jasonbrophy5567 7 месяцев назад

I don’t think Lennon wrote this one I could be wrong but I think I remember reading that before

@deepakash3656 5 лет назад

The best song he ever wrote. "They hate if you're clever, but despise a fool" great lyric

@bluepeng8895 4 года назад

Not better than Love Me Do though

@thehunter3387 3 года назад

@@bluepeng8895 good joke

@diepro8171 3 года назад

@@thehunter3387 who says it's a joke, love me do is his best followed by revolution 9 and dig it

@williepete5547 3 года назад

You think you're so clever and classless and free...but you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see

@williepete5547 3 года назад

@@diepro8171 love me do was written by Harrison I thought

@BlankRami 5 лет назад

"The more a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate the people who speak it." George Orwell

@TheySchlendrian 4 года назад

@Joey He also made a visit to Anarcho-communist Spain where he was amazed how they achieved a classless, moneyless society in a matter of months.

@TheySchlendrian 4 года назад

@Joey I believe then it that this is a strong reason to renew it, fascism destroying Anarchism had only shown us the true Nature of Opressors, lets make a better World!

@turquoisetangerinebusiness7240 4 года назад

Joey anarchism works, I live ur life in anarchy, not democracy, because u make ur own choices-_-

@turquoisetangerinebusiness7240 4 года назад

Joey Stop being a bitch it’s one to insult but all you typed was It’s not surprisingly if anarchism failed, Without any evidence whatsoever.

@bl1ndRaven 4 года назад

@Joey Orwell wasn't a great author. "1984" is kind of propaganda against USSR.

@MaySanchezAZ 2 года назад

More than 50 years have passed since this song was written, it is 2022 and NOTHING has changed.

@kalebind Год назад

WE VE GOT SMARTPHONES BUT NO OXYGEN ANYMORE

@orphantheism 6 месяцев назад

It's been the same sad story since the industrial revolution, this is just what life is now :/

@Ronnet 4 месяца назад

Why would it? It's a timeless classic.

@N68E22 3 месяца назад

You are unfortunately wrong. The inequalties are increasing.

@georgeorr1042 5 лет назад

“Imagine” is a beautiful dream. This song is brutal reality. Apples and oranges.

@johnlennonade5869 4 года назад

Well said

@acaughey09 4 года назад

Yea. Working class hero is the current modern era. Imagine is the dream for the future of humanity.

@andrealanzillotta4388 4 года назад

This song is here thanks to bob dylan. Without blowin in the wind we wouldn't have working class hero

@andrealanzillotta4388 3 года назад

@@EmeraldThingy yes he popolarized a lot folk music. If we remember a lot of folk singers like dave van ronk or tom paxton or phil ochs is partially thank to bob dylan and his presence in the protest folk movement. And he influenced a lot lennon. "Dylan showed us the direction" ...a quote from john lennon

@shanebitton5535 3 года назад

Have you ever heard "beautiful beautiful boy" good song

@IsaacWale2004 2 месяца назад

This really shows his raw vocal, poetic and musical skills.

@user-uo5st2re6m 3 года назад

The lyrics are so powerful . No metaphors. No hidden meanings . Its so simple yet resonancing

@timeherenowbe3126 3 года назад

As with every genius, it’s all as relevant now, more so than ever before!

@poplui 10 месяцев назад

There were metaphors, you knobhead.

@adamdorgant9454 6 месяцев назад

True!!!!

@hailiej3810 5 лет назад

“When they’ve tortured and scared you for 20 odd years and then they expect you to pick a career” best lyric!!

@jewrighobiuydft5911 4 года назад

@Michael Amend agreed that is best

@TheySchlendrian 4 года назад

@Michael Amend I also see the capitalist class enslaving us all

@stephenpizzuti7562 4 года назад

It’s about the politicians and the rich, their one in the same. Not all rich but the oligarchs and corporate greed. John was a beautiful soul who spread love and wanted peace for all and true equality for all. I see some people are envious of him because he had money. He was murdered in the process of trying to do a good deed for a fake fan. He lived as he preached, just he had money but they judge and condemn him for that ? Peace ✌️

@RockinCowgirl1000 4 года назад

That line cuts real deep for me since I was teased, harassed and bullied for most of my school years. The schools seemed to blame it on me, not the bullies. They made me feel like there was something wrong with me and my family.

@louiseshepherd8879 4 года назад

@@RockinCowgirl1000 so sorry to hear about the way you have been treated. Remember you're beautiful and amazing no matter what.

@bigneon_glitter 4 года назад

This song alone would've made Lennon a legend.

@AnnaLVajda 4 года назад

Green Day covered it.

@helterskelter2927 4 года назад

@misa smith Green Day is a great band! What makes you say that? Give me at least 3 valid reasons.

@zensgrippers 4 года назад

@misa smith green day is amazing you uneducated swine 😅

@kinjalmyllane5340 4 года назад

He is a legend

@sittingonafrootloop3940 4 года назад

@misa smith I ain't a fan but you shouldn't say that

@michaelk5507 Год назад

What's really incredibly impressive is the gigantic songwriting leap Lennon goes through from 'She Loves You' to 'Working Class Hero' a few years later. These days, people have longer breaks between albums, than the Beatles entire recording career.

@Smartass_Jedi Год назад

Amen

@schuberttim 10 месяцев назад

One of the things that made the Beatles unique was their work ethic. From 1963 to 1968 they released two albums almost every year plus non album singles and in the early years non album EPs. That's more than 30 recordings a year. That's a career for some artists today.

@michaelk5507 10 месяцев назад

Yeah. It's also worth considering how their sound changed so radically over the years. Gosh, that seem like a long time, but their recording career lasted less than a decade! There were several different Beatles bands. Instead of sticking with or milking a sound for two or three albums, they abandoned what had gone before and leapt forwards into something new. But, basically, it was all down to the quality of the performances in the studio and, of course, the ultimate thing, Lennon and McCartney's truly outstanding songwriting abilities. We shan't see their like again, alas. @@schuberttim

@michalstrpka4800 5 месяцев назад

@@schuberttim you can also include the 1969 y. with Let It Be (recorded 1969) & Abbey Road, so that except 1966 they really had two albums a year from 1963 to 1969

@schuberttim 5 месяцев назад

@@michalstrpka4800 I see your point, but I don't include 1969 because while "Let It Be" was recorded in 1969, it wasn't released until 1970.

@lipstickkisses1676 7 лет назад

This song couldn't be more relevant to society today. His writing transcends time. Truly an amazing artist.

@humphreyboneyard1507 7 лет назад

Lipstick Kisses best comment ever nice 1

@hsmusic502 7 лет назад

All the protest music from that era is from Bob Dylan, the Beatles, CCR and the like because nothing has changed it's the same political power structure, and the entertainment finally figure out a way the quite the radical thinkers. The world we live in is kinda fucked

@Triumph2024. 7 лет назад

+humphrey boneyard you like the new stanza?

@Triumph2024. 7 лет назад

+humphrey boneyard you like the new stanza?

@Triumph2024. 7 лет назад

you like the new stanza?

@sveninyo 4 года назад

It's 2020 and this song hasn't aged a bit

@bluepeng8895 4 года назад

It’s aged like fine wine

@filip76uk93 3 года назад

@@bluepeng8895 I was just about to say that

@Chrissmith-wn2of 3 года назад

its worse i think 43 age

@olivierfrederik9772 3 года назад

U are correcto

@paulph12002 3 года назад

If anything it's more relevant than it was then.

@peterschubert533 2 месяца назад

"At first you must learn how to smile as you kill - if you want to be like the folks on the hill" - Lennon in this song

@anonymousperson4943 4 года назад

The lyrics made so much sense, this guy was ahead of his time

@eliking3333 4 года назад

I was scrolling down looking for this response before i put in the same response.

@anonymousperson4943 4 года назад

@@eliking3333 oh it's okay you can take the credit

@eliking3333 4 года назад

@@anonymousperson4943 lol 😂 no way! I am just glad someone realized it. That means a few people are awoke.

@anonymousperson4943 4 года назад

@@eliking3333 appreciate the compliment 😉

@davidw4987 4 года назад

His times were ahead of these times.

@DavidfromBA Год назад

Few songs if any capture my late father's pain, and the pain of countless others, with such brutal poignancy.

@funlittlefish Год назад

have you heard The Doublejumps? you'll probably like them if you like John Lennons music

@DavidfromBA Год назад

@@funlittlefish Can't say that I've heard of them, but as a lifelong fan of John Lennon I'll have to check them out!

@ledajuliana2546 3 года назад

John Lennon really knew how to describe the feelings of all of us, he knew how to talk about our dreams and he knew how to describe our reality, he knew how to talk about love in the same intensity that he knew how to talk about anger. No wonder that practically all his songs are timeless, go beyond generations. A true legend.

@adamdorgant9454 6 месяцев назад

You’re right about that!!!!

@givepeaceachance3899 4 года назад

John: "when they tortured you and scared you for 20 odd years." Bob Dylan: "20 years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift." Both Bob and John had an idea about society that were similar. Genius.

@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212 4 года назад

Yes.

@dimitrisd.5460 4 года назад

I think that this song was inspired by "Masters of war" of Bob Dylan.If you hear both songs there are a lot of similarities,especially the guitar part

@romarssieverything9667 4 года назад

@@dimitrisd.5460 yep

@Romalvx 4 года назад

Sarah Gray You are a genius to have discovered it!

@ITILII 4 года назад

When John Lennon and Bob Dylan, the 2 greatest songwriters of all time, are telling you something....it's best to listen !!!

@gameboy7945 4 года назад

I want this to be played at my funeral. RIP Lennon.

@constantaionescu3407 2 года назад

Me too.😏😏😏

@othmanbelafkih5058 Год назад

This song is one of the greatest things humanity has ever done.

@adamdorgant9454 6 месяцев назад

True!!!

@lornairvine8495 4 года назад

my favorite lyrics ever. grew up in the 60's and 70's . John was always my hero. He's still my hero in 2020.

@tonymccusker501 4 года назад

Nobody like him the best

@jvs333 4 года назад

Makes two of us (in my late 60s)

@jothaman3555 3 года назад

Good artist, but he wasnt a great man. He beated is wife synthia and despised Jullian, his own son

@acinoralas9107 3 года назад

31 and he's always been my hero too. He transcends age. Lennon is a true genius imo.

@ezekielwhite8443 2 года назад

@@jothaman3555 Well actually near the end of his years he admitted amd regretted that. His wife even said he was so regretful and apologetic to her. Julian and him were even trying to mend their relationship. Quite a tragedy actually

@hashirnajmi8387 4 года назад

'Imagine' is what we want to be This song is what we are rn

@fingerscrossed2453 4 года назад

It's such a shame that this is true

@acaughey09 4 года назад

Always been the essence of human existence. Question is, will we ever make it to the finish line

@p1b1harper 3 года назад

Hah, imagine is what you have. You believe in nothing, religion, nation, country, honor none of if means anything to you. Imagine? No need here we are.

@p1b1harper 2 года назад

@PeopleAreDumbNow say what? Its a song about meaninglessness and nihilism. The modern western ideology

@fougee1 3 года назад

It's been 40 hard years without you John.

@vadimastprojects8770 3 года назад

1980 was the year that five amazing musicians were taken too soon: Lennon, Scott, Bonham, Vysotsky, and Dassin. Marley followed shortly after.

@austinrichardson9687 3 года назад

Ian Curtis as well

@amarasangkuti 3 года назад

40 odd years

@amarasangkuti 3 года назад

I mean 40 odd years without John. I hope you feel better soon brother

@johnpiper3416 5 лет назад

Three minutes and forty nine seconds of raw talent. This song is as true of the U.K. today as the day it was written. A Lennon classic.

@AnthonyFarrow-hn9gz 2 месяца назад

Yea mate ratts are scum

@danlum304 4 года назад

the loudest quiet on Earth occurred when John's voice was silenced forever

@christopherhanson6641 4 года назад

Some would argue that true art is timeless; therefore, the artist's voice or vision is never silenced.

@furkanidrisdoner6288 4 года назад

Never

@danlum304 4 года назад

@@christopherhanson6641 I refer as much to John's invaluable social activism as his music, poetry, and hand art

@judynoble1378 4 года назад

Yes, his music can still be heard today, so in that sense, John's not quiet. The "loudest quiet" that is being referred to here is that we never got to hear John's next songs or what he was thinking or creating in the years to come. He didn't get the chance to decide on his own when to stop.

@Airestotle09 4 года назад

His death has made him even more impactful to the world. Long Live Lennon

@sandyrickard994 3 месяца назад

2024 and as relevant as ever

@philb6490 12 дней назад

So true what a sad state of affairs this world is in but music will always be here to bring smiles too millions of people 🎶🎸🎵🎼🌞

@johnking6252 Год назад

Never heard this before????.....but Wow . . A hundred year old ballad comes to mind , then to realize it's just John being the greatest... again. Thank you for the new memory.

@pkoene 7 лет назад

This song is one of the many masterpieces John made. It's an old song but still relevant.

@klausmcleod9023 6 лет назад

and Image is the importanst song ever. maybe not the best...but the milleniumsong

@juliestrauss5988 5 лет назад

FatBat 🤣imagine, I’m guessing, is a millennial song☮️

@evgordon9095 5 лет назад

Listen to masters of war by bob dylan this is basically the same song different lyrics but he uses what sounds like the same or simliar sounding chords and the way he says the lyrics are exactly like masters of war both great songs

@michelle88960 2 года назад

Such a true, hard hitting song. So many of the lyrics I can relate to, as I'm sure many other people can. The line 'They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool.' Really gets to me. When I was at school, dyslexia hadn't been heard of, so I was picked on for not being able to read or write well. Nowadays kids would get extra tuition. But not then, I was put in the class for kids with low IQ's. The teachers were not interested in teaching you, if you didn't understand you were just ignored. My dad worked all the hours god sent in a factory 6am-2pm one week, 2pm-10pm the next and 10pm-6am the next. He had been very clever at school but he married young and needed to make a living and I believe that caused his death aged 52, he was my working class hero. I was also bullied really bad, not just by the kids but by the teachers. I remember a teacher telling me to fo to her office, and then she he proceeded to call me an ugly bitch, and slapped me in the face, Anyway, I did discover something I was good at, and I excelled at, and that was science, So I decided to study biomedical science. So now I work in a lab looking at tissue samples to see if they're malignant or benign. My spelling and grammar is still shit (thank god for Google spell check, or this would look like Swahili!) Don't ever let anybody put you down, or say you will never become anything. And even if you don't have a 'professional' career, a working class hero is something to be, and something to be proud of.

@jasondylansargent2195 Год назад

God bless you flower Michelle 2003 ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😄

@joeblow2069 Год назад

Not hard hitting at all. Just a childish load of crap. John Lennon was a millionaire when he wrote and performed this.

@neilcussons4744 Год назад

Don't talk shite Mitchell,, you sound like a bitter little Tory to me.

@ack36 Год назад

God bless you❤

@lindadote Год назад

@michelle8960……Good for you! I’m only sorry you had to endure so much ignorance from people who should have known better. Your wonderful achievements have proved how woefully they underestimated you. Wishing you every happiness, you’ve certainly earned it.

@bwoodpop 6 лет назад

The best song he ever wrote.

@SystemExclusive 5 лет назад

Or maybe the best song that has ever been written by anyone. Although that's an impossible thing to claim i know...

@vaclavhamacek114 5 лет назад

absolutely

@dylananderson6358 5 лет назад

This and across the universe

@TjaMusik 5 лет назад

His best lyrics but not his best song. This guy wrote stuff like Strawberry Fields Forever.

@mokrodog 5 лет назад

In my life, across the universe, girl, imagine, come together, etc. He was def top 3 with mccartney and dylan

@cherylhughes8212 2 года назад

This song breaks my heart Everytime I hear it. It hits too close to home. I miss you, John. ❤️🌹

@trillioncrowns 2 года назад

it means ITS ALL A LIE! john is mocking the system they tell you since you are born to work! they turn you into a slave! keeping you going with lies! false dreams!!! it will never happen! you will die like a dog! all for nothing! you are just feeding the top! they have you stuck forever! a prisoner in a man made prison with the illusion of freedom! a working class hero is something to be they are telling you still! you were breed to work and thats it! like a animal! disposable! worthless........THE WORLD IS YOURS! EVERYTHING IS YOURS! THEY HAVE LIED TO YOU!... keeping you in the dark like a dog! eating from dumpsters and working you until your back gives out! then they give you a badge and say goodbye.....straight to the grave... a pointless useless life.

@cathaecker5734 11 месяцев назад

hope to meet him in the Heavens one day, love you John and Yoko ono, we loved and we were loved.

@cathaecker5734 11 месяцев назад

see you in the Heavens some day

@IsaacMcgill 8 месяцев назад

Perfect lyrics, just two simple chords, and johns perfect voice. It’s a perfect song and I really agree with the lyrics. We miss you John 😢

@chrisdavidson6838 6 лет назад

Strange how this song was not aired much on radio :-). Probably as it's a lot more dangerous than " all you need is love" ?????

@jannemann04107 5 лет назад

was forbidden in UK for decades

@skwerl4030 5 лет назад

@@frankb389 Lol they play songs with curse words all the time on the radio, especially songs with sexually suggestive themes. They could simply use the clean version. USE YOUR BRAIN. WAKE UP.

@antoinelucas6812 5 лет назад

@@skwerl4030 Curse words do not necessarily equal subversive lyrics :)

@LolLol-pq5fp 5 лет назад

@@frankb389 Swear words do not prevent songs from getting on the radio because they just censor the swear words. So your explanation that "You're so fucking crazy..." is the reason it didn't get on the radio is plain wrong. You are the Jackass.

@frankb389 5 лет назад

troll alert @@LolLol-pq5fp

@FUBARGunpla 5 лет назад

when you can relate all these years later to every word.. breaks the heart..

@DW-oi5jk 4 года назад

exactly and can break the mind and spirit if not strong

@michaeljohnryan7801 11 месяцев назад

Always been a fan of Lennon's work even from a young age, but this song especially struck a chord with me as a teen, they hurt you at home and hit you at school, they hate if you're clever and despise a fool, till your so fuckin crazy you can't follow their rules

@SensaiMan 5 лет назад

The words are as true today as the day they were written.

@jeremyg3095 5 лет назад

Ozzy's version is good too...

@notdead12 3 года назад

@@jeremyg3095 no

@gentlemanfarmer6042 3 года назад

@@notdead12 Yes. And considering the Beatles ( more specifically John Lennon) are Ozzie's heros, I think it rings true. Green Days version is def a flop tho...

@adamdorgant9454 3 года назад

You’re right about that!!!

@ershaknia4418 2 года назад

Because we still live in the same system

@michaeljohnwicks2328 3 года назад

Loved this song. So true about how most of us are treated. John was a true, honest man who sang from the heart. His message of make love not war is how life should be. I believed in John's words. R.I.P John.. Happy 80th heavenly birthday.

@MARSBELLA1 2 года назад

Its so important we remember his birthday and not the other day. As that gives that runt in prison something to feel famous for. Stealing someones life just as they re recovering from addiction and have two kids - its as evil as war. John would have forgiven him you know - thing is - is he still a danger to others? Would setting him free send the message thats ok to do heinous things. John signed his record. He was kind to him. Always remember John on his Birthday X

@trillioncrowns 2 года назад

@casserole2406 8 месяцев назад

@@MARSBELLA1 FBI/CIA had Lennon murdered.

@seannolan11 3 года назад

985 people have no concept of the brilliance of this song. Shame on them all.

@AverageKingBooEnjoyer 3 года назад

Either that or they are pure conservatives

@robertsherman2570 3 года назад

They must be complete morons to not love or at least respect this work of art

@MarcLowe 2 года назад

RIP, John. Today is December the 8th (Tokyo time). Never forgotten.

@kevanbrown7620 4 года назад

This is Lennon at his most honest and powerful,a brilliant acoustic protest,truthful song the kind only Lennon could do

@tomgebarowski8156 Год назад

What a song, what a performance!

@Sarahhenderson11 3 года назад

John talked to people from all walks of life in his lyrics. How many artists even bother to consider a concept like a working class person? Thats right, hardly any. You are so loved john. Before, now and forever. ❤

@mancmal 5 лет назад

This Song opened my eyes back in 1970 and it still fuels my anger now in 2019. Lennon with always be my hero

@acaughey09 4 года назад

But anger will not be what leads us forward.

@acaughey09 2 года назад

@PeopleAreDumbNow all mankind is built on desire to survive and reproduce.

@josephstanton4872 2 года назад

Sorry, to be picky, it wasn't done till 1971!

@mancmal 2 года назад

@@josephstanton4872 N o sorry your mistaken, it was on the "John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band" album. and was released in 1970

@trillioncrowns 2 года назад

@barbrabass6903 3 года назад

It just doesn't get any better than this.... and after all these years. Thank you John

@davidlucas3538 3 года назад

Beautiful 😍 comment! Hello Barbra how are you doing today I hope that you are enjoying the weather conditions?

@olliethebunny2539 6 лет назад

One of the smartest songs in the world

@brannon5311 4 года назад

One of the smartest humans in the world. Unfortunately, taken out far too soon.

@aestheticaltwat 4 года назад

He will always be our Working Class Hero.

@robertmitchell4707 4 года назад

Hey I'm cococat

@proculusjulius7035 3 года назад

"Keep you doped with religion, sex and TV " Spitting truth.

@jaredvincent3323 3 года назад

+and fortnite and tiktok

@peterubbels2385 3 года назад

Religion should be replaced with dogma , nowadays it's political dogma , religion as something spiritual is arguably good for people , while atheism nowadays is often practiced trough dogma

@proculusjulius7035 3 года назад

@@peterubbels2385 lol, which atheistic dogma is this?

@RogerBarraud 3 года назад

@@jaredvincent3323 Facebook :-(

@DornGeorg 2 года назад

@@peterubbels2385 Religion is dogma, it should not be replaced by dogma.

@WorkoutWithDanny 5 месяцев назад

I’m in it at 3:22-3:23, I spent time after the shooting near the Dakotas and for his memorial service. A few months before I saw him in Central Park with Sean, I said hi, he said hi back. In 1973 he wished me “happy 20th birthday Danny” at Phoebes (my friend and mentor Ellen Stewart of LaMama Theatre asked him to say that and he did!”). Memories.

@stonesour5191 3 года назад

John was not only a LEGEND , but was a head of his time. Ageless & Priceless😘😘😣😣✌✌✌✌✌

@tiffanyroseangeles7517 4 года назад

Very introspective & raw as hell.bloody masterpiece John Lennon RIP gone far too soon! 🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@arnabrajshow8988 Год назад

Two chords, a voice and some words for the eternity ! That’s John for you

@xxEzraBxxx Год назад

3 chords

@hughsnyder891 4 года назад

One of the best songs ever written.

@brucefindlay Год назад

On this May Day 2023...a poignant reminder of working class values. Power to the people. John Lennon....legend...thank you for the songs and inspiration. ❤👍👍

@pepper9905 3 года назад

40 years later. The anniversary of John Lennon's death. Rest In Peace to a legend, an idol of mine.

@jamesagwe2981 3 года назад

Both him and Muhammad Ali are my idols

@Toviyah 3 года назад

Do not idolize people the bible says also this you shall not make yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or the waters below exodus chapter 20:4 but you can always repent because God loves that why he sent his son to die on the cross for all of our sins and gave the Ten Commandments to Moses so we would live our lives not in sin God bless you

@pepper9905 3 года назад

@@Toviyah Yes, the Bible may say that but just because the Bible says that does not mean you have to follow the dictation of authors millenias ago. The Bible is just as illegitimate as the Quran, or the Tanakh. There is nothing that elevates the Bible above other religious literature, and if you live by the strictest commands of "have no idols" then you're a clown. The Bible contains so many inconsistencies and a lack of convincing arguments for its validity. The modern consensus amongst most theists AND historians is that the Bible is not a reliable historical record and is not accurate. And another point of how it is unreasonable for us to follow the Bible blindly is Paul the Apostle in 1 Corinthians. He states that there were over 500 people who witnessed Jesus Christ's resurrection, however, there is not a single witness testimony from the 500 other than himself, and outside of this single reference in Paul to the Corinthians, there is not a single shred or hint of evidence of their existence. This just illustrates how unreliable the Bible is as a source, and you shouldn't follow it blindly. Also, miracles are by definition an extremely rare event. Why do all theists believe in extremely, astronomically unlikely events when there are many other alternatives that are much more plausible and historically supported. Jesus Christ was more-than-most-likely just a charismatic influencer of the 1st century in Judea, who was opposition against Roman persecution against Jews and occupation of Judea, as opposed to being the son of God. And also, why would God take so much influence from pre-existing doctrines of religion? There is an undeniable link between the pre-existing Zoroastrian religion and Abrahamic religions, with the first idea of the "Christian" heaven and hell idea, Satan/devil, early forms of creationism, monotheism and our ideas of angels. So, essentially you just stated a blank statement that can easily be disputed, celebrimbor, and gave no evidence for it. And either way, idolizing isn't bad unless it gets unhealthy, it's good to have inspiration in your life from people like successful musicians.

@Toviyah 3 года назад

@@pepper9905 anyways I guess you say that the bible is fake has no historical evidence what about the Assyrian king that imprisioned the Jews inside Jerusalem and it not just the bible that says this but the 35cm pillar that the king wrote on about his achievements and the gospel that Paul wrote the first manuscript found was only 25 years older anyways you say God took evidence from other evidence is because the people are related to each other and slowly but surely they became different ideas to who created them that exactly what happened to the Israelites in Judah’s half of Israel they totally forgot about the Ten Commandments and people that go apart will get a different story but please don’t bring up the Horus agreement it already been disproven so anyways about idolizing you are putting those first instead of God

@pepper9905 3 года назад

@@Toviyah I didn't say the Bible has no historical evidence. I was just saying that it is largely unreliable for using as historical reference points, I'm aware there are accurate representations in the Bible of the collapse of the Walls of Jericho, but nothing in the Bible that has been accurately recorded is evidence for its legitimacy. There are some true points in the Bible but nothing that proves the existence of the Holy Spirit, Miracles, Angels or the word of the Christian God. So, essentially you still haven't legitimised Christianity. You brought up an insignificant argument that barely changed my points at all. The point that was mine that you addressed was my criticism of the Bibles accuracy in historical record, however you claimed that I said "the bible has /no/ historical evidence", which is a false interpretation of what I said. I was merely saying that the Bible is just largely unreliable, which is different to it having no historically accurate pieces. But still, the Bible hasn't been legitimated any more than Islam has for example, and you only used one example of the Bible being a reliable book for historical reference, which doesn't disprove my point.

@timothymanasco2391 4 года назад

He was a peaceful genius. I was still very young when he was taken from us. And it still hurts to this day to know he is not still around. But He lives throughout the years through his songs and music. And inside of my heart. ✌

@marvinbench1084 2 года назад

John you are one of the all time great singer/songwriters. You were not given the chance to live your life Imagined away from the Beatles. The world couldn't live as one.

@wboyle9721 Год назад

Love john lennons chip on his shoulder attitude

@funlittlefish Год назад

have you heard The Doublejumps? you'll probably like them if you like John Lennons music

@_tzova_8673 4 года назад

John Winston Lennon , a proletariat hero , always in our hearts John

@namyarasree 2 года назад

Already 41 years since you were murdered, John Lennon. I will never forget that awful day....! Rest In Peace. I will always miss you...!

@mohairellis6402 3 года назад

This is my Favorite track from John Lennon, it is so sad that he was cut down at such a young age, imagine what else he could have recorded!!! The lyrics cut right down to the truth, what a talent he was!!! As I sit at my computer and listen to this track, I think back as I lived during and through those times>>>!!!!

@normanbretz5903 5 лет назад

One of the greatest songs ever!!!

@bobbysherman5838 5 лет назад

I love the genius of John Lennon. He sang and wrote right from the heart.

@ericjahnke7996 3 года назад

Imagine is overplayed. This and Isolation are one of John Lennon’s poetic masterpieces.

@ObservantHistorian 3 года назад

This is the first song I ever learned. I was 14, and it was not long after the album had come out. It was the reason I started playing, and I've had a guitar in my hands virtually every day since then, about fifty years ago.

@johnnydavidauthor 4 года назад

This song is absolutely timeless - the way John sings it - the way John plays it! It's like he's sitting next to me on the couch. I love it! I absolutely love it! :-) johnny :-)

@AnthonyFarrow-hn9gz 2 месяца назад

He's telling them rats Proper legend

@mindenamimusical2489 3 года назад

Happy 80th birthday, John! ♥️ You stay in our hearts forever! 🙏🏻

@NordicDan 5 лет назад

Never was a big fan of the Beatles or much of the solo work the members did, but this is one of my favorite songs ever written. It's so amazingly relevant and fitting. Makes me reflect on my own life. I'm a straight up blue collar middle class American and I bust my ass at a challenging job every day to support myself and my kids (single father). And the way they treat me, as if I'm a god, brings a tear to my eye and makes me feel like I really am a working class hero.

@limo_was_here 3 года назад

Its just sad that you have to work so hard, while there are people doing practically nothing of worth earning multitudes more than you

@chuckwilliams6261 3 года назад

@@limo_was_here "Earning"

@BueyBuey-rv8cx 3 года назад

You must be tone Deaf mate if you think this is his only great work Beatle wise or Solo ffs

@NordicDan 3 года назад

@@BueyBuey-rv8cx Didn't say it was their only great work. Read my comment again. Slowly if you need to.

@parabat Год назад

Brilliant, you may not agree but the Lennon McCartney split had brought a totally new dimension to both the artists careers. I can understand now why some musicians produce solo albums without there bands. Thanks John, you are my hero.

@harrisonmccartney4878 Год назад

Every great musician has their own form of genius, and John's was finding the perfect meaningful words to accompany the music. It didn't have to be complex music, just a simple little melody and John would find just the right words to amplify what those three little chords could mean.

@AnthonyFarrow-hn9gz 2 месяца назад

It's complex

@dougbennett8592 4 года назад

Everything about this song is absolutely true.

@Romalvx 4 года назад

The genuine true Hero. This song should be read at school and played until we wake up from this contemporary numbness.

@raymonddoyle9639 Год назад

This and dylans "it's alright ma" pure class

@funlittlefish Год назад

have you heard The Doublejumps? you'll probably like them if you like John Lennons music

@rustyreid9743 6 лет назад

Pure class A musical genius And remember to all the haters john lennon was only human and had flaws just like the rest of us Rip john lennon !!

@ryanspears1986 5 лет назад

A flawed musical genius for sure

@tonymccusker501 4 года назад

The best song writer ever

@danzel1157 4 года назад

@misa smith If 'Working Class Hero' tells us anything it is that no one cuts to the chase like John Lennon. His lyrics are like a scalpel. And that's not even taking into account his output with The Beatles. And how many modern song writers are under surveillance by the FBI today? Would he have gotten the Nobel Prize for Literature? Would he have accepted it? The man was saying things, and we have never needed that more than we do today. So, all-in-all, yes, the best contemporary song writer.

@dilanthayapa5284 4 года назад

@misa smith who is the greatest then? I like to know.

@miguelosvaldofloresdomingu8911 3 года назад

@@estebanzamarroncalderon7326 Dylan's arguably the most influential (Even Lennon was influenced by him) , and imo the second best. But what makes me prefer Lennon over Dylan's the fact that John Lennon was the leader of the best band in music history. Lennon were so important to rock music and psycodelic music. And so was a great writer.

@michaelwirth6843 6 лет назад

What i`m most impressed with Lennon is he never got stuck with a musical formula. Thre´s only one "Working class hero", "Yeallous guy" or "God". One of a kind!

@rubyduby2656 4 года назад

Underrated comment. The man was beyond a genius.

@sittingonafrootloop3940 4 года назад

Jealous*

@frenchlad9441 Год назад

Unfortunately this song might never age and will always be relevant no matter the time period That's how timeless this song truly is

@Addgg4422 5 лет назад

This song can get me into depressed mode and give me the desire to live in the same time. Magic song, love it

@JimboRyans 10 месяцев назад

I had a friend in the navy, Joe Vallone, we both loved this song, but he did so much that, after much practice, worked it out on guitar until he could play it well, even though he could play no other songs. That's obsession...

@julianbond9933 10 месяцев назад

All these years and it still does make sense...RIP John.

@andrewcaldecott8196 6 лет назад

John Lennon pierced through so many veils in our world it cost him his life RIP John peace✌

@gonzaloignacio6120 5 лет назад

when you can relate all these years later to every word.. breaks the heart.. its like he's written my life into a song

@steveandjudyb1620 3 года назад

That is probably the best work of art I've ever seen in all my life you listen to the lyrics they can relate to everybody we're all nobody none of us make a difference unless you help your fellow man you don't make a difference John Lennon seen things inside him that probably nobody else ever seen until John Lennon stepped out in front of the crowd John Lennon stepped forward genius song absolutely genius but you got to listen to the lyrics there's always a message a really good f****** message.

@steveandjudyb1620 3 года назад

PS I'm almost 60 years old at my age you're supposed to learn a thing or two about a thing or two

@davidlucas3538 3 года назад

Beautiful 😍 comment! Hello Steve how are you doing today I hope that you are enjoying the weather conditions?

@ruthdixon7807 11 месяцев назад

despite john's upwardly aspirant upbringing, he manages to bring a blood curdling authenticity to this dark moment.

@Moemenmekadmini 2 года назад

Man this really hits close to him . One of the realest lyrics ever

@KathleenKane-vd2fn 2 месяца назад

This is really deep!! I'm a Poet as well however I am spiritual not Religious. Raised Catholic but sought more. WORD Miss this man John Lennon. Brilliance Providence 😢❤😅😮😮😊

@orestzarowsky4086 6 лет назад

Just shy of 50 years on from the release. AND still even more apropos than it was back then. Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.

@alexsitar1453 2 года назад

It’s been a shitty 6 months working 7 days a week… really feeling this song right now.

@hmmerfall Год назад

theese days this song is more accurate than it ever has been, cudos john may you rest in peace

@JUGAopet1 4 года назад

Oct 9 2019 Happy Birthday John (79). Love and Peace 4 ever.

@vinceh1121 3 года назад

It was the early 90's before I heard this song. When it was originally released, I was either in Navy boot camp or in training in Memphis. Either way this song was not played on the radio. I didn't have room for a record player and wasn't buying albums. I missed a lot of great music. This was John's masterpiece. After the Beatles broke up, John was free to write and record, in my opinion some of the best music every recorded. The lyrics, music and production enable the listener a glimpse into to John's tortured soul. John like many did not have an easy life. But, John had a way in his music to allow the listener a momentary glimpse into his feelings. There are several books, "The love you make" about the Beatles and a couple about John's life after the Beatles, sorry I can't remember the name of the book. The book was written from stories from John's girlfriend in the late 70's who claimed John was going to leave Yoko for her. If anyone knows which book I refer to, please let me know, because I lost it in one of my many moves. A lot of people don't like Yoko. In their opinion she caused the break up of the Beatles. In my opinion, Yoko gave John the freedom to write what John wanted/needed to write. In the end John may have lived a life funded by the money from his music. But the music was about his life and trying to cope.

@xxEzraBxxx Год назад

Loving John - May Pang

@pav689 3 года назад

R. I. P John, 40 years are nothing, your art is eternal.

@Thomthetechie 4 года назад

RIP John. Today, December 8th, 2019 is the 39th anniversary of the taking of his life.

@kkitten8183 4 года назад

He was murdered by a crazy stalker, in front of his home. I remember it well. Senseless act of violence. Rest in peace,John Lennon❤🙏⚘

@Samantha_C1 Год назад

These lyrics are absolutely relevant in today’s society/world. As soon as you're born, they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all 'Til the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool 'Til you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function, you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me

@williamosirian4506 10 месяцев назад

The comments of this masterpiece warm my heart. It’s good to know that other people out there think the same as I do, especially such great legends like John Lennon, who never sold out to anyone and recognised the working class as amazing people. I believe that’s why he was murdered. To those suffering today because of the crappy society today, you are not alone!

@PS-kz6yf 5 лет назад

When this masterpiece has just over 1.5 million views and Gucci gang has 850 million views, it just makes me sad

@angelicaluce3230 5 лет назад

who's "gucci gang" - you mean the "fashion" gang?

@SergeBlake1973 5 лет назад

This shouldn't make you sad, this should make proud to be one of the privileged who understand and being able to appreciate the genius

@user-sw9su2dr3x 5 лет назад

Hehe if the RU-vid would have been created then this one was over Gangam style first week

@needtoknow204 5 лет назад

Absolutely agree

@justinflor 5 лет назад

probably cause its not a legitimate "music video". also this is an old song and old songs rarely get lots of views as many of the views are re-listens from when a song is new. Lastly upbeat party songs will generally always pass serious songs in views as most of the time music is an escape. Its a great song but there are also newer "woke" songs that'll get lots of views so don't worry so much

@TheArbiter38 4 года назад

This song alone would've made Lennon a legend. "First you must learn how to smile how as you kill, If you want to be like the folks on the hill"

@gentilini48 3 года назад

These wonderful lyrics, the conviction and emotion of Lennon when interpreting this song, demonstrate Lennon's unwavering social commitment, and the reason why the American economic power ordered his assassination.