Also I'd like to add that Mandy from Canada said it really well. George from Belleville, NjBeautiful,melodic,haunting,soft,sweet,simple yet deep,these are some words that describe this song.Another word that comes to mind is soothing.Every time I hear this song it soothes my soul.This is poetry set to music.Grayson from New Orleans, LaPure perfection.It's just really good as with any other of the Beatles' songs :) Aleen from Los Angeles, CaSuch a beautifully written song.You can compare it with Wagner's sometimes horizontal music and Verdi's vertical music. Therefor Ian MacDonald says in his Introduction to "Revolution in the head", that Lennon's music is "horizontal", opposed to McCartney's "vertical" music. In many of his songs Lennon uses the same note. The first 18 notes are the same note, but the chords are changing, and yet so expressive. Johan from Stockholm, SwedenIt's correct.Tiffany Cheng from Surabaya, IndonesiaBeautiful song written by John for a tribute to his deceased mother, very mellow without being overly sappy.In the case of Yoko Ono, it actually means "ocean child." It could mean "ocean child," "sun child," or "leaf child", to name a few among many. Jota from Tokyo, JapanTo clarify Ken's earlier point about the meaning of Yoko, it actually depends on how it's written in Japanese (or Chinese characters).I guess the positive side of the song is expressed in “You Are Here” from the album “Mind Games,” and the sad side “Mother.” This is just my interpretation of this beautiful song, which is peaceful but leaves me sad and lonely. But she only calls him, and he never reaches her. He asks her to touch him instead of just calling him. ![]() He hears her calling his name to wake him up. Jota from Tokyo, JapanJohn is sleeping on the beach, trying to reach Julia in a dream.Can you try and help me with this one?' So I may have added a line there." ![]() He said, 'You are the guy who writes the children's songs. In his Songfacts interview, he added: "He was trying to write a song about a childhood he never had, and that was very touching to me. They were very unLennon-like."ĭonovan was a great conduit for capturing the wonder and innocence of childhood, as he had released an album of children's songs shortly before the trip to India. I remember when I played 'Julia' on my guitar I was struck by how much the images in the song were like the images in my songs. He found release for these emotions in 'Julia,' the tune he had learned with the new finger style. In his deep meditation sessions, John had opened up feelings for his mother. To quote Donovan: "Learning a new style meant composing in a different way. In leaning the finger-picking method, it did allow John to dig deeper into his emotions. When Lennon was in Rishikesh, one of the biggest revelations he had was truly opening up (to himself) regarding the feelings he had for his mother, Julia. Donovan was with The Beatles in India at the Maharishi's camp in Rishikesh, India in February 1968. Psychedelic singer Donovan Leitch taught Lennon the fingerpicking guitar style he used on this track. John named his first son Julian after her. John would frequently stay over at Julia's house, and in 1958 Julia was hit and killed by the off duty police officer as she walked home from Mimi's house. When John was in is early teens he visited Julia often, and she taught him to play the banjo. She was involved in a couple other relationships John went to live with his aunt Mimi because Julia could not provide a sound home for the boy. ![]() He later returned but Julia refused to reconcile. Julia gave birth to John after 30 hours of labor, and Alf went AWOL when he jumped ship - neither the Navy nor Julia knew of his whereabouts. One of five daughters, nicknamed Judy by the family, Julia met Alf Lennon at the age of 14 while she was working as a cinema usher. Lennon was raised mostly by Julia's sister Mimi, but starting to see more of his mother at the time of her death. John Lennon dedicated this song to Yoko and to his mother Julia, who was struck and killed by a car driven by an off-duty police officer on July 15, 1958, when John was 17.
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