Saturday May 14, 2022 “Too Late for Goodbyes” Julian Lennon

So at the start of this week I mentioned that song of the dayer Michael reminded me of a cool tune by the son of a rock legend and we will close the week with that tune by Beatle John Lennon’s first son Julian.

The son of John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia, Julian Lennon had such a striking resemblance and a remarkable vocal similarity to his father that it was only to be expected he would have a successful singing career.

John Charles Julian Lennon was born on April 8, 1963, in Liverpool, and as a child, inspired several Beatles compositions: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" reportedly arose out of a drawing Julian made of a classmate, and following his parents' divorce, he became the subject of Paul McCartney's sympathetic "Hey Jude."

I don’t know about you but I never bought into that story about the‘Jude’ in the song being Julian because the entire lyrical content makes much more sense if ‘Jude” was John.  Try it out and substitute John for ‘Jude’ and let me know what you think.

Julian began playing guitar and drums at age ten, adding piano as a teenager; he appeared as a drummer on the track "Ya Ya" on the John Lennon album Walls and Bridges.  Julian’s debut album Valotte, named after the castle it was recorded in, contained four hit singles including today’s number one “Too Late for Goodbyes” written by the young Lennon.

Michael also pointed out that this is not a typical verse, chorus, bridge song because it has the same musical signature from start to finish. Who ever said pop songs needed to be complex?

Stay safe and well…and I always imagined how crushing it must have been for Julian hearing that wonderful, fatherly John Lennon song “Beautiful Boy” with the outro, ‘darling darling, darling Sean”.

Ever since you've been leaving me, I've been wanting to cry.

Now I know how it feels for you, I've been wanting to die.

But it's much too late for good-byes, yes, it's much too late for good-byes.

 Time has gone since I've been with you, and we've been starting to die.

Now it seems you don't care for me, and I don't understand why.

But it's much too late for good-byes, yes, it's much too late for good-byes.

 Ever since you've been far away, I've been wanting to fly.

Now I know what you meant to me, I'm the one who should cry.

And it's much too late for good-byes, yes, it's much too late for good-byes.

 Ever since you've been leaving me, I've been wanting to cry.

Now I know how it feels for you, I've been wanting to die.

And it's much too late for good-byes, yes, it's much too late for good-byes.