JEALOUS GUY. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band (w the Flux Fiddlers)

What this video is

Released on 9 October 2020 — John Lennon's 80th birthday — as part of the Gimme Some Truth: The Ultimate Mixes campaign, this video unites 50-year-old documentary footage with a new Abbey Road remix. The song itself has a layered history: beginning as 'Child of Nature' during the Beatles' 1968 Rishikesh retreat, it was reworked in 1971 with new lyrics addressing possessive love and emotional vulnerability. Produced…

Why it matters

A landmark of the post-Beatles singer-songwriter canon, 'Jealous Guy' exemplifies Lennon's confessional lyrical mode and his integration of orchestral strings (the Flux Fiddlers) with intimate acoustic instrumentation. The video's archival documentary style anticipates the legacy-reissue music…

The director

John Lennon (1940–1980) was a founding member of the Beatles and a prolific solo artist, filmmaker, and peace activist. Yoko Ono (b. 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, musician, and peace activist. Together as a creative unit, they co-directed the…