Julian Lennon carried out his father’s music “Think about” for the primary time in public. The singer-songwriter performed the music as a part of International Citizen’s present social media fundraising marketing campaign Stand Up for Ukraine, which is sending monetary reduction to Ukraine throughout the ongoing conflict with Russia.
Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt accompanied Lennon throughout the efficiency, which you’ll be able to watch under.
“The conflict on Ukraine is an unimaginable tragedy,” Lennon wrote within the clip’s description. “As a human, and as an artist, I felt compelled to reply in probably the most important means I might.”
Lennon has beforehand carried out a handful of Beatles songs, together with “Day Tripper” and “It Won’t Be Long,” in addition to Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me,” which his late father John also covered. The youthful Lennon launched his first album, Valotte, in 1984, however his first experiences in recording studios could be traced again to when he was 11 years outdated and he performed drums on his dad’s 1974 music “Ya Ya” from Partitions and Bridges.
Over time, Lennon has fielded questions from followers and writers about his lineage, noting in a 1984 interview with Melody Maker that he has “all the time felt happy with every thing [his father] did,” however up till now, he had had by no means carried out what’s arguably his dad’s most well-known solo music, “Think about.”
“Why now, in spite of everything these years?” he wrote. “I had all the time mentioned that the one time I might ever contemplate singing ‘Think about’ could be if it was the ‘Finish of the World.’… But additionally as a result of his lyrics replicate our collective need for peace worldwide. As a result of inside this music, we’re transported to an area, the place love and togetherness turn out to be our actuality, if however for a second in time. … The music displays the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel, that we’re all hoping for.”
