The relationship between John Lennon and the number 9
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“Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9…“
Another of the Beatles recurring themes involved songs written by John Lennon. It seems that Lennon had a fascination with the number nine that was only overpowered by his love for Yoko.
Songs and Albums
- “One After 909“
- “Revolution No. 9“
- “#9 Dream”
- His album, Mind Games, contains nine letters in its title
- Another of Lennon’s album names contains nine letters. The album was his dedication to classic rock and was entitled: Rock ‘n’ Roll
Ironically, this song was a part of Lennon’s ninth solo album which was released in the ninth month of 1974. The song even peaked at number 9 in the charts. AND…. A verse in the song has nine syllables, “Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse.”
Dates
- John Lennon was born on October, 9 1940
- Some even say he was born at 6:30pm. 6 + 3 + 0 = well you figure it out.
- His son was also born on the ninth
- When John Lennon was shot, on December, 8th 1980, it was already December 9th in his hometown of Liverpool, England.
Miscellaneous
- Liverpool has nine letters
- When an engineer said “Revolution number nine” to begin the recording of the song by the same name, John loved the sound. He was lucky that it had been recorded. John looped the recording over and over again throughout the beginning of “Revolution No. 9“
- Nine letters make up the most important phrase of one of John’s most important antiwar songs. All we are saying, is give peace a chance.
- John Ono Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon’s combined names contain nine O’s
- John’s elementary school bus number happened to be 72. 7 + 2 = 9 (We know its a stretch)
- He even lived in apartment 72 in New York. Yet another 9.
- McCartney, his best friend through most of his life, is spelled with 9 letters.
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14 Comments on “The relationship between John Lennon and the number 9”
One After 909 was written in 1959 but was denied by George Martin for Meet the Beatles. It was recorded for their final album (at least final RELEASED album) Let It Be. So the song has nothing to with the significance of the #9 and Yoko.
Farm out of State. Will look that book up soon.
There is a very good book about all of this and more. It is called The Lennon Prophesy. I read it in one night. If not only for the list of importance of the numer 9 in John’s life and another list of the number 9 in his music, the book is priceless. The connections are crazy and yet mesmerizing at the frequency and depth. It may just be coincidence but it happens too often to be ignored.
Michael of Daniel 12:1 is the child of Revelation 12 where a woman give birth after John wrote about in Revelations. Michael was #9 of 12 in his family, counting his parents which also makes him 11 or 9!
This is just silly. Try doing the same thing with any number below ten and I bet you can apply that number to as many things
He died 9 years after moving to NYC
Another 9, the Beatles broke up after 9 years
Oh I had to count over and over until I got to 9. In John Yoko Ono Lennon Yoko Lennon there is 9 o’s thought its also a stretch.
Michael of Daniel 12:1 is the child in Revelation 12 and is the 9th child of 10, or the 11th counting his parents. And will never go to the big apple where the other olive branch of Revelation 11 was killed to shorten these latter days.
see ya,
mcd
jOhn OnO lennOn yOkO OnO = 8 not nine as you claim
I’m a Liverpool resident and spend an awful lot of time down at the cavern.
I’ve heard loads of these stories over the years, and can’t even remember them all. Here’s a few I’ve scraped together that i don’t think you have:
Epstein met Lennon when he performed with the Beatles in 1961, it was 9th November. Exactly five years later (on 9th Nov) in 1966, John met Yoko.
John’s mother Julia, at whose house he spend a lot of time composing was 9 Newcastle (9 letters), Wavertree (9 letters) Liverpool (9 letters)
EMI signed the Beatles on 9th May/June (i forget) ‘62
He lived and was shot on West 72nd Street, NY (7+2=9) and taken to Roosevelt Hospital (9th Ave). On the same day, a Liverpool man also named John Lennon died in Liverpool’s Fazakerly hospital in Ward 9. The Fazakerly post code is Liverpool 9. This claim is verifiable and as there is a copy of his death certificate circulating the internet somewhere to prove this.
Apparently, this fascination with the number nine is not unique to Lennon. As indeed the recently atrociously scripted film “The Number 23″ will verify, the assignment of significance to numbers is easy to find if you look hard enough. The number nine particularly is one which has held significance throughout history, finding significance in the Bible, where it is the number of judgment, and Roman religion and superstition, where there are 9 major gods, 72 goddesses and 108 gods (all divisible by 9).
Various numbers were also be attributed to various events and disasters in roman, greek and chinese history. It’s most likely that Lennon read or heard of this fascination and then began to look for significances in his own life. Either way, it’s fascinating! Hope you found some of this info useful. Cheers
the Dakota building is on west 72nd Street!
the day George died and the day John died are 9 days apart on the calendar