John Lennon What You Got

[roit666]

the groove get down in my ass.. and jumping around the house!

[MrComingtogetyouable]

Great record

[danditoh]

Sitivie's Superstition, right, it is very similar... But I'm still thinking of a more recent sample of that guitar...

[EricHumphries93]

I never herd it until today It's very Cool

[paolo38021]

Questa canzone mi ricorda Steve Wonder. Perchè Lennon è considerato quello che ha scritto le canzoni dure? helter skelter è molto più dura di qualunque canzone di lennon, così come i'm down, birthday, why do we doing in the road, ecc.

[fuugon]

Happy Birthday John !!!!!

[DanielBowden1975]

Defo should have been released as a single. Like W&B's a lot

[dariowestern]

This is one of the best ever songs that John Lennon wrote. All the pain and anger of his "Lost Weekend" driven out into 3 minutes, should've been released as a single.

[p67zp67z]

@dariowestern It has been released in 1975 by Apple:

NO. 9 DREAM / WHAT YOU GOT [single]

[Apple R 6003] January 31 1975

[ratonmickey83]

@dariowestern It was. It was the B-Side to Whatever Gets You Thru The Night.

[lennonsdoll]

amazing!

[t221000]

Underrated song!!!!!!!!!

[TheCocky69]

@t221000 great song

[midnightspyjamas]

@t221000 Definitely! :D

[LingoFlurry]

Fuck Bieber

[dwryt12]

@LingoFlurry I just went to the mall today and flipped off a picture of Bieber. Bieber sucks! Lennon forever!

[LingoFlurry]

@dwryt12 You should have burnt it

[dwryt12]

@LingoFlurry I would have loved to burn it.

[ForeverTreesGreen]

@LingoFlurry

I will not. 

[OldManBieberFan]

Lennon and Bieber till I die!

[PrincessAngelStar12]

John looked nice at age 40, he still looks 20

[txemata1]

A lalalives: Estoy de acuerdo. Walls and bridges y Mind games, son muy buenos. Aquí no está Phil Spector, yo tengo el lp en vinilo con la portada de la foto intercambiable y he leido los creditos,colabora Elton John, y Nilosson colaboró en la letra der old dirt road. Esto fué nº 1.

[joepicard]

i like the guitar so much!

[xxxWabbitxxx95]

come monday momma, and i just gotta run away...

[lalalives]

"Walls & Bridges" is a GEM of an album. Perfect from start to finish. People need to get that because I always hear POB, Imagine, DF but this album (and "Mind Games") are INCREDIBLE.

[thefilmszone]

this song is so ture

[happy2pogo]

AWESOME! VERY NICE VIDEO..PUT TOGETHER NICE....

[PrincessAngelStar12]

i like the slideshow

[jekk23]

Phil didn't produce walls and briges, John did

[twinoak170]

You were so right John.

[chazs001]

 yes but imagine was done with her in mind,

[TubularMonkey]

By far my favorite Lennon album. And by far the one that Yoko had the least to do with. Funny how that works.

[lalalives]

Always the greatest ever.

[TheDoctor534]

this is a awesome song where did you get the pictures though im a big john lennon fan and never seen most of them

[greenwich1754]

@TheDoctor534 Big Lennon fan? Uh, buy the album/cd, and you'll have them all.

[1010Beatles]

THIS IS SOOO CATCHY!

[areglikespenis]

that is one fucked up picture

[miniaciloops]

the best human music in a big moment in abig theme of real music

all silence and listen

the best is john here is clear

[abogadopenalista]

excelente version

[buzonperiodista]

love that John sounds like a fucking maniac here yeeeeaaaahhhh!!!!!

[Jethrofinger]

I love this song. I like the whole Walls and Bridges album (aside from Ya-Ya). Some people think "What You Got" is one of the worst off the album. It's so catchy.

[TheMedivalmann]

@Jethrofinger It's only because those people have crap shoved in their ears.

[kristoscan]

total jagger steal vocally. you can hear em say it in the outtakes. very funky for john and 70's groove vibe like. queen stole this for dragon attack on '80 the game. just a riff lookin for a song actually. one of my favs of john,tight as a duck bum.

[solitudesblind]

@kristoscan Maybe, but Lennon's a much better singer than Jagger. Jagger could not do this song better than Lennon does it here.

[kristoscan]

@solitudesblind i agree that john is better in many ways. i believe john was trying to josh mick a bit. he liked to mimic others. his dylan in outakes is hi-larious. this is 1 funny mick p!#s take.

[titcdrum]

soo much passion love that second verse.. saturday night and i just gotta rip it up!

[Lisette224]

John Lennon Forever

[asker014]

JOHN LIVING IN MY HEART.

[TheCocky69]

@asker014 mine too

[BeLiketheSquerrl]

the acoustic version of this song is awesome

[muhrvis]

John Lennon's afterthoughts were greater than 90% of the rest of rock music... I think he had Jesse Ed Davis on guitar and other crack studio musicians.

[residentevlidead]

Very Mick Jagger vocal style here,

[googoo120]

@residentevlidead mick jagger got it from john :D

[residentevlidead]

@googoo120 I see it goes full circle, funny

[BeatlEPMJo]

I bloody adore this song !

[shakermaker508]

If this song was released by someone nowadays, especially by someone more soulful, it would be a no1. So underrated this album.

[cometandcupids]

Sounds like an Eagles song.

[dariowestern]

@cometandcupids Nah, the Eagles music is too placid compared to this. ;-)

[angsda]

He is n1, and will allways be the biggest star. All of what he did, came stright from the heart. Just did his stuff.

[fatpizzaman]

This is the best track on the Walls & Bridges album! :D

[1010Beatles]

i just heard this...i like it!!!

[jasonpp1973]

Needs more cowbell!

[mrjordanc1]

Pretty cool song

[MaalePap]

0 dislikes ! :)

[riverdale999]

Greatets vocalist in rock history. Just LISTEN to that singing!!!!!

[Yun1]

cool funky tune :D

[subg88]

Keltner-Drums

Hopkins-Piano

Voorman-Bass

Jesse Ed Davis-Guitar

Bobby Keys-Sax

[flarbton]

"well it saturday night and i just gotta rip it up, sunday morning i just gotta give it up" love the way he sings that, proves he could still shred some vocals like in the early days.

[EltomeiroJackson]

"...You know the more it change, the more it stays the same

You gotta hang on in, you gotta cut the string..."

[MrBeatlesDrummer]

@Hicks055 You have no taste in music.

[Hicks055]

@MrBeatlesDrummer you may have a point there- I always thought he was one of the best songwriters to have lived. Not one of his best- I'll listen to the others thank you, but thanks for the comment- fool

[shanehenning26]

great song

[Khultan]

 Woooooooohhhhhh!!!!! : )

[BeLiketheSquerrl]

the acoustic version is amazing

[minnesotajack]

F-ing Spector. What a nutcase. He showed up in the studio with guns, once he fired into the ceiling.

[RobFischPA]

Phil was also wearing a surgeon suit at the time...

Wikipedia.

[dennisqueen81]

Great! ...i love that song!!!!! The only one Lennon!

[murmursmeglos]

i love the screaming vocals. it's good to listen to when you feel like releasing some aggression.

[edgeyp12]

John Lennon forever!

[toninocs]

who during this time, John Lennon Worked with.

[minime766]

Phil Spector produced Walls and Bridges, Elton John played piano and added backing vocals on Whatever Gets You Thru The Night and Sweet Bird Of Paradox and Harry Nillson co wrote Old Dirt Road with Lennon. To name but a few.

[subg88]

@minime766

Phil Spector wasn't involved with Walls and Bridges - the album was produced and arranged by John Lennon according to the credits. Spector had been producing what turned out to be the RnR album, but disappeared with the tapes. Lennon went on to make W and B in his absence.

[zerawlennon]

@minime766 Only one correction, John produced Walls & Bridges, Phil Spector didn't collaborate in this album...

[ghonzalo]

@minime766 you're right except on the production, lennon himself produced this and mind games.

[DavidGigg]

@minime766

John Produced the album, Phil Spectpor was not involved at all.

[etherealdog]

@minime766 Actually, after the Spector sessions broke down due to an alcohol-fueled party atmosphere, Lennon and Pang returned to New York and Spector disappeared with the session tapes. Still in the mood to make music, Lennon decided to record a new album of original material.

[jonnybrowne]

@minime766 John Lennon produced "Walls and Bridges" himself. Phil Spector had no involvement at all with the album.

[gorrionalvuelo]

@minime766 phil spector did not produced this one. the producer was...John!

[MegaObserver1]

@minime766 Phil Spector had nothing to do with Walls and Bridges. This and Mind Games were the only Lennon albums where John was the only credited producer. Spector co-produced Plastic Ono Band, Imagine and Some Time In New York City. He was a co-producer of some of the Rock And Roll tracks. Jack Douglas was co-producer of Double Fantasy. John and Yoko were listed as co-producers of Milk and Honey.

[subg88]

@minime766

The main personnel is a lot of the usual suspects: Keltner, Hopkins, Voorman, Bobby Keys, Jesse Ed Davis

plus a couple unusual ones: Ken Ascher on electric piano, clavinet and mellotron, and Eddie Mottau on acoustic guitar.

Lennon is listed as the producer. Interesting, because I think it could be his best sounding album, much like Harrison's 'Living in the Material World." After working with Spector, both followed up by producing a better sound on their own, IMO.

[buffalobraves9]

@minime766 John produced Walls and Bridges NOT Phil Spector.

[gaius476]

@minime766 In fact, John produced W&B by himself. Spector was away since late 1973 with the R&R sessions tapes. John returned to NYC to finish recording Pussy Cats (which he produced for Harry Nilsson) in April 1974. He stayed there to begin Walls&Bridges sessions, and during those weeks, Capitol payed 90.000 dollars to Spector and got the tapes. John filed them until W&B was finished, and through Morris Levy's pressure he completed the R&R album in two weeks time.

[greenwich1754]

@minime766 I could be wrong, but I believe this is a produced & arranged (& obviously written) by John Lennon album, with no specter of Spector on this album.

[thebeatles4ever3]

@toninocs John Lennon - lead, harmony and background vocals; lead, rhythm and acoustic guitar; piano, whistling and percussion.

Ken Ascher - electric piano, clavinet and mellotron

Jim Keltner - drums.

Arthur Jenkins - percussion.

Nicky Hopkins - Piano

Klaus Voorman - Bass

Bobby Keys - tenor saxophone

Jesse Ed Davis - lead and acoustic guitar

Eddie Mottau - acoustic guitar.

[thebeatles4ever3]

@toninocs He also had special guests Julian Lennon on drums for Ya-Ya, and Elton John on piano and harmony vocals for "Whatever Gets you thru the Night" and hammond organ and background vocals on "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)". And Joey Dambra, Lori Burton and May Pang on background vocals for "9 Dream 

[toninocs]

@toninocs I think some where its cut off but I was saying this sounds similar to Superstition by Stevie Wonder who played with John when he was in L.A.

[toninocs]

@toninocs I was trying to say that this sounds similar Stevie Wonder's Superstition and that during this time John played with Stevie.

[fatpizzaman]

@toninocs that's what I've been thinking - it's very Stevie Wonder-ish.

[toninocs]

This song is very similar to Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition'.

[RockNRollMusic567]

Happy Birthday for tomorrow John.

If only we could give you our regards personally

[nano952]

dont wanna be drag

[PUKEsleepTUBE]

this sounds like cocaine Lennon without Yoko!

[SuperTomCollins]

It was during the "Lost Weekend" period.

[igmorf]

lenny's "Mamma said" Don't you think?

[the0new0man]

this song is some how near to micheal jakson style ....

every time i hear the intro of it .. i feel it is a micheal jackson song

but i love this song a lot ,Lennon was a real legend

[subg88]

It never occurred to me, but you are absolutely spot on - beat, riff, changes and melody.

[gstuart01]

@subg88 nah. the beat maybe.

[mussman717word]

I especially love the photos you did, the song was definitely mo-town-esque... I dig it.

[TheBeatles433]

R.I.P John Lennon, We'll Miss U

[Peccadillo4]

I think it's odd that people assume this song celebrates his seperation from Yoko... it sounds more like an apology for her to me. Like an admission that John didn't know what he had til he lost it [temporarily]

"Oh baby baby baby, give me one more chance"

[justme81487]

Yeah I love his voice in this,and the drums are insane!

[ReggyRaccoon]

Plastic Ono Band is probably John's best album, Imagine contains some of his best solo songs but Walls & Bridges is the one that I most enjoy listening to.

On this track it's clear to hear that John was a huge fan of Stevie Wonder at that time!

It's also a track that makes me wish Paul had been there to "help out" with some of the higher notes, as on Don't Let Me Down or Day Tripper.

John's forcing his voice a bit here rather than controlling his singing.

I still love it though!!!

[nano952]

Plastic Ono Band is John's best album but this song is so asome hell all of them are great

[blondiebabs]

superb xx

legend  john lennon

will always love you x

[superman11978]

I always thought the lyric was "you don't know what you got until you lose me." I like that better, although I think the meaning is the same, it's like thumbing your nose at your ex, in this case Yoko.

[BeatlesTributePage]

i think this is my favorite song on this album

i bought it yesterday and its my favorite album!!

[captainkundalini999]

Jim Keltner on drums....Superb.

[east37thstreet]

"john lennon plastic ono band" was his best solo , but i like Walls I think he was trying real hard to put out a great solo album in Walls and match mc cartney since lennon was not touring and had no band there was no match

[mcspeel]

FUCKING MAJJJJJIC!!!!!!!

[xavierbaudet]

Walls and Bridges is Lennon's best solo album.

[rule914]

The separation from Yoko probably helped.

[buzonperiodista]

this is quite an edgy song for the period...

[JohnLennonLover9]

true true- this is FANTASTIC!!!! X3

<333 John

[soysaucefool]

Walls and bridges is my fav John album following Plastic Ono Band.

[JamesBaller909]

I love Lennon's "Imagine", but I probably listen to "Walls and Bridges" more often than any other album.

[christianrutegard]

The talented John Lennon show his funky side and it is jumping!

[colinsmyth99]

Rocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pixelius]

Cool song. Cool lyric

[fenderpfunk]

funkyyyyy

[sonidolisiado]

His voice here surprised me a lot when i bought the album, so much that i was singing(screaming) with him!. I only knew the song by the Anthology. I prefer the master take.

[FidoForce42]

I've heard other versions of this song that are kinda better

[justme81487]

No nuhuh.....John Lennon's music should never be remade.They are fine the way they are....

[justme81487]

Nothing can beet John Lennon.

[Alexxxman2006]

I really dig John Lennon, and this song, COULD be good,really good, but I feel it has awful production

[vytautas70]

John Lennon: you're mine hero(only)! always you gave me biggest influence than any other person!!! very cool song. one day Mark David Chapman get what he wanted, somebody will kill him! John Lennon = GOD, is alive he is in our hearts!

[hankphelps]

This song rocks!! Ive heard the acoustic version, it's great but not as good as this

album version.

[jackerscrackers]

i like the acoustic version better as well.

[mrtyles]

i like the acoustic version better

[TheUtubePsychiatrist]

go fuck yourself friend :) Is rubbish the only damn word you know, you childish little shit head prick.

[AristYdes]

This is very T-Rexish.

[bleo34]

Bit of a nod towords Macca's 'comin up' which Lennon loved by all accounts.

[minime766]

Coming up is one of the reasons lennon started writing again but i don't think this song is a nod towards it because macca didn't write comming up until 1979 - 80 and this track is from 1974.

[labourida]

amazing vocals great john!!

[soundofstone92]

My top 5 Favorite Songs from Walls and Bridges:

1. What you Got

2. Nobody Loves you (When you're down and out)

3. Scared

4. Whatever Gets You Thru the Night

5. #9 Dream

[josh9wwfc]

walls and bridges is a real quality album

[kzbxvz]

Crrappy album ???????????????????????????

[kzbxvz]

John Lennon forever.

[pawel1939]

pop song - rock voice

[bumcheeks123]

bloody good song. sucks nobody in this era can make music as good as this

[RIchardEPfeifer]

@bumcheeks123 You mean no one the hippie 60's orientated CORPORATIONs let your...I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO CAN...We grew up listening to Lennon, Dylan, Hendrix and can do this an much more....we just were squashed because the 60's generation is so content to promote themselves and didn't GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY like the previous generation who were much more gracious, understanding and progressive then the selfish, sel centered hippy generation...

[cfrart]

fantastic...we miss you John !!peace....

[miniheli]

Such a great song, this song brings out his rock voice. Love it!

[ultrastar1]

I remember buying the record when it came out in '74. I've still got it. I enjoyed the posting very much! Thank you!

[orsonfreud]

A great album that will be appreciated more and more in retrospect. Don't foret Nobody loves you When You're Down and Out, #9 Dream, Bless You and Whatever gets You Through The Night and of couse What you Got: All GREAT!

[minime766]

I'm not a certain type. I love all of Lennon and the Beatles music. i was clearly stating my opinion. Walls and Bridges has some great tracks on it but i think it could have been produced better. I don't really think that Lennon wrote that many pop songs did he?

[DewiFin]

his real genre was pop rock.

[maccalex]

@minime766 Sure he did, but "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" was the only # 1 he had in his solo career. Walls and Bridges was written in two weeks.

[DewiFin]

this yet john lennon's greatest album!!! imagine was scrappy he had no horns on it!!!

[minime766]

I don't think that walls and bridges is a mediocre album, it's just not produced very well. i.e. way too many horns and layers. If john had recorded it just using piano, bass, guitar, drums and produced it on his own i think it could have been a great album.

[DewiFin]

if lennon had just used crap instruments and produced it himself it would have been terrible!!! you're just the type who likes his pop music not his hardcore music with great studio musicians like jesse ed davis!!!

[alramone1]

the main weak point with walls and bridges is that john was bumming around LA at the time and didn't seem to be that inspired. Otherwise, it's nearly as strong as anything else he created in his solo years, which makes it quite exceptional.