As former Beatle Record Co. employee(no names) I acquired tons of rare Beatle audio.This sounds like John. I have hours of tapes of John jamming on guitar barking @ Sean, a LOT of rare bootlegs and this slots right in there with them. Listen to the outtakes on the Anthology CD set and you'll hear John off pitch ALL the time.... c'mon people...what would be the point of faking a crappy old tape sound with an obscure J & P song abandoned to Peter & Gordon while singing EXACTLY like John Lennon???
Yeah, it's John, just wanky!...Remember that millions thought Lady Madonna was Ringo and THAT's what started the "Paul is Dead" bullshit. But all it was is that Paul had them speed up the tape so he could track his vocal to a higher pitch, then when slowed down, his voice dropped an interval or two. Listen to the "edges" and "angst"...that's JOHN.
Ugh... WTF!? I hate when people post stuff claiming to be by The BEatles only to find that it's a trying hard knock-off! This doesn't even sound anywhere near like John at all!
"I have no reason to doubt it"? Sorry, here are at least two good reasons. John Lennon could sing in tune and could actually play the guitar, he didn't just hit the strings like a child having a tantrum. Even if he was extremely drunk at the time, he could never have sounded as awful as this. If you didn't create this rubbish yourself, you should at least have had the decency to destroy it.
@mike773240 youre right. its a raw song(freshly written) without the vocals being worked out. john's not trying to sing well.he is just demonstrating the song in the studio.that's all
This is definitely John Lennon because of the intonation of the voice. Anybody who knows John's voice well will not even dispute this fact. The problem nowadays is that people's ears have largely been trained to hear 'perfection' in modern recordings. This demo has been taped on reel-to-reel and therefore of poor quality. John isn't trying very hard to maintain key, just setting the canvas.He always had trouble with certain higher notes (listen to the outtakes of I Should Have known better etc.)
He could have been still just working on the song at the time. At that point in any writers creative process, its not how it sounds... as that can all be ironed out later. Its about first establishing the songs foundation. OR he could just be wasted? lol
As this song was written by Paul McCartney , why would Lennon being making a demo of it? Anyone with half an ear can tell it's not him singing in any case...
I would say it's 100% John lennon, even down to the guitar struming. Without a doubt. Just think of songs that they refined, like Anna Go To Him, there is that roughness of tone, and don't forget this is a demo. By the way, it's quite a vocal range in there! Definitely John.
Ha! John can barely breath or even sing in this! It's almost like it isn't him! The guitar playing is also ridiculously wrong sounding....John would never play the way this tool did.
@juanbeatle1 I beg to differ. It could be. Don't forget it's a rough demo and it certainly has that John Lennon sound especially where he drops an octave when he couldn't reach the high part, John used to do that a lot.
ain't john esp considering the accent - and yes, they lent songs to the stones incl I Wanna be Your Man which Jagger sings on the Anthology (can't stand his cover, or him in general, in actual fact)
It IS Lennon singing: circa 1979-1980 he recorded many demos on simple cassette, playing accoustic guitar/piano ("music box" on some). He sometimes slipped into an old song that he liked or had written for someone else = he commited to tape songs like "Cathy's clown" (Everly Brothers), "Only the lonely" (Roy Orbison), "Nobody I know" and "I'm in love", two songs that he wrote for Billy J. Kramer, 20 years ealier. Some of his released demos from that era sound just like this one !
Not only is this very flat and off-key, it lacks John's very unique and characteristic vocal sound, his angst and his"edge". I would be very, very surprised if this were John.
John's working things out on a cassette or old R2R recorder. Rough tapes, not really a "demo". He and Paul wrote, then put something down on tape to remember it, like many songwriters....otherwise might forget it. This was maybe the first recording of the song concept just as he was writing it - maybe he and Paul were both working on it, or just him.
@Znarus - you're not a songwriter, I can tell....or you would record your ideas one way or another....writing it down on paper IS recording it by the way. But, making a tape recording is a very good idea, because no matter how good it is, you'll forget it (especially if you're smoking pot, which John was all the time). Yes, this is John doing just that...a first pass at a new song. 98% of Beatle's stuff is very rough recordings....we just got the final good stuff, of course.
@Znarus - Ever heard of marijuana? Doesn't matter how "good" the melody is, if you don't record it somehow, there's a VERY good chance it will fall into the abyss of forgotten land. Ask some other songwriters...you must know some. I know dozens and we all agree....record it or lose it.
i have the chords for this in one of my music books for school and it says its a lennon/mcCartney song i hadent heard of it either but thats just what it says in the book its called listen to music
Although I strongly suspected this wasn't John after giving a listen, I decided to run the song through my Vocalizer 2000 and tried to match it up to Lennon songs from 1960, 1961, 1963 and 1965. It was not a match.
@ooops2u Twist and shout isn't a good example. John was sick and the studio said they either record it or it doesn't get put on the album so thats why John has that raspy voice in Twist and shout. But I do agree I dont think it's John either.
Hear an amazing version of this song and others (composed but never released by the Beatles), that far surpasses this fake. "Off the Beatle Track" by Apple Jam released 09-09-09. Find them on the web at offthebeatletrack
to fbrieden: I think it "is" lennon.....and I also agree with you....It was probably from a much later era than the song. The strumming and tone of the guitar is very "lennon"
To my ears this sounds like an american putting on a british accent.......deffo not lennon anyway....he wouldnt be struggling in the range department on such a simple song.
If YOU think this is John Lennon then you need you are WRONG. If YOU think this is some sad attention starved sub-standard guitar player then you are CORRECT...
My take on this is, He is practising for the duet. It is a very difficult score. Recording it then playing it back. He will see how well he is doing. Notice at the end, his part is different than Pauls for harmonizing.
It cannot be John Lennon singing a McCartney composition which McCa gave away to Peter & Gordon to record. And in case people don't know, many of the songs created individually by Lennon or McCartney during their Beatles days were always credited to Lennon-McCartney because that's their agreement. Proof? 'Yesterday' was composed solely by Paul but credited to Lennon-McCartney. Inversely, 'Strawberry Fields Forever' was composed solely by John but still credited to Lennon-McCartney.
@derequwc - ya'll don't know how L&M worked....one of them usually was the primary writer of a song and then presented it to the other for additions/editing/approval prior to it being called finished and BOTH names went on it. There was always something that was "fixed" or added by the other. There was one song that Paul wrote that when John heard it he said "That's done" and that was "Yesterday". Yes, Paul wrote this one, then John messed with it a bit...this is him doing that perhaps.
Of course I know how the Lennon/McCartney team worked! Modesty aside you can give me any song from the L&M catalog and I will tell you accurately who was the primary writer of this or that song...or if a song was singly written by just one of them but credited to both. Wanna try me? Anyway, this one ('Nobody I Know), just like 'World Without Love', is a purely Paul McCartney composition which the Beatles did not decide to record but instead given to Peter & Gordon to record.
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I can imagine Lennon doing this in the Dakota during his hermit era. Maybe he had a cold. The pitch is off but the tonality sounds a lot like Lennon. I would not completely write it off as fake. Also the strumming is reminiscent of Lennon while he was fiddling with lyrics. Could be he was just recalling some oldies while propped on the pillow with his little reel to reel.
Definitely Not John Lennon... The Beatles never recorded this, they just gave the lyrics away to Peter & Gordan and, the 1970's Dakota theory has no basis... No Beatles authors ever mentioned that, it wasn't in John's diary, and, not even any website has anything to support that hypothesis. Plus, your video recently ended up on a list of Beatles Fakes, where it will remain in infamy forever as a fake. This is a poor cover version, that's it. Shalom.
@CompleatBeatles - L.M didn't give ANYTHING away...other groups (especially Peter Asher, who's sister Paul was wanking) were lined up to have L/M songs and George Martin produce them...tons of hits for EMI, Martin and L/M. Dozens of such songs really, for different artists...Badfinger, P&G, Jerry and the Pacemakers, Mary Hopkin, Billy J. Kramer, The Rolling Stones, etc. etc..
No, you're not quite accurate. The truth is, L&M did give away some of their songs. Take "I Wanna Be Your Man" which was recorded by the Stones. That just came quite by accident (not lined up, mind you) when Jagger & Richard were running out of materials to record and just happened to hang around with L&M who promptly wrote it on the spot and gave it to them. "Come And Get It" also was not lined up, it was given to Badfinger to record at a time when the Beatles were disbanding.
@derequwc - They never "gave them away"...they owned them as songwriters & Northern Songs had the publishing. I Wanna Hold Your Hand was written by Paul earlier & L/M finished it at a Stone's practice. Mick asked them for a song so maybe the Stones could get good chart action...Stone's FIRST hit in London (#12) - a huge boost to launch the Stones career. The Beatles covered it with Ringo singing, so he'd have a vocal on Album #1 - I LOVE Ringo's vocal of this & I think it ROCKS as Ringo's best.
Of course they retained the songwriters credits. When I wrote they "gave them away", I only meant they allowed other artists to record their songs instead of them doing it. 'World Without Love' (whose lyrics Lennon thought was silly), 'Nobody I Know', 'Woman' (to Peter & Gordon), 'Step Inside Love' (to Cilla Black), 'Come And Get It (to Badfinger) are some of those they "gave away". (Note: Northern Songs don't own the publishing rights no more, Michael Jackson and Sony Corp do.)
@derequwc What? The Beatles gave the song to the Stones to record it, but John and Paul still retained the publishing rights and gave it to Ringo to record The Beatles version. They didn't "give" the song away as you state it, but gave it to the Stones to record so they could have a hit with it, which they did. It's still a Lennon/McCartney song.
That's precisely what I meant ! They "gave" it away (loaned it, if you will) to the Stones just to record; L&M still retained the songwriting credit and yes, it's still their song. In fact The Beatles recorded it too, with Ringo as the lead singer. Let's not get confused by the word "gave" here. I did not mean L&M gave away the publishing rights or the songwriting credit.
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This sounds like it is a song "under construction" The "middle eight" is completely different from the middle part of the Peter and Gordon version. IMO; this is a recording of 'Nobody I know' in the larva stage. It sure as hell sounds like Lennon....especially the comical quality at the end...
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It`s John for sure, no mistaking that voice, must remember, it didn`t have the benefits of studio "magic" at the time. Very raw performance, but very interesting as well.
Wrong, it's not John. There are countless of recordings of him without "the benefit of studio magic," and he sounds great in all of them. The Beatles never needed studio magic, they just needed a tape recorder. This doesn't sound good, therefore it's not John. End of story. I've never heard him not sound good.
@superman11978 - No he doesn't...John sounds lousy on a lot of pre-final tracks...he wanks out a lot and strains for this note or that word, until he gets it right, or closer, as he's learning it. Listen to more Beatle outtakes and John's cassette recordings at his piano. It's true with most writers...no need to worry of getting it right if it's a "slop" recording just for making notes or practice...this was never intended for release to the public. It's John wanking around - get over it.
lol John Lennon ?? this ? noway, John was never out of tune, and it's clearly not his voice anyway. Changing that title would be a good idea. Or even better, delete that crap ?
@nehansan - John was never out of tune??? Are you kidding? He wanked out tons of times in early takes of stuff...you need to study this more...listen to Beatle outtakes on bootlegs. John had great edge, but horrible range, so he strained a lot before he managed to get things right for a final take.
This is Brian Jones jajajajajaja
juanjosealva 2 weeks ago
Maybe Paul did write this song and John felt like singing it.
TonyHickschick 3 weeks ago
As former Beatle Record Co. employee(no names) I acquired tons of rare Beatle audio.This sounds like John. I have hours of tapes of John jamming on guitar barking @ Sean, a LOT of rare bootlegs and this slots right in there with them. Listen to the outtakes on the Anthology CD set and you'll hear John off pitch ALL the time.... c'mon people...what would be the point of faking a crappy old tape sound with an obscure J & P song abandoned to Peter & Gordon while singing EXACTLY like John Lennon???
cuda426hemi 1 month ago
Silly...
viceisthename 1 month ago
Yeah, it's John, just wanky!...Remember that millions thought Lady Madonna was Ringo and THAT's what started the "Paul is Dead" bullshit. But all it was is that Paul had them speed up the tape so he could track his vocal to a higher pitch, then when slowed down, his voice dropped an interval or two. Listen to the "edges" and "angst"...that's JOHN.
Tomaji69 1 month ago
Anyone who actually believes this is John Lennon is stupid. There, I said it.
rnrscrapbook 1 month ago 2
juanbeatle...you are correct, that is not John Lennon!
Beatleone 1 month ago
do you want to no a secret...top so how come (no one loves me)..look these songs up and then say its not lennon...
bonzo13cook 3 months ago
@bonzo13cook John didn't sing either of those songs, that was George on both.
beatlesammiches 2 months ago
Yes this is John Lennon.
bonzo13cook 3 months ago
not john......end of story!
RacerX1013 3 months ago
Not Lennon. Obvious. He ALWAYS SANG IN PITCH!!! When you sing most of your life, you kind of 'Get It'!
TheFulllengthmirror 3 months ago
you know John Lennon was always kidding maybe is this just one of his jokes...
i recognized him especially on the end.. and sound at the start is his too
spg1211 3 months ago
@spg1211 and the microphone can do everything with voice..
spg1211 3 months ago
Ugh... WTF!? I hate when people post stuff claiming to be by The BEatles only to find that it's a trying hard knock-off! This doesn't even sound anywhere near like John at all!
bwerx 4 months ago
I can't believe that it's John. What a shit.
txemata1 4 months ago
This is TERRIBLE. It's certainlly not John -- or any other Beatle. And yes, this is a Paul song.
billpranty 5 months ago
and that was John Lennon speeking to you with his voice...(0L0)
bonzo13cook 6 months ago
This talentless poser doesn't even have a British accent! Who do you think you're fooling?!
JooVeeLee 6 months ago
no way is this John
MrBLUEEYESUK 6 months ago
Lol, this doesn't even sound like lennon
tuippe4 7 months ago
"I have no reason to doubt it"? Sorry, here are at least two good reasons. John Lennon could sing in tune and could actually play the guitar, he didn't just hit the strings like a child having a tantrum. Even if he was extremely drunk at the time, he could never have sounded as awful as this. If you didn't create this rubbish yourself, you should at least have had the decency to destroy it.
realist7250 7 months ago
It's not John. It's so obvious.
rocharua 7 months ago
please remove this, it's not John Lennon.
hwanj 8 months ago
1:48 wtf???
therotiv4 8 months ago
This is Lennon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 98%
Zagadkin1972 8 months ago
@Zagadkin1972 You must be deaf-not even close
thenowuk 5 months ago
from which beatles bootleg is this?
Holms 8 months ago
its obviously John any die hard Beatles or John fan would know that
billywhitewolf 8 months ago
@billywhitewolf Hahaha. You can't be serious.
JGuildersleeve 8 months ago
this is john, if you disagree, well you obviously dont listen to the beatles very much, no big deal.
mike773240 8 months ago
@mike773240 youre right. its a raw song(freshly written) without the vocals being worked out. john's not trying to sing well.he is just demonstrating the song in the studio.that's all
holadonkey 1 week ago
This is definitely John Lennon because of the intonation of the voice. Anybody who knows John's voice well will not even dispute this fact. The problem nowadays is that people's ears have largely been trained to hear 'perfection' in modern recordings. This demo has been taped on reel-to-reel and therefore of poor quality. John isn't trying very hard to maintain key, just setting the canvas.He always had trouble with certain higher notes (listen to the outtakes of I Should Have known better etc.)
freemanlee1 9 months ago
I don't think it is john
uselessjoe 9 months ago
You dick. Its not John Lennon.
Ettoredipugnar 9 months ago
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this is NOT john.....
martinguerra101 9 months ago
John doesn't sing flat as shit.
enkibumbu 9 months ago
He could have been still just working on the song at the time. At that point in any writers creative process, its not how it sounds... as that can all be ironed out later. Its about first establishing the songs foundation. OR he could just be wasted? lol
hofnerman1 10 months ago
@ooops2u your right
basti6 10 months ago
either it isn't john - or he deeply, whole-heartedly hates it - and for a very very good reason
wojiaokatya 10 months ago
Good Lord.
rachcc4 10 months ago
As this song was written by Paul McCartney , why would Lennon being making a demo of it? Anyone with half an ear can tell it's not him singing in any case...
pawnkingthree 10 months ago
no noisy voice... not john
sneakerino 10 months ago
I would say it's 100% John lennon, even down to the guitar struming. Without a doubt. Just think of songs that they refined, like Anna Go To Him, there is that roughness of tone, and don't forget this is a demo. By the way, it's quite a vocal range in there! Definitely John.
Well done for finding it
winemeister 11 months ago
It's not John or Paul it's sounds like sombody goofing around made up a tape in there garage.
dondude35 11 months ago
not is this john.--.this song was compuesed by lennon and mccartney for peter and gordon..
victorecr1992 11 months ago
Ha! John can barely breath or even sing in this! It's almost like it isn't him! The guitar playing is also ridiculously wrong sounding....John would never play the way this tool did.
MacWillyFortunes 1 year ago
This is rubish. That´s not John and it´s a horrible song. Go get facts before or you may end up looking like a fool again.
beatlesexpert 1 year ago
I am sure. This is NOT JOhn Lennon. No way, no how, no time. If it was I would have enjoyed it and listened all the way through.
dmanbass 1 year ago
thii john lennon composition
chris48able 1 year ago
this is not john
juanbeatle1 1 year ago 4
@juanbeatle1 I beg to differ. It could be. Don't forget it's a rough demo and it certainly has that John Lennon sound especially where he drops an octave when he couldn't reach the high part, John used to do that a lot.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nobody I Know is a song by Paul McCartney (attributed to Lennon/McCartney), recorded by Peter and Gordon in 1964.
LordEizen 1 year ago
this is perry como
TheObladee 1 year ago 3
Блин...Определённо Леннон! Если и не он,то голос обалденно похож...Нет у кого аудиотрека?
Zagadkin1972 1 year ago
this is not Lennon
Adonai87 1 year ago
Busted! This is not Lennon. What are you trying to put over us?!
libraryquiet 1 year ago
also sounds kinda like arctic monkeys xD i like this demo better than the studio version.. ok ill shut up now.. sry u.u
LordEizen 1 year ago
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nobody I Know is a song by Paul McCartney (attributed to Lennon/McCartney), recorded by Peter and Gordon in 1964.
LordEizen 1 year ago
WAIT!! MAYBE THATS HOW JOHN SOUNDS NOW!!! PROOF THAT HE IS ALIVE?? :D
LordEizen 1 year ago
kinda sounds like john but is not.. only paul could tell
LordEizen 1 year ago
THATS JOHN LENNON
chris48able 1 year ago
LOL this doesn't sound ANYTHING like John!
mistaguitarmasta 1 year ago
well it's probably not Lennon, but it's still a good song ^^
Ingridthepoet 1 year ago
Cheap try!!!! You think you can get past the veteran fans?
amalialovesicecream 1 year ago
ain't john esp considering the accent - and yes, they lent songs to the stones incl I Wanna be Your Man which Jagger sings on the Anthology (can't stand his cover, or him in general, in actual fact)
wojiaokatya 1 year ago
ain't john esp considering the US accent
wojiaokatya 1 year ago
ain't john
wojiaokatya 1 year ago
It IS Lennon singing: circa 1979-1980 he recorded many demos on simple cassette, playing accoustic guitar/piano ("music box" on some). He sometimes slipped into an old song that he liked or had written for someone else = he commited to tape songs like "Cathy's clown" (Everly Brothers), "Only the lonely" (Roy Orbison), "Nobody I know" and "I'm in love", two songs that he wrote for Billy J. Kramer, 20 years ealier. Some of his released demos from that era sound just like this one !
PatMomo 1 year ago
@PatMomo John didn't write this. Paul did.
dachille1 1 year ago
Sounds like Julian maybe....but not John.
markmvt 1 year ago
Yes, it's John - no doubt about it.
Tomaji69 1 year ago
Ha! Sorry. Not John Lennon
Revelator2025 1 year ago
@ooops2u No, its John ! However, its a lousy recording so what do you expect ??
mrstevehartman 1 year ago
@mrstevehartman Its not John. Its not just a lousy recording, its a lousy vocal performance.
dachille1 1 year ago
Not only is this very flat and off-key, it lacks John's very unique and characteristic vocal sound, his angst and his"edge". I would be very, very surprised if this were John.
Cozycriter 1 year ago
crap!!not lennon!
julbez 1 year ago
Sounds like a drunk John rehearsing
thezidman 1 year ago
DEFINITELY NOT JOHN!!!! (neither Paul ofc lol)
BeatlEPMJo 1 year ago
This is Julian Lennon amming to the old Lennon and McCartney song..This is not John singing
smasherhits 1 year ago
this is not John
OMightyMe 1 year ago
John's working things out on a cassette or old R2R recorder. Rough tapes, not really a "demo". He and Paul wrote, then put something down on tape to remember it, like many songwriters....otherwise might forget it. This was maybe the first recording of the song concept just as he was writing it - maybe he and Paul were both working on it, or just him.
Tomaji69 1 year ago
@Tomaji69 songwriters don't have to record to remember.. think about it..
if you have to record something to remeber it can't be very good...
Znarus 1 year ago
@Znarus - you're not a songwriter, I can tell....or you would record your ideas one way or another....writing it down on paper IS recording it by the way. But, making a tape recording is a very good idea, because no matter how good it is, you'll forget it (especially if you're smoking pot, which John was all the time). Yes, this is John doing just that...a first pass at a new song. 98% of Beatle's stuff is very rough recordings....we just got the final good stuff, of course.
Tomaji69 1 year ago
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@Tomaji69 well. I'm kind of a songwriter. I do write little songs. They are
not very good, but.. And I don't record to remember. But I don't smoke pot. :)
But you are probaly right. Most songwriters record their ideas.
"if you have to record something to remeber it can't be very good..." was a qout
from Benny Andersson of Abba fame..
Znarus 1 year ago
@Znarus - Ever heard of marijuana? Doesn't matter how "good" the melody is, if you don't record it somehow, there's a VERY good chance it will fall into the abyss of forgotten land. Ask some other songwriters...you must know some. I know dozens and we all agree....record it or lose it.
Tomaji69 1 year ago
WTF!!!???
singray7 1 year ago
Not Lennon. End of story.
crowley24 1 year ago
it is john in the bathroom playing it for the echo effect - as to which one wrote it i have no idea
DRLUCKYT 1 year ago
Sounds like Julian.
Tonicbubbler 1 year ago
not lennon it sucks it's paul's song
jntdavis97 1 year ago
i have the chords for this in one of my music books for school and it says its a lennon/mcCartney song i hadent heard of it either but thats just what it says in the book its called listen to music
calvery28 1 year ago
Fake......do your own shit.
And get a tuning fork.
Interview1998 1 year ago
Nobody I know (Lennon--McCartney)
Single by Peter and Gordon, May 1964.
written by lennon/mccartney...but sung by peter and gordon
jakesmoge 1 year ago
People just love to get attention.
beerborn 1 year ago
conterfit shite
103121 1 year ago
possibly him idk he voice coulve changed he couldve been drunk im not saying yes or no
unemployedyouth123 1 year ago
this is not john lennon!! nice try
pamelapy 1 year ago
Sounds like Julian Lennon (drunk)
lrsmith 1 year ago
this is diffinetly not john lennon
stovepipe51 1 year ago
idiotic
stormcats2 1 year ago
@ooops2u Hell, no, when you listen to this whole song....it's Not John Lennon - for sure! I mean like, hell No! Are you kidding?
Usia55 1 year ago
FUCKING FAKE
epiphonejapan 1 year ago
Although I strongly suspected this wasn't John after giving a listen, I decided to run the song through my Vocalizer 2000 and tried to match it up to Lennon songs from 1960, 1961, 1963 and 1965. It was not a match.
mad4wrecks 1 year ago
whoa no way. totally wants to be john though.
shitabrick 1 year ago
Peter and Gordon more like
fullflop 1 year ago
narr not john
fullflop 1 year ago
FAKE (and horrible, after all)
Tanopeligroso 1 year ago
It sounds like John to me.
wilsondylanmccartney 1 year ago
sounds more-like GARY BRIGHT
thePharoah90086 1 year ago
@ooops2u Twist and shout isn't a good example. John was sick and the studio said they either record it or it doesn't get put on the album so thats why John has that raspy voice in Twist and shout. But I do agree I dont think it's John either.
Natethomasall4billy 1 year ago
vnot lennon ... voice not nozy enough!
sneakerino 1 year ago
he sounds like he has to go to the toilet
LOL
luciferion2000 1 year ago
This is not John Lennon!
randagiove 1 year ago 6
THIS GREAT.. ITS NOT JOHN LENNON BUT i LOVE THE GUITAR SOUND AND STYLE GREAT VOCALS TOO
sunriseRISE 1 year ago
this should be banned from youtube!
gazuaman 1 year ago 7
No way that's John Lennon!!!
Andremichaels55 1 year ago 2
yikes. Def not young John
faulconandsnowjob 2 years ago
Hear an amazing version of this song and others (composed but never released by the Beatles), that far surpasses this fake. "Off the Beatle Track" by Apple Jam released 09-09-09. Find them on the web at offthebeatletrack
55Happy 2 years ago
Lenin maybe - b
bellsmyre49 2 years ago
Phoney .Not Lennon
Vazmusic 2 years ago 4
THATS TERRIBLE JOHN
caliopie45 2 years ago
Nope not Lennon as it was one of three songs written for them by just Paul McCartney,
Nobody I Know /You Don't Have To Tell Me Released in the UK on May 29, 1964 by Columbia Records - record Number DB7292
hofnerman1 2 years ago 2
"Them" meaning Peter and Gordon
hofnerman1 2 years ago
Sounds like practice stuff done in the Dakota. This is the voice of an older Lennon; not something done in the early sixty's!
fbrieden 2 years ago
to fbrieden: I think it "is" lennon.....and I also agree with you....It was probably from a much later era than the song. The strumming and tone of the guitar is very "lennon"
inkey2 1 year ago
To my ears this sounds like an american putting on a british accent.......deffo not lennon anyway....he wouldnt be struggling in the range department on such a simple song.
princeofthemods69 2 years ago 8
I agree. He sounds American, and has no range.
So much isn't Lennon, it's kinda sad we're even talking about it.
ronson232 2 years ago 2
Sounds like Julian Lennon his son by Cynthia.
oconnorteresa 11 months ago
If YOU think this is John Lennon then you need you are WRONG. If YOU think this is some sad attention starved sub-standard guitar player then you are CORRECT...
Sideyone 2 years ago 2
I don't think it's Lennon...compare the voice to other authentic Lennon demos and you can hear the difference.
OrisLover 2 years ago 2
My take on this is, He is practising for the duet. It is a very difficult score. Recording it then playing it back. He will see how well he is doing. Notice at the end, his part is different than Pauls for harmonizing.
JOHNDEEBANK 2 years ago
If Lennon sang with a nasally whine while trying to go grunties on the toilet, then yeah, it sounds just like him!
franzy1 2 years ago
@franzy1 LOL You kill me!!!
doglips1958 2 years ago
not not not lennon for sure
goldenslumbers81 2 years ago 4
its clearly NOT Lennon, and its Pauls song by the way
kuba0maruszczyk 2 years ago 2
is alfalfa!!!!
xilingo 2 years ago
Nothing about it is Lennon
westfield90 2 years ago 2
the voice sounds nowt like lennon all hu think r avin thm selfs on
S6jrprods 2 years ago
It cannot be John Lennon singing a McCartney composition which McCa gave away to Peter & Gordon to record. And in case people don't know, many of the songs created individually by Lennon or McCartney during their Beatles days were always credited to Lennon-McCartney because that's their agreement. Proof? 'Yesterday' was composed solely by Paul but credited to Lennon-McCartney. Inversely, 'Strawberry Fields Forever' was composed solely by John but still credited to Lennon-McCartney.
derequwc 2 years ago 2
@derequwc - ya'll don't know how L&M worked....one of them usually was the primary writer of a song and then presented it to the other for additions/editing/approval prior to it being called finished and BOTH names went on it. There was always something that was "fixed" or added by the other. There was one song that Paul wrote that when John heard it he said "That's done" and that was "Yesterday". Yes, Paul wrote this one, then John messed with it a bit...this is him doing that perhaps.
Tomaji69 1 year ago
@Tomaji69
Of course I know how the Lennon/McCartney team worked! Modesty aside you can give me any song from the L&M catalog and I will tell you accurately who was the primary writer of this or that song...or if a song was singly written by just one of them but credited to both. Wanna try me? Anyway, this one ('Nobody I Know), just like 'World Without Love', is a purely Paul McCartney composition which the Beatles did not decide to record but instead given to Peter & Gordon to record.
derequwc 1 year ago
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at least, this song created by Lennon that for sure.. but voice and guitar strumming sounds amazingly similar to John.
Look for authoring on the back of the cover of this peter and gordon SP =) it's written there that this song created by lennon and mccartney =)
What about demos like I'm in love?
Holms 2 years ago
this is obviously not john. anyone that says otherwise is obviously stupid or a troll.
lucasiskewl 2 years ago 6
hahahaha my friend is obviously that your not a beatle fan you should to know more about Beatles ...
alcavazzi 2 years ago
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I can imagine Lennon doing this in the Dakota during his hermit era. Maybe he had a cold. The pitch is off but the tonality sounds a lot like Lennon. I would not completely write it off as fake. Also the strumming is reminiscent of Lennon while he was fiddling with lyrics. Could be he was just recalling some oldies while propped on the pillow with his little reel to reel.
galidune 2 years ago
I am always amazed at how people fall for this type of bullshit! Wake up idiots.
JamesMotz 2 years ago 5
This song is by Paul Mccartney
bonjovifans 2 years ago 6
It's Klaatu!
blarefax 2 years ago 5
its somebody holding his nose trying to sound like lennon
seaaaaaaaaa 2 years ago 4
Definitely Not John Lennon... The Beatles never recorded this, they just gave the lyrics away to Peter & Gordan and, the 1970's Dakota theory has no basis... No Beatles authors ever mentioned that, it wasn't in John's diary, and, not even any website has anything to support that hypothesis. Plus, your video recently ended up on a list of Beatles Fakes, where it will remain in infamy forever as a fake. This is a poor cover version, that's it. Shalom.
CompleatBeatles 2 years ago 5
@CompleatBeatles - L.M didn't give ANYTHING away...other groups (especially Peter Asher, who's sister Paul was wanking) were lined up to have L/M songs and George Martin produce them...tons of hits for EMI, Martin and L/M. Dozens of such songs really, for different artists...Badfinger, P&G, Jerry and the Pacemakers, Mary Hopkin, Billy J. Kramer, The Rolling Stones, etc. etc..
Tomaji69 1 year ago
@Tomaji69
No, you're not quite accurate. The truth is, L&M did give away some of their songs. Take "I Wanna Be Your Man" which was recorded by the Stones. That just came quite by accident (not lined up, mind you) when Jagger & Richard were running out of materials to record and just happened to hang around with L&M who promptly wrote it on the spot and gave it to them. "Come And Get It" also was not lined up, it was given to Badfinger to record at a time when the Beatles were disbanding.
derequwc 1 year ago
@derequwc - They never "gave them away"...they owned them as songwriters & Northern Songs had the publishing. I Wanna Hold Your Hand was written by Paul earlier & L/M finished it at a Stone's practice. Mick asked them for a song so maybe the Stones could get good chart action...Stone's FIRST hit in London (#12) - a huge boost to launch the Stones career. The Beatles covered it with Ringo singing, so he'd have a vocal on Album #1 - I LOVE Ringo's vocal of this & I think it ROCKS as Ringo's best.
Tomaji69 1 year ago
@Tomaji69
Of course they retained the songwriters credits. When I wrote they "gave them away", I only meant they allowed other artists to record their songs instead of them doing it. 'World Without Love' (whose lyrics Lennon thought was silly), 'Nobody I Know', 'Woman' (to Peter & Gordon), 'Step Inside Love' (to Cilla Black), 'Come And Get It (to Badfinger) are some of those they "gave away". (Note: Northern Songs don't own the publishing rights no more, Michael Jackson and Sony Corp do.)
derequwc 1 year ago
@derequwc What? The Beatles gave the song to the Stones to record it, but John and Paul still retained the publishing rights and gave it to Ringo to record The Beatles version. They didn't "give" the song away as you state it, but gave it to the Stones to record so they could have a hit with it, which they did. It's still a Lennon/McCartney song.
dougalmac54 1 year ago
@dougalmac54
That's precisely what I meant ! They "gave" it away (loaned it, if you will) to the Stones just to record; L&M still retained the songwriting credit and yes, it's still their song. In fact The Beatles recorded it too, with Ringo as the lead singer. Let's not get confused by the word "gave" here. I did not mean L&M gave away the publishing rights or the songwriting credit.
derequwc 1 year ago
this doesn't really sound like john lennon to me at all.
Beatles4President 2 years ago 12
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Definitely John!
lonedrone 2 years ago
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I believe this is John in the Dakota reminiscing an old Beatle song that they gave away, possibly to Peter and Gordon.
birthling 2 years ago
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hey! it is john
historicbloke 2 years ago
this is not John Lennon, no doubts
grandegi 2 years ago 5
This is not John lennon
sloanprince 2 years ago 5
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cool!
RIchardEPfeifer 2 years ago
It sounds more like Julian Lennon than John. Either way, I seriously doubt it's either one.
eplouie 2 years ago 5
de ninguna manera es la voz de Lennon, era mas nasal y aguda, casi chillona, es te, si acaso es alguno del dueto Peter and Gordon.
Descanse en paz Gordon Woller.
LetyMcCartney 2 years ago
Definitely not John.
DayTripper12880 2 years ago 3
this is not John Lennon.
It might be John Schwartz but it is not John Lennon
winstonthefan 2 years ago 2
Sounds like someone trying to copy Lennon in an exaggerated 'British accent' fasion.
tamioftroy 2 years ago 4
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This sounds like it is a song "under construction" The "middle eight" is completely different from the middle part of the Peter and Gordon version. IMO; this is a recording of 'Nobody I know' in the larva stage. It sure as hell sounds like Lennon....especially the comical quality at the end...
billybee53 2 years ago
No fucking way that's John. That's terrible.
sdcalaca 2 years ago 3
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It`s John for sure, no mistaking that voice, must remember, it didn`t have the benefits of studio "magic" at the time. Very raw performance, but very interesting as well.
Sparky1002 2 years ago
Wrong, it's not John. There are countless of recordings of him without "the benefit of studio magic," and he sounds great in all of them. The Beatles never needed studio magic, they just needed a tape recorder. This doesn't sound good, therefore it's not John. End of story. I've never heard him not sound good.
superman11978 2 years ago 2
@superman11978 - No he doesn't...John sounds lousy on a lot of pre-final tracks...he wanks out a lot and strains for this note or that word, until he gets it right, or closer, as he's learning it. Listen to more Beatle outtakes and John's cassette recordings at his piano. It's true with most writers...no need to worry of getting it right if it's a "slop" recording just for making notes or practice...this was never intended for release to the public. It's John wanking around - get over it.
Tomaji69 1 year ago
Sparky, sorry mate but that is not John Lennon. There is a mistaking of that voice cause you just did it
winstonthefan 2 years ago
not Lennon
jaredgetsacookie 2 years ago 5
lol John Lennon ?? this ? noway, John was never out of tune, and it's clearly not his voice anyway. Changing that title would be a good idea. Or even better, delete that crap ?
nehansan 2 years ago
@nehansan - John was never out of tune??? Are you kidding? He wanked out tons of times in early takes of stuff...you need to study this more...listen to Beatle outtakes on bootlegs. John had great edge, but horrible range, so he strained a lot before he managed to get things right for a final take.
Tomaji69 1 year ago