John & Yoko believed they were the re-incarnations of Victorian poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barret Browning. On the very last page of his diary for 1980 he copied the verse 'Grow old with me, the best is yet to be' from Browning's Rabbi Ben Ezra. Interesting.
Had Lennon lived to record this properly we would have another standard by which people would be proposing to and getting married to. Killing John Lennon was like killing Mozart or a great artist that comes along once every few hundred years.
The best is yet to be.... this is just to sad, I love it but i makes me cry because we couldn't grow old with him.. I guess we did grow old with his music. Love ya John...
@JamesTKirkCobain You don't know what the hell you're talking about. Paul McCartney is a fantastic songwriter, vocalist, and performer. Is he as good of a songwriter as Lennon? No. But Lennon is a songwriting talent that comes along once or twice in a generation. The only songwriter on par with Lennon is Bob Dylan. McCartney is a fantastic artist.
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Paul McCartney could never write a song like this in a million years. Dude was and is a fraud. As soon as he broke up with Lennon he hasn't written one single good song since, and he walks around demanding everyone kiss his ass. VEGGIE VEGGIE. F you douchbag. All that Band on the run stuff, Live and let die, was all leftovers Lennon helped him with. Once that ran out and he was on his own, the real McCartney was exposed. Then you got retarded shit like "The Girl is mine" and "Ebony and Ivory
@JamesTKirkCobain Look man, I don't know what your beef with Paul is, but listen to "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard". Its the best thing he's ever done and one of my favorite albums. I will readily admit, however, that 80's were certainly a creative dry-spell for him. But he's done good stuff in the other decades. You really should give him a chance!
@JamesTKirkCobain Think you'll find Paul had a major impact on Johns song writing and development in the late 50s and early 60s, John even said "Ive only ever asked two people to work with me Yoko & Paul. I hate ignorant dumb fucks like you.
I came of age with John Lennon and his music in the 60's. How sad that we all couldn't all "grow older" with him after December 8, 1980. Senseless killing..!! I miss him - R.I.P John.
Beautiful song and wondeful acoustic demo. I never heard this demo until this video. Yeah that moment when he was killed was senseless. Let's hope one day that fat ass motherfucker that killed John will be dead. Anyway RIP John. We Love You!
@MARKGPL If you don't take it to personal, we still do grow older, with the living and the death. To grow older is a lives mission, we just don't know how long we may grow older on earth.
well technically it was those who control the FBI, and the rest of our government. I personally don't think most things that happen these is spontaneous...short of natural body functions(but hey, those have been altered as well, hmm)
Yes, its amazing the quality of the "new" tapes, It was published recently on a bootleg called "At Home" , check here for more info and listen: bigozine2 (dot) com/roio/?p=151
No puedo creerlo, siento que es un sueño... amo esta canción y siempre me lamenté el hecho de conocer la única y difusa grabación con el piano... esta "nueva" demo es muy dulce y tiene un sonido increíble... gracias por subirla, y gracias John por seguir regalándonos tanta belleza musical.
I can't believe it, feel it is a dream ... I love this song and I always lamented the fact the only known piano recording was so fuzzy and unclear ... this "new" demo is very sweet and has an incredible sound ... thanks for upload, and thankyou John for keep on giving us such beautiful music.
Forever nna tk
deivymezacl 1 month ago
What a beautiful song !
ravingrudolph 2 months ago
JOHN TA DERNIERE EST LA PLUS TROUBLANTE ET TRES EMOUVANTE !!!
9115262 2 months ago
@maripocita37 youtube.comSLASHzigzagbirds are pretty good, and look up some beatles covers too, youtube is the new radio :P
jetjdsimon 4 months ago
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John & Yoko believed they were the re-incarnations of Victorian poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barret Browning. On the very last page of his diary for 1980 he copied the verse 'Grow old with me, the best is yet to be' from Browning's Rabbi Ben Ezra. Interesting.
dutchgoing 4 months ago
i love the acoustic guitar on this song.
ravingrudolph 4 months ago
Indeed it was very beautiful song but i just wandered what brought him to write this song?As if he knew his fate?and he cant wait to live long?
i sing the song for my wife....
bobit1968 4 months ago 5
the best is yet to be john :)
ifelmar89 5 months ago
"Grow Old With Me" is all the more poignant as it was the very last song John Lennon ever recorded...
gazzymodo 6 months ago
Beautiful, one of John's most beautiful songs.
stevenjackson1958 8 months ago
i love you john! you ARE amazing, xxx
TheLunaFace 9 months ago
♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥
YERBLUES87 10 months ago
Wow... How many beautiful, mind-boggling, cosmic songs did we lose on December 8th, 1980?
cpouls 10 months ago 9
@cpouls So so many ;....(
sbbinahee 8 months ago
John Lennon is my favorite songwriter of all-time period, always, since i was a kid. I knew it since i heard about him the first time.
PhillyDippy5 10 months ago
Had Lennon lived to record this properly we would have another standard by which people would be proposing to and getting married to. Killing John Lennon was like killing Mozart or a great artist that comes along once every few hundred years.
maripocita37 1 year ago 5
@maripocita37 very well said. I believe John is the greatest human being that ever lived sometimes.
TheNicholas0202 10 months ago 2
@maripocita37 I STILL USED THIS AT MY WEDDING !
phillyguy672 10 months ago
@phillyguy672 Awwwww, that's so sweet!
maripocita37 10 months ago
@maripocita37 i think great artists come every decade, we just don't know it yet
jetjdsimon 4 months ago 2
@jetjdsimon I hope you're right, but I when I turn on the radio it tells me something different. :/
maripocita37 4 months ago
@maripocita37 The Sheepdogs and The Black keys are Good Bands
sleepyredmoose 2 months ago
john lennon's music makes me happy
jugeds 1 year ago 2
john. god bless your love.
aleartha16 1 year ago
fuck,never heard this version before,this is so much nicer than the piano version!
HomerShipman 1 year ago
The best is yet to be.... this is just to sad, I love it but i makes me cry because we couldn't grow old with him.. I guess we did grow old with his music. Love ya John...
deewkay1 1 year ago
Listen to my acoustic version, hmpfdroop on youtube, for John !
hmpfdroop 1 year ago
I need to find this album!!!
skipxor 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain You don't know what the hell you're talking about. Paul McCartney is a fantastic songwriter, vocalist, and performer. Is he as good of a songwriter as Lennon? No. But Lennon is a songwriting talent that comes along once or twice in a generation. The only songwriter on par with Lennon is Bob Dylan. McCartney is a fantastic artist.
Yankeesfan924 1 year ago
Wow, I never knew there was a guitar version of this track! Better vocals here! Thanks for sharing.
jonsol 1 year ago
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Paul McCartney could never write a song like this in a million years. Dude was and is a fraud. As soon as he broke up with Lennon he hasn't written one single good song since, and he walks around demanding everyone kiss his ass. VEGGIE VEGGIE. F you douchbag. All that Band on the run stuff, Live and let die, was all leftovers Lennon helped him with. Once that ran out and he was on his own, the real McCartney was exposed. Then you got retarded shit like "The Girl is mine" and "Ebony and Ivory
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain Look man, I don't know what your beef with Paul is, but listen to "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard". Its the best thing he's ever done and one of my favorite albums. I will readily admit, however, that 80's were certainly a creative dry-spell for him. But he's done good stuff in the other decades. You really should give him a chance!
PookaDude42 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain Think you'll find Paul had a major impact on Johns song writing and development in the late 50s and early 60s, John even said "Ive only ever asked two people to work with me Yoko & Paul. I hate ignorant dumb fucks like you.
Christohart7 1 year ago
Totally Stunning Cheers for post
hanayo9 1 year ago
his writing skills on those songs touch each and every second of my life
-paolo cruz
selim2026 1 year ago
what about barack obama and britney spears in tags?
k0stil 1 year ago 2
@k0stil haha
YazitaShaki 1 year ago
Please i want to hera the all song with no stop thank you
cafesanluis 1 year ago
where can i get this album?
asd910ddm 1 year ago
This would be banned today because it has the words "god bless" which is against the law.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain no u dumbshit u'r like 12 years old arnt u?!
they would only ban it if it was for political or public educational purposes!
u stupid hippy!
papasmurf2013 1 year ago
god bless our love
a39hall 1 year ago
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MrAllan83 2 years ago
Gorgeous.
goldenlady1983 2 years ago
i love you karissa ann.
grow old with me.
jointroll 2 years ago
I came of age with John Lennon and his music in the 60's. How sad that we all couldn't all "grow older" with him after December 8, 1980. Senseless killing..!! I miss him - R.I.P John.
MARKGPL 2 years ago 58
Beautiful song and wondeful acoustic demo. I never heard this demo until this video. Yeah that moment when he was killed was senseless. Let's hope one day that fat ass motherfucker that killed John will be dead. Anyway RIP John. We Love You!
marv0385 2 years ago
@MARKGPL His killing was BULLSHIT! Fuck the motherfucker that shot him!
He still grows old with us in our hearts!
RIP John
dwryt12 1 year ago
@MARKGPL If you don't take it to personal, we still do grow older, with the living and the death. To grow older is a lives mission, we just don't know how long we may grow older on earth.
zilverenmist 8 months ago
@MARKGPL
unfortunately a 'planned killing'...
ZOMBIELANDakaUSA 4 months ago
@ZOMBIELANDakaUSA I blame the FBI
HaifischDoktor 4 months ago
@HaifischDoktor
well technically it was those who control the FBI, and the rest of our government. I personally don't think most things that happen these is spontaneous...short of natural body functions(but hey, those have been altered as well, hmm)
ZOMBIELANDakaUSA 4 months ago
Pure beauty and genius.
maxwall7755 2 years ago 2
Brings a tear to my eye every time.
His very best song, in my opinion.
cliffburton4ever 2 years ago 24
Where can I get this "at home" bootleg!??
comeonfuckingcunt 2 years ago 3
@comeonfuckingcunt mp3raid . com ;D
papasmurf2013 1 year ago
where can i buy this cd ?
jonneyd 2 years ago
Write me a letter!
JohnPaul0livier 2 years ago
What a achingly beautiful song.
casperld 2 years ago
WHERE CAN BUY CD
humadeus 2 years ago
Where can I buy this?
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spinalcrackerbox 2 years ago
What a great find!!! Never heard the guitar version!!
Thanks!!
bigpaul1980 2 years ago 2
Is this really John singing?
larrytobias 3 years ago
Yes, its amazing the quality of the "new" tapes, It was published recently on a bootleg called "At Home" , check here for more info and listen: bigozine2 (dot) com/roio/?p=151
nowheremanlaplata 2 years ago 2
Absolutely it is.
spinalcrackerbox 2 years ago
No puedo creerlo, siento que es un sueño... amo esta canción y siempre me lamenté el hecho de conocer la única y difusa grabación con el piano... esta "nueva" demo es muy dulce y tiene un sonido increíble... gracias por subirla, y gracias John por seguir regalándonos tanta belleza musical.
nowheremanlaplata 3 years ago 2
I can't believe it, feel it is a dream ... I love this song and I always lamented the fact the only known piano recording was so fuzzy and unclear ... this "new" demo is very sweet and has an incredible sound ... thanks for upload, and thankyou John for keep on giving us such beautiful music.
nowheremanlaplata 3 years ago 3