I just listened to chuck berry's version of this for the first time without knowing about this lennon shit and as I was listenin i said hold up... wtf... Y did i just start singin come together??? Got my answer now. and just 2 throw my 2 cents in.. the beetles were good but u don't get sued for shit that ain't stolen.. he stole it. Get over it
If John himself sad he used Chuck's song, could he not undestand that more than 70 % of Come together is You Can't Catch Me. When I first listen Rock and Roll album I never heard Chuck Berry (due to iron curtain of USSR :-)) and I though - "what a strange version of come together". Other case is Me sweet lord by George. He never admitted He's so fine by Chiffon inspired him
OH "I BET YOU" NEVER KNEW THAT THE BEATELS-JOHN LENNON GOT THE SOUND RYTHUM AT 0:39 FROM THE JACKSON 5'S !! "I BET YOU" SONG.LISTEN TO IT AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS SONG AT 0:39 SOUNDS IDENTICAL TO THE JACKSON 5'S "I BET YOU" SONG.JACKSON 5 "I BET YOU" SONG WAS IN 1970 ABC ALBUM, THIS SONG IS FROM THE "ROOTS" ALBUM 1975, IT'S A WONDER WHY HE CALLED IT "ROOTS" BECAUSE A LOT OF HIS RYTHUMS AND SOUNDS ARE ROOTED FROM OTHER'S SONGS-MAYBE.ANYWAYS JOHN L. IS STILL THE BEST AND HAD GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC
OH "I BET YOU" NEVER KNEW THAT THE BEATELS-JOHN LENNON GOT THE SOUND RYTHUM AT 0:39 FROM THE JACKSON 5'S !! "IBET YOU" SONG. LISTEN TO IT AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS SONG AT0:39 SOUNDS IDENTICAL TO THE JACKSON 5'S "I BET YOU" SONG. JACKSON 5 "I BET YOU" SONG WAS IN 1070 ABC ALBUM, THIS SONG IS FROM THE "ROOTS" ALBUM 1975, IT'S A WONDER WHY HE CALLED IT "ROOTS" BECAUSE A LOT OF HIS RYTHUMS AND SOUNDS ARE ROOTED FROM OTHERS SONGS-MAYBE. ANYWAYS JOHN L. IS STILL THE BEST AND HAD GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC
BEATELS GOT THE TUNE FROM CHUCKS BERRY'S "YOU CAN'T CATCH ME" VERSE: "Here come a flat-top, he was movin' up" AND EVEN NAMED THE SONG AFTER CHUCK BERRY'S "YOU CAN'T CATCH ME". HE MUST OF REALLY LIKED CHUCK BERRY A LOT.
@MAGICO240 THAT'S WHAT I SAID, AND ON TOP OF THAT THE TUNE OF THE WHOLE SONG CAME FROM ONE OF CHUCK BERRY'S VERSES Here come a flat-top, he was movin' up "YOU CANT' CATCH ME" SONG, LOL.
JOHN LENNON REALLY MUST OF REALLY LIKED THAT PARTICULAR CERSE TO MAKE TWO ENTIRE SONGS TO SOUND LIKE THAT ONE VERSE, WOW. BUT I HAVE TO SAY JOHN LENNON HAD GOOD TASTE AND WAS VERY TALENTED AND THAT'S WHY MANY MANY PEOPLE LIKED HIM AND THE REST OF THE BEATLES INCLUDING MJ.
John wrote "Come Together" and used a couple lyrics from chuck Berry's song. Lol, what the hell is wrong with that?! John wrote come together and was the coolest song writer and rock star ever!
@dubbly1 there was a big legal hassle over that [thats why this record was pulled] john was sued for plagarism by levy who owned roulette records and song publishing for chuck berry and frankie lymon he was co owners witht the mafia read tommy james book john sued back over unathorized release of unfinished tracks.
@dubbly1 John knows what he did. He knew full well he stole it. But said he was only trying to pay tribute. He settled out of court and also agreed to record 3 other Berry songs ( This is one ). But he only recorded 2 and got sued again and had to pay up again. Yeah, he was really cool.NOT.It wasn't the lyrics it was the melody.He slowed it down, Paul added a great bass, best part of the song.John cashed in.
@BonelessSausage don't forget George's guitar solo and guitar outro! OK, they sound similer but not that close. The only part that is the same is the rythm and the "here come old flatop" verse.
@dubbly1 Chuck is the REAL king of rock and roll, but he isn't that famous and me I'm ashamed to admit I only heard of him because of the beatles covering his songs. Anyway I agree
@dubbly1 John references a bunch of different stuff in that song. He references Muddy Waters and Timothy Leary. Was he influenced by Chuck, of course and he'd be the first to admit it. But did he deliberately try and pass off a Chuck song as his own? No
but being still in the lennon/mccartney songwriting relationship, paul asks him to slow it down, thought out the bass groove for it and changed the overall feel of it, without pauls input this would have been a chuch berry tribute.
after paul the only thing chuck berry about it was the opening line.
John and Chuck settled up out of court (for the Beatles use of "old flap-top" in Come Together). Part of the settlement was allowing John to cover this song on his 1975 Rock and Roll Album - and he indeed gave credit to Chuck for writing the song
@mapearce1 The deal was that John had to make covers of 3 songs from the catalogue of the guy that owned you can't catch me and many other old rock n' roll songs, so he could profit from the money these songs made. John finally decided making an "all covers" album. He did this one really similar to come togheter as a joke on the whole plagiarism thing
@matutejones22 Sadly the album never got made because of Spector and only a demo of one song was ever released which resulted in The Beatles, Lennon and apple suing Levy for a 6 figure amount where Levy previously won a 4 figure amount. The odd thing is Levy didn't write this song. He had a tendancy to put his name on songs written by others.
@matutejones22@mapearce1 After this finally loaded. Yep this is the Root album that Levy tossed together that ended up getting him sued. This ablum (more like 3 songs) were used to shut Levy up after Lennon used one line in "Come Together" from this Berry song. It was ridiculous since Berry and Lennon were friends and it was a 4 word line.
@TheQuipetro one problem with that...he was Jewish. I just think he was a man with a criminal sensibility. Not some mafia conspiracy nutcase. Proof of that is his later life and the fact he was Jewish , not Italian.
@fishdirt theres jews and irishman in the mafia they need somebody to count the money the italians are too stupid its called organized crime [there was an episode of the fbi called the scourge where robert duvall is a non italian loanshark murdering his way into the mafia ]
I just listened to chuck berry's version of this for the first time without knowing about this lennon shit and as I was listenin i said hold up... wtf... Y did i just start singin come together??? Got my answer now. and just 2 throw my 2 cents in.. the beetles were good but u don't get sued for shit that ain't stolen.. he stole it. Get over it
Bandana585 1 week ago
If John himself sad he used Chuck's song, could he not undestand that more than 70 % of Come together is You Can't Catch Me. When I first listen Rock and Roll album I never heard Chuck Berry (due to iron curtain of USSR :-)) and I though - "what a strange version of come together". Other case is Me sweet lord by George. He never admitted He's so fine by Chiffon inspired him
AlVadSk 2 weeks ago
sounds nothing like come together
kahuna3901 4 weeks ago
this ROOTS album was released without lennon's by a morris levy, a label owning mobster.
HuaYifu 2 months ago
well now we know where 'Come Together' came from :D
mynameisvanille 5 months ago
John put on it a funky feeling.
jamich7 6 months ago
of course it sounds similar thats the point....the song is called COME TOGETHER....a coming together.......
jonnygb4 6 months ago
It makes me laugh when ever I see John Lennon because my friend looks just like him
delicious619 6 months ago
Has its charm, but the Stones' version is way better.
hatmap 7 months ago
@hatmap Chuck's it's even better imho
Dark6Hole 7 months ago
Check out the Chuck Berry version on the right. Johnnie boy i've seen you do better covers in your beatle days? Comeee onnnn :)
Starsoffame 8 months ago
I LOVE his hair in this picture
ratonmickey83 10 months ago
come together and fight the kingdoms of the world
duneoliver 10 months ago
It pains me to say it, as john lennon is my favourite artist, but this doesn't come close to chuck berry's original, in my opinion.
hitthatperfectbeat 10 months ago
@hitthatperfectbeat yes, i'm trying to think of which Lennon's originals Berry came close to!
killdeslm 8 months ago
i hate spector
daddyseek67 1 year ago
OH "I BET YOU" NEVER KNEW THAT THE BEATELS-JOHN LENNON GOT THE SOUND RYTHUM AT 0:39 FROM THE JACKSON 5'S !! "I BET YOU" SONG.LISTEN TO IT AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS SONG AT 0:39 SOUNDS IDENTICAL TO THE JACKSON 5'S "I BET YOU" SONG.JACKSON 5 "I BET YOU" SONG WAS IN 1970 ABC ALBUM, THIS SONG IS FROM THE "ROOTS" ALBUM 1975, IT'S A WONDER WHY HE CALLED IT "ROOTS" BECAUSE A LOT OF HIS RYTHUMS AND SOUNDS ARE ROOTED FROM OTHER'S SONGS-MAYBE.ANYWAYS JOHN L. IS STILL THE BEST AND HAD GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC
heyathere1000 1 year ago
OH "I BET YOU" NEVER KNEW THAT THE BEATELS-JOHN LENNON GOT THE SOUND RYTHUM AT 0:39 FROM THE JACKSON 5'S !! "IBET YOU" SONG. LISTEN TO IT AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS SONG AT0:39 SOUNDS IDENTICAL TO THE JACKSON 5'S "I BET YOU" SONG. JACKSON 5 "I BET YOU" SONG WAS IN 1070 ABC ALBUM, THIS SONG IS FROM THE "ROOTS" ALBUM 1975, IT'S A WONDER WHY HE CALLED IT "ROOTS" BECAUSE A LOT OF HIS RYTHUMS AND SOUNDS ARE ROOTED FROM OTHERS SONGS-MAYBE. ANYWAYS JOHN L. IS STILL THE BEST AND HAD GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC
heyathere1000 1 year ago
BEATELS GOT THE TUNE FROM CHUCKS BERRY'S "YOU CAN'T CATCH ME" VERSE: "Here come a flat-top, he was movin' up" AND EVEN NAMED THE SONG AFTER CHUCK BERRY'S "YOU CAN'T CATCH ME". HE MUST OF REALLY LIKED CHUCK BERRY A LOT.
heyathere1000 1 year ago
que buena cancion, acabo de escuchar la version de chuck berry pero jamas va a superar a la version de Lennon. Excelente cancion!!
RingoRevolucionario1 1 year ago
I love john lennon and I love chuck berry, but honestly, this version of the songs sucks
videodaniel8945 1 year ago
you beatles fanatics are morons
whats your problem !!
the beatles are great without you anyway
Joehilllouistwo 1 year ago
you beatles fanatics are morons
whats your problem !!
the beatles are great without you anyway
Joehilllouistwo 1 year ago
You Beatles fanatics generaly suck !
What's your problem !
The Beatles are oke without you anyway
Joehilllouistwo 1 year ago
.... ooooooowwwwwweeeeee this is simply KING!!!!!!!!
How much I loved this tune... fab. to hear it after so many decades ....
laggie24 1 year ago
John plagiarized his Come Together from this one. They sound very close.
MAGICO240 1 year ago
@MAGICO240
lol.....come on,......because of the beat, lol, they are similar because they both rock
CletusColtrane 1 year ago
@MAGICO240 You are one smart guy, eh?? That's common knowledge, man!
comeonfuckingcunt 1 year ago
@MAGICO240 THAT'S WHAT I SAID, AND ON TOP OF THAT THE TUNE OF THE WHOLE SONG CAME FROM ONE OF CHUCK BERRY'S VERSES Here come a flat-top, he was movin' up "YOU CANT' CATCH ME" SONG, LOL.
JOHN LENNON REALLY MUST OF REALLY LIKED THAT PARTICULAR CERSE TO MAKE TWO ENTIRE SONGS TO SOUND LIKE THAT ONE VERSE, WOW. BUT I HAVE TO SAY JOHN LENNON HAD GOOD TASTE AND WAS VERY TALENTED AND THAT'S WHY MANY MANY PEOPLE LIKED HIM AND THE REST OF THE BEATLES INCLUDING MJ.
heyathere1000 1 year ago
happy birthday Johnny
dougquiring 1 year ago
the problem is a lot of artists ripped off chuck berry's music and his label let them
bmostiller 1 year ago
the problem is a lot of artists ripped off chuck berry's music
bmostiller 1 year ago
@bmostiller As long as they got money. Chuck's publisher would sniff around to see where he could get music money.
NeverAloneForever 1 year ago
well to me this version is more similar to come together than the original from chuck
berry
Altair0070 1 year ago
@Altair0070 A couple implications there, huh?
NeverAloneForever 1 year ago
@Altair0070 : yes
TheQuipetro 1 year ago
Sounds like come together
crammiddleschool 1 year ago
John wrote "Come Together" and used a couple lyrics from chuck Berry's song. Lol, what the hell is wrong with that?! John wrote come together and was the coolest song writer and rock star ever!
dubbly1 1 year ago 16
@dubbly1 there was a big legal hassle over that [thats why this record was pulled] john was sued for plagarism by levy who owned roulette records and song publishing for chuck berry and frankie lymon he was co owners witht the mafia read tommy james book john sued back over unathorized release of unfinished tracks.
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@dubbly1 John knows what he did. He knew full well he stole it. But said he was only trying to pay tribute. He settled out of court and also agreed to record 3 other Berry songs ( This is one ). But he only recorded 2 and got sued again and had to pay up again. Yeah, he was really cool.NOT.It wasn't the lyrics it was the melody.He slowed it down, Paul added a great bass, best part of the song.John cashed in.
BonelessSausage 1 year ago
@BonelessSausage don't forget George's guitar solo and guitar outro! OK, they sound similer but not that close. The only part that is the same is the rythm and the "here come old flatop" verse.
dubbly1 1 year ago
@BonelessSausage if john was alive he'd probly kill ur face for saying he's not cool lol
ninja067 1 year ago
@dubbly1 Chuck is the REAL king of rock and roll, but he isn't that famous and me I'm ashamed to admit I only heard of him because of the beatles covering his songs. Anyway I agree
residentevlidead 1 year ago
@dubbly1 John references a bunch of different stuff in that song. He references Muddy Waters and Timothy Leary. Was he influenced by Chuck, of course and he'd be the first to admit it. But did he deliberately try and pass off a Chuck song as his own? No
bluesboy25000 1 year ago 10
@bluesboy25000
actually he wanted to do that.
but being still in the lennon/mccartney songwriting relationship, paul asks him to slow it down, thought out the bass groove for it and changed the overall feel of it, without pauls input this would have been a chuch berry tribute.
after paul the only thing chuck berry about it was the opening line.
OropherThranduil 9 months ago
@dubbly1 Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Lennon had nothing to prove when it came to writing and music...
It doesn't really matter what chords I play
What words I say or time of day it is
As it's only a Northern song.
mrlemonade 1 year ago
@mrlemonade that's a george harrison song actually
TheBradretzloff 10 months ago
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@mrlemonade that's a george harrison song actually
TheBradretzloff 10 months ago
@dubbly1 Fuck, Led Zeppelin ripped everyone and there mother's off, but damn, weren't they the smoothest criminals you ever heard.
MerkinMuffly 7 months ago
@dubbly1 Not only a couple of lyrics,all the song sounds very similar lol.
MAGICO240 6 months ago
@MAGICO240 "lol", wtf is that for? This song sounds more like a 50's new york style boogie woogie song. Big difference.
dubbly1 6 months ago
no credit to chuck berry i see the one who came up with this song
corn730 1 year ago
@corn730
John and Chuck settled up out of court (for the Beatles use of "old flap-top" in Come Together). Part of the settlement was allowing John to cover this song on his 1975 Rock and Roll Album - and he indeed gave credit to Chuck for writing the song
mapearce1 1 year ago
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matutejones22 1 year ago
@mapearce1 The deal was that John had to make covers of 3 songs from the catalogue of the guy that owned you can't catch me and many other old rock n' roll songs, so he could profit from the money these songs made. John finally decided making an "all covers" album. He did this one really similar to come togheter as a joke on the whole plagiarism thing
matutejones22 1 year ago
@matutejones22 Sadly the album never got made because of Spector and only a demo of one song was ever released which resulted in The Beatles, Lennon and apple suing Levy for a 6 figure amount where Levy previously won a 4 figure amount. The odd thing is Levy didn't write this song. He had a tendancy to put his name on songs written by others.
fishdirt 1 year ago
@fishdirt
Of course the album got made...it was called "Rock n' Roll"!
dklionsky 1 year ago
@matutejones22 @mapearce1 After this finally loaded. Yep this is the Root album that Levy tossed together that ended up getting him sued. This ablum (more like 3 songs) were used to shut Levy up after Lennon used one line in "Come Together" from this Berry song. It was ridiculous since Berry and Lennon were friends and it was a 4 word line.
fishdirt 1 year ago
@mapearce1 Look up Morris Levy. Chuck had nothing to do with a lawsuit.
fishdirt 1 year ago
@fishdirt : Morris Levy = mafia
TheQuipetro 1 year ago
@TheQuipetro one problem with that...he was Jewish. I just think he was a man with a criminal sensibility. Not some mafia conspiracy nutcase. Proof of that is his later life and the fact he was Jewish , not Italian.
fishdirt 1 year ago
@fishdirt theres jews and irishman in the mafia they need somebody to count the money the italians are too stupid its called organized crime [there was an episode of the fbi called the scourge where robert duvall is a non italian loanshark murdering his way into the mafia ]
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@TheQuipetro john stood up to the mafia and they backed down
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
semejante a come together¡¡¡¡¡ plajio??
lujansalas 1 year ago
hella sick
bendesmond66 2 years ago