Nobody Told Me recording-John Lennon

[TheFpuff]

He wrote a song called life begins at 40...

[Jefgg]

I really wish Ringo recorded and released this song as a tribute to John.

[MacWillyFortunes]

Poor Ringo and his deformed eyebrow. Also poor John and his being dead and having him mommy die when he was a child-boy.

[19fenderman60]

@cathkinghost Yea, remember when Lennon was saying at the Let it Be sessions he just wanted to do an honest f***ing record. Makes you think he was tired of the records being over produced.

[pmoyer50]

From what I understand, George had to fight to have Clapton play lead on While my Guitar Gently Weeps. He used the fact that John and Paul had Billy Preston enhance their songs with his keyboard wizardry to win the argument. George certainly was not the first Beatle to draw on other talent to enhance a song. Really enjoyed this posting. Thanks.

[DasGoldenBoy]

@pmoyer50 George just brought Clapton along to that session, it was his song anyway and the Beatles had used session musicians be it trumpet players and such. The same with Billy Preston, Harrison felt that if an outstider were brought along then there wouldn't be as much infighting around a guest. The sessions of Get Back/Let it Be were such a strain that Harrison quit the band.

[subg88]

@pmoyer50 George used Billy Preston's keyboard wizardry to enhance his songs with the Beatles as well. Preston hadn't even played with the Beatles at the time WMGGW was recorded, anyway. Of course, Preston was practically a permanent fixture in the George Harrison bands of the 70s, too.

[joethulhuz]

@pmoyer50 Billy Preston wasn't used until Let it Be. Do you mean Nicky Hopkins, maybe? Because he played on several Lennon/McCartney tracks around the time of the White Album.

[Rosterlu]

Really cool!! Very intresting clipp about recording the song.

[edcrawf]

Love this take of it.

[up2space]

walking on thin ice is the essence of it all. and that was Yoko.

[anthxp]

I agree. Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey were a little over produced

[up2space]

this aint bad for a shitty demo. but i don't think this would make the radio.Lennon's thing as well as all the individual Beatles were to gather around the best musicians to pump up their stuff. hey george did it as far back as the beatles when he used Eric Clapton. but this is an interesting demo. he's seems to have found that infinity type riff strum. hey if you do enough drugs you can forget your in NY.

[wysiwyg248]

up2space,

I agree 100% with you, I beg you to show these clowns how is it done properly. Please post one of your songs.

[up2space]

will do, captain. and please remind me periodically. I think you will like some of my shit. I'll post it on youtube. thanks for the encouragement, mate. 3 sheets to the wind for now until the winter blows over. posse comitatus.

[x0Bedward]

John Lennon had the ability to write poetry and turn it into a song. So, he really didn't need all the pizzazz he threw on them in the end. He just needs a guitar, and his voice... and maybe Paul's. Haha. So, I agree with you.

[boland44]

I think you have a point.

[maccalex]

The photo was taken in 1976 at the exclusive club Rox in L.A. As for the recording, the first intro was a piano version. There were two piano demos made of the song and the guitar version heard now.

[limunan]

is this pohto  in 1980?

[bushwick]

was this recorded in bermuda?

it sounds like those demos.

cool take, dont think ive ever heard this.

[Andromeda1741]

Ringo should record this himself if John meant it for him. Ringo would sound great singing it !

[beatles4ever]

John gave this song to Ringo for his "Stop and Smell the Roses" album. John was killed 3 weeks after he gave Ringo the song. Ringo was devastated by John's death and didn't have the heart to use the song so he gave the demo back to Yoko. She put it on Milk and Honey.

[RichYan33]

@beatles4ever I never knew that.

[hjayejo45]

grat song :P turupu

[lejoe48]

Great song!