John Lennon - Old Dirt Road

[2minstral]

One of my favorite albums from 1974. Takes me back. 8O) Added to worldunitedmusicDOTblogspotDOT­com.

[hiddenfire65]

I don't get it ... not a worthwhile song in my opinion.

[Intheflesh44]

@hiddenfire65 opinions are like assholes. Everyone has them and they usually stink.

[asker014]

why 74,942 people and not 74 million people ??

[dalequeva74]

@asker014 Well, the popular things are not the best things. I prefer to be one of the priviligeds for listening this great stuff of John

[tricicloestoico]

google translator....

[tricicloestoico]

There are more pleasant to listen to John and give you air the fan?

[Intheflesh44]

@tricicloestoico huwhat?

[MrZELIG9]

This song will always remind me of driving on the gravel roads in South Dakota...doing things I wish I was doing tonight.

[inthemoon91]

I remember when I walked through the street of Amsterdam with mp3. I love Lennon

[ScotchyJ]

Haven't heard this in ages, thanks.

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

I wanted to cry when he started singing hes the reason I started doing music and enjoying life the way I have

[txemata1]

Hey mister humano ¿Puedes hacer llover? Un tema excelente. El sonido de fondo se parece un poco a Dream. Influencia de Harry Nilsson. All i need is water, cool, clear, water.

[doublefantasycsaszar]

fuuuuuuuuck i've never heard this one until today!!! :0 It's amazing! :)

[karlitos993]

El tema lo firman Lennon y Harry Nilson. Lennon reconoció su machismo cuando dijo que yoko le había inspirado la letra de muchos temas, como Imagine, y el siempre firmó: Lennon. Aqui Nilson le dió la idea y como era un hombre, firmo a medias el tema.Eso es sinceridad. Es un tema muy sugerente y con una atmosfera extraña.

[btom22259]

john my hero, i miss you much,

you could give so much inspiration.

[childofdestiny1961]

du fehlst uns John...............



[greenwich1754]

One person prefers new asphalt roads.

[asker014]

legendär lennon.

[dandelion1967]

Not a single word in the comments of Nicky Hopkins. Did anybody realize how important is the piano in this song??

[JohnLennon813]

Thumbs up if u agree this should be used for the weather forecasts.

[foreverxawesome]

there will never be another like John Lennon <3

[rareu4532]

This is one of my new "john lennon song i have been listen for days now =)..

[twinoak170]

@rareu4532 I've been listening to this and Out the Blue. My two new (old) John Lennon songs.

[pogle30]

Great lyrics

[laggie24]

"COOLLL ... CLEARRR ... WATER"... SOMETIMES WE ALL NEED THAT!!!

CAN A MELODY AND LYRICS TARGET BETTER A HEART ... IT SURELY PULLS MY TEARS TO POP OUT OF MY EYES. SO SAD TO REALIZE OVER-AND-OVER THAT PHYSICALLY JOHN AIN'T WITH US ANYMORE.

GOSH I HOPE HIS SOUL R.I.P. ... BUT AT THE SAME TIME HIS SPIRIT STILL FEELS HOW WE STILL ADORE HIS EMOTIONAL VOICE AND THOUGHTS.

REALLY APPRECIATE THIS LOVELY SOUND HERE ... 5STARS ... FROM BUDAPEST

[twinoak170]

It takes a tough man to make a tender song.

[laggie24]

@twinoak170 ... YA SAID IT VERY WELL... I SHARE YA THOUGHTS ,-)

[virtualintrepid]

I love that I hear Harry Nillson in this song. I was on this road when I was 12. This song is bigger than the mudslide momma when the morning comes. oH Oh ahhhh. Old Dirt road.

Keep on keepen on john

Bye bye

[TROUSERFLAP]

I got a shock when I found out that this was co written by Leslie Nielsen. He was great in the Naked Gun movies.

...What do you mean it was Harry Nillson?

[panzermort]

@TROUSERFLAP lmao :)

[MAMsMom97]

@TROUSERFLAP Leslie Nielsen is the late actor who did the "Naked Gun" movies. This was co-written by Harry Nilsson (with 1 L and 2 S's), who had hits with "Without You," "Coconut," & "Everybody's Talkin'." Harry recorded a couple versions. One made it on his very last studio album which was not released in the US, "Flash Harry," from 1980. Another alternate version is on Harry's compilation album "Perfect Day," which featured some of his very last recordings, including "Animal Farm" & "UCLA."

[TROUSERFLAP]

@MAMsMom97 I'm sure you are mistaken. Leslie Nielsen was a singer/songwriter and in between slipping on banana skins, in his spare time he hung around with John Lennon and tossed off the occasional sublime track such as this...

[MAMsMom97]

@TROUSERFLAP Oh, OK. I get it now. You're just joking, right? Yeah, that's pretty funny.

[greenwich1754]

@TROUSERFLAP Old dirt road? "yes, it is"

[simplygoat12]

Happy Birthday John You will be forever missed but you will live on in our hearts and through our speakers

[simplygoat12]

Happy Birthday John You will be forever missed but you will on in our hearts and through our speakers

[Monkofmagnesia]

One of my favorite Lennon songs. Thanks for posting it. It sounds so much better than my old vinyl!

[riverdale999]

This song is so amazing. Just amazing. The quality of their music was still incredible. Take the best four songs each from John Paul and George (and one or two from Ringo) from each year from 1970 to 1974 . . and think of the monster albums they would have mde!!!!

[duncanz123]

I could put this song on a loop and listen to it for day. Thanks for posting this.

[bedrocker7]

Whenever I hear great Lennon tunes, it goes sour for me. Wow. Someone wanted this guy dead? Rot in hell forever please.

[shanehenning26]

great song

[cosmicrider287]

i can t even begin to discribe how much i like this song.

[greenwich1754]

@cosmicrider287 That's the beauty of music..."you can't describe.." Music, imo bridges the real/tangible with the emotional/spiritual/eternal. Only the one individual can marry his/her real & spiritual experiences/feelings and define it (as best as possible) into any one song (unique to the individual because of the very reasons stated).

[satisfaction2000]

A masterpiece. It always makes me feel sad,but in a good way.

[greenwich1754]

This song reminds me of walking down an old dirt road at Quabbin reservoir in Mass, where there used to be four small towns. It's spring, and the air is full of the aroma of blossoms , and I'm still 17. The road leeds to the sweet, cool,clear, water.

[riverdale999]

Walls and Bridges smokes any of McCartney's albums . . . any pretty much anyody else's. This is one hell of a song. Lennon - greatest rock vocalist EVER! ! !

[steele917]

this is a sign of what greatness could of become of a duo of John & Harry Nilsson. OK they wern't the best for one another. Shit>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>we will never know how things would have went and if they would aproach the levels of lennon- Mccartney songs. As for one I'm gratefull cause I like this one and was pleased to hear it the very first time. Rest you Boys...they say ya can eat & drink in heaven. Maybe I;ll know hwere to find ya's

[Timeofchords]

Without John Lennon and The Beatles we wouldn't be where we are now.These songs will be remembered in ages to come.I hope one day we will realize that animals like Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber have no right to call their "songs" music...because they have no right to put their shit under the same catigory of the beatles and other amazing rock and roll bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kansas, Black Sabbath and many many others

[cbc51]

@Timeofchords Amen.

[Franz1987]

when was younger i did not like this album cause it seemed overproduced, but this is a great mellow song

[mjblacksher]

Love John's "Lost Weekend" stuff...Thanks!

[journeythruthepast]

This song is one of the most fragile Lennon ever recorded. One of the best ballads of his somewhat lean 1972-75 period and a standout on Walls & Bridges. One of those tracks where he sounds like he really misses Yoko indeed. The silent break reminds me of the Beach Boys "Cool Cool Water." And Nicky Hopkins was the best session piano man of all time! What a beautiful player.

[lennon911]

ken ascher on electric piano too

[egotealsolvo]

is this song with Harry Nelsson ("within`you")?.

[ReggyRaccoon]

@egotealsolvo Yes, Harry Nilsson does a harmony vocal on this track and is also credited as a co-writer with John - although I'm a bit skeptical about how much Harry the Hustler really contributed to the composition! It's not unlikely that Nilsson's input was no more than a few words of the lyric.

It's a wonderful track in any case and I think it's significant that the entire album was made very quickly. John's best work was invariably done quickly and under pressure of a deadline.

[xxcharmed1xx]

Such an amazing and beautiful song by mr. lennon. Heard it today for the first time. Piano is just breathtaking.

[barrett39]

One of his underrated masterpieces.

[lc482]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sooooooooooooooooooo beautiful and so much better than all the "music" people put in their ears nowadays

[marase4]

We all hear different things.

I hear the old dirt road as a symbol of his mudslinging and realizing that it's pointless, because there are no living people there, just the anger in his mind. He realizes he is trying to pile the dirt, but it's just smoke. Life tells it's better let go of burned past, letting go beats the mudslide momma. He realizes he needs this fresh water of life, he needs to swim again.IMO it's a love song to May Pang

[solargesture]

i dont agree with you but i gave you a thumbs up anyway, it felt good to read that, you optimist bastard.

and no im no pessimist

[deepintoblues]

OOh, never heard this one before. That so long... bye bye.... part kinda got to me.

[twinoak170]

Sure enough, that piano is played by Nicky Hopkins.

[beaglefan1961]

Hey Mr. Human can ya rainmaker too . . . .

love that line. Hey even if a person is a rainmaker, ask the possible of them or make it possible. Shovel smoke with pitchfork in the wind? The sad quality gets to some of the futility in that. Nice thoughtful Lennon stuff. Gorgeous song, always loved it. Agree with those who really like the album so much. Still can't figure out if #9 Dream, Nobody Loves You, or this i like more. Other good stuff.

[RockNRollMusic567]

Happy Birthday John.

If only we could give you our regards personally

[cosmicrider287]

o man,that piano bit gets me every time.

[handsomedevil98]

I've always felt that in this song is about LENNON thinkin about the goodtimes with THE BEATLES!

[rickenbacker67]

i love this album

[4DiiDiiS]

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[yesterdaysblues69]

That dirt road is all asphalt now and I never go there...I am more than just human.

[ReggyRaccoon]

Still my favourite Lennon album, not least because of gems like this song.

I don't care whether or not some of his other albums are "better" -- THIS is the one that I play the most.

I wonder if anyone else hears Gerry Rafferty's City To City album (the one with Baker Street on it) and Night Owl as kind of direct descendants of W&B. Lennon was still influencing a lot of other artists in the 70s.

[TheEnergyNippleZ]

i agree mate . , when he was free and on the piss with Harry . Kotex on his head an' all that . his best album for me , just before Ono band LP . .Old dirt road is a gem . peace mate . make somone laugh . . . (3)

[morval99]

Yep, agreed. Not the greatest Lennon album, (I would personally say that goes to 'plastic ono band') but W&B is very easy on the ear, with this track being a fave.

[laosandburma]

Yep amazing the Human Brain....Proves it's all locked in there until something unlocks the sub concious...EG..My best mate is German and he visited me after a long time....I could speak near-perfect German when he was here but after he left I can't now!! Spooky

[dannylherisson]

you are dead right my man

[leonardoboy2]

Fuck I bought this album years and years ago when I was 19 and I haven't heard these songs since then. I'm getting flashbacks.

[NCOA5]

Another gem from Lennon off the Walls and Bridges album- a great guitar solo combined with his tremendous vocals.

[tippertom0161]

what an album considering his heart was not in it shed gone obliged by contract every track superb

[JohnLennonLover9]

same here... absolutle gorgeous....

<33333333 John Lennon :)

[Tray137]

Thanks for posting, I keep finding Lennon songs that I've never heard. Beautiful.

[BEATBOY67]

It is so sad lennon is not here any more but his music is so beatiful. I think he is with Harrison writing y playing great music while waiting for Ringo and Paul to continue the party ja ja je je

[deane1968]

Great song!!! Walls and Bridges is my fav lennon record~Thanks

[sbyrne1]

Great song- a really rare one too. Many thanks for uploading it.

[Merry483]

Thank you so much for adding this song! I love it dearly and have been waiting for ages for someone to post it. One of my favorite solo Lennon songs from 'Walls & Bridges'!

[minime766]

I was quite surprised that no one had uploaded it before me too. A great song.

[BeatleUniversity]

@Merry483 Yes, it's a very beautiful John Lennon song that Harry Nielson co wrote. The piano, guitar and voices work together beautifully. I especially love the beautiful percussion at the end. It's hypnotizing.