Gorgeous performance by Roxy Music of this John Lennon’s legendary tune with Bryan Ferry’s magical voice but even Phil Manzanera at the lead guitar and Andy Mackay at the saxophone ..
That is a question..Not easliy answered! Please believe me....
Davy I love you more than words could ever explain!! Your always in my heart....Just promise to always remember ...I will always love you..until I take my last breathe...I will love you!!!
@DYSYALYS ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤I just cant stop asking myself WHY, so far away so much love so much emotion , and then i here you say everything happens for a reason , well tell me the reason please . Always yours forever and a day ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤
@davyboy176 Davy...why isn't a easy answered question....but i do know what happened to us was meant to happened.....not planned...just happened.....throughout life things happen they we have no control over....loving you happened....being in love with you as well happened....its unexplainable...I love u...244242
@davyboy176 Davy...why isn't a easy answered question....but i do know what happened to us was meant to happened.....not planned...just happened.....throughout life things happen they we have no control over....loving you happened....being in love with you as well happened....its unexplainable...I love u...244242
@davyboy176 Davy...why isn't a easy answered question....but i do know what happened to us was meant to happened.....not planned...just happened.....throughout life things happen they we have no control over....loving you happened....being in love with you as well happened....its unexplainable...I love u...244242
Davy...why isn't a easy answered question....but i do know what happened to us was meant to have happened.....not planned...just happened.....throughout life things happen they we have no control over....loving you happened....being in love with you as well happened....its unexplainable...I love u...244242
I remember this video being played all the time on tv back in 1981. I was 10 and liked the song and still do. Also was upset the day i heard Lennon had died. I was a big fan of the Beatles.
One of the best cover's ever (dare I say better than the original) but not as good as "This Mortal Coil's" version of Tim Buckley's "Song Of The Siren", both of which are pure stunning.
@TheRockingtam Couldn't agree more. Lennon's original was very mediocre but Ferry has transformed it into a gem. Isn't it ironic,considering Roxy's terrific originality and innovation,that this was the only song they ever released,either single or album track,that wasn't written by Ferry or other band members - and their only no.1 hit! You're dead right about "Song to the Siren" too.a fabulous version by Liz and Robin. I bought the vinyl album with this on in the early 80's and would never sell.
Bryan is not a yupppie, he was true class from the start. Such a beautiful man, Roxy Music 4ever. My teenage dream guy. I love these fine british guys. I don't do carbons in life but I always am drawn to guys that look like or speak with the lovely accents. Often they turn out to be an egotistical arsehole, but I've been called worse, of course I never to my knowledge met this man so I can't say. I have seen him on stage.He was pure intensity with Roxy Music.
Not all of us in the 80's were yuppies! Some of us had real jobs........ Anyway, without a doubt the 80's produced probaby the best music and artists the world is ever likely to see and hear! And I for one, will still be listening to the 'Beastie Boys' in another 20 or 30 years, probably getting complaints from the kids down the street saying 'Oi, Gramps you gonna turn that music down or what??? 'I've got day care in the morning.........' :) - Grown old is compulsory - growing up isn't!!!!!
@ThreeDeeRider with u there my brother !! think of all the other great music in the 80s the mighty clash / new order /pscedelic furs the list goes on !! thank god i was there in the day ! give me the 80s anytime !! not like the shit today !!! wear a baseball cap and your jeans round your ass you get a record deal !! fucking sad !! give me my tunes any day even though my boy thinks im a old bastard !! i probably am !! but it was better in our day bro !!
@8188ify You need to catch up idiot. Ferry did the hard yards with Roxy music and made some of the most amazing music in the seventies. Okay his solo stuff mainly stank but it still doesn't make him a poseur.
OK... I play this song after breaking up with my girl...I was a teenager.. don't ask me names now.. BUT This was a very nice depro song.. still Love it.. reminds me of my teen years and the 80"s.. was great !!!!!!
I remember when this came out after John Lennon died. Amazing then and still now. Some things are just right and this version of this song is one of them.
@ramboinside If I had to chose either or, it would be lennon everytime, but this works well. Ferry's laaaazy long phrasing gives it a different perspective. He is, after all, very cool. ;)
Did this come out in 1981? I remember when John Lennon passed very well. I was 10 yrs old. I loved the Beatles at that age in 1980. The day i heard about it,i went to school feeling depressed. Can you believe it,depressed at that age. I felt really down in the dumps for days,weeks. Of course Lennon had 3 singles released that year after his death as a tribute. Then 1981 this was released. I remember this was played over and over on tv. I loved it then,and still love it now. x
Man, Cardiff city, December 2010, 01:00, there's snow in my shoes as I walk home from a late night in the library...and that sax solo fills me with absolute heartbreak, but it got me home.
Rubbish. Lennon, vocally is possibly the most overrated musician of all time. Good song writer, yes. Ferry has him covered easily in every range... the music Roxy music matched to this song is just masterful.
Lennon's vocals are raw and powerful. It's the imperfections in it that make it so profound and so emotional. Paul McCartney was the better singer, yes, but John's raw vocal performances can't be reproduced. Especially not by whoever is singing in this video...It just sounds terrible. I also happen to prefer John's arrangement for this song. I hear your argument, but I disagree almost completely.
Perhaps what is lacking most from this cover is the emotion that is present in the original. John poured his emotions into his post-Beatles music. Whether you prefer the original or this cover, you can't deny that the emotion of the songwriter cannot be reproduced. Here it is not reproduced convincingly. After all, Lennon was writing about his own life. Bryan Ferry is not John Lennon.
@epicishness Emotion is a personal experience. I feel no emotion from Lennon's recording, just harsh, poorly performed vocals. I'm more so a fan of music, not the emotion behind the memory of a dead musician who left us too early. From a technical perspective, Ferry is the better performer... and Roxy music were just all sublime musicians. Most agree that Lennon is one of the most overrated musicians of all time, do the research for yourself.
I have done the research, my good sir. And although he may receive a bit too much praise than is due him because of his young death, he is certainly one of the greatest musicians of all time.
@epicishness I disagree, do you never listen to a song and feel like they are talking about you or your life? Do you never feel like someone has just ripped your insides out and poured them into a song? You because you dont write a song doesnt mean you cant absolutely relate to the lyrics and even feel the same emotions entirely. If your song doesnt conjour those emotions in at least one person then you have failed as a songwriter. I see this as a homage to lennon - and its a fantastic one
Touche. You present a good argument. However, I still maintain my original statement that this homage to John Lennon does not surpass the original in any aspect.
I don't understand how anyone could say this is better than the original. I don't think this even comes close and comparisons are therefore pretty ridiculous. It's like saying Fiona Apple's version of Across the Universe tops the original. To each his own, I guess.
it's very rare that a cover is better than the original, and it's john lennon a legend but roxy music is better. Fair play to brian ferry. Although he does look like he's trying to push one out on occasions.
@RiFFxxx You are maybe I got a different taste, but I think this version barely brings out emotions from a person, when the original version is like an ode to love and forgiveness
Not sure if, from the comments below, people hadn't realised that Brain Ferry didn’t this song as a tribute to John Lennon, when he died. So to compare it makes no sense…or if you like nonsense.
I can understand if anyone prefers John Lennon's original version to this, but you can't say that this was a bad cover. Bryan Ferry did this as tribute and I personally feel that he did a great job, and I'm pretty sure Lennon would have said the same.
@Neechyou Have to agree with Neechyou, Everyone has their opinion of course, but in MHO, this does NOT do justice to Lennon, or his song Jealous Guy nor his previous song Child of Nature from which the melody was derived. As far as the performance, I thought the Guitar solo was nice, good job on that, and that is about where my positive reinforcement ends. if you don't like criticism, go ahead and stop reading now. The post following this one will be my reasons for disliking it.
ok, so on to the reasons I was not impressed, and this Is just my opinion.
but in MHO,
Not sure what to think of the Mullet-haired Football player on the Sax, didn't quite nail it sorry.
The synthesizer had no business in there at all. The voice isn't bad, but the Twitchy guy singing had no feel /understanding of the song and did not convey the heart and soul into it that it deserves.
It was like watching an average Elvis impersonator sing Lennon, while having an epileptic fit to the camera.
@SirLordMortimer My friend the twitchy guy singing is one of the greatest singers of the 20th century! Of course your entitled to your opinion and I respect that, but to say that he has no feel/understanding of the song, well to me that says you have no idea who Bryan Ferry is, he has based his entire career on conveying the feeling of every single lyric he ever sang! I admit that he does look a little irksome while he sings but that's his style! He's always been like that!
thankyou very much "twin40worty" every time I hear this version I'll say to my pal's "This is better than the original" & end up on the thick ear side of a tongue bashing from my cohort's, but I'm RIGHT, about this anyway. CHEER'S.
Best Lennon cover there is.
MacIain82 2 days ago 2
I'm back in 1981...
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jasmine tu tu ,could nt complet with a phill/amer /lai/bell up kan kan.pride
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Gorgeous performance by Roxy Music of this John Lennon’s legendary tune with Bryan Ferry’s magical voice but even Phil Manzanera at the lead guitar and Andy Mackay at the saxophone ..
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NeoVisconteo 1 week ago
Absolutely love this song and, oh his voice!!
alanahhhhhh 1 week ago
Old times... When original songs and covers where both outstanding...
segr3do 2 weeks ago 2
❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤ THIS IS FOR YOU MELISSA , LOVE YOU BABE ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤
davyboy176 2 weeks ago
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...Davy I find myself...lost....with no words...a thousand thoughts running through my mind....But nothing comes out....
Davy i love you always and forever!!!
DYSYALYS 2 weeks ago
@DYSYALYS ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤ I just keep saying WHY ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤
davyboy176 2 weeks ago
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That is a question..Not easliy answered! Please believe me....
Davy I love you more than words could ever explain!! Your always in my heart....Just promise to always remember ...I will always love you..until I take my last breathe...I will love you!!!
DYSYALYS 2 weeks ago
@DYSYALYS ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤I just cant stop asking myself WHY, so far away so much love so much emotion , and then i here you say everything happens for a reason , well tell me the reason please . Always yours forever and a day ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤
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@davyboy176 Davy...why isn't a easy answered question....but i do know what happened to us was meant to happened.....not planned...just happened.....throughout life things happen they we have no control over....loving you happened....being in love with you as well happened....its unexplainable...I love u...244242
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@davyboy176 Davy...why isn't a easy answered question....but i do know what happened to us was meant to happened.....not planned...just happened.....throughout life things happen they we have no control over....loving you happened....being in love with you as well happened....its unexplainable...I love u...244242
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@davyboy176 Davy...why isn't a easy answered question....but i do know what happened to us was meant to happened.....not planned...just happened.....throughout life things happen they we have no control over....loving you happened....being in love with you as well happened....its unexplainable...I love u...244242
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DYSYALYS 2 weeks ago
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How could Melissa possibly be disappointed by this masterpiece? Did you get jealous or something?
IamAwesomelyRadical 2 weeks ago
@IamAwesomelyRadical ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤ I am just a jealous guy , ha ha ha ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤
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Davy...why isn't a easy answered question....but i do know what happened to us was meant to have happened.....not planned...just happened.....throughout life things happen they we have no control over....loving you happened....being in love with you as well happened....its unexplainable...I love u...244242
DYSYALYS 2 weeks ago
I remember this video being played all the time on tv back in 1981. I was 10 and liked the song and still do. Also was upset the day i heard Lennon had died. I was a big fan of the Beatles.
chezzeeX 3 weeks ago
I was shivering inside......I was shivering inside......
HippieJimi 3 weeks ago
make that 32!
paperl8 3 weeks ago
Hard to say as beatle and lennon fan but this version is better!1
macsteve1981 3 weeks ago 2
One of the best cover's ever (dare I say better than the original) but not as good as "This Mortal Coil's" version of Tim Buckley's "Song Of The Siren", both of which are pure stunning.
TheRockingtam 3 weeks ago
@TheRockingtam Couldn't agree more. Lennon's original was very mediocre but Ferry has transformed it into a gem. Isn't it ironic,considering Roxy's terrific originality and innovation,that this was the only song they ever released,either single or album track,that wasn't written by Ferry or other band members - and their only no.1 hit! You're dead right about "Song to the Siren" too.a fabulous version by Liz and Robin. I bought the vinyl album with this on in the early 80's and would never sell.
purplepelican69 3 weeks ago
ferry is gurning :0
hbomb1401 3 weeks ago
31 people are just jealous guys.
twatcherful 1 month ago
This song delights me...
brookedillman81 1 month ago
Sax in the front, party in the back!
DanBlabbers 1 month ago
3:51 : keyborgasm
Poetamo 1 month ago
Brian Ferry's and Roxy musics tribute to John Lennon and they made it there own, loved Roxy music
Celticwitch666 1 month ago
so FUCKING GREAT NO MATTER WHO SINGS THE SONG,JUST AWESOME.
garryscott651 1 month ago
stop doin' that, this is john lennon's song...
MrJozic2301 1 month ago
im looking for a live version then vevo pops up like an old granny pissing on my shoes....fuck you vevo you money grabbing bastards........
sherbert500 1 month ago
Georgous song.
futureseven 1 month ago
pure class , tribute to john lennon.
MrCrumbsinthebutter 1 month ago
Bryan is not a yupppie, he was true class from the start. Such a beautiful man, Roxy Music 4ever. My teenage dream guy. I love these fine british guys. I don't do carbons in life but I always am drawn to guys that look like or speak with the lovely accents. Often they turn out to be an egotistical arsehole, but I've been called worse, of course I never to my knowledge met this man so I can't say. I have seen him on stage.He was pure intensity with Roxy Music.
musique897 1 month ago
Not all of us in the 80's were yuppies! Some of us had real jobs........ Anyway, without a doubt the 80's produced probaby the best music and artists the world is ever likely to see and hear! And I for one, will still be listening to the 'Beastie Boys' in another 20 or 30 years, probably getting complaints from the kids down the street saying 'Oi, Gramps you gonna turn that music down or what??? 'I've got day care in the morning.........' :) - Grown old is compulsory - growing up isn't!!!!!
ThreeDeeRider 1 month ago
@ThreeDeeRider with u there my brother !! think of all the other great music in the 80s the mighty clash / new order /pscedelic furs the list goes on !! thank god i was there in the day ! give me the 80s anytime !! not like the shit today !!! wear a baseball cap and your jeans round your ass you get a record deal !! fucking sad !! give me my tunes any day even though my boy thinks im a old bastard !! i probably am !! but it was better in our day bro !!
bristolcityifcation 1 month ago
He sounds like David Bowie on this song
darwleg 1 month ago
Yuppie generation.... But is a beauty song...
8188ify 1 month ago
@8188ify
John Lennon was not a Yuppie......
Wrote this song.
voderick 1 month ago
@voderick Brian Ferry is a yuppie...
8188ify 1 month ago
@8188ify You need to catch up idiot. Ferry did the hard yards with Roxy music and made some of the most amazing music in the seventies. Okay his solo stuff mainly stank but it still doesn't make him a poseur.
zapkvr 1 month ago
@8188ify It's Bryan not Brian you idiot.
ScotRanger1960 1 month ago
@voderick Let's see singing "Imagine no possessions" when he was a billionaire, no that doesn't make him a yuppie at all. A hypocrite maybe?
zapkvr 1 month ago
Is he drunk?
Lindachica513 2 months ago
@Lindachica513
No just cool :)
voderick 1 month ago
A beautiful tribute cover to the memory of John Lennon. Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music ruled the 80's!!
simonspitfire16 2 months ago
OK... I play this song after breaking up with my girl...I was a teenager.. don't ask me names now.. BUT This was a very nice depro song.. still Love it.. reminds me of my teen years and the 80"s.. was great !!!!!!
RudiF1000 2 months ago
the best cover of the song of john lennon,insuperable
pakitovillanueva 2 months ago
semplicemente bellissima......
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little bit like a chinese music melody
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rlwnek 2 months ago
wow, that little prophet solo at the end is really good
brajtnerinjo 2 months ago
super!!!!!N ++++++ super!!!!!!!
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it's very rare that a cover is better than the original!!!!!It's wonderfull!!!!!!
martasperl 2 months ago
I remember when this came out after John Lennon died. Amazing then and still now. Some things are just right and this version of this song is one of them.
caerus12 3 months ago
Emotional !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! timeless
MKevin690 3 months ago 20
good song xxxxxxx
Jasperandlibby 3 months ago
Only Bryan Ferry is cool enough to combine a baby blue suit with a pink tie AND white shoe's
duvel60 3 months ago 32
@duvel60 Or even SHOES. Jesus how do idiots get out of primary school when they don't even know how to use an apostrophe???? FFS!
zapkvr 1 month ago
@zapkvr You got a point xD VERY stupid mistake indeed xD! But english isn't my first language.
duvel60 1 month ago
@zapkvr - You my friend are a nob. That is all.
stofstg 1 month ago
@stofstg I'm NOT your friend. Oh and I am not a KNOB.
zapkvr 2 weeks ago
@duvel60 lol ... i carried off that look to great success in the eighties to ;)
segafantasia 1 week ago
@segafantasia Then you can consider yourself as cool as Bryan Ferry :D.
duvel60 1 week ago
AND white socks AND blues eyes !
danielllooouuuuppp 6 days ago
@duvel60 True
coratris 3 days ago
this clip was made in sydney... my dad did the lighting
MrRickSpence 3 months ago 4
@MrRickSpence Cool
kimviterson 3 months ago
hy,is,een,echte,emotysanger,handsome,gentleman,as,my,friendsare,in,suite,a,gentle,,gentleman,i,see,imediatly,i,don,t,need,tuig,i,don,t,date,homeless,with,dirty,close,myn,afkomst,is,goed,ik,wil,niet,verder,zakken,omlaag,een,dure,lady,as,in,pretty,woman,julia,became,she,belonged
mollysangelique 3 months ago
hy,is,een,echte,emotysanger,handsome,gentleman,as,my,friendsare,in,suite
mollysangelique 3 months ago
brian is god. end of!
mariewilkinsonhardy 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
pure class x
ScotsJ11 3 months ago
John Lennon is better.
ramboinside 3 months ago
@ramboinside If I had to chose either or, it would be lennon everytime, but this works well. Ferry's laaaazy long phrasing gives it a different perspective. He is, after all, very cool. ;)
123jsbach 3 months ago 2
Wat een zanger die Bryan Ferry en wat een nummer, prachtig.
Him1949 3 months ago
Brill
sargentjaskaran 3 months ago
I guess Bryan Ferry is fully underrated as vocalist. It´s a shame.
MrSkorpionking71 3 months ago 2
Did this come out in 1981? I remember when John Lennon passed very well. I was 10 yrs old. I loved the Beatles at that age in 1980. The day i heard about it,i went to school feeling depressed. Can you believe it,depressed at that age. I felt really down in the dumps for days,weeks. Of course Lennon had 3 singles released that year after his death as a tribute. Then 1981 this was released. I remember this was played over and over on tv. I loved it then,and still love it now. x
chezzeeX 3 months ago in playlist Liked
is that steve cougan
MrTypingsound 3 months ago
I'll rally to the cry "THIS IS GENIUS!"
LonMoer 3 months ago
Man, Cardiff city, December 2010, 01:00, there's snow in my shoes as I walk home from a late night in the library...and that sax solo fills me with absolute heartbreak, but it got me home.
surfguy87 4 months ago 2
@surfguy87 That Alto Is My Favorite part!!! it Reminds Me of My Boyfriend<3 hes An Alto sax player<3
AbbeyIsSoCoolLike1 3 months ago
I OFFICIALLY DECLARE THIS GENIUS!!!!!
PISSED8 4 months ago 2
video is just lol, song fucking rules
RufusLED 4 months ago
Gosh, it's so awesome **
IzzyPainkiller 4 months ago
I LOVE HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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BMROG 4 months ago
bloody hell listening to this makes me realise what great music they made during the 80s
ste123456754 4 months ago 2
@ste123456754 to right ste better by far than most of the computer generated tosh we have had since the 90s with the od exception of course.
tc030564 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Roxy Music
Happy ♥
1vaporoso 4 months ago
il pedalino bianco no eh...
SaviorShadez 4 months ago
Absolute crap, leave it to Lennon.
publicanimal9 4 months ago
sorry John but ive always prefered this version.
bregreen72 5 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Roxy Music 3
28 people are beyond jealous guys.
LowellDevil 5 months ago
I'm a big fan of Bryan Ferry... all I can say is he should not have sung the song.
paradisewildchild 5 months ago
@paradisewildchild Why coz it owns Lennon's version?
cobrakai84 5 months ago
@cobrakai84 Unfortunately, he's not done a good job. The joie de vivre, that certain character, the indelible twinkle is missing.
paradisewildchild 5 months ago
I think it is somewhat comparable to the original.
marceeee22 5 months ago
I think it is somewhat comparable to the original.
marceeee22 5 months ago
this song has the best guitar & sax solo ever :)
mad4timbo 5 months ago
God bless Bryan Ferry, lip-syncing wasn't really his forte.
TheJonnyMidnight 5 months ago 2
A total classic. He re-defined "cool". Brings back memories.
Fenner1976 5 months ago 21
@Fenner1976 aaaaa,memories
you are a damn right,sir
br1ght5ide 4 months ago
@Fenner1976 i was born on 1986 and still love 80s music till the day i die
MrBlackass86 2 months ago
I still like this version of Lennon ( I found his one bland!)
623058 5 months ago
This is absolute garbage compared to the original.
epicishness 5 months ago
@epicishness
Rubbish. Lennon, vocally is possibly the most overrated musician of all time. Good song writer, yes. Ferry has him covered easily in every range... the music Roxy music matched to this song is just masterful.
54FLEX45 5 months ago 3
@54FLEX45
Lennon's vocals are raw and powerful. It's the imperfections in it that make it so profound and so emotional. Paul McCartney was the better singer, yes, but John's raw vocal performances can't be reproduced. Especially not by whoever is singing in this video...It just sounds terrible. I also happen to prefer John's arrangement for this song. I hear your argument, but I disagree almost completely.
epicishness 5 months ago
@54FLEX45
Perhaps what is lacking most from this cover is the emotion that is present in the original. John poured his emotions into his post-Beatles music. Whether you prefer the original or this cover, you can't deny that the emotion of the songwriter cannot be reproduced. Here it is not reproduced convincingly. After all, Lennon was writing about his own life. Bryan Ferry is not John Lennon.
epicishness 5 months ago
@epicishness Emotion is a personal experience. I feel no emotion from Lennon's recording, just harsh, poorly performed vocals. I'm more so a fan of music, not the emotion behind the memory of a dead musician who left us too early. From a technical perspective, Ferry is the better performer... and Roxy music were just all sublime musicians. Most agree that Lennon is one of the most overrated musicians of all time, do the research for yourself.
54FLEX45 5 months ago
@54FLEX45
I have done the research, my good sir. And although he may receive a bit too much praise than is due him because of his young death, he is certainly one of the greatest musicians of all time.
epicishness 4 months ago
@epicishness I disagree, do you never listen to a song and feel like they are talking about you or your life? Do you never feel like someone has just ripped your insides out and poured them into a song? You because you dont write a song doesnt mean you cant absolutely relate to the lyrics and even feel the same emotions entirely. If your song doesnt conjour those emotions in at least one person then you have failed as a songwriter. I see this as a homage to lennon - and its a fantastic one
deceptikat 4 months ago
@deceptikat
Touche. You present a good argument. However, I still maintain my original statement that this homage to John Lennon does not surpass the original in any aspect.
epicishness 4 months ago
@epicishness and you are entirely entitled to that opinion :)
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takaashi1 4 months ago
@takaashi1 Haha, calm down there big guy. I just enjoy an educated discussion every now and then.
epicishness 4 months ago
@epicishness ok man, i may have been a little rude, sry about that xD
takaashi1 4 months ago
@takaashi1 Haha, not a problem.
epicishness 4 months ago
I don't understand how anyone could say this is better than the original. I don't think this even comes close and comparisons are therefore pretty ridiculous. It's like saying Fiona Apple's version of Across the Universe tops the original. To each his own, I guess.
Toodlem 5 months ago
He does a great version of this song. a really good one. but well Lennon i think did it better
beatlefan247 5 months ago
A good example how a great song can be spoiled.
girbidas 5 months ago
Love the intro
1892ynwakop 5 months ago
it's very rare that a cover is better than the original, and it's john lennon a legend but roxy music is better. Fair play to brian ferry. Although he does look like he's trying to push one out on occasions.
itsawinnerfereal 5 months ago 45
@itsawinnerfereal bullshit Why people think it's better than original? I don't doubt that this is the best cover, but Lennon can NEVER be copied...
Daniel0889 4 months ago
@Daniel0889 Its all down to personal preference, i dont even like John Lennon version.
RiFFxxx 3 months ago
@RiFFxxx You are maybe I got a different taste, but I think this version barely brings out emotions from a person, when the original version is like an ode to love and forgiveness
Daniel0889 3 months ago
@itsawinnerfereal Class comment mate I always thought that too! :)
paulbuzu 4 months ago
@itsawinnerfereal this cover sounds to much like Elvis Presley... sorry, this reaction is even objective as yours.
19alexander95 3 months ago
@itsawinnerfereal 100% agree !!!
doktorwlodek1 3 months ago
@itsawinnerfereal
Looks like a chihuahua is trying to bite a hemorrhoid of him.
mrhenryleopard 2 months ago
@mrhenryleopard What? Bryan Ferry Rules....he still cranks out the hits well into his 60's!!!
simonspitfire16 2 months ago
@simonspitfire16
I agree with that. I just feel like he's got an angry toy dog chewing on and hanging from one of his bumgrapes.
mrhenryleopard 2 months ago
better, than the original one
felica76 5 months ago 2
Amazing!
thesimguy1905 5 months ago
Those teeth look a bit sharp! Seriously, this song is just lovely, so slinky.
Plumpleton 5 months ago
Simply beautiful...
machan88 5 months ago
Lennon neva made it 2 heaven, non believers will not inherit "GOD'S" Kingdom sorry 2 say..........???/
Perfectrugby 5 months ago
lennons got nothing on ferry's version
FuckTheLawNiggas 5 months ago
makes me think of John Lennon........
MsAnnestube 5 months ago
i had a dream about this song the other night, i definately prefer this to the original lol
RealMusicTV 5 months ago
"The names Bryan, Bryan Ferry!"
RedThebigOne 5 months ago
i love this song christ sake, that mini solo followed by the sax is just priceless
simionTheOne 5 months ago in playlist Video's die door simionTheOne aan de favorieten zijn toegevoegd
The whistling and instrumental at the end is just brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
choochoo151 6 months ago
i love Bryan Ferry's version and i am an absolute Lennon fan. Music is music
schizo008 6 months ago
Not sure if, from the comments below, people hadn't realised that Brain Ferry didn’t this song as a tribute to John Lennon, when he died. So to compare it makes no sense…or if you like nonsense.
urbancompanion 6 months ago
Hard to believe this is 30 years ago? It seems like yesterday.
lewisner 6 months ago 2
why do people come here to compare and give out about ferrys version!! if you want lennons version go to it........
xcvcvxxcvcvx 6 months ago 3
I can understand if anyone prefers John Lennon's original version to this, but you can't say that this was a bad cover. Bryan Ferry did this as tribute and I personally feel that he did a great job, and I'm pretty sure Lennon would have said the same.
DBowie125 6 months ago
John byłby pod wrażeniem...
fantoto12 6 months ago
much better than lennon
onetomanyish 6 months ago
THis wont load because of the shitty add linked before it. Thanks assholes.
Skatecareerheaven 6 months ago
A remake truly worth listening to!!!!
nytaxprep 6 months ago
Thumbs down. This guy's voice is annoying imo. Lennon's version was, is and will always be the best one.
Not meaning to start a flamewar.
Neechyou 6 months ago
@Neechyou Have to agree with Neechyou, Everyone has their opinion of course, but in MHO, this does NOT do justice to Lennon, or his song Jealous Guy nor his previous song Child of Nature from which the melody was derived. As far as the performance, I thought the Guitar solo was nice, good job on that, and that is about where my positive reinforcement ends. if you don't like criticism, go ahead and stop reading now. The post following this one will be my reasons for disliking it.
SirLordMortimer 6 months ago
ok, so on to the reasons I was not impressed, and this Is just my opinion.
but in MHO,
Not sure what to think of the Mullet-haired Football player on the Sax, didn't quite nail it sorry.
The synthesizer had no business in there at all. The voice isn't bad, but the Twitchy guy singing had no feel /understanding of the song and did not convey the heart and soul into it that it deserves.
It was like watching an average Elvis impersonator sing Lennon, while having an epileptic fit to the camera.
SirLordMortimer 6 months ago
@SirLordMortimer My friend the twitchy guy singing is one of the greatest singers of the 20th century! Of course your entitled to your opinion and I respect that, but to say that he has no feel/understanding of the song, well to me that says you have no idea who Bryan Ferry is, he has based his entire career on conveying the feeling of every single lyric he ever sang! I admit that he does look a little irksome while he sings but that's his style! He's always been like that!
Mournblade77 6 months ago
Which is better, well it's apple & oranges, both taste amazing and different from each other. I love both.
ralutjohn 6 months ago
This does make justice to John! Beautiful version! It comes from the heart.
TheJumpyPopcorn 6 months ago
Love this version!!
MrSebanio 6 months ago
This is way better than the original song
Nk366 6 months ago
@Nk366 No, it is absolutely not better than the original
JohnMacLennon 6 months ago
@Tristansletter He is good, but not better:)
siem2121 6 months ago
Wow, this song is melancholic, John made this song to Paul McCartney, what a beautiful couple!
chabelita777mex 6 months ago
thankyou very much "twin40worty" every time I hear this version I'll say to my pal's "This is better than the original" & end up on the thick ear side of a tongue bashing from my cohort's, but I'm RIGHT, about this anyway. CHEER'S.
TheRockingtam 6 months ago
@TheRockingtam then play both to your friends. you cant knock john lennon. but in this case bryan ferry does it better
twin40worty 6 months ago
No one can sing as good as lennon could sing his own songs he meant it ! , accept it.
siem2121 6 months ago
this reminds me of 'look who's talking 2' haha, this is one of my favorite songs even though i'm only 15, i love it <3
BeautyDork101 6 months ago
@BeautyDork101 me too
X13ful 6 months ago
brill.. prefer this version.
mumsweeangel09 6 months ago