Oh what nostalgic moments these Beatles songs bring to me. But they are a source of remembrance as a youth brought up in a new musical environment which made us independent and so strong.
i first heard this version about 20 years ago -played by jj-jackson on a beatles special seems yoko had it for years in a closet like herself and decide that the other beatles could have it
¥There is beautiful music still being made...(Jeremy Enigk - River to Sea: to maybe show u a path..he has kind of J.L. solo sound) they don't choose the same path as in.. signing deal making videos etc...they've been going in and out of style..but they're guaranteed to raise a smile :-)
"What's the next best thing to be..."
J.L. had s gift for taking simple phrases and using double meaning's...even before Lucy ;-)
JOHN has the raw power and please look the official video,like georgie's face recording.He was very happy to record the song of his friend john. NOT PAUL, I LOVE THE BEATLES
So when the beatles redid this they were completely faithful to this... McCartney just filled in the gaps. They used every audible line Lennon used here.
In my opinion he's one of the best, if not the best, man in the world! His message of peace and love still lives on today through his fans. R.I.P John Lennon!
Que bello es escuchar la versión inédita de esta bella canción. Por lo que sé esta es una de las canciones que fueron encontradas por Yoko (después de la muerte de John), cuando Paul le pidió cosas que John haya escrito o composiciones jamás terminadas para empezar lo que sería la Antología de The Beatles. Es hermoso escuchar esto, de verdad me emociona bastante,
John Lennon, siempre tendremos tu legado en nuestros corazones <3
@TieFreaty....Beebs and such are sideshows....it's folks like NewPornies, BlackKeys, Fire, Decemberists, that carry on the Beatles legacy, and others, by forging new directions. The market is too fragmented now for a band with Beatles-esque transformative powers....
john winston lennon....greatest artist, human, man, creature, soul, child, husband, father, friend to all humand kind. I was 2 years old when you died but I miss you so much every day. Thank you for giving it all to us, I wish I could have seen you once in Person!
the 20th century had the beatles, acdc, iron maiden, motley crue, ozzy, etc... and what o we have in the dearest 21st century? justin bieber, cody simpson, katy perry, lmfao, etc.... is this really what music has come to?
@TieFreaty so true so true....it hurts so much not to have lived that generation...i envy my parents for it, having seen the beatles live...i would pay with one of my kidneys to see them live
@TieFreaty you can go to any bar to see real bands play rock and roll or just good music. If you are a Tv slave well you will never find anything. There is good music because there is people with good taste who follow people like Lennon, people with brain so get out and dont think more about Bieber (plastic people plastic!) greets froms argentina!
Look the guy was human. Was he perfect? Of course not. But how would our lives and reputation look to the world if there were umpteen books written about us and every little bad thing that we did was publicized? Was he a great father? Absolutley not. Did he have flaws? Many. But what did he leave the world? What is he known for and what will he be known for years from now? Did he shape the world for the better and inspire people positively? Thats whats important.
THANK YOU for this. I had never heard the original Free As A Bird before, so this is very cool. I miss this guys voice and his powerful positive influence. I think the world would be a better place if Lennon were still here, telling the truth thru his powerful and incredible voice. It's a real shame that one creep took him from all of us
@beatleness I agree, I was born that very day he was taken from us, I was coming into this world 2 minutes after he left it, I know we passed in the ether....now im pregnant with a baby due on Johns Birthday!! Profound. But I liked your comment..
Even the saints aren't saints; that's all PR. John tried to be a good person by his own lights-he knew he had problems -he eventually faced them, worked on them, and emerged a greater and better person. The sense that he was, like us all, a work in progress, is what moves me about John Lennon. He was real.
most of you don't know what a bad father is. Your probably some chick that sounds like this.Oh your never at home is that all you do is work work work or go find a job you lazy sob go find a job. Do you have even the slightest idea the amount of time it took to write music lyrics and the music at all. About 500 songs published,for everyone published they threw out one or two. That's probably how most english bands got there music dumpster diving behind apple records.
Takes me back to 1995, I was just getting into the Beatles then this came out with Real Love shortly after. The Anthology documentary and cd blew me away- so nice to finally hear the demo tape, thanks for posting!!
Not you or anyone else is in the position to say what kind of father and husband he was. I've followed his life and never heard Julian or Cynthia say a word about him.More than likely you have no idea what it's like in a bad home.You should have had my life abused every way possible and I mean every way. I can only imagine the pressure he was under and despite being the judge and jury you can't either so take you snotty attitude and shove it up your ass.
how ironic that john left the middle eight bit unfinished ("whatever happened to the life that we once knew....") and paul finished it off 20 years later ("can we really live without each other..."). just like they did with each others songs with the beatles.
I feed the sparrows. they dont leave in the cold winter. They are kinda stuck. I love their strength and they sing every day . so beautiful. Love how John says boid. he had the humor too. a big great soul
If you are a truth seeker, search "Truth Contest" in Google and click on the 1st result, then open The Present and read what it says. Everyone needs to see this. What this book says will turn this world right-side up if it reaches enough people. You will see what I mean when you read the first page.
regardless of john lennon being alive or dead (clearly dead) i believe his messages live on inside all of his fans as well as other people through his music, poetry, Yoko, his life and of course his children he will never be forgotten and i'm sure if he was alive today he'd protest so much including the war in iraq so you see i think he still does care even though he's dead hes's still alive in many aspects of the word! and that we should never forget R.I.P *John Lennon*
Free as a bird is the next best thing to being free as a bird. I'm sure the repeat of free as a bird is meant to be a filler until he could come up with something appropriate that rhymes and fits, but It's kind of a blessing that didn't happen. Free as a bird is the next best thing to being free as a bird is way evocative and enigmatic. A mindful to ponder.
John may not have been a saint. However, there aren't too many of us who have ever inhabited this planet who can claim to have been. Considering the childhood he had and then the pressures he and the others faced throughout their careers he did pretty well. He certainly left his mark on this existence we call life. I'm sure there are things that went on that we will never know about, good and bad, but he did the best he could to make a difference. Surely the world will never forget John Lennon.
@kaosvarkas Agreed entirely My sentiments too We can all be a bit of a git on occasion, but the main thing is you try , to make a differance to others & try to be the best you can... John , Saint? No! LEGEND & Working class Hero ? YES! Remembered ? ALWAYS !! ;-)
@kaosvarkas can I marry you? this is exactly why I love John, he was a genius, he was talented and funny, and he had a beautiful soul - But he also made many mistakes and he was not by any means a saint, he was as human as the rest of us and not afraid to show it. And I wouldn't want him any other way.
John wasn't a saint. He preached peace and love but he could be a bit of a bastard too. Ask Julian Lennon how great his dad was. Don't get me wrong, I love John, but some of these comments about how great he was are a bit much.
I always get upset and disappointed everytime I hear abt those things,hwever I dont judge him,I cant, he is the music god but it's impossible for us to know him wholly,it was impossible for anyone even those who had a very close relationship with him. By looking his song we could understand the profound,pure and hard-pressed soul of him longing for the freedom.When I think about little John deprived of family love,care and compassion, I would love to hug him tight and say how much I do love him
@xradio86 That was exactly the point I was trying to make. Some of these other comments about him being God like or perfect are ridiculous. John himself would tell those people off.
@singleh27 i know ive got a book about the beatles and it says when john was young he used to go up bihind old people and go boo! to them and he used to draw cruel and disturbing pics. when i read it i was shocked ):
John Lennon was a special person, there's no two ways about it. What a stunningly beautiful song. As anti-religion as I am , I'm tempted to say, this is the voice of God.
John Lennon got shot. It involved no heroism. Everyone re-members where they were, and what they were doing, when they heard of his assassination. I was installing a toilet. "John Lennon's been murdered!" My loaner girlfriend reported. "Oh shit!" I retorted. Later, prior to more things occurring, I retired to my eight-million-dollar trailer & my twenty-million-dollar toothbrush, oh yeah...
I feel like John Lennon, if he had lived, would be the greatest man alive today. There is no more love. There is no more tolerance. Where is his message when we really need it?
@SatoriKensho Imagine if Reagan had died, while Lennon had lived. The 80s wouldn't have been anything like they were. The Republican domination of American politics couldn't have happened. The world would be more peaceful and content overall.
@ebonics4everyone What would John have done? He'd left politics alone a long time before he died. There are no political songs after about 1974. I think he was well and truly done putting himself out there in the political sense. I'm sure he still had some of the same views, but he wasn't as out there with them. Do you think he would have run for office or something? Definitely not! If he had spoken up about anything, people would have just looked on him the same way they do any celebrity.
@ebonics4everyone : Stop revering the fantasy that the parties Republican & Democrat are at loggerheads with one another. Stop trusting televised/teleprompted corporators. America is run by ONE cabal of elitists.
@PutItAway There is not even the slightest hint of Scouse in the voice on this recording. It sounds like an American trying to put on a Socttish accent.
@62szabadsag Huh?? If you can't tell that's Lennon's vocal, you must be either tone deaf or not very familiar with his music. This is a from a series of three demos recorded on cassette at the Dakota apt in 1977. He uses that speaking voice on all three versions, imitating a NY accent. They've been available as bootlegs long before Youtube came into existence. The surviving Beatles and Jeff Lynn used the piano and vocal to produce a studio version released on the Anthology album in 1995
@ritter89 Well said. And in any case, George was the only one of them whose Scouse accent was audible in his singing voice. And, though I quite like the spoken Scouse accent, I don't really want to hear it sung. (Example from GH's "Only a Northern Song": .."what clothes I wer or how I fer or if my her is brown...)
If you like this song then we probably have the same taste in music. I’m an independent artist and my band – the good fats - just completed our first album. I’m pretty sure there’s a way to take songs off youtube and put them on a....what are those things called...iPods?!?!?!! So ya have listen, let me know what you think, tell your friends or anyone else and I hope you enjoy...
This is probably the most brilliant song that John wrote about his prision time with The Beatles and the fake Paul. He is singing about how he is Free from the Beatles....but it is still a durge...slow...depressing...it is not a happy song. It expresses that John knew what was comming for him, he knew it had to be.
@TommYYZ you know john and paul still remained friends during the 70's? they even had a jam session in 74' you can find it on youtube its called like a toot and snore? Imagine had made it seem as though it was paul that killed the beatles and he was the enemy, in which was totally opposite. Sure they had a few bad words towards to the start but that subsided quickly and they were ready to start again just didnt have the motivation.
@ilikeblondie Does not prove anything. Remember, John knew the people he was dealing with "Go and tell your Momma, everything" John singing about the people who essentially invented the fake Paul in 66. he had to keep up appearances not only while recording in the 60s and 70s but after. John knew he cold not do a press release about what had happened so he put it in his lyrics.
@TommYYZ omg its one of these guys, you know that Paul never died right? I've seen all of the evidence, I've read the books hell I own the book "The walrus was paul" Its all bullshit dude, I used to think that too, and again. Its all bullshit man. "Clues in lyrics, albums, videos, etc." its all bullshit dude, its like the lucy in the sky with diamonds thing, a lot of people still believe it mean LSD, which John got the idea from his sons picture. Paul never died. Its all bullshit dude.
@TommYYZ omg its one of these guys, you know that Paul never died right? I've seen all of the evidence, I've read the books hell I own the book "The walrus was paul" Its all bullshit dude, I used to think that too, and again. Its all bullshit man. "Clues in lyrics, albums, videos, etc." its all bullshit dude, its like the lucy in the sky with diamonds thing, a lot of people still believe it mean LSD, which John got the idea from his sons picture. Paul never died. Its all bullshit dude.
@jordanmylesevans Oh yes (The Beatles Anthology 1, Disc 1, Track 1, 1995) If you need this song just tell me and I'll send you, all right greeting for you.
Oh what nostalgic moments these Beatles songs bring to me. But they are a source of remembrance as a youth brought up in a new musical environment which made us independent and so strong.
emanuelmicallef 2 days ago
i first heard this version about 20 years ago -played by jj-jackson on a beatles special seems yoko had it for years in a closet like herself and decide that the other beatles could have it
richardsval465 4 days ago
Music goes through phases. You just have to look further and deeper.
TheKolkhozersOfcl 6 days ago
Even though incomplete, this version is even more moving than the final version.
John's solo work is my favourite of any of the Beatles by far!
PabloJalan 1 week ago
Amazing
WH0sTHEbe5t 1 week ago
¥There is beautiful music still being made...(Jeremy Enigk - River to Sea: to maybe show u a path..he has kind of J.L. solo sound) they don't choose the same path as in.. signing deal making videos etc...they've been going in and out of style..but they're guaranteed to raise a smile :-)
"What's the next best thing to be..."
J.L. had s gift for taking simple phrases and using double meaning's...even before Lucy ;-)
Pich2005 2 weeks ago
JOHN has the raw power and please look the official video,like georgie's face recording.He was very happy to record the song of his friend john. NOT PAUL, I LOVE THE BEATLES
moondog294 2 weeks ago
So when the beatles redid this they were completely faithful to this... McCartney just filled in the gaps. They used every audible line Lennon used here.
RoyKidman3 2 weeks ago 2
great song
shaneh1983 2 weeks ago
@643neil No, thats not true...He has given us so much with his music. All of us! :) John is the best!!!
janekullerkeks 2 weeks ago
@TieFreaty Rusko, The Black Keys, Kid Cudi, Avicii, James Vincent McMorrow, Bon Iver, Cee Lo, The Roots... The list goes on. Stop complaining.
ajthejones 2 weeks ago
why did u die before I was born?? :( oh john u are my idol,for ever!!!
janekullerkeks 2 weeks ago 4
@janekullerkeks he will always be my
643neil 2 weeks ago
Paul found the perfect missing lyrics, rest in peace John !
QcMarcAndre 3 weeks ago
@MrWaqmaz Naaa, just a realist - and very honest about things.
mattmanking90 3 weeks ago
He was a very sad person.
MrWaqmaz 4 weeks ago
Rest In Peace John Albrigo. Forever in my mind and heart <3.
1969JohnLennon1969 1 month ago
the beatles so much this to say about them... the beatles had no greater, even queen was below them, and below queen chuck norris
bingo2000100 1 month ago
In my opinion he's one of the best, if not the best, man in the world! His message of peace and love still lives on today through his fans. R.I.P John Lennon!
LemonPledge01 1 month ago 2
Que bello es escuchar la versión inédita de esta bella canción. Por lo que sé esta es una de las canciones que fueron encontradas por Yoko (después de la muerte de John), cuando Paul le pidió cosas que John haya escrito o composiciones jamás terminadas para empezar lo que sería la Antología de The Beatles. Es hermoso escuchar esto, de verdad me emociona bastante,
John Lennon, siempre tendremos tu legado en nuestros corazones <3
alemujiB 1 month ago
my absolute favorite....
donttalkshizzle 1 month ago
@TieFreaty....Beebs and such are sideshows....it's folks like NewPornies, BlackKeys, Fire, Decemberists, that carry on the Beatles legacy, and others, by forging new directions. The market is too fragmented now for a band with Beatles-esque transformative powers....
DonInFremont 1 month ago
john winston lennon....greatest artist, human, man, creature, soul, child, husband, father, friend to all humand kind. I was 2 years old when you died but I miss you so much every day. Thank you for giving it all to us, I wish I could have seen you once in Person!
LSDfischbein79 1 month ago
the 20th century had the beatles, acdc, iron maiden, motley crue, ozzy, etc... and what o we have in the dearest 21st century? justin bieber, cody simpson, katy perry, lmfao, etc.... is this really what music has come to?
TieFreaty 1 month ago 35
@TieFreaty so true so true....it hurts so much not to have lived that generation...i envy my parents for it, having seen the beatles live...i would pay with one of my kidneys to see them live
LSDfischbein79 1 month ago
@TieFreaty We have Foo Fighters at least.
GLukeSkovarodker 3 weeks ago
@TieFreaty well we also have simple plan, alestorm, my chemical romance, red hot chilli peppers (they still make songs now) etc...
DutchEvilEvi 2 weeks ago
@DutchEvilEvi None of which express the same pure artistry that Lennon, Harrison, McCartney, and Starr did.
HarvestmanMan 2 weeks ago
@TieFreaty you can go to any bar to see real bands play rock and roll or just good music. If you are a Tv slave well you will never find anything. There is good music because there is people with good taste who follow people like Lennon, people with brain so get out and dont think more about Bieber (plastic people plastic!) greets froms argentina!
JCD
elatemporal 2 weeks ago 3
@TieFreaty None of the artists you mentioned were around by 1912 so I think it might just be early days yet ;)
DANW547 2 weeks ago
@TieFreaty In our defense, it has only been the first ten years of the 21st Century.
ZakMcDonald64 1 week ago
@TieFreaty Great musicians and cool bands are still giving the fight out there, the problem is that good music is less and less popular everyday.
zep68cd 6 days ago
@TieFreaty
Who is Cody Simpson and LMFAO? Those other two suck btw!
mistergreen93 6 days ago
@TieFreaty Don't forget about Floyd, Zeppelin, and The Beach Boys!
seanleonard5 6 days ago
@TieFreaty Maybe once we start hitting the 2060's music will start to come together again.
locojets 4 days ago
i didnt know that old guy hubert in family guy was voiced by john lennon
lylecoastguard90 1 month ago
@lylecoastguard90 hilarious... I hate myself for laughing
imamymay 1 month ago
@imamymay haha i felt bad for pointing it out
lylecoastguard90 1 month ago
Look the guy was human. Was he perfect? Of course not. But how would our lives and reputation look to the world if there were umpteen books written about us and every little bad thing that we did was publicized? Was he a great father? Absolutley not. Did he have flaws? Many. But what did he leave the world? What is he known for and what will he be known for years from now? Did he shape the world for the better and inspire people positively? Thats whats important.
nyc776 1 month ago 2
This is the purest thing. Oh well, there's something in my eye :(
misscarly12 1 month ago
I have not realized at my early age who you were John but it feels like I have known you forever through your music, thank you
LSDfischbein79 1 month ago
To everything there is a season.
elije40 1 month ago
Lovely. Just so pure. Thanks for sharing it.
Chuckqnit 1 month ago
THANK YOU for this. I had never heard the original Free As A Bird before, so this is very cool. I miss this guys voice and his powerful positive influence. I think the world would be a better place if Lennon were still here, telling the truth thru his powerful and incredible voice. It's a real shame that one creep took him from all of us
beatleness 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos 18
@beatleness I agree, I was born that very day he was taken from us, I was coming into this world 2 minutes after he left it, I know we passed in the ether....now im pregnant with a baby due on Johns Birthday!! Profound. But I liked your comment..
LennonsLady27 6 days ago
Oh God Where So Art our Leaders?
edelenwolf69 1 month ago
Even the saints aren't saints; that's all PR. John tried to be a good person by his own lights-he knew he had problems -he eventually faced them, worked on them, and emerged a greater and better person. The sense that he was, like us all, a work in progress, is what moves me about John Lennon. He was real.
gilraen789 1 month ago
Wow... John!
fla1037 2 months ago
I cry. I always cry.
thehillcefis 2 months ago
25 subnormals need a kick en his ass.
Herecomesthesun113 2 months ago
Who could dislike this?
Snackay 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
there are 25 subnormal that prefer justin bieber
gerchinomas 2 months ago
Damn, he arranged the harmonies with nothing left to be done... no words to describe this superb masterpiece...
alcalaed 2 months ago
is like dung>>>fag men
AmurPatel 2 months ago
put your rag over your ears then!
whittingham4665 2 months ago
most of you don't know what a bad father is. Your probably some chick that sounds like this.Oh your never at home is that all you do is work work work or go find a job you lazy sob go find a job. Do you have even the slightest idea the amount of time it took to write music lyrics and the music at all. About 500 songs published,for everyone published they threw out one or two. That's probably how most english bands got there music dumpster diving behind apple records.
marlonmillburn67 2 months ago
ii like this
josaldinho5000 2 months ago
Takes me back to 1995, I was just getting into the Beatles then this came out with Real Love shortly after. The Anthology documentary and cd blew me away- so nice to finally hear the demo tape, thanks for posting!!
Nothinbutdrums1 2 months ago
Not you or anyone else is in the position to say what kind of father and husband he was. I've followed his life and never heard Julian or Cynthia say a word about him.More than likely you have no idea what it's like in a bad home.You should have had my life abused every way possible and I mean every way. I can only imagine the pressure he was under and despite being the judge and jury you can't either so take you snotty attitude and shove it up your ass.
marlonmillburn67 2 months ago
@marlonmillburn67 there def is a vid on youtube of julian talking not so greatly about his dad.
soulseeker300 2 months ago
how ironic that john left the middle eight bit unfinished ("whatever happened to the life that we once knew....") and paul finished it off 20 years later ("can we really live without each other..."). just like they did with each others songs with the beatles.
briney1973 2 months ago 5
This is incredible.
tojoinbobdylan 2 months ago
@tojoinbobdylan
Just what i thought... 1st listen EVER... 19 Dec 2011 23:05 GMT, Just Incredible
Zapple03 2 months ago
This is the best version by miles. I Love John Lennon so much.
oasisbigfan 2 months ago
I do not know what to say so I will leave a smile ;)
TheMikee71 2 months ago
it helps the living.....brings insight....hope.....reminds you oif a life lesson
tsgs100 2 months ago
Touching melody
zapspace 2 months ago
WOW............THANKS FOR THE POST
bobbybo909 2 months ago
a man with a free spirit ...
5moke85 2 months ago
Rest in peace john :)
666angusrocks 2 months ago in playlist The Beatles-John L.
Rest in peace John. You're my idol and I never lived to see you.
itsawarmgun 2 months ago 51
@itsawarmgun oh did you die before he was born?
MrBenedictDonovan 3 weeks ago
@MrBenedictDonovan Vice versa. Perhaps I worded that wrong.
itsawarmgun 3 weeks ago
@itsawarmgun haha thanks for replying to my pedantry ;)
MrBenedictDonovan 3 weeks ago
@MrBenedictDonovan I found it pretty funny. Haha
itsawarmgun 3 weeks ago
I feed the sparrows. they dont leave in the cold winter. They are kinda stuck. I love their strength and they sing every day . so beautiful. Love how John says boid. he had the humor too. a big great soul
TREYOLDHIPPIE 2 months ago
24 people aren't free like birds.
OfficialBreeZepeda 2 months ago 3
A voice that sends shivers down my spine.
MrSteef2 2 months ago 6
@MrSteef2 the best voice ever!
costanza69 2 months ago
He sure is.
goodcopbadcopmusic 2 months ago
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If you are a truth seeker, search "Truth Contest" in Google and click on the 1st result, then open The Present and read what it says. Everyone needs to see this. What this book says will turn this world right-side up if it reaches enough people. You will see what I mean when you read the first page.
UnifyingTruthProject 3 months ago
@kaosvarkas i agree, people make mistakes, some dont learn from them, when john seen his mistakes he corrected them, the government dont......
GLICKTON 3 months ago
this song when i listen to it even though im not a religious person, it reaches my soul
GLICKTON 3 months ago
regardless of john lennon being alive or dead (clearly dead) i believe his messages live on inside all of his fans as well as other people through his music, poetry, Yoko, his life and of course his children he will never be forgotten and i'm sure if he was alive today he'd protest so much including the war in iraq so you see i think he still does care even though he's dead hes's still alive in many aspects of the word! and that we should never forget R.I.P *John Lennon*
enzides 3 months ago 35
Lennon was really extraordinarily talented chap...his lyrics externalized the internal world of human beings
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"If people demanded peace instead of a new television set then there would be peace."
- John Lennon
durringtonatlive 3 months ago
Free as a bird is the next best thing to being free as a bird. I'm sure the repeat of free as a bird is meant to be a filler until he could come up with something appropriate that rhymes and fits, but It's kind of a blessing that didn't happen. Free as a bird is the next best thing to being free as a bird is way evocative and enigmatic. A mindful to ponder.
WanagiAkicita 3 months ago
johnmy man
monpeful 3 months ago
Beautifull voice, love you John ((ºjº))
carljubin 3 months ago 3
fantastic song!
beatlewarrior 3 months ago
John may not have been a saint. However, there aren't too many of us who have ever inhabited this planet who can claim to have been. Considering the childhood he had and then the pressures he and the others faced throughout their careers he did pretty well. He certainly left his mark on this existence we call life. I'm sure there are things that went on that we will never know about, good and bad, but he did the best he could to make a difference. Surely the world will never forget John Lennon.
kaosvarkas 3 months ago 72
@kaosvarkas Agreed entirely My sentiments too We can all be a bit of a git on occasion, but the main thing is you try , to make a differance to others & try to be the best you can... John , Saint? No! LEGEND & Working class Hero ? YES! Remembered ? ALWAYS !! ;-)
SimonYoungJames 3 months ago 2
@kaosvarkas can I marry you? this is exactly why I love John, he was a genius, he was talented and funny, and he had a beautiful soul - But he also made many mistakes and he was not by any means a saint, he was as human as the rest of us and not afraid to show it. And I wouldn't want him any other way.
Sapphirestar1 3 months ago 2
@kaosvarkas he was human just like the rest of us my friend R.I.P J Lennon
TheWelshCelt 1 month ago
John wasn't a saint. He preached peace and love but he could be a bit of a bastard too. Ask Julian Lennon how great his dad was. Don't get me wrong, I love John, but some of these comments about how great he was are a bit much.
singleh27 3 months ago 54
@singleh27 Dick
dayrts57 3 months ago
@singleh27 We are all sefish to a degree, Its nobodys job to judge John Lennon, including you. Enjoy what he gave us.
bleeptester 3 months ago
I always get upset and disappointed everytime I hear abt those things,hwever I dont judge him,I cant, he is the music god but it's impossible for us to know him wholly,it was impossible for anyone even those who had a very close relationship with him. By looking his song we could understand the profound,pure and hard-pressed soul of him longing for the freedom.When I think about little John deprived of family love,care and compassion, I would love to hug him tight and say how much I do love him
mwhite7777 2 months ago 5
@singleh27 That what makes him human. He truly is a great person, no question about that.
TheDireWolfsLair 2 months ago
@TheDireWolfsLair Totally agree, that's what I was going for when I made my comment. John wasn't perfect, so no need to make him St. John Lennon.
singleh27 2 months ago
@singleh27 well he was human like us wasnt he?
xradio86 2 months ago 3
@xradio86 That was exactly the point I was trying to make. Some of these other comments about him being God like or perfect are ridiculous. John himself would tell those people off.
singleh27 2 months ago
@singleh27
Nobody is perfect.
KillianReed 2 months ago
@KillianReed That's what I was going for with my comment. Glad we agree then.
singleh27 2 months ago
@singleh27 "you judge a man based on what he does; you judge an artist based on his work." M. D.
MegaPanzers1 2 months ago 5
Man?
awakeningtam 2 months ago
@awakeningtam no, an Argonian
MegaPanzers1 2 months ago
yes good point ...John was human a human angel!
whittingham4665 2 months ago
@singleh27 i know ive got a book about the beatles and it says when john was young he used to go up bihind old people and go boo! to them and he used to draw cruel and disturbing pics. when i read it i was shocked ):
ryandeakin5878 1 month ago
@ryandeakin5878 Oh every kid plays pranks. Nevermind the silliness of his youth. It's obvious he became so much more.
terrywest111 1 month ago
@terrywest111 oh yea stupid me
ryandeakin5878 1 month ago
John Lennon was a special person, there's no two ways about it. What a stunningly beautiful song. As anti-religion as I am , I'm tempted to say, this is the voice of God.
TheFestivelights 4 months ago
I also wanna be free as a boid. boids are cool
alonsh4 4 months ago 3
@alonsh4 a doity boid sat on a coib at toidy toid and toid
ultrakool 3 months ago
I can imagine this song echoing as I leave my body when I die.
TisLiberte 4 months ago 8
:.)
thehillcefis 4 months ago
Free... as a boid
Lmusik00futL 4 months ago 6
I agree with SatoriKensho. John was a unique person journeying towards becoming a super cool Buddha like guy.
The world really needed him in the last decade! A voice to break through all of the static of the internet.
Still missing him today.
2muchmedia 4 months ago 3
what happened to John voice?
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John Lennon got shot. It involved no heroism. Everyone re-members where they were, and what they were doing, when they heard of his assassination. I was installing a toilet. "John Lennon's been murdered!" My loaner girlfriend reported. "Oh shit!" I retorted. Later, prior to more things occurring, I retired to my eight-million-dollar trailer & my twenty-million-dollar toothbrush, oh yeah...
IconsOfTeleplay 4 months ago
This song, especially the original demo, gives me chills. It is a beautiful song. No matter what, John Lennon will always live on.
rockliveson69 4 months ago
I feel like John Lennon, if he had lived, would be the greatest man alive today. There is no more love. There is no more tolerance. Where is his message when we really need it?
SatoriKensho 4 months ago
@SatoriKensho Imagine if Reagan had died, while Lennon had lived. The 80s wouldn't have been anything like they were. The Republican domination of American politics couldn't have happened. The world would be more peaceful and content overall.
ebonics4everyone 4 months ago 3
@ebonics4everyone What would John have done? He'd left politics alone a long time before he died. There are no political songs after about 1974. I think he was well and truly done putting himself out there in the political sense. I'm sure he still had some of the same views, but he wasn't as out there with them. Do you think he would have run for office or something? Definitely not! If he had spoken up about anything, people would have just looked on him the same way they do any celebrity.
McLen194042 4 months ago
@ebonics4everyone : Stop revering the fantasy that the parties Republican & Democrat are at loggerheads with one another. Stop trusting televised/teleprompted corporators. America is run by ONE cabal of elitists.
IconsOfTeleplay 4 months ago
@ebonics4everyone that is why the govenment killed him...
romans52345 3 months ago
@PutItAway There is not even the slightest hint of Scouse in the voice on this recording. It sounds like an American trying to put on a Socttish accent.
62szabadsag 4 months ago
@62szabadsag Huh?? If you can't tell that's Lennon's vocal, you must be either tone deaf or not very familiar with his music. This is a from a series of three demos recorded on cassette at the Dakota apt in 1977. He uses that speaking voice on all three versions, imitating a NY accent. They've been available as bootlegs long before Youtube came into existence. The surviving Beatles and Jeff Lynn used the piano and vocal to produce a studio version released on the Anthology album in 1995
ritter89 4 months ago
@ritter89 Well said. And in any case, George was the only one of them whose Scouse accent was audible in his singing voice. And, though I quite like the spoken Scouse accent, I don't really want to hear it sung. (Example from GH's "Only a Northern Song": .."what clothes I wer or how I fer or if my her is brown...)
sagnyc 2 months ago
Another fake so some wanker can boost his number of views.
62szabadsag 4 months ago
@62szabadsag It's real you retard. Don't comment if you have no idea what you're talking about.
PutItAway101 4 months ago
I love him.
panjeearmonia 4 months ago
Anybody knows when this was recorded? And why he didnt finish this masterpiece?
BanjoBazookie 4 months ago
@BanjoBazookie he died before he could, same with "Real Love"
zutzutriot 4 months ago
He was amazing.
TheOneCalledMe 4 months ago
pinche basura tu culo mama guevo
yo1973y0 4 months ago
Gracias a dios jamas fue grabada así
y hubo de ser corregida y aumentada por Paúl George y Ringo que fiasco el lennon este
yo1973y0 4 months ago
@yo1973y0 es un demo pendejo, quien eres tu para decir como debe o no de ser la musica pinche basura
pacha1984 4 months ago
@yo1973y0 Fiasco eres tu que no sabes apreciar la belleza de este tema!!!
carloscamassi 3 months ago
@carloscamassi claro... es lo mejo que hay!
mCletyciaozh 3 months ago
I'd love to see Lennon when he recorded this !!
fuugon 4 months ago
Happy Birthday Dude! Thanks for changing my life!
vandoren59 4 months ago 102
@vandoren59 You arent the only one, A big hug from Colombia.
andres18021982 4 months ago
happy birthday John, haunting
nurselewy48 4 months ago
happy birthday !!!! GENIUS!!!
UNOMASUNOTRESS 4 months ago
Dude, thanks for the post. This is excellent. Happy birthday John.
clownboyremixx 4 months ago
FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS JOHN , SOS EL HUMANO MAS GRANDE QUE EXISTIÓ EN ESTE PUTO PLANETA, SALUD ESTES EN DONDE ESTES!
panchitogallagher 4 months ago
A beautiful and haunting tribute. You can picture Sir John singing this, as he fades away and evaporates into nothing like a ghost. #9
jimithingjames 5 months ago
Cannot beat Harrison's AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING!!! - by the way; Susanna Hoffs has a very good cover of it; AYBCS, I mean...
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eddyjacobsensongs 5 months ago
We all miss you.......Jhon
chelinigatorockero 5 months ago
I have loved this ever since its release. But this is the first time I have heard this version, it is so sad it mad me cry almost.
DKashman 5 months ago
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thegoodfats 5 months ago
how is it possible to dislike this song?
MidnightWolf669 5 months ago
I only heard this on Anthology. So after I listened to this, I didn't even make it through a minute without crying.
TheBeatles153 5 months ago 6
This really is a classic before it's time.
lostmyshoes80 5 months ago
I love the picture of the band at 0:47-1:00 !
quailstudios 5 months ago
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chich094 5 months ago
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es el mejor de los mejores, chingon d para la mùsica, sin luhar a dudas es un mostruo en la musica
maniny8 5 months ago
es el mejor de los mejores, chingon d para la mùsica, sin luhar a dudas es un mostruo en la musica
maniny8 5 months ago
i can become gay beacuse of john
Barakshm565 5 months ago 2
I love you forever john!
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Pagratinick 5 months ago
This is probably the most brilliant song that John wrote about his prision time with The Beatles and the fake Paul. He is singing about how he is Free from the Beatles....but it is still a durge...slow...depressing...it is not a happy song. It expresses that John knew what was comming for him, he knew it had to be.
TommYYZ 5 months ago
@TommYYZ you know john and paul still remained friends during the 70's? they even had a jam session in 74' you can find it on youtube its called like a toot and snore? Imagine had made it seem as though it was paul that killed the beatles and he was the enemy, in which was totally opposite. Sure they had a few bad words towards to the start but that subsided quickly and they were ready to start again just didnt have the motivation.
ilikeblondie 5 months ago
@ilikeblondie Does not prove anything. Remember, John knew the people he was dealing with "Go and tell your Momma, everything" John singing about the people who essentially invented the fake Paul in 66. he had to keep up appearances not only while recording in the 60s and 70s but after. John knew he cold not do a press release about what had happened so he put it in his lyrics.
TommYYZ 5 months ago
@TommYYZ omg its one of these guys, you know that Paul never died right? I've seen all of the evidence, I've read the books hell I own the book "The walrus was paul" Its all bullshit dude, I used to think that too, and again. Its all bullshit man. "Clues in lyrics, albums, videos, etc." its all bullshit dude, its like the lucy in the sky with diamonds thing, a lot of people still believe it mean LSD, which John got the idea from his sons picture. Paul never died. Its all bullshit dude.
ilikeblondie 5 months ago
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@TommYYZ omg its one of these guys, you know that Paul never died right? I've seen all of the evidence, I've read the books hell I own the book "The walrus was paul" Its all bullshit dude, I used to think that too, and again. Its all bullshit man. "Clues in lyrics, albums, videos, etc." its all bullshit dude, its like the lucy in the sky with diamonds thing, a lot of people still believe it mean LSD, which John got the idea from his sons picture. Paul never died. Its all bullshit dude.
ilikeblondie 5 months ago
IS THIS SONG ON AN ALBUM ? IF SO WHAT ALBUM ?
jordanmylesevans 5 months ago
@jordanmylesevans Oh yes (The Beatles Anthology 1, Disc 1, Track 1, 1995) If you need this song just tell me and I'll send you, all right greeting for you.
thehaterfull 5 months ago