John Lennon - Instant Karma

"Instant Karma!" was recorded for and is John Lennon's third solo single on Apple Records. The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance", in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It ranks as one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history, recorded (at London's Abbey Road Studios) the same day it was written, and coming out only ten days later. Lennon remarked to the press, he "wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunch, and we're putting it out for dinner." The song was produced by music producer Phil Spector, the first of many solo recordings by The Beatles that Spector worked on through 1970; Lennon may have been trying out Spector for work on the then-dormant Let It Be / Get Back project, which Spector would controversially rework for release that May.

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[BeatleKnight]

At 1:21, can someone confirm that Mal Evans (the Beatles former roadie) is playing the tambourine? I'm almost positive it's him!

[BeatleboyJd]

Yeah thats him

And I think theres a man name Klaus Voorman in there

He was a friend of the Beatles since their Hamburg days

[dopep24]

we miss you john lennon

your the best artist

[U2BR99]

I thinks it's cool how Yoko is in on stage just nonchalantly knitting away, while the music is playing. It also shows how fucking cool John was that Yoko could be taking a crap on stag and he's OK with it; just so long as they're together. Some artists are so overly concerned with onstage appearances and have to have thing so "sanitized" that it just takes the joy out of the music. It's great to see such raw life performances, although this appears to be just a rehersal.

[irockyouroll]

@BeatleboyJd klaus is a very close friend to all the beatles! i saw it in the george harrison documentry by Martin Scorsese! he plays bass too

[pibezurdazo]

@born912 shine on you on

[pibezurdazo]

baby if being dead means that i will be a star, i dont wanna be that far from you, baby stay close to me, i wanna shine with you.

[julienewmeyer]

so sad he's gone live on the legend ( BEALTLES)

[ts1depot]

Music like this is why people need to stop bashing Yoko Ono for "breaking up The Beatles." I love The Beatles but Lennon was at his best musically with Yoko. He grew so much as an artist-- just listen to his material right before he died; it didn't get much better than that.

[moonpie73]

@SufferinJuly Yoko was not convalescing from double cataract surgery. She was an avant-garde, conceptual and performance artist. This was her part in the song's performance..

[macunfraidh]

B.P. Fallon on the bass there.

[mrmermmaid]

@BeatleKnight . That's definately Mal. And Klaus Voorman.

[mrmermmaid]

@BeatleKnight . That's definately Mal.

[NEVERLEAVEORFORSAKE]

ONO SHOULD HAVE PUT A BAG OVER HER HEAD.  :-)