And one of the Germans back in the early days that John met back in Hamburg. Klaus also played bass for Manfred Mann. He played bass on the iconic Carly Simon song, You're So Vain.
This song was a direct shot at Paul. "The only thing you done was Yesterday. Now you're gone you're just another day." Paul responded with"Let me Roll It," on the Band on the Run album.
@@TT-jm7xy Yes, but I felt that line was pertinent. John took a shot a Linda in this song as well. I felt Harrison being present was revealing as well.
Bitter bitter bitter ravings of a jealous man. I feel sure that had John lived to middle/old age he would have realized the folly of this song. But he obviously needed to say this. “Jump when your mama tell you anything” LOL OK John Ono Lennon
John and Paul invented the 'Beef" songs, one from John, then one from Paul, back and forth. Like brothers in a family, they fought but loved each other. The songs they did back and forth were really interesting. All about songs, the Beatles breaking up, their wives etc. Savage stuff.
George once said he would be in a band with John again, but never Paul. John was more relaxed in the studio and let George do what George does best. It was indeed a direct shot at Paul for subtle shots Paul took at John on the 'RAM' album (a good album, btw). Ringo was around when the lyrics were being written. Yoko and Allen Klein, John's manager, contributed quite a bit. Some of the lyrics were so offensive that Ringo reportedly said, 'That's enough, John'. As you can see, Ringo opted out of playing drums, but good ol' George showed up.
Love the Beatles and each of their solo careers. Check out Lennon's "Instant Karma" and George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness". Thanks guys for reacting to this one!
Love your reaction. John and George wrote lyrics that provoke our conscienceness. More than something to singalong with, but actual music that makes us THINK, songs you remember and ponder on. Deep. That was John.
That was Klaus Voorman kicked back on the bass. His friendship went back to the Hamburg days with The Beatles. I believe they met in 1960. The Beatles became the great band they became in Hamburg between 1960 & 62. They would play six hour sets six days week, that's where they honed their craft. Voorman also did the incredible artwork on their "Revolver" Lp, one of the all time iconic Lp covers. Peace ❤
Paul McCartney came out with the song Too Many People on the ram album. He was talking about Yoko always being in the recording studio for their last couple of albums. Before that, no girlfriends or wives were ever allowed in the recording studio, John took major personal offense to it, and came back with this absolutely cutting song. Check out the lyrics one more time. It’s a brutal fire back at Paul.
The studio was in John's Home, in England. Yep, roll outta bed, head to kitchen, cook breakfast for entire band, walk down the hall, go to work! ..amazing song.
John thought Paul had made some subtle jabs at him on McCartney's Ram album and he strikes back in his usual not too subtle way. They made up a few years later and John was quite complimentary of Paul in John's last interview with Rolling Stone where he comments on practically every Beatles song.
I’m here to testify, Detroit loves you guys! That is my favorite reaction from you so far. Yeah, Harrison sliding, that was Allen White on drums, before he chose a career drumming for YES. Klaus Voorman on bass. Man, those Cats was where it was AT!
The album this song is on, (John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band), is an exceptionally dark album. It almost had to go underground when it was released. John Lennon's voice hits all the extremes on this album.
Let’s not forget about Klaus Voorman on bass and the late, great Nicky Hopkins on electric piano. They both belong to a very small group of musicians who played with all four of the Beatles on at least one of their solo projects.
If you want to see a piece of history, find the video for The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus from 1969. It was made for TV, but the R.Stones never broadcast it at the time. Besides The Who, Jethro Tull (with Tommi Iommi before Black Sabbath), and others, there was a one time collaboration called the Dirty Mac, who played the Beatles song "Yer Blues". It was John Lennon - vocals and guitar, Eric Claption - guitar, Keith Richards (R.Stones) - bass, and Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix) - drums, and Yoko on terrible vocals.
Alan White from YES was the drummer on this song! They both loved each other so much and it was a terrible ripping from each other…. Paul went into depression, John got into heroin…. They were in each others back pocket for so many years…. Money split them up on top of just growing apart in music…. I believe they would have gotten together again that’s why it’s soooo sad!!❤😞😞😞😞😞😞
After the Beatles broke up, Paul complained about too many people in the studio…a jab at Yoko being in the Beatles studio, affecting the dynamics of the Beatles rehearsals toward the end of their career as a band. This is John’s response. Paul responded to this on another album. It went back and forth. But during interviews, they both admitted they loved each other. They were all brothers…the four of them! Paul was the one who announced publicly that he was leaving the band. He didn’t tell John ahead of time. John had already left the band. He had told the others, but didn’t want a public announcement. The members of the Beatles spent 11 years suing each other. But they still worked together at times. All of them were t through a period of heartbreak over the breakup. But they all went on to have very success solo careers. George had tons of songs that he couldn’t get on the records…he would get maybe 3 songs. He had 3 songs on Abbey Road. The rest were Paul and John’s music. So he recorded All Things Must Pass album, a double album, his first album. George loved Paul. But sometimes Paul annoyed George cuz he treated George like a little brother. Well, he was the youngest. George learned how to write music from Paul and John. By the White album and Let it Be album and Abbey Road, he was a very good songwriter. His first solo album won a Grammy! People make a big deal about the riff between George and Paul. But they loved each other. George and Paul and Ringo worked on Beatles songs after John died. And they worked on the HUGE 5 episode miniseries documentary called Beatles Anthology, together in the mid 90’s. In fact, George passed away at Paul’s house in Arizona in 2001. Paul and Ringo visited him shortly before he died…spent some time together. George was bedridden by then. Ringo eventually had to go because his daughter was also fighting cancer. George asked Ringo if he wanted him to go with him to his daughter’s. What a guy! Brothers to the end!
interesting choice to start with for John solo. Number 9 Dream is a good one, IMO. For George solo, Crackerbox Palace has always been a fave. Admiral Halsey for Paul solo. He actually had not too bad a release recently, with Beck - Find My Way
Hey fellas from Ned in Spain. This is one helluva song from an iconic album. The previous ones like Plastic Ono band are killin it too but Imagine is a classic. The version of this on Imagine is a little faster and punches even harder. The band is an All Star line up of Harrison, Alan White on drums, Nicky Hopkins on rhodes and secret weapon Klaus Voorman oozing out those velvety bass notes. Klaus was an artist and played bass on 5 of George's, 3 of Lennon's and 3 for Ringo plus a ton for other artists. I love his wry smile when Lennon is taking lyrical shots at Paul. You gotta check out the 1978 Beatles parody " All You Need Is Cash" featuring the Rutles ! Lennon loved it, Harrison, helped them and is in it, Paul was pissed off and Ringo felt a bit hurt over it but it's amazing. Stay away from the crap sequel but the Archaeology album is great.
If this song had a sax bit, it would perfect plus one! ..This is Lennon's response to a "dis-song" McCartney had about him called "Too Many People". Also for Macca, try 1985, Maybe I'm Amazed, Jet, and Call Me Back Again (bluesy). Lennon - try, Scared (bluesy), I'm Losing You (bluesy), Working Class Hero (deep), Gimmie Some Truth. Harrison, try this ladened in R&B flava "Learning to Love You", along with "Pure Smokey", Run of the Mill - take 36, and Cloud 9 (bluesy). Ringo, try Red and Black Blues (bluesy), Back-Off Boogalo (Harrison plays slide guitar), Las Brias (Spanish flava)
Lennon was the blueprint for what a rockstar is. Raw, intelligent, honest, rebellious, aggressive, anti-establishment. Very few had balls like him. With his activism against the Vietnam War, for women´s and minority rights, legalization of weed etc., he was targeted by Nixon and the FBI. They surveilled him and tried to get him deported from the US because they were worried he was gonna influence the young voters. Lennon´s Beatles career is of course interesting, considering how he influenced the evolution of rock in the 60s, created multiple new genres. But for me, his solo career and his activism is even more interesting. Going solo he could be less commercial and focus on the art. I don´t think I´ve ever seen a famous artist be as real as Lennon was, rarely bullshitting, always saying how he really felt. Which of course was controversial, and there are political forces that to this day attack his character, digging up every little bad thing he did in his life.
Lennon was great and I love your whole comment! Block that Nixon! Block that Nixon,! Block that Nixon!!! As Lennon says on Revolution #9. I know it sounds like Block that Kick but I believe it says Block that Nixon. What do you think? 🚶🚶🚶🚶🎸🎸🎸🥁
Here we’ve got Ringo Starr on the drums, George Harrison on lead guitar (slide) and Klaus Voormann on bass (the artist who did the cover for The Beatles’ Revolver). This was the first “diss track”, towards Paul McCartney. Paul later answered back with Too Many People on his album RAM (in the Imagine vinyl of John there is a picture with John mocking Ram’s cover by holding a pig).
He was his own man through and through. A genius who had no fear of speaking his mind to the world. So many loved him and hated him. You should watch movie The USA vs John Lennon.
This song is a direct shot at Paul McCartney after Paul had taken a shot at John in one of his songs and John came back hard take a close listen to the lyrics the clues are all there pure Lennon genius!
Great reaction as always guys! This song was a direct bitch slap to Paul 🥊 I’ll mention just a couple of other songs by John, after the Beatles break up, that you should listen to… Stand by Me, Mind Games, Whatever Gets You Through the Night.
Ringo refused to play on the song and conviced John to remove some of the really nasty lyrics! Also id recommend these solo Albums: Imagine, Plastic ono band, All things must past, material world and RAM. some Wings stuff too.
Not so subtle dig at Paul, so it goes for anything in Lennon's cross-hairs, he'll zing you in a song. Maestro at work, this is an utterly great album, one of his best. Try Cold Turkey sometimes, John Really gets into it, wow! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Try 2 Cold Turkeys. The little known version on Some Time In New York City is maybe more brilliant and a little more accessible for some. Not so harrowing or is that "heroing"!
Love to see you guys listening to the Beatles, they are my #1, but if you want to hear what is perhaps the greatest live rock vocal in history, you must listen to Queen "Somebody to Love" from Montreal 1981. Freddie turns in a live vocal performance that I don't think will ever be matched and the rest of the band are at their best for this one.
John's anthem to his hatred of Paul haha...man, what a line up huh! John, George, Nicky on keys, Klaus on Bass and "future" YES drummer Alan White! NICE...
Yeah, John's musical hate message to John, because he was suing the Beatles to evict their new manager who was destroying them, and completed the task. Paul was right, and John was the one who officially broke up the Beatles by quitting. Paul gave it right back to this hate-o-gram with Too Many People: "Too many people preaching practices, too many looking for that lucky break. That was your first mistake--you took your lucky break, and broke it in two."
The clues are there. The body is buried in Edinborough. The Paul is Dead conspiracy was a lot of fun. Some of the songs needed to be listened too backwards. This is probably was the first of what became know as diss songs. Paul wrote Yestaday (classic,song), and John says that is all you,have done. Unfair but that happens when relationships fall apart.
Paul McCartney was being manipulated by British Royals to keep big money rock and roll performers in England, paying taxes to The Crown. John Lennon was ready to say Farewell To Kings, came to USA for freedom (and lower taxes). John Lennon overnight was most popular NYC resident. And hated hometown boy Donny Bone Spurs couldn't handle it. But that's another story. Paul McCartney was kinda the David Gilmour to John Lennon's Roger Waters. Except of course McCarthy is the bassist and Lennon is the guitarist. They couldn't get their politics on the same page and couldn't tolerate the gap.
George was an amazing guitar/slide player. He could have done the solo on Still my guitar gently weeps, but they wouldn’t let him so he brought in his friend Eric 😊
That's not right. George had a go at the solo but he wasn't happy with it. The next day or something he ran into Eric and just said come on down to the session realising an outsider in the band would help relieve the tension that had been going on. From comments by George and Lewisohn book.
The one definite blues song Lennon did with the Beatles is Yer Blues on the White Album and it is great. Now you could do the album version or you could do the video of John Lennon doing Yer Blues with an all-star band for the Rolling Stones movie Rock and Roll Circus. The band is Joh n Lennon, guitar and vocals, Keith Richards on bass, Eric Clapton on lead guitar and Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience on drums.
'Only good thing you did was yesterday' is a bar - 'Yesterday' I think was the most covered song in history (at least at one time). White album has some of the best later Beatles stuff, so many great tracks on the double album and not as commercially known, maybe some leg room for getting round YT slaps.
George Harrison's slide guitar is sublime.
you can get plenty of it in the travelin wilbury albums, really tasty
The bass player, Klaus Voormann, did the iconic album cover artwork for the Beatles’ “ Revolver”. 😊
And one of the Germans back in the early days that John met back in Hamburg. Klaus also played bass for Manfred Mann. He played bass on the iconic Carly Simon song, You're So Vain.
And Alan White on Drums (before he joined YES)
Klaus also has amazing illustrations depicting the early days of the Beatles!! knowing them personally he really captured them raw
This song was a direct shot at Paul. "The only thing you done was Yesterday. Now you're gone you're just another day." Paul responded with"Let me Roll It," on the Band on the Run album.
Paul McCartney answered with "Let Me Roll It" which is a sound pastiche on "Cold Turkey".
@@TT-jm7xy Yes, but I felt that line was pertinent. John took a shot a Linda in this song as well. I felt Harrison being present was revealing as well.
Paul McCartney eviscerated him with the song "Too Many People"
@@SirWrecksy Yup. John was FURIOUS after hearing 'Too Many People'. Paul is a genius.
Bitter bitter bitter ravings of a jealous man. I feel sure that had John lived to middle/old age he would have realized the folly of this song. But he obviously needed to say this. “Jump when your mama tell you anything”
LOL OK John Ono Lennon
The dope genre. George on slide, Nicky Hopkins electric piano solo, Klaus Voorman kicking back on bass… what a dope track.
Nicky Hopkins, who played with the Rolling Stones among others.
Alan White on drums, goes on to join Yes. Nasty stab at Sir Paul.
@@debjorgo Loved Hopkins work with Quicksilver Messenger Service.
And Alan White (later of Yes) on drums.
@@debjorgo and on the Beatles song Revolution
Alan White from YES on drums
Yes, John Lennon is at the top of my list as well as GOAT rock singers. There are many, but he is the mold.
Loved your reactions. Another great Lennon solo song is "Working Class Hero". It will open your eyes just a little bit more.
Absolutely. Great song.
So many great songs on POB
John and Paul invented the 'Beef" songs, one from John, then one from Paul, back and forth. Like brothers in a family, they fought but loved each other. The songs they did back and forth were really interesting. All about songs, the Beatles breaking up, their wives etc. Savage stuff.
George once said he would be in a band with John again, but never Paul. John was more relaxed in the studio and let George do what George does best.
It was indeed a direct shot at Paul for subtle shots Paul took at John on the 'RAM' album (a good album, btw). Ringo was around when the lyrics were being written. Yoko and Allen Klein, John's manager, contributed quite a bit. Some of the lyrics were so offensive that Ringo reportedly said, 'That's enough, John'.
As you can see, Ringo opted out of playing drums, but good ol' George showed up.
john listened to ringo too when he said that. he would have been the only one john listened too in such reguard
klaus voorman is a beatles legend in his own right
Love the Beatles and each of their solo careers. Check out Lennon's "Instant Karma" and George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness". Thanks guys for reacting to this one!
Lennon's voice goes perfectly with the settling of scores with mac Cartney, it's rough... musically it's fire... Nice reaction!!!
George slide guitar. Wow ❤
There's just something about John's voice that cuts through you like a hot knife through cold jello. He could THUMP ya with that gravel !
The album PLASTIC ONO BAND is perfection.
Love your reaction. John and George wrote lyrics that provoke our conscienceness. More than something to singalong with, but actual music that makes us THINK, songs you remember and ponder on. Deep. That was John.
That was Klaus Voorman kicked back on the bass.
His friendship went back to the Hamburg days with The Beatles. I believe they met in 1960.
The Beatles became the great band they became in Hamburg between 1960 & 62.
They would play six hour sets six days week, that's where they honed their craft. Voorman also did the incredible artwork on their "Revolver" Lp, one of the all time iconic Lp covers.
Peace ❤
Great job, boys. GREAT job. Follow your instincts, they serve you well. Keep on keepin on.
Paul McCartney came out with the song Too Many People on the ram album. He was talking about Yoko always being in the recording studio for their last couple of albums. Before that, no girlfriends or wives were ever allowed in the recording studio, John took major personal offense to it, and came back with this absolutely cutting song. Check out the lyrics one more time. It’s a brutal fire back at Paul.
Yoko has the worst voice ever recorded in human history.
I thought the other Beatles did too?
This was Lennon's reaction to McCartney's "Too Many People".
You guys are awesome!!!!!
I miss you Johnny ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The studio was in John's Home, in England. Yep, roll outta bed, head to kitchen, cook breakfast for entire band, walk down the hall, go to work! ..amazing song.
John thought Paul had made some subtle jabs at him on McCartney's Ram album and he strikes back in his usual not too subtle way. They made up a few years later and John was quite complimentary of Paul in John's last interview with Rolling Stone where he comments on practically every Beatles song.
This is Lennon addressing McCartney, now you need to react to McCartney's song TOO MANY PEOPLE which is him addressing Lennon!
John was a savage. He didnt do a tight two minute diss track. He really got the point across.
The whole album is great.
The original diss track!
The drummer was Alan White, who later became the drummer for YES.
So glad you guys liked it so much. An incredible record. Great reaction to it. Thank you!!!
Actually John thought it was about Paul, but in a later interview he said he “now” realizes it was about him”
In another studio outtake Lennon spat out the words: “Tell me, how do you sleep, you cunt? ' I think JL was a little pissed at McCartney 😛
Pretty brutal song really 😆
I called in sick to work when John was killed. I was bawling too much
George's album solo is KILLER!
He plays slide with his fingers. Wow.
I love how George just keeps his head down while John is spitting literal venom about Paul lol like a child in between his parents fighting
He could have sat that one out. He didn't.
This was a HUGE kiss off to Paul McCartney.
This was John's response to Paul's song Smile Away.
It was his response to the song too many people by Paul. Not smile away
Try Lennon’s “Cold Turkey”, “Working Class Hero”, and “Instant Karma” next.
John lennon-Cold turkey
I’m here to testify, Detroit loves you guys! That is my favorite reaction from you so far. Yeah, Harrison sliding, that was Allen White on drums, before he chose a career drumming for YES. Klaus Voorman on bass. Man, those Cats was where it was AT!
This was like a "Diss Track" against Paul McCartney.
John wrote this song to Paul efter the break up of the Beatles and he was angry AF! I love how he´s singing through his teeth the whole song
The album this song is on, (John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band), is an exceptionally dark album. It almost had to go underground when it was released. John Lennon's voice hits all the extremes on this album.
I like this better than the album version
Let’s not forget about Klaus Voorman on bass and the late, great Nicky Hopkins on electric piano.
They both belong to a very small group of musicians who played with all four of the Beatles on at least one of their solo projects.
If you want to see a piece of history, find the video for The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus from 1969. It was made for TV, but the R.Stones never broadcast it at the time. Besides The Who, Jethro Tull (with Tommi Iommi before Black Sabbath), and others, there was a one time collaboration called the Dirty Mac, who played the Beatles song "Yer Blues". It was John Lennon - vocals and guitar, Eric Claption - guitar, Keith Richards (R.Stones) - bass, and Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix) - drums, and Yoko on terrible vocals.
Yesss was about to comment this ❤
Keith Richards on bass.
I was also going to mention this before seeing your comment. I love that rendition.
He is singing about a real person, and does not hide who he is sing about, if you listen.
"The only thing you did was
" Yesterday" ".
Alan White from YES was the drummer on this song! They both loved each other so much and it was a terrible ripping from each other…. Paul went into depression, John got into heroin…. They were in each others back pocket for so many years…. Money split them up on top of just growing apart in music…. I believe they would have gotten together again that’s why it’s soooo sad!!❤😞😞😞😞😞😞
When John Lennon sticks it he gives it a Twist before he pulls it out very sarcastic. Very smart and didn't forget anything
After the Beatles broke up, Paul complained about too many people in the studio…a jab at Yoko being in the Beatles studio, affecting the dynamics of the Beatles rehearsals toward the end of their career as a band. This is John’s response. Paul responded to this on another album. It went back and forth. But during interviews, they both admitted they loved each other. They were all brothers…the four of them! Paul was the one who announced publicly that he was leaving the band. He didn’t tell John ahead of time. John had already left the band. He had told the others, but didn’t want a public announcement. The members of the Beatles spent 11 years suing each other. But they still worked together at times. All of them were t through a period of heartbreak over the breakup. But they all went on to have very success solo careers.
George had tons of songs that he couldn’t get on the records…he would get maybe 3 songs. He had 3 songs on Abbey Road. The rest were Paul and John’s music. So he recorded All Things Must Pass album, a double album, his first album. George loved Paul. But sometimes Paul annoyed George cuz he treated George like a little brother. Well, he was the youngest. George learned how to write music from Paul and John. By the White album and Let it Be album and Abbey Road, he was a very good songwriter. His first solo album won a Grammy! People make a big deal about the riff between George and Paul. But they loved each other. George and Paul and Ringo worked on Beatles songs after John died. And they worked on the HUGE 5 episode miniseries documentary called Beatles Anthology, together in the mid 90’s. In fact, George passed away at Paul’s house in Arizona in 2001. Paul and Ringo visited him shortly before he died…spent some time together. George was bedridden by then. Ringo eventually had to go because his daughter was also fighting cancer. George asked Ringo if he wanted him to go with him to his daughter’s. What a guy! Brothers to the end!
This is the ORIGINAL Dis track. It's dripping with references to Paul Mccartney
another top reaction from the lads, keep em commin, all the my best to you and yours from Liverpool
Check out his "Crippled Inside."
interesting choice to start with for John solo. Number 9 Dream is a good one, IMO. For George solo, Crackerbox Palace has always been a fave. Admiral Halsey for Paul solo. He actually had not too bad a release recently, with Beck - Find My Way
Thanks for reminding me of this one.
Excellent! Thanks for this one. 🎶
Love hangin with you guys while you jam to this stuff! So good!
That was John putting it to Paul.
You fellas have the market cornered on intelligent reviewing. Dig you guys. Rawk on.
Got to love live studio
Tongue in cheek lol love you guys
Hey fellas from Ned in Spain. This is one helluva song from an iconic album. The previous ones like Plastic Ono band are killin it too but Imagine is a classic. The version of this on Imagine is a little faster and punches even harder. The band is an All Star line up of Harrison, Alan White on drums, Nicky Hopkins on rhodes and secret weapon Klaus Voorman oozing out those velvety bass notes. Klaus was an artist and played bass on 5 of George's, 3 of Lennon's and 3 for Ringo plus a ton for other artists. I love his wry smile when Lennon is taking lyrical shots at Paul. You gotta check out the 1978 Beatles parody " All You Need Is Cash" featuring the Rutles ! Lennon loved it, Harrison, helped them and is in it, Paul was pissed off and Ringo felt a bit hurt over it but it's amazing. Stay away from the crap sequel but the Archaeology album is great.
If this song had a sax bit, it would perfect plus one! ..This is Lennon's response to a "dis-song" McCartney had about him called "Too Many People". Also for Macca, try 1985, Maybe I'm Amazed, Jet, and Call Me Back Again (bluesy). Lennon - try, Scared (bluesy), I'm Losing You (bluesy), Working Class Hero (deep), Gimmie Some Truth. Harrison, try this ladened in R&B flava "Learning to Love You", along with "Pure Smokey", Run of the Mill - take 36, and Cloud 9 (bluesy). Ringo, try Red and Black Blues (bluesy), Back-Off Boogalo (Harrison plays slide guitar), Las Brias (Spanish flava)
More John solo please! This one was a cutting jab at Sir Paul.
Lennon was the blueprint for what a rockstar is. Raw, intelligent, honest, rebellious, aggressive, anti-establishment. Very few had balls like him. With his activism against the Vietnam War, for women´s and minority rights, legalization of weed etc., he was targeted by Nixon and the FBI. They surveilled him and tried to get him deported from the US because they were worried he was gonna influence the young voters. Lennon´s Beatles career is of course interesting, considering how he influenced the evolution of rock in the 60s, created multiple new genres. But for me, his solo career and his activism is even more interesting. Going solo he could be less commercial and focus on the art. I don´t think I´ve ever seen a famous artist be as real as Lennon was, rarely bullshitting, always saying how he really felt. Which of course was controversial, and there are political forces that to this day attack his character, digging up every little bad thing he did in his life.
Lennon was great and I love your whole comment! Block that Nixon!
Block that Nixon,! Block that Nixon!!! As Lennon says on Revolution #9. I know it sounds like Block that Kick but I believe it says Block that Nixon. What do you think?
🚶🚶🚶🚶🎸🎸🎸🥁
Here we’ve got Ringo Starr on the drums, George Harrison on lead guitar (slide) and Klaus Voormann on bass (the artist who did the cover for The Beatles’ Revolver). This was the first “diss track”, towards Paul McCartney. Paul later answered back with Too Many People on his album RAM (in the Imagine vinyl of John there is a picture with John mocking Ram’s cover by holding a pig).
It's the late Alan White (Yes) on drums, not Ringo.
He was his own man through and through. A genius who had no fear of speaking his mind to the world. So many loved him and hated him. You should watch movie The USA vs John Lennon.
This song is a direct shot at Paul McCartney after Paul had taken a shot at John in one of his songs and John came back hard take a close listen to the lyrics the clues are all there pure Lennon genius!
Great reaction as always guys! This song was a direct bitch slap to Paul 🥊 I’ll mention just a couple of other songs by John, after the Beatles break up, that you should listen to… Stand by Me, Mind Games, Whatever Gets You Through the Night.
I really hope that, before he died, John came to regret writing such a brutal song about Paul.
One of my all time favorite videos. Glad you dig it. Try Mother next, or Working Class Hero. Thanks!
Ringo refused to play on the song and conviced John to remove some of the really nasty lyrics!
Also id recommend these solo Albums: Imagine, Plastic ono band, All things must past, material world and RAM. some Wings stuff too.
Man I'd love to see yall make some music after listening to all this music. I started playing guitar and keyboard because of the beatles.
Not so subtle dig at Paul, so it goes for anything in Lennon's cross-hairs, he'll zing you in a song. Maestro at work, this is an utterly great album, one of his best. Try Cold Turkey sometimes, John Really gets into it, wow! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Try 2 Cold Turkeys. The little known version on Some Time In New York City is maybe more brilliant and a little more accessible for some. Not so harrowing or is that "heroing"!
McCa got some stuff too and as far as rock vox go his screams are up there with Kurt, Waters, Paul and Gene etc
Love to see you guys listening to the Beatles, they are my #1, but if you want to hear what is perhaps the greatest live rock vocal in history, you must listen to Queen "Somebody to Love" from Montreal 1981. Freddie turns in a live vocal performance that I don't think will ever be matched and the rest of the band are at their best for this one.
Deep Purple with Ian Gillian vocals, Live Sweet Child in Time in 1970.
No one is mentioning the late, great Alan White on drums!
Alan White on drums. Nicky Hopkins also played with Jefferson Airplane and The Rolling Stones. 'Gimme Some Truth' next.
You need to listen to "Imagine", a classic by John Lennon.
I guess you know by now this song was about McCartney.
George playing the blue strats Mal bought John & George during the Rubber Soul sessions.
Lennon had a bluesy voice… sexy… but George was my favorite Beatle by far..
John's anthem to his hatred of Paul haha...man, what a line up huh! John, George, Nicky on keys, Klaus on Bass and "future" YES drummer Alan White! NICE...
Yeah, John's musical hate message to John, because he was suing the Beatles to evict their new manager who was destroying them, and completed the task. Paul was right, and John was the one who officially broke up the Beatles by quitting.
Paul gave it right back to this hate-o-gram with Too Many People: "Too many people preaching practices, too many looking for that lucky break. That was your first mistake--you took your lucky break, and broke it in two."
The clues are there. The body is buried in Edinborough. The Paul is Dead conspiracy was a lot of fun. Some of the songs needed to be listened too backwards. This is probably was the first of what became know as diss songs. Paul wrote Yestaday (classic,song), and John says that is all you,have done. Unfair but that happens when relationships fall apart.
Ya that was dope af
Check out Steel and Glass by John Lennon- his best vocals ever
Paul McCartney was being manipulated by British Royals to keep big money rock and roll performers in England, paying taxes to The Crown. John Lennon was ready to say Farewell To Kings, came to USA for freedom (and lower taxes). John Lennon overnight was most popular NYC resident. And hated hometown boy Donny Bone Spurs couldn't handle it. But that's another story. Paul McCartney was kinda the David Gilmour to John Lennon's Roger Waters. Except of course McCarthy is the bassist and Lennon is the guitarist. They couldn't get their politics on the same page and couldn't tolerate the gap.
Gotta take that dive.❤
How does paul mccartney sleep at night? Being the wealthiest and most successful musician in the history of mankind probably doesn't hurt.
George was an amazing guitar/slide player. He could have done the solo on Still my guitar gently weeps, but they wouldn’t let him so he brought in his friend Eric 😊
That's not right. George had a go at the solo but he wasn't happy with it. The next day or something he ran into Eric and just said come on down to the session realising an outsider in the band would help relieve the tension that had been going on. From comments by George and Lewisohn book.
The one definite blues song Lennon did with the Beatles is Yer Blues on the White Album and it is great. Now you could do the album version or you could do the video of John Lennon doing Yer Blues with an all-star band for the Rolling Stones movie Rock and Roll Circus. The band is Joh n Lennon, guitar and vocals, Keith Richards on bass, Eric Clapton on lead guitar and Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience on drums.
John and Paul repaired their friendship later in the 70s while John became disillusioned with George.
'Only good thing you did was yesterday' is a bar - 'Yesterday' I think was the most covered song in history (at least at one time). White album has some of the best later Beatles stuff, so many great tracks on the double album and not as commercially known, maybe some leg room for getting round YT slaps.
I was 12 when Lennon was shot and killed. Even then I loved music so much that I wept.
Nicky Hopkins- great keyboard player!
Lennon and Plant are just variations on great rock singing.
Jim Keltner on drums, he also played on Josie with our favorite band Steely Dan.
No! It's not Jim Keltner, dude! It's Alan White.
The late, great Alan White on the drums.