Free as a bird (John Lennon)

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  • First version of Free as a bird by John Lennon

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  • @kgeo753
    @kgeo753 Рік тому +240

    John’s genius was still fully intact in the late 70s into 1980. Such a tragic loss.

    • @taylorferrari1153
      @taylorferrari1153 10 місяців тому +7

      This

    • @vivito-
      @vivito- 10 місяців тому +6

      So true

    • @harold3165
      @harold3165 6 місяців тому +6

      I mean, that was already obvious based on Double Fantasy

  • @JohnDoe-tw8es
    @JohnDoe-tw8es Рік тому +47

    Why do I feel so sad now. Great song. Miss you John.

    • @ronmartin4212
      @ronmartin4212 Рік тому +1

      Check out Javier Parisi.He will cheer you up,I guarantee.Hes been blessed to carry John's spirit on.He's awesome!!

  • @jeyakumarsundralingam232
    @jeyakumarsundralingam232 10 місяців тому +92

    This version is hauntingly beautiful, a bona fide stand alone classic. Thank you John. We all live on.

  • @WhiteMountainView
    @WhiteMountainView 2 роки тому +145

    How? How can a human being create such a beautiful melody??

    • @ronmartin4212
      @ronmartin4212 Рік тому +23

      It's Johnny,he's the music's summit,along with the other three.Theyve always been magical that way.

    • @carl_anderson9315
      @carl_anderson9315 Рік тому +17

      It’s easy when you’re John Lennon.

    • @ellenbeckmann4293
      @ellenbeckmann4293 11 місяців тому +7

      Its John Lennon, the creator.lg from Germany, Ellen ✌❤

    • @andydixon2980
      @andydixon2980 10 місяців тому +3

      Talent.

    • @oni74zzz
      @oni74zzz 9 місяців тому +1

      we dont know what pure perfection is, only perfection for humans, and this is as perfect as you can get.

  • @LadyStardust97
    @LadyStardust97 10 місяців тому +91

    I always thought Paul made the whole of that verse up. I didn't realise John actually wrote the first two lines and then didn't know how to finish it.
    The first line that Paul adds: "can we really live without each other?"
    I'm gonna go and cry now.

  • @DavidGonzalez-nm6lt
    @DavidGonzalez-nm6lt 3 роки тому +234

    How inspired he must’ve been when playing this for the first time, absolutely wow!!

    • @THEJ0KER0815
      @THEJ0KER0815 2 роки тому +17

      its NOT the first time he record a demo of this song.

    • @knockedoutloaded279
      @knockedoutloaded279 Рік тому +3

      Theres a guitar version more verses...

  • @cherylward5470
    @cherylward5470 11 місяців тому +67

    Such a perfect and beautiful voice. I could happily listen to him forever. He'll always be missed. Legend.

    • @faddeybulgarin
      @faddeybulgarin 11 місяців тому +4

      Точно, бро. Джон ГЕНИЙ ❤ Мы всегда будем его любить

  • @delainepep22
    @delainepep22 2 роки тому +37

    This is so Raw. He was so brilliant

  • @chrishowell6549
    @chrishowell6549 Рік тому +38

    That was so fucking beautiful.
    Inspirational.

  • @fabfour7397
    @fabfour7397 Рік тому +110

    ❤❤❤Thank you Jeff Lynne (ELO) for making this reunion possible and for your fabulous contribution in producing the Beatles. Also thank you for producing and co-writing for the last 3 Beatles individually on their solo albums and the same for so many other great Legends including the Traveling Wilburys...

    • @commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426
      @commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 Рік тому +11

      Jeff Lynne and ELO’s music has inspired folks who prefer ‘real music’ for years, as well as his work Re-introducing Beatles’ music to a new generation. A true studio master!
      But the truly priceless gems are John’s homemade demo tapes of Free As A Bird, Real Love, Imagine, tracks from Double Fantasy, etc.
      A bit like Elvis’ Louisiana Hayride and Sun Record tapes (E on piano) Raw, unquestionable musical talent.

    • @knockedoutloaded279
      @knockedoutloaded279 Рік тому +9

      Cant wait for Now and Then..

    • @darthblob10
      @darthblob10 10 місяців тому +1

      5 months later and we have one more Beatles song out. Amazing!

    • @sunbae-nim
      @sunbae-nim 10 місяців тому +1

      Darn I don't know know why, but the way you've written this comment makes it sounds like like Jeff's dead

    • @neilcusworth1764
      @neilcusworth1764 10 місяців тому

  • @nevermore1963
    @nevermore1963 10 місяців тому +10

    הקול הטהור מהלב עובר את מסע הרוק'נ'רול חוצה אותו ובתפנית טיבעית נכנס ישר אל הלב, רק ג'ון בכל העולם שר ככה כמו מוסיף חדר משלו בתוך מוחם של האנשים והופך אותם לשלו מבחירה, לנצח❤

    • @Lukassp
      @Lukassp 10 місяців тому +2

      🇮🇱

    • @botmexicanpatriot
      @botmexicanpatriot 8 місяців тому +1

      ​​@@LukasspJohn would hate y'all country, honestly

    • @mauriziodelia8691
      @mauriziodelia8691 3 місяці тому

      Bellissime parole. Complimenti

  • @armandocardenasvela8722
    @armandocardenasvela8722 6 місяців тому +4

    Esta cancion la escuche en un cassette grabado que compre de las cintas de lennon
    The lost lennon tapes
    En 1992 y me agrado mucho
    En 1995 fascino que fuera cantada por los beatles por la antologia

  • @user-qh3xv3bi1k
    @user-qh3xv3bi1k Рік тому +9

    私にとって恐らく生涯で最高の歌手です。

  • @faddeybulgarin
    @faddeybulgarin 4 місяці тому +3

    Гений❤❤❤ Я фанат Фредди Меркьюри, но Джон Леннон реально видимо самый выдающийся музыкант 20 века.

  • @bozidarandjelkovic1893
    @bozidarandjelkovic1893 Рік тому +19

    What a chords, what a genius!

  • @j.c7719
    @j.c7719 10 місяців тому +15

    Simply the greatest musical genius to ever walk the earth.

    • @hw343434
      @hw343434 6 місяців тому +2

      Greatest Songwriter ever

    • @j.c7719
      @j.c7719 6 місяців тому

      @@hw343434 Fact 🤘💯

  • @wai0937
    @wai0937 10 місяців тому +10

    The key change is pretty amazing. It's so unusual as a bridge but so simple and effective in execution. But what took it to the next level was George's slide guitar solo, along with the rest of the group's harmonies. They and Jeff Lynne nailed the fuck out of John's original vision for this song.

    • @JoaoGabriel-lk9cv
      @JoaoGabriel-lk9cv 6 місяців тому +1

      This demo is better, imo.

    • @hw343434
      @hw343434 6 місяців тому +1

      Yea, love it but John’s original vision is deeper and more emotional

  • @phaedrus3000
    @phaedrus3000 10 місяців тому +6

    love the chord progressions

  • @marisarico4933
    @marisarico4933 Рік тому +48

    John, cuantas obras de arte como esta quedaron pendientes. Verdaderas joyas musicales con inmensas composiciones y una exquisita voz, letras donde desnudabas tus sentimientos mas profundos. Gracias por todo lo que nos dejaste. 💫💕

  • @nosidedia9262
    @nosidedia9262 10 місяців тому +3

    Now and then brought me here. Imagine if they can remaster this song like what they did with now and then. Thank you sir John! 🤍🤍

  • @user-xq4kv2xz1c
    @user-xq4kv2xz1c Місяць тому

    Hauntingly beautiful. Remember love John Lennon 1980

  • @C0H87
    @C0H87 10 місяців тому +6

    My heart tells me that Yoko is probably sitting on quite a few unfinished John tracks. And that’s ok. They’re between her and him.

  • @monoyamono
    @monoyamono 7 місяців тому +2

    I can never hear this without hearing the fragment where he sings a melody without lyrics which is identical to a part of the Flash Gordon soundtrack by QUEEN. It happens a couple of tines for example at 2.14

  • @Robert63675
    @Robert63675 Рік тому +62

    Lennon was a metaphysical lyricist, his musical and poetic images are mysterious and sublime. His best songs are full of transcendent, sleepy, strange sadness. Stockhausen was also amazed at Lennon's modulations.
    It's a pity that the rock'n'roll era and John's rock'n'roll background pushed his main calling as a philosophical lyricist (although I love his furious rock'n'rolls).

    • @alfredosamir2869
      @alfredosamir2869 10 місяців тому +6

      He always used to believe in myths, dragons, all what flow through your mind , he said untill no one could prove it , could exist.

  • @robertchesnosky3508
    @robertchesnosky3508 2 роки тому +20

    A WORK OF GENIUS

  • @donmcallister3745
    @donmcallister3745 7 місяців тому +1

    “ It’s funny how one insect can damage so much grain “ Empty Garden : Elton John & Bernie Taupin . Can’t even guess all the music we were deprived of… since that senseless night in December of 1980 . 😢 Miss you John… thanks 🙏 for all the music you left us with… Peace And Love ❤️… & George too …
    💐💐 🌜🌞🌛

  • @dhadz.ramirezlll.anggandan6812
    @dhadz.ramirezlll.anggandan6812 2 роки тому +26

    One of my favorite song !

  • @pablomartin.uruguay
    @pablomartin.uruguay 11 місяців тому +4

    Listening this home's recording is dreaming today. Listening a so personal John is see him again here. Thanks John for record that cassette, I miss your music so much... ♥️

  • @lordburlap4514
    @lordburlap4514 4 місяці тому +4

    This is beautiful….as was the writer…miss you, John.

  • @Bakuah1
    @Bakuah1 3 роки тому +15

    men thanks for the post the other one has evaporated from youtube

  • @el_barto961
    @el_barto961 Рік тому +295

    Why did Jeff Lynne feel the need to add so much distortion to John's voice? This sounds amazing as is

    • @olivergiggins7931
      @olivergiggins7931 Рік тому +213

      Because he wasn't working from this tape but from a fourth generation tape with a lot of noise on it, no consistent tempo, and he only had 90s tech to solve both issues.

    • @dejanija
      @dejanija Рік тому +67

      I Iike Lynne's version, because it sounds like the Beatles and as I understood that that was his job, so he did, as always, like a genius ❤

    • @cl5619
      @cl5619 Рік тому +40

      It sounds rough. The effects were to mask the distortion in the recording and to make it sound like an applied effect in itself

    • @markopecher
      @markopecher Рік тому +26

      i like ELO, but prefer this version, the jeff lynne version sound like travelling wilburys

    • @theo9952
      @theo9952 Рік тому +23

      Yes, voice and piano sound surprising clean and balanced to me too. But in the Beatles anthology version of this, they double-tracked John's voice. I don't think they added distortion, especially when the aim was to make it sound as clean as possible.

  • @IMLMadras1st
    @IMLMadras1st Рік тому +17

    Wow!!! In a sense, the picture at 1:43 seems like a foreshadowing of who was going to live longer

  • @harold3165
    @harold3165 11 місяців тому +7

    The opening seems very similar to Paul's song Maybe I'm Amazed

  • @robertchesnosky3508
    @robertchesnosky3508 2 роки тому +11

    ALL THE STARS BACK IN THE 1954 PERIOD ( MITCH MILLER, FRANK SINATRA, BING CROSBY ETC) WHO HAD SEVERE DOUBTS ABOUT ROCK MUSIC WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOCKED TO LOOK 23 YEARS AHEAD TO SEE THIS BRILLIANT ROCK GENIUS..R I.P. JOHN

  • @francishodge5189
    @francishodge5189 10 місяців тому +5

    They should remaster this song like they have done with Now and then in 2023

  • @janodg6570
    @janodg6570 10 місяців тому +4

    This outstanding piece of music coupled with that guitar George Harrison recorded afterwards made not only one of the best Beatles songs but one of the best ever written.

  • @chrishowell6549
    @chrishowell6549 Рік тому +27

    That's just incredible to hear. Why have my vocal recordings sounded this good?

  • @ricardoloures4922
    @ricardoloures4922 3 місяці тому +1

    Gênio que partiu muito cedo. Promovia o amor, liberdade, justiça e paz no mundo.

  • @jorgevaldivieso399
    @jorgevaldivieso399 Рік тому +20

    John tenía muy buen material para los 80's. No sé si iba a ser su mejor época en las listas -ya no le interesaba ello- pero sí iba a sacar grandísimas canciones.

    • @tonymccusker501
      @tonymccusker501 Рік тому

      😊

    • @marisarico4933
      @marisarico4933 Рік тому +1

      Cuanta maravillosa música de Lennon nos hemos perdido pero tenemos sus extraordinarias canciones 🎼🎹🎤🎸🧓💝💫

  • @MisterRivers
    @MisterRivers 10 місяців тому +5

    Until reading these comments I though the actual Beatles did a great job of finishing an early-stage demo, and made a song John would have been happy with. After all, his widow asked them to do it, and they probably knew him best musically.
    But now, as always, the real experts are in the comments. I see that those English dum-dums Paul, George, and Ringo are coattail-riding ruiners. No one can improve in the magical way with words John had. Can anyone really say that the Beatles' release version is better than:
    "Whatever happened to
    The life that we once knew
    Weh wa dehweh dahhh dun da doo doo doo
    "Whevah happened to
    The life that we once knew
    Hmm hmm nmmm nmmm mmmm-mm
    "Free as a bird
    Ahh dah dun dun dooohoo
    Dun da doo doo free..."
    Those words still bring a tear to my eye.

  • @DennisB115
    @DennisB115 10 місяців тому +7

    Both versions are amazing in my opinion

  • @dadu8429
    @dadu8429 Рік тому +5

    Thank you John ❤✌🏻😎

  •  14 років тому +31

    que saudades deles,é só ouvir e curtir

  • @ronnienaidoo3249
    @ronnienaidoo3249 Рік тому +13

    A true Genius !!!

  • @danieladias985
    @danieladias985 Рік тому +7

    Beautiful ❤❤❤❤

  • @nin10jo
    @nin10jo 10 місяців тому +1

    I’ve been listening to the demos of this and Real Love lately. I like both versions.

  • @peterliston1697
    @peterliston1697 Рік тому +5

    Fantastic. John at his best

  • @camonmma195
    @camonmma195 8 місяців тому +1

    its the beautiful!!!!

  • @patriciarouse16
    @patriciarouse16 11 місяців тому +3

    Hearing that beloved voice singing something new...goosebumps&tears ...

  • @LeavesThatAreGreen2024
    @LeavesThatAreGreen2024 7 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful, touching 💙 💎

  • @armandocardenasvela8722
    @armandocardenasvela8722 Рік тому +16

    Yo la escuché por primera vez en un cassette grabado que me compro mi papá de las cintas perdidas de John Lennon
    The lost Lennon tapes en 1992 y no me imaginé que iba a ser uno de los temas de la antología de 1995
    Fue la mejor lograda de las tres que lanzaron bueno dos porque Now AND then no salió en la antología 3

    • @gufri7278
      @gufri7278 Рік тому +8

      En mi caso personal (yo vivo en Uruguay) un amigo vino, desde Canadá, a pasar unos días con su familia en mi ciudad y me regaló un cassette con Free as a bird y Real Love ...
      Imposible traducir en palabras lo que sentí al escucharlos por primera vez .

    • @marisarico4933
      @marisarico4933 Рік тому

      @@gufri7278 Dos joyas, me alegro por tí.

    • @felipecastrogarcia3251
      @felipecastrogarcia3251 10 місяців тому +1

      Now and then sale hoy o mañana

  • @chipcooper6792
    @chipcooper6792 11 місяців тому +2

    I miss him, still😢

  • @bobbyserrato1949
    @bobbyserrato1949 2 роки тому +13

    Lennon had a way with words and oh so luvly simplistic piano chords..what might he have done..if given the chance

  • @user-vp7kk3eu3o
    @user-vp7kk3eu3o 10 місяців тому +2

    Eternal!

  • @herveclement7105
    @herveclement7105 10 місяців тому +3

    better. version than the final version !
    beatles demo are better !
    greatest band in the world

  • @Shark20167
    @Shark20167 10 місяців тому +3

    Love that it’s such a beautiful piano song stripped down, but also lyrically I love that their lyrical additions stand out so much. Truly helped complete it

  • @michellaporte
    @michellaporte 6 місяців тому +3

    Encore une preuve que la magie
    Existe , juste de ka manière que
    Cette chanson est venue
    A nous grace aux genies des Beatles , Paul McCartney et de sa formidable equipe
    Bravissimo pour cette realisation
    Hors du commun des mortela
    McCartney for ever !
    Sarto- Laporte love McCartney
    Love and Peace xxxx

  • @user-ju6gc7my7x
    @user-ju6gc7my7x Рік тому +3

    As a homing bird I'll fly, as a bird on wings...

  • @philippbelan7277
    @philippbelan7277 6 місяців тому +1

    Das Lied ist echt Cool

  • @janaparoubkova5895
    @janaparoubkova5895 10 місяців тому +2

    Moc krásná písnička 💓💓👍

  • @sallykohorst8803
    @sallykohorst8803 Рік тому +3

    Rereleased with paul george the aong was Grammy song of the year ❤

  • @patrickselaudoux3565
    @patrickselaudoux3565 Рік тому +55

    43 years after his death john Lennon is still alive….

    • @list55
      @list55 Рік тому +4

      Gunned down at 40! I‘m as sad now as I was then.

    • @ronmartin4212
      @ronmartin4212 Рік тому

      ​@@list55Check out Javier Parisi.Hes been blessed to carry on John's spirit.He's amazing.

    • @marisarico4933
      @marisarico4933 Рік тому +1

      Siempre vivirá con nosotros. ✨

    • @ohdear2001
      @ohdear2001 Рік тому

      @@ronmartin4212 He's absolutely shite.

  • @DIA-dx2zb
    @DIA-dx2zb Рік тому +3

    新曲楽しみだなー

  • @dancarroll6953
    @dancarroll6953 6 місяців тому

    my idol since memory

  • @walterdapaixao4093
    @walterdapaixao4093 Рік тому +11

    Muito bonita essa música .

  • @thomquickmusic
    @thomquickmusic 11 місяців тому +2

    Coo! All this time I thought the bridges were original writings by at least Paulie and maybe Georgie but Johnny wrote it ALL (except for a few lyrics added by P & G)

  • @pedrosalazarortega6375
    @pedrosalazarortega6375 4 місяці тому

    Muchas gracias

  • @ToneSherpa
    @ToneSherpa 10 місяців тому +3

    I always figured Paul wrote the turn around part in the chorus.. but nope. The whole song was essentially there in that one sitting.

  • @user-lm2gr6tq8s
    @user-lm2gr6tq8s 10 місяців тому +2

    This is much better than the Beatles version, actually makes me cry! Real touching. Hate Jeff lynn always turn the “Beatles version” into ELO version

  • @Mx6xt_
    @Mx6xt_ 10 місяців тому

    Imagine if John was alive today… time would be so different. I’m sure social problems would be more of a concern to people and real information be most important to people. Since he left and many others, the free thinking went out the window for the majority. We need people like him today more than ever. Give peace a chance…

  • @pocketsand76
    @pocketsand76 10 місяців тому +3

    Pauls filler lyrics for the hums were masterful. Maybe a truer Lennon/McCartney work than Now and Then even though I love both.

  • @uggsxx9155
    @uggsxx9155 4 місяці тому +1

    Is it weird that i actually prefer listening to this version rather than the finished?

  • @user-dq9tx6uj7s
    @user-dq9tx6uj7s Рік тому +6

    Super John Lennon!!!!

  • @user-gs8oj9xn5m
    @user-gs8oj9xn5m 11 місяців тому +2

  • @roddelfernando
    @roddelfernando 10 місяців тому

    So beautiful

  • @morpher44
    @morpher44 11 місяців тому +1

    and Free Bird was 1973 (4 years earlier)

  • @miryamamar9471
    @miryamamar9471 10 місяців тому +2

    Julian inherited his talent!

    • @english3082
      @english3082 10 місяців тому

      Só que não

    • @Erickchicas
      @Erickchicas 10 місяців тому +1

      and sean, specially sean

    • @miryamamar9471
      @miryamamar9471 10 місяців тому

      @@Erickchicas I doubt it!

    • @Erickchicas
      @Erickchicas 10 місяців тому

      @@miryamamar9471 no need to think about it, just facts.

  • @dtbetter2277
    @dtbetter2277 Рік тому +1

    A talented gift and released/given to us than taken away......

  • @arturogarza1083
    @arturogarza1083 Рік тому +1

    Yes

  • @arricammarques1955
    @arricammarques1955 Рік тому +7

    Now & Then was the superior lyric.

    • @yahmartay
      @yahmartay Рік тому +3

      Now and Then is so remarkable…among his best I believe

  • @vivianazer8975
    @vivianazer8975 Рік тому +2

    peace and Bests

  • @noemifrometa9310
    @noemifrometa9310 3 місяці тому

    Una de las cosas que me gustaba de Los Beatles era sus melenas largas 😅🇬🇧🇨🇺♥️

  • @intradibles
    @intradibles 10 місяців тому +1

    Now and Then will be released in a day.
    After that, this song should be next in line. Will Giles Martin and Peter Jackson correct the mistakes Jeff Lynne did in 1995?

  • @chrisspohn777
    @chrisspohn777 10 місяців тому

    Home. Home and dry. I totally get it....❤😂🎉

  • @williamobryan682
    @williamobryan682 2 роки тому +7

    The next best thing to be

  • @sebastiaocosta8898
    @sebastiaocosta8898 Рік тому +8

    Quanta saudade grande Lennon

  • @knockedoutloaded279
    @knockedoutloaded279 Рік тому

    R hope Now and then is brilliant

  • @natividadguerrero9296
    @natividadguerrero9296 11 місяців тому +3

    Cada tanto siento que soy está canción ❤

  • @rodmagee7895
    @rodmagee7895 Рік тому +8

    Where would it all have gone if he were still alive?

  • @HoodeloodumGAME
    @HoodeloodumGAME 10 місяців тому +2

    sounds like a Robert Wyatt song

  • @nikolayburbaki1356
    @nikolayburbaki1356 10 місяців тому +1

    Человек - ЭПОХА.

  • @Talent-ke3wq
    @Talent-ke3wq Рік тому +10

    Free as a bird
    It's the next best thing to be
    Free as a bird
    Home, home and dry
    Like a homing bird I'll fly
    As a bird on wings
    Whatever happened to
    The life that we once knew?
    Can we really live without each other?
    Where did we lose the touch
    That seemed to mean so much?
    It always made me feel so
    Free as a bird
    Like the next best thing to be
    Free as a bird
    Home, (home) home and dry
    Like a homing bird I'll fly
    As a bird on wings
    Whatever happened to
    The life that we once knew?
    Always made me feel so free
    Free as a bird
    Is the next best thing to be
    Free as a bird
    Free as a bird
    Free as a bird
    Oo-oo-oo

  • @Yuuchan88
    @Yuuchan88 Рік тому +3

    美しい

  • @rache8582
    @rache8582 7 місяців тому

    この曲の旋律を聞くと私の知らないこの世界をジョン・レノンは見ていたんだろうと感じます。この曲の世界を私はこの世界では見たことがないです。

  • @hansjerkov7611
    @hansjerkov7611 10 місяців тому +1

    Free as a boyd

  • @158denise158
    @158denise158 Рік тому +2

    Was John singing about his band mates? It’s a beautiful song and lyrics… I’d like to think he was really missing them and how they were together in their lives 😔

  • @williananaya4734
    @williananaya4734 10 місяців тому

    Se escucha más clara la voz de John Lennon así , no sé porqué le distorsionaron la voz para editar y producir el disco ya con George Harrison , Paul McCartney y Ringo Starr

  • @MonicaReginaHorvath-sq5rc
    @MonicaReginaHorvath-sq5rc 9 місяців тому

    🥰❤👏🏻👏🏻MRHorvath São Paulo11/12/2023Brasil🇧🇷

  • @Legeniefrancais-sl8sj
    @Legeniefrancais-sl8sj 10 місяців тому +1

    I prefer this naked song.
    With the fab , her spirit side disapear.

  • @orestebaldassarre1569
    @orestebaldassarre1569 Рік тому +2

    Come al solito geniale prima con i beatles e dopo