The Beatles Bible - Topic: Instant Karma

vonbontee on Instant Karma

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:33:07 +0000

That's hilarious! They put you on hold and play "Instant Karma" – obviously the word "irony" means nothing to them!

On a similar subject: Last night my bank called me - or rather, a recorded message called me, interrupting my dinner - and after forcing me to verify my identity by punching in my year of birth, they immediately put ME on hold! Thus allowing me to listen to a 15-second loop of lite jazz-funk eight or nine times while I waited. I was very "amused". (They assured me that my call may have been monitored for quality assurance. I wonder if ...

Into the Sky with Diamonds on Instant Karma

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:10:03 +0000

For you "Instant Karma" fans: Am on hold with Apple Care - the song playing on their recording is "Instant Karma"

robert on Instant Karma

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:49:29 +0000

When Instant Karma first came out in the US my friend and I took it to my house, cranked up my parents' stereo in the living room and played it over and over and over and over.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on Instant Karma

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:31:08 +0000

Phil Spector was the producer, which is how Lennon ended up giving him the job of producing Let It Be. McCartney was furious, etc... etc... and the rest is history.

Joe on Instant Karma

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:14:10 +0000

OK, that's the fourth time I've heard this today. It's wrong. It happened on the 27th. That thisdayinmusic link says as much.

Spiritinthesky on Instant Karma

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:26:27 +0000

This is Lennon at his best. And what is Yoko knitting?

On this day 26th Jan in 1970, John Lennon wrote, recorded, and mixed his new single, "Instant Karma," all in one day. It ranks as one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history, recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios and arriving in stores only ten days later. The single peaked at No. 3 on the US chart and No. 5 in the UK.