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9.42pm
12 April 2012
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I don’t hate lennon, he’s my fourth favourite musician (after paul, george and denny lane) I love many of his beatles songs and I love one of his revolver songs: And Your Bird Can Sing , and I also wrote that in the what’s your favourite revolver song thread. He was the best beatles on their first four albums (which I don’t really like but I prefer john’s songs on that albums over paul’s and george’s), and he was the best beatle on Rubber Soul and yellow submarine by far (in my opinion). He was as good as paul on help! and nearly as good on White Album but again, that’s just my opinion. I need to buy glasses and I wanna buy some that look like john’s (if they aren’t too expenisive). Honestly, I’m a big john fan (I just don’t like his solo songs very much)
Edit: My three favourite beatles albums are Abbey Road , White Album and Rubber Soul . Maybe john wasn’t involved very much in Abbey Road but he was in White Album and Rubber Soul
Once there was a way to get back homewards. Once there was a way to get back home; sleep pretty darling do not cry. And I will sing a lullaby
9.58pm
1 December 2009
Offline GeorgeTSimpson said
I don’t hate lennon, he’s my fourth favourite musician (after paul, george and denny lane) . Honestly, I’m a big john fan (I just don’t like his solo songs very much)
Edit: My three favourite beatles albums are Abbey Road , White Album and Rubber Soul . Maybe john wasn’t involved very much in Abbey Road but he was in White Album and Rubber Soul
Denny Laine?! (is in my ears and in my eyes!)
I apologize for exaggerating; I don’t believe you hate John Lennon . Also, I was mistaken – I thought you posted your top 3 albums as Abbey Road , SPLHCB , and “…Naked”.
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
10.01pm
12 April 2012
Offline No problem vonbontee 
Edit: Sometimes things I write look a bit different than I actually meant them because I’v been learning english for three years only. About denny laine: He sang some of my favourite songs: go now, picassos’s last words (drink to me) and no words (the latter two together with paul). He also co-wrote Mull Of Kintyre which is one of my favourite songs, so he is one of my favourite musicians
Once there was a way to get back homewards. Once there was a way to get back home; sleep pretty darling do not cry. And I will sing a lullaby
10.21pm
1 December 2009
Offline Long John Silver said
I was never sure who “made up” the riff, was it Eric? I know he plays it on the record but did he “compose it”… not sure if that is the right word lol. As riff sounds like something John would make during that period (Yer Blues and Revolution ).
Undoubtedly John made it up himself – like you say, it sounds rough and basic enough, and it’s credited to Lennon.
(I’d say John also wrote the main riff for the b-side too, “Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For A Hand In The Snow)”. That’s one intense 45!)
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
12.58am
9 May 2012
Offline Yup, too bad he didn’t keep that rough guitar sound a bit longer (though it can still be heard on some songs on Plastic Ono Band).
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
1.33pm
4 December 2010
Offline There are so many…
Particular stand outs: Imagine (well duh), Instant Karma , Gimme Some Truth , Watching The Wheels , the entirety of Plastic Ono Band (except My Mummy’s Dead ), Mind Games and #9 Dream. And Jealous Guy . And New York City. And (Just Like) Starting Over. And You Are Here. And Ain’t That A Shame…
I told her I didn’t
7.28pm
14 February 2012
Offline The Walrus said
There are so many…Particular stand outs: Imagine (well duh), Instant Karma , Gimme Some Truth , Watching The Wheels , the entirety of Plastic Ono Band (except My Mummy’s Dead ), Mind Games and #9 Dream. And Jealous Guy . And New York City. And (Just Like) Starting Over. And You Are Here. And Ain’t That A Shame…
Awww, Walrus…why don’t you like “My Mummy’s Dead “? 
"I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know? I'm just one of those people."
8.32pm
1 December 2009
Offline Long John Silver said
Yup, too bad he didn’t keep that rough guitar sound a bit longer (though it can still be heard on some songs on Plastic Ono Band).
…as well as MANY songs on Yoko’s own POB album! Lennon, Starr and Voormann were really one of the alltime great hard-rock trios.
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
1.56am
9 May 2012
Offline Is there any way to isolate Yoko? If yes, then I can actually try to listen to whole album.
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
5.38am
1 May 2010
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vonbontee said
…as well as MANY songs on Yoko’s own POB album! Lennon, Starr and Voormann were really one of the alltime great hard-rock trios.
amen to that VonBontee!!
It’s hard to say my favorite Lennon solo song. I’m very fond of I found out. 
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
10.54am
1 December 2009
Offline Long John Silver said
Is there any way to isolate Yoko? If yes, then I can actually try to listen to whole album.
Haha. We want Yoko RockBand multitracks!
Or you could listen to the link below. The first 40 seconds are Yoko-less! After that there are many intervals where she shuts up for 4-5 seconds at a time. As for the rest, you can maybe just pretend she’s an additional guitar feeding back, or an air-raid siren, or a monkey on fire!
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
11.10am
Reviewers
Moderators
1 May 2011
Offline I have the Happy Xmas multis somewhere and unfortunately Yoko is a main ingedient, its simply not possible wthout a heck of a lot of editing far beyond my abilities to remove her vocal without at the same time omitting parts of the song. That sounds nasty but i can just about get thru Bungalow Bill, Happy Xmas is far more difficult.
There is a Her Blues jam from the Plastic Mac ‘Rock and and Roll Circus’ 1968 sessions which have wonderful guitar, bass and drums groove, so damn good that you can bypass the howling.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
1.12pm
9 May 2012
Offline vonbontee said
Long John Silver said
Is there any way to isolate Yoko? If yes, then I can actually try to listen to whole album.
Haha. We want Yoko RockBand multitracks!
Or you could listen to the link below. The first 40 seconds are Yoko-less! After that there are many intervals where she shuts up for 4-5 seconds at a time. As for the rest, you can maybe just pretend she’s an additional guitar feeding back, or an air-raid siren, or a monkey on fire!
So it’s Some Time in New York all over again…
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
3.42pm
16 February 2011
Offline I think “Why” is interesting, her voice reminds me of my grandma and Samis, I can just imagine Yoko dancing around with a shaman drum and shrieking as she does, also it takes some balls to record something like that and face the public ridicule
7.16pm
19 August 2012
Offline I’m currently in the process of delving into the Beatles’ solo work (in particular, John), so please excuse me if my answers are somewhat ignorant by sticking to his more popular tunes.
Love, Mind Games , Imagine , Intuition (a surprisingly underrated and catchy song), (Just Like) Starting Over, God (very intense), Jealous Guy , Working Class Hero , Nutopian International Anthem (just kidding). There are several more that I really like, but I’d probably consider the ones I just listed to be at the top of my list.
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
John Lennon
7.47pm
3 May 2012
Offline All my favourites are ones that are fairly well known but I just think to myself that there is a reason that they are the most well-known. (Jealous Guy , Woman , Love …). It´s probably because they are among his best although there are a few that no one talks about that I love. (Is it me or does nobody ever mention Nobody Told Me?).
I also love Dear Yoko, I often find myself singing it.
Moving along in our God given ways, safety is sat by the fire/Sanctuary from these feverish smiles, left with a mark on the door.
(Passover - I. Curtis)
8.32pm
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline My favorite is “It’s So Hard “. Being a fan of hard rocking Blues songs, this one is right in my wheelhouse.
I am also a fan of a good double entendre…and John was a master at that!
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
8.56pm
14 December 2009
Offline (Is it me or does nobody ever mention Nobody Told Me?).
Famfouremily, I had that song running through my head just this morning, apropos of nothing! Strange days indeed, most peculiar mama…
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
10.19pm
Reviewers
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1 May 2011
Offline Johns tracks from Milk And Honey are actually very good, I Dont Wanna Face It is one of my absolute faves and i really do like Nobody Told Me, its really grown on over the years. Same goes for Borrowed Time but it isnt one i like to think about due to what happened.
I put Johns songs from Double Fantasy and Milk And Honey together in itunes since they are from the same sessions and they make a really strong collection of songs.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
11.07pm
14 December 2009
Offline I’ll bet you wish Yoko would re-package both albums keeping hers and John’s songs separate!
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
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