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1 May 2011
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Came across this elsewhere its John performing Working Class Hero at the rehearsals for the One to One concerts in MSG in '72. Ive never heard or seen it before, its got a pretty cool vibe. I think its the only live version of it as well.
Man, Johns voice is incredible.
Why on earth was this ditched for what we got in the end as its far better if not very rough?
[Didnt want to see this get buried deep elsewhere so posted it here. Mods feel free to shove it elsewhere if you feel otherwise.]
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
"Don't make your love suffer insecurities; Trade the baggage of self to set another one free" ('Paper Skin' - Kendall Payne)
9.44pm
9 May 2012
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Why he didn't perform it? It is soo good, his voice especially!
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1.11am
20 December 2012
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Wow! I've never heard this before, thanks for sharing!
And, in the end
The love you take
is equal to the love you make
9.10pm
23 April 2013
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Glad you three liked it. I'm the one who posted it on You Tube. I also think John's voice sounded incredible and think it would have sounded great on stage. But I think it still needed some work. John was famously insecure, so maybe he just felt it needed more time... ?
10.36pm
15 June 2013
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This is a great clip. Thanks for posting. Is there a boot out there that has this? Is there an uncensored version?
3.26am
23 April 2013
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justdean said
Is there a boot out there that has this? Is there an uncensored version?
As far as I know, it's not on any boot (not yet, at least). It was played about two months ago on the L.A. version of "Breakfast with the Beatles," and the DJ, Chris Carter, said he got it from a sound engineer who was there that day. Some guy named Joe. That's all the info he gave.
It was really random... he played it at the end of the show, while Rusty Anderson was the guest in the studio. There was no hype at all until right before he played it. He stressed how extremely rare it was and that it was not on any of the One to One rehearsal boots. I'm just glad I was happening to be listening at the time!
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17 December 2017
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Does anyone else think this song sounds like Dylan's Masters of War?
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10.40am
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17 December 2012
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While there are obvious similarities between WCH and Dylan's work in 1962-1963, @TheWalrusWasBrian, I wouldn't connect it specifically to Masters of War myself.
Are there any specific parts/aspects you could point to?
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1.27pm
17 December 2017
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Come you masters of war
You that build the big guns
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
These two parts sound similar to me, but that might just be me.
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