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18 April 2013
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Did anyone see this documentary about a portable jukebox that Lennon took on tour with The Beatles in the mid 60's? It was pretty good except I don't know why they interviewed Sting.
There is also a double CD that came out along with it...usually I wouldn't buy such a thing, but I was tempted because I liked the songs from the documentary. Not all the songs from the album are the exact performances that would have been on John's records, but it's a close approximation. I find myself listening to it quite a bit, and it really shows what he stole, mainly from black artists, to construct the early Beatles songs. He had really awesome taste in music.
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It was broadcast on ITV in the UK a few years back, I think late one Sunday night. I remember little to nothing of it.
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He "borrowed" a lot from other artists. I'm surprised he wasn't sued before he was sued for "Come Together ." The riff from "I Feel Fine " was lifted (with a minor variation) straight from Bobby Parker's song, "Watch Your Step."
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I remember it well. It was a South Bank Show special. I thought it was fascinating the way they hauled it around to play records on it to those who had made/written, and the reactions when they discovered John considered them important enough to include on his very early, and very bulky iPod. It was also interesting, especially with the American artists/songwriters, to hear them talk of the impact of The Beatles on what they were doing.
Sting? Yeah, that bit was hard to fathom.
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8 November 2012
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Thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to watch it on YouTube. I'm taking a history of rock music class, and we're encouraged to look at outside sources, so this firmly counts as homework and not procrastination. :->
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18 April 2013
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The version I saw was in English, but I guess that one is not there.
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17 December 2012
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I remembered reading an interesting blog on the subject a while back. Had to hunt for it, but worth a read.
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mja6758 said
I remembered reading an interesting blog on the subject a while back. Had to hunt for it, but worth a read.
Thanks. That was an interesting read, and the list on there will help me track down some of the other songs.
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17 December 2012
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Glad to have helped.
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This documentary about Lennon's jukebox contents gives some insight into the music he liked to listen to. Ron's post above contains some interesting insight. Happily, my fav Donovan song is included. 
I can't find a video without the original commercails. The show starts at 13:00. Song list in spoiler...
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John Lennon’s 40 favourite songs:
- ‘In the Midnight Hour’ – Wilson Pickett
- ‘Rescue Me’ – Fontella Bass
- ‘The Tracks of My Tears’ – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- ‘My Girl’ – Otis Redding
- ‘1-2-3’ – Len Barry
- ‘Hi-Heel Sneakers’ – Tommy Tucker
- ‘The Walk’ – Jimmy McCracklin
- ‘Gonna Send You Back to Georgia’ – Timmy Shaw
- ‘First I Look at the Purse’ – The Contours
- ‘New Orleans’ – Gary U.S. Bonds
- ‘Watch Your Step’ – Bobby Parker
- ‘Daddy Rollin’ Stone’ – Derek Martin
- ‘Short Fat Fannie’ – Larry Williams
- ‘Long Tall Sally
’ – Little Richard
- ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ – Barrett Strong
- ‘Hey! Baby’ – Bruce Channel
- ‘Positively 4th Street’ – Bob Dylan
- ‘Wild About My Lovin” – The Lovin’ Spoonful
- ‘Turquoise’ – Donovan
- ‘Slippin’ and Slidin’ – Buddy Holly
- ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ – Gene Vincent
- ‘No Particular Place to Go’ – Chuck Berry
- ‘Steppin’ Out’ – Paul Revere & the Raiders
- ‘Do You Believe in Magic’ – The Lovin’ Spoonful
- ‘Some Other Guy’ – The Big Three
- ‘Twist And Shout
’ – The Isley Brothers
- ‘She Said, Yeah’ – Larry Williams
- ‘Brown Eyed Handsome Man’ – Buddy Holly
- ‘Slippin’ and Slidin’ – Little Richard
- ‘Quarter to Three’ – Gary U.S. Bonds
- ‘Ooh! My Soul’ – Little Richard
- ‘Woman
Love’ – Gene Vincent
- ‘Shop Around’ – The Miracles
- ‘Bring It on Home to Me’ – The Animals
- ‘If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody’ – James Ray with the Hutch Davie Orchestra
- ‘ What’s So Good About Goodbye’ – The Miracles
- ‘Bad Boy
’ – Larry Williams
- ‘Agent Double-O Soul’ – Edwin Starr
- ‘I’ve Been Good to You’ – The Miracles
- ‘Who’s Lovin’ You’ – The Miracles
John Lennon’s 40 favourite songs:
- ‘In the Midnight Hour’ – Wilson Pickett
- ‘Rescue Me’ – Fontella Bass
- ‘The Tracks of My Tears’ – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- ‘My Girl’ – Otis Redding
- ‘1-2-3’ – Len Barry
- ‘Hi-Heel Sneakers’ – Tommy Tucker
- ‘The Walk’ – Jimmy McCracklin
- ‘Gonna Send You Back to Georgia’ – Timmy Shaw
- ‘First I Look at the Purse’ – The Contours
- ‘New Orleans’ – Gary U.S. Bonds
- ‘Watch Your Step’ – Bobby Parker
- ‘Daddy Rollin’ Stone’ – Derek Martin
- ‘Short Fat Fannie’ – Larry Williams
- ‘Long Tall Sally ’ – Little Richard
- ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ – Barrett Strong
- ‘Hey! Baby’ – Bruce Channel
- ‘Positively 4th Street’ – Bob Dylan
- ‘Wild About My Lovin” – The Lovin’ Spoonful
- ‘Turquoise’ – Donovan
- ‘Slippin’ and Slidin’ – Buddy Holly
- ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ – Gene Vincent
- ‘No Particular Place to Go’ – Chuck Berry
- ‘Steppin’ Out’ – Paul Revere & the Raiders
- ‘Do You Believe in Magic’ – The Lovin’ Spoonful
- ‘Some Other Guy’ – The Big Three
- ‘Twist And Shout ’ – The Isley Brothers
- ‘She Said, Yeah’ – Larry Williams
- ‘Brown Eyed Handsome Man’ – Buddy Holly
- ‘Slippin’ and Slidin’ – Little Richard
- ‘Quarter to Three’ – Gary U.S. Bonds
- ‘Ooh! My Soul’ – Little Richard
- ‘Woman Love’ – Gene Vincent
- ‘Shop Around’ – The Miracles
- ‘Bring It on Home to Me’ – The Animals
- ‘If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody’ – James Ray with the Hutch Davie Orchestra
- ‘ What’s So Good About Goodbye’ – The Miracles
- ‘Bad Boy ’ – Larry Williams
- ‘Agent Double-O Soul’ – Edwin Starr
- ‘I’ve Been Good to You’ – The Miracles
- ‘Who’s Lovin’ You’ – The Miracles
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It's funny that Whole Lotta Shakin' is not on there. In Lennon Remembers, he says no one has ever improved on it, yet there's not even one by Jerry Lee on the list.
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Makes me wonder how much inspiration John took from Steppin’ Out’ – Paul Revere & the Raiders.
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