LOST TREASURE: John Lennon Sings 'Let It Be'
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2022
- Using A.I. extraction software, an inspired rendition of "Let It Be" - sung by John Lennon and recorded on January 25, 1969 - has been uncovered. Recorded in fits and starts, John's guitar and vocals were isolated, then remixed and edited together for a more complete performance of the song.
In the nineteen seventies, 150 hours of Beatles rehearsal tapes, recorded for the 1970 "Let It Be" documentary, were stolen and leaked onto the black market. Thirty years later, they were recovered by British and Dutch police during an intercontinental sting dubbed "Operation Acetone." In 2021, some of these recordings were used for the Beatles' "Get Back" docuseries. However, most of the tapes, which contain a goldmine of unreleased original Beatles music, remain on the cutting room floor.
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I wish I could go back in time and find whoever it was that decided that there should always be cameras filming and/or tapes rolling whenever the Beatles sat in studios together. THAT person was a genius, and I owe them so much.
Maybe Paul? Thanks for tuning in!
It was Paul's idea much to the annoyance of John and George who wanted little to do with it.
"I DID THAT"
"IT WAS ME ~ WHO LET IT BE"
When you mention who decided to keep all the tapes or film running from the recent Get Back project /film by Peter Jackson it was Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg for sure who kept the cameras & audio running! He even hid a microphone in the cafeteria at Twickenham film studio to capture John & Paul talking about how they felt of George walking out & their relationship with each other. This is all in the Get Back documentary if you watch it. Paul I’m sure agreed to most of it too but it was Michael Hogg who was keeping it rolling for the “Let it Be” film thankfully!
It was Paul of course ,it was his idea 😊
Watching Get Back I noticed how John and Paul sought each others approval. One would crack a joke and then look at the other for a giggly response. They were still really kids in many ways. I cannot easily put my finger on why The Beatles were so special, but they definitely were.
100% fantastic comment, 👍
Merry Christmas 👋🏻
It was love. LOVE. The love they had for each other, especially John and Paul, is the Beatles' secret sauce.
Yes, Love!
Lennon on smack at the time?
All i saw was 2 egotistical person forgeting they were in a band
On the 9th of December 1980, a Beatles tribute act was booked to play in a local dance venue and we went and saw them (we had planned to go weeks before). The night was down but good, they were brilliant, covering most of the Beatles career in 3 acts (Cavern - 4 Sale / Rubber Soul - Mystery Tour / White album - Abbey Road) with a long encore as the band didnt want to stop playing. The Encore was the guys basically in street clothes doing songs from the solo careers after they split (so we got Photograph, My Sweet Lord, Imagine, Junior's Farm etc). For the final song of the night, they said they were going to do something different and the guy who had played John Lennon, sat at the piano and then the band did Let it Be with Lennon on vocals. The band ended up in tears, as did the crowd. Everyone stopped dancing and just stood and listened and thought about what had happened the day before. It was an emotional way to end a gig ... I knew the drummer in the band and he told me years later that it was the only night that they ended the show that way. It was special.
Beautiful.
Love this special story, what an amazing experience.
John singing a McCartney's song is the highest praise coming from him.
John hated the song Let It Be.
@@thecommission6662 Yeah, hated it so much he sang this version. John was very hurt by Paul and said a LOT of nasty things he didn't mean.
He meant this. He also hated some of his own songs especially Run For Your Life, but he still sang it well.
I've heard a bunch of John's interviews where they talk about Beatles songs and he says he hated that one or this one is rubbish.
I feel like he just liked putting Beatles stuff down after they broke up.
Used to piss me off lol
If anyone else started critiquing all the songs John criticised he would have leapt to the defence of all of them. It's just the way he was.
John’s voice had a unique sound unlike any other rock or pop singer, he could transmit emotion through his voice like no other rock singer ever to this day. Paul’s voice was beautiful and melodic. John’s voice was pure Soul and magic
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Yes agreed. A good way to compare them is to listen to 'anytime at all' beatles song. John sings the chorus first and then Paul. You can then compare the voices in a rock song 'like for like'. I played it for my wife and asked which she preferred. She answered John which is my favourite too..
La voz de Paul mucho mas versátil, Yesterday🎼 Monkberry Moon Delight 🎼 Oh Darling🎼 ......
I have heard so many Paul McCartney-ish voices throughout the years, but never a John Lennon-ish.
@@theantihero636 good way of describing it. John’s was totally unique. Don’t think I’ve ever heard another singer be able to portray so much pain and emotion in his voice but yet the music still have some much mass market appeal.
I am 71 years old. I grew up with the Beatles. When I listened to the music of the Beatles I feel connected. I am listening to old friends sharing some of the deepest thoughts, experiences and feelings. A fan forever!
I'm 37 and they will always remain the greatest band ever. So much of the music I like was inspired by them.
Ich bin 1962 geboren und bin mit Beatles Musik und John's Stimme groß geworden. ❤
The Beatles are the only band that I have ever had a fascination for that goes further than their music.
I've been listening and watching footage of them for 40 years now.
A rare gesture of friendship hidden in the folds of a lost recording, just present enough to be extracted and proven and shown. So much poetry in that.
❤
the Beatles, their lives, their story, their relationship and their art, is one of the greatest stories of the twentieth century
You know who was a huge Paul McCartney fan? None other than John Lennon. He'd stated it numerous times. Coming Up got John back in the studio to give us Double Fantasy. Even years later, they were still inspiring each other.
@@johnnyrocker7495
John famously often contradicted himself (depending on the day) 🙃
@@johnnyrocker7495 ; yes, John critiqued Paul’s music. He admired some of Paul’s songs from ballads like “Here There and Everywhere” to a blues inspired “Oh Darling”.
But John didn’t like what he called Paul’s ‘sing along songs’ such as;
“Honey Pie”, “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", “Your Mother Should Know”, “Hello Goodby”, “When I’m 64”, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”, “C Moon”. And Lennon didn't like medley/opera style tunes as a whole such as, “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey".
@@johnnyrocker7495 That's exactly how you nkow how much he liked Paul's music. He was very jealous of Yesterday and constantly was calling it granny music.
@@bb1111116 John was terrified of being uncool. It was one of his weaknesses.
@@johnnyrocker7495 that was up until Band on the run John became a fan.
Another day was definitely granny stuff as John said.
These guys were seeming not of this earth! Some of the messages that they delivered through there music, truly amazing! We were so lucky to have witnessed it in real time 🎉🎉❤
It makes so much more other worldly for the fact that as solo artists they were all mortal and finite. Something about that period and them together went beyond limits
Some of the messages? Mmm like Paul is dead when the song was played backwards. Not just the musicians who were smoking funny things back then 😅
I know what you mean though.😊
Songs coming in dreams or hearing a full song in your head, or writing hit song after hit song in hours, isn't just writing it down in the natural world. That's being channeled!
Indeed
@hi0u91e9 u are correct sir. It's insane. Ty for speaking what I could not say
I truly had a visceral reaction hearing John sing this all-time classic from his bandmate and close friend, Paul McCartney. Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment in Beatles history. Just amazing!
So glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.
I wanna hear Johns version of Oh Darling! He said it himself that he wanted to sing that song because it fit his voice. THAT would be priceless!!
John's voice and timbre just sounds better than Paul's (who, was technically the better singer).
False
@@bobwoolerOriGinal Very subjective. Paul could be just as raw and gritty when he wanted to, and both could sing the sweet stuff.
You can have a hint of it in the "Oh! Darling (Jam)" released in the 2021 edition of Let It Be. There's John harmonizing with Paul, and from about 3:33 you can hear John taking the lead for a couple of lines, even though he changes the lyrics.
@@christopher9152 John had the more iconic and unique voice in the Beatles, no denying that
I think the "imperfections "make John's voice straight up beautiful I love every tone John uses he seemed to have a carefree sounding voice Man Let It Be whatever comes out it's alright
Yes! Now, let that be a lesson to you ALL -- let yourselves BE! 😊❤
That really was beautiful. John's voice is so emotive, I sometimes wonder if Paul's songs would come across differently if John had sung them. Here we see the answer is yes for at least one song. I love them both of course, and even lean Paul, but man, John exuded soul.
I don't think he could have done much with Maxwell's Silver Hammer lol!
@@bellycuda Lol -- though I actually heard a charming version of that song by the saxophonist Ed Harlow (with someone singing in an accent).
I just love John's voice
Me too! But I heard he actually hated the sound of his voice. Either way we're blessed to have it
He sounds a bit like Liam Gallagher here 😃
@@riverside817 Everyone hates the sound of their voice to be fair...
@@jugurthasyphax6341 You don't get prizes for talking nonsense and I'm being polite saying that.
So soulful
Stunning to hear. So heartfelt
The world can never have enough Beatles
Nothing but gratitude to the people who post this precious pieces of music history. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching.
This is wonderful. I miss that band every day.
This makes me realize again how much i miss John and George. I loved their solo careers too, i have been lucky enough to see Paul twice and George once. Thank goodness for the bigger venues in Detroit.
Same here! I didn’t see George, but I saw Paul and Ringo. My brother in law ran a LOT of those venues, and thankfully I was able to get to see many shows.
This channel should be up for an award for bringing us this - amazing.
He once also sang Let It B, Let It C, Let It D.
And "Let it A minor"
@@MrFrankqu58hahaha, joke for musicians!
I can attest to the thrill that comes with someone you respect covering a song you have written. This has happened 2 or 3 times with songs I've written (I'm an amateur singer/songwriter). Paul must've loved this, but for us as fans it is also very special. I always saw John as being outspoken and a satirical, but this just proves to me that it was definitely a shield which he is willing to drop on occasion and it is very endearing.
Goosebumps. John puts so much feeling into it. Beautiful commentary. The context really adds to the beauty of the performance. I bet this would blow Paul's mind.
In my teens I was a total Beatlemaniac (still am). John was always my favorite.
Me too, though he said his voice was never quite the same after “Twist and Shout” (I believe) and I think that’s true
Yep. A Beatlemaniac too. But Paul for me…. Well. It’s good to have the balance 😄
Fabulous find! I love when some piece of overlooked evidence seems to dispel a typical Beatle narrative (“John hated Paul’s sappy songs, etc”). Despite the tension of the latter years, they still deeply admired each other in so many ways.
I too loved both John and Paul's artistry. All 4 of them gave so much.Its no wonder 50 years later we are so transfixed by them.Thank you Beatles for being the best part of my life
A great compliment from big brother John to Paul, not just as leader of the band but as Pauls composition partner.
Agreed.
Paul was the leader at that time
@@mlo-opp1298 Or at least acted like it, By than John did not care to lead any longer, he wanted out of the group.
@@mlo-opp1298 Mira no es que este en contra de paul pero que su liderazgo en ese album fue la estaca final a la ya destrozada relacion que habia entre los cuatro integrantes.
It is so good. Specially when we only read all the time that John hated that song. Oh, no. It shows deep inside he liked it. I knew he also sung it once making fun...in John's style...Letter b Letter C, letter D...But here he feels the song. It is priceless indeed. I also loved to see Paul singing Strawberry Fields forever.
I liked your comments too. Very inspired.
Never heard John say he "hated" Let it Be.
@@RobertCeisler He didn't. He said it was entirely a "Paul-song" and -"had nothing to do with the Beatles".
And let's keep in mind, John's LIB quote was at the peak of CBGB/New Wave scene. Paul's song may have seemed a bit out of step in the moment.
John spoofed lots of songs. Music nerds took that to mean he must hate those songs. But that was just his humor. Do you really think he'd bother learning a song he hated just so he could sing silly lyrics over it?
I have learned that you should NEVER take seriously when John was trashing Paul's songs. There was a lot of jealousy and hurt there. Be serious, if John thought Paul was that bad, he would never have stayed with him so long as partners.
The Beatles, Chicago, and The Cars were three bands with multiple lead singers that always got it right when choosing who should sing which songs.
Lennons voice always makes me feel calm
I only noticed the pain in Lennon’s voice when I really listened to A day in the life. Contrasted starkly by Paul’s jaunty part.
If there happened to be video like today you’d lose all the authenticity of the band. Unrehearsed, no BS is what we get and I love it.
That is something I never thought I would ever hear. Thank you.
I think I heard Paul singing I'm so Tired on a bootleg. Loved that too.
Yes! Forgot about that one.
Get Back really showed how much they all loved music and each other.
I loved watching Get Back. I had goosebumps watching these songs in progress of creation.
Thank you for this. I wish John and Paul sang each others songs while in the Beatles and recorded it. They could release an album evey decade for the next 100 years and pretty much be guaranteed a number one. Imagine the album help, for example, was released with Paul singing Help and John singing yesterday etc.
The context behind Paul's song makes the words so much more powerful. Practically begging for the memory of your mother's nurturing guidance to come true during your most desperate hour of need is absolutely touching.
Absolutely brilliant. Fantastic love and work put into these videos . Never thought I’d head this .
😂*hear this
Glad you enjoyed it
John knew more words from let it be than when doing his own songs. Years later he stated he hated the song and thought it very WINGS like. But when doing songs he later hated John seemed to like them at the time. No Reply is another example. Great show as always. Any try outs of Maybe I amazed during the Get Back sessions.
John was incredibly variable and unreliable when commenting on the past. You have to look at his actions rather than his words.
John had a LOT of hurt and resentment toward Paul, which is what you are hearing when he trashes Paul's music.
Apart from Elvis Presley, the Beatles are the number one act I would’ve loved to have been old enough to see live! And thank you for this gem!
Add Queen to that, no one else was like Freddie.
Still fresh after 50+ years.
And it's Still beautiful.
That version is so beautiful and so John.
This is an Incredible little time capsule rarity; a gorgeous golden beacon of timeless light cast by this beautiful shining purity of Soul.
Thanks for sharing this, and for all who find it, especially for those who find it to be an inspired moment of sweet splendor, and joy. ✌& ❤
The video with John singing Let It Be and Paul’s version of
Let It Be made me cried as a
Beatles Fan! 🥰
exactly what I needed to hear in this time and space, thank you
They are both so talented that they could sing each other's songs and would still be classics,.
I was laying in the bath, 6 years old (1964) playing Beatles songs in my head. When John and Paul sang together sometimes it merged into another new voice, so I'd analyse which voice was who. Their 2 voices making a new voice was something unique. No competition- both amazing voices.
I sat outside juluas house the other month in allerton, after it had recently sold at auction.. lovely sunny afternoon, i played her song. Was a beautiful moment ❤
Funny how (even in this very raw format) the song seems to get another sense of urgency when John sings it... incredible... thanks for finding this!
Glad I found this channel, this is another level of deep dive into the beatles archive
Sounds like John was just singing along in the background to me and a nearby microphone picked it up. I could be wrong but ultimately it doesn't matter as it is still amazing! Best band of all time by a long way in my book!
Even though there was anger and possibly hate against each other, they loved each other so much. Brothers forever. ❤
Love is all you need, right?!
What a great video. Thanks for posting.
Super thanks for this!! Totally love this!
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just play the damn song ya clowns...what a pair of dicks
less than 2 mins of actual content
Hi everyone, they crap on for 3 minutes. The part you came here for @3:30 you're welcome. :)
All artificial intelligence none of that is real people really believe that all the stuff that was used on this Peter Jackson phony fake happened no way if any of those good moments actually happened Michael Lindsay Hogg would’ve use them in the film he took the best of a miserable experience of a band at the end of the road it’s all fake artificial intelligence none of that happened Peter Jackson in the GQ interview before he took on the project was asked if he wanted to get involved in a total artificial intelligence project and that’s just what it was
Don't mind if I do.
I just found your channel and this is video is just great. You are presenting what a band is really like.
Thanks so much!
Hey! I'm a fellow Beatles Nerd too! Which is why I love this video, and also why I agree with everything you guys said here!! Thanks so much for posting this! Love IT!!
I believe they both made their last effort playing together to be one of the utmost sincerity so as to keep to the integrity of the songs and realizing that the world would later be listening. They both had prescience and never did anything half-assed. Their respect for one another seemed to be renewed in these last recordings. They must have had something sacred internally but, we all got to see it manifested. The Beatles are the best.
So many lost treasure discovered in all these tapes and films... I could spend years listening to them!
Same. Thanks for watching!
I found it very funny when John Lennon once spoke about “Let it be” saying “ it’s so Paul!” I thank God for lots of Paul quality and tender stuff! 😃👏👏👏
Fantastic ❤ Thank You So Much ❤️
Old friends. They loved each other.
Anyone who has ever been in a band can understand this. Especially if you are dear friends.
I love all the members of my band, even though we now all have separate lives as we are so much older.
We are still brothers and nothing and no one can take away our memories together.
❤ life is beautiful.
Those high notes. 😲
When Paul introduce "let it be" for the first time. John was heard saying "I think that was rather grand, I'll take one with me." Okay let's track it"
Thanks for the video man❤
I think the essence of Let It Be has passed you by.
You may be die heart fans of the Beatles but I don't think they would be about you picking apart the tiniest detail like this.
Hearing some of these tapes gives me heart about the rehearsal tapes we made to see how we sounded .. It took strong nerves, to carry on, and a knowledge the mikes and equipment was bottom level,,
John was a couple of years older, but he learned a lot about music from Paul. I truly believe things would’ve come together had John not been executed. There was mad respect between them. John knew it’d be better to have Paul in his band. By far, his smartest move.
It takes a special group when even their throwaways make a history in themselves!!!!
It's interesting to see George using his Stratocaster here. I had only ever seen him using the red Les Paul that was gifted to him by Eric Clapton or his rosewood Telecaster during the Let It Be sessions. Most of the pictures and videos I had seen of George using his Stratocaster are from the Sergeant Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour era.
Has anyone seen any pictures of George with his stratocaster in its original finish before it was repainted? I have read that it had a sonic blue finish before being repainted in a psychedelic rainbow, and that it was one of two matching ones that he and John Lennon got in 1965. I have seen pictures of John Lennon with his sonic blue stratocaster, but I have never seen George with his until after it received the psychedelic paint job.
I always thought that the end of "Dig it" on Let it Be when John says"now we are going to do "Hark the angels come" " was a "dig" at the song "Let it Be". Listening to it repeatedly when I was a teenager gave me that impression.
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no doubt about it
Amazing!! totally a Treasure. Thanks so much for sharing it. It's invaluable
Glad you enjoyed it!
Why did my body react like that?
Inside/out goosebumps!
Very powerful...
"Fellow Beatles nerd" - Best. Title. Ever. It makes me soooo happy to meet other Fellow Beatles nerds, real ones. Thanks, Brett!
Welcome, FBN!
What a find. Thanks for posting it. Will we ever hear John’s version of ‘Goodnight’ that Ringo has praised so much?
Have u heard White Album deluxe? There's some interesting takes of "Goodnight."
my wife and i are fortunate to have drank in The Cavern since 1969. it's nice to here different versions thanks.
The closest one can come to their source of beatle inspiration
Thanks for sharing!
No one had ever done like the Beatles,truly.
This was cool as hell. I’m so glad they were able to isolate John’s vocals.
Paul’s story of how the song came about gives me chills.
In his orginal telling of the story, it was Mal in his dream, not Mary. In Get Back he sings a version with Brother Mal.
@@loosilu Paul never said that. It's another rumor floating around. Just like "John" saying Ringo wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles. Never happened but I see it quoted a lot. On Let It Be, Mal was there and everyone was joking around. He seriously wasn't saying that was his original words to the song and he changed it to Mary.
And yet, in Get Back, he is clearly singing it as Brother Mal.
While Paul always had a beautiful choir boy timbre to his voice, John Lennon’s voice was always far more honest, haunting and soulful.
That "choir boy" sound though is phenomenal and my favorite part about his voice, great characterization!
Agreed. As great a singer as Paul was, John sang with his soul, even from a young age and early in their career. Just listen to “Anna (Go to Him)”. Nuff said.
So, special. Thank you
You are so welcome!
Dude! OMG, seriously! Are you kidding me! This is the coolest thing I've heard in months. For all of the obvious reasons we Beatle nuts would get excited about this. Mind officially blown. And Paul was in there too! To be a fly on the wall and hear this is just awesome. Thanks for the work extracting this from those old tapes. It's like "He lives!".
Thank you!
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I’m glad Paul took the vocal in the end. No one can sing about their mother like her son.
Yes. More soothing than Lennon’s version. Hitting all those high note put me on edge.
Love john's raw take on it, you can feel he takes the lyrics to heart. Hey, in a parallel universe all of John's songs are sung by Paul and viceversa.
THANK YOU
I almost skipped the commentary. Glad I didn’t. Concise and insightful!
Very cool. Would love to have heard a polished version with Lennon singing lead.
Thank you for this! John gives it his unique brand of poignant soul.
Good stuff. Thanks, guys!
Thanks, Brian!
man this is pure gold
So glad Paul sang that.
Paul was always going to sing it.
This is a soulful, yet imperfect rehearsal. That said, had he polished his vocal, could John've been a contender to sing LIB?
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No, it HAD to be Paul. Nevertheless, John should have done one about Julia 💞
@@suzettebavier4412
Julie was his Mom; he did "Julia" on the The Beatles (White Album).
Of course
Well no--Paul wrote the song, and except for when John or Paul wrote for Ringo (and maybe in early days George), the writer sings the song...
Love this… thank you
Thanks for listening
It actually sounds really good when John sings it. Lennon makes it sound much more soulful and evocative. I think it really shows how much of a great singer John Lennon was when his maybe halfhearted cover of 'Let It Be' sounds like a great alternative version of the song.
Rubbish
It doesn't
@@docsavage8640 Do you like Jackie Gleason's mood music?
Listening now... cant help to have a sincere impression he was really joking around or slightly mocking it (in a very friendly way, obviously) 😂 We all know he had this style anyway... "look im puting out a Paul's song, isn't it supose to be like that?" "let it bBEE Let IT BEe lEt it bEE"
Agree.
I grew up with The Beatles always there on the radio on tv and in movies we all know that John and Paul had man crushes on each other, Paul said not long ago that when he looks back at their time together and when he worked with John that "then i was working with my mate John it's just know hitting me i was working with JOHN LENNON!", I was born on November 21st 1963 The Beatles were playing the ABC in Carlisle and next day JFK as murdered, but as a very young kid in Scotland tv took breaks during the day so radio was on all the time the first song i remember is HELP! coz someone gave it to my dad he loved the song help! but dad was a rocker in the 50s so like the Beatles he loved all those great rock and roll records and till i became a teenager and was buying my music that was all the records we had, then i started to get into bands like The Jam and Weller had always talked about the Beatles and covered "And your Bird can sing" So i bought Revolver and wow a whole new world opened up to me, up to then all i had heard were the greatest hits all those no1s, so over the next year i bought every Beatles album and 45 i could get then Dec 8 1980 happened and the dream was over for real this time😪 but these guys built everything that rock music became, they were and always be the GOAT 4 normal Lads who fate brought together to bring so much joy to everyone no matter who or where you are from, its 60 years from their 1st UK hits and here we are all still talking about them. peace out fra Scotland
Thanks for sharing, Tony.
Never get tired of watching this ❤️💐❤️