On Jan 27th 1970, John Lennon wrote, recorded, and mixed his new single, “Instant Karma!,” all in one day, arriving in stores only ten days later. Lennon later stated, “I wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunch, and we’re putting it out for dinner.”
The last major project he took on was trying to produce Keith Moon's mid 70's solo album. He ended up kind of more in charge of herding the massive amount of guests involved and tending bar.
The Beatles created their legendary body of work that is still admired and talked about all these decades later, and went out on top, all before any of them had turned 30 years old.
There's no reason why we're here. Whether we're experiencing pleasure or pain, the universe doesn't care. We - the human race - are the only ones who care, and if we didn't exist, nothing would change. The world would keep on turning with all of its pleasure and pain, and it would be just as random as always.
@@lathedauphinot6820 You think so? I prefer to see it slightly differently. I mean, if innocent people are made to suffer, how do you explain that if there's, say, a god out there who cares about us? Doesn't it make more sense that bad things happen to good people, and there's no reason for it? And if there's no reason for it, then it's only a small step to accepting that there's no real reason for anything......not unless we apply reason to it. I find that a refreshing approach.
John Lennon really loved Yoko. Most guys would be embarrassed by her antics. A great example of his acceptance is the live Chuck Berry & John Lennon performance on the Mike Douglas Show. The look on Chuck Berry’s face in reaction to Yoko is classic. Lennon never missed a beat.
Lee, my favorite artist of all time is John Lennon. I don’t think you listened to “watching the wheels” yet one of his last songs… his most mature work. It will hit you in the feels in a powerful great way. Inspiring
Paul is my favorite of all time, but John is a very close #2. John's talent was/is staggering. Watching the Wheels is brilliant. He's explaining his 5 year break from making records. Woman and Beautiful Boy are also sublime. Cheers.
The bassist without the hat is Klaus Voorman, long time Beatles pal from the early days in Germany. Also, a Plastic Ono Band member and he was a talented artist. He did the REVOLVER album cover as well as The Bee Gee's album cover for Bee Gee's 1st.
"The world is at your command," said John Lennon for the first time on "Nowhere Man." He still believes it, as this song demonstrates. But now, he's a bit less patient with us.
@L33Reacts 🎉I think his roadie/ minder Mal Evans was shot dead by police in America years after this performance....Worth checking this out as I am not 100 % sure.
The guy on tamborine is Mal Evans, The Beatles road manager. He was shot dead by the LAPD in the late 70's. This was not live - they were lipsynching to a studio recording.
I've always thought that Yoko's knitting talents were underrated and underused. If she had knitted on more of her own records (as well as John's), they would have been more successful. As for the personnel in the video (which was shot for Top Of The Pops), it's John on piano, Yoko on knitting, Beatles road manager Mal Evans on tambourine, music journalist BP (Beep) Fallon on bass guitar, Klaus Voormann ("klouse foormahn" - Klaus rhymes with mouse) on bass guitar and Alan White on drums. There were four takes shot for TOTP, and on another take Yoko holds cue cards and "vocalizes" into a mic that is mercifully turned off.
Klaus Voormann. The Beatles’ friend from Hamburg days, whose girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr gave they boys their famous haircuts. KL-OU(as in out)S FOR-MAHN.
" Klowce" ... That's how you pronounce his name. This was another hit for John Lennon and he's got so many. I really wish you would react to Cold Turkey.
@@stevedahlberg8680 oh don’t worry cold turkey is coming. I’ve just been putting it off. I have to be in the right state of mind to hear that one probably lol
Klaus Voorman --first name is pronounced properly as "Klows"--au in German is similar to how we say ow! if we feel some pain. Klaus did the cover art on Revolver, too.
Lee, for backstory on John and the Beatles -- including people like Klaus Voormann and Astrid Kirchherr -- you should watch the biopic films "Nowhere Boy" and "Backbeat". They are great films that show John and the Beatles history, before they became world-famous. Great flicks and fascinating!
I think his band is a group on their own, named 'Elephants Memory' aka "elephants memory plastic Ono band" give them a listen "Superheap" is a great song.
THE MAN ON TAMBORINE WAS MAL EVANS. MAL WAS THE BEATLES LONG TIME ROADIE FROM THE EARLY, EARLY DAYS IN LIVERPOOL. BUT THEY FIRST GOT TO KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE WAS A BOUNCER AT THE CAVERN CLUB...
It’s pronounced like it’s written: Kla-üs. The “u” is pronounced like oo in room. Lennon said he dreamed the melody, that the song was playing in his dream. He woke and captured it before it faded, called Beatles, George answered, met him at the studio, sent him around the neighborhood to collect a choir and direct them, then filmed the whole thing. Instant Karma
*Klaus* Voorman is pronounced like clout, or cloud, or clown. The "Ringo" album from 1973 had a 12"X12" booklet inside, with the lyrics of each song on the right-side page and an illustration for each song on the left-side page by KV, who also played bass on the album. The 1970's was a golden era for extra-fancy packaging. And "Ringo" was an unusual solo album because it had contributions from all 4 (or 5) Beatles.
John is my favorite Beatle. When they 1st arrived, I was around 10 years old. It was a thing to ask who your favorite Beatle was. At least in my big family and friends. John was always and still is my favorite, if I must choose. He resonated with me from the beginning. We miss you, John 💔🙏❤️🌠
It wasn't just Paul's song that inspired him to get back to work on his music. He had a few inspirations, such as the song Rock Lobster - that one reminded him of something to do with Yoko and her music. I expect there were some other inspirations as well. :) Sorry to have missed the premiered. Great to see it here! Yeah, some of Phil's work was really good, but some not so much.
Thanks for the song and your reaction. I remember seeing this on TV, once, probably 1970. Then I saw it again, multiple times, in the Age of the Internet. I have to tell you depending on the radio to play it and perhaps having one time to see it made the music more special. Yes you could listen to your vinyl at home or on your eight track on the road but there wasn’t 24/7 access like now, plus the database about the songs.
Klaus, pronounced like 'house'. Or, I have heard pronounced like Santa Clause. He met the Beatles back in Hamburg, way before they became famous. He'd had his hair cut in France and the Beatles ended up copying it. They knew Mal Evans, the guy on tambourine, back then too. He drove them around and moved the instruments for them. Mal set the alarm clock you can barely hear go off in a Day in the Life. He originally played the anvil on the Beatles' Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
@@thescrewfly Yeah, I was going for Claus pronounced (sort of) like 'claws'. I should had said pronounced like 'sauce', instead of Claus, because I hear that a lot. I pronounce it like 'house'. (Spellcheck wants to put a comma after every three words but it can't correct 'Santa Clause'.)
@@debjorgo If you've heard it as claws, that person was wrong (even though they are the same name). Claws ends with a sound and Klaus ends in an . So in that sense, sauce is closer, but it's still the wrong vowel. the in Klaus is a diphthong, whereas in claws, it's just a long . I don't normally like to get into these kind of pedantic arguments, since often both parties are right depending on their dialect and it's arrogant to say someone is wrong (like ba-rock vs ba-roke for baroque). However, there really is only one correct pronunciation for Klaus and it rhymes with mouse and house. Although, there is actually 2 accepted dialectic pronunciations, and maybe that's why you might hear it as sauce. Canadian raising could be a factor. Another person said that it rhymed with mouse and blouse. Well, I pronounce mouse as and blouse as , so I would pronounce Klaus as and another person would pronounce it as . As long as it rhymes with house/mouse though, you're good.
Surprised you just glided over the superb irony of the song title when mentioning who produced it. That phrase should be on Spector's stone as an epitaph.
John is also my favorite, love his solo work ...so filled with angst and passion.,both musically and lyric-wise. Phil Spector imo was a brilliant producer as well as a troubled and terrible person. His work may be very divisive ,but the music world is better off for having had him as far as I'm concerned. Will always love the wall of sound.
Although John had already quit the band the previous September, The Beatles had not publicly broken up yet at this point. That wouldn't happen until April '70 " coincidentally " on the same day as the release of Paul McCartney's first solo album "McCartney".
Lee, John released this kind of without Phil finishing and behind his back lol! He also locked himself in the studio and had to be removed. John was such a character lol! You can have John and/or his music as your favorite, too - no need to feel bad about or defend that! I adore all of the Beatles, singly and together, but I have no problem saying I prefer John's music over Paul's, George's and Ringo's. I have albums by all of them, and love all of them immensely, but John's resonates more with me. John as a person I find absolutely fascinating, too! Nothing wrong with that either. Once you really delve into who they all were as people, you will learn more and more about them, and probably connect a lot with John as a person as many tend to do. He was truly a very one of a kind individual, and one who outwardly did not give a rat's ass about what anyone thought, but deep down he probably cared very much as he was a vulnerable and tortured soul at his core. I don't love a couple things about Yoko, but she loved * him * for who he was, and John said he never had that before, and that is what matters.
This is from Top of the Pops. Weekly BBC show with the top singles in the charts. A very rare appearance from John. The musicians you read out are not all the same people that did this tv show. MAL Evans on tambourine Beatles assistant and roadie
They all still owned Apple until Paul's lawsuit ran it's course and then waited months for John to sign the papers. They still had to get permission from each of the other three in order to release an album. And he's the one who first announced to the others the Beatles were finished. Paul's lawsuit was to get rid of Allen Klein who was robbing them blind.. Later the others thanked Paul, but at this time they had a lots of disagreements and arguments.
🌸 I recently watched an old interview with John on the Dick cavett show, and he said the reason they broke up was because they just they were done like they had nothing nowhere else they could go with their creativity they had done everything they could and it was just there wasn't any more to do....
That's Mal Evans on tambourine. He was with the Beatles starting in 1963, as security, roadie, assistant. Mal Evans contributed to song writing, vacationed with and pretty much lived with the Beatles through the whole thing.
The second guy on the bass wearing the hat is B. P. Fallon. He was just mimicking playing the bass because they needed another person on stage for that performance to be filmed a for Top of The pops episode. The real bass player there is Klaus Voormann (He does play on the actual the music track). By the way, John was singing to the pre-recorded track. You'll notice neither of the bass guitars are plugged in. This was actually the 2nd I believe of two takes they did for the filming. There may have been 3 takes but I can't remember. But I think it was only two.
The tambourine guy was Mal Evans, the Beatles old roadie they'd known since the Cavern days where he was a bouncer. He also "played" the anvil in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer".
The other song you are thinking of is " How do you Sleep?" from John's second album " Imagine " and is in response to events between he and McCartney in the next year and a half, and released in September '71
I think John was more responsible for this music than Phil was. Some of his production is good, but they didn’t like let it be so re did it without his producing.
This is one of two BBC Top of the Pops performances shot for the show in February 1970. On 11th Feb Ono is knitting and on 19th she held up placards. All mimed of course, but John sang live to a specially mixed backing track. He also changed clothes. Don't know if I saw both shows, but I did go and buy the single, I still have it, and it plays fine after 54 years.
@@olias056 that’s what happened to me lol I’ve chilled out a considerable amount since I’ve become a dad. But they still push me to the edge sometimes! 😂😂😂
And his music became mostly less interesting. He performed 'Instant Karma!' at the One To One concert in 1972 but the angst was missing and the song totally didn't work.
Such a great anthem. I played the vinyl 45 in my set at Glastonbury this year & will again at the Green Gathering next week. The lyrics "Why on Earth are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear?" & "We all shine on, like the moon & the stars & the sun" are really important. This needs to be played & played.
The problem with watching the video that accompanies the song is that it distracts the brain and blunts the impact of the music. Images of Yoko knitting and Mal Evans playing the tambourine distracts mightily from the song You've got to understand that when music was released on the radio we had days, weeks and months to listen and appreciate the music. Seeing these bands play their songs was a rare occurrence. You would have felt the impact of "Instant Karma" sonically if you chose the audio only. You could always go back and watch them perform later.
I sort of agree. At least this one sounds just like the recording and is not a quick little knock-off version. I have a bigger problem with people researching the song ahead of watching it. I think you should decide what you think a song is about before you hear what wiki thinks. I'm not talking about Lee here, just in general.
The guy on the blue base guitar wearing the sheepskin coat in the video was a stand in, an Irish Journalist BP Fallon (Bernard Patrick Fallon) who happened to be there during filming,
The big guy, suit, glasses playing tambourine is Mal Evans, their long time friend and roadie. yoko as Madame Defarge, where's the guillotine? lol. Love John, deep in my soul, flaws and all.
It is nice to have this footage. Thank you, Laura! I’m so glad to see him live (even if it’s studio sound). I love John and his loving encouragement. Thank you, Lee!
Beatles broke up on April 10. 1970....the single was released on Feb.6, 1970. The Beatles were still "technically" together. Lennon told Paul and Ringo at a meeting to sign a new contract for a HUGE increase in royalties...(George was vising his sick mother)...on September 20, 1969 that he was leaving the band. He was asked not to say anything because it could screw up the works with the new contract. Lennon kept quiet...but McCartney announced to the world on April 10, 1970 that he was putting out a solo album and that The Beatles were basically finished.
Your comparison to Neil Young is very interesting! Thanks! Speaking of Neil, you should try the "Tonight's the Night" album. It was rejected by the record company at first.
That video was just lip singing to the studio track. They were all on Apple Records because The Beatles owned Apple Records. Factiods: The drummer on this track is Alan White who became the drummer for Yes in 1972 until his death a few years ago (2020?). John Lennon demanded that Phil Spector not use his 'wall of sound' technique when producing his music. He wanted a minimalist sound. Phil produced John's first solo studio album (Plastic Ono Band) using the same minimalistic technique.
Not a video, a TV performance for which John sang a live vocal. Later for the Lennon Legend DVD whenever - 90s? - the live vocal was replaced by the studio single version, which is what we have here.
@@gettinhungrig8806 I believe that. I know that what we are hearing here is just the straight up studio version. I would rather hear the live vocal, not because expect it to be better, but it's a rarity that might be forever lost. People don't realize that televised musical performances in the 60's and 70's often had studio music with live vocals. They did this for 2 reasons, they could precisely determine the length of the performance, and the 'old school' sound engineer couldn't figure out how to mike and mix loud rock music.
Hey, that guy on tambourine, Mal Evans, he's the same fellow banging on the anvil in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," right? You know, that guy always doing chores around the studio?
Alan White on drums, future longtime drummer for 'Yes'.
On Jan 27th 1970, John Lennon wrote, recorded, and mixed his new single, “Instant Karma!,” all in one day, arriving in stores only ten days later. Lennon later stated, “I wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunch, and we’re putting it out for dinner.”
Yup - all in one day. Friggin' cool.
Mal Evans the Beatles long time roadie playing tambourine.
He can be seen, playing the Anvil, in the "Get Back" documentary, on the song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", also.
The last major project he took on was trying to produce Keith Moon's mid 70's solo album. He ended up kind of more in charge of herding the massive amount of guests involved and tending bar.
Very poor job doing a basic beat though.
The Beatles created their legendary body of work that is still admired and talked about all these decades later, and went out on top, all before any of them had turned 30 years old.
"Why on Earth are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear?"
John always told the truth. ❤
Gut wrenching to this day
There's no reason why we're here. Whether we're experiencing pleasure or pain, the universe doesn't care. We - the human race - are the only ones who care,
and if we didn't exist, nothing would change. The world would keep on turning with all of its pleasure and pain, and it would be just as random as always.
@@SpaceCattttt You’re probably right, but what a buzzkill!
@@lathedauphinot6820 You think so? I prefer to see it slightly differently.
I mean, if innocent people are made to suffer, how do you explain that if there's, say, a god out there who cares about us?
Doesn't it make more sense that bad things happen to good people, and there's no reason for it?
And if there's no reason for it, then it's only a small step to accepting that there's no real reason for anything......not unless we apply reason to it.
I find that a refreshing approach.
John Lennon really loved Yoko. Most guys would be embarrassed by her antics. A great example of his acceptance is the live Chuck Berry & John Lennon performance on the Mike Douglas Show. The look on Chuck Berry’s face in reaction to Yoko is classic. Lennon never missed a beat.
I love john lennon so much ❤
Lee we boomers have spent the last 40+ years trying to sort the world out with peace and love and music. We believed it.
I believe it too!! I wish the whole world would :)
@@L33Reacts It's a great plan what could go wrong, when everyone seems to want it? Well... how long have you got?
Tamborine is Mal Evans. He took care of everything that the Beatles needed to be done.
Lee, my favorite artist of all time is John Lennon. I don’t think you listened to “watching the wheels” yet one of his last songs… his most mature work. It will hit you in the feels in a powerful great way. Inspiring
Paul is my favorite of all time, but John is a very close #2. John's talent was/is staggering. Watching the Wheels is brilliant. He's explaining his 5 year break from making records. Woman and Beautiful Boy are also sublime. Cheers.
The bassist without the hat is Klaus Voorman, long time Beatles pal from the early days in Germany. Also, a Plastic Ono Band member and he was a talented artist. He did the REVOLVER album cover as well as The Bee Gee's album cover for Bee Gee's 1st.
He also played bass on Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" with that iconic opening bass riff.
"The world is at your command," said John Lennon for the first time on "Nowhere Man." He still believes it, as this song demonstrates. But now, he's a bit less patient with us.
@@heartoftherose that is such a great way to put it. This is a more in your face version of the same message
Nice!
The guy on the tambourine is Mal Evans, The Beatles roadie.
@@ajaxfilms I noticed he was blind folded too? Like yoko. Interesting. Thank you for keying me in
@@L33ReactsNo he wasn't. He's wearing dark-rimmed glasses.
@@deepermind4884 it looked like a very strange blind fold lol I could have messed it up in my head
@L33Reacts 🎉I think his roadie/ minder Mal Evans was shot dead by police in America years after this performance....Worth checking this out as I am not 100 % sure.
The guy on tamborine is Mal Evans, The Beatles road manager. He was shot dead by the LAPD in the late 70's. This was not live - they were lipsynching to a studio recording.
Looks like Top of the Pops
This and Imagine are my two favorite Lennon songs
I think this is John's best solo song. Perhaps the best Beatles solo effort. Love the drumming on it.
Nobody Told Me is good John Song. Especially with the state of the world today. Strange days indeed.
This is a clip from the UK tv show Top of the Pops. Originally this clip was a live performance. This was the studio dubbed over that performance.
Well it's live in the sense, that lennon was singing live to a pre-recorded backing music track.
I've always thought that Yoko's knitting talents were underrated and underused. If she had knitted on more of her own records (as well as John's), they would have been more successful. As for the personnel in the video (which was shot for Top Of The Pops), it's John on piano, Yoko on knitting, Beatles road manager Mal Evans on tambourine, music journalist BP (Beep) Fallon on bass guitar, Klaus Voormann ("klouse foormahn" - Klaus rhymes with mouse) on bass guitar and Alan White on drums. There were four takes shot for TOTP, and on another take Yoko holds cue cards and "vocalizes" into a mic that is mercifully turned off.
Claus Voorman is also the guy who drew the Revolver cover. 😜🤘
This probably got the most plays of any of his solo stuff.
Imagine was huge
@@brianwalsh3091 yes
Guy with the tambourine is Mal Evans he was a long time employee and friend of The Beatles.
Klaus Voormann. The Beatles’ friend from Hamburg days, whose girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr gave they boys their famous haircuts. KL-OU(as in out)S FOR-MAHN.
@kenfasano8105 yeah Klaus was playing bass along with another guy. Guy kinda looks a little like Jimmy Page.
One of the best song writers of all time
" Klowce" ... That's how you pronounce his name. This was another hit for John Lennon and he's got so many. I really wish you would react to Cold Turkey.
@@stevedahlberg8680 oh don’t worry cold turkey is coming. I’ve just been putting it off. I have to be in the right state of mind to hear that one probably lol
That could still come out the wrong way, though. Probably easiest to just say rhymes with mouse lol!
love seeing people discover the beatles and digging them as much as we did in the day :)
Alan White on drums. RIP
Klaus Voorman --first name is pronounced properly as "Klows"--au in German is similar to how we say ow! if we feel some pain. Klaus did the cover art on Revolver, too.
Unique sounding drums on this. We all shine on like the ☀️ 🌟 🌙
Lee, for backstory on John and the Beatles -- including people like Klaus Voormann and Astrid Kirchherr -- you should watch the biopic films "Nowhere Boy" and "Backbeat". They are great films that show John and the Beatles history, before they became world-famous. Great flicks and fascinating!
Alan White's drum fills on this song are soooooooo cooooool...!!!!!
Short haircuts are from donating a bag of their hair to a youth center charity auction. Suited them well IMO
I think his band is a group on their own, named 'Elephants Memory' aka "elephants memory plastic Ono band" give them a listen "Superheap" is a great song.
Great drumming
Alan White! The song was famously recorded, mixed and released in the space of a single week.
@@louise_rose I believe it was written, recorded, mixed in one day. Released 10 days later. :)
THE MAN ON TAMBORINE WAS MAL EVANS. MAL WAS THE BEATLES LONG TIME ROADIE FROM THE EARLY, EARLY DAYS IN LIVERPOOL. BUT THEY FIRST GOT TO KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE WAS A BOUNCER AT THE CAVERN CLUB...
It’s pronounced like it’s written: Kla-üs. The “u” is pronounced like oo in room. Lennon said he dreamed the melody, that the song was playing in his dream. He woke and captured it before it faded, called Beatles, George answered, met him at the studio, sent him around the neighborhood to collect a choir and direct them, then filmed the whole thing. Instant Karma
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC PIC ❤
Thanks, Scotty! I love your picks too. :)
Beatles legend Mal Evans on the tambourine
*Klaus* Voorman is pronounced like clout, or cloud, or clown.
The "Ringo" album from 1973 had a 12"X12" booklet inside, with the lyrics of each song on the right-side page and an illustration for each song on the left-side page by KV, who also played bass on the album. The 1970's was a golden era for extra-fancy packaging. And "Ringo" was an unusual solo album because it had contributions from all 4 (or 5) Beatles.
Yoko has always sort of made most of us shake our heads. Saying she was different, would be an understatement.
John is my favorite Beatle. When they 1st arrived, I was around 10 years old. It was a thing to ask who your favorite Beatle was. At least in my big family and friends. John was always and still is my favorite, if I must choose. He resonated with me from the beginning.
We miss you, John 💔🙏❤️🌠
Excellent John Lennon Single ❤
It wasn't just Paul's song that inspired him to get back to work on his music. He had a few inspirations, such as the song Rock Lobster - that one reminded him of something to do with Yoko and her music. I expect there were some other inspirations as well. :) Sorry to have missed the premiered. Great to see it here! Yeah, some of Phil's work was really good, but some not so much.
I hear you man. Don't look for many people to understand what you are saying.
The breakup of the Beatles was not yet known at the time of the release of "Instant Karma (Feb, 1970). McCartney announced it on April 10, 1970.
Klaus Voormann...(is pronounced louse with a K!)..Bass player for Manfred Mannin the 60s...well known session man in the 70s and 80s!
Mal Evans playing tambourine :D
Klaus is pronounced like "mouse" or "blouse".
This wasn't a video of the recording session, I'm pretty sure. That sure wasn't George.
Not blouse in my dialect. But mouse for sure.
Top Of The Pops.
He was reading the credits for the album... that sure wasn't Billy Preston on the piano either lol!
Thanks for the song and your reaction. I remember seeing this on TV, once, probably 1970. Then I saw it again, multiple times, in the Age of the Internet. I have to tell you depending on the radio to play it and perhaps having one time to see it made the music more special. Yes you could listen to your vinyl at home or on your eight track on the road but there wasn’t 24/7 access like now, plus the database about the songs.
John is my favorite too and the one I connected to musically. ✌️♥️🎶
Klaus, pronounced like 'house'. Or, I have heard pronounced like Santa Clause. He met the Beatles back in Hamburg, way before they became famous. He'd had his hair cut in France and the Beatles ended up copying it. They knew Mal Evans, the guy on tambourine, back then too. He drove them around and moved the instruments for them. Mal set the alarm clock you can barely hear go off in a Day in the Life. He originally played the anvil on the Beatles' Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
It's a common German name and definitely not pronounced like claws (Claus as in Santa is the same name, also pronounced weirdly by English speakers).
@@thescrewfly Yeah, I was going for Claus pronounced (sort of) like 'claws'. I should had said pronounced like 'sauce', instead of Claus, because I hear that a lot.
I pronounce it like 'house'.
(Spellcheck wants to put a comma after every three words but it can't correct 'Santa Clause'.)
@@debjorgo If you've heard it as claws, that person was wrong (even though they are the same name). Claws ends with a sound and Klaus ends in an . So in that sense, sauce is closer, but it's still the wrong vowel. the in Klaus is a diphthong, whereas in claws, it's just a long . I don't normally like to get into these kind of pedantic arguments, since often both parties are right depending on their dialect and it's arrogant to say someone is wrong (like ba-rock vs ba-roke for baroque). However, there really is only one correct pronunciation for Klaus and it rhymes with mouse and house.
Although, there is actually 2 accepted dialectic pronunciations, and maybe that's why you might hear it as sauce. Canadian raising could be a factor. Another person said that it rhymed with mouse and blouse. Well, I pronounce mouse as and blouse as , so I would pronounce Klaus as and another person would pronounce it as . As long as it rhymes with house/mouse though, you're good.
@@Kieop Ah, jeesas, we got meeces running all threw me house.
@@debjorgo 😁
Surprised you just glided over the superb irony of the song title when mentioning who produced it. That phrase should be on Spector's stone as an epitaph.
John is also my favorite, love his solo work ...so filled with angst and passion.,both musically and lyric-wise. Phil Spector imo was a brilliant producer as well as a troubled and terrible person. His work may be very divisive ,but the music world is better off for having had him as far as I'm concerned. Will always love the wall of sound.
Although John had already quit the band the previous September, The Beatles had not publicly broken up yet at this point. That wouldn't happen until April '70 " coincidentally " on the same day as the release of Paul McCartney's first solo album "McCartney".
Many don't realize that John wanted to end the Beatles long before Paul 'ended' them. A lot of hard feeling caused for John over all that.
Klaus rhymes with house. I won't tell you again. 😂
Klaus Voorman was friends with the Early Beatles when they were in Germany. Klaus designed their Revolver Album Cover. He’s a Great Bass Player…
Lee, John released this kind of without Phil finishing and behind his back lol! He also locked himself in the studio and had to be removed. John was such a character lol!
You can have John and/or his music as your favorite, too - no need to feel bad about or defend that!
I adore all of the Beatles, singly and together, but I have no problem saying I prefer John's music over Paul's, George's and Ringo's. I have albums by all of them, and love all of them immensely, but John's resonates more with me.
John as a person I find absolutely fascinating, too! Nothing wrong with that either. Once you really delve into who they all were as people, you will learn more and more about them, and probably connect a lot with John as a person as many tend to do.
He was truly a very one of a kind individual, and one who outwardly did not give a rat's ass about what anyone thought, but deep down he probably cared very much as he was a vulnerable and tortured soul at his core. I don't love a couple things about Yoko, but she loved * him * for who he was, and John said he never had that before, and that is what matters.
Love❤🎉😊 John Lennon, George Harrison=LEGENDS !!!!
(RIP) God Bless you and yours 😇✌️Rock On and Rock Hard !!
This is from Top of the Pops. Weekly BBC show with the top singles in the charts. A very rare appearance from John. The musicians you read out are not all the same people that did this tv show. MAL Evans on tambourine Beatles assistant and roadie
@@KeefM ahhh ok I was reading the album credits. I was wondering where Billy was. He’s not there then obviously. Thank you for the info
They all still owned Apple until Paul's lawsuit ran it's course and then waited months for John to sign the papers. They still had to get permission from each of the other three in order to release an album. And he's the one who first announced to the others the Beatles were finished. Paul's lawsuit was to get rid of Allen Klein who was robbing them blind.. Later the others thanked Paul, but at this time they had a lots of disagreements and arguments.
Love the bassplayer's sheepskin vest so 60's!
🌸 I recently watched an old interview with John on the Dick cavett show, and he said the reason they broke up was because they just they were done like they had nothing nowhere else they could go with their creativity they had done everything they could and it was just there wasn't any more to do....
That's Mal Evans on tambourine. He was with the Beatles starting in 1963, as security, roadie, assistant. Mal Evans contributed to song writing, vacationed with and pretty much lived with the Beatles through the whole thing.
After all these years, I just noticed...2 bassists. The tambourine player is the late Mal Evans.
Yeah, I saw that and it took a few seconds for it to come to me
The second guy on the bass wearing the hat is B. P. Fallon. He was just mimicking playing the bass because they needed another person on stage for that performance to be filmed a for Top of The pops episode. The real bass player there is Klaus Voormann (He does play on the actual the music track). By the way, John was singing to the pre-recorded track. You'll notice neither of the bass guitars are plugged in. This was actually the 2nd I believe of two takes they did for the filming. There may have been 3 takes but I can't remember. But I think it was only two.
The tambourine guy was Mal Evans, the Beatles old roadie they'd known since the Cavern days where he was a bouncer. He also "played" the anvil in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer".
It’s Klaus, as in mouse! 😊
That is Alan White on drums. Most famous for his later work with the group Yes, he was in the Plastic Ono Band.
The other song you are thinking of is " How do you Sleep?" from John's second album " Imagine " and is in response to events between he and McCartney in the next year and a half, and released in September '71
I know Phil Spector was a convicted murderer and an all around creep but he is responsible for some great music.
It was Spector that broke up the Beatles.
I think John was more responsible for this music than Phil was. Some of his production is good, but they didn’t like let it be so re did it without his producing.
This is one of two BBC Top of the Pops performances shot for the show in February 1970. On 11th Feb Ono is knitting and on 19th she held up placards. All mimed of course, but John sang live to a specially mixed backing track. He also changed clothes. Don't know if I saw both shows, but I did go and buy the single, I still have it, and it plays fine after 54 years.
You pretty much nailed it as far as favourites. There are songs that stay near the top of my list and some change around.
Love his vocals in this , my favorite Lennon song. ❤
Such meaning! Is anyone else interested in saying something? Seems very rare. Thanks Lee.
Angry John, and mellowed as time went on, and then became a stay-at-home dad and very calm.
@@olias056 that’s what happened to me lol I’ve chilled out a considerable amount since I’ve become a dad. But they still push me to the edge sometimes! 😂😂😂
And his music became mostly less interesting. He performed 'Instant Karma!' at the One To One concert in 1972 but the angst was missing and the song totally didn't work.
Nothing like Steel and Glass. For me his best solo music.
That is roadie extraordinaire Mal Evans playing the tambourine.
I love all their voices, but since I was young, Pauls voice went in my ear the best. Love this song, great reaction Lee
Such a great anthem. I played the vinyl 45 in my set at Glastonbury this year & will again at the Green Gathering next week. The lyrics "Why on Earth are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear?" & "We all shine on, like the moon & the stars & the sun" are really important. This needs to be played & played.
This track has a very Gospel musical feel to it
Mal Evans, the Beatles' road manager on tambourine.
Great reaction!
Thank you so much! 👍😁
One of my absolute favorite Lennon gems!
The problem with watching the video that accompanies the song is that it distracts the brain and blunts the impact of the music. Images of Yoko knitting and Mal Evans playing the tambourine distracts mightily from the song
You've got to understand that when music was released on the radio we had days, weeks and months to listen and appreciate the music. Seeing these bands play their songs was a rare occurrence. You would have felt the impact of "Instant Karma" sonically if you chose the audio only. You could always go back and watch them perform later.
Agreed!
I sort of agree. At least this one sounds just like the recording and is not a quick little knock-off version. I have a bigger problem with people researching the song ahead of watching it. I think you should decide what you think a song is about before you hear what wiki thinks. I'm not talking about Lee here, just in general.
The guy on the blue base guitar wearing the sheepskin coat in the video was a stand in, an Irish Journalist BP Fallon (Bernard Patrick Fallon) who happened to be there during filming,
He wrote it and recorded it in like a day
It wasn't in like a day. He wrote, recorded, and mixed it in a day!
Good stuff. Thanks again....
The big guy, suit, glasses playing tambourine is Mal Evans, their long time friend and roadie. yoko as Madame Defarge, where's the guillotine? lol. Love John, deep in my soul, flaws and all.
It is nice to have this footage. Thank you, Laura! I’m so glad to see him live (even if it’s studio sound). I love John and his loving encouragement.
Thank you, Lee!
My pleasure! :)
Tambourine guy is Mal, from Apple Corp. a very close friendship.
Beatles broke up on April 10. 1970....the single was released on Feb.6, 1970. The Beatles were still "technically" together. Lennon told Paul and Ringo at a meeting to sign a new contract for a HUGE increase in royalties...(George was vising his sick mother)...on September 20, 1969 that he was leaving the band. He was asked not to say anything because it could screw up the works with the new contract. Lennon kept quiet...but McCartney announced to the world on April 10, 1970 that he was putting out a solo album and that The Beatles were basically finished.
Notice Yoko, the blind leading the blind. I believe the drum sound was heavily compressed.
agree, drums have a much bigger sound in the studio version
it sold a million copies because "we all shine on"
They were scared because they set the bar so high they had to out do themselves right
I bought this single the day I first heard it. I thought Lennon was going to have a fabulous solo career at that point.
Your comparison to Neil Young is very interesting! Thanks! Speaking of Neil, you should try the "Tonight's the Night" album. It was rejected by the record company at first.
That video was just lip singing to the studio track. They were all on Apple Records because The Beatles owned Apple Records. Factiods: The drummer on this track is Alan White who became the drummer for Yes in 1972 until his death a few years ago (2020?). John Lennon demanded that Phil Spector not use his 'wall of sound' technique when producing his music. He wanted a minimalist sound. Phil produced John's first solo studio album (Plastic Ono Band) using the same minimalistic technique.
Not a video, a TV performance for which John sang a live vocal. Later for the Lennon Legend DVD whenever - 90s? - the live vocal was replaced by the studio single version, which is what we have here.
@@gettinhungrig8806 I believe that. I know that what we are hearing here is just the straight up studio version. I would rather hear the live vocal, not because expect it to be better, but it's a rarity that might be forever lost. People don't realize that televised musical performances in the 60's and 70's often had studio music with live vocals. They did this for 2 reasons, they could precisely determine the length of the performance, and the 'old school' sound engineer couldn't figure out how to mike and mix loud rock music.
looks like Mal Evans on the tamborine?
Yes!
Hey, that guy on tambourine, Mal Evans, he's the same fellow banging on the anvil in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," right? You know, that guy always doing chores around the studio?
one of my fave Lennon solo songs! ♥
Alan White so young ❤
This is my favorite solo Lennon - Woman and Starting Over also up there ❤
More White Album, Lee? John’s favorite, it’s said 😊
Just a great song, brings back memories of 11th grade!