Saturday, March 21, 2009

Come Together by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1969

Classic Lennon. This is one of the first tracks of The Beatles that I ever heard, yet at the time, I didn't know it was The Beatles. I was about five years old and remembered really liking this song from "Abbey Road". It's also on "1967-1970" and 2000's "1". It was also a hit single coupled with "Something". A demo version appears on "Anthology 3" in 1996. It is also used for 2006's "Love".

Lennon also performed this live in 1972 and this version was released in 1986 on "Live in New York City". It was his only nod to the past in the show by his own admission. This live version was also released on 1990’s "Lennon", "Instant Karma" from 2001 and "Working Class Hero" from 2005. A different live version appears on 1998’s "The John Lennon Anthology".

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