Meat City by John Lennon – ***

First released: 1973

A song that seems somewhat out of place in comparison to the rest of the material on John Lennon’s "Mind Games" album since it is louder and faster than any other tune on the album. There is an alternate rarity that most books don’t even mention. On the b-side of the "Mind Games" single is this song. Somewhere in the middle of the song is a brief backwards statement. Back in the days when you could wind your turntable backwards, you could figure out what these types of messages said. On the single version, the backwards statement is “Check the album”. On the album version, the backwards statement in its place is “Fuck the pigs”. A third version appears on the 2002 CD reissue that’s a demo.