Ken, Beatley, great video, John has written masterpieces ,every one song is a Fantastic, Creative, Emotional, Meaning So Much to Me, Mind Games is a fabulous masterpiece, box set, my favorite, 84 what could have been? Happy Birthday John ! Milk and Honey fantastic album another masterpiece, Steve
I think part of the reason Paul’s doing ‘Now and Then’ live is that he’s been wanting to put it out for almost 30 years at this point, plus the whole thing with John’s supposed final words to Paul being something like “think about me now and then.”
Men of good sense and great taste - thank you for a terrific conversation. It’s always satisfying to hear Mind Games getting some love. As one of 3 records in my sister’s collection that introduced me to the Beatles (the others being Band On The Run and the 1972 Australian compilation The Essential Beatles), it has always been a favourite of mine.
Great show gentlemen, thank you. I've enjoyed so many of these conversations. I always learn a little something from them which i'm glad for. Keep up the good work Ken!
Ken & Beatley Tone...this was an excellent discussion. Thank goodness there are still folks like you that are providing deep and respectful insight into John's music. There are lots of other channels on RUclips that seem to exist to promote inaccurate information and disparagement of John's legacy. You guys speak truth and offer thoughtful opinions. Keep it coming!
1. Gimme Some Truth 2. Aisumasen 3. God 4. Steel and Glass 5. John Sinclair 6. Scared 7. Out of the Blue 8. Tight A$ 9. Nobody Loves You 10. Steel and Glass Great Show!
Fantastic show, I would have picked all of Beatle tones selections 👍 I love all the Lennon Solo albums, at time of release I thought mind games was great, and couldn’t understand the mediocre reviews, i was in my early teens and love the songs on the day, and subsequently early Punk, but Lennon always topped the charts for me! The music press basically decided he was passé, and wanted him to be a rebel especially in the UK, ironically they trashed sometime in NYC, which was very edgy. I still to this day love The Rock and Roll album, it has a drive and you can hear how he was trying to recreate the sound of Hamburg. I wonder if this will be a box set ? Be my baby could have been a masterpiece? He did love Yoko and some people find this difficult, sadly nowadays if you read comments about Lennon it is often negative regarding his mistakes? For me I always felt he gave us truth, he told us he was not perfect he was confessional and i do believe he was embarrassed about his behaviour and consequently put down songs that brought this back to him ? A fascinating individual, perhaps for future discussion would he be accepted if alive today or would he be maligned for past actions, we live in different times? A lovely broadcast thank you both x
Thnaks very much Tim. Glad you enjoyed the show. I very much hope there will a box set for Rock n Roll. Firstly because the album could really do with a remix and secondly there must be tons of out takes from the LA sessions (although how listenable they will be is another matter )
what do you think of a combo box set of both Double Fantasy & Milk & Honey Since each album only had half John songs & half Yoko songs. Personally I wouldn't care if they excluded the yoko songs. I made my own combo CD with both of them that include just the John songs.
@@knockedoutloaded279 Was there ever a recording of Street Of Dreams? As much As I enjoy the Yoko songs on both albums, combining John's songs from both would make an amazing album. But the concept for Double Fantasy was that it as a dialogue between the two.
I think there are two reasons regarding Grow Old With Me. The first is that it had been issued to the public. Secondly, the thematic undertones - three aging rockers fleshing out the work of their youthful bandmate - was probably too close to the bone.Considering the tensions McCartney and Harrison endured,this might have tipped everything over into less pleasant territories.
This is the slowest and most dreary selection imaginable. Every song is the same slow tempo. It also highlights how, with Yoko, John's work in the 1970s was very mainstream, and not the wild experimentation John suggested would be his way forward upon the Beatles' breakup.
Thanks for writing, but I couldn't disagree more. Was the Plastic Ono Band album mainstream? It happens to ilustrate with some of these slow songs that John was great at writing ballads and bluesy tunes. Is the Some Time In New York City album mainstream to you? Some of my favorite Lennon songs from his Beatle days were slow (Julia, Across The Universe) which I consider brilliant, and I feel the same way about Aisumasen, Scared, Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out) which Tone picked among his choices. And besides, music doesn't have to be experimental to be good. I'd rather hear a song that might be considred mainstream that I really enjoy, than an experimental one that I might enjoy less.
I have to get this off my chest. The thing about "Aisumasen" that absolutely ruins it for me is how he blithely garbles the word "sumimasen". It is the most common word in Japanese (you literally hear it 100 times a day). It can be used to mean "sorry" in a casual way, but it usually means "excuse me" like if you step on someone's foot by mistake. For the kind of apology he means here, he really ought to be saying "gomen nasai" at least, which is a more formal apology. But leaving that aside, his refusal to learn how to pronounce "sumimasen" comes across as arrogant. It is a very easy word to pronounce, and most foreigners learn it in 30 seconds. Imagine if your wife kept earnestly telling you "Si Mossy" instead of "I'm sorry". It might be charming the first time she does it, but very quickly it would become annoying. You'd finally want to ask, "why can't you just say I'm sorry properly? It's not a hard phrase. Are you making fun of me and my language? Are you too arrogant to learn a single word of my language? Wtf?" For all we know, this song might have contributed to their breakup.
Ken, Beatley, great video, John has written masterpieces ,every one song is a Fantastic, Creative, Emotional, Meaning So Much to Me, Mind Games is a fabulous masterpiece, box set, my favorite, 84 what could have been? Happy Birthday John ! Milk and Honey fantastic album another masterpiece, Steve
I think part of the reason Paul’s doing ‘Now and Then’ live is that he’s been wanting to put it out for almost 30 years at this point, plus the whole thing with John’s supposed final words to Paul being something like “think about me now and then.”
Great video! Very apt for John and Sean’s birthday!
Men of good sense and great taste - thank you for a terrific conversation. It’s always satisfying to hear Mind Games getting some love. As one of 3 records in my sister’s collection that introduced me to the Beatles (the others being Band On The Run and the 1972 Australian compilation The Essential Beatles), it has always been a favourite of mine.
Happy birthday my friend Sir John Lennon!!! ❤ love from all the world 🌎🎸🪕🎤🎵🎙🙏
Thanks Ken! Great show. Always a blast to hear Tone talk about the beatles. Nice choices and imo .... you cant go wrong with most solo John tunes.
cheers Russ
Fantastic interview love this stuff I love clean up time fab
Great show gentlemen, thank you. I've enjoyed so many of these conversations. I always learn a little something from them which i'm glad for. Keep up the good work Ken!
Interesting collab, great show guys:)
Ken & Beatley Tone...this was an excellent discussion. Thank goodness there are still folks like you that are providing deep and respectful insight into John's music. There are lots of other channels on RUclips that seem to exist to promote inaccurate information and disparagement of John's legacy. You guys speak truth and offer thoughtful opinions. Keep it coming!
Thanks very much Joanne. Glad you enjoyed the show
Great show guys!!!!
Thanks Debbie, glad you enjoyed it
Great conversation and wonderful list….great to see Tone as a guest. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks bill, glad you enjoyed it
1. Gimme Some Truth
2. Aisumasen
3. God
4. Steel and Glass
5. John Sinclair
6. Scared
7. Out of the Blue
8. Tight A$
9. Nobody Loves You
10. Steel and Glass
Great Show!
nice list mike
Great picks 👍
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Great conversation. I agreed with almost all his picks.
Thanks very much , glad you enjoyed it
Here We go Again..great song..
Fantastic show, I would have picked all of Beatle tones selections 👍
I love all the Lennon Solo albums, at time of release I thought mind games was great, and couldn’t understand the mediocre reviews, i was in my early teens and love the songs on the day, and subsequently early Punk, but Lennon always topped the charts for me! The music press basically decided he was passé, and wanted him to be a rebel especially in the UK, ironically they trashed sometime in NYC, which was very edgy. I still to this day love The Rock and Roll album, it has a drive and you can hear how he was trying to recreate the sound of Hamburg. I wonder if this will be a box set ? Be my baby could have been a masterpiece? He did love Yoko and some people find this difficult, sadly nowadays if you read comments about Lennon it is often negative regarding his mistakes? For me I always felt he gave us truth, he told us he was not perfect he was confessional and i do believe he was embarrassed about his behaviour and consequently put down songs that brought this back to him ? A fascinating individual, perhaps for future discussion would he be accepted if alive today or would he be maligned for past actions, we live in different times? A lovely broadcast thank you both x
Thnaks very much Tim. Glad you enjoyed the show. I very much hope there will a box set for Rock n Roll. Firstly because the album could really do with a remix and secondly there must be tons of out takes from the LA sessions (although how listenable they will be is another matter )
I think it was jack Douglas that mentioned John said Ringo should have a go at Grow Old with Me.
Walls and Bridges box set shud even outdo Mind Games...
Happy Bday to Me..
what do you think of a combo box set of both Double Fantasy & Milk & Honey Since each album only had half John songs & half Yoko songs. Personally I wouldn't care if they excluded the yoko songs. I made my own combo CD with both of them that include just the John songs.
I think they will do combo box for those two albums as the the John songs are from the same sessions David
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannelthey did in 1990 box, hoping for street of Dreams and other extras,,
@@knockedoutloaded279 Was there ever a recording of Street Of Dreams? As much As I enjoy the Yoko songs on both albums, combining John's songs from both would make an amazing album. But the concept for Double Fantasy was that it as a dialogue between the two.
@kenmichaelsradio748 it's a mystery. Demo in studio
@kenmichaelsradio748 jack Douglas told me fun bouncy tune,, he has
Good to continue see Beatly Tone getting around. Good discussion
Thanks Charlie
They may have been 6 songs with All for Love..?
Don't you mean 5 songs? And good point about All For Love.
I think there are two reasons regarding Grow Old With Me. The first is that it had been issued to the public. Secondly, the thematic undertones - three aging rockers fleshing out the work of their youthful bandmate - was probably too close to the bone.Considering the tensions McCartney and Harrison endured,this might have tipped everything over into less pleasant territories.
Great Shout Eoghan.
Jealous Guy single in 88
Forgive me demo is better with great sound,,
"Woman Is the N Word?" Ah, yes, that's why we have certain words: To not use them!
This is the slowest and most dreary selection imaginable. Every song is the same slow tempo. It also highlights how, with Yoko, John's work in the 1970s was very mainstream, and not the wild experimentation John suggested would be his way forward upon the Beatles' breakup.
Thanks for writing, but I couldn't disagree more. Was the Plastic Ono Band album mainstream? It happens to ilustrate with some of these slow songs that John was great at writing ballads and bluesy tunes. Is the Some Time In New York City album mainstream to you? Some of my favorite Lennon songs from his Beatle days were slow (Julia, Across The Universe) which I consider brilliant, and I feel the same way about Aisumasen, Scared, Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out) which Tone picked among his choices. And besides, music doesn't have to be experimental to be good. I'd rather hear a song that might be considred mainstream that I really enjoy, than an experimental one that I might enjoy less.
I have to get this off my chest. The thing about "Aisumasen" that absolutely ruins it for me is how he blithely garbles the word "sumimasen". It is the most common word in Japanese (you literally hear it 100 times a day). It can be used to mean "sorry" in a casual way, but it usually means "excuse me" like if you step on someone's foot by mistake. For the kind of apology he means here, he really ought to be saying "gomen nasai" at least, which is a more formal apology. But leaving that aside, his refusal to learn how to pronounce "sumimasen" comes across as arrogant. It is a very easy word to pronounce, and most foreigners learn it in 30 seconds. Imagine if your wife kept earnestly telling you "Si Mossy" instead of "I'm sorry". It might be charming the first time she does it, but very quickly it would become annoying. You'd finally want to ask, "why can't you just say I'm sorry properly? It's not a hard phrase. Are you making fun of me and my language? Are you too arrogant to learn a single word of my language? Wtf?" For all we know, this song might have contributed to their breakup.
What baffles me about this is that Yoko was aware of the song, obviously. Wouldn't she have tried to correct him?
If the world was a dictatorship run by beatles fans Ken Michaels would be the Il Duce 😂
I'm not sure how to take this comment. I certainly wouldn't ever be any kind of dictator. Is this an insult, a joke, or what?
@@kenmichaelsradio748 🤣🤣🤣
Forgive me demo is better with great sound,,