Why John Lennon Wanted to Sing "Oh! Darling" | The Abbey Road Sessions
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Paul began writing "Oh! Darling" as early as December 1968, shortly after the release of the White Album. He ran through the song on piano on January 3, 1969, the second day of rehearsals for the Get Back sessions. This indicates Paul offered it for the project alongside "The Long And Winding Road" and "Let It Be." It's suggested that "Oh! Darling" was inspired by Little Richard's "Send Me Some Lovin'," which the Beatles played on January 6th.
John, who didn’t claim any songwriting credit, felt he could have sung it better, though he acknowledged it was Paul's song.
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Paul sang it beautifully
This is 100% a Paul song,he nailed it !!
One of my favourite Beatle songs 🎸
Good, but not as good as John
@@asphaltcowboy7567Iam a huge John Lennon fan with the Beatles and solo..but Paul McCartney did a fantastic job on this song that is a fact.
John may well have done a great job but Paul's performance is beyond unsurpassable. Perfect for the song.
@@asphaltcowboy7567 John was a fantastic singer, not a sversatile as Paul though, I'm not crazy about the song but the way he sings the chorus is impressive and John simply didn't have that power.
It's an astonishing vocal performance, moving back and forth from the sweet and smooth to the rough and raucous. Hardly any other singers had his range. It's pretty perverse to present it here as though it was some kind of missed opportunity.
No one can sing this song better than Sir Paul...even other singers of today's generation.
Paul's voice was stunning
He probably wanted Yoko to sing the chorus
OMG... NO!!!!
"Sing"? I think the word you are searching for is "screech".
Poor John. Clearly a narcisistic spirit, megalomaniac, and disturbed by envy and resentfullness. As in Steely Dan's song, "Only a fool would say that."
@@elmoluizpereiradacostafilh8087 Your delusional… The behaviour described clearly shows classic narcissistic behaviour from Paul
Paul wrote it and sang it beautifully and besides John didn’t have as much of Paul range, so how was the narcissist? Why Paul had to give it to John because John wanted to sing it. You’re wrong because you’re much that John’s syncopate!
To me, it was the best vocal that Paul McCartney ever did....absolutely nailed on.....
It is absolutely the most. Call Me Back Again is another awesome vocal by Paul.
So is Beware my Love
Paul spent some time shouting and screaming before the vocal recording to make his voice harsh and growly. John just didn’t have the range for Oh Darling.
I don't think John could have hit the high notes like Paul did.
John would've had to sing the bridge in falsetto just like Paul did in some early takes.
The reality is- it is a great track with Paul singing and Beatles fans love it. If John had sung it, it would've been a great track, and Beatles fans would love it.
I have always considered "Oh! Darling" to be McCartney's greatest vocal performance. While John would have certainly done a fine job with this song, he would never have even come close to matching the sheer power of Paul's voice. McCartney is one of the greatest singers of all time, and this is one of the greatest vocal performances, ever, by anyone.
Yeah, while I don’t disagree in a sense. I prefer John’s voice and the way he sings his songs, I feel a stronger connection to it. I feel like if he had sung Oh Darling in an almost Twist and Shout style, I would’ve liked the song better. It’s a good song, but one of my least favorites on the album, it does seem like it’s missing some ineffable quality. But that’s just me…
Having said that, it was Paul’s song so I think he was being a bit of a dick voicing this opinion when he has no business stepping on Paul’s song. I’m sure Paul might’ve felt he could’ve done something better himself before, but would never voice that opinion. That was John though, spoke his mind through all his moods and showed many sides, sometimes they were brash.
Personally I think Macca's greatest vocal performance is Monkberry Moon Delight.
@@robertwiles8106 Yeah that's a good one, from the great Ram album!
Don’t forget Paul’s performance of I’ve Got A Feeling!
John would never have been able to do the vocals as good as Paul on that song. John was great in his way, but could never do that deep soulful gritty grow that Paul could do.
I think John had a great voice for this song. He could have done a great rendition. But he couldn't top Paul here.
I agree, he would have sang it very well, but better than Paul, no.
Wrong
@garymorris1856 wrong
You can't improve on perfection!
No way John could have done the screaming falsetto part as well as Paul
Sing it better than Paul, no.
1000% better if John sung it..
@@garymorris1856yes
@@asphaltcowboy7567 No, he would have great, and done it just as well, not possible to be better. This is subjective, and we will not agree, so done with you.
That's not falsetto, it's pushing his normal voice higher than it can comfortably go, which is why it sounds strained. At 4:29 the narrator even says Paul was trying to sing the vocal without going to falsetto.
Paul's vocal performance can't be unheard.
I was blown away by this song, it put Paul on a higher rank of rock and roll vocals than most singers. It would have been very interesting had he given John a verse of it.
John probably could have done a decent job with Oh Darling, but better than Paul??
No way!!!
Yep it would have been better than Paul's, Paul doesn't have the voice for it. Problem, John couldn't really write songs like that.
@@MacBratt I disagree with everything you said.
@@MacBratt Bollox johns voice was mainly bland could not have sang Oh Darling
Definitely one of my favorite Beatles songs 🤩 love all of your videos!
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm sure John would have done a great job as well, but it was a vocal masterpiece by Paul.
Give Helter Skelter and I‘m Down a listen and you‘ll find out one thing: John „sang“ his songs well but Paul was and is a real Rocksinger.
Knowing John Lennon's singing style after listening to him for the last 57 years, I think he would've sang "Oh Darling" Lennon style, which would be great, but Paul's version can't be beat by any singer dead or alive.
The soul and raw emotion he put into that performance and the raspy tone he put into the chorus are among some of the greatest vocal performances ever heard by human ears.
It had a Paul Rodgers, Janis Joplin, and Joe Cocker quality that most people just can not achieve naturally.
He was born with that voice.
Plus, he can't sing like that anymore.
So, it is an achievement set in stone in the annals of Rock'n'Roll history.
Paul also sang "I got a feeling" like no other human could.
John wouldn't be able to top that performance.
Paul had a superior upper register...
PLAIN, AND SIMPLE.
Well said!
Yup. Uh huh. Indeed.
Guitar, drums and vocals-Perfect. I used to think it would've been interesting to have an alternative version with John singing, but after hearing John say what I read awhile back, I see now it was the time when he wouldn't say anything nice about Paul and his "muzak".
Wish there was a video of this song. Wish there was a bootleg version of John singing it.
Someone in the comments said they *had* heard a bootleg of John having a go at the song, but it was poor quality.
There's no doubt about it, Lennon would have smashed the song, but the interpretation would be certainly different. His vocals are angst ridden, and portray disappointment/ Frustration (Anna), Fervent longing (She's so heavy, Twist and shout) or vulnerability (Don't let me down). But in terms of the vocal range Paul displayed, and his barely believable ease in moving up and down the register for the entirety of the song, he is unmatched. This song is a straight up love ballad, and just describes how the singer would be in love, which is more of Paul's territory (Maybe I'm amazed, Silly love songs, My love). Long tall Sally again could've been sung by John, but Paul's vocals are simply brilliant- probably his best as a Beatle.
Everyone is missing the MAJOR issue here!! John could not have gotten within 4 notes of those high parts - it was just not in his range!! John was completely talking out his butt when he made that stupid comment. Just jealousy!! Paul's vocal on this song is one of the best male vocal performances EVER to be committed to tape!!
That’s what I was thinking. It would be physically impossible for John to sing it unless he somehow learned a new singing technique overnight. John sang everything either in chest or soft falsetto and was a baritone. He could have not gone higher than a high B and even that note would be a stretch
What utter nonsense: Paul's vocals are stellar, i am sure john could have made a great version in his own right, but i am very grateful for Paul giving this version to posterity
Very nicely done, thanks for putting this together❤
If John were to sing the song, it should have been transposed a tone and a half lower. The middle eight with its constantly repeated high A and B notes would have have asked too much of him. Listen to What U Got (Walls & Bridges): the C sharp on "chance" was singular at the end of each chorus and the utmost John was able to do by screaming from the top of his chest. Unless they had agreed to do it like A Hard Day's Night: John would get the verse and Paul would get the middle part.
Definitely, John couldn’t sing that bridge part. Too high for him.
No… he wouldn’t have sang Oh Darling better than Paul
Yeah I think it's actually out of John's range. I think he subconsciously just wished he was in a band with Paul again.
@@DailyNihilismI don’t hthink so John was the best
yeah john suits better with raw rock n roll such as yer blues
@@fluffydelberg I’m not saying he doesn’t have a good voice for stuff like it. But in this instance, Paul was better. Both their voices are good for that type of stuff, but shine in specific spots
John Lennon had to have been trolling. Ain't no way he nitpicks this performance out of everything.
One of Paul's best vocal works. That being said, John would have crushed it too. Perfect song for his style.
Paul sings magnificently ❤
It's absurd that anyone thinks that Paul didn't sing it well or that Paul's ego prevented John from singing it. When in those years did they ever give each other their songs? Should Paul have recorded Come Together or Don't Let Me Down? Frankly, I love Paul's harmony on Come Together. He gave it that swampy feel that he suggested to John.
I love The Beatles and they're my heroes but I think they spoke about it from another era... Paul's interpretation of Oh! Darling is a proto-Freddie Mercury's or Robert Plant's one. The fact that Paul went to the studio everyday to try it confirm that suspect to me. They aren't used to hear something like that in 1969 from a Beatle. That's heavy rock! Paul was astounding for his time and I think he was defenitively the best choice to sing Oh! Darling.
Paul's vocals were perfect on the song. John was delusional about being able to sing it better.
I don’t think ANYONE could have done better than Macca on this one….
Paul is a more gifted singer. It's hard to find a singer with a 5- octave range like Paul.
Sorry, John....😊
Most music lovers/producers/engineers would disagree with you; Lennon was a more naturally gifted vocalist.
I don't know about that. As George Martin said on hearing John on a playback of 'A Day in the Life', "It makes the hairs on your back stand on end". Always John for me but on 'Oh! Darling', that vocal is off the charts,..it's insane, ..Paul absolutely nailed it. If John was able to better that, then I give up.
Lennon has a haunting quality to his vocals. Oh my love, look at me, a Day in the Life eg. His voice is authentic and moving. I have never been moved by Paul's vocals. Great singer but communicated very little.
@@AdamCortright, sure ! You’re right. Lol, you isn’t more than a john syncopate.
@@stevemorris6790 What Paul vocals do you have in mind which you believe prove me wrong?
Then why didn't you do a cover of it on one of your solo albums?
You dream, John, because you don't have Paul's vocal talent, especially those highs.
#9 Dream
Maybe John did have a go at after the band broke up but kept it to himself.
I would love to have heard John singing Oh Darling.
I remember hearing a bootleg of John having a go at that song. It was poor quality though.
I imagine John singing "Oh Darling" with the strong vocals of "Twist and Shout" and "Don't Let me Down"
Johns voice couldn't hold a candle to Pauls. Better that it was sung by Paul
John had a great voice especially early Beatles
Paul had way more power
I certainly wouldn't go that far & I'm pretty sure neither would Paul. Both had chops that the other couldn't do but combined they sounded wonderful. Like on "This Boy" but say "Help" John's vocal was fantastic. He was the lead vocalist for the first several years.
John's vocals are more moving with greater emotional depth. Paul does not have this aspect to his vocals and therefore to certain people can come off sterile
Maybe I'm Amazed is one exception.
@@AdamCortright
That’s deep
BS but deep
I 'liked' the video because I appreciate the effort put into it, but I don't agree with the basic premise. McCartney's vocal is fantastic and I don't see how a John vocal was appropriate or how it could have been better. A shared vocal might possibly have worked, but not John taking the lead.
No way anybody ever could sing it better than Paul
I could. I choose not to, though.
Paul had the upper range for Oh Darling, just like he did for the Little Richard stuff, while John sung the lower register Larry Williams songs in the earlier years.
I can understand John wanting to sing the lead on this song. However, other commenters have it right when they say that he couldn't have taken that chorus the way Paul did. What time I can think of where John King close to singing a vocal like this was 5 years later when he recorded "What You Got" for his solo record, *Walls and Bridges.* Then, he did okay, even though you can tell it was way outside his comfort zone.
Paul had a better rock voice than John. Paul had a wider note range too. All you have to do is listen to “I’m Down” and “She’s a Woman”. Both were sung by Paul.
Wrong way round.
Also, Long Tall Sally and Helter Skelter
Sorry John, but at this point in the Beatles evolution, Paul could sing circles around you.
They each had their own style tho, but when they harmonized together in songs like if I fell, we can work it out, I’ll follow the sun, two of us, it was magic
Bullshit!!
It’s a Fats Domino style rocker and John could have sung the tits off of it.
John Would’ve sung a good, but not better than Paul.
Paul had to practice it for weeks to emulate John’s powerful voice. Listen to difference between John’s Rock and Roll album and Paul’s Russian album.
No he couldn't.
Paul nailed it.
Paul did a great job on this tune. Would have been interesting to hear John try, tho.
This old quote has been around forever… but it’s absolute nonsense - Lennon could’ve never sang it in the same key (A) as McCartney, for one thing. John would’ve had to drop it down to around E
Paul did a great vocal job on "Oh Darling" but I would like to hear a version with John's vocal.
As many have said I think Paul's end result was perfect. The straining actually gave the song the desperation it needed for it to be the great and convincing performance it was and is. I feel John would have been a bit lazy on the track being that it was not his writing, but of course we will never know.
Many commenters have stated, that this song was more of a John Lennon style, than a Paul McCartney style. But no way could John Lennon have been able to go all out like McCartney did on that song.
There is no way John could've sang it in the same key as Paul did. Lower the key a whole step, possibly. John didn't have the range of Paul ...
Just maybe John and George had a small bit of jealousy.
He couldn’t reach that high note what McCartney could reach. That’s why Hard day’s night middle part was McCartney share.Although the song was John’s.
Wrong,John on multiple occasions hit that exact note,if not higher
@@marksomething read his last interview! “The only reason Paul sang on ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ was because I couldn’t reach the notes - ‘When I’m home, everything seems to be right. When I’m home…’ - which is what we’d do sometimes: one of us couldn’t reach a note but he wanted a different sound, so he’d get the other to do the harmony.” - John
@@haroldlloyd8621 I wasn't denying what you said about a hard days night,I was saying that John could hit that note and has hit Higher notes in songs like Mr moonlight,this boy,what you got etc
@@marksomething he sang the high note in the studio ( twist and shout,this boy etc.)after days he couldn’t sing or even talk for days.
the vocal chords are serious issues. If you are a musician you know what I’m talking about…… Later years he started to use falsetto.
@@haroldlloyd8621 as far as I know that only happened with twist and shout,not only because of twist and shouts screaming but also because ALL of please please me was recorded that day,twist and shout was the last song and by that time John's voice was exhausted
If John had sung it, it would probably have been more like "My Baby Left Me" from the "Rock 'n' Roll" album.
I'm a big fan of John's My Baby Left Me.
It would've been a dream to have both versions, at least a test recording with Lennon's voice. One can only wonder, with songs like Yer Blues, I want you, Glass onion etc.
This is contrary to other reports from these sessions I’ve heard. I’ve heard John was encouraging Paul to do the song and giving him advice. I suppose both things could be true at the same time.
I think they should sang it together, like Don't let me down
can you make an AI version of it with John singing it?
Let's do an AI version with Lennon singing and compare!
That’s what I’m talking about
Imagine being in a band so good that another singer in the group arguably could have done a better vocal than Paul McCartney on "Oh! Darling"! It's a perfect vocal performance! But just the fact that had we never heard Paul sing it, and there was a John version and it probably would have been awesome as well, is just testament to how stellar this band was.
We’ll never know now will we?
Someone could AI a John version, I suppose, as a lark.
I think John could have done a phenomenal job as his voice could be very raw. However, Paul does a great job.
Just like Paul singing I Want You.... there a boot of that.
pauls vocal performance on oh darling leaves nothing to be desired. it's absolutely brilliant. but it is interesting to think about john singing a paul song and vice versa. john really struggled to record the vocals on across the universe. i wonder if pauls range might have been better suited to that particular song.
They should have shared the vocals like on the outtakes
I LOVED John's voice, but Paul had range, power and durability John could never match on his very best day. Lennon would have never sung the range Paul did on Oh! Darling and gotten through it without blowing out. It would not have been as huge sounding, either. It would have sounded like She's So Heavy, which isn't right for this type tune. Lennon would have had to scream to sing it. Even in his early 20's Twist and Shout was killer on him. I'm glad Macca got it done. Paul 'shouted' as George said. He did, but with that rasp that totally works. It's amazingwith years passing he goes on to do Wings Over America in '76. He seemed to have his range and power back to full and even more singing Rockshow, Let Me Roll It, Maybe I'm Amazed, Live and Let Die, Beware My Love, and Soily night after night along with many others over 2 1/2 hours. I think at this point he would have pulled Oh! Darling off live. One night would have put Lennon in the hospital. Stamina was not John's strong suit.
The only thing I can imagine might have been nice would have been John singing the verse and Paul coming in with the "When you told me,,," section
NOBODY could have sung that song better than Paul. And he didn't have Paul's range, so John would have really strained to reach those notes.
John's ego not common sense is talking here. Paul's vocal is phenomenal.
The Beatles were blessed with two of the best voices in Rock ‘N Roll, but I think John could have had the edge on this song. It was right in his wheelhouse despite Paul writing it.
Paul had a great soulful voice. He did the Little Richards numbers because he could do it. John had a great voice too, but Paul nailed this. Also I think that John, if he's sung it, would have claimed the song and turned it into some puppy dog thing for Yoko. This is John admitting that Paul wrote a great song, but could have been better if he'd given it away.
John Lennon didn't have the range for Oh! Darling. The keys would have had to be changed for John.
John gained his whole rock rep from Twist and Shout which was done sick.
But narcissist that he was he was convinced Paul should have given it to him. We would have ended up with a very lackluster version if John had done it. Thankfully Paul had learned how to tell Johnny no by this time. Besides the song was to John it would have been stupid to let him have it.
I don't know about better. But I wish John would have done a take. It would have no doubt been pretty killer, too!
John was exactly right. It was his kind of song. He had the old school rockabilly voice, evident in earlier Beatles releases. But Paul delivered one of his best vocal performances on record for it. Due at least in small part probably to John’s interest in it. Too bad there are no out takes of John cutting the vocal on the multi masters..something we’re rather accustom to these days. I think the most tracks the Beatles ever used were 8. You don’t get a lot of unused extra takes with 8 tracks.
I don't think John was into getting it perfect as Paul was. John's rock and roll records with Specter was a joke.
Please, can someone tell me before I watch this if he does the thing where he tries to make his voice sound like John or Paul? If so, I can skip the video entirely
Paul did a fantastic job on this song. Lennon saying, "Oh, I could've done it better" is just him being a jerk.
Well, if John never sang it, how could we make comparisons?
I can picture hearing that in my mind. John would have done it really well.
Is there an AI version with John's voice? Would be interesting!
If it was on Abby Road, maybe they wouldn’t have had space for Maxwells Silver Hammer, and She’s So Heavy would have been shorter.
But now with the "AI" technology it could happen; finally John singing "Oh Darling"
You know, they should have let Lennon cut the song anyway.
It could have been shelved and then years later they could
have just added it to an anthology CD. We could all listen to
the different vocals. It would have been nice to hear an
anthology of songs that featured a totally different vocalist.
Another added flavor to bug music. lol! Think of Lennon singing
Hey Jude. Or McCartney singing Nowhere Man. Get George in
there as well. That would have spiced things up quite a bit.
They already had the music laid down. Vocals would have been
easy.
I agree with John
Too bad there isn't an alternate version of the song with John singing it....
Why not play the song so we can hear what you're attempting to explain along with excerpts of the other singers that had influenced Paul's performance ?
I think whoever sang the vocal would not have made a difference at the time or in the long run. All the Beatlemaniacs out there would have loved it unabashedly like they did with every record they ever released. Paul would have said he could do it better years later and we'd be making videos debating that. It's all just another day on the carousel.
John? Have you heard Paul’s version? Good fn luck
The verses to that song would have suited John's voice perfectly. However, he never would have handled the bridge. Nobody can touch Paul there!
What about Robert Plant?
Paul should have let John sing it. It was a John-style song and he knew it. John would have been brilliant.
No, he wouldn't. I've heard his version of I've Got A Feeling.
Isn't there any AI playing it with John vocals? I'd pay to hear it and compare.
Lennon’s would have been great, different, but not necessarily superior. McCartney delivered a a great deep full throated vocal. They were both at their heights as vocalists and as good or better than any other vocalists given their range of singing styles.
still would've love john version.
There in no way John Lennon would have been able to sing Oh!Darling - he simply didn't have the vocal range to sing it.
Mmmm. Not sure about this one.
I'm on the fence x