John Lennon - Free As A Bird (2023 Remaster)

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Жыл бұрын

A very special demo that John Lennon made in 1977, being one of his last demos recorded.

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@comedyriff5231 10 ай бұрын

This demo, Real Love, Now and Then and Grow Old With Me. Just John Lennon, a piano and a tape recorder. Some of the most hauntingly beautiful demos you´ll ever hear.

@doctorwhoproductions834 9 ай бұрын

‘Hauntingly beautiful’ is so poetic

@ArmanBaig 9 ай бұрын

@@doctorwhoproductions834and it applies so well. john writing his most intimate music, with good things on the horizon, just before his premature death. “haunting” couldn’t be more fitting.

@eleonorapisarova6413 8 ай бұрын

vďaka ❤ 🙏❤ 🙏

@aisasia7210 8 ай бұрын

Plus She's a friend of Dorothy😉

@gusterguy01826 8 ай бұрын

John was about to enter a new hot streak. His Double Fantasy songs were excellent, then we hear stuff like this

@bobsaget832 11 ай бұрын

I am praying we get a remastered Free as a Bird with this new, cleaner version of Johns vocal track

@spaceengineer1452 11 ай бұрын

And remixed. Hope they make R drums sound... like drums.

@georgehtwells 11 ай бұрын

I think we will do soon, probably using Peter Jackson’s AI technology

@Alef.93 10 ай бұрын

@@spaceengineer1452 It's a bit complex. Jeff Lynne is known for recording drums with a lot of ambience and with the microphone very close to the instrument. These characteristics are already in the drum recording. Unless Ringo re-records this track.

@theneweraofmusic5578 10 ай бұрын

Yea give it another 25 years you will get it lol

@k-asp3r754 9 ай бұрын

Why do you think Its John voice??because someone Say that..there s no evidence and doesnt sound at all like John.

@robbiepeterh 8 ай бұрын

The way he seamlessly switches keys is so masterful and effortless.

@StacheBigote 8 ай бұрын

A’s flat VI and minor iv chords serving as the literal key to the effortless key changes with the V of each key being used as bridges to get us between them. And playing off the beaten to death doo wop progression. It’s like he was saying “this old horse has more to give us” Guy was something else, man.

@miguelangellucasmedinablac6419 6 ай бұрын

He’s just a beatle

@beastybacon199 6 ай бұрын

at this point if the Beatles got back together it wouldn’t be 1+1+1+1=10 it would be 1+1+1+1=100

@stumbling 5 ай бұрын

I'm writing songs for the first time in my life and these old recordings are such a help. I don't feel quite so anxious about putting my own thoughts and feelings down when I can listen to a legend going through the same process. Thanks, John.

@kegar9899 5 ай бұрын

That’s amazing !! Good luck on your songwriting!

@orunir 9 ай бұрын

So this is the power of the song that made the three surviving Beatles cry in the studio... 😭😭

@Tonystony1984 8 ай бұрын

100% legit new Beatles song because of it 😎😎😎

@Tonystony1984 8 ай бұрын

Because on the cassette it was written "For Paul"

@auramac 8 ай бұрын

Not true.

@knockedoutloaded279 8 ай бұрын

There is guitar version with mo verses prob clearer

@whitebirchtarot 8 ай бұрын

There’s somethings, so pure about John’s voice that I’ve never heard come out of any other singer. I will always miss him. 💕😪

@evanschubert1113 7 ай бұрын

I agree. He hated his voice and I think that sums him up perfectly. What made him vulnerable is what made him most beautiful and talented

@whitebirchtarot 7 ай бұрын

@@evanschubert1113 I love your comment. Yes, that’s it.

@justthinking650 29 күн бұрын

@@evanschubert1113 That's why John is so unique. His voice isn't conventional and he did many things with it.

@lomba36 7 ай бұрын

This is a priceless gem. Although, George's great slide guitar enhances it even more. I wish he could have soloed on Now and then as well.

@natetheannihilnater1886 7 ай бұрын

Much better without Paul harmonizing though. I think if he came in less it would of been fine but john's melody was strong enough on its own.

@davidjohn8743 7 ай бұрын

Man, I'd love to be able to sit at a piano and come up with this kind of stuff. Going from F# minor to Fmaj 7 is pure genius level stuff. This is one my faves of all time. Love it!

@pastywhiteboy9393 7 ай бұрын

This is one of John’s best-ever tracks in my opinion, along with Real Love. Kind of crazy that two of the best John Lennon tracks are hidden away as demos that he never used.

@alanoconnor4745 7 ай бұрын

He is the master

@BrianCarnevaleB26 7 ай бұрын

Such a simple key progression creates a brilliant piece of music.

@trollvidde 5 ай бұрын

@@BrianCarnevaleB26 is it really a simple chord progression tho?

@knockedoutloaded279 Жыл бұрын

John also recorded ..when this life is done on this cassette, and its meant to be brilliant..

@azamazasog Жыл бұрын

Where is it? I would really like to hear it but I can’t find it.

@knockedoutloaded279 11 ай бұрын

Unreleased

@RobertoZadik-en8zc 8 ай бұрын

So spiritual, sensitive, idealistic Genius, his solo career was Simply Amazin. This original version Is fantastic, oh great

@thepoplin 8 ай бұрын

he was great but idealistic? you misunderstand him

@heitorp 8 ай бұрын

Makes me cry every time. Hauntingly beautiful.

@ohdear2001 8 ай бұрын

Weirdo.

@sallykohorst8803 Ай бұрын

Very lovely John and we all miss you! You never should have left us. .

@danydany334 8 ай бұрын

I was very resistant to wish for a new remix of the 90s song but after hearing this and Now And Then, I’m in. This is so beautiful and a cleaner mix would do so much justice to what already is an amazing song

@jayneethling8371 2 ай бұрын

ASOLUTE MUSICAL GENIUS DAMN I MISS HIM IM 72

@bigfella957 8 ай бұрын

Imo John was a master at combining his playing and unique singing to create his own songs and it just flows out of him. So inspiring to be that level of songwriter

@johnnymeyer4253 7 ай бұрын

True level: genius

@juanprogamer8696 10 ай бұрын

Free as a bird It's the next best thing to be Free as a bird Home, home and dry Like a homing bird I'll fly As a bird on wings Whatever happened to The life that we once knew? Can we really live without each other? Where did we lose the touch That seemed to mean so much? It always made me feel so Free as a bird Like the next best thing to be Free as a bird Home, (home) home and dry Like a homing bird I'll fly As a bird on wings Whatever happened to The life that we once knew? Always made me feel so free Free as a bird Is the next best thing to be Free as a bird Free as a bird Free as a bird

@bimbolo82 8 ай бұрын

He definitely says ‘it’s next worst thing to be.’ Listen to verse one. It’s pure Lennon, the negative wordplay. I love it. And every print out of the lyrics has it wrong!

@charlesbrickner6006 8 ай бұрын

He does not say worst. He says best lol Also The following verse is not in this Lennon take...this verse was added in the 90s by Sir Paul McCartney: "Can we really live without each other? Where did we lose the touch That seemed to mean so much? It always made me feel so" Paul really knew how to work with John's words. @@bimbolo82

@spottss 8 ай бұрын

@@bimbolo82 it’s best

@johnnymeyer4253 7 ай бұрын

@@bimbolo82 I hear ya. Loud. And dry. ;)

@psxemulator 6 ай бұрын

I always thought it sounded like he sings "it's the next best thing to've been". On this recording it really sounds like "been" instead of "be"

@zaclongchar5376 8 ай бұрын

Love of John lennon is still in Millions Heart. Love you Legend.

@uggsxx9155 10 ай бұрын

My grandmas favorite song is imagine and sometimes i prefer this version of free as a bird because it was made on the same piano and has the same kind of vibe, i miss my grandma so much but i know she is free as a bird flying high

@scarpergirl 8 ай бұрын

It wasn't made on the same piano. Free as a Bird was recorded in the Dakota in New York, and Imagine was recorded in Ascot in the UK. There's nothing to suggest that he moved his piano from Ascot to New York.

@mauriziocolecchia3475 Жыл бұрын

Actually I was told that the break wasn't written by John but added later by Paul. So, I am really surprised to hear it by John in 1977! It's clear that I misunderstood...

@kewkabe 11 ай бұрын

@@HandM80 They filled out the lyrics in that middle part and changed a couple of chords as you can hear.

@bobwingate1071 11 ай бұрын

Hey you didn't fully misunderstand. John had "Whatever happened to.. the love that we once knew?" but then drifts into "doo-doo-doo's".. Paul added the "Can we really live without each other?" etc. etc. etc.

@uggsxx9155 10 ай бұрын

@bobwingate1071 only because John couldn't form the lyrics cause he was at a roadblock in his writing and Paul has said this in an interview, it's amazing how they stepped in and finished this masterpiece

@auramac 8 ай бұрын

@@uggsxx9155 BS. It was a new song, unfinished. He was exploding with new ideas in 1980.

@uggsxx9155 8 ай бұрын

@@auramac even though my source was paul himself? John was just starting to get back into writing music when he died

@martinefrancoise6419 2 ай бұрын

Happy year dear John rest in heaven love you❤

@TheLovepools 8 ай бұрын

Seriously great chords.

@kamiljanicki9393 Жыл бұрын

John's voice sound much better compared to Anthology 1 version

@johnmc3862 11 ай бұрын

30 years of sound technology improvements.

@elizabethflorido7350 Жыл бұрын

A primeira vez que eu ouvi essa canção demo do John foi como se ele tivesse ressuscitado e nunca nos deixado. A emoção foi tanta que não parava de chorar. Lembro da sensação que tomou conta de mim até hoje. De ter falado ao telefone com um amigo e chorarmos porque estávamos ouvindo o John de novo numa inédita.

@carmelopetti11 11 ай бұрын

Now Artificial Intelligence is doing incredible things with voices, images and imagine the amount of unimaginable things we can do now with these "free" technologies; Now I can hear Paul sing his new songs with his 60's voice range... I can listen to covers of other songs with Lennon's voice, my point is, now what is and what will be the real thing? now if we are in the era of "strawberry fields... forever?" "nothing is real"

@johnmc3862 11 ай бұрын

Wow sound the is so clean and clear…❤❤❤

@Synchronicety 9 ай бұрын

wearing this music in my heart for my mother

@FBAV 8 ай бұрын

Happy 83th Birthday dear Mr Lennono

@NoButIGotCheezWhiz 8 ай бұрын

This is VERY clean, especially compared to what you were working with. I hope you’re proud of it! :)

@janebrennan4691 8 ай бұрын

omg my heart both lifts and breaks 💕 the world would have been a different place had he lived

@ellenbeckmann4293 Жыл бұрын

Wonderfu🎼🎶🎤🎹l like Now and Then..lg Ellen from Germany ✌ ❤

@janaparoubkova5895 Жыл бұрын

Very beautiful 🤩🤩❤️

@thomaslaukien8983 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your work Remaster101.

@livyintheskywithdragons 7 ай бұрын

It makes me cry buckets 🥹😭😭🦄🦄

@Retrograde.Amnesiac 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful..

@martinefrancoise6419 2 ай бұрын

Love this song so much❤

@aidenmcnatt6113 8 ай бұрын

What a beautiful demo of free as a bird...only if John could have finished this with the rest of the fab 4

@adude8046 8 ай бұрын

This is actually better in many ways to what they released. The lyrically gaps added later to the demo are just a really good example of how John and Paul filled in the blanks on each others work to get that amazing combined sound.

@aidenmcnatt6113 8 ай бұрын

@@adude8046 yeah but it still would have been nice to hear what would of happened if John had not died

@jb20092009 9 ай бұрын

Awesome!!

@Youngyoungsam003 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@musicmastersdrumtracks2428 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, my now and then video that I made in May was removed from youtube for "antipiracy". I looked into this and apparently its really not a mistake as the song was struck down everywhere on youtube even videos that have been up for more than a decade and only the fan-made "beatles" version can be found on youtube (nvm even the fan made versions got deleted) This could be proof that the beatles project that Paul Macca was talking about could actually be in progress right now... Enjoy this video tho! Now And Then: drive.google.com/file/d/148reDB9IUTHpIe9vvCczzyR0lX5x5Me0/view?usp=sharing

@knockedoutloaded279 Жыл бұрын

It's happening; I hope its brilliant....

@kewkabe 11 ай бұрын

Yes, Paul finished it up and announced it will be released later this year. Ringo also commented that he added drums and that Paul and Giles Martin came out to L.A. to add strings.

@WorkPrintStudios66 9 ай бұрын

Do you have real love?

@gui-dd6ur 8 ай бұрын

Amazing

@raymond5001 Жыл бұрын

Very nice song salute 7

@aradiobox 10 ай бұрын

Great job

@owenklein1917 Жыл бұрын

Wow this Is first time I’ve ever heard this. I love the piano part

@josephpalen7149 7 ай бұрын

Great shot!

@evamendenhall6126 8 ай бұрын

❤ i can't describe how i feel.

@josiahcole3186 7 ай бұрын

recordings like this make me wonder what classics he would've written that are as huge as imagine had he lived

@mcfcxx9849 Жыл бұрын

Love these remasters, any plans on doing Real Love?

@mcfcxx9849 9 ай бұрын

@@youtubecontributions5328 Looking forward to it

@user-ks5df9vf4r 7 ай бұрын

enamorado de la suavidad de esta canción, gracias Lennon

@gardenbrewing4478 8 ай бұрын

This is just so so so gorgeous 🥹

@Elo94Tl 4 ай бұрын

thanks

@vampyros1 Ай бұрын

So glad they changed that one chord in this, which made an already great song even better.

@fortinrose1 6 ай бұрын

Love you John ❤

@claudia5446 9 ай бұрын

Freedom is a path we choose. Most of the times is a rocky mountain so hard to climb. At the end life is rewarding us with the best view we could have. It could be the view of the sea or a green field. Whatever it is this is pure and endless happiness.

@DIEGOACOSTA-yy2dl 6 ай бұрын

Temazo por dónde lo oiga, la otra versión tambn es espectacular ❤

@elianabessicolombo3984 8 ай бұрын

Lindo! 👏👏👏🎂😥

@best-movieclips Жыл бұрын

Lennon recorded this demo in 77'

@LeoMercatore 8 ай бұрын

No, in 3’ or 4’

@donmcallister3745 2 ай бұрын

Simply hearing a working demo… of John’s makes it even more tragic… that he is gone… All the work that could have been written… if this scratches the surface at just a hint… I’m grateful for what he gave us… I just miss the possibility of what a fifty and sixty year old John would have had to say… about himself and our future and world… his observations. I miss that… voice 🌻💐🌻 🌜🌞🌛

@HenryTozer 8 ай бұрын

Wow. It’s amazing hearing this so clearly. Great job… will come back to this. (also I’ve recorded a piano version of John’s original demo of Now And Then for fellow Beatle fans 🤍🌍)

@lorenapasquetti8627 8 ай бұрын

Genio ❤❤❤❤ ci manca tanto ❤❤❤❤❤

@DJ-bj8ku 11 ай бұрын

I can hear Julian in this.

@CAAB1976 8 ай бұрын

lennon = genius

@maxmir3793 6 ай бұрын

What can I say: you listen to a well-known modern classic

@awii1754 8 ай бұрын

Please Real Love

@erickdelacruz4978 7 ай бұрын

❤

@MacBratt 11 ай бұрын

I always seem to prefer the original demo's iso what 'the Beatles' made of it.

@jeanmermoud6157 8 ай бұрын

🦋

@leoman5946 11 ай бұрын

John 😢😢😢😢

@peabody3000 7 ай бұрын

i'm in awe of what the beatles did with this

@knockedoutloaded279 11 ай бұрын

R hope they imp sound on all John's final demos...

@smsoarescunha4688 8 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@user-ys1zc3gp9s 3 ай бұрын

I wish I was a bird!

@ZaBucci-1912 3 ай бұрын

omaiga

@melrip6468 5 ай бұрын

Que dulce por favor....❤❤❤❤

@knockedoutloaded279 11 ай бұрын

Now and Then has paul and ringo singing on it...hope its brilliant

@nl5828 8 ай бұрын

as much as i love the beatles’ version of this song, this demo version is even better. if the lyrics were completed and the song was released when john lennon was alive, i can’t help thinking this song would have been regarded as a classic, on a par with imagine. sadly wasn’t to be 😞😞😞

@makarypaul9831 8 ай бұрын

Royalty

@moobutt 8 ай бұрын

Amazing. But I was really waiting for George’s solo in there.

@anialopatiuk2467 4 ай бұрын

❤😂

@sisterannhasna633 6 ай бұрын

For me.. This song is the last one...before he passed away 😢

@softshallow7435 7 ай бұрын

Have you all not heard that they already done this demo in 1995 and was released as a single. Watch the music video on youtube.

@gabrielmoreno9455 7 ай бұрын

Livre... como um pássaro. É a melhor próxima coisa a ser. Livre como um pássaro. Ah, ah, ah... em casa e seco. Como um pássaro indo para a casa eu voo. Como uma pássaro em asas...

@nevermore1963 8 ай бұрын

😮😮😮😮

@LetsGoThere 8 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to get to play a piano owned by Lennon. It was in a Hoboken NJ studio and the owner let me play it for like 5 seconds. Ha Ha!

@lucacello 8 ай бұрын

That's Real Last Song by Beatles

@magalirobinson9355 6 ай бұрын

:)!

@yascanzi3380 Жыл бұрын

sadness

@johnmc3862 11 ай бұрын

‘Now and then’ is sadder.

@ericdavidwallace 8 ай бұрын

oh my gosh, when was this recorded?

@patatoa 8 ай бұрын

Wish they'd straight up re-do it

@TanMan16 11 ай бұрын

Nah I love this tho

@quackk_kk 7 ай бұрын

Why John didn't put those on double fantasy i will never know, it's such a beautiful little song, much better than most of DF imo

@davidvasquez8658 3 ай бұрын

Better than Yokos stuff (sorry)

@acerjuglans383 8 ай бұрын

I like Jeff Lynne, but he never should've produced Free As A Bird for the Anthology. It sounded more like his song than a Beatles song.

@fehl593 8 ай бұрын

Haunting yet biblical.

@multiversogeek142 8 ай бұрын

It's not biblical

@sebastianfitzptraick7395 8 ай бұрын

Not sure why the remaining Beatles felt the need to finish John’s songs for him. The demos are still my favourite versions.

@cosmiccollectiblesent 8 ай бұрын

Isolate the vocals to clean even further, redo the piano note for note and with the exact timing and you have the penultimate version of this song.

@kenabelson4554 8 ай бұрын

Give us Peter Jackson's software! Make it open source. What a wonderful world it would be!

@skoto8219 7 ай бұрын

What does your day-to-day life consist of such that you end up with this kind of posture at age 37, in 1977?

@skoto8219 7 ай бұрын

Rather lovely song though

@nevermore1963 8 ай бұрын

אני בוכה בהיסטריה. קולו האישי נוגע באינטימיות של הנשמה. כאילו ג'ון כאן כחלק ממני. ככה זה היה צריך לצאת לאור. מניחה שג'ף לין עיבד את זה יותר מדי. אין לי מילים אני המומה.❤