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31 March 2008
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Written by: Lennon
Recorded: July-August 1974
Producer: John Lennon
Released: 4 October 1974 (UK), 26 September 1974 (US)
John Lennon: vocals, acoustic guitar
Nicky Hopkins: piano
Jesse Ed Davis: electric guitar
Eddie Mottau: acoustic guitar
Ken Ascher: clavinet
Klaus Voormann: bass guitar
Arthur Jenkins: percussion
Jim Keltner: drums
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8.31am
14 June 2016
Offline Hugely underrated song with great atmosphere and lyrics. But I think most Lennon fans rate it. Interesting how it relates to John himself in parts, particularly about “your mother left you when you were small.”
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4.32pm
4 September 2019
Offline Timothy said
Hugely underrated song with great atmosphere and lyrics. But I think most Lennon fans rate it. Interesting how it relates to John himself in parts, particularly about “your mother left you when you were small.”
When I first heard the song, and didn’t know it was about Allen Klein, my first thought was that it was about John himself. The musical parallels to How Do You Sleep were immediately apparent, so I thought the first one was to Paul, and now this one is to John.
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Vera Chuck and Dave4.54pm
25 February 2020
Offline nice to see some love for this one! definitely a highlight of W&B
5.56am
14 June 2016
Offline Vera Chuck and Dave said
nice to see some love for this one! definitely a highlight of W&B
How Do You Sleep? has the stronger melody but I’m preferring Steel And Glass these days.
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1 May 2011
Offline The song is good but the album mix is horrid and it’s buried under so much. Far prefer the ‘Anthology’ take.
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12.17am
14 June 2016
Offline I like the way the album version peaks with John’s statements, emphasizing how cutting they are.
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