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9.23am
17 January 2016
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Of his solo work, what songs would you put on your essential John Lennon collection?
Here is a playlist I made on Spotify for him:
I’m sure that everyone will differ at least a little in places. Some might even be longer than mine.
And with this, I’ve posted my first topic to the forum! 
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9.40am
14 March 2016
Offline Looks like a good list. I do love Watching The Wheels and stuff from the Rock and Roll album for sure!
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4.21pm
28 February 2016
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“Imagine “
“Instant Karma (We All Shine On)”
“Working Class Hero ”
“Jealous Guy “
“God “
“Out the Blue”
“Love”
“Whatever Gets You Through The Night”
“#9 Dream”
“Starting Over”
Oh . . . and “Now And Then ” as a bonus track – remastered original and a newly produced version by Paul and whoever he chooses. Kind of like how that last Michael Jackson album had the new versions and the originals
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6 February 2016
Offline “Cold Turkey ” – the New Yoko live version: My favorite John solo song, the live performance (youtube link here) sounds much better than the studio recording version: raw, poignant, wild, and impressive screams (really love that part, I can’t quit listening to it, it makes you shiver, and somehow it feels not only pain but also quite dirty : P….)
“Instant Karma “: I think this song is about Paul but maybe I think too much. Still, it’s a fun song (was John the first one to come up with the term “superstar”?), and has some sad dark humor (karma got you instead, poor John ….)
“Mother “: Full of emotions….Can’t explain, you have to listen to it to feel his pain…
“Jealous Guy ” & “Now And Then “: John’s best post-beatle love songs: remorseful, haunting, nostalgic…I think they are about Paul but again maybe I think too much.
“Nobody loves you (when you are down and out)”: I love it simply because John was being so true here.
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12.25am
5 November 2011
Offline tomomi said
“Jealous Guy ” & “Now And Then “: John’s best post-beatle love songs: remorseful, haunting, nostalgic…I think they are about Paul but again maybe I think too much.
Paul has said that John told him that he wrote Jealous Guy for Paul, so while you still might think too much, you were right on with that one
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1.25am
6 February 2016
Offline Little Piggy Dragonfly said
tomomi said
“Jealous Guy ” & “Now And Then “: John’s best post-beatle love songs: remorseful, haunting, nostalgic…I think they are about Paul but again maybe I think too much.Paul has said that John told him that he wrote Jealous Guy for Paul, so while you still might think too much, you were right on with that one
Thanks for the quote I think it was from Paul’s phone conversation with Hunter Davis. And it is said on the cassette of Now And Then there is a note in John’s handwriting: “for Paul”. That’s why I think they are both about Paul.
To me Jealous Guy and Now And Then are essentially the same song, addressing to the same person, someone John loved but hurt badly, he clearly missed this person and regretted about what he had done.
I categorize them as confession songs (cold turkey and mother are confession songs too, all brutal confession songs), the pain in these songs distinguish them from normal love songs. They are not deeper, but the pain and mixed emotions make them haunting.
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3.36am
28 February 2016
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“Cold Turkey ” – the New Yoko live version: My favorite John solo song, the live performance sounds much better than the studio recording version: raw, poignant, wild, and impressive screams (really love that part, I can’t quit listening to it, it makes you shiver, and somehow it feels not only pain but also quite dirty : P….)“Instant Karma “: I think this song is about Paul but maybe I think too much. Still, it’s a fun song (was John the first one to come up with the term “superstar”?), and has some sad dark humor (karma got you instead, poor John ….)
“Mother “: Full of emotions….Can’t explain, you have to listen to it to feel his pain…
“Jealous Guy ” & “Now And Then “: John’s best post-beatle love songs: remorseful, haunting, nostalgic…I think they are about Paul but again maybe I think too much.
“Nobody loves you (when you are down and out)”: I love it simply because John was being so true here.
I’m glad to see someone shares my opinion on this
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tomomi2.04pm
18 April 2013
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cold turkey
mother
working class hero
love
imagine
jealous guy
oh yoko
mind games
aisumasen
bring on the lucie
out the blue
you are here
going down on love
bless you
#9 dream
nobody loves you
just like starting over
beautiful boy
woman
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3.00pm
28 March 2014
Offline I made a greatest hits, and that is good enough for me, as I cannot listen all the way through any of his LPs.
But in my iTunes I borrowed of few of his CDs. I have his 4 disc Anthology with is really good, and Acoustic which of course is also very good. So basically anything of his in some type of greatest hits is basically really good!
Same with Georges stuff, but unfortunately cannot say the same for ol’ Ringo!
MACCA wins it for me, hands down! 
BEATLES Music gives me Eargasms!
4.13pm
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14 April 2010
Offline I created a playlist titled Go Johnny Go that contains my 65 favorites from his proper albums/singles. Knowing John’s fascination with the number 9, I kinda wish the list had 63 songs instead. I can’t bear deleting 2 of them.
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5.44pm
6 February 2016
Offline Expert Textpert said
Power To The Peopleinstant karma
cold turkey
mother
working class hero
love
imagine
jealous guy
oh yoko
mind games
aisumasen
bring on the lucie
out the blue
you are here
going down on love
bless you
#9 dream
nobody loves you
just like starting over
beautiful boy
woman
I wonder whether John got some inspirations from Japanese music, because “mind games” and “Watching The Wheels ” sound quite oriental to me…
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6.48pm
18 April 2013
Offline I bet he did.
"If you're ever in the shit, grab my tit.” —Paul McCartney
11.05am
17 January 2016
Offline I never thought of that, @tomomi , he probably did.
“She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.” - J.D. Salinger
2.29pm
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline tomomi said
I wonder whether John got some inspirations from Japanese music, because “mind games” and “Watching The Wheels ” sound quite oriental to me…
I always felt that way about ‘Beautiful Boy’.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
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