Rare Recording of Inebriated John Lennon for Sale
A rare, never-publicly-heard recording of a drunk and high John Lennon improvising naughty song lyrics is on offer for an estimated $30,000 - $40,000 at Bonhams' Entertainment Sale in Los Angeles on Sunday. The six minute audiocasette, recorded in the fall of 1973, features Lennon's off-the-cuff rendition of the Lloyd Price song "Just Because." The recording took place during what Lennon referred to as his "Lost Weekend" when he and Yoko Ono separated and he took up with mistress May Pang.
The cassette is an outtake from a recording session for the song, which was included on Lennon's 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll. At the time, while working on the album with Phil Spector in Los Angeles, Lennon was heavily into drink and drugs, as reflected in the recording.
Though some of Lennon's lyrics are garbled, he can be heard to sing, in part, "I wanna take all them new singers, Carol and the other one with the nipples, I wanna take 'em and hold 'em tight, all them people that James Taylor had...I wanna suck your nipples, baby... Just a little cocaine will set me right."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pamela Dec 20th 2008 12:14PM
Oh come on now. John Lennon was not drunk "all" of the time. What a great story fabricated by Yoko Ono. So he was drunk when he recorded the song. Big Deal! How many recording artists are drunk or high when they record their music? I would say plenty. The so called "Lost Weekend" was Yoko Onos idea. It is amazing that John was Mr. Goodie two shoes when he was with Yoko. He was never drunk or never high? Please! I read May Pangs books. I saw the pictures. In my opinion John Lennon looked very happy and very comfortable. Yoko Ono should get over herself. He loved before her and he loved after her. She just happened to be lucky enough to get him back which was unfortunate for John Lennon. Actually it was more drugs that he went back to when he reconciled with Yoko. If you look at the pictures of John L. and Yoko O. after the infamous "Lost Weekend" I think if anyone really cares, the photographs of John L. and Yoko O. are when he looked the most miserable and distressed.
Pamela Dec 20th 2008 1:59PM
Miss Lucy Dumb ass! When people write music they write about nipples, vaginas and asses. I think your just upset with the fact he did not write about any of those of yours.
Lucy Dec 20th 2008 11:08AM
Nice Try. John was miserable with May or he wouldn't be singing about other women's nipples. Good Luck with your beliefs Wanker, he said it himself.
lucy Dec 21st 2008 11:28AM
How do you know he didn't? Maybe I'M the "other one with the nipples" he was referring to. Doesn't really matter now does it?