in_the_evening Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Recently PBS has been airing specials on the Beatles, very interesting. I was never a big Lennon fan, but the song "Mind Games" strikes me as very strong in his solo career. The lyrics are excellent, the musicianship is very good, and his singing and harmonizing are top notch. What do youthink his best song outside the Beatles was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Lots of them come to mind:Instant KarmaCold TurkeyMind GamesMove over Mrs. LMotherImagine(His cover version of)Stand By MeGive Peace A Chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 "Walls and Bridges" might be my favourite Lennon solo album...even more than "Imagine". I love "#9 Dream" and "Whatever Gets You Through the Night". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstork Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Again, hard to pick just one. I love "Instant Karma", and "#9 Dream" among others. I also love "Beautiful Boy" from double Fantasy, especially since I became a Dad. He sounded like he was in a really good headspace at that point. Speaking of his last album, I always liked "Watching the Wheels", but this acoustic demo is even better than the official version IMO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXA_DXj4zIw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingzoso Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 My personal favorite John Lennon solo songs seem to be his most popular (meaning: commercial) songs and it seems that these three all start with the letter "W": http://youtu.be/0JAtsaHRupY Of course I Love other John Lennon solo songs. But these might be my very favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingzoso Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 This is another of My favorite John Lennon solo songs. I Love every lyric by John on this song: "Everybody's smokin' and no ones getting High"..."There's UFO's over New York and I ain't too surprised"...Complete Brilliance from One of the Greatest Singer/Songwriters in the History of the World. The World is a very different Planet without You, Mr. John Winston Lennon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantpothead Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrybonzo Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 id have to say...the best of John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelchJohn Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I am a big Lennon fan and out of all songs he have sung I think the best song of his ever is instant karma.I like to hear this song anytime. theater district map of times square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenguitar Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The whole Imagine album is a masterpiece ,IMO the best album ever by a solo artist. The last Lennon song I've discovered is "Out the Blue" from his album "Mind Games". I've always been huge Lennon fan, I think he was the best musician of his generation, I mean, who achieved so much than he did ? A formidable career as a member of the Beatles, and then a fantastic solo career, who else did both things at the same level ? He also had this incredible ability to combine pop and rock, as in the song below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlsrJ7TQ2uo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in_the_evening Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 i am a little surprised to see some choosing material from Double Fantasy. I felt this was his weakest offering by such a wide margin.... But that's what makes opinions what they are (one man's poison, etc etc)! In a way, Instant Karma reminds me a little of "hats Off to Roy Harper". "whatever Gets You Through the Night" has got to be one of his funnest "letting his hair down" songs. Just nonsense and a good time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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