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THE BEATLES AND THEIR SONGS
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Ballad of John and Yoko

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

"Ballad of John and Yoko" is written by John Lennon. It chronicled the events surrounding Lennon's marriage to Yoko Ono and their subsequent activities together, including their famous first Bed-In, and demonstration of bagism. It was released while the couple was in the middle of their second Bed-In.

The song is not technically a ballad, in the modern sense of the word. It is missing many of the characteristics and requirements for a piece to be a ballad. The modern sense of the word 'ballad' generally means a slow song, that is about love, and tells a story. A traditional, or old-fashioned ballad is much like this song; an upbeat, comic story being told through song.

Although sounding like a straightforward recording of the full band, "Ballad of John and Yoko" was performed by just Lennon and Paul McCartney. Lennon had a sudden inspiration for the song and called on McCartney, suggesting the two of them record it immediately without waiting for the other Beatles. (George Harrison was on holiday, and Ringo Starr was filming The Magic Christian (in which John and Yoko lookalikes make a cameo appearance) with Peter Sellers.)

Lennon was on lead vocal, and played lead guitar and acoustic guitar. McCartney sang harmony vocals and played bass, drums, piano, and maracas. The outro guitar riff was inspired by the Dorsey and Johnny Burnette song, "Lonesome Tears in My Eyes", notably covered by the Beatles in their early years and released on the album Live at the BBC.

The session recordings reveal this amusing exchange:

Lennon (playing guitar): Go a bit faster, Ringo!
McCartney (playing drums): OK, George!

The song is sometimes listed as "The Ballad of John and Yoko", and sometimes using the shorter title "Ballad of John and Yoko". For example, the picture disc single released in the UK on 30 May 1989 shows the latter wording on the A-side and the former wording on the B-side of the disc.[1]

The single was released with a Harrison song, Old Brown Shoe, as the B-side.

Controversy

The song was banned in several US states, due to Lennon's use of the word "Christ" in the songs chorus:

Christ, you know it aint easy
You know how hard it can be
And the way things are going
They're gonna crucify me

It was released relatively soon after his controversial "Jesus" comment in 1966, which contributed to the fact that it reached number one in the UK but not in the US.

The reaction might have been more severe if the song had been released under its working title: "The Ballad of John and Yoko (They're Going to Crucify Me)".

References

  1. ^ The Beatles - Ballad of John and Yoko

Further reading

  • The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn, ISBN 0-681-03189-1, pp. 14 and 173.

External links

  • Song lyrics
  • Alan W. Pollack's song notes
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