About "Come Together"

From the original Beatles Album "Abbey Road" (1969)

JOHN 1969: "'Come Together' changed at the session. We said, 'Let's slow it down. Let's do this to it, let's do that to it,' and it ends up however it comes out. I just said, 'Look, I've got no arrangement for you, but you know how I want it.' I think that's partly because we've played together a long time. So I said, 'Give me something funky and set up a beat, maybe.' And they all just joined in."

PAUL 1969: "On the new album I like 'Come Together,' which is a great one of John's."

JOHN 1980: "'Come Together' is me-- writing obscurely around an old Chuck Berry thing. I left the line 'Here comes old flat-top.' It is nothing like the Chuck Berry song, but they took me to court because I admitted the influence once years ago. I could have changed it to 'Here comes old iron face,' but the song remains independent of Chuck Berry or anybody else on earth. The thing was created in the studio. It's gobbledygook-- 'Come Together' was an expression that Tim Leary had come up with for his attempt at being president or whatever he wanted to be, and he asked me to write a campaign song. I tried and I tried, but I couldn't come up with one. But I came up with this, 'Come Together,' which would've been no good to him-- you couldn't have a campaign song like that, right? Leary attacked me years later, saying I ripped him off. I didn't rip him off. It's just that it turned into 'Come Together.' What am I going to do, give it to him? It was a funky record-- it's one of my favorite Beatle tracks, or, one of my favorite Lennon tracks, let's say that. It's funky, it's bluesy, and I'm singing it pretty well. I like the sound of the record. You can dance to it. I'll buy it!" (laughs)

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Não interessa se é montagem ou não, o grande prazer é poder ouvir estes eternos sucessos que revolucionou o pop rock no planeta. Mas brasileiro é assim mesmo ! Cospe no prato que comeu !!

#9 - joliveira - 01/03/2010 - 15:21

Sound, you're right,
Shoot me"
Also near the end of the song, Paul sings "I'm dead"
Not yeah.

#8 - Biggest Beat - 12/16/2009 - 22:32

beatles forever

no doubt about it the beatles are and always will be the greatest ever!probably the band queen get near them for their song writing prowess. sheer genius! i grew up listening to this great band . beatles forever!!!!!!! love george!

#7 - bruiser - 09/15/2009 - 11:21

sound

the sound that john is making is ``shoot me´´

#6 - akamaru10 - 08/29/2009 - 00:14

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#5 - Tony Shaw - 07/22/2009 - 23:04

Windows 7, Why doesn't the video show or play?????

#4 - Michael - 05/07/2009 - 03:38

muito legal..e foda-se esses fãs de quinta que radicalmente e de forma imbecil depreciam o video..todo mundo sabe que é montagem, que os beatles acabaram em 70 e que essa é a banda de apoio do john no inicio dos anos 70 e que esse show
é o live in new york...
mas e daí, alguem disse que eram os beatles ao vivo?

#3 - eduardo mota - 05/05/2009 - 03:46

Meu amigo (auto critico)e entendido,ao inves de fazer uma critica dessa,vc deveria sentir orgulho de uma pessoa nos dar o prazer de ouvi essas musicas,faca uma relacao de musicas nordestinas,creio que seria melhor,abracos.

#2 - valdir flavio molero - 05/03/2009 - 07:00

É montagem, mas o som é o original. Como pode?

Concordo com o Marcelo Santos que é uma montagem vergonhosa. Mas, o som é do disco original! Não entendi!

#1 - Maninho - 04/30/2009 - 04:08

Chega a ser ridículo e extremamente abusivo esse vídeo absurdo cheio de montagens!!!! Uma mentira!!!! Esse é um show da banda do Lennon em carreira solo. Eles nunca tocaram juntos nessa época!! É vergonhoso que alguém se meta a colocar uma mentira dessas no ar: pura montagem!!!

#0 - Marcelo Santos - 04/03/2009 - 04:35

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