On the funny side, and knowing the Ono tension that was there, "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors would have been funny (John on lead vocal, of course).
On a slightly more serious note, I'd have loved to have heard an album of Soul/R&B covers in the late 60s. "Soul Man" for example, or "Standing In The Shadows Of Love", maybe.
I got a CD recently called "John Lennon's Jukebox". It's two CDs made up of songs that were on a jukebox that belonged to Lennon sometime during the mid 60s. He was a very big fan of R&B and I think they could have done at least as good a job interpreting Motown-style music as the Stones did.
Beatles covering songs by others..
"John Lennon's Jukebox".... yea I saw that .... GREAT stuff on there.
Disc: 1
1. In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
2. Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
3. Tracks of My Tears - The Miracles, Smokey Robinson
4. My Girl - Otis Redding
5. 1, 2, 3 - Len Barry
6. Hi Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker
7. Walk - Jimmy McCracklin
8. Gonna Send You Back to Georgia - Timmy Shaw
9. First I Look at the Purse - The Contours
10. New Orleans - Gary "U.S." Bonds,
See all 20 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
2. No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry
3. Steppin' Out - Paul Revere
4. Do You Believe in Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful
5. Some Other Guy - The Big Three
6. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers
7. She Said "Yeah" - Larry Williams
8. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Buddy Holly
9. Slippin' and Slidin' - Richard Wayne Penniman
10. Quarter to Three - Gary "U.S." Bonds,
And Slidin'
"Lennon had apparently bought the jukebox – specifically a Swiss KB Discomatic – in 1965, and filled it with forty singles to take with him on tour. Midwinter spent several years restoring the box and researching the discs catalogued within in Lennon's spidery handwriting."
Its interesting to note that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon's_jukebox
has a different listing..... which only makes sense since a jukebox is designed to chance over time.
Arthur Alexander "You Better Move on" "A Shot of Rhythm and Blues" 1961
The Animals "Bring It on Home to Me" "For Miss Caulker" 1965
Richie Barrett "Some Other Guy" "Tricky Dicky" 1962
Len Barry "1, 2, 3" "Bullseye" 1965
Fontella Bass "Rescue Me" "The Soul of a Man" 1965
Chuck Berry "No Particular Place to Go" "You Two" 1964
The Big Three "Some Other Guy" "Let True Love Begin" 1963
Gary US Bonds "New Orleans" "Please Forgive Me" 1960
Gary US Bonds "Quarter to Three" "Time Ole Story" 1961
Booker T. & the M.G.'s "Boot-leg" "Outrage" 1965
Bruce Channel "Hey! Baby" "Dream Girl" 1962
The Contours "First I Look at the Purse" "Can You Do It?" 1965
Donovan "Turquoise" "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" 1965
Bob Dylan "Positively 4th Street" "From a Buick 6" 1965
Buddy Holly "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Slippin' and Slidin'" 1959
The Isley Brothers "Twist and Shout" "Spanish Twist" 1962
Little Richard "Long Tall Sally" "Slippin' and Slidin'" 1956
Little Richard "Ooh! My Soul" "True Fine Mama" 1958
The Lovin' Spoonful "Daydream" "Night Owl Blues" 1966
The Lovin' Spoonful "Do You Believe in Magic" "On the Road Again" 1965
Derek Martin "Daddy Rollin' Stone" "Don't Put Me Down Like This" 1963
Jimmy McCracklin "The Walk" "I'm to Blame" 1958
The Miracles "Shop Around" "Who's Lovin' You" 1960
The Miracles "Ain't It Baby" "The Only One I Love" 1961
The Miracles "What's So Good About Goodbye?" "I've Been Good to You" 1961
The Miracles "The Tracks of My Tears" "A Fork in the Road" 1965
Bobby Parker "Watch Your Step" "Steal Your Heart Away" 1961
Wilson Pickett "In the Midnight Hour" "I'm Not Tired" 1965
James Ray "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" "It's Been a Drag" 1961
Otis Redding "My Girl" "Down in the Valley" 1965
Paul Revere & the Raiders "Steppin' Out" "Blue Fox" 1965
Timmy Shaw "Gonna Send You Back to Georgia" "I'm a Lonely Guy" 1963
Edwin Starr "Agent Double-O Soul" "Back Street" 1965
Barrett Strong "Money (That's What I Want)" "Oh I Apologize" 1959
Tommy Tucker "Hi-Heel Sneakers" "I Don't Want 'Cha" 1963
Gene Vincent "Be-Bop-A-Lula" "Woman Love" 1956
Larry Williams "Short Fat Fannie" "High School Dance" 1957
Larry Williams "She Said, Yeah" "Bad Boy" 1959
.... any way you slice it, Johnny-boy had good taste. Interesting that he had "Some Other Guy" on there twice. Also interesting that so many of the songs here were early Beatle covers.
GREAT SONGS! OOOooo .... I feel a LIMEWIRE session comming on.
Disc: 1
1. In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
2. Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
3. Tracks of My Tears - The Miracles, Smokey Robinson
4. My Girl - Otis Redding
5. 1, 2, 3 - Len Barry
6. Hi Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker
7. Walk - Jimmy McCracklin
8. Gonna Send You Back to Georgia - Timmy Shaw
9. First I Look at the Purse - The Contours
10. New Orleans - Gary "U.S." Bonds,
See all 20 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
2. No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry
3. Steppin' Out - Paul Revere
4. Do You Believe in Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful
5. Some Other Guy - The Big Three
6. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers
7. She Said "Yeah" - Larry Williams
8. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Buddy Holly
9. Slippin' and Slidin' - Richard Wayne Penniman
10. Quarter to Three - Gary "U.S." Bonds,
And Slidin'
"Lennon had apparently bought the jukebox – specifically a Swiss KB Discomatic – in 1965, and filled it with forty singles to take with him on tour. Midwinter spent several years restoring the box and researching the discs catalogued within in Lennon's spidery handwriting."
Its interesting to note that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon's_jukebox
has a different listing..... which only makes sense since a jukebox is designed to chance over time.
Arthur Alexander "You Better Move on" "A Shot of Rhythm and Blues" 1961
The Animals "Bring It on Home to Me" "For Miss Caulker" 1965
Richie Barrett "Some Other Guy" "Tricky Dicky" 1962
Len Barry "1, 2, 3" "Bullseye" 1965
Fontella Bass "Rescue Me" "The Soul of a Man" 1965
Chuck Berry "No Particular Place to Go" "You Two" 1964
The Big Three "Some Other Guy" "Let True Love Begin" 1963
Gary US Bonds "New Orleans" "Please Forgive Me" 1960
Gary US Bonds "Quarter to Three" "Time Ole Story" 1961
Booker T. & the M.G.'s "Boot-leg" "Outrage" 1965
Bruce Channel "Hey! Baby" "Dream Girl" 1962
The Contours "First I Look at the Purse" "Can You Do It?" 1965
Donovan "Turquoise" "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" 1965
Bob Dylan "Positively 4th Street" "From a Buick 6" 1965
Buddy Holly "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Slippin' and Slidin'" 1959
The Isley Brothers "Twist and Shout" "Spanish Twist" 1962
Little Richard "Long Tall Sally" "Slippin' and Slidin'" 1956
Little Richard "Ooh! My Soul" "True Fine Mama" 1958
The Lovin' Spoonful "Daydream" "Night Owl Blues" 1966
The Lovin' Spoonful "Do You Believe in Magic" "On the Road Again" 1965
Derek Martin "Daddy Rollin' Stone" "Don't Put Me Down Like This" 1963
Jimmy McCracklin "The Walk" "I'm to Blame" 1958
The Miracles "Shop Around" "Who's Lovin' You" 1960
The Miracles "Ain't It Baby" "The Only One I Love" 1961
The Miracles "What's So Good About Goodbye?" "I've Been Good to You" 1961
The Miracles "The Tracks of My Tears" "A Fork in the Road" 1965
Bobby Parker "Watch Your Step" "Steal Your Heart Away" 1961
Wilson Pickett "In the Midnight Hour" "I'm Not Tired" 1965
James Ray "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" "It's Been a Drag" 1961
Otis Redding "My Girl" "Down in the Valley" 1965
Paul Revere & the Raiders "Steppin' Out" "Blue Fox" 1965
Timmy Shaw "Gonna Send You Back to Georgia" "I'm a Lonely Guy" 1963
Edwin Starr "Agent Double-O Soul" "Back Street" 1965
Barrett Strong "Money (That's What I Want)" "Oh I Apologize" 1959
Tommy Tucker "Hi-Heel Sneakers" "I Don't Want 'Cha" 1963
Gene Vincent "Be-Bop-A-Lula" "Woman Love" 1956
Larry Williams "Short Fat Fannie" "High School Dance" 1957
Larry Williams "She Said, Yeah" "Bad Boy" 1959
.... any way you slice it, Johnny-boy had good taste. Interesting that he had "Some Other Guy" on there twice. Also interesting that so many of the songs here were early Beatle covers.
GREAT SONGS! OOOooo .... I feel a LIMEWIRE session comming on.
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