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An excellent point Chris. The Beatles made good use of the capo and I suppose like many musicians appreciated the sustain of open chords.

Perhaps post '66, Lennon sat down at his piano a bit more, not automatically hitting a G chord.

A very practical consideration Jerry and one that is plausible in my view.

He may have been in a "rut" in the early days. A very productive and successful one mind you and one that many of his contemporaries would have welcomed.

I noticed someone mentioned John's limited ability on the guitar in teh early days as compared to his better playing later on.

I found a good example of this today on youtube.com. I saw an early concert of the Beatles playing "I feel fine", and the Japanese one in '66. On the early ones he was playing chords except for the initial riff and then also p[layed the riff out of the solo. On the later ones he joins George while playing the riff in most spots in the song.

Another one in G: "Sexy Sadie"! The "G" tunes are certainly stacking up! Christian

a little off subject.... here's the GHOST of Lennon.... (and if you believe this one please contact me - I've got some bridges to sell). I wonder if Yoko is making any $$ off this,hmmm?


http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-04-23T111809Z_01_N21225471_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEISURE-LENNON.xml&rpc=22

TV seance claims to have reached John Lennon
Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:18am ET

By Sue Zeidler

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A controversial television seance airing on Monday will claim it has reached the spirit of John Lennon, but viewers will have to pay $9.95 to find out what the peace-loving Beatle has to say.

The special, being carried on pay-TV service In Demand, was organized by the producers of a 2003 attempt to channel the late Princess Diana. That show failed to find Diana and received reviews that could have sunk the Titanic but it is estimated to have grossed close to $8 million.

Sight unseen, the Lennon effort has been attacked by the late Beatle's friends and fans as a tasteless effort to profit from his assassination 25 years ago. But producers say they are hoping to lure an audience that now loves such prime-time network TV shows as "Ghost Whisperer" and "Medium."

The program features what is described as an Electronic Voice Phenomenon, or EVP, that a psychic on the show claims is the disembodied voice of Lennon speaking at a seance in one of his favorite New York restaurants, La Fortuna.

EVP is based on a belief that spirit voices communicate through radio and TV broadcast signals.

On the television show, filming at La Fortuna suddenly stops and a narrator says something odd has happened. They then claim that a mysterious voice can be heard on the voice feed of one of the psychics.

The producers then call in "EVP specialist" Sandra Belanger to examine the voice and she proclaims it the real deal.

"That's very consistent with a Class A EVP," she said, regarding the level and clarity of the voice. She also says the voice sounds like how Lennon would have talked. Continued...

Hmmm, and in addition, the word ghost starts with G! Very interesting...

But seriously, I wonder if their fondess for open, ringing strings might extend to Paul and those famous Revolver-era photos of his capo'd 4001s bass...

It seems to me too that Lennon could hit a B on the E string pretty well. But beyond that he let Paul take over. That maybe another reason for his pick of the key of G so often.
But he did manage to sneak that B into other keys as well.

Hey, ghost DOES start with 'G'. Has anybody checked Lennon's birth certificate. Maybe it reads GOHN WINSTON LENNON!!!!!!

A LITTLE WEEKEND HUMOR...

EVP is based on a belief that spirit voices communicate through radio and TV broadcast signals.

Oh, John, you're such a Luddite. You should upgrade to digital satellite or ideally optical fiber(re).

Howdy,

I have posted before how i thought a "key" to John Lennon's (and the Beatles) sound on many popular songs i.e., "Ticket To Ride", "I Want to Hold your Hand" "Help" was blind-siding the listener with the B minor chord.
Ex: "When I was AROUND" "HELP ME IF YOU CAN I'M FEELING DOWN" there are other examples, but these are a start.

Eggman

The Bm in I Should Have Known Better is a good example of that.

http://www.beatlestoday.com/beatles/articles/200605011.html

here are some good oopsed recordings that let you hear Lennon's guitar very well. Anyone know other sources for oopsed Beatles?

The Key to Lennon was at least a 'couple of keys'...

"Don't touch my bags, if you please..."

and when they say "Lennon Tabs", they're not talking about how to play a song.