Comments on: Gimme Some Truth

By: johannes bols

johannes bols — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 03:35:53 +0000

You mean “Beatle Ed”?

By: johannes bols

johannes bols — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 03:34:41 +0000

This is a John song that features two of his best ways of expressing himself verbally: snarling vitriol and humour. Unlike some other compositions, there’s no aftertaste of afterthought here, thinking, “Ew, he really nailed that piece of ar$ewipe.” The lyrics here are among his post Beatles best, met’inks… Viz. letting Tittinghurst go, so much was going on around John in the early 70s + his anti-everything stance wh. of course meant anti-UK [his note on the returned MBE read something like, “For “Cold Turkey” slipping down the charts and the Biafra thing”] and anti-ownership, esp. of property. Now, I can’t see Yoko shading him to give up any property. She knew what it was like to be on the thin end of a financial wedge. But I think she knew when to open her mouth in an attempt to make him at least see her point, and when to keep her trap shut and just let him try to walk before he could crawl.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:54:06 +0000

Not bloody likely in 1971.

By: John mccartney

John mccartney — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 02:35:13 +0000

He should’ve gave credit to mccartney

By: JRs Farm

JRs Farm — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:18:46 +0000

I agree!

By: Joseph Brush

Joseph Brush — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:00:07 +0000

Too bad John let Tittenhurst Park go. It went to Ringo in an Apple stock transfer so that John could lower his income tax payable in 1974.

By: julio

julio — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 06:53:20 +0000

George’s solo on this is awesome.