Comments on: Don’t Let Me Down

By: Virginia Abreu de Paula

Virginia Abreu de Paula — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 03:26:15 +0000

Spector didn’t destroy The Long and Wining Road. I love that arragment And so does Paul because that is how he plays it in his concerts. He got angry for another reason he decided not to tell. I have never listened to Let it be Naked to give my opinion. But as Let it Be is not boring at all and you said it is, then probably the naked version is not boring either.

By: Paul Nicholls

Paul Nicholls — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 10:30:09 +0000

I read quite heavy irony in the posting about being in jail for his mis-treatment of LIB. One of the things I love about the album is that John appears to be experimenting with a slightly distorted rhythm guitar; possibly a Dave Davies trick with his speaker slashing or just a louder volume. Does anybody know? Anyhow, this adds a completely new dimension to the album. Being able to discern the various instruments is delightful for a Beatles nut like me!

By: Paul Nicholls

Paul Nicholls — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 10:24:50 +0000

Personally, I’m delighted that McCartney retrieved the original tapes and released Naked. The simplicity and intricacies of the musicianship is, in my mind, mesmerising. I think Lennon gave the tapes to Spector to annoy McCartney.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 02:01:48 +0000

Johan acknowledge Paul’s massive musical talent? You might as well ask for the moon and the stars.
Not one of Lennon’s best, in my opinion, and I don’t listen to it much. The ’68 and ’69 years weren’t his best. A few gems surrounded by many melody-less chants. On the latter, Paul, Ringo, and George make them interesting (i.e. “Come Together”).

By: MikeP

MikeP — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 23:46:18 +0000

No, “…Naked” is not boring. It is far more enjoyable and listenable to the Spector album.
I quit listening to LIB in the mid- ’70s, but I give “…Naked” a thorough listen now and then.
At the very least, it sounds like the Beatles. LIB doesn’t, really.

By: Fargus

Fargus — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 12:03:56 +0000

John says “By the way, Rod Stewart turned Don’t Let Me Down into [sings] ‘Maggie don’t go-o-o.’ That’s one that the publishers never noticed.”

But in fact it’s another Rod song The Killing of Georgie (part 2) which borrowed the melody of Don’t Let Me Down. The chorus “Oh Georgie stay, don’t go away” was note for note “Don’t Let Me Down, Don’t Let Me Down”

By: Slave

Slave — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:12:52 +0000

Strange that two McCartney songs were released as singles from this album before it’s release – Let It Be and Get Back and the didn’t include DLMD on it.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 13:54:03 +0000

Your sarcasm meters are broken.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:28:46 +0000

Well, actually it was John Lennon himself who asked Phil Spector to re-producere the Get Back album, which was transformed into the May 1970 Let it Be-release. Quite ironical. Spectors work isnt at all perfect, but the Naked-version is even more boring, isnt it? (though its an important historical document). As Lennon later replied the critics, the tapes Spector got to to work which was actually shit (at least his own contributions?) ! According to Ian McDonald, Spectors obstruction of The Long and Winding Road was encouraged by a harmful John Lennon, AND the main reason why McCartney announced the breakup – within 24 hours after figuring out how Spector (and Lennon?) had destroyed hos song…. McCartney kept the band going on 1968-69 and didnt deserve this.

By: Angelica

Angelica — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:04:16 +0000

I realize that Don’t let me down was written with Yoko in mind or whatever, but I can’t help but consider the call and response that runs between John and Paul’s songs, always feeding off of each other, and wonder if it also has something to do with Paul too.

John always thinks Paul’s songs are about him anyway, i.e., Get Back and Hey Jude. And then there’s the idea that Jealous Guy might originally have been referencing Paul. Of course Too Many People and How Do You Sleep, Imagine is kind of Yesterday-y, Penny Lane as a response to Strawberry Fields Forever…. “Don’t let me down,” “Oh, Darlin’ I’ll never let you down,”…….

By: Angelica

Angelica — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 05:33:58 +0000

not sure i see the similarities, but i’d rather go blind in fact reminds me of a change is gonna come

By: bmerls1

bmerls1 — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 19:36:37 +0000

You forgot to mention McCartney’s melodically grooving bass and high spirited harmonizing.

Oh wait…

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:43:07 +0000

I’m not sure my opinion counts for much, but for what it’s worth I’d agree on sentiment but disagree on feel. The two songs sound nothing like one another – the chords, melody, lyrics and structure are all quite different. The only thing they seem to have in common is the subject/theme, but I’m not sure that makes Lennon a hypocrite.

By: Jeff Gachihi

Jeff Gachihi — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 10:27:02 +0000

I think it was a bit high handed and hypocritical for John to have a go at Rod Stewart when it’s rather bleedin’ obvious that this song is essentially a rewrite of Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” in feel and sentiment….

– I’d quite like Joe’s opinion as to whether he agrees…

By: Johan cavalli

Johan cavalli — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:58:51 +0000

The four first notes in the chorus “Don´t let me down…” are exact the same as the four first notes in “all we are saying…” in Give Peace a Chance. Harrison´s guitar playing in the B-sektion “nobody ever loved me like she does…” is absolut marvellous. It´s even wonderful when Harrison complete, with a guitar melody, the singing melody in the C-sektion “I´m in love for the first time…”. The C-section melody has similarities with the middle part melody in Lennon´s No Reply.
Don´t Let Me Downis another masterpiece by Lennon. So deep and bluesy.

By: Cam

Cam — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:09:09 +0000

I love George. But its a Hendrix riff if I ever heard one!

By: Young Fred

Young Fred — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 03:58:53 +0000

I never really enjoyed this song that much until the Naked Album. The version in this one is a bit faster. The sound is quite clear and clean and you can actually listen to every single instrument playing their part to make this simple song into a Great one.

By: Kenny Graddick

Kenny Graddick — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:41:23 +0000

One version, I love the third verse part where John sings “I guess nobody ever really done me good”, Paul joins him in that verse and says “nobody” at the same time, the harmony is so perfect with the two of them…

By: Skittles

Skittles — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:35:27 +0000

this song is beautiful and it shows that John really loved Yoko, if he dedicated a song for her.

By: Bongo

Bongo — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 00:26:24 +0000

LIB was a UK & Canada boxset only.