Comments on: Sweet Little Sixteen

By: Donny

Donny — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:41:38 +0000

Well said. Not many people realize that John was the lead guitarist on many of the early BBC recordings, playing solos on “Sweet Little Sixteen”, “Too Much Monkey Business”, “Lonesome Tears In My Eyes”, and most of the other Chuck Berry and Little Richard numbers. Very under-rated lead player Lennon was in my opinion.

By: MARCUS KAUFMANN

MARCUS KAUFMANN — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:42:51 +0000

The version of Sweet Little Sixteen on the Star Club tapes is so much better, raw and powerful than that of the BBC that the difference knocks you down! And it is “’cause they were rockin’ in Hamburg!” at the very second before the mania took us all…

By: The Picker

The Picker — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 01:41:18 +0000

Love how the guitar (George) jumps the beat here and there in the verses.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:22:30 +0000

If you listen minus the intro you can hear that John is actually playing the solo on this song on his Rickenbacker its very John too very rough and ready when you really analyze it the same goes for lonesome tears in my eyes which has the same sound to it I think John plays lead or at least the solos on both which would explain how John knows how to play in that style at the end of The Ballad of John and Yoko since George obviously was not there. Just my thoughts for clarification go on youtube and look up the user Scugs who covers their really early stuff quite well on his duo jet.

By: John Nixon

John Nixon — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:41:55 +0000

I’ve had the thought that maybe this was in McCartney’s head when he wrote I Saw Her Standing There. Everybody wants to dance with sweet little 16…..she was just 17, I’ll never dance with another.

By: Obsessed

Obsessed — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:56:53 +0000

The vocals are unbelievable. When Lennon raises it to “Oh Mommy Mommy,” and “All over St Louis” it’s just inexpressible how good it is. It’s like we really are going to go all over St Louis, like we really might just do it. If that moment could just last forever we might just be forever sixteen, forever young.

Berry saw it, he commented on it. Lennon made it, he told us it, made us feel it and believe in it. Listening to those moments, that’s when we are exactly furthest away from disillusionment and at the same time just about to fall most deeply back into it.