Whatever Gets You Thru The Night - John Lennon 'Walls And Bridges' Outtake

From "Something Precious And Rare" - Recorded July 13th, 1974 at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles

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[joemasse]

Sometimes these early takes have a rhythm or guitar patterns the finished version moved on from, but I kind of like the guitar sound instead of the piano on the released version, good post!

[michaelweil]

The music was inspired by the No. 1 single at the time, "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae. (Playboy magazine interview with David Sheff, published Jan. 1981)

[firebolt.]

I like this version better than the released one

[thom]

It's Rock me baby by George McCrae. Lennon admitted he would have given his right arm to write Rock me baby.

[hungfao]

I find that I like John's raw sparse demos better than the released versions.

[linknowhereman]

Kinda sounds like if Rock Your Baby and Sound & Vision had a child together and it was raised by John Lennon

[andyjones]

I've always felt like this version has a hella Strokes feel, ha ha.

[raflimongi]

if the Beatles had done this song... 😫

[robertsnyder]

i was there with bette Midler by my side ....