The Beatles - Madman

- Recorded January 14, 1969 during the Get Back/Let It Be sessions.
- John Lennon original song.
- There is a relation between the Madman song and Mean Mr Mustard, as they were played together in the sessions.
- Whereas Mean Mustard was a mean old man who shouted obscene things, the Madman is a lunatic who wears pink pajamas and lives on a farm!
- Coincidently there was a meme started in 2015 called "John Lennon The Absolute Madman" featuring a picture of John kind of doing the 'ministry of silly walks' also a pre-internet Monty Python meme.

[heggy_]

HES UPLOADING AND REMASTERING UNRELEASED BEATLES SONGS, THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN

[ryderrocks]

Lyrics
With the Madman a comin'
He's gonna do you no harm
He's wearin' pink pajamas
And he lives on a farm
Farmers gonna get ya
Got to get ya to somewhere
To be alone
Oh, when the fat freak's a movin'
He's gonna feed you no s#!t
He's gonna force us together
He's gonna give us a fit
Now, (mumbling)
[0:53 - 1:23 Instrumental Break]
Madman a comin'
Gonna do you no harm
He's wearin' pink pajamas
And he lives on a farm
Farmers gonna get ya
Got to get ya to somewhere
To be alone
Oh, when the Madman is fallin'
Gonna (???) -arm
He's (???)
And he lives on a farm
Oh, he's gonna get ya
Got to get ya to somewhere good
To be alone
Yeah
Madman a comin'
Gonna do you no harm
Got to wear pajamas
Cause he lives on a farm
He's gonna get ya
Gonna count us somethin'*
To be alone
Oh
(Do you no harm)
[2:25 - 2:54 Instrumental Break]
Fifty raw potatoes
Standin' more than a pole*
Gonna try to count 'em
But they started to go
You got someone
To be someone**
To be on your own
You know to go*
You know to go me (???)*
You know where to go to me
Did you (???) -low/-ole***
(???) -low***
[3:25 - 3:59 Instrumental Break]
Madman a comin'
Gonna do you no harm
He's wearin' pink pajamas
Cause he lives on a farm
He's got to get somewhere
To get to be on his own
He goes on*
The (mumbles)
Where ever you go on
(Mumbling)
(4:33 Yankee John Doodle)
* Unclear lyric / approximation
** Could be "You got to get some words | To be someone" also being someone is also in unfinished piece "Watching Rainbows"
*** Sounds to be "Did you fall in low?"

[ianbannister]

These forgotten Beatles songs need publication so there genius is archived and never forgotten sheer brilliance 😊

[primitiverock]

who cannot love a unreleased john lennon song? 😎

[theo]

Imagine this one completed and polished on the Let It Be album.

[kevinobrien]

Mr. Mustard already existed at this point - it was pre-White Album - but the groove is very similar.

[beatleszilla]

Damn this is a tight jam. Ringo really showing off, but so is the rest of the band. Wish this was properly released, but I’d guess it partially evolved into Mean Mr. Mustard.

[javierdicosimo]

In the second chapter of Get Back, by Peter Jackson, at minute 00:36:12 John, Paul and Ringo play part of this version of Madman.

[shuddupeyaface]

Imagine had they stuck it out for a couple more years. Then again, it is what it is.

[georgem.]

Catchy stuff. Wish they worked on this and releasesd it.

[ThePowerpointMaster]

THANKS DUDE, wanted a clean enough full version of this for a while.

[gettinhungrig]

It was John's candidate for another song for the album/show they were making after they'd abandoned Across The Universe. In the end he opted for Dig A Pony as his second song to go with Don't Let Me Down. George had left at this point. It's John on organ, Paul lead guitar and Ringo drums...see Sulpy-Schweighardt book

[Vincentlpp]

So the Get Back doc confirms it's Paul on guitar and John on electric piano (Pianet) here. Super interesting.

[enclavehere]

1:17, pretty good playing by Paul considering he was using John's Casino, meaning he had to play it upside down!

[derekec]

Sounds like an early run-through each getting a feel for the song. Kind of reminds me of Bad Boy just a bit. Would have liked to hear Paul doing some harmony

[TheREALDEAL-RR]

It sounds rough because it's a jam...they also rehearsed Mean Mr. Mustard and Watching Rainbows on this day. Watching Rainbows has lyrics from I Am the Walrus set to a simple A to D chord pattern, thus was probably just meant to be an improv.

[lenalennon]

MADMAN - Completed by John Lennon thru Lena © 3-17-2022
E7 - G - A7
Don't cha know
The Mad Man is comin
Gonna do you no harm
He's wearin' pink pajamas cause he lives on a farm
He's gonna get you
Gonna take you somewhere
You can be alone.
You know the mad freak is comin'
Gonna tie up your arms
Y'know I'd never hurt you babe
Or cause you alarm
Just wanna take you somewhere
Far away and make you
All My own.
👽👽 Wherever We go is Home
Wherever We are is Home
Never to be alone
Wherever We Are is Home!!
🔥🔥 Don't ya know the MadMan is HERE
🎶 To Bring you back to the Farm
Everything awaits Us
Back at Ole' Kingdom Come
You won't resist Me 'cause
You know it in your heart
Where you belong.
😎😎 CuZ... Wherever We go is Home
Whoever We are is Home
Never to be alone
Wherever We Are is Home!!

[leecarroll]

Me favourite song by Beatles what would of been but the legend of them go on

[constantinogotsis]

Madman is absolutely brilliant, even better that Mean Mr. Mustard, that was the final recording of this gem.

[YellowYoshi]

He's wearing pink pajamas, and he lives on a farm!