In My Life: Judy Collins
This is from Judy‘s 1966 album In My Life. It is a forever favorite of mine.
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August 2, 2011 at 11:49 am
yousendit link:
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1185085865/bc8534ea29c57b5977a8f27f1e9bc2d7?cid=tx-02002207350200000000&s=19104
August 2, 2011 at 5:52 pm
One of the few occasions when a cover version is as good as the original. Gorgeous guitar work as well as a great vocal.
August 2, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Lynchie,
This is just lovely-that’s the best word I can use to describe it.
August 2, 2011 at 11:51 pm
In an interview with John Lennon in the January 1971 edition of Rolling Stone, Lennon recalled the writing of this song: “I wrote that in Kenwood (his home at the time). I used to write upstairs where I had about ten Brunell tape recorders all linked up, I still have them, I’d mastered them over the period of a year or two – I could never make a rock and roll record but I could make some far out stuff on it. I wrote it upstairs, that was one where I wrote the lyrics first and then sang it.” He added that was usually the case with songs such as this one and “Across the Universe” and “some of the ones that stand out a bit.”
The lyrics about friends refer to Stu Sutcliffe, an early Beatle and great friend of John’s who died in 1962, and another friend named Pete Shotton. Lennon also thought of his Aunt Mimi and wife Cynthia, as well as other friends. One of the most beautiful Beatles songs, John called it “A little piece of art work.”
The Beatles left a hole for the instrumental break when they recorded this. Producer George Martin filled it in the next morning by playing a piano solo and speeding up the tape to make it sound like a harpsichord. Lennon had asked him to fill it with something “baroque.”
August 3, 2011 at 10:34 am
sblake,
That it was inspired by real people makes me love the song even more. It does that for me every time I hear it: bring back lost friends from my past who still hold a place in my heart.