John Lennon

A rare recording by John Lennon has reportedly fetched $30,000 at auction. The song is being regarded as a very rude one sung by the legend. John sings: “Just a little cocaine will set me right.” the song was never heard in public. The rude song by The Beatles singer was a take on Lloyd Price’s ‘Just Because’. It is believed to be an obscene version made by Lennon.

The tape begins with John reportedly slurring: “I want to take all them new singers, Carol and the other one with the nipples, I want to take them and hold them tight, all them people that James Taylor had… I want to suck your nipples, baby!”

The song was an impromptu one done with intentional drunken slurring by Lennon. A spokesperson for Los Angeles’ Bonhams and Butterfields auction house, said: “It was six minutes, 16 seconds, and John singing very drunk and with John ad-libbing his own lyrics into the song. It’s actually a fun song to listen to.”

The tape reportedly dates back to the time when John separated from his wife Yoko Ono for 18 months – which he later described as his ‘Lost Weekend’. That comes to around 1973.
The band that played alongside Lennon in the recording is heard slowing up and pushing up their tempo to match Lennon’s. And finally the recording is brought to a halt abruptly.

Lennon later re-recorded ‘Just Because’ for his album ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ in 1975. The anonymous owner claimed that the tape was provided by John himself. Even the buyer is unidentified as long as the cause remains “Lennon’s ‘Just Because’”.

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