The cover of the jacket sleeve for the single '(Just Like) Starting Over' [above]. Kiss Kiss Kiss made up the 'B' side. Remember b-sides?(JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER
In the talk-up to the start of the song, John whispers, "This one's for Gene [Vincent] and Eddie [Cochran] and Elvis..." Then, as if he suddenly remembers, "...and Buddy [Holly]!" John considered this song an ode to the 'old' rock and roll, hence his dedication to four of the greats of rock and roll. John was partially inspired, he said, by "Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen, which he thought was an excellent nod to the past done in a modern way.
With John's introduction, we hear the familiar beginning with only John's vocal and his strumming on the guitar:
Our life
Together
Is so precious
Together
We have grown,
We have grown.
Although our love
Is still special
Let's take a chance and fly away
Somewhere
Alone.
Next comes the familiar backing musicians. The difference is a much clearer piano [John] throughout the piece, as well as an absence of the background singers [Michelle Simpson and Cassandra Wooten] who appeared on the released track. With that, John sings on:
It's been too long since we took the time
No one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly.
But when I see you darling,
It's like we both are falling
In love
Again
It'll be
Just like starting over, starting over.
Everyday we used to make it, love
Why can't we be making love nice and easy?
It's time to spread our wings and fly
Don't let another day go by
My love
It'll be
Just like starting over, starting over.
Why don't we take off alone?
Take a trip somewhere far, far away
We'll be together all alone again,
Like we used to in the early days.
Well, well darling
It's been too long since we took the time
No one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly.
But when I see you darling,
It's like we both are falling
In love
Again
It'll be
Just like starting over, starting over
Look out.
Our life
Together
Is so precious
Together
We have grown,
Hmmmm, we have grown
Although our love's
Still special
Let's take a chance and fly away
Somewhere.............
Here, as on the record, the silence pauses and John returns for the song's fade out. This version is the full version of his riff, however. On the original album, only snippets of a riff John proceeded to go on were actually used to make the fade out that we're all familiar with. Stripped Down has the full version of the riff. John times his return to singing with "Ch-ch-ch-ch". He then comes back from the pause with:
Ooooooooooh
Doooowho.
Starting over....
Starting over...
Over and over
Hoooowe who
In the talk-up to the start of the song, John whispers, "This one's for Gene [Vincent] and Eddie [Cochran] and Elvis..." Then, as if he suddenly remembers, "...and Buddy [Holly]!" John considered this song an ode to the 'old' rock and roll, hence his dedication to four of the greats of rock and roll. John was partially inspired, he said, by "Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen, which he thought was an excellent nod to the past done in a modern way.
With John's introduction, we hear the familiar beginning with only John's vocal and his strumming on the guitar:
Our life
Together
Is so precious
Together
We have grown,
We have grown.
Although our love
Is still special
Let's take a chance and fly away
Somewhere
Alone.
Next comes the familiar backing musicians. The difference is a much clearer piano [John] throughout the piece, as well as an absence of the background singers [Michelle Simpson and Cassandra Wooten] who appeared on the released track. With that, John sings on:
It's been too long since we took the time
No one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly.
But when I see you darling,
It's like we both are falling
In love
Again
It'll be
Just like starting over, starting over.
Everyday we used to make it, love
Why can't we be making love nice and easy?
It's time to spread our wings and fly
Don't let another day go by
My love
It'll be
Just like starting over, starting over.
Why don't we take off alone?
Take a trip somewhere far, far away
We'll be together all alone again,
Like we used to in the early days.
Well, well darling
It's been too long since we took the time
No one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly.
But when I see you darling,
It's like we both are falling
In love
Again
It'll be
Just like starting over, starting over
Look out.
Our life
Together
Is so precious
Together
We have grown,
Hmmmm, we have grown
Although our love's
Still special
Let's take a chance and fly away
Somewhere.............
Here, as on the record, the silence pauses and John returns for the song's fade out. This version is the full version of his riff, however. On the original album, only snippets of a riff John proceeded to go on were actually used to make the fade out that we're all familiar with. Stripped Down has the full version of the riff. John times his return to singing with "Ch-ch-ch-ch". He then comes back from the pause with:
Ooooooooooh
Doooowho.
Starting over....
Starting over...
Over and over
Hoooowe who
Hooowe who, who, who, who
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow
Starting over
Starting over
Over and over, ov-ve-ve-ver
John then indicates to the musicians that he's done - they have enough for the fade out - by saying, "Ok, boys, print it!"
He then plays a piano 'stage exit' riff and finishes with, "Thank you, thank you."
KISS, KISS, KISS
The second track, Yoko's first song, begins as does the record version, with her speaking Japanese in a 'whisper' almost sensually. As with "(Just Like) Starting Over", the sound is purer, with John's guitar far more audible.
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss me love
Just one kiss, kiss will do
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss me love
Just one kiss, kiss will do
Why death
Why life
Warm hearts
Cold darts
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss me love
I'm bleeding inside
It's a long, long story to tell
And I can only show you my hell
Touch, touch, touch, touch me love
Just one touch, touch will do
Touch, touch, touch, touch me love
Just one touch, touch will do
Why me
Why you
Broken mirror
White terror
Touch, touch, touch, touch me love
I'm shaking inside
It's that faint faint sound of the childhood bell
Ringing in my soul
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss me love
Just one kiss, kiss will do.
Here Yoko - as on the album - goes into her voice gyrations and sounds. The difference is that - on this version- you can here on the play out that background singers Simpson and Wooten are singing:
Oooooh kiss
Oooooh, kiss me
Oooooh kiss
Oooooh, kiss me
Oooooh kiss
Oooooh, kiss me
Starting over
Starting over
Over and over, ov-ve-ve-ver
John then indicates to the musicians that he's done - they have enough for the fade out - by saying, "Ok, boys, print it!"
He then plays a piano 'stage exit' riff and finishes with, "Thank you, thank you."
KISS, KISS, KISS
The second track, Yoko's first song, begins as does the record version, with her speaking Japanese in a 'whisper' almost sensually. As with "(Just Like) Starting Over", the sound is purer, with John's guitar far more audible.
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss me love
Just one kiss, kiss will do
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss me love
Just one kiss, kiss will do
Why death
Why life
Warm hearts
Cold darts
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss me love
I'm bleeding inside
It's a long, long story to tell
And I can only show you my hell
Touch, touch, touch, touch me love
Just one touch, touch will do
Touch, touch, touch, touch me love
Just one touch, touch will do
Why me
Why you
Broken mirror
White terror
Touch, touch, touch, touch me love
I'm shaking inside
It's that faint faint sound of the childhood bell
Ringing in my soul
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss me love
Just one kiss, kiss will do.
Here Yoko - as on the album - goes into her voice gyrations and sounds. The difference is that - on this version- you can here on the play out that background singers Simpson and Wooten are singing:
Oooooh kiss
Oooooh, kiss me
Oooooh kiss
Oooooh, kiss me
Oooooh kiss
Oooooh, kiss me
CLEANUP TIME
While it is clear on the studio version that John leads into this song with something that sounds like a version of "Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble", on Stripped Down we hear what he really says:
Bubble, bubble
Toil but NO trouble
Whoo, hoo, hoo
Well, well, well
Moonlight on the water
Sunlight on my face
You and me together
We are in our place
The gods are in the heavens
The angels treat us well
The oracle has spoken
We cast the perfect spell
Here is the first change. A backing track of John's voice - as if played through a megaphone - sings, which I'll denote in parentheses:
(Now, now, now)
Now it begins - let it begin
Cleanup time
(Ring-a, ring around the world)
Hey, cleanup time
(Ring-a, ring around the world)
Well, it's cleanup time
(Ring-a ring around the world)
Well, well, well
Well, well, well, well
Hmmm, the queen is in the counting house
Counting out the money
The king is in the kitchen
Making bread and honey
No friends and yet no enemies
Absolutely free
No rats aboard the magic ship
Of perfect harmony
(Now, now, now)
Now it begins
Let it begin
(well, well, well, well)
Cleanup time
(C-c-clean up, clean up)
Cleanup time
(C-c-clean up, clean up)
Cleanup time
(C-c-clean up, clean up)
Well, well, [backup guitarist High McCracken yells, "Whew!"] Well....
(Tweedily dum, tweedily dum, tweedily dee, tweedily dee
Tweedily dum, tweedily dum, tweedily dee, tweedily dee
Tweedily dum, tweedily dum....)
However far we travel
Wherever we may roam
The center of the circle
Will always be our home
Yeah. yea, yeah,
Dooo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo....
Yeah, cleanup
(Clean up)
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
It's Christmas time, it's that time of year again
It's party time, it's that time of year again
It's party time, show those mother's how to party.....
NEXT UP: The remainder of "Side One" [remember when there were such things as 'sides'?!].
copyright 1980 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
copyright 2010 by EBBP Redux. If you are reading this on a blog or website other than EBBP Redux or via a feedreader, this content has been stolen and used without permission.
While it is clear on the studio version that John leads into this song with something that sounds like a version of "Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble", on Stripped Down we hear what he really says:
Bubble, bubble
Toil but NO trouble
Whoo, hoo, hoo
Well, well, well
Moonlight on the water
Sunlight on my face
You and me together
We are in our place
The gods are in the heavens
The angels treat us well
The oracle has spoken
We cast the perfect spell
Here is the first change. A backing track of John's voice - as if played through a megaphone - sings, which I'll denote in parentheses:
(Now, now, now)
Now it begins - let it begin
Cleanup time
(Ring-a, ring around the world)
Hey, cleanup time
(Ring-a, ring around the world)
Well, it's cleanup time
(Ring-a ring around the world)
Well, well, well
Well, well, well, well
Hmmm, the queen is in the counting house
Counting out the money
The king is in the kitchen
Making bread and honey
No friends and yet no enemies
Absolutely free
No rats aboard the magic ship
Of perfect harmony
(Now, now, now)
Now it begins
Let it begin
(well, well, well, well)
Cleanup time
(C-c-clean up, clean up)
Cleanup time
(C-c-clean up, clean up)
Cleanup time
(C-c-clean up, clean up)
Well, well, [backup guitarist High McCracken yells, "Whew!"] Well....
(Tweedily dum, tweedily dum, tweedily dee, tweedily dee
Tweedily dum, tweedily dum, tweedily dee, tweedily dee
Tweedily dum, tweedily dum....)
However far we travel
Wherever we may roam
The center of the circle
Will always be our home
Yeah. yea, yeah,
Dooo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo....
Yeah, cleanup
(Clean up)
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
Cleanup time
It's Christmas time, it's that time of year again
It's party time, it's that time of year again
It's party time, show those mother's how to party.....
NEXT UP: The remainder of "Side One" [remember when there were such things as 'sides'?!].
copyright 1980 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
copyright 2010 by EBBP Redux. If you are reading this on a blog or website other than EBBP Redux or via a feedreader, this content has been stolen and used without permission.
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