Beatles, The - Slow Down Lyrics

A great cover which the Beatles always produced the goods - this is one of the best covers the Beatles did. ALL CLASS

Love me some Beatles, but the Young Rascals knocked this song out of the park!
https://youtu.be/9VtNRkaspPA

Well Aloysius Manuel : Graduated in Classical Music AND Intergalactic Music from the Constellations of Universal Eternity .
That of course goes beyond my understanding ! (Broad grin ). Maybe you should have examined you intergallactical brain...and of course don't forget to see the last Star Wars ...

Well, come on pretty baby won't you walk with me
Come on pretty baby won't you talk with me
Come on pretty baby give me one more chance
Try and save our romance
Slow down

Baby, now you're moving way too fast
You gotta gimme little loving
Gimme little loving
Ow, if you want our love to last

Well, I used to walk you home, baby, after school
Carry your books home, too
But now you got a boyfriend down the street
Baby what're you trying to do
You better slow down

Baby, now you're moving way too fast
You gotta gimme little loving
Gimme little loving
Brrr, if you want our love to last

Well, you know that I love you, tell the world I do
Come on pretty baby, why can't you be true
I need you badly, baby, oh so bad
The best little woman I ever had
Slow down

Baby, now you're moving way too fast
You gotta gimme little loving
Gimme little loving
Ow, if you want our love to last

Hello my friends this music very beatifuly

that " brrrrrrrrrr " really touched my heart LOL

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that " brrrrrrrrrr " really touched my heart LOL

A six pac, dance floor, pretty girl and the Beatles singing Slow Down. All you need.

I wanna tell you this. Because I need to tell this. The last break, that final break, when Ringo comes back in on that snare drum with those delayed triplets...delayed then rushed...there are only 10 stokes, and the way he played them, grabbed me as a kid and just shook me to my core.
I had never heard such phrasing and power and invention in such a short space that totally rocked me whacky. After that, at the tender age of 9, I figured I’d play the drums.

And boy do you play.

Hands down best version of this song

Kids at school make fun of me for listening to beatles and yes im a kid 6th grade

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Yesterday I was driving down the road. Suddenly a thought came to mind. Slow down. I was doing the speed limit, so that wasn’ it. Then, I remembered a song from long ago, Slow Down. I then summoned my telephone through my maps app to play Slow Down. I then went rocking down the road. I finished my trip on a high note. 🚙 🎸

- Vocals & Lead Guitar: John Lennon
- Bass: Paul McCartney
- Rhythm Guitar: George Harrison
- Drums: Ringo Starr
- Piano: George Martin

1:34 - a motorboat and a slap

OKE this is the best song ever written what an irony a fast song for SLOW DOWN wow must be John Lennon

yeah the thing is that it's not a beatles song, it's a cover

The Beatles achived more in just 8 years than most band or artists in a lifetime and changed the World for a better place healed all the pain the Nazis forced on us all subjected us to... ITS ALL FORGIVEN

You're certainly right. Except remember they had about 8 years of haphazard hard work from childhood on before all that "success" started. It really took 15-16 ears to get 8 years of success and lots of help and luck...

At 1:13, John's double-tracked vocal is in error. One one vocal track, John sings an incorrect line, "now you don't care a dime for me"; on the second, which is more pronounced, he is singing the correct line, "now you got a boyfriend down the street".

Don't like the remix. Not enough bass and drums,way too much piano. Piano was meant ot be an addition to the recording, not the main focus as it is presented here. Where's the rhythm guitar? Not the whole Beatles sound in this. Original mono mix, even stereo, was fine. Ringo's drums kicked ass, the ride cymbal and snare was prominent. It is nice that Harrison's guitar solo is turned up here. Go back and listen to the original mono mix, it had more punch to it. That back beat and bass should be heard, not in the background like here...I am a veteran Beatles fan and a musician.

At 1:13, John's double-tracked vocal is in error. One one vocal track, John sings the line "now you don't care a dime for me" correctly; on the second, he seems to be singing "now you got a boyfriend down the street".

George Martin added his piano overdub, in the Beatles' absence, onto the open fourth track. He also made both the mono and the stereo remixes during that session.

The drums, bass and rhythm guitar went on track one. John's vocal went on track two. John's double-track vocal, along with George's lead guitar, went on track three. Seems like George Martin turned-down track one and turned-up track four!!

This is a just a remastering of the original 1964 stereo mix, which was taken from Take 6. This is not a re-mix.

0:59 when you shut your finger in the door by accident

When you accidentally touch the burner

the voice

Lennon rocking the lead strings...

Los BEATLES jamás pasarán de moda;marcaron una época inolvidable:gracias John Paul George años RINGO muchísimas gracias

John Winston Lennon

Amazing! Great Voice By John, George's Guitar, Bass And Drums &^#%%$@ I Not Have Words!!!! Rock And Roll

Elvis' influence on this one.

Friggin raw rock and roll - Lennon’s a master!

Well, Lennon is no Larry Williams, but the song is good and he does it well. This song defines Rock and Roll. Williams has it right.

I wish Lennon knew Yolo before Yoko

Loved this song. Played the single over and over until lost some fidelity. Learned to play it on guitar and I would play along and sing as much of the lyrics as I could make out !

In the Early days John had That voice. So rockin ! ! !

Slow Down and Dizzy Miss Lizzy were two sides of the same original single by Larry Williams. Talk about a monster! Up there with Get Back/Don't Let Me Down

Larry Williams also recorded Boney Maronie which John later recorded on solo album Rock N Roll but at a slower speed than Larry's original but still did an outstanding job.

George is just fantastic on this, they are all accelerating on it.

Súper disco de vinilo que ha dado la vuelta al mundo
con su música alegre y contagioso para todos nosotros
que nos encanta este tipo de música para nuestro sentir
dan ganas de ponerlo a gran volumen en nuestros hogares
para que se contagien todos los que oyen estos grandes éxitos.
Arriba THE BEATLES que siguen conquistando a jóvenes mundiales.

"like flesh tearing"-george martin

This is rock and roll period!! Love Lennons vocals and screams!

....and his "WOO" at the very end isn't shabby at all!

The one and only voice woo

OK we all recognize that this is very old stuff but sung by the Beatles I can imagine that will make EVERYONE to move the bones in a party...great music, great band!!

There's only a handful or two of truly great musicians who are influential, revolutionary and geniuses. They are measured by having caused a movement during their time, and more importantly, continue to impact later generations. Besides, how many of you can listen to this song and not move some body part? Lol

BUT IM SANIC TEH HAWTDAWG!

Плохой звук, здесь лучше https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdI5B_MI9Vs

Listen to the left track only....sounds somewhat hypnotic.

j s I think you have ur headphones the wrong way around my friend but I see what u mean :)

@Lennon Hall I'm using desktop speakers, maybe they're hooked up wrong! LOL

@Lennon Hall By golly you were right, they are backwards!

j s hahaha well at least they are correct now :)

The drums, bass and rhythm guitar went on track one. John's vocal went on track two. John's double-track vocal, along with George's lead guitar, went on track three. George Martin added his piano overdub, in the Beatles' absence, onto the open fourth track. He also made both the mono and the stereo remixes during that session.

"First The Beatles, then the rest!"

john really knew how and when to scream, his timing was impeccable. mccartney was another one, they both had incredible range.

both of them screamed their ass off..........

@james knight Lol!!!😂

Mike Walsh well said....they played this tune with a great regard to Larry Williams, not changing it all around, yet putting their own Beatles Touch on it, with Ringo, the real Star here. The phrasing he does, kills me to this day...then they end it on a 9th chord!!! God, if that doesn’t just chill your soul!

Lennon voice again

❤️💥

The voice of John is the most recognisable voice of The Beatles!

I LOVE THIS SONG!!

Love this Beatles Song too!

Great tune buuut The Jams version makes this seem pretty juvenile

Stanley Burke I love The Jam, and “In The City” is their best album. But claiming their version is better than this?
NO CHANCE! If anything The Jam’s version is WAAY more juvenile than The Beatles majestic version!
It’s like the difference between a beginners version and a seasoned musician’s version!

Remasterisados?? Su3na komo elmorto la bateria no existe tiene volumen bajo..

1:18 Ringo's drum fill is great!

Nobody screamed like Lennon.

@Mike Walsh Me too, My favourite!

Lol good one...

Ringo at the end of helter skelter more like

How the hell do you scream like that

LENNON FABULOSO, GIGANTE, MONSTRUO

Titan!!!!!el más capo!!!!!sólo McCartney a su nivel en la historia de la musica

Anyone care to comment on who does the "whoo" at the close of the song? Some say it's Paul not John. It does sound like him and it's something he would do to add his stamp to the recording. You really need to listen to it a few times before you decide.

Jeff Delaney I just listened to it 3 or 4 times in a row and I'm like 99% sure that's John. But, I agree, that's something Paul would do, just to make you think. lol

Paul's vocal does not appear on this song.

¡¡¡PURITO ROCK'NROLL!!!

This is a fun song especially Rngos drumming but what happened to the sound? The original is better.

That's what I wrote, exactly. The remix is all wrong. I remember the drums sounding up front and the ride cymbal ringing very loud and clear on this, the piano was not so loud, it was in the mix with the bass (same riff) to enhance the sound, not be a damned solo through the whole thing lol. It is nice you can hear George's guitar solo more clearly though.

There’s a rock n rollin dance hall band they call Beatles

I needed this this morning to pull me out of the doldrums (in this time of "abby someone" reality, i.e. Samantha Josephson, Mueller, senseless shootings, etc.). Lennon and the Lads really could rock-'n'-roll with the best of them. Lennon's "Woo" at the end of the song is such an appropriate exclamation point to this tight little performance.

Butternut squash! The world moving in its strangest of directions EVER. This is one of an abundance of beautiful Beatles melodies, which drives humans to their most basic, rawest, loving form. A picture which I'm sure anyone - including YOU - would like to experience at least ONCE in their lives.

I much prefer the BBC version. No piano. Drums and bass up in the mix. George kills the solo. Just the fab 4 doin' what they do best. John makes it his own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD7doYliv3Y

have always loved this recording. but i'm curious why george martin cut back the drums and bass so much

Probs because this was originally an E.P. release - E.M.l. engineers were paranoid about the needle jumping out of microgrooves.

Brian Parker - It was also released in North America on the album Something New and also as a single paired with Matchbox . It was the first picture sleeve 45 I ever bought. Although the single only reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, it reached number 6 on the Canadian CHUM Hit Parade chart crammed in with other Beatle singles from A Hard Days Night period. We considered it a Double A sided single as both songs received heavy rotation.

Surprise bisexuality from 1:14 to 1:19!

mark cornish
My comment was based on the fact that both “boyfriend” and “girl” gets mentioned in two different vocal tracks, implying that the female character is bi.

Underrated great

¡ESO ES ROCK AND ROLL POR LA CSM!

John Lennon lo máximo.

E viva o rock´n roll de raíz!

Even the primal screams are great ...

Especially the primal screams!

I would have to say that this is one of their more underrated songs.

Well, they didn't write it so if it's underrated, blame Larry Williams!

@Rich Butcher actually, I did not know it was a cover of a Larry Williams song!

De tanto ouvir Beartles , fiquei com o raciocínio rápido, kkkkkkk Mais ligeiro , meu coração vai na onda do som KKKKKK Beatles =Magia KKKK

Eu não costumo gostar de versões ou de "covers", mas essa versão de "Slow Down" com The Beatles é melhor que a original com Larry Williams, cuja voz não me agrada muito. Há quem prefira a versão original, mas John Lennon interpretou-a como se a música fosse dele!

Beatles são top

@Aloysius Emanuel Cara, na minha opinião não existe voz melhor pra cantar rock 'n' roll do que a de Lennon, timbre maravilhoso, rasgado, o cara tinha uma guitarra na garganta.

Lennon ,one of the great rock singers

he tears it up!

@obbor4 Totally agree!!

THE Best I think.

pat, *the *greatest

Lennon is benchmark others are compared to

George Martin playing a rocking piano......

To look at George Martin, you would never think he could rock out like he did! But man he could tickle the ivories!!

Really? Wow, learn something new everyday. 😘

Excellence

Larry Williams is one unfairly forgotten talent. He wrote some of the most important rock & roll standards.

Larry gave us this. Without Larry, we wouldn't be listening to this now. Larry, thank you so very very much. And thank too John for relaying this to us. You were brilliant as can be also.

Bony maroni

@subg88 Bonie Maronie, SHORT FAT FANNIE, bad boy,etc.

Such a nice thing....................

Essa música me dá muita energia: nunca me enjoo disso!!!

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Beatles por siempre;Amo este album Recopilatorio;Viva El Rock;Vivan Mis Beatles

A beatles song I had never heard and that says alot...

It's a cover Aaron. Barni (16)

One of the first I ever heard. Had Rock N Roll music LP when I was a kid. Great Beatles compilation from '76

Yesssss....slow down.........

Thank you John..

If you think I'm giving him the words to say I'm sorri ? well you might be wrong????????????

This song reminds of Toy Story for SNES.

baby now you're moving way too fast

you gotta give me little lovin give me little lovin, *OW!* if you want our love to lassttt..

This remaster sucks. Bring back the original recording.

The remaster doesn't suck. The original stereo master is what sucks.

@Landon Cooper Your opinion and mine.

Mono is better

1:38 "You say you want a Revolution..."

Lol! Very good! I got it!

grande lennon

EL MAS GRANDE

I love the song but the mastering is awful.

4 track recording isn't sufficient for stereo. The Beatles didn't actually record in stereo first until Abbey Road, where they had an 8-track recording. The 4-track originals were just remastered for stereo afterwards.
Even psychedelic-era tracks such as Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields and A Day in the Life, which demanded a stereo 8-track original, were first recorded in 4-track mono then double-tracked and remastered. The earlier albums and singles, pre Rubber Soul/ Rain-Paperback Writer, have very ropey stereo versions- I would stick to the mono originals as stereo was definitely an afterthought until they got equipment designed for a decent stereo recording, or were at least able to produce a sufficiently good stereo version.
Stereo wasn't really ready until 1967 or so, just as colour TV wasn't really perfected (under the PAL system) until ten years later and never under NTSC. It was the commercial interests that pushed for early adoption before all the teething issues were ironed out.

The Beatles we're all Larry Williams fans ESPECIALLY John !so this song and bad boy and dizzy miss Lizzie are the results!

To tell you the truth I may have never have never heard of Larry Williams if it wasn't for the Beatles. The Beatles gave him the ultimate compliment one artist could ever give to another. A bit like Albert Einstein popping his head over your shoulder to copy your maths homework......Larry, The Beatles, I salute you guys. Always!!

this is legendary

Nothing better than The Beatles!

@Vitor Leone - você está correto, estava irritado quando fiz o comentário!

@Stanley Burke no one's ever heard of them

@joe smith_axe Are you dumb nearly everyone born in the latter part of the 20th century will have least heard of The Jam/Weller even if they don't like/know the music. Im 18 ffs and nearly everyone I know at least knows the name

@Chris. Vervloet opinion only not fact.

@Chris. Vervloet No way dude,,,Your just getting nostalgic or somethin

Best non composed Beatles' release.

besides Matchbox, Kansas City, Chains, Mr Postman, Roll Over Beethoven, Act Naturally, Kansas City, Honey Dont, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, A Taste Of Honey, You Really Got A Hold On Me, My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean, or some others I cant remember ? Yeah, just may be.

@Linda Lesabre and "Words of Love", their cover of a Buddy Holly Song... there's also a lot of good stuff on Live at the BBC.

Bad Boy

I'm partial to Anna and Devil in Her Heart

Beatles were probably the best cover band of all time really

...what a voice
fabulous

This version is better than the Live at the BBC, in my book, because the BBC version was a start up and this one adds the raspberry John did in the song for their "Past Master's Vol. 1 Compilation.

Plus the piano adds to this version.

I respectfully disagree. The BBC version swings hard this one drags. Thank you Ringo.

a cool groove song

Released by Larry Williams in March 1958...Recorded by The Beatles on June 1, 1964...

SORRY BUT THE BEATLES BEING THE GREAT GROUP THAT THEY ARE ,,,SHOULD LEAVE THIS TO LARRY WILLIAMS ,,,,, THIS ONE WAS HIS

Larry Williams said he cried tears of joy when he first heard the Beatles cover his song.

This song could've been awesome, but it's way too sloppy, and the guitar solo sucks. They did it really well on the Live at the BBC album though!

The Mean Mister Mustard - you're not playing it loud enough. I always thought the guitar solo rocked out but I first heard it in 1964 so that's the context I judge it by.

Jeff Delaney I love the guitar solo, too. I've always thought George was an incredibly underrated guitarist.

@Chris Rednour How is it possible to be the lead guitarist of the most famous, most influential rock band in history... and be underrated?

In fact, in all comments I've seen on YouTube, the majority of people are showering George with praise. George is rated according to his abilities and accomplishments, and he was a fine musician. I think his problem in The Beatles was that he was always one of three guitarists, and one of them (Paul) was equally capable musically as well as technically, and I think that when you're fighting for the spotlight next to John and Paul, it's harder to stand out.

But let's not view the past with rose tinted goggles. George didn't always shine, and many of his leads, including this one in "Slow Down", were kind of stumbling, especially over such an energetic beat. But the way some people worship every note someone played has become symptomatic of YouTube comments; it's that fear of not being seen as a true fan, so people overcompensate. Not saying you do this, but I'm speaking more as a general observation.

YngtchieMusic I get what you're saying. I just think a lot of other guitarists of that era tend to get more praise than George. John even used to tell George they would "get Eric" to play his parts if he couldn't do it the way he wanted it. I think George maybe wasn't as flashy in his playing style as many of his contemporaries but, for me, he plays with more emotion than any of them, regardless of who was "technically" as good or better. That's just my opinion, though.

@Chris Rednour George's slide playing always knocks me out.

Easily their worst song. Yet, it's still better than a lot of other songs.

@Yolanda Jones
Worst? Don't Pass Me By.
Runners-up: Your Mother Should Know. Mr Moonlight. The Long and Winding Road. Obladi- oblada. Revolution 9 and Wild Honey Pie.

Oh, please... how old are you any way??!

@anonUK Don't Pass Me By for sure. Revolution NO.9, yuck, not even a song, they should have put Hey Jude on in it's place hahaha. but John insisted he and Yoko's crap be on the album. I bet producer George Martin was probably pretty much disgusted lol. Well it's all history now