
Come Together
1969 · From Abbey Road
Lennon started it as a campaign song for Timothy Leary, then Ringo muffled his drums with tea towels.
★ 8.7

Lennon started it as a campaign song for Timothy Leary, then Ringo muffled his drums with tea towels.
Beamed live to 400 million on the first global satellite link, opening on La Marseillaise, its coda quoting Bach.

Strummer expected roots rebellion at an all-night Palais reggae bill, got showbiz, and slipped reggae bass into punk.

A wallet lost in a New York cab sent the group to Hair; Bones Howe spliced two songs into one.

Del Rey wrote it with Lou Reed in mind, then sang the Brooklyn hipster caricature straight, deadpan and unbothered.