Yoko Ono Sells John Lennon's "Real Love" to Department Store

by Bodog Beat Entertainment Buzz  |  November 13th, 2007

John Lennon

John Lennon's master recording of "Real Love" can now be heard in campy JC Penny commercials. (AP Images)

 

The widow of John Lennon has sold a number of Lennon items over the years — however, now a rare, acoustic home recording of "Real Love" has been sold as a Christmas song to JC Penny department stores.

The Beatles have had their songs licensed for commercials in the past, but have never have allowed master recordings out. The songs are always re-recorded. However, "Real Love" is not technically a Beatles song, but a Lennon song that was reworked by the surviving Beatles and included in their 1990's "Anthology."

Still, Beatles fans are up-in-arms over Ono's greed. The commercial began airing on Sunday night during ABC's "Brothers & Sisters."

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  1. Posted By Rick Springfield, strikes again.
    December 14th, 2007 at 2:45 pm

    Ugh. This truly is disgusting, particularly because it is indeed a "beautiful, haunting [version] at that." It has such a personal quality to it, and it just feels wrong listening to something he recorded as a demo (as a gift for Yoko, I believe), not really intended for pop consumption on a commercial. I just think of how this flies in the face of what John Lennon believed and sang about. It's hard to say what Mr. Lennon would be up to these days if he hadn't died so early in his life, but I highly doubt he'd be shilling for corporate America.