Steel and Glass

"Steel and Glass"
Song by John Lennon
from the album Walls and Bridges
PublishedLennon Music/ATV Music
Released26 September 1974
RecordedJuly – August 1974
GenreRockFolk Rock[1]
Length4:37
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)John Lennon
Producer(s)John Lennon
Walls and Bridges track listing

"Steel and Glass" is a song written and performed by John Lennon, released on his 1974 album Walls and Bridges. A dark folk song,[2] it has been interpreted as an attack on Lennon's former business manager Allen Klein but others argue Lennon was in fact addressing the song to himself, in a similar fashion to the Beatles' track "Nowhere Man".[3][4]

The song contains a lick performed by violins and horns in the chorus that is reminiscent of Lennon's song "How Do You Sleep?", an attack on his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney.[3][5]

  1. ^ "Walls and Bridges by John Lennon | Classic Rock Review". 9 July 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Walls and Bridges by John Lennon | Classic Rock Review". 9 July 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference The_Beatles_Bible was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Deriso, Nick (6 October 2014). "John Lennon – Walls and Bridges: On Second Thought". Something Else!. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  5. ^ Gerson, Ben (21 November 1974). "John Lennon: Walls and Bridges". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 May 2017.