This is a terrific performance by Lennon, makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! "The Statue of Liberty said come" - right on bruv, a lot of people have probably forgotten what a hard time the USA authorities gave him in his quest for residency there. Yoko was a complete nonsense as a 'musician', as is clearly shown here!
I agree with the sentiments here. Lennon was my favorite Beatle and I like this solo effort the best. However, with that said, I can't stand Yoko Ono. She was and still is an irrelevant, insignificant, no talent piece of garbage. I never understood what Lennon saw in her and he why he had to impose her on the public. This was a great video, except for Yoko. She didn't belong there and has no business being on stage with great musicians. I really dislike that woman.
It's so sad Lennon never learned that the whole world didn't fall in love with his wife when he did. Sure would have prevented alot of hassle. Oh wait, there is someone else on this post besides Lennon who cared about her. FYI: Ono talented? If you will remember, one of Lennon's complaints was that, in the later years, Paul's songs were A-sides and his were B-sides. Gee, I wonder why? Lennon's songwriting was greatly impacted by Ono. Hence...B-sides.
@LashBridges well going by your logic, i guess yoko is to "blame" for julia, happiness is a warm gun, don't let me down, come together, because, everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey, across the universe, revolution, dear prudence, not to mention imagine, instant karma, etc. I would take that "impact" any day, wouldn't you? He was a genius with or without yoko and he was very happy with her.
Yeah and Yoko really knew how to play piano too..she wasn't faking it...although Im not really putting down Linda, they were both the loves of John and Pauls lives, whether people liked it or not. But I did gain a little respect for Yoko for being able to play :)
When I lived in NYC, I met David Peel. He was truly weird...and truly cool. There was no phoniness to him... We hung out across the street from the Dakota and sang songs with me and my girlfriend. He needed some money, so I gave him some, and in return, he gave me his little white guitar. That was very touching, but I gave it back to him a week or so later because he needed it and I didn't. I just told him to think peace to pay me back for the money...
i seriously think this might be the most bad ass lennon solo song i have heard. this version live is so much better than the studio one. gimme some truth, its so hard, and this one especially gives me chills
i respect your opinion, but i have to say the sax player is really good and makes lennon songs (which are already unbelievable) that much better. the sax compliments this song nicely. the drummer sucks though and it pisses me off they couldnt get a better drummer because lennon had probably a million ridicously good drummers he could of used
I am tired of pple making fun of Yoko, she's a very lovely & very TALENTED woman, and John loved her VERY much! So I respect that. I love John, and if you do, too, you'll love who he loves.
Exactly, we all know she is not a model, but that´s what´s great about it, he really love her for WHO SHE WAS, he really had bollocks and didn´t listened to what people said, he didn´t care, and that´s the way John was.. Plus, if it wasn´t for her, we wouldn´t have heard Lennon without the Beatles, he would have kept singing all that good music but meaningless from the Beatles.. Yoko gave him independence, Yoko stopped him from being a mediocre artist, Yoko turned him into a real artist..
@xx9dreamerxx I like yokos personality and John is just the freaking man however that being said i can't stand yoko on stage most of the time because she just makes annoying screaming noises during the middle of songs and if you if you can't hear that i would recommend getting your ears checked out, i'll give you an example, type in 'Chuck Berry and John Lennon - Johnny Be Good and you will understand the point i'm making :).
HURRAY! Yoko actually tries to contribute something to music rather than just standing on stage with incredibly talented people looking full of herself.
BlackieHugeHands: She was a performance artist way before she met John. Brave at that time for a woman and one of Asian decent as well. Who are you to judge her. She was the love of Johns life. You should respect that.
:D
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golozzito 1 month ago
John Lennon is bigger than jesus
ThePeunguinBand 1 month ago
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MrTambourineVT 1 month ago
BÚÉK 2012 ! KIP
kaplarimrepeterr 2 months ago in playlist JOHN LENNON
i love he he was the bigger musican and singer. It is a wonderful song and very good perfomance. we have lost you but your song remains forever...
mgiuliab 3 months ago
love john lennon but this performance its alright
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cacranb 5 months ago
oh dear yoko, what an annoying untalented cunt. her keyboard isn't plugged in anyway...
TobiasR84 6 months ago
@TobiasR84 that's mean :(
lennonsdoll 5 months ago
@lennonsdoll
but true...
AJL41382 4 months ago
The Rhythm Ace is HOT!
youcrazydiamond 6 months ago
0.42 jesus behind john?
CTCJakinator 7 months ago
This is a terrific performance by Lennon, makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! "The Statue of Liberty said come" - right on bruv, a lot of people have probably forgotten what a hard time the USA authorities gave him in his quest for residency there. Yoko was a complete nonsense as a 'musician', as is clearly shown here!
maltbeaver 8 months ago
I agree with the sentiments here. Lennon was my favorite Beatle and I like this solo effort the best. However, with that said, I can't stand Yoko Ono. She was and still is an irrelevant, insignificant, no talent piece of garbage. I never understood what Lennon saw in her and he why he had to impose her on the public. This was a great video, except for Yoko. She didn't belong there and has no business being on stage with great musicians. I really dislike that woman.
DominickFontana 8 months ago
my favorite john lennon song
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MrNAGAMASA 10 months ago
John Lennon had the best solo career outta all of em
jin256 11 months ago
The good thing is that all the keyboards played by Yoko are muted. The sound engineer knows his job...
georgelight 11 months ago
we hate yoko, JOHN IS THE BEST!!!!!!!
favd2002 1 year ago
Deine Musik bleibt!!!
AK68MK00MK02 1 year ago
The world is poor or may I say poorest without Lennon.
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torema13 1 year ago
Happy birthday John! I miss you!
tristianity4u 1 year ago
Happy 70th Birthday John Lennon!
Marshallsg 1 year ago
quando e crepato?
10RedFirefox10 1 year ago
great
elvisuk 1 year ago
What the fuck is wrong with this world when a man like this gets MURDERED at 40? Forget what we've missed out on, he had a 5 year old son!!!!
MrJMD37 1 year ago
☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
pinkfloydagin 1 year ago
Great tune!
LesPaulGoldTop21 1 year ago
Has this come out on DVD?
GCOLE2 1 year ago
Lennons work stands the test of time, that is the true test, not how high you go today on the back of a hype machine.
DrCreamFilms 1 year ago
It's so sad Lennon never learned that the whole world didn't fall in love with his wife when he did. Sure would have prevented alot of hassle. Oh wait, there is someone else on this post besides Lennon who cared about her. FYI: Ono talented? If you will remember, one of Lennon's complaints was that, in the later years, Paul's songs were A-sides and his were B-sides. Gee, I wonder why? Lennon's songwriting was greatly impacted by Ono. Hence...B-sides.
LashBridges 1 year ago
@LashBridges So Penny Lane was a better tune that Strawberry Fields? Yeah, right.
subg88 1 year ago
@LashBridges well going by your logic, i guess yoko is to "blame" for julia, happiness is a warm gun, don't let me down, come together, because, everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey, across the universe, revolution, dear prudence, not to mention imagine, instant karma, etc. I would take that "impact" any day, wouldn't you? He was a genius with or without yoko and he was very happy with her.
firmly6 1 year ago
great guatiar solo man great
joseph4gk 1 year ago
more like yoko oh no!
EcirpWehttam 2 years ago
It's true The Pope smokes dope everyday
koldkockrecords 2 years ago
What's this song's name?
BeatleKoudelka 2 years ago
its New York City lol thats the song
you might have confuse that it was live on New York since it is
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Urdead264 2 years ago
RIP John!
Wonka275 2 years ago
Que pasa New York!!
Yeahhh!
ChuckMary4 2 years ago
yoko fuck
adiPrene51 2 years ago
HAPPY BDAY JOHN
WE WILL MISS YOU
RickybLSD 2 years ago
we are missing him!
EcirpWehttam 2 years ago
What are the odds Yoko is actually playing here?
badtown88 2 years ago
One of my favorite John Lennon songs!
And he sang it liked he mean it!
RockMusicLover73 2 years ago 3
this song has the greatest lyrics ever there soo funny haha god bless him
SuperMuzzyman 2 years ago 2
John is awaaaaay better than Paul musically speaking. Ok Yoko is less attractive than Linda, but you have to compare their songs not their wifes!!!
rafedasi 2 years ago 3
Linda was no beauty queen either, lol
DayTripper12880 2 years ago
Yeah and Yoko really knew how to play piano too..she wasn't faking it...although Im not really putting down Linda, they were both the loves of John and Pauls lives, whether people liked it or not. But I did gain a little respect for Yoko for being able to play :)
THeMaskedBlogCritic 2 years ago
This sounds like a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band song.
You'd think he could work up a version of it (leave out the stuff about "standing on the corner with Yoko Ono" though).
jaystarstar 2 years ago
who i can buy this glasses??? says me a model and mark, Ray-Ban maybe????
Lion2004 2 years ago
Defiantly some cheap ones on ebay, But on that site you often find you get what you pay for, so they might not be any good from there.
dtrix92 2 years ago
When I lived in NYC, I met David Peel. He was truly weird...and truly cool. There was no phoniness to him... We hung out across the street from the Dakota and sang songs with me and my girlfriend. He needed some money, so I gave him some, and in return, he gave me his little white guitar. That was very touching, but I gave it back to him a week or so later because he needed it and I didn't. I just told him to think peace to pay me back for the money...
That was NYC in the 80s...
bckm54 2 years ago
One of Lennon's best solo songs, albeit relatively forgotten....love the "2-3-4!!!!!" intro here.
JLATL1973 2 years ago 2
i seriously think this might be the most bad ass lennon solo song i have heard. this version live is so much better than the studio one. gimme some truth, its so hard, and this one especially gives me chills
srgtpeppers6771 2 years ago
Paul was better. And Linda was marginally better looking that Yoko
shishkooler 2 years ago
you fucking muppet!
bigjimmyv 2 years ago
i might be wrong but does he miss a verse out of the song in this live version? :s
sure he misses out the middle verse and sings the last verse in its place
40JLennon80 3 years ago
Some country assbag ripped this song off for the song "Rasing McCain."
badtown88 3 years ago
i love how everyone isa like dancing around on set but john's (relativily) calm
Andree990 3 years ago
i hate this saxophone during every song in this concert
didirocksagain 3 years ago 2
yea man i agree 100%. i said the exact same comment on another video. you can't have saxophone on a song like well well well
JRR951 3 years ago
i respect your opinion, but i have to say the sax player is really good and makes lennon songs (which are already unbelievable) that much better. the sax compliments this song nicely. the drummer sucks though and it pisses me off they couldnt get a better drummer because lennon had probably a million ridicously good drummers he could of used
srgtpeppers6771 2 years ago
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yoko ono sucks hard..... did anyone seen she singing?
castrao 3 years ago
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Julian, John's first son is just as talented as his father. Not only are his looks strikingely similar, but his voice is to.
JshC77 3 years ago
A badass are you.
WiltatKansas 3 years ago
is that jesus playing on bass?
veroafca 4 years ago 6
nope, he's singing the lead
HabibTh 3 years ago
nope, that man singing lead is bigger then jesus
DMcGuinness 3 years ago 20
the person below me is right,if you love john you accept who he was and who he loved!
kevindoo2007 4 years ago
fair enough. so YOU TELL US who was he?
bazzacoy 3 years ago
I am tired of pple making fun of Yoko, she's a very lovely & very TALENTED woman, and John loved her VERY much! So I respect that. I love John, and if you do, too, you'll love who he loves.
xx9dreamerxx 4 years ago 32
Yer damn right. She is awesome!
barrensmusic 3 years ago
Exactly, we all know she is not a model, but that´s what´s great about it, he really love her for WHO SHE WAS, he really had bollocks and didn´t listened to what people said, he didn´t care, and that´s the way John was.. Plus, if it wasn´t for her, we wouldn´t have heard Lennon without the Beatles, he would have kept singing all that good music but meaningless from the Beatles.. Yoko gave him independence, Yoko stopped him from being a mediocre artist, Yoko turned him into a real artist..
rafarafa87 3 years ago 2
@xx9dreamerxx
BIG WORDS MEN i think the same! ;)
CarlosLennonMCartney 1 year ago
@xx9dreamerxx I like yokos personality and John is just the freaking man however that being said i can't stand yoko on stage most of the time because she just makes annoying screaming noises during the middle of songs and if you if you can't hear that i would recommend getting your ears checked out, i'll give you an example, type in 'Chuck Berry and John Lennon - Johnny Be Good and you will understand the point i'm making :).
ELIMINATORRRR 8 months ago
@xx9dreamerxx or we could all love everyone
Music100Quality 4 months ago
The best vocal of them all! Sadly, he never toured. The Beatles was John's band & don't ever forget it.
bewaremylove 4 years ago
HURRAY! Yoko actually tries to contribute something to music rather than just standing on stage with incredibly talented people looking full of herself.
ZEPLENNONMJHENDRIX 4 years ago
don't assume she's actually playing haha
badtown88 4 years ago
Thats a rock and roll tune right there!!!!
dkstryker 4 years ago 5
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I love John Lennon but that 1972 performance is not so good...
gbdinelli 4 years ago
I love johnie the rocker! whoa!
norashoda 4 years ago
Great Song!
Mark5610 4 years ago
yoko cant play anything cause she's not physically coordinated...she cant coordinate her brain either
lonelyspanish18 4 years ago
Is Yoko Ono even playing anything on the piano???
LSweet2007 4 years ago
yes chords to new york city. leave her alone lennon loved her and thats how it is
wassiwadi 4 years ago 2
Fuck her. At the end of the day she is a spoiled little rich girl. From birth to death
BlackieHugeHands 2 years ago
BlackieHugeHands: She was a performance artist way before she met John. Brave at that time for a woman and one of Asian decent as well. Who are you to judge her. She was the love of Johns life. You should respect that.
bluegreenmonkey 2 years ago 6
New York City - The Ballard of John and Yoko 2 - The Greatest
nickysilks 4 years ago 2