John Lennon & Elton John LIVE - I Saw Her Standing There

[joraca267]

what a great version of a classic song, it's almost equal in size

[corbinamondo]

I think Lennons Fiance jab at McCartney was both an act of bashing and of love, cos even tho they werent getting along they were still mates in those good ol' days

[MiamiS1lvio]

I was lucky enough to be at this show. Sat in the first row of the blue seats right above the stage. This song, not I Wanna Hold Your Hand, is what got me hooked on the Beatles in '63. To hear John sing this song LIVE is still the greatest concert experience I've ever had. Miss you John!

[santhros]

@MiamiS1lvio Silvio, How lucky!!! I would pay whatever to be then and there..

[lyonslaforet]

@MiamiS1lvio You're very lucky! As far as I'm concerned,I saw Paul McCartney two months ago in Paris and he paid a tribute to his former friend by playing Give Peace A Chance among others.

[yalreetdeeyas]

Is it bad that I prefer this than the original?

[DiMoNico1981Swe]

This is when Dreams comes be true =).

[findemaxa13]

Elton John and John Lennon---what's not to like?

[BBQFanNo1]

I had the 45 disc of this. It was the flip side B of Philadelphia Freedom.

[findemaxa13]

At the end does he yell, John Lennon, I'm Back! ?

[Hendrucks]

@findemaxa13 More like, John Lennon! - Alright!

[los4menzos]

Actually, Lennon did sing in the choruses of this song along with Paul.

[fifiesponja07]

I just LOVE it how John calls Paul his "estranged fiancé" is that's not cute then I don't know what is xP

Lennon/McCartney ♥

[Brumerlover]

Amazing that John has been dead almost 31 years and the Beatles are still so successful. Hard to think of anyone, in the secular world, who has been as successful as these guys, with such a lasting influence. No one can touch 'em.

[Raikaage]

@Brumerlover Second hottest selling artist of this decade (2000-2010) were The Beatles. Isn't that amazing? It's been so many years since they ever made a new song and yet.

[tomorocko]

Love this. One of my favourite renditions :)

[Jimysalad]

So much fun

 hard to beat...

[Joeboken]

This song has great energy.

[newt0830]

first of all..for the record...

paul admits that john rewrote paul's original first stanza for this song...

Paul said that this song was like 70-30 him...

so for john to say this is an old soing by paul ...strange...

since john and paul co-sang this in concert...

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@newt0830 true first line re written

[4513kgh]

Great moment. No matter the state of their personal relationship over the years, John and Paul always respected each other's songs, and this little nod from John made a nice olive branch.

[123ThisIsMe]

Wonderful 'dynamics' ! I thoroughly enjoyed this !

Thanks for uploading :)

[SandyPrincessPatty]

This is great. ahhhh, i love John.

[wilsondylanmccartney]

I wish Elton wouldn't have sang and just let John sing it. That would've been really neat to hear :)

[kneapoe51]

@wilsondylanmccartney I HEARD THAT BROTHER!!........JOHN'S ROCKIN' IT OUT.......R.I.P. JOHN.

[franky1823]

this version is great, esta de la putamare jajajaj

[rudeger66]

Man, I used to own this 45...was the B-side to "Philadelphia Freedom"...I feel old lol

[THeMaskedBlogCritic]

@rudeger66 Thumbs up for that one! Me too! And you probably remember that little intro speech word for word too!

[rudeger66]

@THeMaskedBlogCritic You bet I do! I also remember, as time went by, that I got a little scratch on the other side, and it was right at the end of "Philadelphia Freedom"...so it went like this: "....(scratch)-delphia Freedom, don't ya know that I lo-o-o-ove you, yes I do (scratch) -delphia Freedom, don't ya know that I lo-o-o-ove you, yes I do (scratch) -delphia Freedom...." and on and on and on  lol

[sms23lvr]

Estranged fiance! lol XD

It's so interesting to hear John do one of Paul's.

[85napo]

EMOCIONANTE!!!!!!!!!!

[adrian5b]

haha he was like paul's couple at some time

[nickpost1]

Was at this concert at MSG. One of the best of all times. Elton reunited John with Yoko who was there

[jx14aby]

@nickpost1

Wow! What a night!

[jaidemm]

Why can I not find the actual LIVE performance?

[jeannie777]

I was at this concert with an 8mm camera...I do not have a clue what is on that spool that is sitting in my closet. I never watched it!! I guess if I have anything with Lennon on it, I might be rich?? I also brought my cassette recorder to this concert and have the entire concert on probably 4 different cassettes, but it actually sounds pretty good..especially the song Grimsby and the long version of Rocket Man

[patrick45sue]

@jeannie777 would be worth a fortune,if Yoko did not try and stop you....

[spikeshinizle123]

@jeannie777 You have to gat that film on the internet somehow! Please? haha

[jetmet21]

@jeannie777 You would have video of John Lennon's last public performance, I believe.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@jeannie777 This song became the b -side of the PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM 45, then another uk had 2 songs on the 45 rpm (i think), then the full soundboard show is avaliable as a free downloadable bootleg, various books have pictures from this show (with Bernie), and a cd re issue of Here and There has the show. Others have taken there tapes, digitized them and posted them online for others to download. yours may be interesting to hear from the audience point of view. there is more...

[jaidemm]

Wow. Lennon singing a Paul McCartney. Amazing.

[oscarstones]

GRANDE JOHN LENNON CARAJO !!!!!!

[geminis2100]

pase el tiempo que pase cuando la musica es buena siempre estara!!!!!!! EN NUESTRA MENTE Y EN NUESTROS OIDOS

[geminis2100]

pase el tiempo que pase cuando la musica es buena siempre estara!!!!!!!

[jsc1215]

Excellent teaming of two music legends.  RIP, John.

[ZoltanHOD]

A scorcher! Rusty as he was live, Lennon still belts this out. The reason for his appearance was that Elton bet him that Whatever Gets You Through The Night would be a number one in the US. Lennon didn't think it would be, and this was the forfeit - to appear live on stage with Elton. Well done Elton, you ought to have had a few more bets with Lennon ..... a fantastic night, shame there were only three numbers - I bet the crowd wished they would have gone on for another two hours .....

[DonARen1950]

"Saw" was always a nice rocker of Paul's. Must have been a hot number in the Cavern days!

[DonARen1950]

OK Beatle/John Fans: This song was the B-side to what A-side 45 rpm record? And when? Lots of comments, but EJ I believe was doing this song as a tribute during that tour, and it was a relatively easy rocker to work out with Lennon as a guest performer. It's loose, as intended. I tend to like the Beatles version better too.

[jaidemm]

@DonARen1950 Are you talking about the single released in 1963 with I Wanna Hold Your Hand on the A-side? Or an actual full album? Gotta admit, I know a ton about The Beatles and even more about John. Your quizzing question is a interesting one. :) I like it!

[DonARen1950]

@jaidemm Hah! This was flipside of "Philadelphia Freedom". I spent years in the 70's/early 80's "servicing" about 100 jukeboxes. I ordered hot 45's for each location. I became familiar with Billboard, along with record distributors out of Miami. "Philadelphia" went in "Pop" locations & motels. When I went to count the money though, I played "Saw". I liked the "Meet The Beatles" version best with its hard-driving bass & heavy beat. Early Cavern version good, but rough--Best on drums?

[omarengo]

the immense MCCARTNEY!!!

[martymartman59]

With the entire LENNON/McCartney catalog to choose from, this, a McCartney song, was chosen to perform.

"It" IS all about Walls & Bridges

[aarfeld]

Another estranged fiancee of his happened to be in the audience that night: Yoko Ono. Their reunion began shortly after this occasion.

[MegaObserver1]

John said "We did one of mine (Whatever Gets You Thru The Night) and one of Elton's (Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Elton's version had just been released as a single) so we needed a neutral one to finish the set. Elton wanted to do an old Beatles tune, and we both liked I Saw Her Standing There, so I thought 'why not?".

[deborahagrifoglio]

just awesome.... thanks for the great share...

Joe

[mizofan]

Great stuff! New Elton album The Union with Leon Russell is superb.

[mepmug01]

Just great!!! Thanks for posting and thanks Rob for sending!

[lunacsue]

My very first concert and I was able to witness musical history!

[TheThroney]

@lunacsue you are a very lucky person

[mattjackleroy]

I was at this concert. Great night. Seeing Lennon live on stage ( at what turned out to be his last stage appearance ever ) was really special. RIP John. As long as music is played, you will be remembered and loved.

[BALover4ever]

"And we thought we'd do a number of an old estranged finacé of mine called Paul..." awwww <3

[Eyalel5]

what a life they had back then

make living and perform songs you wrote when you were 20+

isn't that strange ... i don't know any profession you enjoy what you made on your 20's

I could be wrong ...

[manguy500]

my to fav johns!

[recidu]

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuu!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[ThePetsound]

really really cool

[marielapenn]

i love that he calls paul his old fiance. he always tended to talk about him like that, like they used to be a couple.

[Zeusdattilo]

@marielapenn

In a sense, we could say that if words have a meaning this means he really loved Paul a s a true friend as well as Paul loved John as he has been showing all these years...moreover around 74-75 they were close to be again together in studio...the point is that they weren't far from their breakup and John was always used to joke to protect his inner feelings...if he was still alive, who knows?

[mll1206]

The Elton John Band....memories!! had the pleasure of seeing Elton and the boys in concert in Tulsa the year after John was murdered.

[MsMadiMonster]

i didnt know that this much awesomeness could be contained in one video(:

[ffmarkm]

Lennon sings this far better than McCartney. The former had an edgier, more rock'n'roll voice than McCartney. For the same reason I would have loved to hear John sing Oh darlin'.

[MrJMD37]

Was this it? He never played live again? What a fu***ng shame!!!!!!!

[pianorman]

@MrJMD37: He performed live the following year (1975)...Concert for Lew Grade...it's on YouTube. He does "Slippin' and Slidin' ", plus "Imagine" (on guitar).

[ZoltanHOD]

@pianorman 'Slippin' and slidin' was an absolute screamer - even after all those years, Lennon nails his colours to the mast as an out-an-out solid gold rocker.

[MrNodzilla]

What ever gets you through the night is there best collaboration !

[jekk23]

Boogie man!

[nopathatall]

fooking awesome

[abogadopenalista]

Esta es la mejor version de esta cancion sin duda!

[dgp123dgp]

ha ha yes i love it

[jekk23]

YES! YES! YES!

[jekk23]

It's wonderful but it makes me sad in some way.

[MrJMD37]

@jekk23 Bigtime!!

[ralfcologne1000]

Why no VIDEO avayable

[Kernnee]

How did no-one have a fucking camera to record this? Ridiculous!

[pacmanmons]

elton, shhhhhhhhhh! lol

[Raknur44]

What does John exactly say about paul at the beggining???

[RonnieFriend]

John Lennon's whole talk:

Hi. I'd like to thank Elton and the boys for having me on tonight. We tried to think of a number to finish off with, so's I could get out of here and be sick. And we thought we'd do a number of an old estranged finacé of mine called Paul. This is one I never sang. It's an old Beatle number and we just about know it....

[Drewtazy]

@RonnieFriend Hey waht a great slide show! thanks for posting this.

[deadcorpse12]

@RonnieFriend what does finacé mean ? and does john despise paul ? :P

[RonnieFriend]

sorry, just misspelled the word fiancé.....

[aggremo]

@RonnieFriend John and Paul always had a complicated relationship to say the least, esp post-Beatles break-up in the early 70's where it reached it's zenith. This was because of a variety of reasons, most of them (arguably) bc of things Paul did, like releasing his first solo record before Let It Be was released against the agreement the Beatles had with each other, the lawsuits the other three Beatles had against Paul over financial and managerial matters, and John not liking Paul's solo work

[DrRobert909]

@aggremo - In all fairness to Paul, John Lennon performed live without the Beatles a few months before the announcement of the break-up. Read up on the history of the last days of The Beatles....John was not very cooperative at all. I love both John and Paul, neither one of them are without faults.

[YouToobTeenGang]

@deadcorpse12 John and Paul were actually on quite friendly terms at this point in time (1974), all of their legal disputes had been settles and Paul and Linda even came over to visit John and Yoko at the Dakota sometimes. John's wit just compelled him to refer to Paul as his "fiance" as a friendly jab at those who constantly asked him when the Beatles were going to get back together. His joke fits in the same vein as Yoko often jokingly referring to the other Beatles as the "In-Laws".

[djpiccalo]

One of my favourite tunes ever, John was excellent! Campaign for good music 2010

[bigeeezy]

so brilliant

[jx14aby]

How many guys were in Elton John's band?

[RonnieFriend]

Elton (piano)

Nigel Olsson (drums)

Dee Murray (bass)

Davey Johnstone (guitars)

Ray Cooper (percussion)

+ The Muscle Shoals Horns (4 guys)

+ JOHN LENNON!

[jx14aby]

Wow! Thanks so much.

I'd love to know what they thought of playing with John.

[jx14aby]

How many people on the planet can say they played "I Saw Her Standing There" with John Lennon?

[mawriz]

How I wish there was a video of this...

[FASTONE63]

DR.WINSTON O`BOOGIE AT HIS FINEST!!!

[amitstat]

Can you imagine how AWESOME it would have been to have John Lennon back on tour in 1980, had he not been assassinated?

I hear that he was thinking of renting the Pontiac Silverdome, in Michigan ? Would anyone care to comment on this topic?

[davesharon1]

Would've been cool to have John alive to do more music.  He might have even reformed the Beatles again. Who knows what would have happened.

[jx14aby]

@amitstat

Yes. It would have been awesome.

[VinylCentral]

0:57 i feel fine riff

[MegaMacTV]

@VinylCentral Indeed. Good ear!

[ahmedz912]

sharp listening..agreed! i feel fine at 0:57

[HORACECOPE2]

Well spotted, i've had this track for twenty odd years and never noticed that.

[jx14aby]

@VinylCentral

Wow!  Under the radar.

[pandapimpbabys]

0:33 i used that pic in a timeline i did for school on john lennon

[cathysoho]

I was at this concert. Me and 2 friends bribed a ticket taker with $3 ($1 each) and he let us in. It probably looked like a lot more than 3 singles to him. This was Thanksgiving night. This was also the time when Kiki Dee had that hit song with Elton John. They did that song together earlier in the show, but when John Lennon came on, we went crazy! Since we didn't have our own seats, we kept moving around, but it was a blast!

[ManfredDeJesus]

What song was it? Don't Go Breaking My Heart was 1976...this concert was 1974...

[tazzie03]

@cathysoho I was also at this show. The Kiki Dee Band indeed opened for Elton, but I believe her hit song at that time was "I've Got the Music In Me."

[jericho360]

Is there any video of this? Because it would be fantastic to see that video.

[tristianity4u]

I wish someone had brought a video camera to this show!

[Ihy744ppp]

there is some recreated footage from an biographal movie called Remembering John & Yoko.

[fatas412]

was the concert ever realsed on vinyl or just cd

[RonnieFriend]

4 tracks (Elton John & Band) were released as side 2 of the original vinyl version of Elton's album "Here and There" (side 1 was a concert in London). released in 1976. This track with John Lennon had actually been released first, as a B-Side to Elton' single in 1975 "Philadelphia Freedom." I bought it new then - and I still have that 7" vinyl 45! I used to play side two much more than side 1!

[igowaznik]

Best. B-side. Ever.

Best thing about that single, which is saying a lot.

[lakefloor]

@RonnieFriend LOL! Same here...I still have it also and I bought it for that reason!

[jodemi22]

lástima que no hay un vídeo de esto sería lo mejor

[abogadopenalista]

It seems that John Lennon was a person with many complexes or traumatized. It must have accustomed the public, on stage. He locked himself in a capsule, in his world, Yoko, and that was his undoing in the end. He had an enormous talent, I do not know if better than Paul McCartney, but certainly there would have been the Beatles or Paul McCartney of the Beatles without John Lennon

[giampaolovirgamusic]

amazing performance

[parrylynn]

A little gem lost for all time.  Still, all those years ago, only video cameras were in use and printed photos.

[selatik1]

Elton John upstaged by someone! Amazing. Is there any visual record of this concert?

[RonnieFriend]

I don't think so. I've never seen any, even in all the offical documentaries of Elton John & John Lennon. Because this was actually John Lennon's LAST live performance, I'm sure if there were a video of it, we would have seen it by now! Too bad, huh?

[uluslecom]

is there an album of the concert though?

[RonnieFriend]

Yes, the album is Elton John's "Here and There" - the double CD remastered version.

[sinewavefunction]

Thanks for posting this! This was the B-side to my Philadelphia Freedom 45 and one of the first songs I ever rocked out to.

[RonnieFriend]

Me, too! That's where I first heard this ... 1975! OMG!

[501W]

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