Lennon DJs on NYC Radio 1974 (2/4)

John Lennon spins his own "I Call Your Name" and shares the origin of the blue-beat middle eight.

"For those people who like to know where licks and things come from, which I do because I'm always nicking little things myself..."

He introduces ELO's "Showdown" calling it, "a beautiful combination of 'Heard it Through the Grapevine' by Marvin Gay, and 'Lightning Strikes' by Lou Christie... With a little 'Walrus' underneath."

Spins tales of carousing with Harry Nilsson in L.A. while on a break from Yoko, and collaborating with Harry Nilsson while on a break from Phil Spector.

Lennon is in the WNEW-FM studios with May Pang and DJ and interviewer Dennis Elsas, in New York City on September 28, 1974.

Part 2 of 4

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[Chimbo65]

John sounds so happy here.

And nice to hear him mention Paul.

R.I.P John

[mikainen]

So you cut that blue-beat part out...

[MrDel000]

I loved this, amazing.. Any more?

[fattyramone]

Nice to hear some truly candid thoughts and musings from Lennon , supurb series of 4. , likewise i never knew this was even out there ..thanks

[chorn82]

More please!



[Mgarguemare]

I love the fact that he mentions Lou Christie having an influence on ELO; he's also mentioned before that Lou Christie was also one of his very own influences. Lou Christie being "THE BEST" Tenor Man, with a 3 octave vocal range.

[Lennononly]

Never heard before though knew it existed - thanks for sharing...Great stuff.

[akeel456]

This is wonderful. Lots of good information coming out of him. Thank you!