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Post by stavros on Aug 12, 2011 17:00:51 GMT -5
This is from a TV Movie. But the soundtrack appears to be genuine. I am guessing this was John's last live appearance. Does anyone on here have any recollections of this? Or maybe you even got a ticket
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Post by mikev on Aug 12, 2011 19:46:44 GMT -5
This is from a TV Movie. But the soundtrack appears to be genuine. I am guessing this was John's last live appearance. Does anyone on here have any recollections of this? Or maybe you even got a ticket Nobody else is biting, so I will. When Elton John appeared on Whatever Gets You Through the Night- he told John if it went to no. 1 John would have to join him on stage. Of course the song (with no real sleeve or public credit that Elton John was dueting)hit no. 1 and on Thanksgiving Night 1974 John came on stage at Madison Square Garden in the middle of an Elton John concert and performed the hit single, Elton's hit single Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (also featuring John on the studio version) and Paul's I Saw Her Standing There. It was officially released as an EP in the early 80s, and appeared on only one Lennon collection and I think in various forms on Elton John releases. Only recently did some live film footage surface, but only of portions of the performance. Lennon's final performance before a live audience was at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on April 18, 1975, to perform on "A Salute to Sir Lew Grade", supported by Dog Soldier, where he performed Imagine, Stand By Me and Slippin and Slidin
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Post by stavros on Aug 13, 2011 17:55:44 GMT -5
Thanks mikev. That is an interesting post.
Although I have been a 2nd generation Beatle fan for many years it has taken a long time for me to catch up on the solo careers. I have almost collected every solo album now but there are these odd snippets like John's collaboration with Elton John that you have to dig a lot deeper to find. "Fame" with Bowie is also a track that seems to get little publicity these days.
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Post by coachbk on Aug 14, 2011 22:22:25 GMT -5
I think the live "I Saw Her Standing There" was first released as the B-side to "Philadelphia Freedom"
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Post by mikev on Aug 14, 2011 23:40:33 GMT -5
I think the live "I Saw Her Standing There" was first released as the B-side to "Philadelphia Freedom" correct- I have the 45.
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 15, 2011 12:56:12 GMT -5
This is from a TV Movie. But the soundtrack appears to be genuine. I am guessing this was John's last live appearance. Does anyone on here have any recollections of this? Or maybe you even got a ticket Lennon commented that he was shocked when he walked on stage at the overwhelming applause he got from the crowd. At the time Lennon's reputation was at an all-time low what with all the Lost Weekend shenanigans and the Kotex-on-the-forehead stuff, and he considered himself as being generally poorly recieved by the public at the time. So the wild approval he got from the fans was quite heart-warming to him. Yoko was also in the audience, and she said the crowd was making so much noise she thought the building was going to explode. They met briefly backstage after the show. And shortly after Yoko let him move back into the Dakota. And I loved Lennon's line when he introduced the song "I Saw Her Standing There" as one that was written by "an estranged former fiance I've mine named Paul" or something like that. When Elton and John were discussing what 3 songs to play during that set, Elton suggested "Imagine." Which Lennon wisely rejected. No one ever questioned Lennon's show biz instincts, or his ability to capure the moment.
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Post by sayne on Aug 15, 2011 22:29:24 GMT -5
Man that movie made John look like a dork, what with his running on stage, wearing that cape, arms wide, and that stupid grin. I wasn't there, but in the actual performance clip below, you will see that John not only did not run up like a dork, he did not kiss Elton, Elton was not wearing a hat, and John did not wear a "vampire" cape (maybe he did, but it is not in full bloom as it was in the movie clip).
Fast forward to about the 3:40 mark. Not a great clip, but it is a historical reference.
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Post by John S. Damm on Aug 15, 2011 22:31:45 GMT -5
I think the live "I Saw Her Standing There" was first released as the B-side to "Philadelphia Freedom" correct- I have the 45. I have the picture sleeve 45 which I bought for the A-Side. I wasn't quite a Beatles fan yet and I remember thinking the B-Side was ragged and didn't appreciate the Lennon appearance. I didn't know who's voice that was talking before the song. It was a year later I made the connection after becoming a fan and I felt I had a hidden treasure there!
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Post by acebackwords on Aug 17, 2011 12:57:54 GMT -5
You got to keep in mind, Lennon's appearance had been totally unexpected. The fans had already enjoyed a great concert -- Elton at the top of his game during the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" period. And then just when they thought the concert was about over Elton sort of announces "Oh and by the way we have this special guest this guy named John Lennon who used to be in this band called the Beatles." You can imagine the crowd going nuts at this stroke of good fortune. Talk about getting more bang for your buck.
And yeah, that was Lennon's last public performance.
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