| John Lennon performing "Imagine" [message #240299] |
So, 26 März 2006 19:48 |
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Found on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_xjw-l673UI
This is not the standard clip. Surprised that I've never seen this
before. Does anyone know the where and when of this performance?
Thanks,
-Kevbo
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| Re: John Lennon performing "Imagine" [message #240302 ] |
So, 26 März 2006 20:13 |
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Salute To Sir Lew Grade
April 18, 1975
NYC,NY
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| Re: John Lennon performing "Imagine" [message #240303 ] |
So, 26 März 2006 20:26 |
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> This is not the standard clip. Surprised that I've never seen this
> before. Does anyone know the where and when of this performance?
Thanks for the link! This clip is from a 1975 TV
tribute to British entertainment mogul Sir Lew Grade
(1906-1998).
In 1969, Grade scored one of the biggest coups of his
career when his production company (ATV) acquired 35
percent of Northern Songs, the publishing company
founded by his one-time client Dick James, which
included all but three of the Beatles' original songs.
At the time, Lennon & McCartney and the entire
Beatles organization were in disarray, in the midst of
serious business and personal disputes that culminated
in the collapse of their effort to keep Grade away from
ownership of their songs. Grade was not a favorite of
John Lennon's, who was then in the midst of his
anti-establishment, political theater period, and
regarded the cigar-chomping mogul as the worst kind of
fat-cat businessman.
By the mid-1970s, however, Lennon's outlook had
softened considerably, so much so that he appeared in
this televised tribute to Grade.
In the 1980s, Grade's ATV company was bought out by
Michael Jackson, giving MJ control of the Beatles'
songwriting catalog.
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| Re: John Lennon performing "Imagine" [message #240304 ] |
So, 26 März 2006 20:45 |
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I like the bit where he ad libs "Imagine no immigration" and one of the
establishment freaks in the audience shakes his head disapprovingly...
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| Re: John Lennon performing "Imagine" [message #240305 ] |
So, 26 März 2006 21:00 |
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In article <1143396832.086891.102330 [at] z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
mjr9194 [at] hotmail.com wrote:
> Salute To Sir Lew Grade
> April 18, 1975
> NYC,NY
Which would make this John Lennon's last live performance.
NOT the Thanksgiving Day show of 1974, with Elton John, which most think
of as the last one.
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| Re: John Lennon performing "Imagine" [message #240306 ] |
So, 26 März 2006 21:12 |
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He looks like Geddy Lee there
LOL
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| Re: John Lennon performing "Imagine" [message #240313 ] |
Mo, 27 März 2006 01:20 |
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The backing track is the original record (sans vocal) with new overdubs.
The vocal is live and so are the acoustic and electric guitars. Not sure of
the band members but the guitarist looks a little like Townshend. "BOMF" is
supposedly "Band of Mother Fuckers." They also did Slippin' and Slidin' and
Stand By Me.
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| Re: John Lennon performing "Imagine" [message #240314 ] |
Mo, 27 März 2006 01:27 |
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Very cool to see....sad though that he is gone.
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