(The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection) Ben Urish, Ken Bielen-The Words and Music of John Lennon-Praeger (2007) (45 page)

Dakota (apartment house),

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 91

76, 78, 115, 123

Browning, Robert, 91

Daniels, Bebe, 25

Davis, Angela, 42

Cage, John, 8, 106

Davis, Jesse “Ed,” 60, 61

“Cambridge 1969,” 7;
Yes, I’m a

“Dear Delilah,” 4

Witch
version, 119–20

“Dear John,” 114

Candlebox, 115

“Dear Prudence,” 23, 79

Cantor, Eddie, 79

“Dear Yoko,” 79–80, 114;

Carlos, Bun E., 77

Acoustic
version, 117

Carpenter, Mary-Chapin, 92, 115

Decca, 3, 85, 98

Carroll, Lewis, 2

The Dick Cavett Show
, 38

Casablanca (record label), 74

Diddley, Bo, 43–44

Cavern Club, 115

Dirty Mac, The, 7

Central Park, 76, 94, 124

“Dizzy Miss Lizzie,” 14

“Central Park Stroll,” 80

Donegan, Lonnie, 100

A Chance Operation
, 106

“Don’t Be Scared,” 86, 89, 94

“A Change Is Gonna Come,” 79

“Don’t Worry Kyoko,” 13, 14, 15,

Cheap Trick, 77

35, 42

“Chicago Conspiracy,” 36

“Do the Oz,” 26

Index    181

Double Fantasy: A Heart Play
, 74–81;

“Georgia Stone,” 106

album cover, 75, 76; meaning of

Gilbert, W. S., 2

title, 75

“Girl,” 23

Douglas, Jack, 35, 74

“Give Ireland Back to the Irish,” 41

“Down By the Riverside,” 112

“Give Me Something,” 76

“Do You Want To Dance?,” 68

“Give Me Some Truth,” 30–31, 50, 119

“Dream Lover,” jam of, 81

“Give Peace a Chance,” 8–10, 12,

“Drive My Car,” 61

13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 26, 30, 33,

Dupont, Maurice, 114

34, 72, 84;
Live in New York City

Dylan, Bob, 8, 20, 23, 112, 117

version, 96

“Glass Onion,” 2

“Early 1970,” 46

“God,” 20, 23–24, 39, 119;
Acoustic

Ebony
(magazine), 38

version, 116–17

Elastic Oz Band, The, 26

“God Save Oz,” 26

Elbow, 107

“God Save Us,” 26, 33

Elephant’s Memory
(album), 43– 44

“Going Down on Love,” 57

Elephant’s Memory (music group),

“Gone from This Place,” 103– 4

37, 39, 40, 43– 44;
Live in New York

“Good Night,” 11, 78

City
concert recording, 95–96

“Goodnight Vienna,” 64

Elliot, Bill, 26

“Good Rockin’ Tonight,” 8

“Emotional Wreck,” 104

Goons, The, 2

Entwistle, John, 55

Gordon, Jim, 111

Epstein, Brian, 5

“Gotta Serve Somebody,” 112

“Everybody’s Smoking Marijuana,” 36

Grade, Sir Lew, 27

“Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves

Grammy Award, 81

Him,” 80; John Lennon version, 92,

Grapefruit
(book), 42

93, 105, 118

Grapefruit (music group), 4

“The Great Wok,” 114

“Fame,” 70

“Greenfield Morning,” 25

The Family Way,
12

Greenidge, Robert, 78

Fanny, 70

“Grow Old with Me,” 86, 91–92, 103;

Farrow, Mia, 103

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Farrow, Prudence, 103

version, 92, 115

Feeling the Space
, 47

Flaming Lips, The, 115, 119

Hagen, Nina, 75

Fluxus, 7, 8

Hamburg, Germany, 62, 115

Fly
, 34–35

Hamlin, Rose, 98

“Fool on the Hill,” 21

“Happiness Is a Warm Gun,” 38

“(Forgive Me) My Little Flower

“Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” 33–34,

Princess,” 90–91, 116

43, 93

Formby, George, 2, 100, 109

“Hard Times Are Over,” 80

Fourmost, The, 3

Harrison, George, 27, 28, 30, 31, 42,

Freberg, Stan, 10

46, 108–10, 119

“Free As a Bird,” 91, 108, 109, 110

Heart Play: An Unfinished

Dialogue,
85

Gabriel, Wayne, 44

Heart Play Trilogy
, 85

Geffen, David, 74–75

“Hello Little Girl,” 3, 85

Geffen Records, 74

Help!
(film), 5, 94

George Harrison
, 73

“Help!” (song), 57

182    Index

“Help Me to Help Myself,” 80

“The Immigrant,” 123

“Her Blues,” 7

“I’m Moving On,” 75, 77, 89

“Here We Go Again,” 66, 97

“I’m Only Sleeping,” 59

“Her Majesty,” 62

“I’m So Tired,” 60

“Hey Bulldog,” 89

“I’m Stepping Out,” 87–88, 92, 109.

Hey Jude
(album), 16

See also
“Stepping Out”

“Hey Jude” (song), 6, 37, 78

“I’m the Greatest,” 46–47, 64, 73

“Hirake.”
See
“Open Your Box

“I’m Your Angel,” 79

(Hirake)”

“India, India,” 117–18

Hit Factory, The, 74

Indica Gallery, 48

Hoffman, Abbie, 9

“In My Life,” 63, 103

“Hokey Pokey,” 26

“Instant Karma! (We All Shine On),”

“Hold On,” 18, 32, 114

15–16, 25, 34, 48, 75, 116;
Live in

Holly, Buddy, 101

New York City
version, 96; musical

“Honky Cat,” 57

influence on, 115–116

Hopkins, Nicky, 28

Into the Sun
, 78

“Hound Dog,”
Live in New York City

“Intuition,” 51

version, 96

“I Promise,” 48

“House of the Rising Sun,” 18

“I Saw Her Standing There,” live

“How?,” 32

version with Elton John, 84

“How Do You Sleep?,” 31–32, 46, 61;

“Isolation,” 21, 32; musical influences

The U.S. vs. John Lennon
soundtrack

on, 116

version, 119

“It Happened,” 80, 84, 94

How I Won the War
, 5–6

“It’s All Too Much,” 120

“It’s Alright” (song), 93

“I Am the Walrus,” 2, 39, 60, 74

It’s Alright (I See Rainbows)

“I Apologize,” 21

(album), 94

“I Call Your Name,” 33

“It’s Real,” 61, 114, 116

“I Do Like To Be Beside the

“It’s So Hard,” 29;
Live in New York

Seaside,” 100

City
version, 95

“I Don’t Wanna Face It,” 88–89, 103

“I Wanna Be Your Man,” 4

“I Don’t Want to Be a Soldier,” 29–30

“I Want My Love to Rest

“I Don’t Want to Lose You,” 117, 118

Tonight,” 44

“If I Fell,” 75

“I Want You (She’s So Heavy),” 8, 12,

“I Found Out,” 18–20, 49

49, 75

“If You Want My Love,” 77

“I Watch Your Face,” 104

“I Know (I Know),” 52–53, 75, 80

“I Wish I Knew,” 44

Imagine
(album), 26–33

Imagine
(documentary), 98–99

Jagger, Mick, 55

“Imagine” (song), 27, 48;
Acoustic

Janov, Arthur, 17

version, 117;
Imagine: John Lennon

“Jealous Guy,” 28–29, 57, 84, 107, 116

recording, 98–99

Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon
,

Imagine: John Lennon
(soundtrack

45, 111

album), 98–99;
Live in New York

“Jessie’s Dream,” 6

City
version, 96

John, Elton, 57–58, 64–65

“I’m a Man,” 100

“John and Marsha,” 10

“I’m Crazy,” 103

“John and Yoko,” 94

“I’m in Love,” 3

John Dawson Winter III
, 55

“I’m Losing You,” 75, 77, 89, 118

“John Henry,” 100

Index    183

“John John (Let’s Hope for Peace),”

31, 56, 57, 58, 61, 65, 75, 76, 81,

11, 14–15

112, 113, 116; New York City, 36;

John Lennon Anthology
, 110–14

non-Beatles Lennon compositions

John Lennon Collection
(compilation

during Beatle years, 3– 4, 23, 28;

album), 84–85

Ono’s artistic influence on, 5, 6,

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
, 12, 13,

27, 31, 35, 44, 49, 58; primal

17–24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 39, 49, 57,

scream therapy, 17; reggae, 65,

59, 62, 77, 84, 96, 98, 101, 105,

68, 90; religion, 19, 23–24, 27,

111, 112, 114

112; rockabilly, 2; sampling of

John Lennon’s Jukebox
(album), 115–16

voice by Ono, 93–94; “You Can’t

John Lennon: The Musical,
117–18

Catch Me” lawsuit, 65–66.
See also

“John Sinclair,” 41–42, 51;
Acoustic

Beatles; Ono, Yoko

version, 117

Lennon, Julia, 1

“Julia,” 23, 79

Lennon, Julian, 78

“Just Because,” 69

Lennon, Sean, and “Beautiful Boy

“(Just Like) Starting Over,” 75, 76,

(Darling Boy),” 77–78

122; comical rehearsal take of, 81

Lennon Legend
(compilation album),

106–7

Keyes, Bobby, 25, 111

Lester, Richard, 5

King Crimson, 77

Let It Be
(album), 14, 16, 62

King Curtis (Ousley), 29, 30

“Let Me Count the Ways,” 86, 91

“A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (As Time Goes

Levin, Tony, 77

By),” 112

Levy, Morris, 65–66

“Kiss Kiss Kiss,” 75–76, 122

Lewis, Jerry, 111

“Kite Song,” 44

Lewis, Jerry Lee, 14, 101

Klein, Allen, 61

“Liberation Special,” 40, 44

“Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” 112

“Life Begins at 40,” 72, 73, 113

Kyoko, 34

Life with the Lyons
, 7

“Listen,” 75

“Leaning on a Lamppost,” 100

“Listen, the Snow Is Falling,” 34, 43

Lear, Edward, 2

Little Richard (Penniman), 14, 58

Leary, Timothy, 9

Little Willie John, 108

“Leave My Kitten Alone,” 108

Live at the BBC
, 108

Lennon
(compilation box set), 105–6

Live at the Hollywood Bowl
, 73

Lennon, Fred, 1

Live! At the Star Club
, 73

Lennon, John: bed-ins, 9, 10, 11, 30;

Live in New York City
, 95–96

comedic influences on, 2; dream

Live Jam
, 42– 43

imagery in songs, 59–60; drug

Live Peace in Toronto
, 14–15

arrest, 7, 45; frustrations with Paul

Liverpool Sound Collage
, 107

McCartney, 31–32, 46; guitar

“Local Plastic Ono Band,” 36, 40, 44

style, 6, 7, 20, 24, 83; immigration

The Long and Winding Road

issues, 45–46; literary influences on,

(documentary and anthology

2; lost weekend, 46, 54, 63, 96, 97;

project), 107

lyrical nonsense and wordplay, 2,

“Long Lost John,” 111

6, 10, 18, 20, 26, 29, 30, 49, 54,

“Look at Me,” 22–23

63, 64, 67, 69, 70, 97, 100, 113,

“Loop De Loop,” 56

114; MBE, 13; musical influences,

The Lost Lennon Tapes
, 71, 99–104

2; musical and lyrical quotes and

“Love,” 22, 48, 84, 107

references in work, 13, 16, 21, 25,

“Love Is All Around,” 33

184    Index

“Love Me Do,” 11

Mothers of Invention, The, 37, 111

“The Luck of the Irish,” 41;
Acoustic

“Move on Fast,” 44

version, 117

“Move over Ms. L,” 26, 34, 63, 67,

“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” 2,

85, 89, 105, 107, 118

60, 65; Elton John studio version,

“Moving On,” 92

50, 64–65, 70; live version with

Mr. Holland’s Opus
, 77

Elton John, 84

“Mr. Hyde’s Gone (Don’t Be Afraid),”

“Lullaby,” 4

113–14

Lynne, Jeff, 108–9

“Mrs. Lennon,” 35

Lyons, Ben, 7

“Mt. Elga,” 55, 56

“Mucho Mungo,” 55, 56

“Made Up,” 107

Music Hall tradition, 2, 100, 114

“Maggie Mae,” 62

“My Mummy’s Dead,” 24, 116

Magical Mystery Tour
(album and film),

“My Old Man’s a Dustman,” 100

6, 39

“My Sweet Lord,” 34

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 19, 113

“Making Whoopee,” 79

National Academy of Recording

“Many Rivers to Cross,” 56, 60

Arts and Sciences, 81

Martin, George, 92

“Never Say Goodbye,” 11, 94

“Matchbox,” 101

Newmark, Andy, 74

“Maybe Baby,” 101

“New York City,” 36, 40, 44, 45, 118;

McCartney, Paul, 3, 4, 8, 28, 46–47,

Live in New York City
version, 95

107, 108–10; references in

Nielsen, Rick, 77

“How Do You Sleep?,” 31–32

Nilsson, Harry, 55–56, 58

McCracken, Hugh, 74

Nixon, Richard, 30

“Meat City,” 53–54, 61

“No Bed for Beatle John,” 7, 8, 106

Melcher, Terry, 4

“Nobody Loves You (When You’re

“Memories,” 103

Down and Out),” 61, 62, 97;

Menlove Ave.
, 96–98

Menlove Ave.
take, 98

“Men, Men, Men,” 47

“Nobody Told Me,” 67, 89–90;

Midler, Bette, 68

Flaming Lips version, 115, 119

“Midsummer New York,” 35

“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has

The Mike Douglas Show
, 45

Flown),” 75

Milk and Honey: A Heart Play
,

“Now or Never,” 93

85–92; bonus cuts, 92

“#9 Dream,” 56, 59–60

Millington, Jean, 70

Nutopia, 51

Mind Games
(album), 47–54

“Nutopian International Anthem,” 51

“Mind Games” (song), 47– 48,

78, 111; George Clinton