Authors: Ken Bielen Ben Urich
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