Authors: Ken Bielen Ben Urich
“Oh I Apologize,” 116
version, 115
“Oh My Love,” 31
Mintz, Elliot, 99
“Oh Yoko,” 33, 49, 79
“Mirror, Mirror (On the Wall),”
“Old Dirt Road,” 58
89, 103
“Old Forgotten Soldier,” 56
“Money (That’s What I Want),” 14
The Old Grey Whistle Test
, 68
Monty Python’s Flying Circus, 2
Oldies but Goldies
, 55, 63, 64, 65, 97
Moon, Keith, 63
“One and One Is Two,” 3
“More Today than Yesterday,” 53
“One Day (At a Time),” 49–50, 65;
“Mother,” 18, 25;
Live in New York
Elton John version, 50, 64–65
City
version, 96
“One of the Boys,” 104
Index 185
One to One charity concerts, 45, 72,
“Power to the People,” 25, 34, 35,
95, 101, 105
52;
Live in New York City
version,
“Only People,” 52
95, 96
“Only You,” 64, 67
Presley, Elvis, 2, 35, 115
Ono, Yoko, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13,
Primal Scream therapy, 17
14–15, 18, 24–26, 31, 33, 34, 36,
Pussy Cats
, 55–56
37–42, 43, 45–46, 83, 93–94, 95,
96, 106, 111, 116, 117, 119–20;
Q
(magazine), 107
Approximately Infinite Universe
,
Quarry Men, 3
44; artistic influences on Lennon,
5, 6, 27, 31, 35, 44, 49, 58;
Double
“Radio Play,” 8
Fantasy
, 74–80;
Every Man Has a
“Rain,” 53
Woman
, 93;
Feeling the Space
, 47;
Ram
, 31, 74
Fly
, 34–35;
Heart Play
, 85;
Milk
Rarities
, 73–74
and Honey
, 85–92; and the word
“Rave On,” 79
“yes,” 48;
Yes, I’m a Witch
, 119–20;
“Ready Teddy,” 68
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
, 24–25
“Real Life,” 109
Onobox
(compilation box set), 106
“Real Love,” 91, 108, 109–10, 119;
“Open Your Box (Hirake),” 26, 35
Acoustic
version, 117;
Imagine:
“O’Sanity,” 86, 90
John Lennon
recording, 99
“Out the Blue,” 52, 60
Redding, Otis, 79
Oz
(periodical), 26
“Remember,” 21–22
“Remember Love,” 10
Pang, May, 60
Revere, Paul and the Raiders, 115
Past Masters Vol. 1
, 74
“Revolution,” 6, 9, 25, 37
Past Masters Vol. 2
, 74
“Revolution #9,” 13
Peanuts
(comic strip), 88
Richards, Keith, 4
Peel, David, 35–37
“Rip It Up,” 58, 68
“Peggy Sue,” 68, 101
Rishikesh, 19, 113
“Penny Lane,” 74
“The Rishi Kesh Song,” 113
Perkins, Carl, 101
Rivera, Geraldo, 95
“Peter the Dealer,” 44
Robertson, John, 43
“Philadelphia Freedom,” 84
Robinson, Alvin, 64
“Pill,” 103
Rockabilly, 2
“Plastic Beetle,” 107
“Rock and Roll People,” 97; Johnny
Plastic Ono Band, The, 9, 11,
Winter version, 54–55
12, 14, 15, 37, 95
“Rock Around the Clock,” 56
Plastic Ono Band
. See
John
“Rock Island Line,” 100
Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Rock Liberation Front, The, 36
Plastic Ono Mothers, 37
Rock ’N’ Roll
, 65–70
Plastic Ono Supergroup, 15, 42
Rolling Stone
(magazine), Lennon
Platters, The, 64
interviews, 23, 24, 85
Playboy
, 85
Rolling Stones, The, 4, 6, 7
Playground Psychotics
, 37, 43, 106
Rolling Stones Rock and Roll
“Please,” 29
Circus
, 7
“Please Please Me,” 29
“Roll over Beethoven,” 101
Poncia, Vini, 64
Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great
The Pope Smokes Dope
, 35–36
Rock and Roll Hits
, 66
“Power Boogie,” 40, 44
Rosie and the Originals, 98
186 Index
Rotogravure
, 117
Some Time in New York City
, 37–43
Roxy Music, 29
Sons of the Pioneers, 58
Spector, Phil, 25, 26, 27, 97, 98; and
“Sally and Billy,” 102
Rock ’N’ Roll
, 65–66
“Save the Last Dance for Me,” 56
Splinter, 26
“Scared,” 59–60, 62, 97;
Menlove
“Stand By Me,” 34, 63, 64, 66–67, 72,
Ave.
take, 98
84, 107
Schulz, Charles M., 88
Starr, Ringo, 18, 22, 35, 64, 72;
Screaming Trees, 115
108–10, 113; defense of “Imagine,”
“Sean’s Song,” 78
27; “I’m the Greatest,” 46– 47
“Send Me Some Lovin’,” 68–69
Stax, 76
“September Song,” 114
“Stay,” jam of, 81
“Serve Yourself,” 112, 113
“Steel and Glass,” 54, 61
“Sexy Sadie,” 19
“Steppin’ Out,” 115
Sessions
(proposed/bootleg Beatles
“Stepping Out,” 92.
See also
“I’m
album), 108
Stepping Out”
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
,
Stop and Smell the Roses
, 113
(album), 48
A Story
, 106
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
“Strawberry Fields Forever,” 13
Band” (song), 31
Strong, Barrett, 116
Shaved Fish,
72
Summer, Donna, 74
Shears, Billy, 46, 73
“Sunday Bloody Sunday,” 41
“She Hits Back,” 47, 70
“Sun King,” 18, 60
Sheridan, Tony, 62, 63, 69
Sun Records, 16
“She’s a Friend of Dorothy,” 102–3
Super 8, 115
“She’s a Woman,” comical jam of, 81
“Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird of
Shinoyama, Kishin, 75, 76
Paradox),” 60–61
Simon, Paul, 24
“Sweet Little Sixteen,” 68
“Since My Baby Left Me,” 56, 66, 69,
70, 98
Tea and Sympathy,
102
Sinclair, John, 41–42
“Tennessee,” 103
“Sisters, O Sisters,” 38, 39– 40;
“That’s All Right, Mama,” 48
Live in New York City
version, 95
Thirty Three & 1/3,
73
“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” 79
“This Boy,” 123
Skiffle, 100
“Three Legs,” 31
Skywriting by Word of Mouth
, 114,
Threetles, The (surviving Beatles
117
during
Beatles Anthology
), 108–10
“Sleepless Night,” 86, 88
“Tight A$,” 48– 49, 53, 61, 98
Slick, Earl, 70, 74
Tin Pan Alley, 2, 28
“Slippin’ and Slidin’,” 68
“Toilet Piece,” 35
Slits, The, 75
“To Know Her Is to Love Her,” 66,
Slow Train Coming
, 112
69, 98
“A Small Eternity with Yoko Ono,”
“Too Many Cooks,” 55
106
“Too Many People,” 31
Smith, George, 1
Toronto rock and roll festival, 10,
Smith, Jon, 86
14–15, 16, 42, 43, 44, 95, 105
Smothers, Tom, 9
“Touch Me,” 25, 26, 35
“Some Other Guy,” 115
“Twist and Shout,” 123, 124
“Something,” 12
“Two Minutes of Silence,” 8
Index 187
Two Sides of the Moon,
63
“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” 101
Two Virgins
, 6; album cover, 6
“Whole Lotta Yoko,” 7
“Why,” 24
“Unchained Melody,” 67
“Why Not,” 24
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
, 6
Williams, Tennessee, 103
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the
“Wind Ridge,” 44
Lions
, 7
Winter, Johnny, 54–55
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
“With a Little Help from My
(documentary), 119
Friends,” 46
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
“Woman,” 79, 83
(soundtrack), 119
“Woman Is the Nigger of the World,”
38–39, 45, 107, 116, 119;
The Dick
Vincent, Gene, 66, 75
Cavett Show
performance, 38;
Live
Voorman, Klaus, 22, 46–47, 111
in New York City
version, 95–96
“Woman Power,” 47
“Walking on Thin Ice,” 11, 35, 80, 83,
Wonsaponatime
, 115
86, 94, 106
“The Word,” 48
Walls and Bridges
, 56–63
“Working Class Hero,” 20–21, 107,
“Watching the Wheels,” 48, 78,
112; Elbow version, 107
103, 110;
Acoustic
version, 117
Working Class Hero
(tribute
Wedding Album
, 10–11; album
album), 115
cover, 11
Working Class Hero: The Definitive
“Well (Baby Please Don’t Go),” 43,
Lennon
(compilation album),
106, 111
118–19
“Well Well Well,” 22;
Live in
“World without Love,” 4
New York City
version, 96;
Super 8 version, 115
“Yang Yang,” 44
“We Love You,” 4
“Ya Ya,” 62–63, 69
“We’re All Water,” 42
“Yer Blues,” 7, 14, 15, 113
“We Shall Overcome,” 9
Yes, I’m a Witch
(album
)
, 119
Westwood One Radio Network, 99
“Yesterday,” 31
“What a Mess,” 44
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
, 12,
“Whatever Became Of…?,” 104
24–25, 35
“Whatever Gets You through the
“You Are Here,” 52, 53
Night,” 28, 57–58, 60; live
“You Can’t Catch Me,” 65, 68
version with Elton John, 84
“You Know My Name (Look Up
“What’s the New Mary Jane?,” 14
My Number),” 14, 75
“What You Got,” 58–59;
Acoustic
“Young Love,” 100
version, 117
“You’re Sixteen,” 64
“When We Was Fab,” 109
“You’re So Vain,” 56
White Album, 5, 6, 7, 11, 19, 38,
“You’re the One,” 86, 92
76, 78, 79, 81, 113; Lennon
“Your Hands,” 86, 90
post-Beatles songs originated
“You Saved My Soul,” 104
from, 23, 28
“Who Has Seen the Wind?,” 16
Zappa, Frank, 43, 106
About the Authors
BEN URISH has taught courses in Popular Music at Temple University, and has made
popular music a large component in classes on mass media and American cultural history
at Michigan State University.
KEN BIELEN has taught courses in Popular Music at Bowling Green State Univer-
sity and has researched and written extensively on the subject. He is the author of
The
Lyrics of Civility
(1999).