Fercho

suicideblonde: John Lennon and Elton John - I Saw Her Standing There (live in 1974) Thirty-three years ago, on Thanksgiving, John Lennon jumped up onto the stage at Madison Square Gardens to join his friend Elton John for, what it turned out to be, John Lennon’s last live performance. His parting song was I Saw Her Standing There, a song Paul McCartney always sang on stage with The Beatles. It all started when Lennon asked Elton John to sing back-up on his new album featuring the hit single Whatever Gets Your Through the Night. Elton agreed but made Lennon promise that if the album went to #1 Lennon would have to appear on stage with him in New York later that year. Of course, Lennon never thought it would even chart let alone go to Number 1. After all, he had made himself a pariah around the clubs in L.A. and New York after he split from Yoko Ono. His exploits with his entourage of drunken friends including Harry Nilsson and Keith Moon was legendary.To everyone’s surprise it became his first and only solo Number 1 hit (Imagine only made it to #2) so Lennon joined Elton for 3 songs at Madison Square Garden on November 28, 1974. This Thanksgiving concert was remarkable in another way. In the audience was Yoko, who surprised him backstage. This led to a reconciliation in early 1975 and Lennon retired from music for five years to become a full-time father.