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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 11:48 AM
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DU Beatle fans (of some age) help me out here.....


When I was a kid in the 70s, I LOVED the Beatles and paid attention to anything related to them. Here's the problem - I DISTINCTLY remember seeing John Lennon and his band (Plastic Ono?) play on television during primetime. I believe he sang either "Mind Games" or "Imagine." The memorable thing about the performance is that everyone (including John) in the band was wearing a mask on their heads backwards - as if they had two faces. It must have been around 1973-1975.

Does this ring a bell with anyone?
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 11:51 AM
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1. Ah, here it is. The Salute to Lew Grade.
Edited on Tue Mar-27-07 12:06 PM by XNASA
http://www.rockontour.net/s2slg.html

John Lennon did not make many stage appearances during his short solo career after departing The Beatles. However, Lennon's final performance before a live audience is largely forgotten today. Lennon appeared at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on April 18, 1975, to perform on "A Salute to Sir Lew Grade", supported by Dog Soldier.

On this television special, Lennon performed "Slipping and Sliding" and "Stand By Me", both from his latest release, and his most popular solo composition, "Imagine". He wore a unique 'two-faced' mask he had designed to project his true feelings of Sir Lew Grade. Sculptor Ruby Jackson created masks for Lennon and his backing unit especially for this television production.

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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 12:16 PM
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4. Bingo!

Just as I remembered. I knew I wasn't crazy!
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 12:18 PM
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5. an addendum

Wow, I saw Lennon's last live performance and REMEMBER it even though I was only in 4th grade.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 12:01 PM
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2. This?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-27-07 12:09 PM
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3. He also appeared on the Dick Cavet show as
a guest host for a whole week...

He played a couple of songs but no beatles or any of his more famous songs...

One the I remember was "I'm Proud to be a New York City Hippie...."
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