Live In New York City es un álbum de John Lennon, publicado en 1986 por Parlophone. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «New York City», «It's So Hard», «Woman Is The Nigger Of The World» y «Well Well Well».
Sobre el álbum
"Live in New York City", un álbum en directo que enriquece la discografía de John Lennon, documenta una de sus pocas y más legendarias actuaciones en solitario tras la disolución de The Beatles. Grabado en 1972 en el Madison Square Garden durante el concierto benéfico "One to One", este disco captura a un John Lennon en su faceta más rockera y políticamente combativa.
El sonido del álbum es crudo y enérgico. Acompañado por la banda Elephant's Memory, Lennon ofrece interpretaciones potentes y directas de su repertorio de la época. El concierto está dominado por las canciones de su álbum "Sometime in New York City", con su fuerte carga de activismo y protesta.
El repertorio incluye clásicos como "Come Together" de The Beatles y, por supuesto, el himno "Give Peace a Chance", coreado por todo el público. La interpretación de Lennon es apasionada y llena de fuerza, demostrando su increíble carisma como artista de directo. Es un testimonio de su compromiso social.
"Live in New York City" es un documento histórico de un valor inmenso. Es el sonido de un artista que utiliza su plataforma para alzar la voz por las causas en las que cree, un trabajo que captura a la perfección el espíritu revolucionario de John Lennon y de una época convulsa.
Listado de Canciones
- New York City3:38
Letra
Standing on the corner Just me and yoko ono We was waiting for jerry to land Up come a man with the guitar in his hand Singing "have a marijuana if you can" His name was Davis Peel And we found that he was real He sangs"The pope smokes dope everyday" Up come a police man shoved us up the street Singin, "power to the people today!" NYC...NYC...NYC Que pasa Ny?...Que pasa NY? Well we went to max's Kansas City Got down the nitty gritty With the Elephants Memory Band Laid something down As the news spread around About the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band! Well we played some funky boogie And laid some tutti frutti Singing "Long tall sally's a man" Up come a preachman trying to be a teacher Singing "God's a red herring in grag!" NYC...NYC...NYC Que pasa Ny?...Que pasa NY? Well we did the Staten Island Ferry Making movies for the telly Played the fillmore and Apollo for freedom, Tried to shake our image Just a cycling through the village But found that we had left it back in london. Well nobody came to bug us, hustle ud or shove us so we decided to make it our home If the man wants to shove us out We gonna jump and shout The Statue of Liberty said, "come!" NYC...NYC...NYC Que pasa Ny?...Que pasa NY? NYC down in the village What a bad-ass city! Que pasa Ny?...Que pasa NY? - It's So Hard3:18
Letra
you got to live you got to love you got to be somebody you got to shove but it's so hard, it's really hard sometimes i feel like going down you got to eat you got to drink you got to feel something you got to worry it's so hard, it's really hard sometimes i feel like going down but when it's good it's oh so good and when i hold you in arms baby sometimes i feel like going down you got to run you got to hide you got to keep your woman satisfied but it's so hard, it's really hard sometimes i feel like going down - Woman Is The Nigger Of The World5:30
Letra
Woman is the nigger of the world Yes she is...think about it Woman is the nigger of the world Think about it...do something about it We make her paint her face and dance If she won't be slave, we say that she don't love us If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man While putting her down we pretend that she is above us Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is If you don't belive me take a look to the one you're with Woman is the slaves of the slaves Ah yeah...better screem about it We make her bear and raise our children And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen We tell her home is the only place she would be Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is If you don't belive me take a look to the one you're with Woman is the slaves of the slaves Yeah (think about it) We insult her everyday on TV And wonder why she has no guts or confidence When she's young we kill her will to be free While telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is If you don't belive me take a look to the one you're with Woman is the slaves of the slaves Yes she is...if you belive me, you better screem about it. [Repeat:] We make her paint her face and dance We make her paint her face and dance We make her paint her face and dance - Well Well Well3:50
Letra
I took my loved one out to dinner So we could get a bite to eat And though we both had been much thinner She looked so beautiful I could eat her Well Well Well Oh Well We sat and talked of revolution just like to librals in the sun we talked of womens liberation and how the hell we could get thing done Well Well Well Oh Well I took my loved one to a big field So we could watch the english sky Were both feeling guilty And neither one of us knew just why Well Well Well Oh Well - Instant Karma (We All Shine On)3:40
Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna knock you right on the head You better get yourself together Pretty soon you're gonna be dead What in the world you thinking of Laughing in the face of love What on earth you tryin' to do It's up to you, yeah you Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna look you right in the face Better get yourself together darlin' Join the human race How in the world you gonna see Laughin' at fools like me Who in the hell d'you think you are A super star Well, right you are Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Ev'ryone come on Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna knock you off your feet Better recognize your brothers Ev'ryone you meet Why in the world are we here Surely not to live in pain and fear Why on earth are you there When you're ev'rywhere Come and get your share Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Yeah we all shine on Come on and on and on on on Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Yeah we all shine on On and on and on on and on Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Yeah we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun - Mother4:59
Mother, you had me but I never had you I wanted you, you didn't want me So I, I just gotta tell you Goodbye, goodbye Father, you left me but I never left you I needed you, you didn't need me So I, I just gotta tell you Goodbye, goodbye Children, don't do what I have done I couldn't walk and I tried to run So I, I just gotta tell you Goodbye, goodbye [4x] Mamma, don't go Daddy, come home - Come Together4:20
Letra
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller He got hair down to his knee Got to be a joker he just do what he please He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me He bag production he got walrus gumboot He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knee Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease Come together right now over me He roller-coaster he got early warning He got muddy water he one mojo filter He say "One and one and one is three" Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see Come together right now over me - Imagine3:17
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today... Aha-ah... Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Living life in peace... You... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one - Cold Turkey5:29
Letra
Temperature's rising Fever is high Can't see no future Can't see no sky My feet are so heavy So is my head I wish I was a baby I wish I was dead Cold turkey has got me on the run My body is aching Goose-pimple bone Can't see no body Leave me alone My eyes are wide open Can't get to sleep One thing I'm sure of I'm in at the deep freeze Cold turkey has got me on the run Cold turkey has got me on the run Thirty-six hours Rolling in pain Praying to someone Free me again Oh I'll be a good boy Please make me well I promise you anything Get me out of this hell Cold turkey has got me on the run Oh, oh, oh, oh - Hound Dog3:10
Letra
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't never caught a rabbit And you ain't no friend of mine Well, they said that you was high classed That was just a lie Well, they said that you was high classed That was just a lie You ain't never caught no rabbit You ain't no friend of mine You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't never caught no rabbit You ain't no friend of mine You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't nothin' but hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't never caught a rabbit You ain't no friend of mine Well, they said that you was high classed Well, that's just a lie Well, they said that you was high classed, babe You know it's a lie You ain't never caught no rabbit You ain't no friend of mine You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't never caught no rabbit You ain't no friend of mine - Give Peace A Chance0:59
Two, one two three four Ev'rybody's talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m. All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance C'mon Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers, Sinisters, Banisters and canisters Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes, And bye bye, bye byes. All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance Let me tell you now Ev'rybody's talking about Revolution, evolution, masturbation, Flagellation, regulation, integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations. Ev'rybody's talking about John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare, Hare Krishna