Thursday, September 14, 2006

You prob'ly think this song is about you, part 3












When JOHN and YOKO first settled in New York, one of the folks they hooked up with was hippie folk-singer DAVID PEEL, who had released the classic 1968 LP "Have A Marijuana".

So John and Yoko produced his 1972 "The Pope Smokes Dope" LP, released on Apple Records, and Peel got mentioned in John's song "New York City" on the "Sometime In New York City" LP.

One of the songs on "The Pope Smokes Dope" was about John and Yoko coming to New York:

"John Lennon, Yoko Ono /
New York City are your people /
John Lennon, Yoko Ono /
New York City is your friend...."

And another was about Bob Dylan:

"Who was not afraid to sing and write about the poor /
Bob Dylan /
Who was not afraid to sing and write against the war /
Bob Dylan...."

And here they are:

THE BALLAD OF NEW YORK CITY - JOHN LENNON / YOKO ONO

THE BALLAD OF BOB DYLAN

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