Live Peace In Toronto Songs Ranked
Live Peace in Toronto 1969 is a live album by the Plastic Ono Band, released in December 1969 on Apple Records. Recorded at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, it was the first live album released by any member of the Beatles separately or together. John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono received a phone call from the festival’s promoters John Brower and Kenny Walker, and then assembled a band in a very short time to play at the festival, which was due to start the following day. The band included Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, and drummer Alan White. The group flew from London, and had brief unamplified rehearsals on the plane before appearing on the stage to perform several songs; one of which, “Cold Turkey”, was first performed live at the festival. After returning home, Lennon mixed the album in a day. Here are all of Live Peace In Toronto songs ranked.
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9. Give Peace a Chance
“Side 1 concludes with “Give Peace A Chance,” which is solid, if uninspiring. Lennon forgets many of the verse lyrics, but these were never the point of the song anyway. It should be mentioned that Yoko begins to add vocals starting with “Cold Turkey,” and on “Give Peace a Chance” but you don’t notice it really as it’s low in the mix.”
8. Yer Blues
“The highlight of the album is the song “Yer Blues” which was on the “White Album”. Lennon and fellow guitarist Eric Clapton had played this song together previously on the televised “Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus” and it shows, the performance is the most polished of the album.”
7. Money (That’s What I Want)
“As always Lennon’s vocals are sublime. The incendiary version of Money, especially, outstrips the ‘With the Beatles’ version. Listening to the concert will dispel the myth that he wasn’t much of a guitarist.”
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6. Introduction of the Band
“This CD is worth seeking out just to hear the spontaneity and charm of Side One. As hastily assembled and rawly executed as this concert (as well as the Plastic Ono Band itself) was, it has stood the test of time and became one of the rare great moments in rock history. Who could argue with the virtual “who’s who” of stars? (John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Alan White, Klaus Voormann) Side One was pretty cool!”
5. Blue Suede Shoes
“What I love the most about the album is that underneath the long hair, white suits, Baggism and the theatre surrounding John at the time, when the band launches into “Blue Suede Shoes”, the roots of John’s music come through all of that.”
4. Dizzy Miss Lizzie
“Lets hope that it wasn’t sour grapes from Yoko who oversaw those releases: her vocals from Dizzy Miss Lizzie onwards were buried in the mix by Lennon prior to the album’s original release in December 1969 (if you see the film, Yoko’s singing is much more prominent, notable in Yer Blues, which she ruins).”
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3. Cold Turkey
“John’s ode to heroin withdrawl “Cold Turkey”. The audience’s reaction to this song was understandably mixed which prompted John to tell the audience to “come on and wake up”.”
2. John, John (Let’s Hope for Peace)
“John, John, Let’s Hope For Peace” which features more of Yoko’s torturous howling accompanied by droning screeching guitar feedback from the instruments of Lennon, Clapton and Voorman along with White randomly making fills across his drum kit when he can. The show ends with Yoko bleating out a series of high-pitched screams while John Lennon and the rest of the band leave their instruments against their amplifiers before walking off the stage.”
1. Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)
“What follows is a full-throttle assault on the Toronto crowd beginning with the jamming “Don’t Worry Kyoko” in which Yoko cackles, wails and screams while the band jams on a repeated four-chord riff.”