John Lennon & Elton John Rehearsal - I Saw Her Standing There
John Lennon & Elton John Rehearsal - I Saw Her Standing There
Bootleg audio recording of Elton and his band rehearsing with John Lennon in New York, just before the famous Madison Square Garden concert when Lennon came on stage as Elton's guest for three songs. We all know the story ......
When John Lennon was recording his "Walls and Bridges" album in 1974, he invited Elton to help him out on a couple of tracks - "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" and "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)". This was around the same time they also worked together on Elton's releases "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "One Day at a Time". Lennon said of Elton, I was amazed at his ability. A fine musician, great piano player. I was really pleasantly surprised at the way he could get in on such a loose track and add to it and keep up with the rhythm changes". As Elton and Lennon were enjoying themselves greatly during the recording session, Elton asked Lennon if he would do this song with him on stage. Lennon, who no longer performed live, joking
