John Lennon - 1972-02-16 - Philadelphia PA (TV SBD)

John Lennon
1972-02-16
Mike Douglas Show
KYW-TV studios
Philadelphia PA
Soundboard Recording
320 Kbps
Artwork Included

01. Memphis, Tennessee*
02. Johnny b. Goode**

* Chuck Berry
** Chuck Berry & John Lennon

John Lennon - 1972-02-16 - Philadelphia PA (TV SBD)

John Lennon 1972 - #1:  The Mike Douglas show was a daytime talk show that originated in Cleveland and later moved to Philadelphia.  One of the unique features of the show is that each week, Douglas was joined by a gust co-host. And perhaps no co-hosts in the history of the show were more unique than John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who joined Doglas for 5 shows from February 14 to February 18, 1972.  let's just say that the audinece for the Mike Douglas show wasn't quite the same demographic as the one Johnand Yoko normally appealed to. But that was exactly the point, as Yoko explained in an interview - "There’s such a gap between the young generation and the old generation now. Because this is a show that really communicates more with the older generation, we wanted to reach our hands out to them and say, 'Don’t be afraid of us. And we shouldn’t be to hostile to you either. Let’s work it together, because we have to work it together.'"  In addition to that sentiment, John, who was the target of the Nixon administration,  was trying to downplay his radical image to help avoid deportation. This TV soundboard recording captures the 3rd day of John and Yoho's run on the show, on February 16, 1972, 47 years ago today, featuring John dueting with Chuck Berry on Memphis and Johnny B. Goode.  Download this one, then come back tomorrow morning for the 2nd half of this Same Tour, Different Show set.