Episode 102- Toronto 1969 Part 2: Sweet Toronto with Dave Thurmaier

Glass Onion: On John Lennon

We complete our 2-part look at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival concert of September 1969 and the ‘white-suited apostle’ John Lennon’s involvement in it with the highly flexible Plastic Ono Band. Following ‘Revival ‘69’, Antony and Dave Thurmaier turn their attention to a 1971 film that should be in every Lennon fan’s video collection, namely D.A. Pennebaker’s film ‘Sweet Toronto’.

Antony also reads some other articles and opinions about the event (Goldman despisers, please look away now) and gets Dave’s take on a few Lennon questions that used to be regularly tackled on Glass Onion, involving reality and also a parallel universe where John is still alive (and well?...).

As you listen, try to imagine an 80s and 90s where his presence is still active rather than being consumed by his legend, and Cobain gets or makes the call (Kurt plays The Beatles- see below)

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episode links

Sweet Toronto film (appropriately grainy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiSf0gY_X6k

Revival ’69 trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twSK2dycpB0

Alternative John Lennon performances of the songs from the Toronto set

(BBC 1963, Hollywood Bowl 1965, Rock and Roll Circus, Madison Square Garden, a Montreal hotel room)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kSnNyC3_So

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZkoXOHLxbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeFwaWFTGYU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPPW4MNZwQ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftE8vr0WNus

Yoko Ono’s Why (with graphics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_cwuRmjhsY

A Yoko pop album you should check out

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-lSeTHdHd7gyEmlAFe6WHeKftwUgkHGA

Rubber Soul film (comparison of Lennon 1970 and 1980 interviews)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB8Z1LRBmTA

Cold Turkey at the Lyceum isolated tracks (a song about pain!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLfQ0bplMv8

Kurt Cobain- And I Love Her

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBzA4shGmw8

Pennebaker and Dylan’s ‘Don’t Look Back’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNIQznF6NkQ