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| View Larger Image | John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band: Live in Toronto '69 | DVDStarring: John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
Directed By: various
| List Price: | $14.98 | | Price: | $12.49 | | You Save: | $2.49 (17%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 56 minutes | | Format: | Color, DVD, Live, NTSC | | Studio: | Shout Factory | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | June 23, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 28,452th |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Blue Suede Shoes
- Track 2: Money
- Track 3: Dizzy Miss Lizzy
- Track 4: Yer Blues
- Track 5: Cold Turkey
- Track 6: Give Peace a Chance
- Track 7: Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)
- Track 8: John John (Let's Hope for Peace)
- Track 9: John, John (Let's Hope for Peace) - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Description
John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Live In Toronto ’69 is a rare look at one of the world’s most influential popular artists at a pivotal moment in his career. Filmed on the eve of the release of the Abbey Road LP — the last Beatles album to be recorded — this is the only performance ever caught on film of John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band. It had been three years since Lennon had performed onstage with The Beatles. Seemingly on a whim, John and wife Yoko Ono hopped on a plane with guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Klaus Voormann and drummer Alan White to travel to the Toronto Rock ’N’ Roll Revival festival showcasing some of Lennon’s early musical heroes — among them Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. As it turned out, Lennon and the newly formed Plastic Ono Band played an equally significant role that night in the history of rock ’n’ roll, as it is widely believed this concert foreshadowed the official end of The Beatles. Captured by Academy Award®–nominated director D.A. Pennebaker (The War Room, Don’t Look Back, Monterey Pop), this concert film serves as one of the great historical documents in the career and life of John Lennon. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 8 reviews)
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An absolute howler - check out Clapton by o dubhthaigh (north rustico, pei, canada)  2 Stars
September 15, 2009
If you have seen the video footage of The Beatles first appearance on Ed Sullivan, John has that unmistable stage fright look, like it's just dawned on him that tens of millions are watching him, that reminded me of Jackie Gleason in an episode of the Honeymooners when he and Norton were doing a cooking show. Paul and George are doing everything they can do not to laugh and George had the flu!
As Lennon walks out on stage in TO, it has obviously dawned on him that maybe breaking up with McCartney wasn't such a stroke of genius after all. That same panic is all over his face, and it is rather funny. But it gets better. Voorman and Clapton nearly steal the show. Voorman proves what a very loyal friend he was to Lennon for agreeing to go on stage with this material. It isn't that it is substandard, it's that it is so amateurishly prepared that in the entire range of karmic experiences, Lennon owes him big time for this. Voorman is not the melodic player McCartney is, and his Teutonic style actually presages a sort of krautrock aesthetic that had not yet been cultivated by guys like Holgar Czukay. Clapton has a look that seems to say, I gotta get off dope. No one in a sober state of mind would have agreed to this gig.
The reason? Yoko. It is unfair to demonize her entirely for the passive aggressibveness that fueled the split, but she helped, and without an ounce of talent to back it up. Here in this setting, she is a voice in search of a note, caterwauling from pitch to pitch, sure she can hit something, convinced this is ART done by artiste-te-te-tists as Michael Palin might intone. Is it? Well, the highlight of the film is when Clapton looks at the camera directly and rolls his eyes.
Indeed.
Next up for John and Yoko would be spending a week with Mike Douglas in Philly. McCartney, Harrison and even Ringo were preparing legitimate solo statements.
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ROCKING IN TORONTO by Joseph Randle (Oxford, MS.)  4 Stars
August 09, 2009
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS THE ONLY LIVE-IN-CONCERT DVD FROM LENNON'S SOLO CAREER. BUT THE 20 MINUTES OR SO THAT WE HAVE OF THIS PERFORMANCE AMOUNTS TO SOME OF THE HARDEST HITTING PERFORMANCES IN ROCK'S LONG HISTORY. I ONLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE YOKO SIDE, JUST CANNOT LISTEN TO HER SCREECHING VOCALS.
THE LENNON ESTATE NEEDS TO FOLLOW THIS WITH THE FIRST DVD APPEARANCE OF "LIVE IN NYC".
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Good performance, BAD sound mix by Philip A.Cohen (Bay Harbor Islands, Florida United States) 2 Stars
July 17, 2009
If you've heard the L.P. or (Remixed) CD of the album "Live Peace in Toronto 1969", then you know what to expect musically: 6 songs featuring John Lennon(hastily learned & rehearsed on an airplane flight from London) and an unusual 2nd half featuring Yoko Ono's avant-garde wailing backed by the group's jamming & guitar feedback.
Unfortunately, due to record company permission issues, this video program cannot use the mix heard on the 1969 L.P., or the even better remix which replaced it in the CD era. Instead, the filmmakers use the live soundmix that the audience heard. Alan White's drums are down too low, and Eric Clapton's fine lead guitar wanders in and out of audibility.
This disc is disappointing. Hopefully, someday, we'll get a DVD of this show with audio that does justice to the performances.
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"Well, we're only going to play numbers that we know..." by L. Cabos (planet earth)  3 Stars
July 03, 2009
When it is John Lennon with Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann and Alan White doing standards of old rock classics the thing is magic. Once Yoko Ono opens her mouth (which is half of it) it's like fingernails on a blackboard.
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A joy in every respect by M. Emery (MO, United States)  5 Stars
June 29, 2009
Shout Factory is to be thanked for releasing this wonderful documentary film of the Live Peace in Toronto LP on DVD. It opens with an interview with Yoko Ono at an art show of John's work in 1988 (the music in the gallery is "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young). The film turns to the rock 'n' roll revival artists the concert was arranged to display: Bo Diddley (the first part of his song is played as John and Yoko's limousine moves from the airport to the concert grounds), then the energetic Jerry Lee Lewis pounding on the piano, and finally Little Richard, who's a bit less over the top than usual. Then the sun is down and the Plastic Ono Band takes the stage: John and Yoko, as well as Eric Clapton on guitar, Klaus Voormann on bass, and Alan White on drums. Anyone who knows the album will recall the entire set, but it's great to see them playing live. The Plastic Ono Band's appearance was arranged quickly (according to Clapton's autobiography, John called him and asked, "What are you doing tonight?"), and John needs a crib sheet held by Yoko for the lyrics to "Cold Turkey," which had just been written. Fans of Yoko's will be pleased to know that she is fully represented on the DVD, with only the last few minutes of "John, John (Let's Hope for Peace)" cut off. Clapton's strongest guitar work is on Yoko's "Don't Worry Kyoko." John looks most assured singing a ferocious version of "Money" (a song whose lyrics contradict the values he espoused). Director D. A. Pennebaker offers a true film here, not just a video of the concert appearance. Length is 50 minutes.
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