Live in New York City (John Lennon album) Elephant's Memory, who had served as Lennon and Ono's backing band on "Some Time in New York City". Although the material Lennon performed was largely drawn from his three most recent albums of the period ("John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", "Imagine" and "Some Time in New York City"), he also included in the setlist his Beatles hit "Come Together" and paid tribute to Elvis Presley with "Hound Dog" before leading the audience in a singalong of "Give Peace a Chance". "Come Together", originally in the key of D minor, was performed in E minor. Upon its early 1986 release, Ono was
John Lennon was your honeymoon, John?" The MC, known for his wordplay and affectionate but cutting remarks, was making a joke, but ten months had passed since Lennon's marriage, and the deferred honeymoon was still two months in the future. Lennon was drunk at the time and the matter was simple: "He called me a queer so I battered his bloody ribs in". Lennon delighted in mocking Epstein for his homosexuality and for the fact that he was Jewish. When Epstein invited suggestions for the title of his autobiography, Lennon offered "Queer Jew"; on learning of the eventual title, "A Cellarful of