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
Hold On (John Lennon song) Hold On (John Lennon song) "Hold On" is a song from the album "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" by John Lennon. It features only vocals, tremolo guitar, drums, and bass guitar, typical of the sparse arrangements Lennon favoured at the time. On the 2000 reissue of "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", "Hold On" features a slightly longer introduction. The original version was restored on the 2010 reissue. Described as "the most upbeat song on ["Plastic Ono Band"]", the song's theme is emotional fragility, as the lyrics state that when you're alone in the world you just have to "hold on." Lennon tries