New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) Ono's film "Clock", which was filmed in September 1971. That version relied more prominently on the "que pasa" lyrics than the final version. Lennon continued to expand the lyrics and make demo recordings of the song, including an acoustic version from late 1971 which was included on "John Lennon Anthology". The final version released on the album was recorded in 1972 with Elephant's Memory on the backing instruments. "New York City" is in some ways a sequel to "The Ballad of John and Yoko," a song Lennon wrote and performed with The Beatles. Like the earlier Beatles' song, "New York
John Lennon 1973. Lennon also contributed "I'm the Greatest" to Starr's album "Ringo" (1973), released the same month. An alternate take, from the same 1973 "Ringo" sessions, with Lennon providing a guide vocal, appears on "John Lennon Anthology". In early 1974, Lennon was drinking heavily and his alcohol-fuelled antics with Harry Nilsson made headlines. In March, two widely publicised incidents occurred at The Troubadour club. In the first incident, Lennon stuck an unused menstrual pad on his forehead and scuffled with a waitress. The second incident occurred two weeks later, when Lennon and Nilsson were ejected from the same club after heckling