New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) David Peel, who is name checked in "New York City," recorded a companion piece, "The Ballad of New York City (John Lennon–Yoko Ono)" on his 1972 album "The Pope Smokes Dope", produced by Lennon and Ono. Elephant's Memory, who provided the backing music for "New York City," also recorded a companion song "Local Plastic Ono Band" on their 1972 album "Elephant's Memory", also produced by Lennon and Ono. Bielen and Urish claim that two other songs on the "Elephant's Memory" album, "Power Boogie" and "Liberation Special," are powerful rockers reminiscent of "New York City." Personal on the "Some Time in
John Lennon City Bar Association, where they announced the formation of the state of Nutopia; a place with "no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people". Waving the white flag of Nutopia (two handkerchiefs), they asked for political asylum in the US. The press conference was filmed, and appeared in 2006 documentary "The US vs. John Lennon". Lennon's "Mind Games" (1973) included the track "Nutopian International Anthem", which comprised three seconds of silence. Soon after the press conference, Nixon's involvement in a political scandal came to light, and in June the Watergate hearings began in Washington, DC. They led to the president's