New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) Urish call this version "rousing" and claim it makes them wonder why the song was not released as a single at the time. "New York City" was edited down to a one-minute segment intended for use in the film "" for scenes in which Lennon and Ono were in New York City. The segment was included on a work print of the film from 11 February 1988 but was excluded from the final release of the film. Two acts associated with Lennon at the time of the song's release recorded related songs about Lennon and Ono around the same time.
John Lennon and returned to London. Lennon's debut solo album, "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" (1970), was received with praise by many music critics, but its highly personal lyrics and stark sound limited its commercial performance. Critic Greil Marcus remarked, "John's singing in the last verse of 'God' may be the finest in all of rock." The album featured the song "Mother", in which Lennon confronted his feelings of childhood rejection, and the Dylanesque "Working Class Hero", a bitter attack against the bourgeois social system which, due to the lyric "you're still fucking peasants", fell foul of broadcasters. The same year, Tariq Ali