Happy Birthday to John

Just watched this short documentary of various points in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's life on UbuWeb. The first part takes place in an art gallery where the couple are celebrating the Master of the Fluxus movement designed by George Maciunas. Then it's off to Lennon's birthday celebration where fellow former Beatle Ringo Starr and photographer/artist Andy Warhol are in attendance. Then we're at Madison Square Garden where John and Yoko as well as Stevie Wonder are giving a concert. All that I just mentioned took place around 1972. Finally, we're at Central Park on December 8, 1980-the day Lennon was shot. People are gathering in crowds to celebrate the late Fab Four member who left us "Come Together" and "Imagine". The first two segments were scored with some bootleg recordings of John and Yoko with sometimes Ringo performing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hand" and something else I didn't recognize. The MSG footage just had someone playing drums heavily on the soundtrack while the final Central Park segment was just silent. One more thing, the whole thing had multi-cuts that kept things moving along. For the most part, I was pretty entertained though part of me wanted to hear some of the songs performed at the Garden. (even Yoko's!) On that note, I highly recommend Happy Birthday to John.