An iconic artist John Lennon and the final song he played onstage

An iconic artist John Lennon and the final song he played onstage

‘I Saw Her Standing There’ – John Lennon

Up until the last days of his life, John Lennon had sworn off any kind of live concerts. He had already grown tired of them during his days with The Beatles, and he wasn’t about to subject himself to being a dancing puppet for the masses once he got his freedom and somewhat anonymity in New York City. He did get back onstage based on a dare from Elton John, though, and when he was given a superhero’s welcome at Madison Square Garden, he decided to throw things back to 1963 all over again.

Being true to his word to appear with John onstage after ‘Whatever Gets You Thru the Night’ hit number one, Lennon came out to perform his signature hit before announcing a song from ‘an old fiance of mine called Paul’. Considering that the Beatles had started to mend their relationships at this point, hearing Lennon channel his inner 20-year-old singing ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ is everything the crowd could have asked for, and then some.

And from there, Lennon lived the rest of his life on his own terms, bowing out for years to raise his son Sean before eventually returning to the studio for Double Fantasy before his tragic murder. There’s a lot of sadness that still coats Lennon’s passing, but given how enthusiastic he was about his old mate, who knows whether the Fab Four could have come together one last time had he lived to see the rest of the 1980s.