• Lennon Vs. Townshend on Abbie Hoffman

    From Norbert@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 11 12:28:33 2024
    Guided by Ono, Lennon embraced the figures and the causes of the Yippie movement i the early 70s. This phase of Lennon's life and work peaked
    with the wretched Sometime In New York City album, for which Lennon
    recruited the unwashed, dope-fried and musically inept Elephant's Memory
    band as sidemen. Lennon's songs on this album reflect the causes of
    Abbie Hoffman, who was particularly up in arms over John Sinclair's imprisonment for marijuana possession.

    Lennon's attitude contrasted with that of Pete Townshend of the Who. In
    the middle of the Who's set at Woodstock, Abbie Hoffman invaded the
    stage and wailed into the microphone his objection to John Sinclair's imprisonment. Before he could say much more Townshend struck Hoffman
    with his guitar (that unfortunate Gibson SG really took a beating) and
    kicked him in the ass, sending him flying. "Get the f*ck off my f*cking stage," Townshend snarled. Hoffman ran away from the stage, and
    supposedly continued running for some distance.

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