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jez wrote:I think the Beatles were the best thing to happen to poular music, and have never been rivaled(not in diversity of music/lyrics, anyway). However, I have never seen Ono as an enemy. That's for fanatics. furthermore, it was probaly a blessing that they stopped when they did. Perhaps the Stones could have done with a 'Yoko Ono'...
As for singing ability, Bob Dylan has never been a great singer, but he is(was?) still a fucking (pardon my french) genius. Not that I'm comparing Ono's talent to Dylan's, but singing technique is not everything.Personally, I thought "Walking on thin ice" was pretty cool.
jez wrote:Dear BB,
As I said, I wasn't comparing Dylan's talent to Ono's. Do yourself a favour and read my posts before replying
As for Ono's antics(those she's accused of), they don't really make any difference to the fact, that the Beatles split up when and how they did. They started drifting apart before Ono met Lennon. I'm glad you still enjoy 'rocking' to the Stones, but I, for one am glad the Beatles didn't end up a bunch of ageing rockers(even if they did individually).
I don't defend pop stars or any kind of star, including Ono. However, I dislike fanatical blabberings
Fast forward to now, and "Hell in Paradise" is the latest vintage Ono track to be remixed for today's club culture. It follows in the footsteps of "Open Your Box," "Walking on Thin Ice" and others...The timing could not be better to revisit "Hell in Paradise." Consider the song's first verse: "This is hell in paradise/We're all asleep or paralyzed/Why are we scared to verbalize/Our multicolor dreams."...Now, consider the song's second verse: "When will we come to realize/We're all stoned or pacified/While the boogie men organize/Their multilevel schemes."
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Wholly confirmed are remixes of yet another Ono recording: "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him," which is culled from John Lennon (news) and Ono's 1980 album "Double Fantasy."...
For its new incarnation, Ono recut vocals in light of the current gay marriage debate. So, in addition to its original title, there is now "Every Man Has a Man Who Loves Him" and "Every Woman Has a Woman Who Loves Her" -- as well as "Every Woman Has a Man Who Loves Her."
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Labels take note: The track and its feisty remixes -- courtesy of Blow-Up, Basement Jaxx, Dave Aude, the Passengerz, Ralphi Rosario, DJ Vibe and Murk -- are currently without a label to call home.
"This is hell in paradise/We're all asleep or paralyzed/Why are we scared to verbalize/
yellowlightman wrote: She was nothing before she met Lennon
Sort of.Taro Toporific wrote:Looking just like John and Yoko...
The 72-year-old said she will sing Beatles songs solo for the first time at Friday's concert, something she felt both "embarrassed and thrilled" about.
The avant-garde Japanese artist, born to a wealthy Tokyo family and largely educated in the United States, has always enjoyed a wider following overseas than in Japan.
aljones15 wrote:she's also a decent artist, but her singing Beatles songs sounds pretty awfull. She's at her best when she yodeling with Thurston Moore and Ikue Mori or something like that, not skating on the thin ice of pop music.
peace,
a
AssKissinger wrote:I love her. She's done a lot for the growth of experimental music.
AssKissinger wrote:aljones15 wrote:she's also a decent artist, but her singing Beatles songs sounds pretty awfull. She's at her best when she yodeling with Thurston Moore and Ikue Mori or something like that, not skating on the thin ice of pop music.
peace,
a
Fair enough
IkemenTommy wrote:AssKissinger wrote:I love her. She's done a lot for the growth of experimental music.
She also destroyed the beatles and their great music.
AssKissinger wrote:I love her. She's done a lot for the growth of experimental music.
AssKissinger wrote:I'm a pretty big Yoko Ono fan and I get tired of seeing her vilified. She's actually a great artist herself. She is influential in the creation of Revolution # 9 which was a cornerstone in bridging avant-garde to pop music and bringing collage in sound and tape loops to the public's attention. Some of her coolest music is very obscure but indeed excellent. One example of this is her work with a band called the Tater Tots on the album Alien Sleastacks from Brazil.
She stays in New York even after her husband's murder and 9/11. God Bless Her! Plus she's 70 now and still looks pretty damn good.
Have you ever seen this thing where she had strangers from the audience come up and cut her clothes off with scissors? It's cool.
MYOB HSH!
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