Happy 80th Yoko Ono, the woman who didn't destroy the Beatles, but did something else. http://wp.me/pgATL-1VE
Happy 80th Yoko Ono, the woman who didn't destroy the Beatles, but did something else. http://wp.me/pgATL-1VE
Happy birthday, Yoko! And thanks for saving John's life and weathering all the bullshit people threw at you.
Happy birthday, Yoko.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Yoko "Oh No!"
Happy Birthday Yoko.
Platypus, a modern prog/rock, hard/rock band from the late 90s/early 00s (Derek Sherinian, Ty Tabor, Rod Morgenstein, John Myung) recorded an album called "Ice Cycles" in 2000 (I think). They did this 10 minute, multi-sub titled jam called Partial To The Bean, and it had all this sub-sections titled "Yoko Ono","Yoko Two-No","Yoko Three-No",Yoko Again-o." I've always wondered if she knows about it, or if they (Platypus) had to ask for permission.
Happy birthday, Yoko! Everyone knows Paul broke up the Beatles, not you. Give me the strength to endure just a fraction of what you endured...
Now suddenly everybody likes her? This is somewhat ironic. I never hated her but she never did anything important. I'm kind of happy for her living so long, though.
Did you read the link? She was an accomplished artist before she met John, she practically gave birth to what became New Wave, and she has been a philanthropist and activist.
And, many, like myself, feel she saved John's life, as he stated numerous times.
Perhaps, none of that is important to you, but it might be to others.
Last edited by ronmac; 02-19-2013 at 09:23 PM.
^^^^^ I was at that show.....
...the night before. (Hampton Grease Band was on the bill).
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
I beg to differ. She got him hooked on heroin which could have killed him. As for her "art" it was nothing that anyone else couldn't have done. Would you have thought to get on stage and scream? Probably not because it would be too easy. And "practically invented what became New Wave"? That is the most shocking statement I have read here in days. I thought we all knew that new wave evolved out of punk and that John and Yoko were not even on the scene.
And finally, no I didn't look at the link. I tried to but it shut down my webtv system.
Not trying to insult Yoko. Just answering your comments.
Last edited by llanwydd; 02-20-2013 at 12:52 AM.
She gets a bad rap for the most part but I don't think she's without talent. I know I'll get criticized for saying that but really I don't think she's as bad as many make her out to be.
Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
Does it matter that this waste of time is what makes a life for you?
Nonsense. She did not get him hooked on heroin. In fact, there are reports that she was afraid he would get HER addicted. My point about New Wave was not that she was on the scene at the time, it was that she was doing what became New Wave years before the scene was even created. You're entitled to differ, but you're not entitled to your own facts.
Last edited by ronmac; 02-20-2013 at 08:17 AM.
Her art transcended what the Beatles were doing and gave John a glimpse at something bigger. Her admirers included others such as Ornette Coleman.
Misinterpretation on your part. The point was about a state of mind, perspective or greater purpose, with which I totally agree. Yoko's art was created to break down conventions and provoke people into thinking differently. Many times, the form got in the way, which was more a reflection of society's hang-ups. She was a bit ahead of her time.
Please post a youtube video of Yoko doing proto new wave. That's something I would love to see.
Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
From Wikipedia:
In early 1980, Lennon heard Lene Lovich and The B-52's' "Rock Lobster" in a nightclub, and it reminded him of Ono's musical sound. He took this as an indication that her sound had reached the mainstream. Indeed, many musicians, particularly those of the new wave movement, have paid tribute to Ono (both as an artist in her own right, and as a muse and iconic figure). For example, Elvis Costello recorded a version of Ono's song "Walking on Thin Ice," the B-52's who drew from her early recordings covered "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" (shortening the title to "Don't Worry") and Sonic Youth included a performance of Ono's early conceptual "Voice Piece for Soprano" in their experimental album SYR4: Goodbye 20th century.
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