ah, so THAT's why I never got the Wedding Album & Two Virgins!

I am a fan of Revolution 9, but I can only take this stuff so far

NDRU said:

aardvark15 said:

NDRU said:

ah, so THAT's why I never got the Wedding Album & Two Virgins!

I am a fan of Revolution 9, but I can only take this stuff so far

I kinda like Two Virgins. It's an interesting record if you can get pass Yoko. Can't stand the other experimental stuff he did other than this song which is by far Yoko's best vocal performance:

.. i love 2 virgins..... and that weird experimental shit she did:P

But i'm weirdo so

Gunsnhalen said:

aardvark15 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

.. i love 2 virgins..... and that weird experimental shit she did:P

But i'm weirdo so

Can't stand Yoko at all. BTW Guns how exactly do you handle 20 minutes of the same two words over and over again?

Once you listen to these & appreciate them(Well the Diamanda one at least ) Than you can listen to anything

LOL @ Two Minutes!! I've always been curious to hear Two Virgins, just not enough to buy it.

I am not a fan of her voice at all. I think she is interesting, and I don't hate her for breaking up the Beatles, but I would never buy one of her albums. However, I like this song okay.

Gunsnhalen said:

I'm a Yoko fan and have ALL her albums

Surprised?

NDRU said:

However, I like this song okay.

Come on

Everybody likes Walking on Thin Ice

PANDURITO said:

I'm a Yoko fan and have ALL her albums

Surprised?

me too! She is amazing. I'm really glad she's having so much success w/ the dance remixes in recent years.

PANDURITO said:

NDRU said:

However, I like this song okay.

Come on

Everybody likes Walking on Thin Ice

Is that right?

I actually had never heard it until now. I am familiar with Elvis Costello's cover of it, though, and it's not a bad song when sung by a good singer.

aardvark15 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Once you listen to these & appreciate them(Well the Diamanda one at least ) Than you can listen to anything

that last one makes Yoko sound like Whitney

Diamanda is a classically trained opera singer. She can actually sing her insane devil sounding ass off

NDRU said:

I am familiar with Elvis Costello's cover of it, though, and it's not a bad song when sung by a good singer.

Funny of ALL singers you should choose Elvis Costello

'Cause NO ONE has a problem with Costello's voice, right?

By the way, I have that version too. I didn't remember because it was on a bonus disk that I'm undusting in 3...2...1...

LOL.

Yoko Ono is my favorite artist, and John is one of my favorites, too, but I wish you hadn't posted this.. all it's going to do is confirm people's prejudices against Yoko. Believe it or not, she actually has made music that's more than just screaming or saying her husband's name for 20 minutes. If you could get past the fact that she can't really sing, I'd recommend checking out some of her solo albums. She is a very diverse artist, and she's almost guaranteed to have something you like, if you can tolerate her singing.

btw, as the 'experimental' albums go, Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions is a lot better than Two Virgins or Wedding Album, imo..

Yoko's music has been covered by many different artists.. here's a few of my favorite Yoko songs sung by other artists..

Harry Nilsson - Silver Horse

Iggy Pop - I'm Going Away Smiling

Rosanne Cash - Nobody Sees Me Like You Do

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Gunsnhalen said:

Diamanda is a classically trained opera singer. She can actually sing her insane devil sounding ass off

Thanks for mentioning her in that 'albums with no weak songs' thread.. I'd never heard of her before, but I checked out some of her stuff and I loved it.

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PANDURITO said:

NDRU said:

I am familiar with Elvis Costello's cover of it, though, and it's not a bad song when sung by a good singer.

Funny of ALL singers you should choose Elvis Costello

'Cause NO ONE has a problem with Costello's voice, right?

By the way, I have that version too. I didn't remember because it was on a bonus disk that I'm undusting in 3...2...1...

fair enough, though I said "good singer" not "nice voice"

CrabalockerFishwife said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Diamanda is a classically trained opera singer. She can actually sing her insane devil sounding ass off

Thanks for mentioning her in that 'albums with no weak songs' thread.. I'd never heard of her before, but I checked out some of her stuff and I loved it.

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Of course! glad you like it.

What songs/albums did you like?

CrabalockerFishwife said:

LOL.

Yoko Ono is my favorite artist, and John is one of my favorites, too, but I wish you hadn't posted this.. all it's going to do is confirm people's prejudices against Yoko. Believe it or not, she actually has made music that's more than just screaming or saying her husband's name for 20 minutes. If you could get past the fact that she can't really sing, I'd recommend checking out some of her solo albums. She is a very diverse artist, and she's almost guaranteed to have something you like, if you can tolerate her singing.

btw, as the 'experimental' albums go, Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions is a lot better than Two Virgins or Wedding Album, imo..

You're getting me all wrong. I love John Lennon's solo career, always have. I've never liked Yoko though. I've tried to listen to her music and her albums (solo or with John) and they all sound the same. Sure they might be good songs if she got someone else to sing them, but I just can't take them with her voice. She's a bit like Bob Dylan in that sense. My main purpose for posting this was because I wanted to see how people reacted to a song (if you could call it that) that's so boring and terrible (in my opinion) by one of the most critically acclaimed acts in music history (counting his Beatles' work too)

aardvark15 said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

You're getting me all wrong. I love John Lennon's solo career, always have. I've never liked Yoko though. I've tried to listen to her music and her albums (solo or with John) and they all sound the same. Sure they might be good songs if she got someone else to sing them, but I just can't take them with her voice. She's a bit like Bob Dylan in that sense. My main purpose for posting this was because I wanted to see how people reacted to a song (if you could call it that) that's so boring and terrible (in my opinion) by one of the most critically acclaimed acts in music history (counting his Beatles' work too)

I understand why you posted it.. but as a huge fan of John and Yoko, I don't like seeing their worst music being posted. From what I've heard and read, the popular opinion is that most of John's solo music was garbage (aside from Plastic Ono Band & the song 'Imagine'), and of course everyone thinks Yoko is terrible, and this track is just going to reinforce those opinions.

Gunsnhalen said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

Thanks for mentioning her in that 'albums with no weak songs' thread.. I'd never heard of her before, but I checked out some of her stuff and I loved it.

Of course! glad you like it.

What songs/albums did you like?

I've only listened to Plague Mass and The Divine Punishment so far.. I like them both.

CrabalockerFishwife said:

The popular opinion is that most of John's solo music was garbage aside from Plastic Ono Band

That's actually my favorite album by him

aardvark15 said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

The popular opinion is that most of John's solo music was garbage aside from Plastic Ono Band

That's actually my favorite album by him

What do you think of the song "Well, Well, Well"? Because I find it odd that anyone could love that song and not like Yoko.. that song is basically John doing Yoko's thing.

CrabalockerFishwife said:

aardvark15 said:

That's actually my favorite album by him

What do you think of the song "Well, Well, Well"? Because I find it odd that anyone could love that song and not like Yoko.. that song is basically John doing Yoko's thing.

The weakest track in my opinion

As much as i do like Yoko solo.... i can see why some are ''eh'' on her solo work.

I am also a huge fan of Bjork, and i think of Yoko as Bjork before Bjork

The 2 musically just work so well together for me

Gunsnhalen said:

As much as i do like Yoko solo.... i can see why some are ''eh'' on her solo work.

I am also a huge fan of Bjork, and i think of Yoko as Bjork before Bjork

The 2 musically just work so well together for me

I thought I was the only one realise this. I LOVE Bjork............when she's not singing. I can't get past that voice. Her music is awesome but she shouldn't be singing it.

I love Björk, too. I definitely think her & Yoko have a lot in common.. and I happen to love both of their voices.

CrabalockerFishwife said:

aardvark15 said:

That's actually my favorite album by him

What do you think of the song "Well, Well, Well"? Because I find it odd that anyone could love that song and not like Yoko.. that song is basically John doing Yoko's thing.

Except for the verses and chorus, where he sings very well

10 favorite Yoko songs:

Walking on Thin Ice

Turned the Corner

You're the One

Yang Yang

Approximately Infinite Universe

She Gets Down on Her Knees

Death of Samantha

Hell in Paradise

I Don't Know Why

Loneliness

she has many great ones