Yoko Ono

JerkMoans

Was she crazed on drugs?  Merely an adjunct of Lennon's addiction?  

Just pity the poor violin player, getting his moment, doing his Stéphane Grappelli thing. Probably in the full and certain knowledge of what was about to happen.

Then the banshee starts to caterwaul...

Best played LOUD

danishbacon

Rock and roll circus is ace. Dirty Mac and Yer Blues is one of my favourites.

JerkMoans

danishbacon said:

Rock and roll circus is ace. Dirty Mac and Yer Blues is one of my favourites.

Just going down a Yoko rabbit hole ce soir....

TTony

You posted this in "music".

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JerkMoans

TTony said:

You posted this in "music".

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There isn't a 'living hell' sub-forum.

TTony

JerkMoans said:

TTony said:

You posted this in "music".

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There isn't a 'living hell' sub-forum.

Oh, but there is.  

You can't post there, but exceptions could be made ...

merlin

what the internet is for.....

hollywoodrox

I’ve seen another video recently  of her covering a popular song & she emitted a similar noise ,it was quite bewildering , I think it was at an exhibition ,was it posted on here 

Keefy

Frank Zappa issued a different mix of one of the ‘Some Time in New York City’ tracks on his Playground Psychotics album under the title ‘A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono’.

EricTheWeary

I have a certain fondness for Linda Sharrock who did a lot of wailing (and was arguably ripped off by Pink Floyd) but within a context of fairly avant garde jazz so it was a reasonable response to the noises being made by the instruments and it was dynamic even if it wasn’t always melodic. I’ve only heard a few things by Yoko and that track in the OP seems reasonably representative: fairly straight rock music with her screaming over the top which just gets old very quickly. 
I’m fairly sure we have one prominent member (ooh err) on here who likes Yoko who may yet post in her defence but I’ve not been convinced so far. 

Keefy

If only someone on here were selling a John Lennon LP Special, that would be the perfect foil for Yoko’s unforgettable vocals…

JerkMoans

Keefy said:

If only someone on here were selling a John Lennon LP Special, that would be the perfect foil for Yoko’s unforgettable vocals…

Imagine  

Leisceoir

There used to be a Danish band called "Oh No! Ono!"

roberty

EricTheWeary said:

I’m fairly sure we have one prominent member (ooh err) on here who likes Yoko who may yet post in her defence but I’ve not been convinced so far. 

Not sure if it's me you're referring to but I am a massive dick

Teyeplayer

JerkMoans said:

danishbacon said:

Rock and roll circus is ace. Dirty Mac and Yer Blues is one of my favourites.

Just going down a Yoko rabbit hole ce soir....

Couldn’t contain the laughter, Chuck’s face when she starts is utterly incredible! 

CaseOfAce

I knew someone was gonna post the Chuck Berry / Ono clip when I saw the thread title. 

Be thankful you're not a Grateful Dead fan - this used to happen every s*odding time they did Playing In The Band in the 70s...

Donna Ruins Every Playin' in the Band - YouTube

JerkMoans

merlin said:

what the internet is for.....

The Good Life mash-up is genius.

barnstorm

God-awful, but interesting how many musicians (other than Lennon) have been inspired to write about her. Maybe it’s just because her name is fun to sing.

ICBM

EricTheWeary said:

I’m fairly sure we have one prominent member (ooh err) on here who likes Yoko who may yet post in her defence but I’ve not been convinced so far. 

I do like Yoko. She's not really a musician, she's a performance artist - it's not meant to be musical in a conventional sense, that's the point - she knows full well what she's doing.

She can actually sing when she wants to - not the best, but she can pitch well enough.

She didn't break up the Beatles either...

darthed1981

You'd have to be properly fucked up on some good drugs to like that shit, wouldn't you?

FORTUNATELY - at the time, a lot of people were.

darthed1981

...that said, the screaming does make it at least slightly more interesting that the average circle jerk blues jam, which apart from the violin is mostly what it is.