Posted on 02/18/2024 3:27:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
The Japanese artist has been a touchstone of popular culture for more than half a century.
She retains such an energetic inquisitiveness about the world of art, it’s hard to believe that, in earth years, so to speak, Yoko Ono is now in her tenth decade on the planet. Born in Tokyo on February 18, 1933, the Japanese artist has conducted herself with great dignity and resilience as a prominent cultural figure for more than half a century.
After meeting John Lennon when he was one of perhaps the four most famous people in the world, she has kept his name in our hearts as much as her own, in the decades since his passing. In 2016, on the eve of her birthday, she won the Inspiration award at the NME Awards in London, presented to her by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore.
Yoko was also the woman who encouraged Lennon to express himself in ways that could simply not be contained within the parameters of conventional pop music. Ono moved increasingly to the fore as The Beatles, and the 1960s, came to a close, and was John’s equal in their tireless campaigning for peace and understanding in a troubled world.
It’s often been conveniently overlooked that when the world lost a hero, Yoko lost a partner and a soul mate. Their relationship was strong enough to recover from a rocky period in the 1970s and to become more solid than ever in their last years together. So much so, in fact, that there are certain Lennon compositions about their love that remain hard to listen to, including the confessional “Woman” and the heartbreaking “Grow Old With Me.”
In later years, she has, in a way, remained what John once called her, “the world’s most famous unknown artist,” globally renowned but not always considered on her own merits. Her selfless participation in good causes and in the annual observations of the anniversary of John’s passing – and, more happily, his birthday – do her enormous credit.
Her selection as curator of the highly prestigious and well-regarded Meltdown Festival, on London’s South Bank in 2013, was one of several signposts in recent times to the fact that Yoko Ono is finally receiving the respect she deserves. And, on what would have been John’s 80th birthday in October 2020, she executive-produced the suite of collections titled GIMME SOME TRUTH. The Ultimate Mixes with all of her selfless devotion.
If Yoko had known about the Puzza parlor clearance song use, She may have demanded royalties.
I had heard about her terrible singing for decades but until I watched the 8 hour long documentary “Get Back” I didn’t realize they were atonal screeches, yelling, barks, absolutely nothing to do with music. I just can’t find much of a reason to like her.
She was cheating on him their entire relationship. She tried to leave him to marry her lover in 1973, but he didn’t want to. She moved her later lover into (That John knew about) the Dakota the day after Lennon died.
One would think at that time, he had many opportunities.
John Lennon wealthy, with access to any drugs he wanted? Very interesting.
The background theme and song is Beautiful Boy.
"Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans."
John Lennon had lots of creative talent and I loved his songs.
But Lennon was damaged goods with issues and responsible for inflicting Yoko on us.
“Think of the check! Think of the check! Think of ... aw Hell, my ears hurt!”
Guy missed and hit the wrong one.
No, that would be Prince. He would personally go through YouTube to find violators.
That’s news to me about his support for Reagan.
He didn’t self-censor his thoughts like most movie and rock stars.
The heroin thing I didn’t know about— I thought she was into macrobiotic dieting. I guess that would only restrict what they used to cut it.
“Imagine” was an unforgivable crime though, and it seems to have defined the present cultural milieu.
She sucked then.
She sucks now.
She will suck in future.
Later in life, John himself, disliked that song.
C’mon....”Don’t worry Kyoko, Mama’s looking for her hand in the snow”....probably the worst song ever recorded. Check out the live version from Toronto 1969 on you tube. There are very good reasons why she is an obscure artist. She will be completely forgotten, despite what the AI writer “wrote” in the filler article presented.
All those donkeys were going to die eventually. At least Yoko was able to turn a profit from her recordings of their deaths.
“It’s your cousin, Marvin Berry.” Click.
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