Posted on 07/05/2020 3:43:44 PM PDT by be-baw
Three years ago, when the National Music Publishers’ Association presented Yoko Ono with their Centennial Song Award, Sean Lennon pushed his mother onto the stage at Cipriani 42nd Street in a wheelchair — shocking some who didn’t realize the formidable avant-garde artist was incapacitated.
But in her signature shades, black leather jacket and white Panama hat, the widow of John Lennon didn’t seem to miss a beat when she began a short acceptance speech by addressing the elephant in the room.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you,” she said, clutching the award in one hand and a microphone in the other as Sean whispered to her about what was going on. “I’ve learned so much from having this illness. I’m thankful I went through that.”
While it’s not clear what “illness” she was referring to, Ono, now 87, is still ailing, requires round-the-clock care and rarely leaves her sprawling apartment in The Dakota, a source close to her staff told The Post. In photos taken at rare public appearances — including a women’s march in Columbus Circle last year and at a commemoration of John in Liverpool in May 2018 — Ono is confined to a wheelchair, or walks with great difficulty using a cane, often leaning on a caregiver or Sean for support.
She has also been selling off some real-estate assets in recent years
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Thanks, for sharing that. It sounds like he may have a good head on his shoulders.
So, did Klaus Nomi copy Yoko, or did Yoko copy Nomi?
I mean, not only did the dumb kids who weren't even Rutles fans yet in the first place go out and buy the albums just to burn them, but they had to go out and buy those albums all over again about a year later when they finally realized just how good they were.
As a very young boy, I was able to see them live at Che Stadium. It was epic. I still have the ticket stub from that night tucked in the sleeve of my "Can't Buy Me Lunch" DVD.
Quite possible.
He said that to some people the Beatles were bigger than Jesus and he found that quite disturbing, meaning he wasn’t OK with that.
She ruined the band!
Actually, she was far richer than John.
That was one of the things that attracted him- she had absolutely *no* need of his wealth. Her family was one of the richest and most powerful in Japan, actually both sides of her family were close to the Emperor. She was also well known and established as an artist in her own right before they met.
My observation regarding her looks, too.
Japanese women, IMO, are very pretty, but not this one.
Classic!
then that makes what they did to his first son even worse
Yes, and it was true at the time. There had never been anything like Beatlemania. People went absolutely crazy over them. This is why they quit touring early in their career. They couldn't hear themselves play over the screaming.
Gun control
If only she had done a cover of John Cage’s 4:33.
Imagine that!
Imagine there’s no Yoko....
The old youth rebelling against the parents trick.
I remember the day Lennon died.
No love for Yoko
I used to think Lennon and McCartney were cool, but Ringo was the Star
George was interesting
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