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By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Express sister
This dude literally hates joy.
tooheysnew
If she wasn’t with JL, she’d be a Neville Nobody
Antiquesaving
And then he went back to their padded room for his mid day cocktail of meds.
Harry_Gatto
A one-way ticket to anywhere far, far away. I can't stand the woman nor the total tripe she emits.
Hervé L'Eisa
I think I'd rather hear Styrofoam being rubbed together than anything she has done. Her voice : painful to the ears.
Antiquesaving
This is the same woman that sat in Julia and John's kitchen laughing at Julia and Julien telling them how she was taking John (oh and stoned at the time).
This is the same woman the forbid John from having any communication with Julien, (it was Paul that took Julien on vacation and Christmas, etc .)
This is the same woman that told Julien that he had to stop making music if he wanted his inheritance money that she controlled because only her son was the heir to John's musical legacy.
The same woman that build a John Lennon museum leaving out all mention of Julia, Julien and the fact John was married before
Then her music, if you want to make someone take a pencil and stick it in their ears to end the suffering, then her music is great for that.
EdwardCanada
God bless her. My warmest regards to Yoko.
Michael Machida
Like Celine Dion, Yoko will just not go away.
prionking
Jeez, I never thought I'd give you an upvote. Hell has frozen over.
albaleo
I don't think most groupies go to Gakushuin school and university. I would guess more money than luck.
And I wasn't looking for Chieftains music when I went to a record shop in Hashimoto-shi a few decades ago. I think I got the better deal.
But all that said, I've never met Yoko Ono, and John Lennon has. I have to assume she's a cool lady. She's welcome round here for tea any time.
David Brent
How about some singing lessons?
Antiquesaving
WA4TKGToday 02:21 pm JST
What did cats ever do to you to be compared to that?
Poor cats.
WA4TKG
You’re busting my hernia stitches AntiqueSaving.
funkymofo
I was going to suggest buying her some talent, but she seems to have managed without it thus far - or perhaps I’m being a bit harsh.
Belrick
Give her singing and music less... She needs them more than anyone.
runner3
Sorry I missed to say the song Imagine.
WA4TKG
Well, for starters...look at the hat...cat in the hat ?
Antiquesaving
runner3Today 01:25 pm JST
You mean most hypocritical song of its time?!
I mean image all the people, crashing others marriages, not seeing their son, imagine all the that give nothing to charity but their old clothing, what a great place it would be.
The one that cared for Lennon's son was Paul, the one that did the most charitable work was George.
Every time I hear that song I want to slap some sense into and tell the person playing it that the 2 that made that song were 2 of the most self centered people to ever live.
Antiquesaving
Elvis is hereToday 06:03 pm JST
Seriously, your view is to ignore the hypocrisy, the lies, the treatment of Julien and just pretend this projectile vo... actually means something more than millions of more dollars in the Bank!?
If anything I would give them both a life time award for pulling the wool over more people's eyes than anyone else.
Tom San
Over-rated.
starpunk
All three of the other Beatles have said that Yoko (and to a degree Linda) have had to take a lot of crap and blame for the Beatles breakup.
She already was a respected performance artist living in Greenwich Village before she met John. She was doing fine on her own and has during the 41 years since he was murdered. As for her 'singing' career, her contributions on John's 'Double Fantasy' are listenable but that 1981 hit single 'Skating On Thin Ice' is horrible. Yet, her 1985 'Starpeace' album isn't bad. It's electro-dance music and she keeps her vocal extremes in check. And she has influenced several bands such as Sonic Youth. However the 'Goodbye 20th Century' album SY did (with Yoko's input) SUCKS.
Yoko has her peculiarities but she does have some talent, even if it's a bit loopy at times or a little off tangent but she has it in her own special way. Celine Dion, OTOH churns out wretchedly pompous soulless 'adult contemporary' puke for all the yuppies. She is totally awful to the max. Radio pollution.
Texas A&M Aggie
Yoko Ono = the luckiest groupie in the history of rock'n'roll.
Ligger2
Give her an imaginary hammer and an imaginary nail.
Lord Dartmouth
Yoko who?
Express sister
You can keep it, if you'd like.
snowymountainhell
Aw, give er a break @Reckless. That was perhaps one bad photo, … 6 years ago:
Antiquesaving
Repaired? He doesn't say anything, so you think they have reconciled?
You do know she still retains control over his inheritance, right?
If I were him I to would keep my mouth shut,
Paustovsky
One of the most influential underground/avant-garde artists of the last 50 years.
But then, music is not for everyone.
Antiquesaving
LamillyToday 09:47 pm JST
So they were great self promoters that really did nothing much, as opposed to George how did more in one year than they would in a lifetime.
Express sister
Yeah, it is pretty rude, tbh.
runner3
Strange that people are down playing Yoko, who did most of the lyrics on Imagine! Probably the most important song of our time.
runner3
I would give her credit for co writing one of the best songs of all time, Shortly before his death, Lennon said that much of the song's lyrics and content came from his wife, Yoko Ono
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
She should get a medal for her part in helping to break up one of the most overrated and over-hyped 'groups' in history. Thank you for your service, Yoko.