File spoon-archives/avant-garde.archive/avant-garde_1996/96-06-16.223, message 61


From: UZS106-AT-IBM.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (Heiko Recktenwald)
Subject: Re: Ono, It's Yoko
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 16:20:44 MEZ



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>Lee's Palace, Toronto, Yesterday.
>
>63 year old legendary artist, musician, and alleged destroyer of the
>Fab Five Yoko Ono rolled into town.
>
>Yoko is no stranger to anyone, her fame is not however based her
>prestigious role as a member of legendary art collective fluxus during
>which she worked with the likes of John Cage, Joseph Buoys and other
>world renown artist.
>
>Yoko's unfortunate fame is based on the red neck's perceptions that
>she destroyed the Beatles by turning John Lennon against them, and the
>fact that "she can't sing".
>
>The real truth is, of course, that after working with artists the
>stature of John Cage, John Lennon may have been the LEAST significant
>musician Yoko's had worked with up until that point, the Beatles
>ruined Yoko Ono's Career.
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>Yoko Ono is a multi millionaire, with her Japanese Banking Family, her
>person earnings and the estate of John Lennon -- she is not short of
>cash -- This is clearly no steel wheels tour, she does not need
>whatever money she made playing Lee's Palace. At 63 years old, she is
>OBVIOUSLY not trying to capitalize on anything, she is touring because
>she wants to.
>
>Playing along with Yoko, on guitar and keyboards is her son Sean
>Lennon a big beefy kid, that seems to take it quite well that he is
>playing in a rock band with his Mother.
>
>With Sean being what? Twenty years old and the Drummer and Bassist
>also similar youths, Yoko may have been the combined age of her entire
>band.
>
>That's not to say that Yoko didn't rock. The band was very tight,
>powerful and versatile, they seemed very enthusiastic with what was
>going on, the music they played covered heavy and ethereal genres
>ranging from punky rock (or no wave) to poetry with minimal musical
>accompaniment gracefully.
>
>Yoko's presence was strong, she seemed relaxed and confident in her
>casual Gap style outfit, her singing still full of her trademark yelps
>and noises mixed with Japanese and english words. She mostly sang
>while standing pretty much still, small expressive movements like
>raising her hand in a fist got instant reaction and imitation from the
>crowd and at one point she broke into a highly expressive dance that,
>in the context, I assume is founded in Japanese Tradition.
>
>The crowd was overwhelmed with reverence for Yoko and while I was
>exchanging a few words with the radio monkey, an audience member who
>was carefully watching the show turned around and said "Shhh" to us.
>
>This is definitely the first time ever that I've been shushed at a
>rock concert. It had the aura of a historical event.
>
>It was a good show and a great (probably last) chance to see one of
>our cultures biggest Pop enigmas: Yoko Ono.
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>.....
>
>Dmytri Kleiner -- Quirk
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>P.S.  Oh, Nevermind.
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