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Onobox
''Onobox'' is a 1992 comprehensive 6-disc collection of Yoko Ono's work from 1968 to 1985. The discs are grouped by era and theme. Disc one centers around the albums '' Fly'' and ''Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'', while Disc two features nearly the entirety of '' Approximately Infinite Universe'' in a different running order and most of the tracks remixed exclusively for this boxed set. Disc three features the entire '' Feeling the Space'' project, which was originally conceived and recorded as a double album before being edited down, while disc six is the previously unreleased 1974 album '' A Story'', which was later reissued separately with an expanded track listing, along with the rest of Ono's back catalogue. Discs four and five center on her relationship with her late husband and musician John Lennon, with "Kiss, Kiss, Kiss" highlighting songs from their duet albums ''Double Fantasy'' and '' Milk and Honey'', while "No, No, No" focuses on the albums Yoko released in the aftermath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feeling The Space
''Feeling the Space'' is Yoko Ono's fourth solo album, her last one on Apple Records. History The entire album adopts a feminist theme, focusing on issues affecting women in the 1970s. Its liner notes parody adult advertising, giving the telephone numbers, birthdates and vital statistics of the male band members. (John Lennon appears as "John O'Cean", with his number listed as "Not for Sale"). Lennon played guitar on the tracks "Woman Power" and "She Hits Back", and sings a backing vocal line on "Men, Men, Men". Lennon's album, ''Mind Games'', was released around the same time as ''Feeling the Space'', in November 1973. The album was originally planned to be a double until EMI/Apple demanded it be edited; two of the songs excised from the double were issued as singles in Japan. The entire released album, plus the songs originally intended for the double release, is included as the "Run, Run, Run" disc on the "Onobox" set. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野 洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York City in 1953 with her family. She became involved with New York City's downtown artists scene in the early 1960s, which included the Fluxus group, and became well known in 1969 when she married English musician John Lennon of the Beatles. The couple used their honeymoon as a stage for public protests against the Vietnam War. She and Lennon remained married until he was murdered in front of the couple's apartment building, the Dakota, on 8 December 1980. Together they had one son, Sean, who later also became a musician. Ono began a career in popular music in 1969, forming the Plastic Ono Band with Lennon and producing a number of avant-garde music albums in the 1970s. She achieved commercial and critical acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly (Yoko Ono Album)
''Fly'' is the second album by Yoko Ono, released in 1971. Co-produced by Ono and John Lennon, the original release was a complete avant-garde/Fluxus package in a gatefold sleeve that came with a full-size poster and a postcard to order Ono's 1964 book ''Grapefruit''. Notable songs include the singles "Midsummer New York" and " Mrs. Lennon", "Hirake" (a.k.a. "Open Your Box") and " Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)", that was dedicated to Ono's daughter Kyoko Cox. "Airmale", that benefits from the automated noise music machines of Fluxus musician Joe Jones, is the soundtrack to Lennon's film ''Erection'', showing a building being erected in time lapsed photography, while "Fly" is the soundtrack to Lennon and Ono's 1970 film ''Fly''. The entire side three of this LP has Ono performing with various automated sound-machines created by Joe Jones pictured in the gatefold. Recording The album was recorded around the same time as Lennon's ''Imagine''. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking On Thin Ice (album)
''Walking on Thin Ice'' is a greatest-hits compilation of Yoko Ono's work from 1971-85. It was released by Rykodisc in 1992, along with the more comprehensive 6-disc ''Onobox'' set. The booklet includes an essay by Ono, pieces from her book '' Grapefruit'', and quotes about her from artists such as David Bowie, Eric Clapton and Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album ''She's So Unusual'' (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achi .... Track listing References {{Authority control Yoko Ono albums 1992 greatest hits albums Rykodisc compilation albums Albums produced by Yoko Ono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Move On Fast
"Move on Fast" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1972 on the album '' Approximately Infinite Universe'', and on the B-side to the single " Now or Never". The song was later included on Ono's compilation album ''Onobox''. Composition In contrast to the folksy Dylan-esque single "Now or Never" song that the song was originally released as a B-side to, "Move on Fast" is described by Yoko Ono as an "offbeat pop/rock sound", which also draws from bop, big band swing, and "razor-sharp feminist rock." Ben Urich and Ken Bielen described the song as "a straight-ahead rocker that hits the ground running and never lets up." They also praise John Lennon's guitar playing. John Lennon biographer Jon Wiener claimed that the song has a "furious rock beat." He described Ono's vocal as employing "a nervous, blank voice that qualifies as proto- New Wave." Chart performance The song became Yoko Ono's sixth consecutive number-one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
''Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'' is the debut studio album by Japanese artist and musician Yoko Ono, released on Apple Records in December 1970. It was released simultaneously with her husband's album ''John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band''. Backed by the Plastic Ono Band and, on one track, the Ornette Coleman Quartet, it followed the release of three experimental albums with Lennon and a live album from the 1969 version of the Plastic Ono Band. In the United States, it peaked at number 182 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. Recording With the exception of "AOS", a 1968 recording, Ono's album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios during the same September–October 1970 sessions that produced the ''John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'' album. Also recorded at this time was "Between the Takes", which was released on the 1998 CD reissue of Ono's ''Fly'' album. "Greenfield Morning I Pushed an Empty Baby Carriage All Over the City" was based on a sample from a tape of George Harrison playing sitar and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Yang (song)
"Yang Yang" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1973 on the album '' Approximately Infinite Universe'', and on the B-side to "Death of Samantha". The song was later included on Ono's compilation albums '' Walking on Thin Ice'' and ''Onobox''. In 2002, as part of the ONO remix project, the track was re-released and reached #17 on the US dance charts, nearly 30 years after original release. Themes explored The song's titular character, a powerful man who talks to "his world" and to himself by telephone, abuses both the women (whom he "owns") and the men (sending them "pebbles and stones") in his charge. The lyrics deal with feminism, the emotional distance and cruelty sometimes shown by men, and the dehumanizing of both sexes. Later critical reception Pitchfork Media's Jess Harvell stated, "On Orange Factory's 'Down and Dirty' remix of 'Yang Yang', Ono is vocodered into a Troutman-esque gremlin and blurred into an anonymous orgasmic sigh over a brutally functional garage b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking On Thin Ice
"Walking on Thin Ice" is a song by Yoko Ono, released in 1981. She and John Lennon concluded the recording of the song on December 8, 1980. It was upon their return from the recording studio to The Dakota (their home in New York City) that Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman. Lennon was clutching a tape of a final mix of the song before it was mastered when he was shot. The song was both a critical and commercial success for Ono. Background Lennon's lead guitar work on the track, which he recorded on December 4, 1980, was his final creative act. He used his famous Beatles era 1958 Rickenbacker 325 to record all the guitar parts. This is the first time that he used the guitar on a studio recording since 1964/65. At the end of January 1981, "Walking on Thin Ice" was released as a single and became Ono's first chart success, peaking at number 58 in the US and gaining major club/underground airplay. The single was released in February 1981 in the UK and reached number 35 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of Samantha (song)
"Death of Samantha" is a song written by Yoko Ono and first released on her 1973 album ''Approximately Infinite Universe''. It was also released as a single, backed by " Yang Yang". It has also been covered by a number of artists, including Boy George, Hermine Demoriane and Porcupine Tree. Description "Death of Samantha" is sung by Ono, with her husband John Lennon playing rhythm guitar and Elephant's Memory providing additional musical backing. Author Gillian Gaar has called the song a "moving portrayal" of a woman who has "repressed all feelings for the sake of outward appearance". Steven Mirkin of the ''Orange County Register'' describes the song as "slow twisty blues". Jon Pareles of ''The New York Times'' calls the song "elegiac". Ono biographer Jerry Hopkins calls it "depressing". Author Bruce Pollock claims that in the song, Ono "sounds eerily like Kate Bush". Ono's son Sean Lennon claims that the song was inspired by an incident that occurred on election night in 1972. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starpeace
''Starpeace'' is a 1985 concept album by Yoko Ono, designed to spread a message of peace around the world as an opposition to Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense system. As with most Ono albums, it did not chart extensively but the single release of "Hell in Paradise" reached #16 on the US dance charts. The album was subtitled ''An Earth Play for Sun and Air'' in the booklet and on the disc. Aftermath In 1986, Ono set out on a world tour to accompany the album's message. The CD reissue by Rykodisc in 1997, includes a live recording of " Imagine" from the sellout Budapest show of the tour. An a cappella version of "Now or Never" from the same show was also a bonus track on ''A Story''. Like with the Rykodisc reissue of '' It's Alright'', the 1997 release of ''Starpeace'' used newly remixed versions of all songs. The original mixes only received a CD release in Japan in 1985. The 1984 video documentary release ''Yoko Ono: Now & Then'' includes footage of the recording ses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Story (album)
''A Story'' is an album by Yoko Ono, recorded in 1974, during the "lost weekend" sessions in which John Lennon produced ''Walls and Bridges''. It was unreleased until the 1992 box set '' Onobox'', which featured material from ''A Story'' on disc six. It was only properly released as an individual album 23 years later in 1997, with the reissuing of Ono's back catalogue by Rykodisc. The reissue added three bonus tracks, including home demos and a live recording from the '' Starpeace'' tour. Track listing ;Bonus tracks Track information Many of the tracks on ''A Story'' made it onto subsequent albums in a re-recorded form: *"Loneliness" and "Tomorrow May Never Come" were included on ''It's Alright (I See Rainbows)''. *"Will You Touch Me", "Dogtown" and "She Gets Down on Her Knees" were included on '' Season of Glass''. *"Hard Times Are Over" was included on ''Double Fantasy''. *"It Happened" was released as a different mix as the B-side to " Walking on Thin Ice". *"Yes, I'm a W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch Me (Yoko Ono Song)
"Touch Me" is a song written by Yoko Ono that was first released on her 1970 album ''Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band''. An edited version was later released in the U.S. as the b-side to John Lennon's single " Power to the People." "Touch Me" was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London during recording sessions in September and October 1970. Music and vocals "Touch Me" features vocals by Ono backed by Lennon on guitar, Klaus Voormann on bass guitar and Ringo Starr on drums. Beatle biographer John Blaney describes the instrumentation provided by Lennon, Voormann and Starr as a "jazz-rock fusion" and states that "their investigations into group dynamics roducea wave of sound to support Ono's vocal modulations." On the other hand, Beatle biographer Bruce Spizer states that the song consists of "little more than Yoko wailing over a changing and disjointed musical backdrop." Music lecturers Ben Urish and Ken Bielen describe the song as "a gritty effort, with grumbling and staccato g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
