If you want to get an idea of how Ono's music was treated upon release, check out Nick Tosches' obnoxious review of Ono's third album Approximately Infinite Universe (one of the best albums of 1971, if not the best): http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/approximately-infinite-universe-19730315 It's not so much a review of the album as it is an attack on the artist.
i remember how "the whore that broke up The Beatles" was treated. amazing how no one bothered to listen to Ono's music or bothered to see that John loved her and immediately went in for vicious personal attacks. then again that review is from the same hack that reviewed Sabbath's "Paranoid" thusly http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/paranoid-19710415
@AheadByEcho I love Ono's albums and this one is indeed a contender for her best. As for Nick Tosches's horrible "reviews," well, here I thought that Pitchfork invented the idiotic self-centered farce style of reviewing albums.
@AheadByEcho As you know I've been fortunate to see Yoko perform twice. One of the shows, Chicago 2007, was absolutely electrifying and my favorite concert of that year. The other was a small club show at SXSW '11 and though she had plenty of guests who took the spotlight it was still a thrill!
@AheadByEcho Some folks elsewhere have mentioned that this song sounds like Can. I think that's a fair comparison! I also think these 17 minutes sort of slip by pretty easily!
@noyoucmon I saw some other people comparing this to Can, something I hadn't considered, but it's a solid comparison. I agree with you, it is a fast 17 minutes!
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AheadByEcho
If you want to get an idea of how Ono's music was treated upon release, check out Nick Tosches' obnoxious review of Ono's third album Approximately Infinite Universe (one of the best albums of 1971, if not the best): http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/approximately-infinite-universe-19730315 It's not so much a review of the album as it is an attack on the artist.
hsmagnet
i remember how "the whore that broke up The Beatles" was treated. amazing how no one bothered to listen to Ono's music or bothered to see that John loved her and immediately went in for vicious personal attacks. then again that review is from the same hack that reviewed Sabbath's "Paranoid" thusly http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/paranoid-19710415
AheadByEcho
@hsmagnet That's a terrible 'review.' Rolling Stone comes off looking quite stodgy, but you can bet they thought they were being witty and urbane.
noyoucmon
@AheadByEcho I love Ono's albums and this one is indeed a contender for her best. As for Nick Tosches's horrible "reviews," well, here I thought that Pitchfork invented the idiotic self-centered farce style of reviewing albums.
noyoucmon
@AheadByEcho Oops, I was thinking of 1973's Approximately Infinite Universe. But I love Fly as well!
noyoucmon
@AheadByEcho As you know I've been fortunate to see Yoko perform twice. One of the shows, Chicago 2007, was absolutely electrifying and my favorite concert of that year. The other was a small club show at SXSW '11 and though she had plenty of guests who took the spotlight it was still a thrill!
noyoucmon
@AheadByEcho Some folks elsewhere have mentioned that this song sounds like Can. I think that's a fair comparison! I also think these 17 minutes sort of slip by pretty easily!
AheadByEcho
@noyoucmon I saw some other people comparing this to Can, something I hadn't considered, but it's a solid comparison. I agree with you, it is a fast 17 minutes!