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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] |
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] |
Season Of Glass (album)
''Season of Glass'' is the fifth studio album by Yoko Ono, her first solo recording after the murder of her husband John Lennon. ''Season of Glass'', released in 1981, reached #49 on the ''Billboard'' 200 Album Chart, making it Ono's highest-charting solo album to date. A music video was created for "Goodbye Sadness" featuring footage of Lennon and Ono together. The video was screened on the first episode of ''Saturday Night Live''s seventh season. Background The album was released less than six months after Lennon's death and deals with it directly in songs such as "Goodbye Sadness" and "I Don't Know Why". Lennon and Ono's son Sean Lennon features on "Even When You're Far Away", recounting a story his father used to tell him. The front cover features Lennon's bloodstained glasses (the same ones that Lennon wore on the day of his death) positioned next to a half empty glass of water, with a view of Central Park in the background. The choice of album cover was considered controve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Give Me Something
"Give Me Something" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1980 on John Lennon and Ono's duet album ''Double Fantasy''. The song appeared in Ono's off-Broadway musical '' New York Rock'' and her compilation albums ''Walking on Thin Ice'' and ''Onobox''. In 2010, the Junior Boys remix of the song was released as a free download on MySpace Music and RCRD LBL. Background "Give Me Something" was written by Yoko Ono, while the music, like the rest of the songs on ''Double Fantasy'', was produced by John Lennon, Ono, and Jack Douglas. Ono stated in an interview that "Give Me Something" was written as "feeling that I had about society. ..We’re all getting very cold now as a society." Ono further explained the song's theme of coldness to Spinner: "I remember I was envisioning a gray, cold city with people walking with hands in their pockets and putting the collars of their coats up." Critical reception Larry Fitzmaurice from Pitchfork Media described the original version as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Gets Down On Her Knees
"She Gets Down on Her Knees" is a song by Yoko Ono. It was originally recorded for 1974's '' A Story'' (which wasn't released until 1997), and later re-recorded for 1981's '' Season of Glass''. An acoustic demo version of the song was included on a reissue of '' Approximately Infinite Universe''. The original version was later released as part of 1992's ''Onobox'' box set and ''Walking on Thin Ice'' greatest-hits. Track listing *Remixes Part 1 # "She Gets Down On Her Knees" ( Ralphi club mix) – 8:11 # "She Gets Down On Her Knees" (Ralphi dub mix) – 8:11 # "She Gets Down On Her Knees" (Ralphi radio edit) – 3:55 # "She Gets Down On Her Knees" (Rich Morel Vox mix) – 8:05 # "She Gets Down On Her Knees" (Rich Morel dub mix) – 6:39 # "She Gets Down On Her Knees" (Yiannis Alluring French Kiss mix) – 9:38 # "She Gets Down On Her Knees" (Yiannis Alluring French Kiss edit) – 7:33 # "She Gets Down On Her Knees" (Yiannis Alluring French Kiss radio mix) – 4:31 *Remixes Part 2 ... [...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''. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midsummer New York
"Midsummer New York" is a song written by Yoko Ono that was released as the opening song of her 1971 album '' Fly'' and also as the b-side of the single " Mrs. Lennon." Lyrics and music "Midsummer New York" is based on the Elvis Presley song "Heartbreak Hotel." Norma Coates explains that the song begins as an "old-fashioned rock song" borrowing the melody and rhythm from "Heartbreak Hotel" as well as elements from the earlier song's accompaniment. But the references to early rock 'n' roll are undermined by Ono's vocal performance and by the lyrics. The lyrics express "female dread, fear and pain." Ben Urish and Ken Bielen interpret the lyrics as reflecting the "physical and psychological effects of a nightmarish panic attack. Coates feels that Ono's projection of these emotions are enhanced by the continual repetition of the word "shake" and "shaking." Ono restricts her vocal range and even when she nearly screams her words, Coates finds her voice to sound "oddly stifled." M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Alright (I See Rainbows)
''It's Alright (I See Rainbows)'' is the sixth solo album by Yoko Ono, and her second release after the death of husband John Lennon. As a variation of a theme concerning its predecessor, the back cover features a transparent image of Lennon in a then-contemporary photo of Yoko and Sean, depicted in Central Park. This album, released in 1982, marked Ono's first foray into new wave sounds and 1980s pop production. All songs were written, composed, arranged, produced, and sung by Ono. It charted at #98 in the US. Background The album saw Yoko take her music in a more uplifting direction following 1981's ''Season of Glass''. Yoko reflected on the making of the album when writing liner notes for the 1992 boxset ''Onobox'': In 1997, the album was remastered by Ono and Rob Stevens for release on CD by Rykodisc. The 1997 release used newly remixed versions of all songs. Some of the original mixes had a CD release in 1992 on the ''Onobox'' set but the rest remain unreleased on CD to da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milk And Honey (album)
''Milk and Honey'' is the sixth and final album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released in 1984, four years after Lennon’s murder. It is Lennon's eighth and final album, and the first posthumous release of new Lennon music, having been recorded in the last months of his life during and following the sessions for his 1980 album ''Double Fantasy''. It was assembled by Yoko Ono in association with the Geffen label. Background ''Milk and Honey'' was the duo's projected follow-up to ''Double Fantasy'', though Lennon's murder caused a temporary shelving of the project. It took Ono three years to be able to resume work to complete it. Ono's material largely comprises new recordings which she undertook during the album's preparation in 1983, which give her songs a more commercial and contemporary edge. Conversely, Lennon's material, being rough takes and rehearsal recordings, has a more casual feeling. Music and lyrics "Nobody Told Me", a song Lennon intended for Ringo Starr's 1981 alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're The One (Yoko Ono Song)
"You're the One" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1984 on Ono's and John Lennon's duet album '' Milk and Honey''. The song was also on the compilation albums ''Onobox'' and ''Walking on Thin Ice''. Composition The song's lyrics compare John Lennon and Yoko's Ono's relationship to be viewed by society as Laurel and Hardy, but viewed by the couple as Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw from ''Wuthering Heights''. Critical reception Robert Christgau, in his review of ''Milk and Honey'', stated that "You're the One" and its "cricket synthesizers," along with Ono's song "Sleepless Night", "are confident personal elaborations of a tradition she comes to secondhand." Track listing ;CD single #"You're the One" (Claude Le Gache Vocal Mix) – 7:33 #"You're the One" (Morel's Pink Noise Vocal Mix) – 7:33 #"You're the One" (Fricia & Lamboy Tribal Dub) – 9:28 *Digital download (Vocal Mixes) # "You're the One" (Bimbo Jones Vocal Mix) – 7:06 # "You're the One" (Bimbo Jones Du ... [...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. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No, No, No (Yoko Ono Song)
"No, No, No" is a song by Yoko Ono from her 1981 album '' Season of Glass''. The song is one of the most dramatic tracks on the album to address her husband John Lennon's murder. The song begins with the sound of four gunshots (Lennon was shot in the back four times) and Ono screaming. The single version was longer than the album version and included a spoken word section of Sean Ono-Lennon recalling a story his father told him which was previously included on the album track "Even When You're Far Away". The B-side was "Will You Touch Me". The 12" version also contained "I Don't Know Why" and " She Gets Down on Her Knees". ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' critic Michael Gallucci rated it as Ono's 7th best song, saying that it is "one of the album's most powerful tracks." In January 2008 the song reached No. 1 on the United States '' Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart. The artist credit was listed as simply "Ono" making the artist-title combination a palindrome ("onononono"). A digit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Approximately Infinite Universe
''Approximately Infinite Universe'' is a double album by Yoko Ono, released in early 1973 on Apple Records. It represents a departure from the experimental avant garde rock of her first two albums towards a more conventional pop/rock sound, while also dabbling in feminist rock. It peaked at number 193 in the United States. The 1997 CD reissue on Rykodisc added two acoustic demos of songs from this era, that were later released on 1981's '' Season of Glass''. It was released again by Rykodisc in 2007. The album was recorded at The Record Plant in New York City, except for the basic tracks for "Catman" and "Winter Song", which were taped at Butterfly Studios. Ono produced the album with John Lennon, whose participation marked a rare music-related activity for him after the failure of the couple's politically themed 1972 double album ''Some Time in New York City''. Lennon also sang the final verse of the song, "I Want My Love to Rest Tonight." As on the latter album, Ono used the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
