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Post by Steve Marinucci on Feb 24, 2010 12:30:26 GMT -5
I was there for the show last night. I'm going to try to have it written up on the Examiner site today. But it was an interesting evening. The biggest surprise for me was hearing "Walking on Thin Ice," one of my favorite Yoko tracks, live. Harper Simon played on a couple of songs, but there were no other guests stars from the Brooklyn show. (No E.C. or Bette Midler, unfortunately.)
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Feb 24, 2010 15:55:43 GMT -5
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Post by acebackwords on Feb 25, 2010 13:38:47 GMT -5
I was there for the show last night. I'm going to try to have it written up on the Examiner site today. But it was an interesting evening. The biggest surprise for me was hearing "Walking on Thin Ice," one of my favorite Yoko tracks, live. Yeah, thats one of my favorite Yoko tracks, too. And if I'm not mistaken, that was the last piece of music John worked on before he died. Read a peculiar bit in a Jack Douglas interview that somebody posted on another thread. He said that John and Yoko were rarely in the studio together when one of them was recording one of their songs. I always wondered why Yoko's music sounded so un-Beatle-y. And I guess there it is. I suppose I can understand why she'd want to get out of John's shadow and do her own thing. But it still seems weird when you have this incredibly resource available to you, one of the greatest songwriters of our times, and yet you seem to go out of your way not to avail yourself of his talents. Weird.
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Post by acebackwords on Feb 27, 2010 13:37:08 GMT -5
I was wondering about this. John Lennon was probably one of the most melodic, innovative and evocative vocalists in the history of recorded music. If I was going into a studio to record my songs, and I had the opportunity to avail myself of his talents, I surely would have slathered his vocals all over every track.
And yet, in all their years together, I can hardly think of any songs where the two of them, John and Yoko, are actually singing together. The only ones that come to mind are "Bungalow Bill" and "Happy Christmas." But neither of them hardly qualifies as duets.
I admit I haven't heard a lot of Yoko's music. But can any of you Beatleologists out there tell me if there are any recorded songs where the two of them really sing together?
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Post by John S. Damm on Feb 27, 2010 16:56:37 GMT -5
I was wondering about this. John Lennon was probably one of the most melodic, innovative and evocative vocalists in the history of recorded music. If I was going into a studio to record my songs, and I had the opportunity to avail myself of his talents, I surely would have slathered his vocals all over every track. And yet, in all their years together, I can hardly think of any songs where the two of them, John and Yoko, are actually singing together. The only ones that come to mind are "Bungalow Bill" and "Happy Christmas." But neither of them hardly qualifies as duets. I admit I haven't heard a lot of Yoko's music. But can any of you Beatleologists out there tell me if there are any recorded songs where the two of them really sing together? A pretty example is "Angela" from SINYC. It is a lovely duet. "Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him" is another one.
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