More Beatles to collect.

[davidmjs]

Anyway, speaking of Yoko, here's one that didn't make Double Fantasy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJl06nxPub8

Yikes, somehow I watched and listened to the end because I was fascinated by how the audience would respond. Sadly they clapped.

Give me that over virtually everything else that did make it...at least it is interesting.

[Jules Gray]

Give me that over virtually everything else that did make it...at least it is interesting.

The David doth protest too much, methinks.

Jules

[davidmjs]

Give me that over virtually everything else that did make it...at least it is interesting.

The David doth protest too much, methinks.

Jules

You defending DF now?  Really?

[Jules Gray]

You defending DF now?  Really?

Partially.  The execution was somewhat bland, but I do think it was John's best set of songs post Imagine (which in your case I know says very little).

Jules

[Gouty (Gary)]

Anyway, speaking of Yoko, here's one that didn't make Double Fantasy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJl06nxPub8

Yikes, somehow I watched and listened to the end because I was fascinated by how the audience would respond. Sadly they clapped.

Give me that over virtually everything else that did make it...at least it is interesting.

David

What do you find interesting about the Yoko/Zorn piece?

(I have no axe to grind - just a genuine enquiry.)

[davidmjs]

David

What do you find interesting about the Yoko/Zorn piece?

(I have no axe to grind - just a genuine enquiry.)

I'm a Wire (magazine) reader...  

I like improv music.  I might never ever want to hear it again, but it made me smile and I like the fact it confuses and upsets as much as it entertains.  To that end it has as much power as the most catchy middle eight around...  

ps fwiw, I think Watching the Wheels is a great song.  Was that on DF?  Can't remember...

[Jules Gray]

ps fwiw, I think Watching the Wheels is a great song.  Was that on DF?  Can't remember...

Yes.

Jules

[GubGub (Al)]

You defending DF now?  Really?

Partially.  The execution was somewhat bland, but I do think it was John's best set of songs post Imagine (which in your case I know says very little).

Jules

I'm not sure I entirely agree with this as I have a real soft spot for Walls & Bridges (not a popular view I know and possibly related to the age I was when I first heard it and the fact that Whatever Gets You Thru The Night was the first single I ever bought).

More to the point with DF though was that, if you had an open mind (which I did at the age of 16), some of Yoko's material was terrific. I remember flipping the single of Starting Over after having been a bit disappointed by the A side and my jaw completely dropping at the sound of Kiss Kiss Kiss. As an, at the time, lover of X Ray Spex and Lene Lovich, this was right in my wheelhouse. Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him may also be the best song on the album and may have been a huge hit had it been by someone more fashionable.

[GubGub (Al)]

I am now donning my tin hat for the imminent announcement of the 3 disc deluxe edition of Wings Wild Life (yes really).

[Jules Gray]

I am now donning my tin hat for the imminent announcement of the 3 disc deluxe edition of Wings Wild Life (yes really).

Ahahahahahaha!!  Excellent.

Red Rose Speedway too, it would seem.  

Jules

[John From Austin]

ps fwiw, I think Watching the Wheels is a great song.  Was that on DF?  Can't remember...

Yes.

Jules

I was a teenager when DF came out, and I remember how odd "Just Like Starting Over" sounded when I first heard it on the radio.  It was such a throwback, both in style and production.  I liked it, as well as "Watching the Wheels," but it did not sound like anything else on mainstream rock radio at the time.