Fly

I am pretty firmly in the camp that Yoko Ono has gotten a bum rap from a lot of quarters, and deserves recogition as an important artist in her own right. However. This largely sucks and I'm not going to hedge that with any mealy-mouthed codicils to protect my art sophistication cred. Unmitigated vocal vomit and the music is mostly lazy blues inflicted rock and dull prog noodling. My inclination was to rate it 2 stars... right up to the nearly 1,400 second decanting of diarrhea into my ears that was Fly, at which point I decided it would receive my first one star rating. I normally feel kind of bad bagging on people's offerings to this list but I'm pretty sure anyone who claims to like this will view my disdain for it as a badge of honor. Though I also entertain the possibility that it was actually added as an intentional act of aural terrorism... in which case touché I guess.

I always thought breaking up the Beatles was Yoko Ono’s worst achievement. Then I listened to this album.

Once, when I was in my early twenties, I really liked this girl named Susie who I worked with. Susie liked to sing - she even auditioned on Star Search once, performing Pat Benatar's Hit Me With Your Best Shot. She gave me a tape of her doing some songs, and I thought she was amazing. I played it for my friends, expecting them to be like, wow she's so good. But instead, they tried to convince me she was mediocre at best. I refused to listen to them. It was only years later, after things with Susie had run their course, that I realized they were absolutely right. She was mediocre. All that to say, I get it, John.

A blueprint for lo-fi and experimental music, really unfair how maligned Yoko has been. Yes, some of this goes a bit too far into the experimental realm ("Fly" especially), but the more fun tracks more than make up for it.

Thanks to whoever had the courage to pick this, even with all the 1 star rating it’ll get. The second LP and the titled song were rough, ngl (especially when listening to it at the gym, haha), but the first LP was an interesting listen and I’m glad I finally took the time to check out her stuff.

When I think of Yoko Ono and her craziness, I think of something like the 16+ minute Mindtrain. This album walks that definitional line I must consider in deciding how to rate - SHOULD one listen to this before they die? Quite possibly - given Yoko Ono’s influence over The Beatles and this being a big part of John Lennon’s journey. Will you enjoy this? Well, I actually found some of this a bit more enjoyable than I would have expected in some parts, mixed with liberal amounts of annoyance that I will never want to hear again. Guess I won’t argue that this might be something to consider for a list like this, like it or not. I just didn’t like a lot of it.

Fly is the second album of Yoko One. I only heard some solo songs and the Plastic Ono Band before. I knew ahead Fly was experimental, but I was not prepared for such a long album with outdated material. I aged like milk. The length of the individual songs does not help either. Each track has one basic idea and after 30 seconds you get it, but the tracks drag on for another 5 (up to 23) minutes.

Well, if there's one thing you can't say about Yoko Ono's music, it's that it's boring. Yeah, the second disc is insanely up its ass and songs like "You" and "Fly" just straight up suck donkey dick, but I unironically really love disc one. There's some really, really great stuff on there. "Mindtrain" is a a genuinely fantastic Krautrock song with a hypnotizing groove (very reminiscent of Tago Mago). "Midsummer New York" and "Mrs. Lennon" are also very good. A mixed bag, but an interesting one. Cool choice. 3/5.

Well, know I know why Yoko Ono is always portrayed as caterwauling in comedies.

Went in with a bit of trepidation as one might with this sort of thing. I get why folks are repelled by this, I really do. But I have to say, I enjoyed a lot of this! Hats off to the user who submitted this album. This was a bold choice and definitely is the type of album I like to see submitted. If you love music, which I think most us here would like to think we do, this is an album you should hear. It's prickly and playful and boundary pushing in ways that aren't always pleasant, but on the whole are pretty thrilling. Flashes of weirdo brilliance nestled in a thorny thicket. I wouldn't have sought it out on my own and there are a few songs I have zero plans to revisit. But I'm so glad I took the time to listen to it. Fave Songs: Mind Train, Mrs. Lennon, Don't Count the Waves, Hirake, Airmale, Midsummer New York, Mind Holes

Batshit

I’ve seen a few people say this is probably Yoko Ono’s most accessible album, which is actually hilarious because there’s literally a 22-minute song where she squeals and buzzes and pretends to be a fly and that’s the entire song. There’s a couple of more straightforward tunes on here - the opener is a pretty great alt-rock banger that wouldn’t sound out of place on an early PJ Harvey record - and some catchy krautrock-inspired grooves in places, but so so much of it is just intolerable squealing and I can’t hack it

The highlight of this album for me was learning that John Lennon's guitar on "Mindtrain" is the sample used for Death Cab for Cutie's "Gold Rush". As a huge DCFC fan, that was neat to hear. It had its moments and I actually enjoyed it more than most 1 star albums I rated in the book, so that's worth an extra star from me. It wasn't the worst I've heard and I KIND of hear the artistry in it.

OK glad I listened and thanks for recommending, ultimately it's a slog to get through though

Mostly shite

Next time I'm doing Kareoke I want to do 'Fly' by Yoko Ono.

Rockavant-pop, krautrock, experimental. Casi dos horas de una señora tarada dando gritos y haciendo ruidos. Insufrible. Un 1.

A little too unconventional for me. It's just all weirdness and choatic sounds Had a hard time listening to the end

Had to top out on that 20 minute title song...

Rating: 2/10

No

WTAF

Oh lawdy. I really wanted this album to prove wrong the preconceptions I have about this artist but it did the complete opposite. Worse than jazz.

No on Spotify

The best way to listen to this album is from quite a long way away.

I somehow got about 14 and 1/2 minutes into ‘mindtrain’ before I had to give up. Come on

Yoko Ono ruined the Beatles and then had Lennon produce this garbage. The lady can’t even sing. 2 hours of mouth noises and shrill sounds, give me back my time. This may be the worst one yet. 0.0/10

I've listened to this once in my life. Its all I need.

Boooooooorrrrriiiiiinnngggggg. 1/5.

I think this is a wind up? Over the last few years across the 1001 and beyond I've listened to many bad albums and given some suprisingly good marks! Throbbing Gristle, The Residents and Einstürzende Neubauten aren't as bad as some make out. This however is really indulgent crap. It's like she was given the best musicians, recording studio and song writing help but chose to squander them on screaming and making animal noises.