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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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