Happy Birthday Yoko Ono

[Christiern]

In the very early 70's, Yoko invited me to be part of a small audience at a live "happening" aired by WNET Channel 13. For about an hour (seemed longer), she and Lennon, assisted by Jonas Mekas, made strenuous efforts to do things that had not previously been done on camera. Novelty was the criterion and most of it was a dreadful bore that performed by any other couple would have fallen as flat as it deserved to fall. They also showed Yoko's film, "Fly", and had some audience participation (which I managed to avoid). I don't know if this telecast was preserved and I never hear it mentioned, but it was bizarre enough for me never to forget it.

Has anyone here heard of this event?

[sal]

Her real crime, IMHO (and Lennon was complicit) was taking a guy with brilliant intellectual and musical instincts and turning him into a self-conscious 'avant gardist.' From that point on about 80 percent of the music he made was crap, going from ok to bad to worse. His CDs turned into narcissistic and embarassing self-exposure.

Damn straight and a-freakin'-men!!! It wasn't even limited to his albums: did anyone see that movie "Imagine: John Lennon"? {{{shudder}}}

Not so sure I agree with this. Of course, I agree that Lennon's music solo wasn't as good as his earlier stuff with the Beatles. I don't think anybody can dispute that. But all Lennon did was fall in love with Yoko, and did what he did going forward. I don't think she "turned him" into anything. How many of us are the exact same person we used to be before and after falling in love?

Edited February 21, 2009 by sal