 "Worth having because it's J&Y, but they did much better" | 2008-02-23 |
| - Reviewed By mitchwolf175 |
| This album (and Yoko in general) splits people down the middle; they either love or hate it. I am one of the few who is a Beatles fan AND a Yoko fan, and I also seem to be an odd duck because I think this album is just fair-to-middling - neither intolerable trash nor brilliant genius. It's like listening to a favorite artist's early demos - interesting, fun and voyeuristic, but a mere harbinger of the greatness that was to come. For that, check out the twin Plastic Ono Band albums, or - and here's another instance where I break from the pack - Some Time in New York City. |
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| "chemcial enhancement required-Lenono's comedy LP" | 2008-02-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: AZJ9R9PC1KX84 |
The only way to hear this is with the aid of a certain herb and a bottle of red wine,(or two).Then it all becomes crystal clear-this is a comedy record disguised as avant-garde musique.
Hear Lennon impersonate his "favorite instructors" from his school days:then he goes into some discordant,dissonant piano riff.
I can't listen to this in a normal state-it is unedurable,but in the right "frame of mind" it opens up and let's us in on the joke these two miscreants played on the world-starting with the album cover.
The precious Beatle waving his tallywhacker at the world-that alone should clue one in to the fact that this record is a big put-on.;-) |
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 "Unfinished Music No.1" | 2007-05-22 |
| - Reviewed By rcarlberg |
The first in a series of anti-popstar releases designed to, and largely successful in, knocking John Lennon off the pedestal his fans had erected for him. With his new avant-garde wife at his side -- and enough money in the bank to last a lifetime -- Lennon set about ruining his bank value so he could return to being a 'private citizen.' All three albums -- Two Virgins, Life With The Lions & Wedding Album -- are potent reminders of a simpler time when artists could experiment wildly (or just be very silly) and still get released and distributed (erm, somewhat). Rykodisc nicely duplicates the original packaging (except for an odd anachronistic sense of prudishness) and the remastered sound quality is, for 1967, pretty darn good.
Of course you can't actually LISTEN to this stuff....
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| "A First For John & Yoko" | 2007-04-17 |
| - Reviewed By judemac6 |
| Well, unless you are a hardcore collector like myself (had it originally on vinyl all those years ago), stay clear of this album. If you want to hear noise that you & your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend could do yourself, then forget this album & make your own noise. The best track on the album is the bonus track. That tells you that this album has nothing to do with Beatles music. I give it one star for being terrible & one star for the packaging ;-). Search Judemac Forever" on msn. |
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 "Lennon's nadir--"Two Virgins"" | 2007-04-15 |
| - Reviewed By wtdk |
"Two Virgins" lives up to its title--it sounds like it was created by someone with absolutely no musical experience at all. While I'm a big fan of Lennon's Beatles and post-Beatles solo albums (even the weakest Lennon album "Sometime in New York City" has its minor moments), I found this completely unlistenable and a waste of 30 minutes of my time.
Is "Two Virgins" misunderstood? If it is it's because it's in an incomphrensible musical langauge. The cover was the only thing this album was notable for--a nude portrait of a couple who had found love. It created controversy (EMI didn't want to distribute it). As avant-garde its too simplistic as music it's a disaster. Avoid unless you must have everything (including every fart, belch and toe nail trimming) from Lennon. |
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| "Just Like I Told You?" | 2007-03-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3HYUF0V6W1PZC |
This recording seems to be not a lot more than a recording of these two celebs tripping their brains out. Anyone who thinks this stuff is anywhere as good as "Revolution #9" is missing some point somewhere. Yes, they are connected and Yoko's influence was important on that piece, but here it's like a couple of steps too far removed.
Yoko carries on like a mental patient who wants her rattle and can't find it. John seems preoccupied with all of the gadgetry and noise you hear (and only he seems to know how to reproduce) when you are tripping your brains out. If this is avant-garde, then I'll have the pastrami on rye with mustard and, don't mind me, I'm going to turn the volume down a little. If Yoko would just shut up, then maybe John could develop some of the "fluctuating" sounds INTO A SONG OR SOMETHING, but then maybe not. No, Yoko is very much needed because this is about a relationship, not music. How it got past George "I'll Have the Pigs in a Blanket" Martin, is beyond me. Maybe Yoko temporarily immobilized him with some of her Teriyaki Chicken with Mescalin. Lennon's humor is so dry you have to pry it out of the microwave.
Who else came out with anything this raw? McCartney probably barracaded himself in his room after he heard it. Captures the 60's notion that group insanity could work out as a lifestyle as long as you didn't lose your tambourine - that there would be infinite trips like this one. But, no, there was only one really, and when you hear this recording, you're kind of glad it's over. What's interesting is that Lennon's genius seems to have been predicated on a level of neurosis that would have made Freud consider becoming a farmer. If this is supposed to be the cooing of two love birds, then I just hope the snake gets to the eggs before they hatch. It's more like the chatter of parrots. But, John has a thing for the tripped-out sounds made by appliances and, for a minute there, I thought that something major had gone wrong with my refrigerator. He has been quoted as saying that all sounds were music to him and that is probably the most interesting thing about "Two Virgins." You have to look at this stuff in the greater context of what else Lennon, and to a lesser extent, Yoko Ono have contributed to music and spirituality. Their chain-smoking, neurotic excesses have to be accepted as part of the brew.
What really tickles me is that individual tracks are referred to in the credits - like 3, 4, 5, and 6 were published by ...you know, like I care. You'd have to be tripping your brains out to separate them though. Also, the idea of Lennon editing this stuff after the dope wore off. What would he do? Speed it up? Slow it down? Call up Neil Diamond? Add a drum track? No, it's really just FINE as it is - f*** up, insecure, neurotic and emotional. "Now, let's do it like I told you..." That's the underlying joke here: the charts be damned. Here Paul, put this one on your motorized lazy Susan, smoke a bowl, and give it a spin.
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 "oh yoko" | 2007-01-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: A18Q993V122GCX |
This album has sentimental value because it was the first album my boyfriend and I bought together! I am a big fan of Yoko Ono and do not understand why people dislike her so much. Really, she is my role model. I collect her records and put the sleeves on my wall. Did you know she donated an ice cream machine to Sarah Lawrence College?
I don't see why the experimental tracks get so much flack. I think they are really interesting and beautiful. A lot of modern indie artists use sound recorders and make experimental music, which I like too. It is a slice of someone else's experience and everything.
Remember Love is also a very sweet song. The vocals are so cute. !! ! ! Is that all I can really say about a song! |
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| "Horrible!" | 2006-10-02 |
| - Reviewed By rob7939ash |
| I'm reviewing this only to average down the overall rating. The album isn't worth commenting on. It's that bad. |
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| "Two Virgins, Five Stars" | 2006-08-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A390HY29R2523I |
| I bought this album, already aware of Yoko's work, and realized this would not be as artful or organized as anything her and John would do later on. I was thrilled by what I heard. The sounds, the pictures that this creates is amazing. It is 28 or so minutes documenting what would happen if you put John and Yoko in a studio together. Still, this all did leave me wanting more. Then, the bonus track came on. It was sealed. Two Virgins, the CD release, is a five star piece. Anyone who does not like Yoko's music will not like this. But if you have an open mind, and have at least sampled Yoko's later works (mainly the avant-garde), then this is for you. |
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| "Music, this is not" | 2005-08-04 |
| - Reviewed By radioactiveman12 |
| Yoko mindlessly howling and screeching while John messes with his guitar and piano, then distorts to make it sound strange, for a half hour...and I thought Revolution 9 was bad. |
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