 "Neat stuff." | 2008-03-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: ANWZ9UJZ71CL7 |
| Neat stuff came in the lp, Don't know about the cd. the lack of any songs and yoko doing her thing was pretty bad. If a fan buy it ,If not stay away. |
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 "five stars for the "trilogy",Two V;Lifew/Lions;Wedding Album" | 2008-02-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: AZJ9R9PC1KX84 |
I just want to add my two cents:
I feel that given Lennon's wicked sense of humor,that these three records are probably more of a put-on to all the Beatlemanics,art critics,music industry boffos,etc.
With the exception of the recording of their unborn child's last moments of life,these records are a way of Lennon flipping us all off and purging himself as best he could of the Beatle myth;or he was trying to destroy the Beatle myth once and for all.He must have been busting w/ laughter thinking about how the public would handle these records.
We were not smart enough to figure that out,so John spelled it all out for us on the Plastic Ono Band LP track "God". That's one aspect to these recordings.
With the exception of the free-form jazzy stuff on Cambridge '69 with Ornette Coleman and the baby heartbeat-these records were not meant to be taken seriously.
Lennon was trying to show us a mirror image of our celebrity obsessions-we were and are too blind and stupid to be able to see and understand.The other aspect is:
Nexttime you listen; slap on the headphones,load up the bong and open the wine or whiskey and prepare to go on a hilarious journey with these two tricksters as Conductors-you can have your own magical mystero-comic trip.
as is appears: the sounds on these records have a catalytic effect on a brain that is turned on w/ the right combo of chemical helpers,such as the two mentoned above and the acoustic-entheogenic synergism can launch you into the outer limits...quite a lot of fun,by Jove!!! |
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| "Unfinished Music No.3" | 2007-05-22 |
| - Reviewed By rcarlberg |
The third 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 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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| "Really Shouldn't Even Be Rated" | 2007-03-03 |
| - Reviewed By anikbooks |
| This album is not supposed to be judged as music but to be experienced as some type of audio collage, a story, a documentation of that part of John and Yoko's life. If you give high regards to abstract art that has almost no bearing of any intelligent purpose behind it, such as a bicycle wheel hanging on museum wall as dadaist art (which it is, actually), why not give the same consderation for this album? Although it should be noted that this isn't perhaps the most inviting of John or even Yoko's body of works, it's definitely worth listeing to at least once just to know whatit even sounds like. It's almost as if rating this album is pointless because you can't. |
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 "Save your money!!!" | 2006-08-14 |
| - Reviewed By brnnman |
I wish amazon allowed giving "zero" stars to an album.
I bought my first John & Yoko album in 1969 ("Life with the Lions.") I got "ripped off," although I should have know better.. I was smart enough not to buy "Two Virgins" because of the bad reviews. I bought "Life with the Lions" without reading any reviews, but I was young, naive, and a big Lennon fan. Oh well!
The John & Yoko albums released before the breakup of the Beatles were all pretty much the same. The chief instigator of these albums seems to be Yoko. Her background in the "avant garde" and "conceptual art" is apparent in these albums. The basic premise is: take a "concept" and run with it. Keep running with it for as long as possible. Let's hear John & Yoko call each other by their first names for a half-hour. Let's produce feedback and screaming longer than one can normally tolerate. After all, the big joke is that John Lennon's name is on this album... so even if the "concepts" are questionable and/or idiotic- lots of people will BUY this piece of vinyl because a Beatle has his name on the cover!!!
"The Wedding Album" was the BIGGEST rip-off I ever experienced as a Beatles fan and purchaser of all things Beatle. When this album came out in 1969 it was priced HIGHER than a regular album because it was a big box! The graphics for this product HAD to cost more than the recording costs. The recording part of this project was interminable and amateurish. Feel like hearing John & Yoko calling each other by their first names for a half hour? Feel like hearing "home audio" of every inane bit of their "bed-in for peace?" I sometimes think the most "conceptual" thing John & Yoko could've done with this project would have been giving the customer an EMPTY box! It probably would've sounded better.
Buying the CD version of "The Wedding Album" seems bizarre. The product was designed for vinyl and you lose so much graphic presentation in the CD format. The only blessing in the CD version is the inclusion of three actual SONGS. However, the three actual songs are Yoko's. So maybe it's not that big a blessing after all. All three tunes were B-sides to Plastic Ono Band singles.
I don't recommend buying ANY of John & Yoko's "conceptual" albums. Do yourself a favor and make one of your own!!! |
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| "Please put this album in perspective" | 2006-04-29 |
| - Reviewed By dennish253 |
| As a lifelong Beatles fan and collector, I owned and treasured all of John's work. All three of pre-Plastic Ono Band albums are the sign of what was happening in the late 60's. John was using these albums and Yoko to shake the image of Beatle John. I do admit these albums did not get very much needle time on my turntable (does that age me!!) If you are starting to get into John's work this would be low on the list for must have CD's, I even took a while to purchase these. But my collection would not be complete without these wonderful pieces of history |
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| "Wait...JOHN LENNON recorded this album?" | 2005-08-04 |
| - Reviewed By radioactiveman12 |
| This must be some kind of sick joke! John Lennnon was brilliant with the Beatles, but he leaves and puts out THIS? Sure, he was known for the more offbeat songs (Norweigan Wood, Tomorrow Never Knows, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, I am the Walrus, Strawberry Fields Forever) but THIS cannot even be CONSIDERED MUSIC! Twenty-four minutes of wailing followed by twenty-two minutes of screaming "John!" and "Yoko!" over and over again...could be the worst album ever. John was a brilliant mind, that's for sure, but this is just overkill. |
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 "The Most Accessible Of All John/Yoko Avant Garde Releases..." | 2005-06-12 |
| - Reviewed By somecompany |
The Wedding Album is probably the most accessible of the early avant garde albums that John and Yoko made together, mainly because of the inclusion of several interviews they did while they were having their bed-in. It gives you a nice insight into what they were thinking while they were doing it.
The other track is a nice lovey-dovey avant garde track with John and Yoko continually shouting each others names.
It's definitely the most accessible of all their early releases, but if you know you hate it already, don't bother buying it. |
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| "Will somebody please shoot me and put me out of my misery?" | 2005-01-15 |
| - Reviewed By brtherjohn2 |
How did John find time to put out 3 albums of this stuff? Not to mention the assorted bonus tracks this record company "kindly" added.
Too bad Paul at the time didn't compose a tune in tribute of this bizarre union called "Beatle Nightmare". |
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 "Best Little Pest Eradicator on the Planet" | 2004-10-14 |
| - Reviewed By theartbabe |
This album and particularly the track "Don't Worry Kyoko-mummy's only out looking for her hand in the snow..." is the best way I know to rid your yard of woodchucks, chipmunks or neighborhood cats. Simply place speakers close to an open window, crank up the decibel level and let Yoko do her magic. Have some relatives or so-called friends who refuse to leave? Download this track and play it full tilt with great pride. Your guests are guaranteed to leave within the hour. Also guaranteed to break single-paned glass and clear out stubborn clogged drains. Not for the faint of heart.
P.S. Dear Yoko, Pretentiousness is not Art. |
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