John Lennon & Yoko Ono on DeBaser: reviews, quotes, and key works

John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Musical Group

Forbeatles fans, lennon/ono completists, experimental music listeners, rock historians
4 Reviews 1 Definitions 2 Charts

The Profile

Creative and personal partnership of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, spanning avant‑garde recordings, political statements, and chart work from the late 1960s through 1980; posthumous material followed.

They collaborated on provocative Unfinished Music projects (including Two Virgins and Life with the Lions), staged 1969 bed-ins for peace, issued political rock on Some Time in New York City, and later returned with Double Fantasy (1980). Happy Xmas (War Is Over) remains a widely known seasonal single. Lennon was killed in 1980; Milk and Honey was released posthumously in 1984.

Four DeBaser reviews tackle the Lennon–Ono partnership from raw avant‑garde experiments to politicized rock. Two Virgins and Wedding Album spark divided reactions; Some Time in New York City gets both praise and scorn. Themes include activism, feminism, and bed-ins. Expect candid takes and a few howls.

Notable Quotes

❝ This is how side A of the Wedding Album begins and ends, expressed in various sensations and tones.

❝ From the purely musical aspect, instead, what is reported on the record is just a noisy sound collage (classifiable as noise music) that drags on wearily for a very long 32 minutes

❝ "Woman is the nigger of the world", the most significant song of the album, is inspired by a phrase by Yoko Ono which in Italian should sound something like "the woman is the nigger of the world".