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Yoko Ono, Jason Robert Brown, Lynette Perry - New York Rock

Yoko Ono, Jason Robert Brown, Lynette Perry - New York Rock

Band: Yoko Ono, Jason Robert Brown, Lynette Perry Title: New York Rock Rating: Release Date: 02 May, 1995 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: It Happened - Jan Horvath 2: I'll Always Be With You - Sean Dooley/Jan Horvath 3: Speck Of Dust - Sean Dooley/Jan Horvath 4: Midsummer New York - Pat McRoberts 5: What A Bastard The World Is - Lynnette Perry 6: Loneliness - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry/Ensemble 7: Give Me Something - Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante/Peter Kim/ Walter O'Neil/Paul Mahos/Pete Herber 8: Light On The Other Side - Pat McRoberts/Ensemble 9: Tomorrow May Never Come - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry 10: Don't Be Scared - Jan Horvath/Sean Dooley/Ensemble 11: Growing Pain - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry 12: Warzone - Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante/Peter Kim/ Walter O'Neil/Paul Mahos/Pete Herber 13: Never Say Goodbye - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry 14: O'Sanity - Walter O'Neil 15: I Want My Love To Rest Tonight - Jan Horvath/Lynnette Perry 16: I Felt Like Smashing My Face In A Clear Glass Window - Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante/Peter Kim 17: Now Or Never - Jan Horvath/Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry/Ensemble 18: We're All Water - Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante/Peter Kim/Walter O'Neil/Paul Mahos/Pete Herber 19: Yes, I'm Your Angel - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry 20: It Happened - Lynnette Perry 21: Where Do We Go From Here - Lynnette Perry/Jan Horvath/Walter O'Neil/ Paul Mahos/Pete Herber/Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante... 22: Sleepless Night - Lynnette Perry, Pete Herber, Aaron Blackshear/Evan Ferrante/Peter Kim 23: No, No, No - Pete Herber/Lynnette Perry 24: Even When You're Far Away - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry 25: Hell In Paradise - Ensemble 26: Toyboat - Sean Dooley 27: Story Of An Oak Tree - Lynnette Perry/Sean Dooley 28: Goodbye Sadness - Lynnette Perry/Sean Dooley/Ensemble 29: It Happened Again (Reprise) - Pat McRoberts/Lynnette Perry

Customer Reviews New York Rock, ROCKS! I love the Yoko versions much more, but I actually like this CD also. I bought this just because all of the words and music are Yoko's. Yoko donated money from the proceeds od CD and the Play to AMFAR, so that was another reason to purchase this. I have loved Yoko Ono ever since I first found an old 45 record of her singing Now or Never and I have purchased everything she has ever made since! Yoko is way ahead of her time. . . she is a story teller and her lyrics and music bring out all kinds of emotions in me. it just doesn't work When Ono sang "Warzone" and "No No No" on her own solo albums, the effect was downright chilling. Take away Yoko Ono's shaky, but honest singing and you're not left with much. The results here verge on the comical. That's the case with almost every track on NEW YORK ROCK. Yoko's stuff just wasn't meant to be sung by stage vocalists. The problem with covers of Yoko Ono songs is... . . the songs themselves are so honestly from Ono's heart, so specifically written for her voice, her sound, her range--endearing and breathtaking and to Western ears "imperfect"--that these trained singers fall short of the true heart of the music. Listen if you're curious, but the true expression of these songs lie in the original Yoko Ono albums they came from: "Season of Glass," "a Story," "Approximately Infinite Universe," "Fly," "Feeling the Space," "It's Alright," and "Starpeace. " The clearest example I can think of is Ono's unbelievably beautiful song "Toy Boat" from "Season of Glass," which here is belted out in true musical style, but in the original is sung quietly, tentatively, hopefully. . You can see a complete list of all Yoko Ono, Jason Robert Brown, Lynette Perry discography, or go back to the Yoko Ono, Jason Robert Brown, Lynette Perry tabs