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Yoko Ono - Blueprint for a Sunrise Audio CD

A fair review of the Yoko Ono "Blueprint for a Sunrise" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Yoko Ono reviews here, or go back to the Yoko Ono tabs.

Yoko Ono Band: Yoko Ono
Title: Blueprint for a Sunrise
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Release Date: 2001-10-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Want You to Remember Me "A" 2: I Want You to Remember Me "B" 3: Is This What We Do 4: Wouldnit "Swing" 5: Soul Got Out of the Box 6: Rising II 7: It's Time for Action! 8: I'm Not Getting Enough 9: Mulberry 10: I Remember Everything 11: Are You Looking for Me?

Amazing!
People trash her, but those that trash her, either do not understand her music, or they've never actually listened to any of it,(I find it's usually the latter of the two). This album-like all of Yoko Ono's albums-is great.
I felt that I should review this album, because it is brilliant, and I've had it since it first came out, and I would hate someone to miss the chance to hear a truly remarkable artist, because too many people have negative opinions of her. So throw away your preconceived notions about her.
She's amazing, and she's finally being paid her dues. For a few years now, she has become more popular, due to the remixes of her older songs-which by the way have given her many top ten hits on the dance club charts. Her music in the late 60's through the mid-90's was way ahead of its time, but the time has come, it is now!.


When's the next one coming?
Sure, her voice isn't Beverly Sills but she definitely has sincerity (as well as talent!). Let's face it, those minions who bash Yoko out there are either chauvanists or bigots--take your pick. Recently I bought all of Yoko Ono CDs and I have to say her artistic input over the years has been consistently good. This, her latest CD, is no exception. In fact, this is one of her rare CDs to mix her avant garde (e. g. , Mulberry) with her songcraft (Is This What We Do). Usually it's either one or the other. Also: for anyone who doesn't know: when Yoko writes a melody, it's melodic, and her avant garde is not only listenable but intriguing. The only reason it's not five stars for me is that I'd like to hear Yoko write more lyrics beyond the topic of women's liberation (her typical subject matter)--or maybe I'm just the chauvanist here. At any rate: her ideas are always interesting. Meaningful music for people who have mind and ears, not contempt.


My cat likes it
This CD is good for calming a cat and lining his box. I played several samples of this CD on my computer while visiting the Amazon website and my male cat started meowing along.

Face it, Yoko can't sing (unless you have a cat's ears. ) .


Ugh.
I am not quite sure why this titled was listed under "Popular Music". This should be titled "Blueprint for Ruptured Eardrums". And don't give me any of that "avant garde" nonsense. If I had zero musical talent, I'd call it "avant garde" so pseudo-intellectuals would think they were supposed to enjoy it, too. Yoko Ono is music's physical manifestation of the Emperor's New Clothes (only with gigantic blue-blockers).


an artist in her own right
This album combines both. Ono had classical music training (in both voice and piano) in Japan, and then she rebelled against that (but it stuck with her anyway) when she joined the avant garde art movement Fluxus, whose musical arrangements (such as those by John Cage) are known for playing with the listener's perceptions of time, beauty, boredom and humor. It meshes the off-beat sweetness of someone like Nico with the Kali-esque ferocity of someone like Diamanda Galas. She's Bjork turned up the "weird" notch, and above all, she is Yoko, with a powerful voice and a rich history to draw from in her song-writing. She does nothing short of pushing her medium to its very limits, and this album is a fantastic introduction to her. I would definitely also recommend picking up a copy of Grapefruit (Ono's book of instructions, which are dark, sattirical, and hysterical) while you're at it.


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