Some Time in New York City | Fab forum

(Please sorry if I refer to this album as Somewhere in New York. I confuse these 2 words.. a lot)

Edit : Argh it's Sometime in New York City. Sorry.

Ok Sun King, these are my first impression of this album. It's not by any means a professional review. I was paying a bit of attention to the lyrics because I was working in some school stuff while listening to this.

Woman is the nigger of the world. – Fantastic music and great lyrics. One of my favorite from the album.

Sisters, sisters – I'm sorry but Yoko's voice is a bit monotonous and that kills the song.

Attica State – The music is good and John and Yoko's voice combined sound ok. The chorus reminded
me of the famous scene in Dog Day's afternoon "Attica! Attica!".

Born in a Prison – The music is ok, Yoko's vocals are a bit better. I mean, she didn't have a great singing voice but
I think , she could have done something to improve it, I dunno, some singing classes… 

New York City – Great rock and roll song. I like it.

Sunday Bloody Sunday – I love Larry Mullen Jr drums … oh wait wrong song. . I really like it. The music is fantastic
and I'm not ashamed to confess I totally dig Yoko's chorus in here, it's really catchy. I wonder if U2 got inspiration in the drums from this song. I found myself moving my head at the rythm. And that false ending. Definetly a keeper. 

The Luck of the Irish – It's ok. Again, Yoko's voice could have been better. I paid a bit attention to the lyrics and…
no. I don't like Preaching John.

John Sinclair – I like the beginning. But those repetitions… if I had listened in a vinyl it would have made me run to the
stereo and check if the album was scratched.

Angela – No. I didn't like it. The music is good I guess, but I got a bit tired of being in a political protest. I dunno
but I started to feel  I was listening to Bono or Trova Cubana during their political rants. Not good.

We're all water – At this point I was looking forward to start listening Mind Games. (The next album in Signature Box)

Overall I think the album is ok, but a bit too preachy. My favorites are Woman, New York City and Sunday Bloody Sunday.  What do you think of it?

(And BTW Joe, I was reading BB John Lennon's section while listening to the albums. Fantastic!)

mr. Sun king coming together said:

Mith, you are a life saver! Thanks for all the song reviews. I''ll take a gander.

Edit: How was the second disc of live stuff?

Because of my little instant love for Sometime in NYC, I didn't even bother. I'll have a bash later, when I'm done with all the albums. right now I'm with Rock and Roll. I totally dig it

Mith, when are you going to learn to read the manual (or Skye's messages) before using software?? I found where to edit the title. *facepalm*

I haven't paid too much attention to the lyrics in Sunday Bloody Sunday (Isn't that like "I can't believe the news today") but the rhythm is catchy. I can't hear it without shaking my head and clapping my fingers. And I dunno why, but Yoko's screeching Suuundaaaay Bloooody Sundaaaaaaaay is just perfect with John "uh-uh-uh" in the back. I laugh at the madness going on there.

And yes Zig, the band is quite good.

vonbontee said:

(But, hey: If you're just downloading the albums for free, there's no point in complaining about the parts you hate & can simply delete, is there? It's not as though you had to pay double-album price for a single listenable album! Or even HALF a listenable album, for that matter. And it's even more of a non-issue considering that Some Time in NYC was sold for the price of a single album, just like All Things Must Pass was 3-for-the-price-of-2. And, surprisingly enough, considering Apple's stinginess, the STinNYC double-CD appears to also be selling for the price of a single, judging from the one I got at HMV, $17.99 like all the other Lennon albums.)

Now that makes a LOT of sense!!! I'm going to give it a try to the Live Jam disc. I'm afraid I'll hate it because I don't ike extended versions of songs in concerts (unless you're creative)