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 Unlike yourself I am not an expert on Kabuki theatre……But a Japanese friend informs me that there’s very little precedent in ‘hetai’ singing for what Yoko does. He seemed keen to distance her screechings from Kabuki…..and from using traditional ‘hetai’ as a way of justifying her ‘art’

But everything comes from somewhere……..So I have to agree with some of what you say….Though I would put the major influence….(my opinion) as being avant garde jazz, lack of any true ability and a need to be noticed whatever it takes!

 Perhaps Yoko gets some of the negativity because the type of mainstream music fans the Beatles attracted (myself included) are not attracted to the ‘Avant Garde’ and would rather run a mile than be confronted with it. I may be wrong, correct me if I am, but i thought it was John himself who once said, “avant garde is french for bullshit” and George who said it meant……  ‘aven’t gorra clue?’

So it could be that the weight of negativity she has endured is due to the fact that Yoko’s famous because of John. if she’d never had met him and after her breakdowns and difficult relationships she had settled down, and had just done her own thing, in her own world she would either not be remembered at all today or  she would have a tight circle of respecters and the praise you feel she deserves………’Cut Piece’ and ‘Fly’ seem well regarded…..

Guess we’ll never know.

I understand that we have to rise above taste and put all prejudice aside if we want to be uplifted by art….or great music. Perhaps it’s my failing that I can’t do that with Yoko’s ‘music’……Or it’s that her ‘music’ is just not capable of uplifting……..You might tell me that I’m wrong and that she uplifts you…

Each to his own………. The future will reveal whether she is ahead of her time and you are too or the sycophantic clapping she got at the end would have been different had a small boy in the crowd shouted ‘The King is in the altogether’

 Don’t have the raving conniptions or take this personally but for me, my humble, unworthy opinion….. is that the noise she makes in this video sounds like I would imagine an exorcism to sound.

I found myself expecting her head to spin round.

As it is. I know from the ‘mods’ that enough is enough regarding our personal interactions over Yoko and that this type of argument can be divisive and sour the board’s atmosphere. 

I’ll leave it there……..

All the above is my personal opinion.

I wouldn’t give a fly’s belch if Yoko was put out by anything I’ve said but I hope I haven’t upset anyone else on here…..You all seem a friendly bunch.

This is the 3rd time I’ve visited this post…………my bottom lip hurts.

Honestly, I have mixed feelings about Yoko. She made John happy, so that makes me happy. But, I don’t believe she was the complete reason The Beatles broke up. But, at the same time, I’m not a big fan of her, but I don’t mind her