Yoko Ono Celebrates Gays And Lesbians In Reworking Of Old Song
Can you imagine the type of music John Lennon would be making today? Here we are, getting some half-baked protest albums featuring Raine Maida covering Lennon’s beautiful music, while Lennon himself, who would’ve only been 63, is not around to comment on Bush, corporate power or gay and lesbian rights. Well, at least we still have Yoko Ono.
Cleverly retooling her song "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him," which she penned nearly a quarter-century ago, Ono has created two brand spankin’ new gay-friendly songs, "Every Man Has a Man Who Loves Him" and… wait for it… "Every Woman Has a Woman Who Loves Her." The original version of the song was included on Double Fantasy, her last album with Lennon before his untimely 1980 death, but no one cared about her music back then, so it went largely unnoticed.
Ono’s avant-garde music pretty much cemented her as a wholly negative influence on Lennon in the eyes of the public, causing Beatles fans to continually ridicule her and her music. Ono reportedly feels as though her musical outsider status has made her seem more appealing to the gay and lesbian community through an empathetic connection. A spokesperson for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender Community Center in New York told the Associated Press that Britney Spears doing something like this would create a bigger and better reaction, but, hey, Yoko Ono’s OK, too.
Ono, who recently performed "Every Man Has a Man Who Loves Him" at a gay pride rally in New York, has seen some newfound success in the past couple of years after she opened up her back catalogue to some producers and remixers. Now being billed simply as "ONO," the 71-year-old performer has seen a lot of club success, with her old songs being dug out of the trashcans they were initially flung into, reworked and launched up the dance music chart of Billboard magazine.
And someone cares now? I can't say I've ever cared much for her music, but it's nice she's trying to open people's eyes... someone else would've been better for the job though
"I'm for it so we can put Nuclear power plants up there, and then beam the power back to earth on a laser beam." ~ Whidden
I think she's the biggest *****. She is living on John's money 'cause she certainly isn't making music history with her songs. They suck. I heard recently that Yoko Ono was a nuiseance to the Beatles. She would sit with them when they were rehearsing and making them feel uncomfortable. Paul called her overbearing and alot of other nasty words as well. They all didn't like her either. They talked behind John's back and called him a wimp. He saw that she was controlling him but he didn't do anything about it. If John would of seen Yoko Ono supporting gays, he would of done so himself. This man loved civil rights and was in favor of everyone living together. Let's face it, the man loved sex and drugs which got him in a lot of trouble. John was opinionated, a futurist, rebellious and somewhat violent. He would of supported gays along with Yoko Ono because of what he was.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo' H.G Wells
07-13-2004 05:16 AM
