YOKO ONO-"APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE" (1972)

Sister Morphine meets Pink Floyd!

The title track of Yoko's 1971 masterpiece, this song is a beautiful ache. Turning the expansive optimism of John's "Across the Universe" inward, she describes a young woman's internal war with addiction and loneliness.

Yoko writes amazing lyrics. They are clean and clear, almost haiku in their ablity to nail the essence. She has few rivals in Rock for writing simple lines that are so complex and provacative.

Supporting her are the New Yok band, Elephant's Memory. The soaring guitar lines, which are reminescent of David Gilmour's arcing ache, are the work of Wayne Gabriel. While John was brilliant at skronky punk and grungy blues chords, Gabriel brought a sympathetic beauty to the varied styles on this album that expanded the pallette. Highly overlooked.

This double album is her "Blonde On Blonde" or "White Album". It has an amazing variety of pop styles and poignant lyrics, and is well worth the purchase!


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[MichaelHansenFUN]

Sister Morphine meets Pink Floyd!

LOVE IT

sister morphine the song by the stones or a band name?

[funknroll]

@MichaelHansenFUN

I was thinking of the song "Sister Morphine" (co-written by Marianne Faithfull), particularly the subject matter of a woman struggling with desperation and addiction. And the anthemic guitar chords remind me of Dave Gilmour.

[funknroll]

Check out all of the videos:

-YOKO ONO-"GREENFIELD MORNING (I Pushed a Baby Carriage...)" (1970)

-YOKO ONO-"MOVE ON FAST" (1972)

-YOKO ONO-"APPROXIMA TELY INFINITE UNIVERSE" (1972)

-YOKO ONO-"WINTER FRIEND" (1974)

[funknroll]

Check out all of the videos:

-YOKO ONO-"GREENFIELD MORNING (I Pushed a Baby Carriage...)" (1970)

-YOKO ONO-"MOVE ON FAST" (1972)

-YOKO ONO-"APPROXIMA TELY INFINITE UNIVERSE" (1972)

-YOKO ONO-"WINTER FRIEND" (1974)

[RurouniIdoru]

Am I still on YouTube? There's not a single ignorant and negative comment in here (as of this posting)! Applause for all! Not to mention it's a Yoko Ono video, and she's so demonized, which means double applause!

Yoko rocks so hard. It's so cool to know she CAN sing, she just sometimes CHOOSES to sound...unconventional, because she's crazy/awesome.

[nothingfails]

if this music doesn't move you and all you can think is hateful thoughts about Yoko, you have no soul

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@funknroll good combination!!!

[wallofvideo]

those of you not averse to remixes might note that as of mid-september 2011, a remix of yoko's "talking to the universe" is topping the usa dance charts.

[Sakamotoissarita18]

Who is the one who writes of the above, this is what I call writing. Her music is in the feeling of art.

[AwesomeAkagami]

The one thing you can't deny is that she did good to John. In her own right, in her own way, she made it. She may not have been as big as her husband, but she definetly made it, because she showed us more than we could have ever hoped for. The beauty of music . This woman is so inspiring. I'm surprised that there is no ignorant comment streaming from the mind of one that does not know. It's quite fascinating to tell you the truth. She is more than perfect in her own right and will always yoko.

[ElGrandeOutrageous]

this song rocks!!!!

[fighttheracists]

This is a great song from Ono's album Approximately Infinite Universe. I recommend this album and also Fly which contains songs that are hit or miss but at least interesting.

I also recommend her book Grapefruit.

I think Ono is overlooked as an artist because people didn't like her personally or blamed her for the breakup of the Beatles or something.

One should judge art on its own merit.

[tonystarks357]

@nothingfails Yoko is so great - I wish they played her more accessible songs on the radio so more people could appreciate her. Anyone hearing "Growing Pain" could never say another bad word about Yoko.

[jillaaree]

This song rocks!