Entertainment For Lively Minds
Where is Plastic Ono Band?
We don't make a habit of reproducing press releases but this could be interesting:
"MARK RONSON ADDED AS THE LATEST SPECIAL GUEST OF YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND FOR A ONE-OFF PERFORMANCE.
"The band will now include Mark Ronson, Antony Hegarty, Sean Lennon, members of Cornelius, and Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto at Yoko’s forthcoming London performance as part of the Southbank Centre’s Meltdown Festival, directed by Ornette Coleman.
"The show is on June 14 at the Royal Festival Hall and will be the debut appearance in the UK of Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band.
"Ono, who rarely plays in the OK, will be playing a cross section of material from her whole career, including new material from her forthcoming album “Between My Head And The Sky”, which will be released in the autum. Tickets for the Meltdown show are now available, priced £25 and £20."
(Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band? How many Onos do you need in one band name?)
- More from Andrew Harrison.
- Login or register to post comments
-
he should
get Bono, ENO and the ENO onstage too.
I also saw
that flea from RHCP is playing with Ornette Coleman talk about a perfect storm of bad music.
Ornotte
as the case may be...
speaking of flea...
just discovered he did the voice for the child (Donnie) in the cartoon The Wild Thornberrys
amazing
"Ono, who rarely plays in the OK"
Couldnt have put it better myself
I'm wondering about the autum myself...
is it some kind of gastric complaint?
You beat me to it
I was going to question the typo.
Surely it should've read "Ono, who rarely plays OK"
Wish we could delete
double posts...
Live From Tokyo.
Funnily enough whenever I hear/read the name Yoko, I always think Ono.
Oh no...
Doh, no!
You stole my response. :)
My brother was at a recording session with her
a couple of years ago. He said she was lovely, amazingly professional and really brilliant musically. She also told lots of Lennon stories.
However, I can't stick her.
I think
she's good value and I like "listen the snow is falling around" although the galaxie 500 versions the best
Would a tribute act fronted by Bill Maynard...
...be called the Plastic Ono It's Selwyn Froggitt Band..?
Oh no! It's the Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band!
How many onos is that?
At this point can I revist
The Yoko O'Nolans & the Plastic Ono Band?
Never one to leave a dead horse unflogged, me!
Yoko Kokomono?
Deceased horse being battered further as I type...
Yoko kimono my house
The Plastic Sparks tribute band
The Plastic ELOno Band
Avant garde offshoot of the Jeff Travelynne Wilbury Band?
(Someone call the Dead Horse Protection League, now!)
Digressing slightly....
Shalamarr
Did we do that one? I'm arsed if I can be bothered to check...
I think that's a new one
Sometimes they still pop unbidden into my head at inappropriate moments, like some sort of acid flashback. Thanks for that!
I thought of
Dire Waits
about a month too late.
Post it now
maybe there will be a slow burn to 2000 posts by the end of the year.
What is phrase origin?
On a slight tangent, what is the origin of the 'Where is Beatles Band?' statement question thing? Was it from the NME years ago?
A Google search chucks out some tantalising hints - including at least one reference from this august site - but no real explanations.
Danny Baker invented it
in the form of a letter to NME from one Samuel K Amphong, praising the Beatles "melodious throngs" and signing off "yours as in rock!"
We should dig him out and get him to write a column (Samuel K Amphong or Danny, either will do).
aren't all these examples of
ONOmatopoeia?
Plastic Duo Band
see what I did there?
YOU are the Plastic Ono Band
I think was the strap line when the 'Band' (some perspex boxes) was first unveiled in 1969.
I saw Yoko's live show at the Astoria some years ago. (This may be from when that building's structural problems date). She and the band, which featured Sean Lennon, were fantastic. They focused on the late 60s / early 70s material plus her then new album 'Rising' - so a lot of frantic riffing and screaming. As someone once said, perfect for those who find Sonic Youth a little too middle of the road. Excellent.
She also played 'Mind Train' - which a certain Mr. Lewry once described as better than anything in John Lennon's solo canon. Seconded.
I didn't hear about the Meltdown show until after it was sold out. My only reservation would be the inclusion of the dreadful Mark Ronson, however if there are any free tickets kicking around the Word office give me a shout and I'll do the review.
Was also at the Astoria...
... and seem to recall a lot of Black Sabbath pre-show. Great gig. Have tickets for Meltdown and very much looking forward to it. Even Mark Ronson. :-)
I'd be keen to hear how you get on
Post a review!
will she play any
EMO?
SOLO?
"I know Bono and he knows Ono/
And she knows Eno's phone goes thus..."
NAME THAT TUNE.
Tonight, Matthew ...
(for a change) I'm an Eno collaboration.
Gloriously, with Bono
...pronounced "Bone-oh", as it should be, if only to irk him.
Special guest spot with ...
Jeff Lynne
in other words Ono ELO
OK, I'll go away now.
sponsored By Polo
introduced by Edward Debono
I think she should bring on some new talent
how about
"Dananananaykroyd"
By chance I just got a gig email
and there's a band apprently called
YOHO! (the ! is there's not mine which i'll add now!)
More bizarre than that is they are supporting the drummer from the Smiths doing a dj set. When did drummers get to be DJ's?
When the musicians they were hanging around with
Got tired of them.
Boom. Boom.
Overegging it, mate!
Yolk? Oh, no.........
The show should be called ONONISM !
.
To the best of my belief
the only live UK appearance of the Plastic Ono Band. I've never seen a longer clip.
Quite a line up - Lennon, Ono, Harrison, Clapton, Keith Moon, Bobby Keys, Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins, Alan White, Klaus Voorman and Delanie & Bonnie's touring band.
It may not be Mark Ronson but hey ... !
Definitely
too many people...
I should mention that the now legendary Carol From Luton...
...is going to the Ono show. Oh yes.