CD review: Yes, I'm a Witch -YOKO ONO

[KiwiCoromandel]

The wonderfully eccentric Yoko Ono shows she still has a sense of humour as well as major pulling power.....

Sixteen artists were given Ono's back catalogue from which they all chose a song to rework. The end result is definitely more hit than miss.

The downside to much of Ono's early avant-garde work – the screeching – is thankfully kept to a minimum.

Shitake Monkey inject some synth-pop funk into O'Oh while Le Tigre's reworking of the feminist classic Sisters certainly benefits from an updated rhythm, as does DJ Spooky's sublime trip-hop approach to Rising.

Prog rockers Porcupine Tree take a gentle acoustic approach to the ballad Death of Samantha, which nicely contrasts the raging fuzzed guitars of The Brother Brothers on the title track.

Cat Power shows her class on the duet Revelations while Spiritualised's Jason Pierce (Walking on Thin Ice) and The Flaming Lips (Cambridge 1969/2007) do what they do best by building up a discordant wall of sound for Ono to wail over.

By the end of it all it proves how challenging, and yet musically clever, Ono's early work was.

source:LINDSAY DAVIS/The Dominion Post

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[DudeAsInCool]

We posted a couple of music downloads here. A number of interesting artists contributed. I think it's impresive to see a woman in her 70s who can still rock