Ono, Yoko
Feeling The Space
If you've listened to Feeling the Space, Yoko Ono's personal-is-political 1973 album, it should come as no surprise that
the once-reviled artist is inspiring a new generation of activists in 2017. On such songs as the righteous chant "Woman
Power," the empathetic ballad "Angry Young Woman," the hilarious proto-grrrl "Potbelly Rocker," and the satirical "Men
Men Men," Yoko sings in surprisingly straightforward fashion about the burdens carried by women and the mandate for
feminism. Supported by such skilled studio vets as guitarist David Spinozza, sax player Michael Brecker, and drummer Jim
Keltner, this is perhaps Yoko's most accessible album, and her most intimate. Feeling the Space was recorded during the
time when the avant-garde visionary artist became estranged from her rock-star husband John Lennon. He plays only
briefly on the album (billed as Johnny O'cean); she produced and wrote all the songs. The result is a definitive
soundtrack/document of the era of consciousness raising and of radical critique of the family structure. Yoko and
company deliver this hard message soft rock style, or as soft as Yoko could get. Yoko was on the front lines of the
women's liberation movement. Dedicated "to the sisters who died in pain and sorrow and those who are now in prisons and
in mental hospitals for being unable to survive in the male society," it's an emotional exploration of the psychological
toll of oppression.
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Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
14-07-2017
Label
Item-nr
1112179
EAN
0656605028415
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Not in stock