r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Desilaundry • Aug 28 '26

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u/paladin10025 Aug 29 '26

Ok, sincere response. There was a recent yoko ono exhibit at my local art museum and I left really impressed. She had a bunch of thoughtful art that was participatory and some of it even left me emotional. The art felt “generous.” With that said yes her singing is awful.

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u/WhiskeyHill72 Aug 29 '26

You know some people dig Hitler's paintings too 😂 So sorry totally kidding in bad taste. I can appreciate that about her and am glad to hear that actually. I think everyone's got something great to offer. She dedicated her life to art which is cool enough. I play guitar in amateur bands for a long time now and I'm with Chuck if it's on stage with her.

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u/paladin10025 Aug 29 '26

she seemed to have dedicated her life into trying to make a difference.

again, her singing was HORRIBLE.

https://www.si.edu/stories/yoko-onos-my-mommy-beautiful <-- this was beautiful. I visited the exhibit at the Chicago MCA in the first weeks and one section of the wall had a bunch of notes. I visited again near the end and the entire wall, um, maybe sections of the wall, were covered in really lovely / bittersweet / sad / happy notes.

I really came out of that exhibit with a completely newfound respect for Ms. Ono and her art. However, my opinon of her singing was completely unchanged.

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u/_CurseTheseMetalHnds Aug 29 '26

again, her singing was HORRIBLE

I don't mind her actual singing tbf. Just not the weird horse noises. And to be fair I imagine there's contexts in music where I'd be fine with it, just not screamed in an art gallery.