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    The B-52's and Yoko Ono's "Don't worry"

    In the LP "Whammy!" (1983) (the one with "Legal tender") there was a track called "Don't worry" credited to Yoko Ono. I never listened to it, but I assume it's the one Yoko recorded as "Don't worry Kyoko, Mummy's only looking for her hand in the snow" (dedicated to her daughter).
    I noticed in the CD version of "Whammy!" this track was taken out and replaced with another called "Moon 83". According to AMG this was caused by a disagreement between Yoko and the band.
    Anyone knows what happened?

    BTW, re-reading Lennon's last interview with Andy Peebles I found he saw a direct relation between The B-52's and Yoko's early records. The first time he heard "Rock Lobster" he called Yoko and told her "you've finally done it, they're playing your music up till the last iota" or something like that.
    I never payed attention to Yoko's music so I didn't know there was a link.

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    Yoko Ono's "Walking On Thin Ice" is perhaps her only good song. As for a connection to the B-52s :-?
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    It's strange, isn't it? All I remember from Yoko are those wailings and noise... In fact, I remember the live version of "Don't worry Kyoko" in the Sometime in NYC double LP and I can't figure how the hell the B-52's covered that thing! :)
    But listening again to "Double Fantasy" I found a track that is actually kind of nice, with a fresh new wave-like feel. It's called "Every man has a woman who loves him".

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    Re: The B-52's and Yoko Ono's "Don't worry"


     

     

    Quote Originally Written by Bernie View Post
    Yoko Ono's "Walking On Thin Ice" is perhaps her only good song. As for a connection to the B-52s :-?
    oh, LOTS of people consider Yoko to be non-musical but I like LOTS of her compositions on "Double Fantasy" and "Season of Glass". If you like "Thin Ice" then you should hear "She Gets Down On Her Knees", it's VERY similar. And apparently many artists enjoy her, they did an entire album of covers of her songs ("Every Man Has a Woman").

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