John Lennon no longer wanted to be a Beatle in the late 1960s, but 'John and Yoko'. At that time, Yoko Ono was already a respected visual artist who within the Fluxus movement experimented with music in which she screamed and whimpered like a drifting siren. Now she could suddenly count the world's most beloved pop star as her accompanist. The pop world initially hated it, but acts such as The
… Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth and Peaches later gave her a pioneering title in avant-garde rock. Between My Head And The Sky marks the return of the Plastic Ono Band, this time led by son Sean Lennon. He mainly has his mother sing and recite to mild dance beats and spherical whirring electronics. Sometimes those rippling musical landscapes are gratefully cut through with a solid guitar. The hysteria of Ono's early work is hard to find on this album with many repetitive, spiritual and naively poetic phrases and wordless vocals. Music that feels innocent even to a Beatles fan. (MR)more
