Yoko Ono: her 20 greatest songs – ranked!
20. John, John (Let’s Hope For Peace) (1969)
“I felt like soldiers were dying next to me,” said bassist Klaus Vormann of the scourging Ono-led improvisation that ended the Plastic Ono Band’s set at Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival. An endless, agonised torrent of wailing feedback and screaming, it’s as confrontational as anything late-60s rock produced.
19. Born in a Prison (1972)
No one is ever going to claim the politicised Sometime In New York City as among John Lennon’s post-Beatles masterpieces, but it’s not without its highlights. Among them Born in a Prison, one of Ono’s most successful early attempts at straightforward, sweetly melodic songwriting: the lyrics are better than Lennon’s on-the-nose political hectoring, too.
