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| 1. Cambridge 1969 |
| 2. No Bed For Beatle John |
| 3. Baby's Heartbeat |
| 4. Two Minutes Silence |
| 5. Radio Play |
| 6. Song For John |
| 7. Mulberry |
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A huge improvement over Two Virgins,
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This review is from: Unfin.: Life With.. (Audio CD)
Unfinished Music No1: Two Virgins was a directionless meandering mess, the sound of two people experimenting without any clear idea of where they were going or what they were trying to achieve. In contrast Unfinished Music No 2: Life With The Lions is much more focused, and remains an excellent avant-garde noise album.The album is split firmly into two distinct sections - track 1 'Cambridge 1969', an epic 26 minute live performance takes up the whole of one side of the original vinyl album, and consists of a virtual dual between John Lennon's waling feedback guitar and Yoko Ono's wailing vocals (with some variation thanks to additional percussion and saxophone in the last 10 minutes). Often Yoko's atonal screeching can be a painful experience, but coupled with some truly inspired guitar feedback from Lennon this piece works well. The remaining 4 tracks making up the albums original 2nd side tell a more sombre story, being recorded from Queen Charlotte Hospital where John and Yoko lost their baby when Yoko had a miscarriage. 'No Bed For Beatle John' is an improvised unaccompanied vocal piece, as Yoko sings the story of her stay in hospital and the struggles to release Two Virgins, while John sings some half unintelligible monkish accompaniment about Northern Songs, Apple and Marc Bolan. The next two track are fairly self explanatory - 'Baby's Heartbeat' and 'Two Minutes Silence'; taken out of context the idea of releasing a silent 'song' does come over as artistic pretentiousness, but following the snuffed out intimate sounds of the couple's miscarried baby's heartbeat the moment of silence here is both powerful and appropriate. Finally 'Radio Play' features on overdriven / mistuned radio that emits only bursts of percussive noise, while somewhere in the background John calls out of the hospital for his effects. The 2 CD bonus tracks are 'Song For John', a brief melodic song sung by Yoko with John on acoustic guitar, and 'Mulberry' which features John improvising bizarre sounds playing acoustic slide guitar. Not exactly pleasant or easy listening, and at an hour long this album can drag a bit at times, but with some bizarre sounds, a compelling real life story, and some of Lennon's best and most unorthodox guitar playing on 'Cambridge 1969' and 'Mulberry', Life With The Lions is an obscure masterpiece in weird records, and a fascinating piece of Beatles history. Recommended for all those who can accept that albums don't have to limit themselves to being collections of melodic pop tunes.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
This is scary!,
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This review is from: Unfinished Music No 2 Life with the Lions (Audio CD)
What can you say now..Yoko's babys heartbeat..fm static noise..and the opening track being 'Cambridge 1969' John on feedback guitar and Yoko..sounding like some is giving her a lesson in torture..but i still find this amusing and totally 'Avant Garde'
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
This is a pregnant pause!,
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This review is from: Unfin.: Life With.. (Audio CD)
In between some great music John Lennon and Yoko produced this totally egocentric soundscape. Whilst some artists could get away with it John and Yoko don't.
I'm afraid they should have left this where it belonged with the miscarriage. I did feel for them in their loss but to be atonally reminded of it , once is enough!!
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