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Ross (3284 KP) rated Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band in Music

Jul 6, 2020  
Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
1970 | Pop, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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8.6 (5 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 23rd greatest album of all time
Tiresome self-indulgent rubbish from the former Beatle. Songs about his abandonment by his parents and psychological torture show a certain amount of self-discovery (I am assuming some form of yogic therapy allowed him to revisit times in his childhood). However completely lacking in self-awareness as he used to beat his first wife and he himself abandoned his first son in favour of increasing amounts of fame. It just seems that he has now earned enough money to be safe for life and has discovered certain drugs and spiritual awakenings and is now trying to rewrite his history. The music is also pretty boring.
  
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Rufus Wainwright recommended Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics in Music (curated)

 
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics
1983 | Rock
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"This record was the precursor to my operatic downfall when I was 13. Before opera there was Annie Lennox - she inhabited that realm of drama and beauty and the ephemeral. So I was obsessed with that record and I think also, even though at the time I wasn't necessarily aware of my sexuality, it definitely spoke to this self-discovery that was bound to happen, regarding the tenuous nature of gender. That album cover with her looking like a man was just so life-changing – I imagine a bit like when people saw Bowie's record covers. For me, Annie Lennox in that macho pose made so much sense without me knowing what the hell it meant."

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Rufus Wainwright recommended The Platinum Collection by Mina in Music (curated)

 
The Platinum Collection by Mina
The Platinum Collection by Mina
2004 | Compilation
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"She's a later discovery. She's still alive – an amazing, iconic Italian pop singer from the late 1960s through the 70s and 80s, whom I discovered when I was dating a very handsome Italian man in Rome, driving around on the back of a scooter and listening to her recordings. I always identify her as the Bette Midler of Italy, she had a very similar fashion and look, this crazy curly red hair and amazing make-up. She also had this wild voice, and there's this glamorous European quality to her that she brings me right to when I need to get there, especially living in the United States. Mina, take me away!"

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Alison Maclean recommended Le Doulos (1962) in Movies (curated)

 
Le Doulos (1962)
Le Doulos (1962)
1962 | International, Drama
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I had reservations about choosing this film because the women in it are somewhat victimized, but I hugely admire Melville’s work, and this is a new discovery. Le doulos is particularly terse and gloomy in black and white, stripped of any fat whatsoever. There’s a complicated plot that’s almost impossible (for me) to follow, but it all boils down to the question of who can be trusted. The men all pretty much dress alike and come to seem interchangeable. The violence is abrupt and shocking, and the story is full of reversals. Most of all, I love the ending, where Belmondo’s character forces us to reinterpret everything we’ve just seen in a new light."

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