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You’re coherent as hell, I know exactly what you’re trying to say. I’m not a New Yorker but I am old and very much an art lover, so I remember a lot of the names you just threw. Though I wasn’t a fan of pretty much anything she was involved with, her influence is inescapable and has a much farther reach than just pop music.

And maybe I’m remembering incorrectly, but while she wasn’t the most generous of patrons that ever lived, she did throw some of that ex-Beatle cash into the art scene from time to time as well, and was involved in many a fundraiser, maybe still is. That may not make a whole lot of difference in terms of changing a band from Sound A to Sound B, but over time, quietly, she really has changed the art world.

You took people and events I barely remembered and fleshed it out into actual facts very handily. Thank you for taking the time, and I hope by the time you’re reading this you’ve gotten some sleep.

Seriously, she might have. Back in the 60s she was into the extreme ends of performance art/counterculture (it would all be considered mild today) but I have no doubt she has influenced artists like Velvet Underground and Laurie Anderson and even Warhol: they were all part of the New York art scene and they all played off each other, even when their “art” was of different genres.

But there’s another factor involved, and I’m not being facetious: part of making art is the deliberate and very difficult act of ceasing to self-censor, to not silence your creativity with judgement, to not worry about how good something you produce is until it’s out of you and complete. I think in that regard Yoko Ono has something to offer every vocalist of ALL skill levels, including my chihuahua.

The comments under that one were gold too: “You can use it as a home alarm system” lol. There was another comment on a different video that went

I love Yoko’s voice. I also love fingernails on blackboard, squealing brakes on a train, smoke detectors on low battery, and the tortured screams of demons during a major exorcism.