The last public collaboration between John Lennon and Yoko Ono which was released 4 years after John's death, January 9, 1984.
Bittersweet.
What's your favorite track?
šÆ Milk and Honey by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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The last public collaboration between John Lennon and Yoko Ono which was released 4 years after John's death, January 9, 1984.
Bittersweet.
What's your favorite track?
Limedove
was @SgtLimestar on Twitter!
nobody told me goes pretty hard.,.,.,
I agree.
My dad was an executive at Polydor/PolyGram at the time and did quite a bit of work for 'Milk & Honey', as well as Yoko's other albums on the label. His birthday was a few months ago, and I made him a CD compilation that's effectively a 'best of' regarding music he was closely involved with during his time in the business. I made sure to include 'Nobody Told Me', and it was wonderful that after 40 years he became reacquainted with this material and told me he'd forgotten how good it was.
Just like its predecessor, a wonderful album. It's hard to believe John's recordings are largely rough versions, because they sound excellent even in that stage. For me, some of his very best songs are on it - how can 'Grow Old With Me' be outdone?
Just like its predecessor, a wonderful album. It's hard to believe John's recordings are largely rough versions, because they sound excellent even in that stage. For me, some of his very best songs are on it - how can 'Grow Old With Me' be outdone?
Jane smith
Yes, I'm a dreamer
It is truly a wonderful and magical album, as they have said it is hard to believe that the artistic works here come from a preliminary, all its melodies are beautiful and full of unique meaning,It's really hard to pick one specific tune but I'll stick with "Grow Old With Me."
I forget that Milk and Honey was released after John's was murdered -- it just feels like it was out during his lifetime. Nobody Told Me -- one of John's greatest!
Iāve never seen anyone talk about ā(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princessā, itās SO SWEET!!
āIām Stepping Outā and āNobody Told Meā have always been favorites as well
beatlesaint
Active member
I'm Stepping Out, Nobody Told Me, I Don't Wanna Face It and Grow Old With Me are right up there in the Lennon canon. Along with the Double Fantasy tracks its a sign of what was to come........
Perhaps a strange opinion, but itās my favourite Lennon album and very nearly my favourite Yoko album - her song Your Hands is such a powerful evocation of grief, for me standing next to Here Today in its use of music to communicate the loss of someone so incredible (of course, both songs from the two people who knew and loved John the most).
Perhaps the context changes my perspective, but this album is not just one released after Johnās death but is one definitively posthumous in all of the tragedy that conveys - Grow Old With Me can only work here as its unfinished demo, next to Yokoās wonderful Let Me Count the Ways, so Iām happy the ācompleteā treatment was left until later, including on the Gimme Some Truth compilation. Yoko and Sean have never tried to make the story of John just that he died - he was killed, far too young, by a violent act. Leaving GOWM as it is shows Lennon is someone who was reaching a new creative peak before it was all taken away.
The concept of the dialogue - between a man looking forward to a new lifeās beginning and his now widow who knows that the story ended far too soon - I feel is even stronger here than on Double Fantasy, where it already works very well.
Ultimately, the album contains really brilliant songs all the way through, and Iām very happy thereās very well mixed versions of the most complete studio takes of the Lennon songs - it would have been too jarring, and too artificial given he did these studio recordings, to segue from all demos for John into polished studio songs from Yoko. It works very well for the final piece of dialogue.
I love John and Yoko in 1980, if thatās not obvious! Iām very much looking forward to if thereās any kind of remaster/boxset/Ultimate version of DF and M&H. I really hope we get one of the brilliant tie-in books for the albums!
Perhaps the context changes my perspective, but this album is not just one released after Johnās death but is one definitively posthumous in all of the tragedy that conveys - Grow Old With Me can only work here as its unfinished demo, next to Yokoās wonderful Let Me Count the Ways, so Iām happy the ācompleteā treatment was left until later, including on the Gimme Some Truth compilation. Yoko and Sean have never tried to make the story of John just that he died - he was killed, far too young, by a violent act. Leaving GOWM as it is shows Lennon is someone who was reaching a new creative peak before it was all taken away.
The concept of the dialogue - between a man looking forward to a new lifeās beginning and his now widow who knows that the story ended far too soon - I feel is even stronger here than on Double Fantasy, where it already works very well.
Ultimately, the album contains really brilliant songs all the way through, and Iām very happy thereās very well mixed versions of the most complete studio takes of the Lennon songs - it would have been too jarring, and too artificial given he did these studio recordings, to segue from all demos for John into polished studio songs from Yoko. It works very well for the final piece of dialogue.
I love John and Yoko in 1980, if thatās not obvious! Iām very much looking forward to if thereās any kind of remaster/boxset/Ultimate version of DF and M&H. I really hope we get one of the brilliant tie-in books for the albums!
I hate how posthumous work gets overlooked, or how others label it as ātoo depressingā. Yes this is the last work we got from John, but what an amazing way to remember him!! The same with Georgeās Brainwashedā¦SO many masterpieces off that one!
