New York Rock
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New York Rock is an off-Broadway musical by Yoko Ono
. It is a thinly veiled account of her life with John Lennon
. The musical contains many songs from Ono's albums throughout the years, as well as several new tracks, some of which were reworked for inclusion on Rising
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([*] = new track)
Yoko Ono
is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
. It is a thinly veiled account of her life with John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
. The musical contains many songs from Ono's albums throughout the years, as well as several new tracks, some of which were reworked for inclusion on Rising
Rising (Yoko Ono album)
Rising is a 1995 album by avant-garde artist Yoko Ono. Released on November 7, on Capitol Records, the album features the backing band IMA , which included Ono's son Sean Lennon, Timo Ellis, and Sam Koppelman. The album has sold 11,000 copies in the United States to date...
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Track listing
- "It Happened" (Mother) – 1:26
- "I'll Always Be With You" [*] – 2:27
- "Spec of Dust" – 2:09
- "Midsummer New York" – 1:58
- "What A Bastard The World Is" – 3:19
- "Loneliness" – 3:09
- "Give Me SomethingGive Me Something"Give Me Something" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1980 on John Lennon and Ono's duet album Double Fantasy. The song appeared in Ono's off-Broadway musical New York Rock and her compilation albums Walking on Thin Ice and Onobox...
" – 1:21 - "Light On The Other Side" [*] – 1:58
- "Tomorrow May Never Come" – 1:54
- "Don't Be Scared" – 3:14
- "Growing Pain" – 2:37
- "Warzone" [*] – 1:41
- "Never Say Goodbye" – 4:17
- "O'Sanity" – 2:19
- "I Want My Love To Rest Tonight" – 4:15
- "I Felt Like Smashing My Face In A Clear Glass Window" – 3:04
- "Now or Never" – 3:20
- "We're All Water" – 3:04
- "Yes I'm Your Angel" – 2:44
- "It Happened" (Jill) – 1:28
- "Where Do We Go From Here" [*] – 2:02
- "Sleepless Night" – 2:00
- "No, No, NoNo, No, No (Yoko Ono song)"No, No, No" is a song by Yoko Ono from her controversial 1981 album Season of Glass. The song's opening contains the sound of four gunshots and Ono screaming. The B-side was "Will You Touch Me"...
" – 1:34 - "Even When You're Far Away" – 3:02
- "Hell in ParadiseHell in Paradise"Hell in Paradise" is a song by Yoko Ono from the 1985 album "Starpeace". The lyrics are about mankind's perceived idea of hell, despite living in the paradise that Ono considers to be planet Earth. After "Walking On Thin Ice", it was her biggest hit of the 1980s, charting at #16 on the US dance...
" – 2:47 - "Toyboat" – 2:59
- "Story of an Oak Tree" [*] – 2:18
- "Goodbye Sadness" – 4:10
- "Never Say Goodbye" (Bill) [hidden track] – 4:23
([*] = new track)
Cast
- Mother - Jan Horvarth
- Little Bill/Boy - Sean Dooley
- Bill - Pat McRoberts
- Jill - Lynette Perry
- Ignorance - Pete Herber
- Violence - Walter O'Neil
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- Streetkid - Aaron Blackshear
- Streetkid - Peter Kim
- Streetkid- Evan Ferrante