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Show ' 1UM The Salt Lake Tribune Friday, July - y nr yw y1"17 gi - Y iji 22, 1983 Yoko Ono prefers not to comment on latest tabloid tales Bv Hubert Hilburn Los Angeles Times Writer NEW YORK Yoko Ono shook her head firmly when asked if she wanted to comment on the series of sensationalistic books being published about her life with the late John Lennon. Sitting in hor office in the Dakota Building here, Ono said that at some point she would meet with a few reporters to answer any questions that have been raised by the books. Until then, she said she prefers not to comment on the incidents described in the books, trusting that readers will sort out the truth for themselves. "1 still believe in karma . . ," she said. "By projecting the positive, I can do more to add to the positiveness around us. Tabloid-Leve- l Tales But it was clear that Ono has been hurt by the tabloid-leve- l tales outlined in books like John Greens Dakota Days." Peter Brown and Steven Gaines' "The Love You Make and May Pang's upcoming "Loving Len. non. Where The Love You Make" touches on the Lennons only as part of a larger Beatles biography, the other books are centered on the couple's relationship. Green describes an atmosphere of jealousy and paranoia in the Dakota apartment, which he visited in the 70s as a tarot reader employed by Ono. Pang's account will not be published by Warner Books until next month, but excerpts are running in US magazine, which recently teased dereaders with this front-covscription of the "explosive book: "Take him, Yoko said. So May Pang did. Now she tells the exclusive story of her life as Johns live-i- n 18 months of manic music. lover deck. She said she had planned to finish the LP last year, but she found it too difficult at the time to listen to Lennon's voice, so she went ahead with her own solo album, "It's Alright. As with "Double Fantasy," the couples 1980 LP, "Milk and Honey features five tracks written by Lennon and five written by Ono. The songs will probably be sequenced so that one number by each is paired to form a series of dialogues: a Lennon expression of doubt ("I Dont Want to Face followed by an Ono statement of reassurance ("Dont Be them. She learned about this summer's series of books last year but apparently has not read them, preferring to get summaries from friends. Wearing blouse, in 1980. Complex Financial Struggle Besides the strain of the books and the continuing, complex financial struggle to sort out all the Beatles finances, Ono is still plagued by the horror of her husbands death. Yet she appeared far stronger emotionally than during an interview in the summer of 1981. At that time, she had to stop twice during Yoko Ono is preparing Milk and Honey for release. The album is collaboration with her late husband John Lennon. computer upstairs in their apart- ment than listening to Mom and Dads album, where pop figures usually shut out everything else when giving an interview or playing a new piece of music for a visitor, Ono frequently interrupted the conversation to low Sean to take precedence. the interview to rally against well- ing tears. She seems to be deter- mined to move forward, drawing much of her strength from Sean, the son. couple's Ono clearly adores Sean, who was on wearing a Beatlefest '83 Saturday and seemed far more in- in playing with a home time. Ono would like to have the album the stores by Christmas. Before Milk and Honey" however, several of Onos songs will be featured in a in collection, tentatively titled "Every Man Has a Woman. Compiled by Sam Havadtoy, the LP will feature various artists doing Ono songs. They include Lennon, who sings the title track, Elton John. Roberta Flack, Eddie Money. 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The albums most striking number is Lennon's "Grow Old With Me, an especially moving ballad that includes the recurring line, God bless our love. The song was Per Car Load $5.00 TicMs tK wig r Lennon was so pleased with the song that he played it for guests during the "Double Fantasy" session, saying it was something he was savalbum because ing for the follow-u- p it seemed a bit too personal at the It) mm (Mem? raggEHaiiiilfl TOfcW Robert Browning Line Because her song was inspired by an Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem, Lennon found a phrase by Browning's husband, Robert, to use as a response in his song. The Robert Browning line was grow old along with me, but Lennon felt "Grow Old With Me" worked better in the song. - 'Milk and Honey Between visits from Sean, Ono played a rough mix of the "Milk and Honey tracks on a portable tape ... process for the authors after Lennon's death. Meanwhile, she is trying to keep occupied with a series of projects, most notably Milk and Honey, the album that she and Lennon were working on at the time of his death ey." pizza. Nothing Left "We finally got to where we would just laugh because we figured there was just nothing left for them to write about, she said. Ono said she began noticing that some outrageous" stories started appearing again around the first anniversary of Lennofn's death. Some were so "excruciatingly painful" that she decided to just stop reading jeans and a purple she seemed philosophical, speaking about the books as if they were almost an inevitable part of some kind of emotional cleansing written by Lennon in response to Onos "Let Me Count the Ways." which will also be on "Milk and Hon From time to time, she would cross the large den to see what he had written for her on the computer. She even brought out a copy of a school report on how well Sean was doing. "He is a very strong boy, you know, she said later, when he came in from his room to pick up a slice of suicidal binges, murder mind control and sex." In a room still filled with photos and other memorabilia from the Lennon years, Ono recalled how she and Lennon eventually learned to deal with hostility and sometimes outlandish media tales in the days after the Beatles breakup. Street. S I. C 7363-678- 1 k A .ilk Mb. |
