Post by ZeroCorpse on Apr 18, 2008 15:43:05 GMT -5
I don't know how I missed this, but here's an interesting part of the IAAP puzzle:
This is supposedly a track that John was working on (started Sept 11) and it was given to the poster, QueenOfCosmania. Her information for this video is the truly interesting part of this clue:
"On September 11, 1980 John Lennon had begun work on a double-EP that he tentatively called The Right Album. While Milk and Honey was recorded and mastered at Hit Factory, A & R Studios, and Sterling Sound---all proper studios based in New York City--it was in his own home studio, arranged out of somewhat outdated equipment, that he would dedicate the evening hours to work on this "pet project" of his. Side One would have been made up of avant garde sound collages while Side Two would have contained the more "normal", "acceptable" John Lennon fare. Recording began on September 11 and continued until his death on December 8.
Most of the tapes have been lost.
There is (and has been, for quite some time) hearsay that Yoko Ono herself burned these tapes, deeming them unnaceptable for a commercial release. While I don't know about that, I do know that it would have been one of his most daring, experimental albums.
I would often ponder what the ramifications would be were I to release this song. Indeed, it must have been important to John as it was the one song he showed me of this rather arcane project he had undertaken. He and Yoko had begun to spend less and less time together, so it is doubtful that she heard any of it, either.
I have held on to this tape for many years. Yoko has made many attempts to retrieve it from my grasp, but I have held my ground to the bitter end. Ultimately, I never would have had the courage to release this had I not a very special man that you all know as Iamaphoney. He is truly dedicated to his cause, which has become my cause too (though I have since stopped seing him due certain....complications that arose). Iamaphoney has his briefcase; I have this tape. Both are means to the same end.
For those of you who have it this far, congratulations, the truth is here. With Iamaphoney's help I discovered that both forwards AND backwards, this song is loaded with hidden messages. While similar in style (and name, obviously) to Revolution 9, it contained many firsts for a John Lennon composition, such as the use of a vocoder near the end of the song. As someone who always deeply admired John for his experimental nature, this is a truly magnificcent piece and it offers a glimpse it what could have been had he not been shot that fateful December night in 1980.
I have done all that I can do to make the audio prestentable. But the tape is over two decades old, and I'm an artist, not an audio technician. I have a cleaner-sounding but much shorter edit of this on another tape, but unless people are really interested I won't even bother. It's not that I don't care; I am simply a busy woman. None of this is likely to matter soon, because they are getting ready for the big reveal (and it is rapidly approaching), and once the truth is heard once and for all recordings like this will likely seem trivial.
But anyway...
John, this is for you.
You know I always loved you.."
May Pang?
The video is tagged May Pang.
I see socash was in on the discussion at youtube, but I didn't see anything about it here, so I thought I'd bring it to the forefront again.
This is supposedly a track that John was working on (started Sept 11) and it was given to the poster, QueenOfCosmania. Her information for this video is the truly interesting part of this clue:
"On September 11, 1980 John Lennon had begun work on a double-EP that he tentatively called The Right Album. While Milk and Honey was recorded and mastered at Hit Factory, A & R Studios, and Sterling Sound---all proper studios based in New York City--it was in his own home studio, arranged out of somewhat outdated equipment, that he would dedicate the evening hours to work on this "pet project" of his. Side One would have been made up of avant garde sound collages while Side Two would have contained the more "normal", "acceptable" John Lennon fare. Recording began on September 11 and continued until his death on December 8.
Most of the tapes have been lost.
There is (and has been, for quite some time) hearsay that Yoko Ono herself burned these tapes, deeming them unnaceptable for a commercial release. While I don't know about that, I do know that it would have been one of his most daring, experimental albums.
I would often ponder what the ramifications would be were I to release this song. Indeed, it must have been important to John as it was the one song he showed me of this rather arcane project he had undertaken. He and Yoko had begun to spend less and less time together, so it is doubtful that she heard any of it, either.
I have held on to this tape for many years. Yoko has made many attempts to retrieve it from my grasp, but I have held my ground to the bitter end. Ultimately, I never would have had the courage to release this had I not a very special man that you all know as Iamaphoney. He is truly dedicated to his cause, which has become my cause too (though I have since stopped seing him due certain....complications that arose). Iamaphoney has his briefcase; I have this tape. Both are means to the same end.
For those of you who have it this far, congratulations, the truth is here. With Iamaphoney's help I discovered that both forwards AND backwards, this song is loaded with hidden messages. While similar in style (and name, obviously) to Revolution 9, it contained many firsts for a John Lennon composition, such as the use of a vocoder near the end of the song. As someone who always deeply admired John for his experimental nature, this is a truly magnificcent piece and it offers a glimpse it what could have been had he not been shot that fateful December night in 1980.
I have done all that I can do to make the audio prestentable. But the tape is over two decades old, and I'm an artist, not an audio technician. I have a cleaner-sounding but much shorter edit of this on another tape, but unless people are really interested I won't even bother. It's not that I don't care; I am simply a busy woman. None of this is likely to matter soon, because they are getting ready for the big reveal (and it is rapidly approaching), and once the truth is heard once and for all recordings like this will likely seem trivial.
But anyway...
John, this is for you.
You know I always loved you.."
May Pang?
The video is tagged May Pang.
I see socash was in on the discussion at youtube, but I didn't see anything about it here, so I thought I'd bring it to the forefront again.
