| About
AOS
AOS: A rehearsal tape for show
at Albert Hall with Ornette Coleman and his band in 1968.
Yoko
Ono in her instructions to the Coleman's band: "Do
not be concerned about showing many things: simplicity and economy of notes, dynamics
and rhythm. Think of the days when you only had one heart
and one penis to give - and one note. Think of the days when
you had to suffer in silence for 10 days of eternity before you could give, and
yet you were afraid of giving because what you were giving was so true and so
total, you knew that you would suffer a death after that. Think
of the days when you allowed silences in your life for dreaming and thinking of
dreaming. This is no shit. No "mood" or whatever
you call it. It's real..."
The meaning of AOS
According
to Kevin
Concannon's dissertation about Yoko Ono's art (Unfinished Works And
Aural Histories: Yoko Ono's Conceptual Art. Virginia Commonwealth University,
August 2000), AOS "is a combination of the Japanese word, ao (meaning "blue"),
and the English word "chaos", with a suggested meaning of "blue
chaos"."
Plastic Ono Band
Yoko
Ono Plastic Ono Band is now credited as being the grassroots of the punk revolution.
Even back when it was first released in 1970, some critics declared her voice
"the most interesting instrument since the Moog". 
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