History Music / UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins

* PopCulturalOsmosis: The album cover has become infamous thanks to the image of Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno posing in the nude. It is also frequently shown in documentaries about Lennon, Yoko Ono and Music/TheBeatles, pops up in lists of controversial album covers and has been spoofed and parodied countless times. But the younger generations who may recognize the image from may not even be aware it's not just a photograph, but an actual album. Needless to say that even those who ''know'' this have hardly ever listened to it, left alone more than once.

''Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins'' is the debut studio album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno, released in 1968. At the time he was the first Beatle after Music/GeorgeHarrison to release a non-soundtrack solo album [[note]]Music/PaulMcCartney released his score for the British film ''The Family Way'' in 1967[[/note]], which happened only a week after the release of Harrison's ''Music/WonderwallMusic''.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: A brown bag was used to wrap the album cover up for stores who didn't want to offend other clients. To provide a TakeThat to their prudishness Lennon made sure the text had the following [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] quote printed on it, from [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Genesis]] Chapter 2, verses 21 to 25. The final line was highlighted in black lettering.

* CoversAlwaysLie: From looking at the album cover you'd expect this to be a genuine rock album or perhaps a pornographic tape. It is neither. Also: neither John Or Yoko were virgins at that point.

* CutShort: After 14 minutes of making noise John suddenly says: "Excuse me?!", whereupon he stops playing and replies: "Thank you." This ends side 1 of the original LP.

* FaceOnTheCover: John and Yoko, posing in a full frontal nudity pose.
* FanDisservice: Lennon claimed that much of the controversy about the album cover had more to do with the fact that he and Yoko were rather unattractive in the nude and the photo unflattering. Apart from that the content itself was also huge disservice to fans of Music/JohnLennon and Music/TheBeatles, who'd rather wanted ''actual'' rock music.

* SexyPackaging: John and Yoko fully frontal nude on the album cover. Funnily enough, his [[Music/TheBeatles other musical project]] had another [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum album]] out at the same time which had, in the photo-collage that came with it, a photo of Paul [=McCartney=] nude, but with a conveniently-placed metal pole concealing his bits. This was largely ignored compared to the fuss about the ''Two Virgins'' cover.

''Two Virgins'' caused enormous controversy for depicting John and Yoko in full frontal nudity. The scandal [[OvershadowedByControversy has overshadowed the actual content of the album]], which is basically a recording of John and Yoko experimenting with all kinds of sounds and noises, while Yoko feels [[HarshNoise the urge to wail a lot from time to time]]. It only sold well because of the scandal and because it was Lennon's first solo record, but is generally only interesting for AvantGardeMusic fans and/or Lennon biographers. It is safe to say that its album cover is [[MainstreamObscurity more famous than the content]].

* SexyPackaging: John and Yoko fully frontal nude on the album cover.

* ContemptibleCover: The front and back of the album cover shows Lennon and Yoko posing in the nude.[[note]] This picture was taken in the basement of Ringo's gaff in Montague Square, with no other people around. Instead John and Yoko used a camera with a delayed shutter release.[[/note]] This caused a lot of controversy and as a result many stores sold it in a brown bag with a small hole that showed only their faces, not their nude bodies. To provide a TakeThat to prudish people quotes from Genesis chapter 2 were placed on the back of the brown bag.
--> '''John''': "It just seemed natural to use. We're all naked really."

* PopCulturalOsmosis: The album cover has become infamous thanks to the image of Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno posing in the nude. It is also frequently shown in documentaries about Lennon, Yoko Ono and Music/TheBeatles, pops up in lists of [[ContemptibleCover controversial album covers]] and has been spoofed and parodied countless times. But the younger generations who may recognize the image from may not even be aware it's not just a photograph, but an actual album. Needless to say that even those who ''know'' this have hardly ever listened to it, left alone more than once.

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-->''Who was that?''

[[caption-width-right:350: [[AudienceAlienatingPremise It's about half an hour of John and Yoko making horrendous noise. And Yoko wails from time to time]]. [[DeadpanSnarker Hope we got you interested into listening to this album!]] [[labelnote:Click for the original uncensored version (NSFW)]]\\

* YourCheatingHeart: The entire album was recorded while John's wedded wife Cynthia was out and Yoko and John were messing about with this noise in her house.

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* CaptainObvious: After the 11 minutes mark Yoko wails and John asks: "Who's that?" Well, who COULD it be, John?

* CoversAlwaysLie: From looking at the album cover you'd expect this to be a genuine rock album or perhaps a pornographic tape. It is neither. Also: [[CaptainObvious neither John Or Yoko were virgins at that point]].

''Two Virgins'' caused enormous controversy for depicting John and Yoko in full frontal nudity. The scandal [[OvershadowedByControversy has overshadowed the actual content of the album]], which is basically a recording of John and Yoko experimenting with all kinds of sounds and noises, while Yoko feels [[HarshNoise the urge to wail a lot from time to time]]. It only sold well because of the scandal and because it was Lennon's first record, but is generally only interesting for AvantGardeMusic fans and/or Lennon biographers. It is safe to say that its album cover is [[MainstreamObscurity more famous than the content]].