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''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions'' is a companion piece to ''Unfinished Music No. 1'' from 1968, and together with 1969's ''Music/WeddingAlbum'' forms a trilogy of experimental albums John and Yoko recorded together.

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''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions'' is a companion piece to ''Unfinished Music No. 1'' from 1968, and together with 1969's ''Music/WeddingAlbum'' (released around five months later in the same year) forms a trilogy of experimental albums John and Yoko recorded together.
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The first side of the original LP is devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko singing to Lennon's guitar feedback; at the end saxophonist John Tchicai and drummer John Stevens join in. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in UsefulNotes/{{London}} and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]

''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions'' is a companion piece to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968 and together with ''Music/WeddingAlbum'' from 1969 a trilogy of experimental albums John and Yoko recorded together.

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The first side of the original LP is devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko singing to Lennon's guitar feedback; at the end saxophonist John Tchicai and drummer John Stevens join in. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in UsefulNotes/{{London}} and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]

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''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions'' is a companion piece to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' ''Unfinished Music No. 1'' from 1968 1968, and together with 1969's ''Music/WeddingAlbum'' from 1969 forms a trilogy of experimental albums John and Yoko recorded together.

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''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions'' is the second studio album and debut live album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno, released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968, it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.

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''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions'' is the second studio album and debut live album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno, released in 1969.1969 as the first of only two releases from Zapple Records, an incredibly short-lived offshoot of Music/TheBeatles' Apple Records dedicated to spoken-word and experimental material. The other album, for reference, was Music/GeorgeHarrison's ''Electronic Sound''. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968, it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.




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The first side of the original LP is devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko singing to Lennon's guitar feedback; at the end saxophonist John Tchicai and drummer John Stevens join in]. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in UsefulNotes/{{London}} and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]

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The first side of the original LP is devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko singing to Lennon's guitar feedback; at the end saxophonist John Tchicai and drummer John Stevens join in].in. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in UsefulNotes/{{London}} and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]
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The true story of how Tchicai and Stevens came to play with Lennon and Ono is told in Throw It In, in the Trivia section, from the account of Fred Frith, who was actually at the concert.


The first side of the original LP is devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko singing to Lennon's guitar feedback; at the end saxophonist John Tchicai and percussionist John Stevens join in[[note]]Ono and Lennon's performance segued into Tchicai and Stevens' own solo performance, and the transition point is captured during the fadeout[[/note]]. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in UsefulNotes/{{London}} and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]

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The first side of the original LP is devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko singing to Lennon's guitar feedback; at the end saxophonist John Tchicai and percussionist drummer John Stevens join in[[note]]Ono and Lennon's performance segued into Tchicai and Stevens' own solo performance, and the transition point is captured during the fadeout[[/note]].in]. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in UsefulNotes/{{London}} and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: From judging the album cover you'd expect some music on it, unless you've already been exposed to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' and have some idea that this record may be AvantGardeMusic again. And indeed, it is. This album feels more like a Music/YokoOno record, as John's voice is only heard faintly in the background throughout the record, and he only plays guitar on the first side.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: From judging the album cover you'd expect some music on it, unless you've already been exposed to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' and have some idea that this record may be AvantGardeMusic again. And indeed, it is. This album feels more like a Music/YokoOno record, as John's voice is only heard faintly in the background throughout the record, and he only plays guitar on the first side. ... Well, we ''say'' "plays" guitar. What he actually does is hold it in front of the amp with the volume turned up to the max.[[note]]Playing the guitar in unconventional ways was actually a common technique in avant-garde music circles in the 1960s, so Lennon wasn't really doing something here that people hadn't done before him. His commitment to not playing "straightforward" guitar can even be regarded as admirable.[[/note]]
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* {{Noise Rock}}: "Cambridge 1969".

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* {{Noise Rock}}: "Cambridge 1969". That's Lennon sticking his Epiphone Casino up against a big ol' Fender stack for over twenty minutes. At no point in the performance does he play any conventional notes, although he does bash the strings occasionally.
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The first side of the original LP is devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko singing to Lennon's guitar feedback; at the end saxophonist John Tchicai and percussionist John Stevens join in[[note]]Ono and Lennon's performance segued into Tchicai and Stevens' own solo performance, and the transition point is captured during the fadeout[[/note]]. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]

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The first side of the original LP is devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko singing to Lennon's guitar feedback; at the end saxophonist John Tchicai and percussionist John Stevens join in[[note]]Ono and Lennon's performance segued into Tchicai and Stevens' own solo performance, and the transition point is captured during the fadeout[[/note]]. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London UsefulNotes/{{London}} and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]

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* PunBasedTitle: The album title is a pun on the BBC Radio show "Life with the Lyons", a sitcom broadcast on radio (1950-1961), as well as TV (1955-1960). The spelling changes refers to the paparazzi, reporters and fans that would hound them, as shown on the back cover.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "No Bed for Beatle John" consists of John and Yoko reading the text of press clippings about themselves by singing them. The articles are about the hospital not giving John a bed to stay in during Ono's miscarriage[[note]]in actuality, another patient required his bed and so John elected to sleep on the floor beside Yoko[[/note]] and EMI's refusal to carry ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' because of its controversial sleeve. The back cover is a news photo of Lennon and Yoko leaving the police station in 1968, after being arrested for hashish possession.

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* PunBasedTitle: The album title is a pun on the BBC Radio Creator/{{BBC}} show "Life ''Life with the Lyons", Lyons'', a sitcom broadcast on radio (1950-1961), as well as TV (1955-1960). The spelling changes refers to the paparazzi, reporters and fans that would hound them, as shown on the back cover.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "No Bed for Beatle John" consists of John and Yoko reading the text of press clippings about themselves by singing them. The articles are about the hospital not giving John a bed to stay in during Ono's miscarriage[[note]]in actuality, another patient required his bed and so John elected to sleep on the floor beside Yoko[[/note]] and EMI's Creator/{{EMI}}'s refusal to carry distribute ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' because of its controversial sleeve. The back cover is a news photo of Lennon and Yoko leaving the police station in 1968, after being arrested for hashish possession.
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* IncrediblyLongNote: Yoko's opening wail takes a damn long time!

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* IncrediblyLongNote: Yoko's opening wail takes a damn long time!time![[note]]38 straight seconds[[/note]]
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* WorkInfoTitle: The title describes the album as "Unfinished Music".

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* JumpScare: Yoko's announcement: "This is a piece called Cambridge 1969". Then she starts screaming/wailing.

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* JumpScare: Yoko's announcement: "This "Uh... this is a piece called Cambridge called—um—Cambridge 1969". Then she starts screaming/wailing.


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* NonIndicativeTitle: ...[[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]] depending on your impression. "Radio Play" is not a play being broadcast over radio, but rather Yoko playing with a radio.
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The first side of the original LP is mostly devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko ''singing'' to Lennon's guitar feedback, while near the end saxophonist John Tchicai and percussionist John Stevens join in. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]

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The first side of the original LP is mostly devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko ''singing'' singing to Lennon's guitar feedback, while near feedback; at the end saxophonist John Tchicai and percussionist John Stevens join in.in[[note]]Ono and Lennon's performance segued into Tchicai and Stevens' own solo performance, and the transition point is captured during the fadeout[[/note]]. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]



* ACappella: Side 2 begins with John and Yoko singing newspaper articles about themselves.
* AlbumFiller: Side 1 is basically Yoko screaming with John's guitar feedback in the background, recorded live at Cambridge University in front of the audience. Side 2 was recorded in the hospital where Yoko went to have their first child born, but it ended in a miscarriage. The first part has them reading newspaper articles about themselves while singing them, then follows a series of heartbeat recordings of their unborn child, followed by literally two minutes of silence. The album concludes with radio sounds, with brief moments of John and Yoko talking and John calling someone by phone in the background.

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* ACappella: Side 2 begins with John and Yoko singing newspaper articles about themselves.themselves, in a monastic chat style.
* AlbumFiller: Side 1 is basically Yoko screaming with John's guitar feedback in the background, recorded live at Cambridge University in front of the an audience. Side 2 was recorded in the hospital where Yoko went to have their first child born, but it ended in a miscarriage. The first part has them reading newspaper articles about themselves while singing them, then follows a series of heartbeat recordings of their unborn child, followed by literally two minutes of silence. The album concludes with radio sounds, with brief moments of John and Yoko talking and John calling someone by phone in the background.



* AvantGardeMusic: Side 1 is music, though mostly SensoryAbuse noise. Side 2 has some music in the beginning, which consists of John and Yoko singing newspaper articles. The rest is background noise in the hospital- with Yoko toying around with a radio- and silence.

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* AvantGardeMusic: Side 1 is music, though mostly SensoryAbuse noise.textural noise bordering on SensoryAbuse. Side 2 has some music in the beginning, which consists of John and Yoko singing newspaper articles. The rest is background noise in the hospital- hospital - with Yoko toying around with a radio- radio - and silence.



* CoversAlwaysLie: From judging the album cover you'd expect some music on it, unless you've already been exposed to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' and have some idea that this record may be AvantGardeMusic again. And indeed, it is. But it's mostly a Music/YokoOno record, as John's voice is only heard faintly in the background on Side 2 and not all too often.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: From judging the album cover you'd expect some music on it, unless you've already been exposed to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' and have some idea that this record may be AvantGardeMusic again. And indeed, it is. But it's mostly This album feels more like a Music/YokoOno record, as John's voice is only heard faintly in the background on Side 2 throughout the record, and not all too often.he only plays guitar on the first side.



* FaceOnTheCover: John and Yoko in the hospital. Yoko lying in bed, John sitting on the ground because they wouldn't give him a bed to himself.
* GriefSong: It's difficult to decide whether "Two Minutes Silence" is dedicated to the child they lost in their miscarriage, but it does follow "Baby's Heartbeat", so who knows?

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* FaceOnTheCover: John and Yoko in the hospital. Yoko lying in bed, John sitting on the ground because they wouldn't give him a the hospital required his bed for a patient in need and John didn't want to himself.
leave Yoko by herself.
* GriefSong: It's difficult to decide whether "Two Minutes Silence" is dedicated to the child they lost in their miscarriage, but it does follow "Baby's Heartbeat", so who knows?Heartbeat". Neither Ono or Lennon ever explained it.



* JumpScare: Yoko's announcement: "This is a piece called Cambridge # 69". Then she starts screaming/wailing.

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* JumpScare: Yoko's announcement: "This is a piece called Cambridge # 69".1969". Then she starts screaming/wailing.



* PunBasedTitle: The album title is a pun on the BBC Radio show "Life with the Lyons", a sitcom broadcast on radio (1950-1961), as well as TV (1955-1960).
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "No Bed for Beatle John" consists of John and Yoko reading the text of press clippings about themselves by singing them. The articles are about the hospital not giving John a bed to stay in during Ono's miscarriage and EMI's refusal to carry ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' because of its controversial sleeve. The back cover is a news photo of Lennon and Yoko leaving the police station in 1968, after being arrested for hashish possession.

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* PunBasedTitle: The album title is a pun on the BBC Radio show "Life with the Lyons", a sitcom broadcast on radio (1950-1961), as well as TV (1955-1960).
(1955-1960). The spelling changes refers to the paparazzi, reporters and fans that would hound them, as shown on the back cover.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "No Bed for Beatle John" consists of John and Yoko reading the text of press clippings about themselves by singing them. The articles are about the hospital not giving John a bed to stay in during Ono's miscarriage miscarriage[[note]]in actuality, another patient required his bed and so John elected to sleep on the floor beside Yoko[[/note]] and EMI's refusal to carry ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' because of its controversial sleeve. The back cover is a news photo of Lennon and Yoko leaving the police station in 1968, after being arrested for hashish possession.



* ShoutOut: "Two Minutes Silence" is a shout-out to Music/JohnCage's "4'33".
* SingerNameDrop: "No Bed for Beatle John" is a newspaper article about John and Yoko.

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* ShoutOut: "Two Minutes Silence" is has been considered a shout-out to Music/JohnCage's "4'33".
* SingerNameDrop: "No Bed for Beatle John" is a consists of newspaper article articles about John and Yoko.
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* ShoutOut: "Two Minutes Silence" is a a shout-out to Music/JohnCage's "4'33".

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* ShoutOut: "Two Minutes Silence" is a a shout-out to Music/JohnCage's "4'33".
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''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions'' is the second studio album and debut live album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno, released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968, it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.

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''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The with the Lions'' is the second studio album and debut live album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno, released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968, it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.



''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions'' is a companion piece to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968 and together with ''Music/WeddingAlbum'' from 1969 a trilogy of experimental albums John and Yoko recorded together.

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''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The with the Lions'' is a companion piece to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968 and together with ''Music/WeddingAlbum'' from 1969 a trilogy of experimental albums John and Yoko recorded together.



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* PunBasedTitle: The album title is a pun on the BBC Radio show "Life With The Lyons", a sitcom broadcast on radio (1950-1961), as well as TV (1955-1960).
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "No Bed For Beatle John" consists of John and Yoko reading the text of press clippings about themselves by singing them. The articles are about the hospital not giving John a bed to stay in during Ono's miscarriage and EMI's refusal to carry ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' because of its controversial sleeve. The back cover is a news photo of Lennon and Yoko leaving the police station in 1968, after being arrested for hashish possession.

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* PunBasedTitle: The album title is a pun on the BBC Radio show "Life With The with the Lyons", a sitcom broadcast on radio (1950-1961), as well as TV (1955-1960).
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "No Bed For for Beatle John" consists of John and Yoko reading the text of press clippings about themselves by singing them. The articles are about the hospital not giving John a bed to stay in during Ono's miscarriage and EMI's refusal to carry ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' because of its controversial sleeve. The back cover is a news photo of Lennon and Yoko leaving the police station in 1968, after being arrested for hashish possession.



* ShoutOut: "Two Minutes Silence" is a a shout-out to Music/JohnCage's "4'33" ".
* SingerNameDrop: "No Bed For Beatle John" is a newspaper article about John and Yoko.

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* ShoutOut: "Two Minutes Silence" is a a shout-out to Music/JohnCage's "4'33" ".
"4'33".
* SingerNameDrop: "No Bed For for Beatle John" is a newspaper article about John and Yoko. Yoko.



* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "No Bed For Beatle John". It must be admitted: when Yoko actually makes an effort to sing and not to scream she actually has a very sweet voice. And even though this track is nothing but them two singing newspaper articles it still sounds far more accessible than all the other tracks.

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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "No Bed For for Beatle John". It must be admitted: when Yoko actually makes an effort to sing and not to scream she actually has a very sweet voice. And even though this track is nothing but them two singing newspaper articles articles, it still sounds far more accessible than all the other tracks.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Side 2 was recorded when Yoko had to stay in the hospital to give labor, but their child died in a miscarriage. All the recordings on this side of the album take place in the hospital.
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'''''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions''''' is the second studio album and debut live album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno, released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968, it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.

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'''''Unfinished ''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions''''' Lions'' is the second studio album and debut live album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno, released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968, it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.
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"Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions" is a companion piece to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' (1968) and together with ''Music/WeddingAlbum'' (1969) a trilogy of experimental albums John and Yoko recorded together.

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"Unfinished ''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions" Lions'' is a companion piece to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' (1968) from 1968 and together with ''Music/WeddingAlbum'' (1969) from 1969 a trilogy of experimental albums John and Yoko recorded together.



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* SoloSideProject: This was Lennon's second solo album released while still being a member of the Beatles.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Perhaps the most bizarre and morbid example of this trope. "Baby's Heartbeat" is a recording of the heartbeats of their unborn child, who would die in miscarriage.

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* SoloSideProject: This was Lennon's second solo album released while still being a member of the Beatles.
Beatles, and the last one released while he was a member of the band.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Perhaps the most bizarre and morbid example of this trope. "Baby's Heartbeat" is a recording of the heartbeats of their unborn child, who would later die in miscarriage.
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'''''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions''''' is the second studio album and debut live album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/Yoko Ono, released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968, it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.

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'''''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions''''' is the second studio album and debut live album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/Yoko Ono, Music/YokoOno, released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' from 1968, it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.

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'''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions''' is Music/JohnLennon's second solo album, recorded with Music/YokoOno and released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' (1968) it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.

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'''Unfinished '''''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with With The Lions''''' is the Lions''' is Music/JohnLennon's second solo album, recorded with Music/YokoOno studio album and debut live album by Music/JohnLennon and Music/Yoko Ono, released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' (1968) from 1968, it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.



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'''Personnel'''
* Music/JohnLennon: vocals, guitar, feedback
* Music/YokoOno: vocals, radio
* John Tchicai: saxophone
* John Stevens: percussion
* Mal Evans: watch
* John Ono Lennon: heartbeats during "Baby's Heartbeat".

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'''Personnel'''
* Music/JohnLennon: vocals, guitar, feedback
* Music/YokoOno: vocals, radio
* John Tchicai: saxophone
* John Stevens: percussion
* Mal Evans: watch
* John Ono Lennon: heartbeats during "Baby's Heartbeat".

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# "Song For John" (1:29)
# "Mulberry" (8:47)

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* AlliterativeTitle: "No '''B'''ed for '''B'''eatle John".

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* AlliterativeTitle: "No '''B'''ed for For '''B'''eatle John".



* PunBasedTitle: The album title is a pun on the BBC Radio show "Life with the Lyons", a sitcom broadcast on radio (1950-1961), as well as TV (1955-1960).

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* PunBasedTitle: The album title is a pun on the BBC Radio show "Life with the With The Lyons", a sitcom broadcast on radio (1950-1961), as well as TV (1955-1960).



* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "No Bed for Beatle John" consists of John and Yoko reading the text of press clippings about themselves by singing them. The articles are about the hospital not giving John a bed to stay in during Ono's miscarriage and EMI's refusal to carry ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' because of its controversial sleeve. The back cover is a news photo of Lennon and Yoko leaving the police station in 1968, after being arrested for hashish possession.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "No Bed for For Beatle John" consists of John and Yoko reading the text of press clippings about themselves by singing them. The articles are about the hospital not giving John a bed to stay in during Ono's miscarriage and EMI's refusal to carry ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' because of its controversial sleeve. The back cover is a news photo of Lennon and Yoko leaving the police station in 1968, after being arrested for hashish possession.


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* HeartbeatSoundtrack: "Baby's Heartbeat" is a heartbeat monitor recording of their unborn child, who died in miscarriage.

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* FanDisservice: Once again this second solo album full of AvantGardeMusic that you only play once is not what fans of Music/TheBeatles and Music/JohnLennon wanted to hear.
* GriefSong: It's difficult whether "Two Minutes Silence" is dedicated to the child they lost in their miscarriage, but it does follow "Baby's Heartbeat", so who knows?

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* FanDisservice: Once again this second solo album full of AvantGardeMusic that you only play once is not what fans of Music/TheBeatles and Music/JohnLennon wanted to hear.
* GriefSong: It's difficult to decide whether "Two Minutes Silence" is dedicated to the child they lost in their miscarriage, but it does follow "Baby's Heartbeat", so who knows?
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* EpicRocking: Side 1 of the record is one continuous recording. If you would call "Radio Play" "music" then it would also be mentionable, as it takes 12:35 minutes.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The tracks "Baby's Heartbeat", "Two Minutes Silence" and "Radio Play" are effectively that.

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* EpicRocking: Side 1 of the record "Cambridge 1969" is one continuous recording. If you would call recording stretching to 26:31 minutes. "Radio Play" "music" then it would also be mentionable, as it takes 12:35 minutes.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The tracks "Baby's Heartbeat", "Two Minutes Silence" and "Radio Play" are effectively that.what their titles describe.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: From judging the album cover you'd expect some music on it, unless you've already been exposed to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo2TwoVirgins'' and have some idea that this record may be AvantGardeMusic again. And indeed, it is. But it's mostly a Music/YokoOno record, as John's voice is only heard in the background on Side 2 and even in those cases it's only faintly and not much.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: From judging the album cover you'd expect some music on it, unless you've already been exposed to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo2TwoVirgins'' ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' and have some idea that this record may be AvantGardeMusic again. And indeed, it is. But it's mostly a Music/YokoOno record, as John's voice is only heard faintly in the background on Side 2 and even in those cases it's only faintly and not much. all too often.

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* AlbumFiller: Side 1 is basically Yoko screaming to John's guitar feedback, recorded live at Cambridge University in front of the audience. Side 2 was recorded in the hospital where Yoko went to have their first child born, but it ended in a miscarriage. The first part has them reading newspaper articles about themselves while singing them, then follows a series of heartbeat recordings of their unborn child, then literally two minutes of silence and the album concludes with radio sounds, with brief moments of John and Yoko talking and John calling someone by phone in the background.

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* AlbumFiller: Side 1 is basically Yoko screaming to with John's guitar feedback, feedback in the background, recorded live at Cambridge University in front of the audience. Side 2 was recorded in the hospital where Yoko went to have their first child born, but it ended in a miscarriage. The first part has them reading newspaper articles about themselves while singing them, then follows a series of heartbeat recordings of their unborn child, then followed by literally two minutes of silence and the silence. The album concludes with radio sounds, with brief moments of John and Yoko talking and John calling someone by phone in the background.



* HarshVocals: Side 1 has Yoko screaming her head off for almost half an hour.



* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Side 2 is basically John and Yoko in the hospital at the time when they expected their first child, but it became a miscarriage instead.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Side 2 is basically John and was recorded when Yoko had to stay in the hospital at the time when they expected to give labor, but their first child, but it became child died in a miscarriage instead.miscarriage. All the recordings on this side of the album take place in the hospital.



* ShoutOut: "Two Minutes Silence" is a a shout-out to Music/JohnCage's "4' 33" ".

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* SensoryAbuse: Yoko's wailing and John's guitar feedback during "Cambridge 1969".
* ShoutOut: "Two Minutes Silence" is a a shout-out to Music/JohnCage's "4' 33" "4'33" ".
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[AudienceAlienatingPremise Did you enjoy ''Unfinished Music No. 1 Two Virgins''?]] [[DeadPanSnarker Great! Because here is even more random noise and Yoko wailing her heart out!]]]]

'''Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions''' is Music/JohnLennon's second solo album, recorded with Music/YokoOno and released in 1969. Less famous than their first album, ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' (1968) it once again consists of AvantGardeMusic.

The first side of the original LP is mostly devoted to a registration of a concert of John and Yoko at Cambridge University, with Yoko ''singing'' to Lennon's guitar feedback, while near the end saxophonist John Tchicai and percussionist John Stevens join in. The second side was recorded on a cassette tape in John and Yoko's suite at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London and is mostly background noise, two minutes of silence and some [[{{Improv}} improvisation.]]

"Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions" is a companion piece to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' (1968) and together with ''Music/WeddingAlbum'' (1969) a trilogy of experimental albums John and Yoko recorded together.

'''Tracklist'''
# "Cambridge 1969" (26:31)
# "No Bed for Beatle John" (4:41)
# "Baby's Heartbeat" (5:10)
# "Two Minutes Silence" (2:00)
# "Radio Play" (12:35)

'''Personnel'''
* Music/JohnLennon: vocals, guitar, feedback
* Music/YokoOno: vocals, radio
* John Tchicai: saxophone
* John Stevens: percussion
* Mal Evans: watch
* John Ono Lennon: heartbeats during "Baby's Heartbeat".

!! No Bed for Beatle John (but there are a lot of tropes!)
* ACappella: Side 2 begins with John and Yoko singing newspaper articles about themselves.
* AlbumFiller: Side 1 is basically Yoko screaming to John's guitar feedback, recorded live at Cambridge University in front of the audience. Side 2 was recorded in the hospital where Yoko went to have their first child born, but it ended in a miscarriage. The first part has them reading newspaper articles about themselves while singing them, then follows a series of heartbeat recordings of their unborn child, then literally two minutes of silence and the album concludes with radio sounds, with brief moments of John and Yoko talking and John calling someone by phone in the background.
* AlliterativeTitle: "No '''B'''ed for '''B'''eatle John".
* AnnualTitle: "Cambridge 1969", recorded at Cambridge University in 1969.
* AvantGardeMusic: Side 1 is music, though mostly SensoryAbuse noise. Side 2 has some music in the beginning, which consists of John and Yoko singing newspaper articles. The rest is background noise in the hospital- with Yoko toying around with a radio- and silence.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: "Baby's Heartbeat" is a heartbeat monitor.
* CallBack and ContinuityNod: The album is a companion piece to John and Yoko's first album ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' (1968).
* CoversAlwaysLie: From judging the album cover you'd expect some music on it, unless you've already been exposed to ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo2TwoVirgins'' and have some idea that this record may be AvantGardeMusic again. And indeed, it is. But it's mostly a Music/YokoOno record, as John's voice is only heard in the background on Side 2 and even in those cases it's only faintly and not much.
* EpicRocking: Side 1 of the record is one continuous recording. If you would call "Radio Play" "music" then it would also be mentionable, as it takes 12:35 minutes.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The tracks "Baby's Heartbeat", "Two Minutes Silence" and "Radio Play" are effectively that.
* FaceOnTheCover: John and Yoko in the hospital. Yoko lying in bed, John sitting on the ground because they wouldn't give him a bed to himself.
* FanDisservice: Once again this second solo album full of AvantGardeMusic that you only play once is not what fans of Music/TheBeatles and Music/JohnLennon wanted to hear.
* GriefSong: It's difficult whether "Two Minutes Silence" is dedicated to the child they lost in their miscarriage, but it does follow "Baby's Heartbeat", so who knows?
* {{Improv}}: All tracks were improvised.
* IncrediblyLongNote: Yoko's opening wail takes a damn long time!
* JumpScare: Yoko's announcement: "This is a piece called Cambridge # 69". Then she starts screaming/wailing.
* [[LeaveTheCameraRunning Leave The Recorder Running]]: All tracks.
* LiveAlbum: The first side was recorded live at Cambridge University, before a live audience.
* NewSoundAlbum: This was once again an unprecedented album in rock history.
* {{Noise Rock}}: "Cambridge 1969".
* NonAppearingTitle: The title doesn't appear on the tracks themselves.
* OneWomanWail: Yoko during "Cambridge 1969".
* PunBasedTitle: The album title is a pun on the BBC Radio show "Life with the Lyons", a sitcom broadcast on radio (1950-1961), as well as TV (1955-1960).
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Side 2 is basically John and Yoko in the hospital at the time when they expected their first child, but it became a miscarriage instead.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "No Bed for Beatle John" consists of John and Yoko reading the text of press clippings about themselves by singing them. The articles are about the hospital not giving John a bed to stay in during Ono's miscarriage and EMI's refusal to carry ''Music/UnfinishedMusicNo1TwoVirgins'' because of its controversial sleeve. The back cover is a news photo of Lennon and Yoko leaving the police station in 1968, after being arrested for hashish possession.
* ShoutOut: "Two Minutes Silence" is a a shout-out to Music/JohnCage's "4' 33" ".
* SingerNameDrop: "No Bed For Beatle John" is a newspaper article about John and Yoko.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Perhaps the most bizarre and morbid example of this trope. "Baby's Heartbeat" is a recording of the heartbeats of their unborn child, who would die in miscarriage.
* StockSoundEffects: A heartbeat monitor during "Baby's Heartbeat" and a radio during "Radio Play".
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "No Bed For Beatle John". It must be admitted: when Yoko actually makes an effort to sing and not to scream she actually has a very sweet voice. And even though this track is nothing but them two singing newspaper articles it still sounds far more accessible than all the other tracks.
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