The Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro (MSUCG) announced the opening of the exhibition Yoko Ono called “Unfinished”, scheduled for Thursday, June 19th at 20 p.m., in the exhibition spaces of the Petrović Palace and the Perjanički dom in Kruševac, Podgorica. The exhibition curators are Maša Vlaović, Gunar B. Kvaran and Connor Monahan.

Yoko Ono is one of the key figures of avant-garde and conceptual art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Her work knows no boundaries; it moves fluidly between experiment, performance, poetry, music and film, while her tireless social and political activism, especially in the field of women's rights and peace initiatives, forms the core of her work.

Her art breaks down traditional boundaries between artistic disciplines and rejects the passive role of the audience, inviting each individual to become an active participant, co-creator, and agent of change.
A wide spectrum of creativity

From her early “instructional works” from the 1950s, through performances and films that call for collective action, to contemporary installations, Yoko Ono builds an authentic artistic language in which the personal and the universal, the poetic and the political, the spiritual and the physical constantly intertwine.

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The Beatles' fans were left stunned by the revelation that John Lennon and Paul McCartney almost reunited for an album post Fab Four's split.  The legendary songwriting duo had entertained the notion of collaborating on a fresh record in the 1970s.

Wings, spearheaded by McCartney following his departure from the Beatles, was busy crafting a new album at the same time Lennon mulled over an impromptu studio reunion with his former writing partner partner.  Had he attended the studio with McCartney it would have been an occasion which would have marked their first joint effort since The Beatles disbanded.

However, the stars never aligned, and Lennon and McCartney never shared the recording studio again. Fans have only recently discovered how close the pair came to working together once more.

If Lennon had joined McCartney at the recording sessions, his involvement would have likely been some of the tracks of 'Venus and Mars', Wings' milestone album now celebrating 50 years since its release.  A fan shared on the r/PaulMcCartney subreddit: "On this day in 1975, Wings released 'Venus and Mars'. As the follow-up to 'Band on the Run', the album continued Wings' run of commercial success.

"John Lennon almost visited the recording sessions and considered writing with Paul again. What's your favourite track?"

Beatles enthusiasts have been heaping praise on the classic album while speculating on how Lennon might have influenced what has become a McCartney masterpiece.  Fans have taken to sharing their fond memories of the album, with one user commenting: "This has always been my favorite Wings album.

"The popular songs weren't played to death on FM radio back in the day quite as much as the songs from Band on the Run, and I think it's pretty clear this was the best incarnation of Wings' lineup."

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Kiss have firmly left their stamp on the world of glam rock, but they carved out their sound thanks to the music legends that came before them. In fact, Gene Simmons insists that rock and roll wouldn’t be the same today without The Beatles.

Speaking on The School Of Greatness, the Kiss bassist named The Beatles as some of the greatest musicians and songwriters in musical history. “The Beatles are above and beyond anything that anybody’s seen in music over, oh, 200 years?” he says. “Easily. Not since the Renaissance.”

As proof of the band’s genius, he points to how unlikely it was for a group of lads from Liverpool to succeed in the industry. “You have to understand, they only existed for seven years and they came from a place that was a pool filled with liver – Liverpool – where nothing ever happened,” he explains. “High unemployment rate, no experience, no resume, no nothing!”

Despite the circumstances, The Beatles were able to toy with music in a way few had before them. “‘I wanna hold your hand’, ‘She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah,’” he sings as evidence. “That last chord, that minor ninth, is a sophisticated chord, if you know about music. It’s almost like a jazz chord – unheard of in rock music!”

He then points to other ‘great’ rock songs in comparison to The Beatles, noting how the Liverpool stars rarely teased their audience. “[The Rolling Stones’] Satisfaction is one of the great songs… yet it takes about 40 seconds to get to the first ‘I can’t get no…” he says. “[Cream’s] Sunshine Of Your Love takes about 50 seconds to get [to] ‘I’ve been waiting so long’.”

The Beatles, on the other hand, always cut to the chase. Simmons re-imagines how the lads might have written the 1965 track, Help!: “‘I just wrote a new song’, ‘What is it called?’, ‘It’s called Help!’, ‘How does it go?’, ‘It goes like this: Help! I need somebody. Help!’”

He then points to Yesterday, Michelle, and Hey Jude to further back his case. “There’s not even an introduction, nothing,” he explains.

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The sheer magnitude of the Beatles’ fame makes it easy to forget that when they first reached the peak of their stardom in the mid-1960s, they were just a group of ragtag, young 20-somethings who happened to land a big break. When the future Fab Four first met, they were even younger teens. For most of us, the idea of forging an entire career (and, more generally, a life) with the people we hung out with in high school. Yet, that’s how the Beatles, one of the biggest rock bands of all time, got their start.

Indeed, before they were topping the charts and touring the world, the band’s primary songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, were busy trying to see what kind of trouble they could get into at their childhood homes.

And like the resourceful lads they were, they certainly found it. Paul McCartney Describes “Teenage Fool Antics” With John Lennon

The Beatles saw and did more exciting and wilder things during their short tenure as a band than most people will experience in their whole lifetimes. But before they got their big break in the early 1960s, they weren’t that different from any other aspiring young male musician. They taught each other chords, made up silly lyrics to their favorite cover songs, and tried desperately to attract the opposite sex with little to no avail. Paul McCartney and John Lennon longed for the day they could get famous just from playing their guitars. But before that could happen, the two friends passed the time looking for ways to feel older and “cooler” while they wrote their music.

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How George Harrison (subconsciously) borrowed a love song from The Chiffons to make something spiritual.

While he always had his fans, it's fair to say that as a singer and songwriter, George Harrison was somewhat overshadowed in The Beatles by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.  Despite writing some of the best songs of the decade, poor George only squeezed 22 songs into the Beatles back catalogue, compared to over 160 by the Lennon-McCartney partnership.

How George Harrison saved Monty Python's Life of Brian film from being axed. How The Beatles' George Harrison coined "grotty" and deconstructed influencer culture in 1964.  He made up for that in the immediate aftermath of the split, releasing the TRIPLE album All Things Must Pass in late 1970.

That album was trailed by the single 'My Sweet Lord', which has remained one of the biggest post-Beatles song by any of the band, 55 years after the break-up. But do you know what track George "subconsciously" borrowed from for the song, or where it got in the charts? Read on for everything you need to know about 'My Sweet Lord'. Who wrote and played on 'My Sweet Lord'?

He started writing the song in December 1969 in wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen when he was hanging out with "Fifth Beatles" Billy Preston and Eric Clapton as part of Delaney & Bonnie's European tour.

George was in a spiritual mood, having written 'Hear Me Lord' and co-written 'Sing one for the Lord', as well as producing a Hare Krishna-inspired tracks for the Radha Krishna Temple (London).

Harrison was looking to mashup east and west with a gospel-Krishna tune.  Billy Preston helped by bashing out some chords while bandleader Delaney Bramlett offered up some "Oh my Lords" and "Hallelujahs", with George coming up with the words pretty quickly, riffing on the vibe of the Christian hymn 'Oh Happy Day'.

It was produced by Harrison with Phil Spector (who was also co-producing the Plastic Ono Band albums with John Lennon and Yoko Ono).

As well as singing lead and backing vocals, George played guitar and slide guitar on the record, backed by an all-star cast of collaborators.

As was as a clutch of unknown session string players, you had Eric Clapton plus Derek and the Dominoes' Bobby Whitlock, Yes drummer Alan White, Badfinger's Pete Ham and Joey Molland, Peter Frampton, Procul Harum's Gary Brooker.

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Many uncertainties marked The Beatles‘ career. Though, there was one thing that was rarely, if ever, uncertain, and that was where they were going to record. For a devout music fan, it is common knowledge that The Beatles’ home base was EMI Studios on Abbey Road in London. The Beatles did, in fact, record some of their music elsewhere. However, the majority of it was recorded and produced at the iconic studio. Well, on this day, June 6, 1962, The Beatles found their home as they recorded at Abbey Road for the very first time.

Abbey Road is a renowned studio and has been used by musicians such as Sturgill Simpson, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, and many more. However, its acclaim and majesty would not be known if it weren’t for The Beatles. The studio is synonymous with the Fab Four’s illustrious career. And consequently, it is both a monument and a sacred space. However, that would not be the case if it weren’t for Brian Epstein’s tenacity and George Martin’s willingness to give The Beatles a shot at success.
The Day The Beatles Found Their Home

In 1962, The Beatles were on the cusp of success. That being said, their manager, Brian Epstein, had pitched the band to every major record label in London. All denied his pitch, except the head of Parlophone Records, George Martin, who invited The Beatles to EMI Studios on Abbey Road for an audition. So, on June 6, 1962, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and then-drummer Pete Best all went to EMI in hopes of scoring their big break.

Overseeing the audition were George Martin and engineers Ron Richards and Norman Smith. During the session, The Beatles covered a few songs and played their iconic original singles, “Love Me Do”, “P.S. I Love You”, and “Ask Me Why”. According to Smith, they didn’t impress anyone at first, as he told Sound on Sound that “The Beatles didn’t make a very good impression, apart from visually. I mean, we heard nothing of John and Paul’s songwriting ability.”

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