Why did so many people dislike John Lennon's relationship with Yoko Ono?
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The animis toward Ono is largely because she is blamed for leading Lennon down a path that caused the breakup of the Beatles. (Whether or not this is true is besides the point...it's the opinion they hold.) Under the category of "buy one - get one free", we also have the fact that Ono's music featured her howling, disonant style that most people found so atrocious that it has become a comedy staple for commentary on bad music.
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I think the biggest problem with Yoko was she ALWAYS had to be with John. Whenever the Beatles would be in the studio recording, she'd had to be there with them. There was a time when The Beatles were in the studio and Yoko was sick so she had a bed brought into the control room with a mic set up so she could still have input on what they were doing. Boo to Yoko.
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Because, much as we hate to admit it, people in the 60's and 70's were basically conservative. Yoko was sooooo far out there that she wasn't trusted, and her relationship with Lennon was seen to turn him away from the persona The Beatles had invented. I detested her!
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Xenophobia likely played a role along with Yoko's constant presence. She and John had a very intense relationship some psychologists might characterize as codependent. The cracks in the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership were there long before Yoko but her presence was seen as a contributing factor or the straw that broke the camel's back in the public eye. She could not win with that looming over her.
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Because she was a certified WACKO. The things she did, promoted, instigated, manipulated, and contrived caused irreparable damage to not only the Beatle's as a group, but to their relationships individually and collectively. She can even be seen as a direct causative for lagging sales worldwide. Other than giving John a son, not much good can be said of her.
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Because she was blamed for the break up of the Beatles.
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Sexism, racism, good ol' fear of anything different, anything they can't understand. Take your pick. I like Yoko and I think he was good for John.
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Because she was non-White, because she was an emancipated, (very) intelligent, artistic woman who wasn't passive, and because they wanted someone else to blame other than Paul McCartney (or Ringo), who was/were the real troublemaker(s).
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