Yoko Ono: Give Rock Band A Chance

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Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison’s widow and son endorse the finished version of “The Beatles: Rock Band,” a video game for XBOX 360, Playstation 3, and Wii.

However, the endorsement did not come without a heavy price. According to NME.com, Ono stormed game designers Harmonix’s offices and demanded the final scene of the game – the Beatles’ 1969 gig atop London’s Apple Building – look windier. Initially Ono had little input into the game, and many geeky game designers are huffing that Ono’s meddling is too late. Alex Rigopulos, CEO of Harmonix, cried, “She really held our feet to the fire.”

Although the Internet is rife with Yoko Ono jokes (oh, what can she break up next?), there is at least one cyber denizen defending Ono, and taking a pot shot at the suits. “Well, she was there, you sad MTV fuckers! Get a real guitar,” commented “Evokoder”  on the NME.com site.

In other news, Ono and son Julian Lennon wore snappy hats and glasses to Da Silvano restaurant in Greenwich Village a couple days ago.

by Thomas Wilk