Producer Jack Douglas reports that during the Double Fantasy time frame, Yoko Ono consistently responded negatively at the end of studio sessions by shouting at John Lennon and Douglas, "like two little kids." The producer recalled that after a recording session, if there were any reports that they had smoked marijuana together in the studio, she would get very upset and call them into her office in Studio 1 and berate them, threatening to hire a different producer rather than work with them. Douglas's reminiscing about the working relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono sheds light on the relationship's conflicting elements and suggests that, despite their creativity, there were significant tensions between the two.
Yoko Ono had emotional outbursts in the studio due to various rumours about John Lennon and Jack Douglas smoking weed after they laid down their tracks during the recording sessions in 1980 for their album “Double Fantasy”. According to Jack Douglas, the studio engineer at that time, at least one of the occasions when Yoko became angry was right after she heard that Jack and John had possibly been smoking weed after taking their recording cuts in the studio. This led to a lot of pressure from Yoko and the people who worked with her for that session of recording.
At times, Yoko's anger escalated to the point that she threatened Jack Douglas by saying she would replace him with Phil Spector, who was a producer that both John Lennon and Jack Douglas hated. Jack Douglas said they both said no to this, and John Lennon and Jack Douglas continued working together.
The disclosure provides an inside view of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's creative relationship that is not typically seen on public record. It highlights how these two icons dealt with personal doubts and outside pressures in the form of their music careers, and exemplifies that while the studio was where they shared their most intimate moments, it was also a setting of high expectations.
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