Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumHappy Birthday Ian Anderson
Thanks for the great music. If you saw Jethro Tull in the 70s-80s, they were amazing. It was like mashing up The Who with Led Zeppelin and fronting that creation with a flute.
Easterncedar
(3,117 posts)Songs from the Woods right now
The only albums I listen to in their entirety. So glad there are videos to remember the shows.
twodogsbarking
(12,031 posts)Three foot high Magnavox speakers blaring and shakin' the windas. Let's party.
2naSalit
(91,538 posts)And many thanks for showing me, early on, that the modern genre of the time could be fused with classical music of any era. It was a big thing for me in my early teens after years of classical music being clearly divided apart from modern music as it was viewed by my trainers.
I kept my melding passions to myself back then.
duncang
(3,147 posts)The Sam Houston Coliseum in downtown Houston early 70s.
His opening band was Steeleye Span. When we first came in there was a ballerina in a pose on a screen above the stage not moving. Everybody was milling around with the lights on. The was a strong odor going through the crowd. The lights slowly dimmed and the ballerina was still. Slowly she moved. By that time the crowd was well into the smell and you could hear gasps. The stage was dark. When the stage lights came on you could see some lumps of shredded cloth on the stage. All of a sudden some Irish or Scottish fast music came on. The lumps of cloth were people and they went into a fast whirling dance. After a few moments the coliseum went dark. A few seconds later stage lights on. Steeleye Spans first song. Hell of a start to the concert.
ProfessorGAC
(69,191 posts)A unique combination of serious music but a cheeky attitude.
Serious, but not THAT serious.
Plus, Martin Barre is in my top 5 of most underrated guitarists ever. It's too bad he and Ian couldn't resolve their conflict.