---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote :
We two, of course, will recall that as being the theme tune of the BBC series Take Three Girls. One thing that strikes me when I watch footage from back then is that all the performers are professional musicians committed to their craft. Even when it's a band I don't appreciate you always get that sense that the guys on stage are true artists. (This is where I would add a bit about most modern stars being manufactured, corporation-owned, image-obsessed phonies but you might take me for a fossil . . . ) People having to be trained before treading the boards is what is what the punk revolution aimed to stop, for some reason. It all just got too disconnected from the audience is a common complaint from those days, with a bunch of guys noodling incessantly far away on a giant stage. I like a lot of that stuff but also a lot of the punky bands that blew the place up in the 70's, I used to go to gigs a lot and the difference between a punk gig at the 100 club and a rock band at Hammersmith Odeon was vast, a completely different vibe. And especially the post-punk effect of everyone having a go instead of waiting for a grade 7 before starting a band was one of the most creative periods ever. Some great stuff came out of it but I still like my Yes and Jethro Tull. The music industry has been largely abysmal for a long time IMO. I can't believe boy bands actually think they are deserved respect as artists! And guitar bands are all anodyne and interchangeable. Part of it is the record labels signing bands and keeping them silent until the image has been worked on sufficiently so that it appeals to a large a number possible. It makes financial sense in these download days but it kills the spirit. Or maybe I've just heard it all before and the law of diminishing returns from yet another Led Zep impersonator just doesn't get me excited like it did first time round. ---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote : I always thought they wrote this one for me: Pentangle - Light Flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9gCN9-Jnfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9gCN9-Jnfg Pentangle - Light Flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9gCN9-Jnfg From the BBC special c.'70. Enjoy. View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9gCN9-Jnfg Preview by Yahoo ---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote : News to me too. Pentangle were the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFGRnUzfOEI&index=43&list=FLJad8vN225Nr5hDIzlEOYMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFGRnUzfOEI&index=43&list=FLJad8vN225Nr5hDIzlEOYMA.
