Robin Trower: The Playful Heart

One of the best guitarists to come out of the UK, Robin Trower gained popularity in Procol Harum (til 71), but especially on his solo career, with a band with his name. His style is ever compared to Hendrix, but it is actually unfair to a composer and player of his talent to live in the shadow of other player, even if we're talking about Hendrix! wWe're talking about a man that gave lessons to Robert Fripp!

To my surprise, I found out recently that the man continues to make music! He has actually published regularly. His last album is from 2010, and it's not bad at all!

What stroke me watching the second video I'm posting is his age. He was born in 45, so he will be 68 this year... This is something new, the longevity of rock musicians. We were used to singers getting old - and singing till they die - but not to see those free and long haired spirits of the 60's and 70's rocking their asses out but looking like Mr. Burns from The Simpsons... It's weird! But I'm glad that so many of them are still making music and playing live.

50 years of Rolling Stones in London

Photos taken in Carnaby Street in London, in November 2012, for the celebration of 50 years of Rolling Stones, and the edition of a new comilation, "Grrrr!"... on the corner, a shop totally dedicated to them...

Funkadelic

De vez em quando lembro-me deles e do fantástico concerto na CASA DA MÚSICA, em Junho de 2011...

Nick Cave: new album coming, second video

Second track from the upcoming Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album, "Push The Sky Away", to be released in Feb 2013

Mahavishnu Orchestra Live at BBC 1972

LSD

Muito embora nunca tenha consumido este tipo de droga, penso que consegui chegar bem perto da alucinação do "ácido" no dia em que, ao ver na televisão um Western manhoso, me deparei com a Milla Jovovich a cantar uma balada de Coimbra. Quis confirmar a veracidade da visão e por isso pesquisei no Youtube. Ora aqui está! Obviamente que este post deve ser destruído após algumas visualizações…

Alexis Korner and Snape

Palavra puxa palavra, post puxa post, e aqui vai o mesmo Alexis Korner que colaborou com os Beefeaters em colaboração com Peter Snape (com Mel Collins na flauta!)

2013 COMEÇA BEM...E VAI CONTINUAR

Ainda o ano é uma criança e já levamos dois lançamentos de peso. Muita atenção a estes dois; são desde já potenciais candidatos a "melhores do ano".

Mas atenção que vêm aí discos de John Grant, Wilco, Jonathan Wilson, The Black Keys, Low... O ano promete!

Yo La Tengo: Fade

The Villagers: Awayland

DK again: The Young Flowers

Strat Magic: Eric Johnson, Clifs of Dover

(Obrigado Júlio C.!)

Puro Blues Vintage: The Beefeaters

Dinamarca, 1968, com Alexis Korner - mágico!

Tenho este disco em vinil, há muitos anos - comprado na Vandoma, no Porto!

Oscar, The Hypno Dog And Other Tails

Polémicas animais à parte, tão em voga nestes tempos de notícias em sangue e verbo fácil (e limitado), a associação Dogs in Distress pôs em marcha um projeto de angariação de fundos que passa pelo lançamento de um álbum divertido e bem feito chamado "Oscar the Hypno Dog and Other Tails", com música gravada especialmente pelos The Divine Comedy, Villagers, David Gray, Lisa Hannigan, Cathy Davey, David O'Doherty e outros. Reparar no delicioso trocadilho entre "Tales" (estórias) e "Tails" (caudas)...

Já aqui tinha postado o tema dos Divine Comedy, agora fica o tema de apresentação do álbum, por Cathy Davey.  Temas bem humorados e apelativos, que não nos levam a comprar o álbum por ser politicamente correto, mas porque apetece ouvir a música.

American Music Club: a América e o seu reverso

Não vou fazer aqui história pública, patente em qualquer busca google perto de si, mas os AMC são um monumento maior que a estátua plantada em frente a Manhattan. Mark Eitzel, o improvável líder e cantor deste coletivo californiano, bem ancorado numa permissiva San Francisco, merece grande parte das coisas boas que se podem dizer sobre eles. "Love Songs for Patriots" não é a universalmente aclamada obra-prima da banda, mas é, quanto a mim, um durissimo momento de lucidez para toda a nação americana - com toda a doçura que Eitzel consegue imprimir. Ouça-se (e leia-se), este "Patriot Heart" para perceber em que bares mal iluminados a Alma Americana usa e despe a bandeira.

Isto não é mainstream, não passa nos horários nobres e nao merece a aprovação de qualquer Admnistração em Washington - não é a história oficial. Também não passaria em Portugal - mas é música e poesia de primeira.

"and it's only when he is naked that he feels his heart
in the whorehouse desert of his patriot's heart"


if you want to see something patriotic there's a stripper
he don't that look that good but he's got an all american smile
that fills his underwear with all the lonely dollars
from all the lonely men who no one ever suffers
who wait around this bar and spend all their lonely hours
they're already gone, no one's running for cover
the farther the run away, away the more you have to hide in the dark
white as the worm that crawls in the patriots heart

its so red white and blue the way he works the bar
selling his embraces like mr. president or a fallen star
and he doesn't care if you're worldly or wise
he's looking for men with sin in their eyes and
he always says the same thing: he says how are you doing baby
I'm your rod and your staff and for a tip you can touch me
and after a few tequilas he becomes something holy
and this crappy little bar with its sweating mirrors and it's milted ceiling
is more full of love than even natural selection
and dollar for dollar babe - its a better bargain
the more you pay the more I can break you all apart
dollars pour like ashes from the patriots' heart

now he knows that your good time will kill him
but the thought of getting old doesn't thrill him
he says give me all your money and don't tell me what you're thinking
I'm the past you wasted I'm the future you're obliterating
c'mon grandpa remind me what you're celebrating
that you're heart heart finally dried up
or that it finally stopped working and
how you make a dead man come is the undertakers art
make 'em shine like the alcohol that preserves the patriots heart

we all want a patriots heart
give me a patriots heart

you could see him fade with the dawn and a pile of washington's
with his head in a spin - happy to pass out again
he would rather fade into the static than hear the violins
that whine like old lovers who whine that they loved him
he would rather laugh alone in the dark with the soft hands of heaven
because they leave him alone with his entertainment system
he does it for the money but he gives more than he's given
he does it for the money but he gives more than he's given
and its only when he's naked that he feels his heart
in the whorehouse desert of the patriots' heart

we all want a patriots heart

George Martin - Theme One

Conhecia este tema e pensava que era dos Van Der Graaf... Leigo! Foi o tema de abertura da BBC durante muitos anos e foi esrito por George Martin, um dos magos dos Beatles (o que eles designavam como 5º Beatle).

De bonus, este interessante dialogo no estudio com o filho de George Martin e o filho de George Harrison em que se desvenda uma versão totalmente diferente do "Here Comes the Sun", dos Beatles, com um solo "novo" de guitarra e uma orquestração quase oculta no original. O que prova que a mesa de mistura reina sobre aquilo que ouvimos, mesmo no caso daquilo que consideramos os clássicos absolutos...


PS Também aprendi hoje que George Martin produziu a obra de fusão mística dos Mahavishnu Orchestra "Apocalypse", de 1974. Grande George!

Colheita de Vinil de hoje

A sempre soturna Carbono, sítio incontornável para os devotos do vinyl, forneceu a colheita de hoje - et voilà:

NICO - Drama of Exile, LP, 1981
A primeira de duas gravações existentes do mesmo disco, que tem pelo menos três capas diferentes. A solitaria e esfíngica Nico com a companhia de músicos árabes e um dos acompanhantes de David Bowie. Destacam-se "Purple Lips", "Sixty Forty", "Waiting for the Man" e uma versão espectral de "Heroes".

AND ALSO THE TREES - The Critical Distance, EP, 1987
Uma banda que carrega influências do punk, de Joy Division e uma certa teatralidade musical que me agrada.

SONNY, Inner Views, 1967
Versão original americana do único álbum a solo de Sonny, a outra metade de Sonny & Cher - a famosa Cher que ainda hoje arrasta o seu esqueleto sorridente. Uma surpresa, esta pop psicadelica,  a que não falta uma sitar, com claras influências de Dylan. O álbum foi um falhanço comercial, contrariamente aos vários êxitos de Cher, mas é uma peça de época muito interessante.

THE SHADOWS - Greatest Hits, 1963
"Pronto! Desta é que ele se rendeu de vez ao Muzak sonoro!" pensam os horrorizados leitores do Perú. Eu, do alto da minha indiferença sorumbática, afirmo que aqui há bom material a precisar de ser revisitado - e é um prazer ouvir uma Telecaster em boas mãos.

SUPERTRAMP, Crisis? What Crisis?, 1975
Nada tem a ver com esta crise que vivemos, embora tenha saído em plena crise do petróleo dos anos 70... A postura de total alienação da capa é um gag bem conseguido. Este vem substituir a minha velha cópia riscada. E continuo a desafiar os mais descrentes a ouvir com atenção os Supertramp para se desfazerem de preconceitos.

Hey Crimson Heads. watch out Prog this month

The December edition of Prog Magazine is mostly dedicated to King Crimson and features an exclusive interview with Robert Fripp. The included CD also includes an alternative take of "Easy Money", from the 40th Anniversary Edition of "Larks Tongues in Aspic". It's a feast for all the Crimson heads out there.

And they also go a bit before "In the Court of Crimson King", to remember that lovely english carousel of "The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp", a jewel not to be forgotten in Fripp's treasure arc.

Fripp finally assumes, Crimson were aiming at being the best band in the world (for some, including this humble blogger, they are).

And it's goodnight for Michael Dunford (Renaissance)

Michael Dunford with Annie Haslam

November 20th saw the passing away of Michael Dunford, at his home in Surrey, just after he returned an US Tour. He died of a violent brain haemorrhage.

Michael was one of the oldest members of Renaissance, the distinctive english progressive act that enjoyed huge success in the United States, largely due to incredible Annie Haslam voice and to the composing talents of Dunford, among other band members. Dunford joined the second and more sucessful incarnation of Renaissance, the one that launched "Prologue" in 1972.

Ashes are burning away...

Prog Sampler for Free at Rare Noise

Rare Noise Records, a record company of so-called alternative music that includes Prog, is offering a sampler  in their website:

http://www.rarenoiserecords.com







A editora Rare Noise, que edita prog e nas suas margens, tem disponível para downlad gratuito

Busca no Baú: Horslips, Time to Kill

Agora que já estamos cá deste lado, voltemos à boa música:

Os irlandese Horslips assinam em Time to Kill ("The Tain", 1973)  um tema em 9/8 que mistura um jig tradicional irlandês e uma construção próxima dos Gentle Giant. Os quais, curiosamente, também têm um tema chamado Time to kill no álbum "Free Hand", de 1975. Ora escutai:

Feliz Natal!

Este Perú vai ao Bacalhau.

À medida que a noite avança instala-se uma bonomia universal. Feliz Natal!

Best of 2012: Spiritualized: Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

As usual with Jason Peirce, be it in Spacemen 3 or Spiritualized, when you start to listen to one of his works is like stepping into a vessel that will take you on a long trip and will you leave somewhere. Even if you are left close to the departure point you will feel far away, transfixed by the experience. That is the case of the most recent work of Spiritualized, "Sweet Light Sweet Heart", composed while Jason was doing liver medication, that left in mental the state that he translated into the expression "huh?", that appears on the cover.

The album was inspired by the experience of playing live "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are floating in Space" and was played entirely in his show in the Royal Albert Hall in November 2011 (that I, for some stupid reason, missed, although I was in London at the time). The official video for the first song, "Hey Jane", is not for everyone...

Although not universally acclaimed, this is one of the albums of the year to me.

Best of 2012: Patti Smith: Banga

Restless as ever, Patti Smith delivered one of the major works of the year, a compelling record. The japanese Tsunami, Amy Winehouse, Amerigo Vespucci and almost everythhing comes to life in a recitative form that Patti made her own as years grew by. Very much recommended.

Busca no Baú: Ache, da Dinamarca

Já aqui aflorado algumas vezes, o tema do rock progressivo nórdico é um filão que ainda tem muito por explorar.

Estes Ache são dinamarqueses. Um grupo maduro, editaram apenas dois álbuns no início dos anos 70 e desapareceram. O som pode parecer datado, mas na realidade o som não tem data: ou é bom ou não é. E compare-se o som com o dos Vibravoid (já aqui postados), por exemplo, e encontram-se ligações: o psicadelismo dos primeiros minutos deste tema é semelhante ao dos V., que é de 2012. Embora sejam, nesse aspeto, ambos descendentes do psicadelismo inglês dos Pink Floyd (mas não exclusivamente deles), os Ache são mais versáteis, ultrapassam a deriva psicadélica para criaram estruturas evolutivas mais complexas, caraterísticas do prog.

Best of 2012: Back catalogue: Frank Zappa Reeditions

Reedition of the Year:

After the Zappa Family regaining control of Zappa’s extensive catalog, on a deal signed with Universal, they began releasing the original albums. 

The first batch was released in July and another batch was expected in September, but didn’t make it till now.

Among this batch of twelve there are some works that are absolute classics and masterpieces. Apart from the groundbreaking "Freak Out!", that I personally find difficult to listen to today, "Hot Rats", "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" and "Chinga's Revenge" are some of my favourite Zappa Records. I bought Hot Rats and have to say that the remaster, made in 2008 from the original tapes, is very good and allowed me to listen to the record in a different way, discovering details that I didn't know were there.

This is was the first batch of releases:

1. Freak Out! (1966)

2. Absolutely Free (1967)

3. Lumpy Gravy (1968)

4. We're Only In It For The Money (1968)

5. Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (1968)

6. Uncle Meat (1969)

7. Hot Rats (1969)

8. Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)

9. Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)

10. Chunga's Revenge (1970)

11. Fillmore East, June 1971 (1971)

12. Just Another Band From L.A. (1972)

Christmas at the door: The Killers - Feel it in my bones

Música Nova: Elephant Revival

Interesting quiet folk

Wiki Knowledge:

Elephant Revival is a folk music group from Nederland, Colorado, formed in 2006. The band consists of Bonnie Paine (vocals, washboard, djembe, musical saw), Sage Cook (electric banjo/guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, viola, vocals), Dango Rose (double-bass, mandolin, banjo, vocals), Daniel Rodriguez (acoustic guitar, electric banjo/guitar vocals) and Bridget Law (fiddle and vocals).^[1]

Their style of music is often referred to as "transcendental folk," which incorporates elements of Scottish/Celtic fiddle tunes, original folk pieces, traditional ballads, bluegrass,^[2] psychedelic country, indie rock,reggae, 40s/50s jazz standards and an occasional hip-hop beat. All members of the band are multi-instrumentalists and contribute vocals and to songwriting.

http://rapidgator.net/file/63560108/Alive.rar.html

Novo Tema dos Divine Comedy

Os Divine Comedy têm novo tema, incluido na compilação Oscar The Hypno Dog, saído dia 7 de Dezembro e disponível para download em mp3... num site perto de si. E ainda sem youtube.

No disco participa também Cathy Davey, cantora irlandesa premiada - e dava um dedinho se esta não é a  Cathy do disco do Rodrigo Leão. No concerto do passado dia 27 Neil referiu que a Cathy da canção era a sua mulher. E o certo é que eles aparecem muito unidos em torno da temática canina em várias fotos...

Whatever, aqui fica "I Only have eyes for you", em que ambos cantam.

A new state of the soul: Goodbye Ravi Shankar

He is probably more know today for being the father of pop jazz artist Norah Jones, but Norah is not the only daughter of Ravi Shankar, deceased yesterday at 93 after heart surgery. His legacy is probably best represented by his daughter Anoushka, that also plays the sitar and that has played with him many times.

Ravi Shankar was revered in the sixties for bringing the indian culture to the west and mixing influences of classical indian music and rock. A good friend of the Beatles, especially of George Harrison, he mixed influences also in the jazz (e.g. John Coltrane)  and in the classical field (e.g André Previn). He also played at rock events like Monterey and Woodstock.

He was, on his own, a legend, and one of the musical icons of the last century.

R.I.P. Ravi Shankar

Sitar maestro dead at 92, after undergoing heart surgery.

The Indian maestro who put the sitar on the musical map....

Ravi Shankar on the Dick Cavett Show

'Back To Front' tour Europe 2013

Peter will be taking the 'Back To Front' tour into Europe in Autumn 2013.

Following the tour's success in North America, Peter and the original band will be celebrating the anniversary of the release of 'So' with shows featuring a performance of the entire album uninterrupted, along with other hits.

Just wish Peter would consider visiting us in Portugal!

Should no show be confirmed for Portugal, guess I'll just have a new excuse to go to London next year!

Peter talking @ Talks at Google about the tour:

Tour Dates:

Ziggo Dome – 30 September 2013

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Forest National – 1 October 2013

Brussels

Belgium

Vienna Stadthalle – 3 October 2013

Vienna

Austria

Arena Zagreb – 5 October 2013

Zagreb

Croatia

Forum – 7 October 2013

Milan

Italy

Arena Geneva – 8 October 2013

Geneva

Switzerland

O2 Arena – 10 October 2013

Prague

Czech Republic

Arena Leipzig – 11 October 2013

Leipzig

Germany

Schleyer-Halle – 13 October 2013

Stuttgart

Germany

Bercy – 15 October 2013

Paris

France

ISS Dome – 16 October 2013

Düsseldorf

Germany

O2 World – 18 October 2013

Hamburg

Germany

O2 World – 19 October 2013

Berlin

Germany

O2 Arena – 21 October 2013

London

UK

O2 Arena – 22 October 2013

London

UK

Hydro – 24 October 2013

Glasgow

UK

MCR Arena – 25 October 2013

Manchester

UK

O Musical dos Flaming Lips

Regular como o Vitor Gaspar a anunciar más notícias, os Flaming Lips publicam um / dois trabalhos por ano. Desta feita é a banda sonora do musical (!) que a banda criou, "yoshimi battles the pink robots", a partir do (excelente!) álbum de 2002 do mesmo nome. Pena o musical estar em exibição em La Jolla, California... (será algum festival da cerveja?).

Enfim aqui fica um bom endereço para apreciar a obra:

http://rapidgator.net/file/60797960/OneMore.rar.html

Feeling Yourself Disintegrate Freak Out Film

Sex Covers: Wishbone Ash - There's the Rub

Sex is one of the main drivers of the world (some say "THE" main driver), and has been very frequently associated with rock music. This could be the subject of an entire book given the numerous examples we can easily find. The image of rock is the "macho" image usually associated with Rolling Stones and the likes.

The cover of the albums (in a time when they were meant to be seen) reflected frequently hot topics, centered on the woman body. But man has also been presented in some covers, usually exploring the penis as a symbol. This 1974 Wishbone Ash (a rock / hard rock band from the seventies) album that I bought recently is a particularly good one, that could go along with the Stones' "Sticky Fingers". The cover is by the famous Hignosis firm.

The best of 2012: Paul Buchanan

We start today a review of some of the works that have pushed the envelope in 2012. No special criteria, no attempt to make definitive choices, it's basically sharing some of the music that caught our attention.

Paul Buchanan is better know as Mr. Blue Nile; after four albums and eight years of silence, Paul returned this year as if nothing happened; even more, as if Blue Nile was him and him alone. The spirit is here, but reduced to the essence. Songs of loneliness that scarcely arise from silence. Voice, piano, occasional synth and a faraway orchestra.

This is not for everyone, as Blue Nile wasn't. But for those who is, is a lot

Buraka Som Sistema in a box

The BSS are a portuguese glory, one of today freshests sounds. Full stop.

They are very, very good and luckily they have been getting the recognition they deserve, indoors and outdoors. Their last "komba" it's a prodigy of rythm and  invention.

Now they come out in a box, ready to use... Their previous work, new versions, remixes and unreleased tracks. A feast for the senses.

O Canto das Gatinhas IV: Sonja Kristina

Já algum tempo que não havia O Canto das Gatinhas, a nossa secção de apreciação do Belo Sexo aqui no Perú. Pois bem, há que manter as boas tradições. E para que não nos acusem de andar a promover alguma lambisgóia mal acabada, desta vez é uma verdadeira senhora, que ainda este ano passou pelo Gouveia Art Rock - nada menos que Sonja Kristina, dos Curved Air.

Sonja é da respetável colheita de 49 e deve o seu nome pouco inglês à mãe sueca. A sua fama veio de se ter juntado à banda Curved Air em 1970, permanecendo sempre como vocalista ao longo dos 9 álbuns da banda.

Como curiosidade, o seu segundo marido foi Stewart Copeland, baterista dos Police. Divorciaram-se em 1991.

De uma beleza indisfarçável,  numa altura em que a imagem não era o principal argumento para vender a musica, muito ajudou a afirmar os Curved Air. Mas foi a sua voz que os ajudou a permanecer até hoje como uma banda de culto do progressivo inglês.

Sem mais delongas, Sonja Kristina:

Peru = Turkey

O Peru está a fazer um shift para o inglês... Não é total, mas o número de visitantes do blogue que vem de países não lusófonos (Estados Unidos, Alemanha, Japão, Reino Unido...) leva-nos a pensar que pode haver uma oportunidade de nos fazermos entender de forma mais global.... 

Esperamos que os fãs peruanos não emigrem e continuem connosco!

Great Gigs in the Cloud: Episode 1

After so many full concerts shared here on "Perulandia", I've decided to start a new line of posts that shall be called from now on Great Gigs in the Cloud and what better way to start than with a music video that reminds us somehow the proposed title. Would you agree?

Although it would take them after this film two years before they would publish an album with a music that had a title that resembled in any way the title of these new line of posts (despite this video being an edited release in 1974 with studio recordings of Dark Side of The Moon), I thought of it as a good excuse to publish another Floyd act!

Anyway it was this particular video that triggered the idea of starting this new wave of posts, so although historically the suggestion isn't quite precise, the intention is good.

Great Gigs in the Cloud: Episode 1 - Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Directors Cut

Remastered 2003 Director's Cut version

Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Directors Cut
Live at Pompeii was originally released in September 1972, an edited release in 1974 with studio recordings of Dark Side of the Moon.
Rereleased in 2003 as The Director's Cut with additional footage and Nasa space shots.


2003 Director's cut (wiki)
1. "Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973)
2. "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968)
3. "A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
4. "Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
5. "One of These Days I'm Going to Cut You into Little Pieces" (from Meddle, 1971; also known as "One of These Days")
6. "Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971; previously known as "Seamus")
7. "Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
8. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968) 9. "Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)

91 mins total

Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video

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Fã: The Unthanks - Diversions Vol.3

As Unthanks são um duo do caraças. Belíssimas harmonias vocais destas duas manas e uma repescagem de temas do cancioneiro folk, rock e tradicionais intocável. Entre elas uma versão muito honorável de Starless, dos King Crimson.

As suas Diversions vão no Volume 3 (Songs from the Shipyards), o primeiro tema é do volume anterior e o segundo é do disco dedicado a Robert Wyatt e Antony & The Johnsons e se não sentirem nenhuma afinidade com esta música procurem um cardiologista, porque o vosso músculo vital está morto.

Genesis: Live 1973

Never ceases to amaze me!

Why wasn't there any high definition digital recording technology in those days? What a shame that most of these old 70's gigs where so poorly recorded. 

There were some exceptions such as Led Zeppelin's "The song remains the same" film that was originally  shot on 35mm with a 24-track quadraphonic sound recording, at a cost of $85,000 to shoot the live footage in the US alone. The band's manager, Peter Grant, called it "the most expensive home movie ever made", and today we all thank the band for that "management" decision! Kudos for the band's investment.

But most of them didn't had the public nor the funds that would justify such an investment.

Either way it's all about the music and the show itself and boy did PG's Genesis era know how to put one.

Nowadays newer generations don't get that much impressed with the characterization used at the time neither with the production level of these shows. I understand, I really do... 

But you need to put things in context and a instead of being more excited with the high technicolor production level of today's standard, really listen to the music and pay attention to the story telling. 

Absolute bliss if you ask me. Just my 2¢

Genesis: Live 1973 - First time in HD with Enhanced Soundtrack

Genesis: Live 1973 - Original Film with Original Soundtrack

The WHO live at the Isle of Wight 1970

oh not again... 

Here he comes once more with another "The Who" post, you might all say!

The truth is that I just couldn't go by yet another great finding on youtube and keep it just for myself.

I'll leave you with The Who's full concert video that was held in August of 1970 on the isle of Wright, in England.

Where they plugged directly to High voltage power line or what? Completely contagious vibe...

Jeez Pete, did you need to be that theatrical? Just kidding...

"The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes place every year on the Isle of Wight in England. It was originally held from 1968 to 1970. These original events were promoted and organised by the Foulk brothers (Ron, Ray and Bill Foulk) under the banner of their company Fiery Creations Limited. The venues were Ford Farm (near Godshill), Wootton and Afton Down (near Freshwater) respectively. The 1969 event was notable for the appearance of Bob Dylan and the Band. This was Dylan's first paid performance since his motor cycle accident some three years earlier, and was held at a time when many still wondered if he would ever perform again. Followers from across the world trecked to the Isle of Wight for what seemed like a 'second coming'. Estimates of 150,000--250,000 attended. The 1969 festival opened on Friday 29 August—eleven days after the close of Woodstock. Dylan was living in Woodstock, New York, at the time and it was widely believed that he would perform there, after the event had been "put in his own backyard". As it happened, Dylan left for the Isle of Wight on 15 August—the day the Woodstock festival began.

The 1970 event was by far the largest and most famous of these early festivals; indeed it was said at the time to be one of the largest human gatherings in the world, with estimates of over 600,000, surpassing the attendance at Woodstock. Included in the line-up of over fifty performers were The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, The Doors, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Joni Mitchell, The Moody Blues, Melanie, Donovan, Free, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Leonard Cohen, Jethro Tull, Taste and Tiny Tim. The unexpectedly high attendance levels led, in 1971, to Parliament passing the "Isle of Wight Act" preventing gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special licence.

The 1970 festival was filmed by a 35mm film crew under the direction of future Academy Award-winning director Murray Lerner who at that point had just directed the Academy Award-nominated documentary Festival of the Newport Folk Festival. The footage passed to Lerner in settlement of legal fees after a dispute with the Foulk brothers in which the two sides claimed against each for breach of contract. Lerner distilled material from the festival into the film A Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Rock Festival released theatrically in 1996 and subsequently on DVD. In addition to this film, Lerner has created full-length films focused on performances by individual artists at the 1970 festival. To date there have been individual films of The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Moody Blues, Free, Leonard Cohen and Jethro Tull.

The event was revived in 2002 at Seaclose Park, a recreation ground on the outskirts of Newport. It has been held annually since that year, progressively extending itself northwards beyond Seaclose Park along the fields of the eastern Medina valley. Many notable artists have performed since its revival including The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Muse, Stereophonics, Donovan, Ray Davies, Robert Plant, David Bowie, Manic Street Preachers, The Who, R.E.M., Coldplay, The Proclaimers, Bryan Adams and The Police. It was sponsored by Nokia from 2004 to 2006. The promoters of the event now are Solo Music Agency and promotions. Apart from being held on the Isle of Wight, and featuring the now customary artwork of Dave Roe, there is no connection with the festivals of 1968--1970."

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Rodrigo Leão hoje à noite no Coliseu

Antecipação do concerto desta noite, com este belíssimo tema com Neil hanon, dos Divine Comedy (álbum "A Mãe")

George Benson e Carlos Santana: Breezin'

Quando se aliam o prazer de tocar e uma grande sensibilidade musical, o resultado é este...

Diego Figueiredo: Take Five

Diego Figueiredo é um guitarrista brasileiro que acompanho com particular atenção. Ouçam esta versão do standard Take Five e percebam porquê.

Birdman

McDonald and Giles, as to be one of the greatest hidden gems of the 70's.

Sometimes I wonder how Fripp's project, aka KC, would've turned out should Ian McDonald & Micheal Giles stayed on the band.
More life celebrating?



Anyway, tonight I'll leave you with a theme that I enjoy especially when played in the wee hours...

Brief History & Album Review by Nigel Camilleri

McDonald and Giles - An Analysis by Andrew Keeling 

Birdman's return to the Earth