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Topic: Progressive Rock |
Scott Thomas
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 7:57 pm
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If anyone has a mind to, check out the documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage streaming on Netflix. La Villa Strangiato from the album Hemispheres clocks in at over 9 minutes and they were determined to get it in one take. They eventually had to break it up into parts to get it recorded. Neal Peart says it took more time to do that one song than the whole Fly By Night album. They all agreed it would be their last one like it, and it was. After that they really did go in a new, more accessible direction. |
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Quentin Hickey
From: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 8:01 pm
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Cool thanks Scott I'll check that out! I'm proud of these guys from Ontario Canada |
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Charlie McDonald
From: out of the blue
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Posted 13 Apr 2017 5:00 am
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I saw Aqualung in the round at a motel in Phoenix early '70s.
This Dickensian character dressed in rags with a flute came out and sat in a chair (I figured he was Jethro).
He weaved an ethereal melody with his stick as other band members quietly took the stage in the dark, and as the lights flashed on
he LEAPED what appeared to be ten feet in the air and landed on the downbeat of the title cut. He never stopped moving after that.
Very high energy. The band played soccer against the local roadies on the motel grounds well into the morning.
I met Ian Anderson in a hotel bar many years later. I think I was there so they could get into the bar.
I asked him what he'd been doing as if we were old friends.
"Running guns," he told me. Like Joachim said, it made me feel uneasy, sitting with an arms dealer.
I think it was supposed to. His road manager was trying to lose me as I was with this cute journalist. Called me a dogbody.
Hadn't ever heard that before. I love the English. Big kidders. There would be no progressive rock without them. |
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Joachim Kettner
From: Germany
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Posted 14 Apr 2017 5:19 am
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Hey Charlie, wasn't that rather a big theater instead of a motel in Phoenix? I rememember a revolving stage where I've seen Jerry Riopelle perform in 1980 on new year's eve. Funny story anyway. _________________ Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Charlie McDonald
From: out of the blue
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Posted 14 Apr 2017 7:09 am
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Surprisingly, it was a small room. Early show, no opening act. 1971 probably; maybe making dates between big concerts. |
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Joachim Kettner
From: Germany
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Posted 14 Apr 2017 8:17 am
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Thanks Charlie. _________________ Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Charlie McDonald
From: out of the blue
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Posted 15 Apr 2017 9:05 am
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They were very high energy. The flute playing was a blast, loud and clear (the small club) and he was a virtuoso.
For the big stage, Yes (Tormato) was the absolute height in transcendence. In the round, turning on a massive cable feed,
each station with its own technicians in bucket seats below stage level, house speakers in the round above the stage,
nothing in the way of the illusion of musicians connected in space and light, reaching ever-higher decibel levels but so clean....
Jon Anderson seemed to rise to the closing strains of steel guitar... oh, he did, on that riser... positively transcendent. |
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Rich Upright
From: Florida, USA
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Posted 21 May 2017 2:11 pm
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Although I am a pedal steeler,chiken-pickin Tele guy, and banjo picker, my all time favorite band,since 1973, and what is most on my stereo, is Emerson,Lake & Palmer. No band in the history of music was better, or more awesome, especially in concert (saw them 17 times).
Now that 2 of them are gone, the closest thing I have seen in concert was Trans-Siberian orchestra. _________________ A couple D-10s,some vintage guitars & amps, & lotsa junk in the gig bag. |
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Scott Baker
From: Upland, California, USA
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Posted 22 May 2017 8:09 pm
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Rich Upright wrote: |
Although I am a pedal steeler,chiken-pickin Tele guy, and banjo picker, my all time favorite band,since 1973, and what is most on my stereo, is Emerson,Lake & Palmer. No band in the history of music was better, or more awesome, especially in concert (saw them 17 times).
Now that 2 of them are gone, the closest thing I have seen in concert was Trans-Siberian orchestra. |
Tarkus! |
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steve takacs
From: beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 30 May 2017 6:31 am Jethro Tull band
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I saw The Jethro Tull band in three different decades and was never freaked out by Ian Anderson as I found myself mesmerized by the music. I hope he and the band are still playing. Would love to see the again. Stevet |
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Bob Hoffnar
From: Austin, Tx
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Posted 1 Jun 2017 9:24 pm
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I played a gig with Magma in France a while back. _________________ Bob |
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