21 November 2009

La musica

I'm listening to The Who Live at Leeds right now. I got the album via ebay (best place for old records). It makes me sad about the music situation we are in now. Whenever I see clips of concerts from the 60s and 70s it is the band on stage playing. And eventually, if the stars aligned properly, destroy their instruments. I watched a recording of a concert by The Who that was shown on PBS earlier this year and I was in awe. They were just up there playing and singing and more than likely high on something. It was great to just get the opportunity to watch it even though the concert was from 1977 (I think).

Where have all the artists gone? Now concerts seem to be big dance productions and lip synching.

2 comments:

  1. I love this post - it's so true. I just don't understand why you need to change clothes so much.

    AND I saw the WHO in concert...or maybe it was the Guess WHO, It was in Vegas. Large beer in a football was involved and it all got blurry from there.

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  2. I recall you talking about seeing the Guess Who in Vegas because it was right around the time the Lenny Kravitz re-released American Woman.

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