OMG it brings back happy memories watching that clip.
At the risk of generalising, I think Prog Rock was (and is) mostly a bloke thing. When I went to see bands in the early seventies, the audience was generally about 90% male and loon pants, army surplus greatcoats and long, greasy hair usually featured heavilyIat the risk of sounding sexist, Pink Floyd is a male thing. I dare say I'll get loads of replies telling me that that is not the case but I don't have any female friends who like them either! We struggle with car music too as Mr Scandi doesn't like my music or is left cold by it. Too bad we have girls who like boy bands and ABBA . The youngest loves Aqua! He was obviously evil in a former life!
I think you're right Scandichick, it does seem to be the men who like them. Luckily Mr Chris & I do like most things though he skips Michael Buble & Seth Lakeman tracks. I've even caught him whistling along to Laughing LenIat the risk of sounding sexist, Pink Floyd is a male thing. I dare say I'll get loads of replies telling me that that is not the case but I don't have any female friends who like them either! We struggle with car music too as Mr Scandi doesn't like my music or is left cold by it. Too bad we have girls who like boy bands and ABBA . The youngest loves Aqua! He was obviously evil in a former life!
I saw mungo jerry as a student. Mr Ethyl's halls put on one of those vintage revival nights. Him, Screaming lord Sutch and The Troggs who were ace.One of my all time favourites that never dates........Mungo Jerry........In the Summertime
This is probably one of the worst songs from the J5 collection!
At the risk of generalising, I think Prog Rock was (and is) mostly a bloke thing. When I went to see bands in the early seventies, the audience was generally about 90% male and loon pants, army surplus greatcoats and long, greasy hair usually featured heavily
I knew things had changed when I went to see the Police (Finsbury Park Rainbow, about 1980) with Mrs Hay-Char and the audience was about 75% teenaged girls, most of them, admittedly, swooning over Sting. At that point, the Police still had pretensions to musical credibility - Andy Summers had played with Soft Machine and Sting started out playing jazz - but the writing was clearly on the wall. Mind you, if I'd suggested that Sting would one day record an album of lute songs and a Broadway musical about ship-building on the Tyne, I'd probably have been laughed out of Town.
Punk was also much more inclusive, with bands like X-Ray Spex and the Slits providing positive role models for young women, and the crowds at gigs were much more balanced - and a jolly good thing too.
Mrs Hay-Char isn't wild about most of my fine collection of Prog Rock albums, but, if pressed, will admit to quite liking Elbow
I like these sort for the dance routines more than the actual song.This is probably one of the worst songs from the J5 collection!
Some of the songs that never seen the light were much better.
I saw mungo jerry as a student. Mr Ethyl's halls out on one of those vintage revival nights. Him, Screaming lord Sutch and The Troggs who were ace.
At the risk of generalising, I think Prog Rock was (and is) mostly a bloke thing. When I went to see bands in the early seventies, the audience was generally about 90% male and loon pants, army surplus greatcoats and long, greasy hair usually featured heavily
I was never able to get her to see the inherent genius of Hatfield and the North,
Ummagumma - the last Pink Floyd I had before they went up their proverbials! Who can forget Several Species of Small Furry Animals Grooving Together in a Cave With a PictFirst single was This Boy by the Beatles, first LP was Ummagumma by Pink Floyd, still one of my favourites