Social concerns of the major Prog acts in the 70s? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

But the hardest part is convincing people that HISTORY MATTERS, and defines and propels ALL THE ARTS ... as opposed to today's thing, which is way too commercial and has very little to tell you ... I call it "pulp fiction" as a lot of concepts and themes are so poor ... COMPARED to a LITERARY definition

And then why has history been tampered with ?

Led Zeppelin...the greatest and most iconic Rock band of the baby boomers generation?

Right...and my mother was a werewolf

I'm sorry but it doesn't make one bit of sense to me. Led Zeppelin were as big as sliced bread...BUT
...the youth focused on Jethro Tull, The Almann Brothers Band, Mike Bloomfield, Cream, Ten Years After, Rory Gallagher, Deep Purple...Blue Oyster Cult!

Again...it wasn't a case of Led Zeppelin ruling over everyone else..even though they sold more records they didnt! That's a lie. That is inaccurate history!

The same applies to WOODSTOCK. It was not the greatest Music festival to have ever taken place. I agree that it was a glorious event..but some of the bands that had been together since 67' were burned out by then. Monterey Pop Festival featured some of those bands in 67' when they sounded tighter and more energy. Santana were new at WOODSTOCK and they left that kind of impression as well..but Airplane, Hendrix, The Who, didn't have that energy level they displayed at Monterey.

Every single time there is an article on the INTERNET written to express facts about the boomers generation it's wrong...completely wrong...ass backwards...not fact based..and very twisted.

Rock journalists confuse other generations. Generally they have no idea who Rory Gallagher is. That's ridiculous! Or generation X will often say..."Oh...FREE? Isn't that the band that did the song "Alright Now?" That's all backwards because along with observing every track on a Zeppelin album we also observed every track on a FREE album. It's so ignorant and stupid how they sum up a boomers generation with a dicky ding dong list of usual suspects who were not more popular than everyone else from the golden age of Rock.

Catherine Ribeiro (+ Alpes) woud certainly fit in this social consciousness quest.

She was an heiress of the Beats (beat poets) and always close to anarchism.

RIP Catherine.

In the frame of the "Fist In Your Face" family, Léo Ferré was the father, Bernard Lavilliers the son and Catherine, the daughter.

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Jacob Schoolcraft Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 22 2021 Location: NJ Status: Offline Points: 1073	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jacob Schoolcraft Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 23 2024 at 05:44
	But the hardest part is convincing people that HISTORY MATTERS, and defines and propels ALL THE ARTS ... as opposed to today's thing, which is way too commercial and has very little to tell you ... I call it "pulp fiction" as a lot of concepts and themes are so poor ... COMPARED to a LITERARY definition And then why has history been tampered with ? Led Zeppelin...the greatest and most iconic Rock band of the baby boomers generation? Right...and my mother was a werewolf I'm sorry but it doesn't make one bit of sense to me. Led Zeppelin were as big as sliced bread...BUT ...the youth focused on Jethro Tull, The Almann Brothers Band, Mike Bloomfield, Cream, Ten Years After, Rory Gallagher, Deep Purple...Blue Oyster Cult! Again...it wasn't a case of Led Zeppelin ruling over everyone else..even though they sold more records they didnt! That's a lie. That is inaccurate history! The same applies to WOODSTOCK. It was not the greatest Music festival to have ever taken place. I agree that it was a glorious event..but some of the bands that had been together since 67' were burned out by then. Monterey Pop Festival featured some of those bands in 67' when they sounded tighter and more energy. Santana were new at WOODSTOCK and they left that kind of impression as well..but Airplane, Hendrix, The Who, didn't have that energy level they displayed at Monterey. Every single time there is an article on the INTERNET written to express facts about the boomers generation it's wrong...completely wrong...ass backwards...not fact based..and very twisted. Rock journalists confuse other generations. Generally they have no idea who Rory Gallagher is. That's ridiculous! Or generation X will often say..."Oh...FREE? Isn't that the band that did the song "Alright Now?" That's all backwards because along with observing every track on a Zeppelin album we also observed every track on a FREE album. It's so ignorant and stupid how they sum up a boomers generation with a dicky ding dong list of usual suspects who were not more popular than everyone else from the golden age of Rock.

richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 28085	Post Options Post Reply Quote richardh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 23 2024 at 23:20
	^ I thought it was The Beatles but hey ho. I remember telling the class at school (about 1975) that The Beatles were my favourite band (it was one of those introduction things) and the other kids thought it was hilarious. Not that relevant but 'then kids' in my school at least were mainly clueless. Howwever there were still ELP and Yes fans knocking around it seemed when I started getting into those bands. Glam rock dominated my very early days and it was Sweet who were massive. I reckon even then (back in 1973) they were better than Led Zep and still do. After 1977 rock journalism went to sh*t anyway. You can't trust any of it imo.

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20251	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sean Trane Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 24 2024 at 02:57
	Catherine Ribeiro (+ Alpes) woud certainly fit in this social consciousness quest. She was an heiress of the Beats (beat poets) and always close to anarchism. RIP Catherine. In the frame of the "Fist In Your Face" family, Léo Ferré was the father, Bernard Lavilliers the son and Catherine, the daughter.
	let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword

David_D Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 26 2010 Location: Copenhagen Status: Offline Points: 15136	Post Options Post Reply Quote David_D Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 02 2024 at 14:40
	A couple of persons have in another thread been sceptical about whether Magma's work can be considered as an expression of social concern, but I still think that it's good to point at this here: It can be said in general about a large part of Magma's entire work, or at least the one from the '70s, that Christan Vander, according to Wikipedia, has claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magma_(band)) - which I believe can be rather socially engaged. Edited by David_D - October 02 2024 at 17:35
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