Sonja Kristina & Curved Air - Progressive Rock Music Forum

haerskar wrote:

The glorious seventies. There were actually quite a few prog or "proggy" bands with female lead singers. Amon Duul II, Babe Ruth, Renaissance, Ruphus, Octopus, Curved Air, Frumpy, Brainticket and a few more.

I like all of those bands you mentioned, although I haven't heard of Ruphus before, so I'll have to check them out.

moshkito wrote:

SteveG wrote:

Much like Ken, I appreciate them but was never knocked out by their output. I think that Sonja being a sex kitten may have hurt them in the asexual world of prog rock.

Hi,

I'm not sure she could give a damn about the asexual world of "prog rock"...

Tell that to all the Rush fans who couldn't give a damn about her sexy ass.

It didn't help her gain fans in the prog world and might have even resulted in her not being taken seriously.

Edited by SteveG - February 04 2021 at 06:07

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Phantasmagoria (1972) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJu7Q_GsQhf9DkOQwlXH5LI

Marie Antoinette (extended dramatized version)

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - February 05 2021 at 15:42

Live (1975) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJEWkG6OLCSwBOO7dRXZsNk

Back Street Luv

Airborne (1976) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLY5TCWn8aTNP6SQfct-fmi

Moonshine

Air Cut is a great album.

I once tried to get Derren Reddick to play Metamorphosis on his Planet Rock prog show but predictably he chose to play Elfin Boy instead . No wonder that show is now defunct.

North Star is also a really a good album. The first three CA albums are dreadfully produced but worth checking out Curved Air Live (recorded at Bristol Uni in 1974) and the Beat club performance from around 1971-2 is also very good.

BTW Francis Monkman resurrected the track Vivaldi for the Sky 2 double album release of 1980. I love that version more than the original CA version.

Alive 1990 (2000) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLVDCubvgTtMzC2SlL8hrme

Young Mother

Air Waves (2012) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLhA6xWlpEophQhq6gfzWGh

Situations

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

richardh wrote:

BTW Francis Monkman resurrected the track Vivaldi for the Sky 2 double album release of 1980. I love that version more than the original CA version.

I'm planning to feature the solo albums of Sonja Kristina, Francis Monkman and Darryl Way on this thread too, just as soon as I've added their albums to my prog playlists on YouTube. Thumbs Up

Awesome. I'm loving this thread, but Curved Air is probably my favorite underlooked prog-rock band.

https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition

https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List

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