if you missed my last post, i mentioned i might blog about the 70s (another walk down memory lane).. i'm gettin' there (slowly)... the 70s were a 'milestone' era for me - I turned 15 in 1970, left school and started my first job... i was on my way to 'adult independence'... it was an exciting, changing time...
after working yesterday i'm finally off work for the next week - feeling a tad rundown because it's been manic at work for ages - but now i've got a bit of time there's a lot of 'drafting' to be done, memories to be recalled (and research to 'jog' the memory), photos to be scanned, and of course bongs to be stacked and smoked... so while i'm working on all of that i thought i'd give you a taste of the aussie music i was into in the very late 60s/very early 70s - apart from Janis Joplin... no, i know she wasn't australian and I wasn't actually into her at this point - I didn't become addicted until the late 70s - but as she died in 1970 I just couldn't not include a couple of her songs - she was a pioneer, she had an incredible talent, she was a woman in a male dominated field, who lived and played hard because that's what it took - unfortunately she paid the ultimate price...
we had the talents of Wendy Saddington and Renee Geyer in Australia... and then there were bands like the Masters Apprentices (I now knew what young lust really was - I was 15 and hormonal, and Jim Keays was fucking hot!!!), Zoot (another 'pretty boy' band - and who wasn't drooling over Rick Springfield, male or female??)... and remember, the Palais Theatre was a popular venue 'in those days' so with me mum being head cashier, I got to see a lot of good aussie bands (and for free)... living in St Kilda meant lots of live venues close by as well.. who needed overseas bands - there was a wealth of talent right here!!!
the 70s was an amazing era for music - there are so many aussie bands still to come - ac/dc (with Bon Scott of course!), skyhooks, sherbet, chisels (just to name a few - but they weren't around just yet- and i bet you just can't wait!!!) - it was an 'eclectic' musical experience - a creative and innovative time - and i wouldn't have wanted to grow up in any other era!!! (the 70s posts might take a while - it was a really political, radical and rebellious time too!!!)
enjoy (but there are a lot of 'sync' problems! - and the sound isn't too crash hot!! forgive the era and it's very rudimentary technology!!!)
after working yesterday i'm finally off work for the next week - feeling a tad rundown because it's been manic at work for ages - but now i've got a bit of time there's a lot of 'drafting' to be done, memories to be recalled (and research to 'jog' the memory), photos to be scanned, and of course bongs to be stacked and smoked... so while i'm working on all of that i thought i'd give you a taste of the aussie music i was into in the very late 60s/very early 70s - apart from Janis Joplin... no, i know she wasn't australian and I wasn't actually into her at this point - I didn't become addicted until the late 70s - but as she died in 1970 I just couldn't not include a couple of her songs - she was a pioneer, she had an incredible talent, she was a woman in a male dominated field, who lived and played hard because that's what it took - unfortunately she paid the ultimate price...
“Joplin belonged to that select group of pop figures who mattered as much for themselves as for their music. Among American rock performers, she was second only to Bob Dylan in importance as a creator-recorder-embodiment of her generation’s mythology.” (read more here)
we had the talents of Wendy Saddington and Renee Geyer in Australia... and then there were bands like the Masters Apprentices (I now knew what young lust really was - I was 15 and hormonal, and Jim Keays was fucking hot!!!), Zoot (another 'pretty boy' band - and who wasn't drooling over Rick Springfield, male or female??)... and remember, the Palais Theatre was a popular venue 'in those days' so with me mum being head cashier, I got to see a lot of good aussie bands (and for free)... living in St Kilda meant lots of live venues close by as well.. who needed overseas bands - there was a wealth of talent right here!!!
the 70s was an amazing era for music - there are so many aussie bands still to come - ac/dc (with Bon Scott of course!), skyhooks, sherbet, chisels (just to name a few - but they weren't around just yet- and i bet you just can't wait!!!) - it was an 'eclectic' musical experience - a creative and innovative time - and i wouldn't have wanted to grow up in any other era!!! (the 70s posts might take a while - it was a really political, radical and rebellious time too!!!)
enjoy (but there are a lot of 'sync' problems! - and the sound isn't too crash hot!! forgive the era and it's very rudimentary technology!!!)
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