“Jagger and Johansen at the film premiere of ‘The Song Remains The Same’ in NYC, October 19th, 1976.” 47 years ago! And BOTH still actively performing. “Anthony Bourdain’s 20 Favourite Songs of the 1970s” (note: There are only 19!) ‘Pusher Man’: Curtis Mayfield‘Baby’s on Fire’: Brian Eno‘Bad Luck’: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes‘Penetration’: Iggy …
I remember a moment in the early 1990s when I stood in the crowd at First Avenue as we all waited for the show to start. The house speakers blasted Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, and other loud awesomeness. Suddenly, I was arrested by an amazing new song I hadn’t heard, a sonic revelation …
“People Get Ready, there’s a train a’ comin’,” Curtis Mayfield sang, and the well-prepared passengers in this video would understand his sentiments completely, if not his English. Here’s video from Myanmar of a train running so far behind schedule that it has no time to stop when it reaches the station. Passengers and their bags …