Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Riverside To Perform At The NJProghouse 9/12/08
The New Jersey Proghouse have announced that they will presenting a special concert on 9/12/08 in support of the Fellowship For Metlar House. Polish powerhouse Riverside will perform just prior to their show at the Montreal Progressive Rock Festival. NJ/PA band Pinnacle will open this special night. The Metlar House is a museum located in east-central New Jersey. This is the only chance to see Riverside this year unless you already have tickets to the two festivals they are playing in September.
The Proghouse has stated that there are a limited number of seats available for this benefit event and demand is high so be sure to get your seats early by going to http://www.njproghouse.com. There you will be able to order your seats and you can find all the other information for this benefit.
Waters Criticizes Emerson In Press; Emerson Fires Back
Roger Waters was interviewed recently and had some unkind works for Emerson Lake & Palmer. His comments are below.
Mark Brown: Some music from your classic era sounds timeless, like Dark Side or John Fogerty's anti-war songs. But some music from that era sounds dated and silly. You managed to avoid that with Dark Side and The Wall. Why is that?
Waters: It's because they're truthful and they spring from a passionate attachment to political and philosophical ideals that are based in the experience of others. If you were to name something that you now consider silly . . . not that I want to knock other artists, but you'd probably find the subject matter is fey in some way.
Mark Brown: I'm thinking music like Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Waters: Well, that wasn't about anything . . . it was a construct in order to sell records. It didn't have its roots in somebody's passionate belief in human life. It had its roots in wanting to be successful in pop music in the 1970s.
The interview is at this link.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/25/another-look-at-dark-side/
Keith Emerson's response to Tony Ortiz (Archivist for ELP):
So, like inflating pigs to fly over Battersea Power Station disrupting Heathrow Airport, London wasn't a construct in order to sell records or a publicity stunt to be successful in pop music? ELP's music combined social comment with fun, artistry and variety which is more than I can say about his morbid dronings. He and I are in the business of entertainment and if He chooses to put himself in the category of pop activist so be it. I learned the lesson early enough. Don't mix politics with music by burning flags. Leave all that to Bono and Sting. Either become a politician or a musician. Although he made a lot of money with his mono tonal ramblings on the latter I think he should stick to the former as long as he preaches his politics in some remote area like a worm sanctuary in Siberia.
K. E.
PS I enjoyed being part of his tribute album
Mark Brown: Some music from your classic era sounds timeless, like Dark Side or John Fogerty's anti-war songs. But some music from that era sounds dated and silly. You managed to avoid that with Dark Side and The Wall. Why is that?
Waters: It's because they're truthful and they spring from a passionate attachment to political and philosophical ideals that are based in the experience of others. If you were to name something that you now consider silly . . . not that I want to knock other artists, but you'd probably find the subject matter is fey in some way.
Mark Brown: I'm thinking music like Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Waters: Well, that wasn't about anything . . . it was a construct in order to sell records. It didn't have its roots in somebody's passionate belief in human life. It had its roots in wanting to be successful in pop music in the 1970s.
The interview is at this link.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/25/another-look-at-dark-side/
Keith Emerson's response to Tony Ortiz (Archivist for ELP):
So, like inflating pigs to fly over Battersea Power Station disrupting Heathrow Airport, London wasn't a construct in order to sell records or a publicity stunt to be successful in pop music? ELP's music combined social comment with fun, artistry and variety which is more than I can say about his morbid dronings. He and I are in the business of entertainment and if He chooses to put himself in the category of pop activist so be it. I learned the lesson early enough. Don't mix politics with music by burning flags. Leave all that to Bono and Sting. Either become a politician or a musician. Although he made a lot of money with his mono tonal ramblings on the latter I think he should stick to the former as long as he preaches his politics in some remote area like a worm sanctuary in Siberia.
K. E.
PS I enjoyed being part of his tribute album
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