This album is so beautiful. Annie Haslam is just an absolutely amazing vocalist. You are right flash - how can people ignore this wonderful song? Thanks for posting this.
Incredible, electrical, intense, exciting. This is a real musical experience in all for all. Why can't musicians aspire to be like them? This blows my collection away. I thought I knew great music till now. It's like a brilliant broudway show for my ears and mind. Thank you so much for posting this.
bloody damn good posting here ..i always knew sooner or later someone would post this track for me (ive only just found it) now all i need is the whole album posting , many thanks ....
This album introduced me to this group. I had been purchasing progressive rock albums from Camel and others. College radio introduced me to early Genesis. I worked on air for 5 years and you tow the line or find other employment. Record companies do tell you who to play and what day to start playing it. Ignore it and watch your promos tumble and music sources dry up!
Renaissance stayed at the Ramada Inn in Clifton, New Jersey during a summer in the mid 70's. They were rehearsnig at the famous Capitol Theatre in Passaic for an upcoming tour. John Tout hung out with me at the pool many a day.
It's not that there isn't creative great talent out there now, it's all about the industry that won't play it or give it a chance. Renaissance was not an extremely well known band in its hey day. I have friends from the same era that never heard of them. Mainly because this group was played on FM progressive rock stations or college radio stations. I listen to the alternative rock stations in my area and I don't hear any new art rock.
people saying music suckss nowadays dont know where to look, ive found amazing albums every year. get on rateyourmusic and explore countless genres and albums, theres tooo many amazing modern bands and artists, the reason that todays music appears to suck is that you are using the radio as a reference...
@mattymm34735 - Actually I've come across some great stuff listening to Pandora in the prog rock category. But none of the new bands I heard were from the US. The 70's were awesome. My son even agrees with me and he's 30 now. He is amazed by the uniqueness of so many excellent bands. Loved his generation's music too... the 90's. I thought creative great music was back after the dismal 80's and it was for at least that decade.
This is so great to be able to listen to this again. I started listening when I was 10 years old back in the early seventies. My older brother let me listen to his records and use his stereo back then. The minute I heard Annie and Renaissance I fell in love. The greatest female singer ever and my favorite for all time. And even now she can still do it. There are some videos of Annie and Renaissance from 2010 and she still sounds like an angel. Check it out.
Also....check out the group Lindisfarne. Similar, but very unique.....THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NATION"S PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPHASIZE THE STUDY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC!!!!! The pop music improves....
This is a great song one of gavs they recorded! I am a die hard piano fan! Annie Haslam rules in the vocal department! And what a great band to back her up!
Wow! And that is about all that can be said. And a shameless plug for me, on the bio site for my band Sin-Echo, you just might notice a familiar name as an influence for the bass player, and my apologies for not being able to remember if if were John or Jon. But dear Lord,Annie Haslam, what a voice!!! And thanks to the person who has compiled this magnificent music.
My Dad used to play this when I was a little girl. I'm on a trip down memory lane right now, hence how I ended up here... Happy memories :) Love it <3
I was heavily into their first 3 albums when this was released, close friends and i proudly piled it on top of everything else we were listening to at the time...Genesis, Yes, Crimson, Nektar, Focus, E. L. P., The Strawbs, The Moody Blues,Pink Floyd, Santana...to name a few. To those of you whose parents turned you on to it all....lucky, lucky you!!.....peace
I haven't heard this song since I was little. Randomly remembered the lyrics when I woke up before class today and had to look for it before leaving. thx for the upload :D
This ain't like much I've heard before but part of it reminds me of Peter Rabbit and the French track on microcosmos whatever that is called (la fin du reve according to a quick google search)
I really like this song, I've never heard of this band before... It's very varied and they all have smoothly working minds to come up with something like this.
@kezza92X True, I also, have not found Kalynda, on Youtube, Free Napster has a 30-second clip, and some good guitar instructor on Youtube, teaches how to play it. Probably download from Amazon for one dollar.
I have loved this song ever since i first heard it back in 1975. Renaissance had a great unique sound, which made them special. This song has a very dreaming relaxing atmosphere. EXCELLENT !
THANKYOU for posting this song...one of their best!! I wish more people knew of this group...THE BEST BAND EVER. I've seen them twice...sound as good live as in studio...the only band that can make that claim! AWESOME!!!
Do you like Caravan, in the land of grey and pink or Gong, flying teapot. the studio album cut of Vulture fly high? All are great . Annie is my muse and her voice is like a dreamweaver. Love the studio cut of Things that I don"t understand.
This is Classical Symphonic Rock, Art Rock was what Rolling Stone labeled it as back in 1975 along with ELP, Yes, and no less Tangerine Dream, they know nothing!!....Renaissance was way ahead of their time
I first heard this song when I was little and my cousin and I loved it so much. I couldn't remember the song so I asked her and she told me it was this. I love this song so much!!!!!
Wow. My Dad used to listen to this when I was small. I'm 30 now, and still thank him for playing me music from before I was born. Not many people could write music like this now.
I resently saw in B&N they list Renaissance as Art Rock. I think that is the best name for their style of music. Progressive is not even close to what they did.
she is 8 now and i consider it my duty that she listens to this beautiful music instead ot the conditioned shit which schools allow kids to listen to nowadays
Completely true! But not all hope is lost, there are some (very few) very good bands from today. Defenitely worthy to listen to Astra (prog rock heavily influenced from King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Yes) and Ozric Tentacles (best space rock band ever, influenced from Gong, Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream), to name just two. Cheers
The problem is, no one looks hard enough. There's plenty of great music today, you just need to dig for it sometimes. In other words, look harder. Then again, I'm kinda different from most people because I explore all assets and genres of music.
Kayo Dot, maudlin of the Well, Time of Orchids, Toby Driver, Tartar Lamb, Ben Frost, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sioum, Telefon Tel Aviv, Apparat - all of these are from the last 15 years, and are genius in their own right. I would say most are better than anything since Stravinsky.
I also have to wonder how many of you people bitching about today's music toss aside brilliant classical music of the past - my guess is many of you. That is truly embarrassing.
@PorcupineFloyd68 Amen. People who say "today's music sucks" simply can't be bothered to check out anything beyond what they hear on Top 40 radio or MTV; they just want to believe that their own generation had the only good music.
Along with what you listed, I'd add Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Belle & Sebastian, The Mars Volta, The Decemberists -- all recent bands that are carrying on the adventurousness and experimentalism of 70s progressive rock.
@jhillst to be honest when i refer to today's music I'm mostly digging my way trough the single hit bastards that ruin my vision of a truly hearted generation like the 70's and 80's and so on.
I really like radiohead and some indie bands out there that I believe they deserve some more mainstream attention.
What really sets me off is how most people react to justin bieber and lady gaga and all that bullcrap, worshiping them like gods and like they are the "oh my fucking" revolution of our era.
@Flashingflash There's been crappy music in every era, though. The reason we don't remember the crappy music is because it doesn't deserve to be remembered. Mainstream radio stations in the 1970s weren't playing Renaissance, they were playing stuff like Andy Gibb, Donny Osmond and the Bay City Rollers.
@jhillst - lol. Yep. I remember the suck sounds of the 70's. That's why FM radio w/prog rock stations and college radio stations became the norm. Probably what actually buried pop. I stopped pop just prior to mid 70's. Silly stuff. You forgot Abba and "having my baby", "feelings"and the list goes on. But we had some great one hit wonders too like My Sharona. Mainstream couldn't play Renaissance because their songs were too long until Northern Lights.
@Flashingflash I am not into Radiohead, or any of that other stuff, but I do agree with you about Bieber and Lady GagGag, and those others. I do listen to older Jazz, Old Country (Marty Robins, Johny Cash, and the like), but mostly Classical music and Opera. This music is really different for me, but since I first heard them, I loved their music.
@jhillst Thanks both of you for providing a "reading list" of today's good music. It's hard to find when you don't have a source. I'll be on the lookout.
@PorcupineFloyd6 Well, probably better to think of the criticism as being aimed at today's *popular* music. Every decade offers awesome and innovative musicians, but it seems that the mainstream music, the music that's played on the radio and popular with "the kids" can go either way depending on the times, and currently it seems to be driven more by record companies wanting to create stars than musicians wanting to create music.
@juttkeys ,@Flashingflash "Conditioned shit?" Music always gets "worse" from generation to generation. There's junk music now, just as there was in my generation and yours. Ye must look beyond corporate radio.
@juttkeys: What I mean is, before you write off all "modern" music, listen to The Innocence Mission, the Fleet Foxes, The Decembrists, Joanna Newsom (not for all tastes, but innovative and evocative.)
Listen to Dead Can Dance, and tell me those aren't some of the most fascinating voices you've heard. Jonathan Richman made music that reflects the sheer joy of making music. Yes, there's good music, but you must look for it.
I love Renaissance too, and am glad there are new innovators also.
@RadioFreeSpike Yes you are right, i was making a sweeping generalization out of frustration really i guess, I shall check those bands out though definately, cheers dude
I grew up in the 70's and I have no idea what pragrock is. This is stoner music, and non- stoner music. bneautiful voice. I went to a concert in 1976 in Buffalo, when I attended BU, and SHE blew me away. A beautiful woman she is. My fantasy of perfection. Thanks Annie for the voice and the memories.
That beginning can not be matched by any other group (a few exceptions) in how amazing it is...listening to this song is like being in a state of euphoria, and Annie Haslam is the best female vocalist in all of rock music.
@AndrewSaulFreedman Yep, Tout's piano playing was amazing. You've gotta hand it to Mick Dunford as well, who wrote some great music to go with Betty Thatcher's often arcane lyrics and unusual subject matter. Oh, and Annie's singing is pretty good too! The section here from 6:40 to 7:40 is just awesome.
I also love the calliope-styled organ playing in contrast to the dreamy celesta that sets the scene. Not to mention the incredible piano introduction. Just beautiful.
Some of the most beautiful bass-playing I have ever heard is on this album. It's right up front. You could call it "lead bass" in similar fashion to "lead guitar". This song, in particular is a story in itself and the music plays such a big part in telling the story, especially when the thousands of faces appear. The jazz celesta solo is so unique as well. Annie's voice is so very beautiful as well as the beautiful harmony singing. A true classic.
This album is so beautiful. Annie Haslam is just an absolutely amazing vocalist. You are right flash - how can people ignore this wonderful song? Thanks for posting this.
kw2hv 22 hours ago
Incredible, electrical, intense, exciting. This is a real musical experience in all for all. Why can't musicians aspire to be like them? This blows my collection away. I thought I knew great music till now. It's like a brilliant broudway show for my ears and mind. Thank you so much for posting this.
ellaswing 1 week ago
bloody damn good posting here ..i always knew sooner or later someone would post this track for me (ive only just found it) now all i need is the whole album posting , many thanks ....
sluggs51 1 week ago
and.. nobody was there...
TheKitkatgold 3 weeks ago
Wunderful voice. My favourites, though, are the burning ashes and "can you hear me" and carpet of the sun..
TheAkelei 1 month ago
This song gave me a mindgasm. I don't think I've ever heard anything as magnificent in my entire life.
Catagnus18 1 month ago
This album introduced me to this group. I had been purchasing progressive rock albums from Camel and others. College radio introduced me to early Genesis. I worked on air for 5 years and you tow the line or find other employment. Record companies do tell you who to play and what day to start playing it. Ignore it and watch your promos tumble and music sources dry up!
manthony1956 2 months ago
i love the celesta
around 3:30.
proisle 2 months ago
I love the music of Renaissance! It's somehow classic, awesome!
0926hubert 3 months ago
I love this song. I can't believe someone just posted about it an hour ago.
MrErb2000 3 months ago
With such sheer mastery in all of their songs it seems impossible to pick a favorite but I did. This one. Thanks a 1000 times for posting this!
jimpenchant 3 months ago 2
This is the cut that introduced me to a wonderful experience with all of their artistry. Oh what a weave of delightfully entrancing music.
24kGoldenRocket 4 months ago 5
6:42-8:02 made me think of what would happen if Lionel Hampton and Vince Guaraldi collaborated with Renaissance... pretty amazing, no?
Ian16545 5 months ago in playlist Ian16545's Favorited Videos
wow! this brings memory of the 70's when i first heard this song on WNEW FM Rock. no other pop music station would play this type of songs.
cirosuperiore 5 months ago
@cirosuperiore me2 , listened to WNEW from 68 to 88 whenever i was in the area. from elton john's live gig to cat day afternoon.
PHONEMIKEEEEE 1 month ago
Renaissance stayed at the Ramada Inn in Clifton, New Jersey during a summer in the mid 70's. They were rehearsnig at the famous Capitol Theatre in Passaic for an upcoming tour. John Tout hung out with me at the pool many a day.
shagpj 5 months ago
@shagpj i wonder if they went to the heidleberg saloon right around the corner from the capitol?
PHONEMIKEEEEE 1 month ago
It's not that there isn't creative great talent out there now, it's all about the industry that won't play it or give it a chance. Renaissance was not an extremely well known band in its hey day. I have friends from the same era that never heard of them. Mainly because this group was played on FM progressive rock stations or college radio stations. I listen to the alternative rock stations in my area and I don't hear any new art rock.
MsThebeMoon 5 months ago
Best song on the Album.
mrdt8910 6 months ago
John Tout was a master of the keys, especially on this album. He and Annie were a perfect match in those days!
peace
technocrash09 6 months ago
Magic, fairy and suggestive!
stefanobudicin 7 months ago
people saying music suckss nowadays dont know where to look, ive found amazing albums every year. get on rateyourmusic and explore countless genres and albums, theres tooo many amazing modern bands and artists, the reason that todays music appears to suck is that you are using the radio as a reference...
mattymm34735 7 months ago
@mattymm34735 - Actually I've come across some great stuff listening to Pandora in the prog rock category. But none of the new bands I heard were from the US. The 70's were awesome. My son even agrees with me and he's 30 now. He is amazed by the uniqueness of so many excellent bands. Loved his generation's music too... the 90's. I thought creative great music was back after the dismal 80's and it was for at least that decade.
MsThebeMoon 5 months ago
this is why we need to same public radio. I am 25 years old and just heard this song for the first time on the radio. pretty sweet
madpop17 7 months ago
Sounds like its in Mono !
sturoc0 10 months ago
This is so great to be able to listen to this again. I started listening when I was 10 years old back in the early seventies. My older brother let me listen to his records and use his stereo back then. The minute I heard Annie and Renaissance I fell in love. The greatest female singer ever and my favorite for all time. And even now she can still do it. There are some videos of Annie and Renaissance from 2010 and she still sounds like an angel. Check it out.
writer125 11 months ago
This is quite amazing!
VernianProcess 1 year ago
Angelic Annie - so powerful, yet so gentle and vulnerable.
randyf1234321 1 year ago
Wow, does that instrumental break KICK !
runntum 1 year ago
I was a child when I fell in love with this song, and in general with their live cd.
The Renaissance will always be in my heart.
gionnidigei 1 year ago
Also....check out the group Lindisfarne. Similar, but very unique.....THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NATION"S PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPHASIZE THE STUDY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC!!!!! The pop music improves....
terrryc 1 year ago 2
I remember hearing this once and couldn't remember the (rather obvious) title for the longest time... x33
But seriously, I love this song. :DD
ClichedNameFTW 1 year ago
love this,came accross it when travelling in france. kept me going many a night.beautiful voice
vahidsmart 1 year ago
enjoyed!
GWHTHB 1 year ago
This is a great song one of gavs they recorded! I am a die hard piano fan! Annie Haslam rules in the vocal department! And what a great band to back her up!
WenBetz 1 year ago
Wow! And that is about all that can be said. And a shameless plug for me, on the bio site for my band Sin-Echo, you just might notice a familiar name as an influence for the bass player, and my apologies for not being able to remember if if were John or Jon. But dear Lord,Annie Haslam, what a voice!!! And thanks to the person who has compiled this magnificent music.
queyntelover 1 year ago
@borgduck Yes, and hardly anyone on the West Coast likes prog. I do not know even one person who likes Renaissance.
SeattleLA 1 year ago
My Dad used to play this when I was a little girl. I'm on a trip down memory lane right now, hence how I ended up here... Happy memories :) Love it <3
BabydiZZle85 1 year ago
I was heavily into their first 3 albums when this was released, close friends and i proudly piled it on top of everything else we were listening to at the time...Genesis, Yes, Crimson, Nektar, Focus, E. L. P., The Strawbs, The Moody Blues,Pink Floyd, Santana...to name a few. To those of you whose parents turned you on to it all....lucky, lucky you!!.....peace
hubiex 1 year ago
I haven't heard this song since I was little. Randomly remembered the lyrics when I woke up before class today and had to look for it before leaving. thx for the upload :D
aztecsword12 1 year ago
A good pair of headphone and this album and you will trip out to another world!
tonkehar 1 year ago
E' tra i brani che più amo di tutta la loro produzione. Stupendo!
ariacurva 1 year ago
I've enjoyed Annie Haslam and Renaissance almost daily since 1971. Annie still sounds great in 2010.
MikeRes52 1 year ago
An old favorite of mine - along with the music of Steeleye Span and Pentangle. Thanks for the posting. It really takes me back! :)
Oblivia58 1 year ago
man if i would have listened to prog when i was like 8, i would be a genius right now!
In2Infinity 1 year ago
Wunderschöner Song. Ich habe das Album Sheherazade, doch nur als LP. bin froh hier so viele Songs wieder zu finden.
Gruß Rosi
caterino55 1 year ago
This ain't like much I've heard before but part of it reminds me of Peter Rabbit and the French track on microcosmos whatever that is called (la fin du reve according to a quick google search)
I really like this song, I've never heard of this band before... It's very varied and they all have smoothly working minds to come up with something like this.
happyorangeanimation 1 year ago
Such a masterpiece
Funny how bands back in the day actually created music!
Seems most these days have lost there way.
Maybe they should listen to music like this and then try and write something decent . . . . . .
DeeperMGroup 1 year ago 2
I loved to look at that cover when I was a child. When I got older I came to love Renaissance.
NinaFrida 1 year ago
SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it!
jaamnik601 1 year ago
Love renaissance , been lucky to have sen them 3 times, but I keep looking and i cant find Kalinda (a magical isle) any where. Paul M.
kezza92X 1 year ago
@kezza92X True, I also, have not found Kalynda, on Youtube, Free Napster has a 30-second clip, and some good guitar instructor on Youtube, teaches how to play it. Probably download from Amazon for one dollar.
SeattleLA 1 year ago
I have loved this song ever since i first heard it back in 1975. Renaissance had a great unique sound, which made them special. This song has a very dreaming relaxing atmosphere. EXCELLENT !
fairnorth 1 year ago
Such wonderous beauty.
borgduck 1 year ago
Fantastico album!
5*****
BeppeTV 1 year ago
THANKYOU for posting this song...one of their best!! I wish more people knew of this group...THE BEST BAND EVER. I've seen them twice...sound as good live as in studio...the only band that can make that claim! AWESOME!!!
PITTSTON2SARASOTA 1 year ago
when you say Renaissance you get one of two responses.Either you hear"who?" or "oh yeah I love them".
fruitman13 1 year ago 14
I wish that this Trip to the fair had never begun!
tonkehar 2 years ago
I'm glad that it did!
borgduck 2 years ago
Do you like Caravan, in the land of grey and pink or Gong, flying teapot. the studio album cut of Vulture fly high? All are great . Annie is my muse and her voice is like a dreamweaver. Love the studio cut of Things that I don"t understand.
tonkehar 2 years ago
Anne is my muse too, so is Jerney Kaagman, Ann & Nancy Wilson etc...
borgduck 2 years ago
This is Classical Symphonic Rock, Art Rock was what Rolling Stone labeled it as back in 1975 along with ELP, Yes, and no less Tangerine Dream, they know nothing!!....Renaissance was way ahead of their time
geeoh480 2 years ago
I love Annie too.
borgduck 2 years ago
I first heard this song when I was little and my cousin and I loved it so much. I couldn't remember the song so I asked her and she told me it was this. I love this song so much!!!!!
MJinIndianapolis 2 years ago
Wow. My Dad used to listen to this when I was small. I'm 30 now, and still thank him for playing me music from before I was born. Not many people could write music like this now.
gemmafarrow 2 years ago
I resently saw in B&N they list Renaissance as Art Rock. I think that is the best name for their style of music. Progressive is not even close to what they did.
Fantastic piece!
dakwa1 2 years ago
I still prefer PROG ROCK!
borgduck 2 years ago
she is 8 now and i consider it my duty that she listens to this beautiful music instead ot the conditioned shit which schools allow kids to listen to nowadays
juttkeys 2 years ago 18
You do that!
I'm 17 and everyday I thank my mother for having shown me all those LP's of prog. rock music when I was little.
Music nowadays is just getting worse, I'm embarrassed to live in this generation.
Flashingflash 2 years ago 29
Completely true! But not all hope is lost, there are some (very few) very good bands from today. Defenitely worthy to listen to Astra (prog rock heavily influenced from King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Yes) and Ozric Tentacles (best space rock band ever, influenced from Gong, Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream), to name just two. Cheers
Semente200 2 years ago
@Flashingflash i'm 18 and I couldn't have said it better.
maranger123 1 year ago
@Flashingflash Yes, it is time for a music revival, though.
SeattleLA 1 year ago
The problem is, no one looks hard enough. There's plenty of great music today, you just need to dig for it sometimes. In other words, look harder. Then again, I'm kinda different from most people because I explore all assets and genres of music.
Anyways, good upload.
BloodPump 1 year ago
@BloodPump Yes, there is plenty of great music out there if you dig and look a bit harder. And also don't forget to dream a little bit bigger!
tonkehar 1 year ago
@Flashingflash u have a great mother! haha, don´t listen to all this shitty nowadays "music"
danielpinasco 1 year ago
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@Flashingflash you're a fucking loser. get over yourself...
itsnuts100 9 months ago
@Flashingflash What a load of crap.
Kayo Dot, maudlin of the Well, Time of Orchids, Toby Driver, Tartar Lamb, Ben Frost, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sioum, Telefon Tel Aviv, Apparat - all of these are from the last 15 years, and are genius in their own right. I would say most are better than anything since Stravinsky.
I also have to wonder how many of you people bitching about today's music toss aside brilliant classical music of the past - my guess is many of you. That is truly embarrassing.
PorcupineFloyd68 8 months ago
@PorcupineFloyd68 I didn't toss classical music anywhere, i didn't mention it as I like classical music.
Flashingflash 8 months ago
@PorcupineFloyd68 Amen. People who say "today's music sucks" simply can't be bothered to check out anything beyond what they hear on Top 40 radio or MTV; they just want to believe that their own generation had the only good music.
Along with what you listed, I'd add Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Belle & Sebastian, The Mars Volta, The Decemberists -- all recent bands that are carrying on the adventurousness and experimentalism of 70s progressive rock.
jhillst 7 months ago
@jhillst to be honest when i refer to today's music I'm mostly digging my way trough the single hit bastards that ruin my vision of a truly hearted generation like the 70's and 80's and so on.
I really like radiohead and some indie bands out there that I believe they deserve some more mainstream attention.
What really sets me off is how most people react to justin bieber and lady gaga and all that bullcrap, worshiping them like gods and like they are the "oh my fucking" revolution of our era.
Flashingflash 7 months ago
@Flashingflash There's been crappy music in every era, though. The reason we don't remember the crappy music is because it doesn't deserve to be remembered. Mainstream radio stations in the 1970s weren't playing Renaissance, they were playing stuff like Andy Gibb, Donny Osmond and the Bay City Rollers.
jhillst 7 months ago
@jhillst - lol. Yep. I remember the suck sounds of the 70's. That's why FM radio w/prog rock stations and college radio stations became the norm. Probably what actually buried pop. I stopped pop just prior to mid 70's. Silly stuff. You forgot Abba and "having my baby", "feelings"and the list goes on. But we had some great one hit wonders too like My Sharona. Mainstream couldn't play Renaissance because their songs were too long until Northern Lights.
MsThebeMoon 5 months ago
@Flashingflash I am not into Radiohead, or any of that other stuff, but I do agree with you about Bieber and Lady GagGag, and those others. I do listen to older Jazz, Old Country (Marty Robins, Johny Cash, and the like), but mostly Classical music and Opera. This music is really different for me, but since I first heard them, I loved their music.
dakwa1 7 months ago
@jhillst Thanks both of you for providing a "reading list" of today's good music. It's hard to find when you don't have a source. I'll be on the lookout.
Heffemon 6 months ago
@PorcupineFloyd6 Well, probably better to think of the criticism as being aimed at today's *popular* music. Every decade offers awesome and innovative musicians, but it seems that the mainstream music, the music that's played on the radio and popular with "the kids" can go either way depending on the times, and currently it seems to be driven more by record companies wanting to create stars than musicians wanting to create music.
Heffemon 6 months ago 8
@Flashingflash what a great mom, i bet shes a milf.
o0LanternLight0o 4 months ago
@o0LanternLight0o ooooh i bet you'd want to know.
Flashingflash 4 months ago
@Flashingflash haha well its not really about the looks, its how she like progressive rock.
o0LanternLight0o 4 months ago
@juttkeys ,@Flashingflash "Conditioned shit?" Music always gets "worse" from generation to generation. There's junk music now, just as there was in my generation and yours. Ye must look beyond corporate radio.
RadioFreeSpike 1 year ago
@juttkeys: What I mean is, before you write off all "modern" music, listen to The Innocence Mission, the Fleet Foxes, The Decembrists, Joanna Newsom (not for all tastes, but innovative and evocative.)
Listen to Dead Can Dance, and tell me those aren't some of the most fascinating voices you've heard. Jonathan Richman made music that reflects the sheer joy of making music. Yes, there's good music, but you must look for it.
I love Renaissance too, and am glad there are new innovators also.
RadioFreeSpike 1 year ago
@RadioFreeSpike Yes you are right, i was making a sweeping generalization out of frustration really i guess, I shall check those bands out though definately, cheers dude
juttkeys 1 year ago
I was listening to this when my daughter was born, this is her....
juttkeys 2 years ago
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juttkeys 2 years ago
I grew up in the 70's and I have no idea what pragrock is. This is stoner music, and non- stoner music. bneautiful voice. I went to a concert in 1976 in Buffalo, when I attended BU, and SHE blew me away. A beautiful woman she is. My fantasy of perfection. Thanks Annie for the voice and the memories.
fredszczepanski 2 years ago
@fredszczepanski
Thanks, This is indeed soooooo
beautifull
jajus125 2 years ago
This brings back so many great memories. Such quality. Merry Christmas.
ToughToeNails 2 years ago
Jolly Christmas :)
Flashingflash 2 years ago
Merry Christmas.
borgduck 2 years ago
Glad to see that I'm not alone ("must be that they've all gone home") with Renaissance.
SoPleasedYouAreThere 2 years ago
wicked tune so bloody good ,thanks for the upload
haileysvomit 2 years ago
Amazing piece! If you like this, you should read/watch the film called: "Something Wicked This Way Comes"- it's a perfect soundtrack in every way.
yoda899 2 years ago
That beginning can not be matched by any other group (a few exceptions) in how amazing it is...listening to this song is like being in a state of euphoria, and Annie Haslam is the best female vocalist in all of rock music.
powderedtoastman2112 2 years ago 3
Uhm, she is great indeed, but Sonja Kristina Linwood from Curved Air is (far?) better imho.
Great song btw!
RyuSoma77 2 years ago
When I first put this on my turntable, I had no idea what to expect.
In 30 seconds my life changed. It was in that fragment of time that I realized prog rock was the music for me.
progvortex 2 years ago 3
We Progheads are a unique breed!
borgduck 2 years ago 36
True that!
Flashingflash 2 years ago
@borgduck you bet ! not many of us left now
vulpecula999 1 year ago
@progvortex Same for me, 1979, Renaissance is my second favorite Prog, only the mighty Yes is higher for my tastes.
SeattleLA 1 year ago
this song is scary!
traphikk 2 years ago 2
It's a great way to get scared tough.
Flashingflash 2 years ago
Personally I think it's beautiful.
borgduck 2 years ago
It's just like a movie in one head with a good set of headphones....I wish that this Trip to the fair had never begun...........LOL
tonkehar 2 years ago
I agree.
Flashingflash 2 years ago
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chipotleify 2 years ago
this is a very pretty song i heard on my way to base san diago cal i was in the navy then 1974 so many years enjoy trip out
chipotleify 2 years ago
And if anyone was wondering.
Thats John Tout on keyboards and the vocalist is Annie Haslam.
AndrewSaulFreedman 2 years ago 2
We were not.
borgduck 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
this is a pretty song trip out
chipotleify 2 years ago
@AndrewSaulFreedman Yep, Tout's piano playing was amazing. You've gotta hand it to Mick Dunford as well, who wrote some great music to go with Betty Thatcher's often arcane lyrics and unusual subject matter. Oh, and Annie's singing is pretty good too! The section here from 6:40 to 7:40 is just awesome.
progfan10 1 year ago
Was waiting for a while for this to be on youtube :O. Thank you so much!
AndrewSaulFreedman 2 years ago
it's been on u-tube on- and -off three and four times...I hope it stays this time. Enjoy it while you can....it 's not going to there forever!
tonkehar 2 years ago
una maravilla maxima!!!
ropehui 2 years ago
Thanks for uploading this beautiful-amazing-outstanding musical creation to youtube.
i enjoy listening to it over and over again.
plexi980 2 years ago
I also love the calliope-styled organ playing in contrast to the dreamy celesta that sets the scene. Not to mention the incredible piano introduction. Just beautiful.
singinjohnny 2 years ago
Yes the piano on this piece is truly wonderful.
Flashingflash 2 years ago
Some of the most beautiful bass-playing I have ever heard is on this album. It's right up front. You could call it "lead bass" in similar fashion to "lead guitar". This song, in particular is a story in itself and the music plays such a big part in telling the story, especially when the thousands of faces appear. The jazz celesta solo is so unique as well. Annie's voice is so very beautiful as well as the beautiful harmony singing. A true classic.
singinjohnny 2 years ago
I love this album especially side 1
Thanks for posting this.
Bass players everywhere, take note of this.
:-D
GrezH 2 years ago
No prob. glad to help.
Flashingflash 2 years ago