Curved Air - Backstreet Luv

[spiritofbebella]

O, I just love the advert... thank you so much!

[chris6955]

I saw Sonja Cristina Moon in Camden awesome band I remember the albulm had pictures on it

[baco82]

sonja kristina <3 <3 <3 <3 ok, she's not grace slick or janis, but i find her more lovely than any other. her way to sing reminds me to sandy denny, it's an english style with no vibrato. greetings from italy!

[alfieb2204]

Mmmmm...Sonja Christina...what more is there to say :-)

[mrgmyers]

I liked that song but even then I found the whole bands trying to be oh so serious dark windswept and interesting thing laughable!

Seeing this has merely proved I was right!

A mate of mine from Romford did her in Hainault park in 69!

[NormbrettaMod]

@mrgmyers

nah

[rolfdejonge]

Indeed, Sonja Kristina and Stewart Copeland got married. Nice couple!

Like the music.

[cohenterry717]

In my opinion Sonja was the greatest female singer of all time. so sexy as well.

[breffnipark]

Sonja Kristina ... what a beauty !

Saw them at Cardiff Castle in 1976/77

Hawkwind , The Strawbs and Status Quo !

Awsome stuff !!!!!!!!!!!

[BreekieMe]

@breffnipark I Was there too! Brillaint!

[gordbard52]

Saw them live at Durham university in 1971. Sonya was a real mover!

[TheSSMusicChannel]

before stew copeland? no after. he married her Sonja Christina - wished I'd beaten him to her. was a babe still a babe, still would!

[horai1]

Yep, 15 or 16 when this charted. I was deeply in love and rocked out at the same time. Great band.

[TheRikerman]

nembutal and headphones in bed

[hejhog360]

i reckon it was 1971 and charted in the uk look it up 6 weeks holiday time 71

[CUBALAW]

She was the sexy 70's personified. A dream girl with a dreamy voice...

[Mariekesone]

I remember this song well, it was at the same time as Dutch Band Earth and Fire with Jerney Kaagman...

I love this Band too!!!....That Psychodelic era was Great, but very short lived!

[kramyelir]

Class

[Greebo666]

My word, I had the hots for this woman when I was a pubescent schoolboy!!!!!!! I love the bloke with the hat tryng to look like Ritchie Blackmore lol!

[Adamboms]

I like this drummer

[kentishtowncowboy]

Ah yes, now I remember. Who could forget the beautiful Sonja Kristina?!!

[dja51]

Forgot how Psychedelic the 70's were great video!!!

[VertigoHarvest]

Chi ha detto che la femminilità non può andare di pari passo con l'intelligenza creativa?

Da quello che ci tocca subire dalle "zone d'alta classifica" sembra che in molti la pensino ancora così: ... donne perennemente indecise tra fare le cantanti e le spogliarelliste; con il risultato che non riescono a fare fino in fondo né una, né l'altra.

Sonja Kristina invece, con la sua voce, continua a emozionarmi incredibilmente. B-)

[NCW250]

A pity we missed them at the Stables near Milton Keynes. My wife didn't know what I was talking about. I think it might be time to get the old records out again and play them to her.

[leoseries57]

Released on multicloured 12 inch vinyl back in the 70's. Very Psychedelic!

[cbak12sg]

@leoseries57 You're thinking of the album Air Conditioning.

[leoseries57]

@cbak12sg You are probably right - things were a little hazy back then!

[vano758]

One of my favourite Curved Air songs!! Loved the video a lot!! They did not use to have fancy video clips back then, but i find viewing such music vids of the 70's rather more enthralling than watching the contemporary crap on MTV ...

[60Atreyu]

what a wicked video, absolutely awesome

[shearershearer]

Seen curved air at the City Hall Newcasle,afterwards Sonja was in the barby chicken on Percy streety........stored in th bank for a 17 yo

[Strawberry7Lynn]

@shearershearer The Barbecue Express next to the Haymarket Hotel!

[shearershearer]

@Strawberry7Lynn Hey thanks for the detail....it was about 1972-73 ish!

[artec0]

I loved this chord progression.

[sludgefingers]

She is something else.

[djlavigne9199]

fucking amazing, i luv em

[arthurpussy]

how ever did i miss them in the 1970s i was in me teens back then only heard it on the planet rock today

[SteffanLlwyd]

Ah.... those crushed velvet jeans......!

[frogtadpole1]

My fantasy girl at 16 years old............. Ohh so sexy,,,,,, and a BRILLIANT band

[Hippypottamus]

Never realised she was so hot!!

[kopynd1]

ha that's funny

[79goldmaster1]

I just had an eargasm!

[chrisharro]

Beautiful song - I still have the 45 vinyl single and still play it!

I was 16 when I first heard this and I was really struck by the lines: "When she made love, she tried to find love/When she gives love, she will find love." Great words, often repeated I know, but still true. Great post, thank you for the memory!

[ITSASYRUP]

Yes, that is Derek Griffiths on drums.

[LordMontystink]

Bloody nice bird. She has the most eyes I have ever seen.

[gtrslngnhairbag]

@LordMontystink ... funny; I only count two! ;-)-

[60Atreyu]

what an awesome video, vision and audio are colossal, superb, didn't realise the band were so cool either, gorgeous singer

[robertallbright]

Love it

[TofikToficTofic]

jimi hendrix on drums! )

[viktor85698512]

ave sonja! great band, awesome bass player too



[BillMCA]

And a very young Eddie Jobson on piano: super

[GarJaMi]

@BillMCA Darryl Way on piano here - Jobson joined a couple of years later.

[stevecowdry]

The wonderful Sonja - saw the band (Sheffield Students Union) in 1976 - a mere 35 years ago!

[blackandtanful]

ｿﾆｱ･ｸﾘｽﾃｨｰﾅのヴｫｰｶﾙだネ!～懐かしきｶｰヴﾄﾞ­･ｴｱｰ～そして､ﾊｰﾄﾞ･ｴｯｼﾞの"BACK STREET LOVE"～イカシててたぜ!!

[Augustine7999]

Absolutely brilliant!! Memories, memories, memories...

[tp10488]

Love the threads. Brings back lots of memories.

[DoctorStealthy]

Well I was 10 years old then.. and the memory of the 'Chorus' in this song takes me as High now, as it did then!

[Watersons]

Remember her in concert at Leeds Polytechnic, September 1972 when I was 18! What fantastic days. Velvet loon pants too, what a girl

[Watersons]

Remember her in concert at Leeds Polytechnic, September 1972 when I was 18! What fantastic days.

[SNight322]

A definite lost classic.

That, and can you imagine if Conan, Letterman or Jimmy Fallon tried video styles like this today?

[mickb44]

saw them in 1974 greta gig i think lol

[sunuk57]

oh I will have to check if they,re touring would luv to see them

[sunuk57]

had a massive poster of her on my bedroom wall mmmmmmmm

was in hospital & kept asking for it on hospital radio lol. Never got to see them but did see darryl ways wolf at Sunderland Locarno , those were the days

[juanviperea]

@sunuk57 awww man that sucks...I saw them 2 days ago in londons High Voltage...you sould check if they are playing near your area as I think they are touring again....i hope i could get a poster of her from those days...btw think this song has a great melody

[ggstopflat]

Looking forward to seeing them at High voltage in London next week. :-)

[bozobingbox]

I saw Curved Air in Newcastle (City Hall) as a support band to Black Sabbath! It was 1971, I think, but I could be a year out either way. Some gig. Also saw Curved Air as main band the following year at the Mayfair (Newcastle). Great times for music.

[Isleofskye]

My first ever Concert was Curved Air-.Royal Festival Hall, London-1972.

Great memories:)

[gilllew]

ANOTHER OF MY FAVOURITE SONGS FROM SUMMER OF 1971 I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE THEM IN CONCERT WHEN THEY PERFORMED AT THE 1972 READING FESTIVALT (WERE THE TOP ACT OF THE NIGHT) BUT WERE LATE COMING ON STAGE - AND HAD TO LEAVE AT MIDNIGHT TO GET A LIFT HOME - THE 2D TIME (AT ANOTHER VENUE) SURPRISE! SURPRISE! THEY DIDNT TURN UPY cANT REMEMBER WHAT THE REASON. JUST SEEMS I WASNT MEANT TO SEE THEM IN CONCERT

[patoo1000]

Brought this when it came out and still have it!

[deltanine100]

Saw them in Swansea, Sonja was soooooo hot!

[veda1954]

Sonja was on my bedroom wall for many a month in the early 70's. Almost saw the band at the Buxton Pop Festival in 1974 but it was too cold and wet for them.

[MrVl1500]

still a great production

[genesisvirgine]

Why im not born 55 years befors!!!!!

[drdavidsands]

I remember this - it now sounds like Atomic Rooster meets Abba cool though!

[box500london]

Superb !! Classis 70s !!

[lesterpiglet1]

Just wondering. There weren't many, if any prog rock bands with female vocalists/frontpersons. Is there any logic there? Why didn't they hit it big?

[Glamagal20091]

I saw Curved Air performing at the Kursaal in Southend-on-Sea in 1972. They were excellent.

[Toxodeth1984]

Sonjia so beautiful!!!!!! excellent band, a classic rock forever!!!!!!!!!!love'em!!!!!!­

[unclewilf]

@zappatx The drummer is the late Barry de Souza, who filled in for a few months while Pilkington-Miksa was ill. He did a lot of session work in the 70s.

[TheEDZEPPELINBAND]

I love the clear guitar, Keith played one for a while, great amazing tone...hard to believe a slab of plexiglass could have such great tone&sustain--

[TheEDZEPPELINBAND]

I love the clear guitar, Keith played one for a while, great amazing tone...

[zappatx]

Man that drummer is really awesome. plays kind of like Bruford. What's his name??

[vertiz95]

@zappatx i think its Florian Pilkington-Miksa

[chimoio100]

the time of women singing!!

[tcalex29]

Saw them live in Bradford in the 70's - even did their stage lighting once

[mpurves98]

Missing Phantasmagoria. There used to be something here ...

[TheSocialmediaking]

Forgotten all about this track. Loved it then, and love it now.

[ste123456754]

cheryl cole not in the 1 2 3 of this talent

[zappatx]

I believe Curved Air had some Mellotron tunes although I can't seem to find them now...

Anyone know these tracks?

[Jarren202]

@zappatx Check the track I uploaded: Elfin Boy

[Enerjee]

I saw them on Top of the Pops in 1971 when I was 6 years old - it made a big enough impact on me then for me to remember it now.

[robertallbright]

Wonderful



[kdonatus1]

It was a great time and they were a great band.

[raygun500]

What a superb group they were! I remember seeing them in Nelson around 1975 and was knocked out by both Sonja's vocals and Darryl's violin playing. Vastly underrated.

[splez4]

saw them live in redcar ,(coatham bowl) when i had my lambretta GT 200, back in the 70s, WOW she was so powerfull, im 58 now and still love em, i even have back street as my ring tone,lol,

[SeventiesMania]

Francis Monkman on keyboards wrote the music for Granada TV's football coverage in the 1970s = Kick Off and Kick Off Match etc.

[hellion2k]

wow, great sound. i think i just saw my dream girl 41 years later !

[ghostchaser555]

sound good,wow this my first time hearing about this group

[TJO57]

One of the most underappreciated groups of all time!

[gryphonlaments]

I like it now, and I'm just sixteen.

[Joharr]

It was my favourite song in a school days and I still like it.

[Fanoulita]

where's your smile today?... try to see.. she didn't mean, to make you feel sooo sad...

[frem900]

MUITO LEGAL VER UMA MULHER QUEBRANDO O TABOO MACHISTA QUE SÓ MACHO PODE FAZER ROCK

[Eldryzif]

She's got a sexy voice.

[LostinTime112]

I too was at the 'no show' at the Buxton Festival in 72, everything that roysam says (Comment below) is true

[SouthCoastMackem]

Vastly underated. Brings back great memories. Good post!

[The64200]

Was nineteen,and it was one of my favs in that year.... Hear it again and again and again. An amazing song for me!

[artiebarnes]

Saw them, front row, in 1971. Opened for The Doors, after Morrison died that year. Loved these guys! Bought all their albums after that show!

[Roynsam]

Amazing tune, its just a pity that they refused to come on stage at the Buxton Festival in 72...they said it was too cold...I was there in the crowd...it was minus 5 degrees C but Uriah Heep, Steppenwolf, Family and a host of other great bands blasted our senses into oblivion and the cold became of no consequence...

[SeventiesMania]

@Roynsam ah, but to be fair to Curved Air, this was nearly 40 years before Carlos Tevez invented the snood :-)

Fab tune, cool graphics from the Beat Club boys and girls.

[BAUBLES99]

I always thought the drummer was the husband of the singer - Stewart Copeland, later of The Police. Wizards drummer was Charlie Grima. I last saw him playing congas in a duo in The Kings Head Islington with Wizards keyboard player, Bob Brady. They used to do an acoustic Wizard reunion at Xmas. Charlie also appeared on TV a lot, in things like The Bill.

[TheKahnk]

Love this. Saw them live at Leeds Town hall when i was in my teenage years (now 54) loved them then. Made my spine tingle

[whitbywailer]

this is an absolutely cracking song! why have I never heard of them? I am heartily ashamed of myself!

[creamtt]

@whitbywailer you have a lot of catching up to do, now start off with a search for "Marie Antoinette" by curved air on You Tube.

This record is another 5 star gem.

[spaztsworth]

Saw them at the Robin Bilston, last night, absolutely fantastic!!!!!!!

[BJCAshton]

@spaztsworth i'll second that-I was at Bilston too :-)

[GreyCampbell]

They were brilliant live, just wonderful stuff even after so long.

[gglaw42]

Where's your smile today?

[arken350]

Did the drummer end up in Wizzard????

[jbdx241]

@arken350 The drummer is session player Barry de Souza he played with Jeff Beck and Kate Bush

[sortabli]

I like her voice. I like this band. It´s perfect.

[Jarren202]

Drummer at 0:45 is SO kick ass!

Brilliant song by a fantastic band, with a beautiful singer. :D

[MrEpadoukas]

Oh! Sonja simplesmente Linda....

[smt1955]

Great 70's band great singer i love Sonja xxxxx

[ANGLOSAXONHELLFIRE]

It still sounds great ! Even after all these years !!!

[animalthebiker]

Heard they are touring again they are at the brook southampton 7 oct hope it's not bad but will go just to see Sonja again !!!!

[SunshineInWoods]

Since I was a child....

[nik1969100]

Talented voice and looks, that was Sonia Kristina. 

[willnotallow]

Aye, 15 years old, jumpers for goalposts,

Sonja in my dreams

[wisesatyr72]

wow Her voice is really unique..there was magic around her thick thighs..yes I know

[Softrockman]

Lucky enough to see Sonja grace Devizes Corn Exchange stage several times in the early 70's - and Darryl with his see-through electric violin - magic stuff.

[Gozzillacia]

Great - a little bit of 70's essential - "where's your smile today?' - brilliant.

[shipscuknfuk]

I have been searching for years for this song....it was on the edge of my memory as a kid. I just love it, it's so dark! I hear they have reformed now and will be at Glastonbury

[AndyBloodyMorley]

I think they probably were a bit of a one-hit wonder. But there's nothing wrong with that. Many combinations of great musicians back then were pretty short-lived. Curved Air went on longer, but when I saw them in 1975, their other material had none of the impact of this piece. It was special back then.

[Steveco]

@AndyBloodyMorley I always considered them an album band. If only they had met up with Brian Eno. I don't think they realized their full potential. They never captured on vinyl what they were capable of doing live.

[narozzz]

@Steveco - Warm Jets period Eno? This version of the band?

Uh.....I have to go change my pants.......

[Jarren202]

@Steveco Damn, I can only imagine the results of Curved Air produced by Eno. Sir, you have created an anomaly in space and time. It must be so!

[dave2806]

she should be on the back of my ducati !....................... god made woman the right shape to fit the pillion seat in those days !

[louisesk999]

I try to explain to my 19 year old son why this was soo important, it was just so different at the time

[locomotive1804]

Sonia Christina

[strongerthanallgtr]

this is awesome

[pooeyegg]

Incredible prog rock band and song!

[stripedblood]

And she looks and sounds just as good today!

[shemanic1]

great prog rock band. check out It happened today & Vivaldi

[wornpick1]

I think you're arguing over nonsense. Thet were a signifant band in their time, certainly NOT mainstream pop, contentious vocal material (have you actually listened to lyrics and understood them in their recent historic context - this was outrageous stuff)? You had to be there - otherwise, move on?

[54321sunrise]

your missing the point music.

[JAYROX1969]

Britains finest!!!

[AcidDroog]

forgot one thing - this band is not from the netherlands. where you got that from?

[urasam2]

Dead right. Sonja Kristina comes from Brentwood in Essex!

[AcidDroog]

"one hit wonder" is a primitive, commercial-oriented term, you can´t put a prog band into that!

[AcidDroog]

one hit wonder... come on man. curved air were no pop band, they made non-commercial music.

[seventiesclassic]

@AcidDroog

What's that got to do with it?

If they had just 1 hit..they are 1 hit wonders..End Of !