Normally with symphonic attempts was falling into kitsch, and that was the target of many recordings of the time. Following these errors many musicians began to discover the possibilities of pop music design a more ambitious and very soon realized that their projects did not need to anything having an orchestra behind. Is the next step of progressive rock, symphonic served a low could not be the concert, which was needed instruments capable of generating new and richer sound: keyboards harmonies able to interpret the fullness and intensity of a group of violins or violas or the same brightness as a section of saxophones, trumpets and trombones. It is no coincidence that Progressive Rock was born in this period, partly due to technical advances made possible instruments for greater experimentation. Before 1968 there was no mellotron and synthesizers were starting to program. Therefore to have string sound had no choice but to hire string and drums and trumpets sounded, had to have drums and trumpets.
Rick Wakeman
The mellotron, keyboard instrument similar to the body, if kept in internal prerecorded tapes with different sounds and rich : to give a key a dozen violins sounded a chorus of fifty voices, full orchestra ... Technically, it was very limited because they simply reproducing sounds and was recorded and unwieldy, but managed to break any sound synthesizers in its original elements, synthesizing , and reproduce later. The following step was to create sounds previously unpublished, to consumer tastes. And armed with this new weapon, the symphonic pop group appreciated the services rendered to their orchestras and fitted out on the adventure with increasing background light and tools. Began a new era.
The Birth of Rock Progressive was not a casual nor isolated, but the consistent product of a musical and social developments, of the late 60's, which allowed for the first time this kind of artistic expression in popular music. In fact, the Progressive Rock era coincides with the death of innocence and the summer of love. The system used two weapons against the hippy generation and dangerous summer of love, first sold drugs as a counter-cultural to destroy the movement from within, on the other the publicity given to the case of Charles Manson, murderer related the Rock (as seen in the chapter in March Manson) guilty of the brutal murder of actress Sharon Tate, to discredit and attack from outside. Then the media related to the Manson family to the dangerous amorality of California rockers young and his "rebel music." It was the end of the hippy innocence. Black legend that accompanied the Rock in the 70 and 80 (still reminiscent of the case observed in the Reagan-era restrictions), overshadowing their achievements but also helping to mature music. Most formal difference of 70 Rock is the diversification of styles. Gender became almost a banner for public and artists, and so were born the Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Southern Rock, Progressive Rock, the AOR (Adult Oriented Rock), the Punk ... And no gender of 70 represents more clearly the continuation of the musicians of the 60 as Progressive Rock. They were a group of musicians who refused to surrender to the new pressures have arisen in the twilight of summer of love.
Progressive Rock's history is closely related to the art school and the first communes, cultural hotbeds where many of these talents emerge. In some ways the concept of Progressive Rock is one of the most revolutionary who dared to face in popular music history. It was an attempt to level musically obsolete from its base classes firmer culture. No surprisingly, from its origins claim to be progressive rock music made with the brain and the brain, an intellectual music (as opposed to blues that refers directly to another organ ... prosaic) arising from academic to social reality meet a new music, rock'n'roll, or better yet, the young rockers to assault the art academies. Unlike psychedelia, prog is not directly related to drug use. For the first time the imagination and wanting to look further into the Rock did not look conditioned hallucinogenic substances ... which was a triumph for human freedom and creativity. The new style meant an assault on what was considered commercial at the time, the artists thought first for a short period of artistic creation to the economic, challenged with its long duration to radio stations and its themes, complex and convoluted , raised the listener with the difficult task of thinking beyond what is established. Progressive rock was not only a revolution as a concept or formal variations offered against the traditional view of popular music, often also introduced social criticism. The musical results were varied but all shared a style of composition that allowed this music sounds mutate into highly different. And in the way of his experimental rock would progress. In addition, the music itself and the society would be transformed by a prodigious musical kaleidoscope that would never be repeated. From this point of view is more progressive rock style that it is a revolutionary era of musicians that changed society.
live in a world of events. A world stuck in the past, which worships the dead. 14 years and 5 days Roger Hering, respected Swedish citizen and respectable, he looked and found cuckoo clock inside a big nothing told to hang himself in a bathhouse. 66 years and 6 days, when nothing casual Winston Churchill contacted the sorcerer Aleister Crowley to design a symbol with mystical force capable of defeating the Nazi swastika. The symbol chosen was the V for Victory. We could go on forever, every day thousands of ephemeris absurd. But occasionally, one that deserves to be remembered. This week we have completed 10 years after the death of Frank Sinatra. Yes, death morbid because in this culture is usually held prior to death than life, despite the difficulty is then to look at her face. 10 years without definitive crooner, the most popular. It was the first title that deserves Russ Columbo, not the classic, an honor that should be attributed to Bing Crosby. He had the voice of Nat King Cole or Tony Bennett, or the charm of Dean Martin and versatility of Sammy Davis Jr . He was short, had problems with alopecia and gave the impression of having been malnourished its infancy, but became the most popular singer in the era of the soloists, taking advantage of the decline of big bands because of financial shortages in the years after World War II. He invented the pop album in his years at Columbia, creating the concept of conceptual LP, and even became a good actor, choosing not only musical film forays, but risky roles as the junkie drummer Frankie Machine in The Man Golden Arm ( The Man With The Golden Arm , 1955) by Otto Preminger . He began recording in the 30's and his last recordings were sold in 1994 (!), Which gives us some idea of \u200b\u200bthe longevity of the myth, which still continues for Christmas collections, biographies obscurantist or / and myths and all sorts of material about salable.
crooner legend is all a web of light and shade, ranging from the myth of his silver nasal septum caused by his excesses with cocaine, their excesses and antics with the Rat Pack ( from those realized in the chapter devoted to the group in December 2007) and their relationships with women who largely filled the society pages of the era, especially his blind love for the wayward Ava Gardner scored him deeply and inspired one of his finest works, disc In The Wee Small Hours , recorded after divorcing the diva. As for his relations with the mafia would for several films, and in fact inspired much of the mafia movie par excellence, Godfather. Dark episodes in the life of Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey to sell his exclusive contract with the singer for a dollar and a gun barrel in his mouth or how he got the role given the Oscar in From Here to Eternity (From Here To Eternity , 1953), resulted in the character of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather , played in the film by a second division as crooner was Al Martino. Kennedy Sinatra introduced to what would be his mistress, Judith Campbell whose arts of love shared with one's own Sinatra and mobster Sam Giancana , creating a dangerous triangle of power by Judith gathered information. The woman was pregnant with Kennedy and Giancana recommended an abortion. He also served as an intermediary when Kennedy hired through Giancana mob to kill Fidel Castro. Mythology, in short, worthy of the man who survived his strongest and young competitors Elvis and The Beatles , leading to the dark side first as many. A world that has lived 10 years without Sinatra, pop the hood tends to become more politically correct and definitely more boring ...
live music at times gray, uncertain future and this gray, where the most common is to use the past the recovery of old formulas that were once the goose that lays golden eggs. In these days of Foreigner versions by Mariah Carey , the Bee Gees shot by Take That, Rolling destroyed by Britney Spears ... just a genre of 70 (melting pot of styles incomparable musical, which exploded thousands of trends in very few years) escapes this shameful trade revisionism. Everything is repeated and recovered (in a simplistic and lower quality) for the masses: punk, glam rock, disco, pop, hard rock, AOR ... but no one dares to open Pandora's box it was progressive rock. In fact it is a discredited style: pompous, virtuosity and bombast are recurrent terms when talking about him. Any other kind is minimally observed, what is the cause of this spell? Does the punk buster late 70's? "Radio stations do not accept songs that exceed four minutes? Does to musical freedom in the majors, surrendered to the economic benefits? There is much to talk about it ... but the fact is we live in this strange era when people valued Abba and not Amon Düül , which can say without blushing that you are a fan of the Carpenters , but you got to hide your drives Yes in the attic ... Maybe we should applaud such ingratitude, and that it remains immune style post-modern revisionism that has corrupted everything. Prog Prog remains, for better or for worse, we appreciate the value to be an era of unparalleled progress and excess: the Age of Dinosaurs, the big concepts and oversized egos. For a short time we had the feeling that the music would change the world (though nobody could tell it was for the better, but that mattered little.)
we can define as the rock was more imaginative, was mainly in the 70's, although the origins are due to late psychedelia and the underground art scene in the successful London musical of the late 60's, and its consequences are still felt today in many styles ... During the 70's a group of visionaries wanted to take the rock to its limits most unlikely; wanting to give the music popular prestige that had classical music, rock engineers complexify its theme and is extending its duration and by providing formal hitherto unexplored sounds. Like all great progressive rock history (or symphonic rock as it was known in Spain) has its beginning. And probably would be sought in the productions of Phil Spector , authentic mini-operas adolescents or Snuff Garrett, a major producer of West Coast youth who knew how to skillfully use the rope on his recordings for Bobby Vee or Johnny Burnette. But if a birth should be noted Progressive Rock, would be situated in the London of 1967.
The musical melting pot that had become the second half of the sixties allowing any musician to experiment in all directions. The music publishers, promoters and managers were looking for new sensations and dared not say no to anyone. If not, who would have accepted that a group like the Moody Blues , who had a number one with a three-minute song played on their own instruments, to face a 45-rpm disc, single-minded and with a big orchestra back? The fact is that they let them do it and the result Days of Future Passed (Days of Future Past) was the official start of a new era: that of progressive rock. The album, released in 1967, might not have gone from being an experiment more but for success include Nights In White Satin, but it was not an isolated attempt. 1967 is also the mythical Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band with which McCartney (influenced by the Pet Sounds the Beach Boys and Freak Out Frank Zappa of ) devised a disc conceptual arrangements that highlight what Schubert She's Leaving Home . Also in 67 Pink Floyd, a pop group that had become the focus of the London psychedelic scene thanks to his play of light in the scene, smoke machines, and long and dense themes, released their first LP. And in the same year Procol Harum fit a Bach cantata and make it a hit single, A Whiter Shade Of Pale . Another of the great successes of the era and one of the push I needed to consolidate style. Still, the general tastes were different roads in the 70 and the work of groups like Procol Harum and The Moody Blues were relegated to sporadic success did not influence in the fate of progressive rock.
Actually this first stage, which we define as Pop Symphony, was a litmus test where style met with its first limitations, as the fact of needing to rely on a large orchestra to develop fully. Hard to think that the first groups to propose gender is consciously take pop music in new directions, especially considering that the groups living from touring and was economically feasible to move from city to city with a full symphony orchestra in tow. Possibly the masterpiece of this first stage is Concerto for Group and Orchestra Deep Purple of , where the group was accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Malcolm Arnold to play a concert composed by keyboardist of the band , Jon Lord , almost entirely instrumental and consists of 3 movements. The event was billed as an encounter between two worlds, the Rock and classicism. And the important thing was not having a big orchestra behind, but works design and develop a new spirit which sought to fuse two previously antagonistic cultures. It was not just using orchestral resources to enrich and make more varied sound, as usual thing at the time, but try adding pop elements dignify the traditionally accepted by the "educated elite." (CONTINUED)
PROG ROCK INVASION OF ACTORS SINGERS! Andrés Pajares
Many actors decided to try his luck in his day the world of music. For some, like Robert Mitchum , the experience was a simple pastime. Others, as is the case Judy Garland and Dean Martin , found in this aspect the best way to exploit their artistic qualities. Today we review some of the most curious among the players who decided to "give notice." Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock the unforgettable series Star Trek, released several albums in the late 60's, some more humorous playing with his relationship with science fiction and melodic. It was just one facet of this poet, director, producer, actor and singer finally, unfortunately the only facet that did not get the hits. Even tried to make some duet with fellow series William Shatner, Captain Kirk's popular , who also released an album in 1968. Another who tried his luck with music was the actor in the series Batman, Adam West with the single Miranda.
Telly Savalas , the popular singer of 70's TV series Kojak, tried to emulate the male deep voice gave many hits or Isaac Hayes Barry White, but not very successful in doing so. His albums are considered a rarity crooner of the era.
David Hasselhoff, the popular singer of the TV series Knight Rider and The Baywatch, also tried his luck in the world of music. In 1985, after completing his first series, he released his first album. Since then he has maintained a complete, though not very cuidadam record collection, ranging from versions of old issues to allusions to the characters on TV. His relationship with music has continued to participate in musical theater to Chicago or Jekyll & Hyde .
Richard Harris, the great actor A Man Called Horse, had a parallel career as a crooner, with great success indeed. The fact that Harris could not sing was not an impediment to the issue MacArthur Park, written by Jimmy Webb , became one of the best singles of the 60's. A subject of more than seven minutes, a small opera turned into classic pop in the mouth of Harris. Encouraged by the success of their first album, Harris maintained during the 70 musical career, supported by Webb friend, one of the best pop songwriters of the era.
Dudley Moore, the popular comic actor and 10 Arthur was also a noted jazz pianist, and recorded several albums with his group, the Dudley Moore Trio. His recordings of jazz are considered interesting for the connoisseurs of the genre.
Although not get any discs with your name, the contribution of the legendary actor of gothic horror Vincent Price the art of music is remarkable. Price's sinister voice was used in several popular albums. The first idea was to have the mythomaniac Alice Cooper, who in 1975 invited Price to work on his first solo album, Welcome To My Nightmare . Both would together a TV special. In 1982 Michael Jackson would copy the idea and include a claim in his speech Vincent Thriller single well-known. Of the newer players who certainly takes the cake is Jennifer Lopez, who in a brilliant marketing coup moved from figurine Latino Hollywood productions to ultra-pop diva, coming to awaken the jealousy of the Goddess of gender, Madonna . Currently recording a duet with her husband, crooner that look cheap with Latin drug dealer named Marc Anthony . For its part Bruce Willis released an album in 1987, Respect Yourself. was a version of a song from soul group The Staple Singers , who edited the original 60, the topic received relatively successful would never repeat.
Johnny Deep also tried with The Flame groups and later with The Kids , but success eluded him in this phase of his career. Keanu Reeves served as bassist Dogstar, which has released two albums.
The maverick Juliette Lewis, tired of being typecast after passing through the Cape Fear in eternal adolescent deviant roles, he founded the rock band, Juliette & the Liks , with the maintaining a stable career. The last diva ready to begin a career in music is the muse Scarlett Johansson cool . The actress, protected Woody Allen (who opposed his musical career), has participated in videos Bob Dylan and Justin Timberlake . Now makes Tom Waits versions and contained on one CD. More can not be cool.
