Well, people on YT have mentioned the Beatles in regard to "Grasshopper" but there is more than a hint of the grand Lindisfarne too, isn't there! Perhaps it is no coincidence that the latter hardly lived "centrally" either given they hailed from North Shields. There would be a mention for Free from the period with the Londoner Kossoff in actuality being of Russian Jewish background and Curved Air with the delightful Sonja Kristina "from Essex", the daughter of a criminologist and granddaughter of Swedish actress Gerda Lundequist.
Circa 1973-74, "the Netherlands" were in the "pop charts" at a time when simply being from the continent was a novelty. Not many more words are needed but Focus who had not one but two records in the same Top 30 seemed to acknowledge their novelty status in some of their music. Meanwhile, Golden Earring produced what some describe as one of the best records ever to drive to and others might observe has a distinct timeless quality that isn't exactly pretty but it does really strike at something that has transcended the years:
Focus - Hocus Pocus -
Golden Earring - Radar Love -
Re the earlier post - and this really shouldn't be a footnote - the property known as Bron-Yr-Aur. While essentially it was "visited", that perhaps above all else supports my case. Led Zep have had ability to find support from the widest range of audiences over an extraordinary length of time. Music academics may note the significance of the "organics":
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop : Alternative Take -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaC57VvIcMc
Circa 1973-74, "the Netherlands" were in the "pop charts" at a time when simply being from the continent was a novelty. Not many more words are needed but Focus who had not one but two records in the same Top 30 seemed to acknowledge their novelty status in some of their music. Meanwhile, Golden Earring produced what some describe as one of the best records ever to drive to and others might observe has a distinct timeless quality that isn't exactly pretty but it does really strike at something that has transcended the years:
Focus - Hocus Pocus -
Golden Earring - Radar Love -
Re the earlier post - and this really shouldn't be a footnote - the property known as Bron-Yr-Aur. While essentially it was "visited", that perhaps above all else supports my case. Led Zep have had ability to find support from the widest range of audiences over an extraordinary length of time. Music academics may note the significance of the "organics":
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop : Alternative Take -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaC57VvIcMc
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