Friday, 24 August 2007

Ice Ice Baby


Depending on which side of the fence you stand, this is either as good or as bad as it gets. Yes, it's Rick Wakeman's legendary King Arthur performance from Wembley Arena in 1975. Why legendary I hear you cry? Well, it was on ice for goodness sake! If anything deserves legendary status, then staging an entire conceptual performance in the realms of an ice rink is as good a reason as any! As 'Guinevere' skates gracefully, yet aimlessly around the stage, she is backed by a slightly comatose looking Wakeman as he struggles with multiple keyboards. Look closely and you'll see the bassist sporting some sort of triple necked DIY job. Nobody since has had the brains to combine both Butlins holiday camp with live progressive rock. Health and Safety procedures mean we may never see the likes of this again. Shame. Anyway, The Ramones arrived a year later, and the rest as they say is history!

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