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'An aphorism, properly stamped and molded, has not been "deciphered" when it has simply been read; rather one has then to begin its interpretation, for which is required an art of interpretation.' -- Nietzsche, 'On the Genealogy of Morals'

The Who: from Rock and Roll Circus « Previous | |Next »
May 15, 2009

The Who - A quick one (While he's away) from Rock&Roll Circus (1968) --- it is some nostalgia as The Who were recently in Australia. I don't know what the reception was nor am I particularly interested. What we have is the video from the Rolling Stones Rock+Roll Circus. This live extravaganza of music with a circus theme was seen as a way to promote the Rolling Stones newly-released Beggars Banquet album.

Dirty Mac's performance of The Beatles' "Yer Blues" includes Yoko Ono, whose art roots were in Fluxus, kneeling on the floor in front of the musicians, completely covered in a black sheet. Ono's exploration of conceptual art and performance art did not go down well in the rock world. Nor did her use of her voice--- screams and vocal noise in lieu of words---as an instrument, depsite the links back to John Cage, LaMonte Young and Ornette Coleman.

Yoko Ono's avant-garde conceptual art seemed bizarre whilst her highly experimental rock & roll expressing rage and catharsis was too abrasive to accept. In creating intense, almost atonal rock Ono represented the avant-garde fringes of rock in the 1970s, but she was generally dismissed by many rock fans as a talentless charlatan.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 5:10 PM |