Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 37, No. 19. July 31, 1974
Concert review criticised
Concert review criticised
Dear Sir,
How could your possibly print a "review" of Blood, Sweat and Tears concert by e guy what grooves on the likes of Dylan and Kristofferson, remembers Peggy Lee and whose IQ would be about the same as his decibel tolerance — around 10?
I realise it's great for the ego to be able to go to two successive concerts at the Town Hall and even greater to pull them apart, but this remnant of the Oldage Wasteland ought to put out to pasture.
Everyone realises that the acoustics of the Town Hall and deplorable, but that didn't stop two hours of Blood, Sweat and Tears rising a few of us to ecstasy.
Unfortunately 2ZM, advertised the concert in terms of the group's old songs. Therefore a middle-of-the-road audience filed in, thinking they were In for some pleasant, easy listening.
That's why the "reviewer" and his peers didn't know what had bit them when the group got into their first number — it was 'heavy' l And the audience sat mystified, unable, in their pre-conditioned state, to comprehend or appreciate a song they had never heard before. The applause was polite, not enthusiastic — until it came — a song they actually knew — ("So very happy"). Suddenly the people started thinking maybe that lead guitarist (I forget his name — is it really important?), is shit-hot and maybe Kenny Fisher has got an incredible voice.
The wrong people went to this concert, and this includes your "reviewer". It was heavier and better than Osibisa and those who dig this kind of music and didn't go — you really missed something.
Raised from Apathy