Hey kids, that crushing moment when you discover your grandparents were cooler than you.

@RHR-221b

9 ай бұрын

This 72-year-old appreciates your comment, v. Stay free. Rab 👋 🕊

@randolfo1265

6 ай бұрын

My dad would have been Ninety this. year and he had some Curved Air in his collection. And this rare psychedelic gem: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZ5mps98aJSppps.html

@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777

6 ай бұрын

but my grandparents were even cooler and they didn't touch a musical instrument.

@theseustoo

5 ай бұрын

LOL! Didn't you ever hear the old expression, "Don't teach your grandad how to suck eggs"??? Nice, though, to realise that some of our 'grand-kids' get it! Makes you cooler than the rest of your generation, anyway! Should be some comfort to you! 😉

@MIAXKAT

4 ай бұрын

Lol very loudly here 😂😂

Sonja Cristina back in 1971, so gorgeous. Great song. Still have it on 7" single!

Just found a true gem. The girl, the music, the video editing! All! (Only like 53 years late!)

@mixaliskokkinos1496

24 күн бұрын

Check the band "Manassas" also plays on this show.. Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷

Nothing will ever match the 60's and 70's for quality music...they were and still are, The Best!

@gmar7836

6 ай бұрын

I agree

@progrockrules

5 ай бұрын

Great decades - but still fantastic new mucic being released every year!

@peterrobinson4016

4 ай бұрын

please tell me what@@progrockrules

@merckxy54

3 ай бұрын

Yep, the nusic will last forever unlike us!!!! 😁 And unlike the crap made today!!!

@paulaskeete1243

Ай бұрын

And the 80s.

Blows my mind that I’m still discovering amazing music from so long ago

@martynh5410

3 жыл бұрын

A great band. Luckily, in the early 70's I saw Curved Air live at a small venue. I still remember being in awe with this music and even today I like to play it. As they say, good music never dies.

@martynh5410

3 жыл бұрын

@david edbrooke-coffin I saw them at Malvern Winter Gardens on April 7th, 1973. Supporting band was Gary Moore Band, who were also good! Did some research and you probably were at this concert: July 3, 1971 Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, ENG (Supported by Mark Ellingtom & Mick Abrahams Band)

@martynh5410

3 жыл бұрын

@david edbrooke-coffin Hah! I grew up in an equally small town, Lydney. It’s about a 1 hour drive away from WSM. We used to go there for a nice day trip in the old days (the 60’s)!!

@Vincenzo-wn1or

3 жыл бұрын

IKR!

@docastrov9013

3 жыл бұрын

Well you ain't finding any today.

Hypnotic and mystical. Shes so very beautiful.

@batman89-92

5 ай бұрын

Fact, was friend F Mercury

@adamturner1563

5 ай бұрын

That's awesome

Like most young men I was madly obsessed with Sonja. She was everything a young man wished for. Hugely talented, beautiful beyond words and so mysterious. Happy days early 70s.Saw them twice live Birmingham town hall and another venue I forget.. Superb band. Bought all of their early albums and I still have them. Today's world makes me miss those times so much..

@cismercier8009

8 ай бұрын

What's surprising is that she sings a low alto line here (as a tenor, I can sing with her). Female rock or pop singers are almost always in the high female register. This low (but very clear and both strong and sensitive) voice creates some very unusual tension. Great.

@michaeltorpey829

8 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@edwardtreadwell3859

8 ай бұрын

I saw them at Birmingham Town Hall c1971. Tremendous band.

@TheLRider

8 ай бұрын

@@edwardtreadwell3859 Ha ha how strange. We were both there 32 odd years ago and our paths cross again.

@asmith2212

8 ай бұрын

Yep...and I was there too!

Never heard of Curved Air until today. But this track is sensational. A true gem from the time when rock was still original!

@executivedecision6141

9 ай бұрын

"Easy" is probably my favorite Curved Air song.

@sammy-wi8pi

9 ай бұрын

Now you're initiated ❤❤

@MetalHeart8787

9 ай бұрын

me too, I Like this song.

@johnhearn5680

9 ай бұрын

Curved Air were brilliant, saw them a few times, this video doesn’t show them at their best. John x

@maurizioantoniovetrugno7150

8 ай бұрын

Curved Air were a phenomenal band even among prog rock they have a quite unique distinctive voice and a sensual one. I think Kate Bush looked intensively at this band

I've watched them in Rio this month and I was a great experience. Sonja is 74 and her voice and her energy is amazing.

@andrewjohnstone963

2 жыл бұрын

Hi my name is Pablo Ruiz Picasso

I first saw Curved Air when I was a 15 year old schoolboy at the Roundhouse in 1975. Standing directly in front of the stage watching Sonja, I was utterly smitten. ❤

The first Single I bought with my own money - After my mum gave me the money that is.

@michaelcraig9449

3 жыл бұрын

How old were you, like 30?

What a creative time for music. So many good bands created music during the late 60’s earlyb70’s timeframe. A timeless classic.

The clothes of the 70s - bring them all back!!!

had this LP in my 20s , used to fall asleep with my headphones on listening to this ,,Conan, old man UK

We are so fortunate to have these Beat-Club tapes still around, and in incredible condition. Darryl Way would go on to front his own band,"DARRYL WAY'S WOLF", and the first 3 by them were excellent.

Just heard this on Radio Caroline,,, holy moly,,, gorgeous. Why are 70'sgirls the best ??.

@Redbreast5-17

3 жыл бұрын

No lip or nose piercing or tattoos

@darrensinnott2197

4 ай бұрын

Always said the same.....

@beverlygannon4141

4 ай бұрын

Because we just were ,.... hip ! 😂😂👍

Yep, great little song. it reached number 4 in UK charts in Aug 1971

Too good to be popular. First time I've ever heard this band. Now I'm a fan.

@jayrox40

Жыл бұрын

This song made the UK Top 5 + they had 3 top 20 UK albums. That implies a degree of popularity.

@normanseaman6397

9 ай бұрын

Saw them in 70s, stilll got them on vinyl ❤

@ThinPicks

9 ай бұрын

@@normanseaman6397 The one with the lyrics printed on the actual album? That was a first, must be worth a packet now!

@kevinmulrooney3353

6 ай бұрын

​@@ThinPicks the album was a picture disc. But, it was a lacquer. My original is cracking and unplayable. I was given the mid 00s reissue... I play that and look at the original

The two major to minor transitions are historically masterful. I have never heard it pulled off so effectively as in this song in any other. Simply wonderful.

@amaroevandro

2 жыл бұрын

Curved Air live, Rio de janeiro/ Brazil kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6hrysiwdby-f84.html

@garypeatling7927

Жыл бұрын

Dont know what that means , but love this song

@TrevorBarre

Жыл бұрын

Are you taking the piss? The transition from snore to snore more like.

@TheMazo02

Жыл бұрын

@@garypeatling7927 chorus chords

@diorgenessouto6365

Жыл бұрын

Super Band

I saw Sonja Kristina performing in 1970 when I was 16. It was just before Curved Air was formed. I've been in love with her ever since. 🥰

@OllyBockus

5 ай бұрын

Conna blame yer..

I saw Curved Air in Derby in 1976 and again in 2015 and on both occasions, they played with a mixture of drive and fluidity and Sonya Kristina was magnetic, her voice cutting through the music

Saw them live, front row, 1971. Loved them..

I think I am in love with a singer I shall never meet. She’s hauntingly beautiful.

@olafbigandglad

3 жыл бұрын

And she's now about 75.

@paulkersey9553

3 жыл бұрын

Her name is Sonja Kristina and she is now 71 years old. She was once married to Stewart Copeland, the drummer for The Police.

@ivok9846

3 жыл бұрын

nah, it's the voice, you didn't watch this clip muted first. and upon preview i thought "all this song (title) lacks is female singer" hehe....

@lizboo2867

3 жыл бұрын

@@olafbigandglad 71 born 1949

@olafbigandglad

3 жыл бұрын

@@lizboo2867 Yeah, I just guessed.

Saw them at a smaller venue in Heidelberg, circa 1972. Last song the guitarist/keyboard player with that cool hat turned his synth around and let the audience play and I was one of the players, so I guess I performed with Curved Air!

@mightyV444

3 жыл бұрын

How very cool! :-)

@dlwseattle

3 жыл бұрын

@@mightyV444 nice! i played one song with Robert Jr Lockwood at a party once

@joegkearns1189

3 жыл бұрын

Great story!

@larryeisenberg1895

3 жыл бұрын

@Billybob Ireland "Far out"? Blast from the Past! Groovy!

Always loved this song! So atmospheric and mysterious song! Great song from a great band!

I havn't heard this since (say) 1972 - amazing to pick it up again - what a track.

I can't stop watching this. It's great :)

Tremendously talented musicians in Curved Air.

The presenter and the singer are absolutely fantastic and put many of todays ''celebrities'' in the shade.

@louise_rose

9 күн бұрын

it was a much less up-tight age than the present

What a gorgeous voice!!

Insane amount of talent in that band

Amazing band , amazing song. Sonia is stunning !

First heard this song through my dad, who has now passed away. I had totally forgotten about it until I heard it on planet rock the other month. Looking at sonja reminds me that my mum was the same age as her when this video was made :') I wish I could experience that time. Gods, the music...

RIP Francis, very sad news last week. Part of a great group of people who made one of the greatest live albums ever - 801 Live! Recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with Eno, Phil Manzanera, Simon Philips, Bill McCormack and the late great Lloyd Watson, it was the first live album of it's kind with direct inputs from individual instruments to the mobile studio mixing desk. If you've never listened to it I would encourage you to do so, absolutely brilliant.

@Pommy381125

11 ай бұрын

I met Phil Manzanera when I was working in a TV studio and asked him to sign my book to the "801" - think he was pleasantly surprised when a teen of the 80s wanted his sig on a book - but then I was listening to Another Green World in 1986 when others were about to go Madchester!

@fiddleandfart

9 ай бұрын

@@Pommy381125 Francis Monkman died? No!!! I didn't know that. Was a huge Curved Air fan - and his music for "The Long Good Friday" remains brilliant!

@Marctull66

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tip.. I've seen the cover a couple of times.... but I never guessed who was in the band.... A pity they didn't cover some Curved Air music.

@Kriegsgefangener31

4 ай бұрын

Fully concur with the assessment of 801 Live. Utterly awesome, musicianship off the scale. Simon Philips and Bill McCormack - the rhythm sections' rhythm section. My copy's signed by Phil Manzanera.

2024.... Who's here today 👍

@macintosh_waifu

2 ай бұрын

me!!

@mixaliskokkinos1496

24 күн бұрын

Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷💯🥁

Wow!! Never heard of this group, but now I’m a fan👍😀

@alangeorgebarstow

2 жыл бұрын

I've only been aware of this group for 51 years.

@alangeorgebarstow

2 жыл бұрын

@mk smith I was 20.

@amaroevandro

2 жыл бұрын

@@alangeorgebarstow Curved Air live, Rio de janeiro/ Brazil kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6hrysiwdby-f84.html

@bonedajo1557

Жыл бұрын

@@alangeorgebarstow Think how lucky we are to have this music in our heads all these years... WOW! (That's about when I first heard of them, too, 51 years ago.)

First saw them live in 1974 or 75 in Portsmouth when I was lucky enough to be a roadie for the day carrying their kit into the venue. Fell in love with Sonja immediately of course.What a singer and what a band. Air Conditioning is one of the great albums of any era.

I remember buying this on a 45 when it was released. I still have it in my collection.

I completely forgot about this track . A really good reminder of my youth😂

I saw Curved Air a few times in the early 1970's at various venues in South London and always enjoyed their engaging and musically proficient performances. They had some great songs - "It happened today", "Stretch", and "Vivaldi" I remember particularly well. Sonia, Darryl and Francis were a great combination.........

@amaroevandro

2 жыл бұрын

Curved Air live, Rio de janeiro/ Brazil kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6hrysiwdby-f84.html

Only one word to describe this song: Magnificent!

Takes me right back there - this was never off the record player, I still have the original single (somewhere??)

@michaelbridger2277

2 жыл бұрын

Everdance the B side. what a song

Imagine a band with Sonja, Annie Haslam and Jaqui McShee - on shared vocals! Just one of my fantasy line-ups.

@bonedajo1557

Жыл бұрын

I just got chills thinking about this. What a dream!

@lucasperillo1934

Жыл бұрын

What a triplet! How about include Maddy Prior and change it to a quartet!?

@MrMjp58

Жыл бұрын

@@lucasperillo1934 Great idea. Judi Tzuke as well?

@julessmith9549

Жыл бұрын

And add the gorgeous Jill Saward (Fusion Orchestra & Shakatak)

@MrMjp58

Жыл бұрын

@@julessmith9549 Nice addition to the line-up.

Great song and she is beautiful.

Great Track. Beautiful Singer, great voice and great melody

WOW! Never heard this live before. BLOODY BRILLIANT!

@amaroevandro

2 жыл бұрын

Curved Air live, Rio de janeiro/ Brazil kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6hrysiwdby-f84.html

We live in the age of low quality music, stupid lyrics, low standart singers and all music instruments came from a computer, this band is like Ice cream to my ears, wonderfull group, Sonja's voice is amazing.

@andyj639

Жыл бұрын

This is what I really miss about the 70s and early 80s music. You're right. I am subjected every day at work to some utter trash on a local radio station.

@bobair2

Жыл бұрын

"low standart singers" standart as in statues as that would be art that stands. Music today sounds very good in my ears and a lot it has something to say so I do not understand where you are at with what you say.

@malbarlow4991

Жыл бұрын

She was my first crush x

@nygelmiller5293

Жыл бұрын

To Razahillearievlis. NOT a word you say is true - except about Sonja Kristina's amazing voice. You are living in the past. In fact, today, the voices have never been better, because record companies realise at last, that a good voice is like them printing money!

@Bevsworld04

11 ай бұрын

​@bobair2 to me, the problem is the music itself. It's very "fake" (I guess), very little instruments, just synthesised through a computer, and there seems to be a lot less feeling within a song. They've become a lot less complex and less interesting to listen to, and the bit of good music that still comes out is suppressed because it isn't marketable anymore

This takes me back to 1971 summertime in Lewes East Sussex it's pure magic I've always loved this music . Maxine sobers

@beverlygannon4141

4 ай бұрын

Lov this song I was 16. Such a long time.ago now 😢❤

this song is so much better than it should be. that grungey breakdown is intoxicating.

@XManX102

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty innovative

@amaroevandro

2 жыл бұрын

@@XManX102 Curved Air live, Rio de janeiro/ Brazil kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6hrysiwdby-f84.html

I'm an old hippie and I missed out on this band. Pretty good sound.

@anthonycouldlewissimmons

3 жыл бұрын

Me too old hippy and rock yes peace and love to all 6years old now all long hair has gone shame 66

@chrisjenkins5846

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not a hippy ...was born in 1980 so missed out on the good years ..I listen to hippy music though ...I also like 60s psych stuff too ...bands like the 13th floor elevators and strawberry alarm clock....the 60s was a great era for music ....anyone here like frank zappa ?

@Katehowe3010

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisjenkins5846 Frank Zappa! Sure do my friend, from the early Mothers Of Invention stuff, and then right through his career. A completely unique musician with a very interesting mind. And like the great man said 'Absurdity is the only reality'!

@indricotherium4802

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I remember Curved Air as being part of the 'atmosphere' (but can't remember the tracks).

@balloonfarm5903

3 жыл бұрын

@@indricotherium4802 Shame. I was born in 1950 and came of age in the sixties and seventies. I dug Curved Air. Better late than never, though.😎✌🏽☮️🎸

Seen them once live, as a supporting act of The Soft Machine. Enjoyed it.

I remember hearing this when i was a teenager... Still a great band today..

Where have all the beautiful and extremely talented women gone? SONJA rules my airwaves forever.

@Ndlanding

2 жыл бұрын

They're all in my bedroom. Didn't fancy Sonja, though.

I am so glad that they keep these videos that were filmed in color a great historical document to the 1970s. It’s too bad didn’t have more color film in the 1960s that would’ve been awesome🎩🎩🎩🎩💰💰💰💰💰🎶🎶🎶🇺🇸

@Boxyde

3 жыл бұрын

In the sixties videos were taped on Ampex tapes. They were poorly saved in archives, which caused the erasure of its contents. It's a worldwide tragedy.

were still playing live about 10 years ago, saw a gig advertised outside a pub in Yeovil (UK)

I saw Curved Air at Birmingham Town Hall in 1971. She was wearing the same velvet trousers. Great gig.

Brillant, know them since my youth in the 70s....

Saw Curved Air live at Wolverhampton. Fantastic group and Sonja’s voice was mesmerising. An incredibly beautiful woman with no fillers, just natural beauty. Oh happy days🥰

@alansmith795

8 ай бұрын

Any one know the name of the guitarist with the hat , I suspect he's the uncle of my ex

I saw Curved Air in 1974 at Maidstone Art College, Kent, UK

Formed in 1970 - and I first hear about them in 2020.

@63Baggies

3 жыл бұрын

You need to do far more research bro....

@SelectCircle

3 жыл бұрын

@@63Baggies I'm already the nerdiest person everyone knows. o_O

@link1952

3 жыл бұрын

Check out their album Live in Germersheim. I was there and it was a fantastic performance.

@link1952

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/oail0bKceKSrqrg.html

@SelectCircle

3 жыл бұрын

@@link1952 I thank you very much!

Wow.... how beautiful and talented she was! Supported by a bunch of superb musicians!

I'm sure I still have this single somewhere, luv it.

Wonderful ! Hugs from Brazil 🎉

50 years ago we all loved Sonja - those eyes...

great record great band still sounds good in september 2023

What a beautiful lady

This is god damn enchanting

Hammered this on the pub juke box where i worked. ❤

Saw this band live they were stunning.

It's all about the voice!

I love my old school music! You never stop discovering more epic bands that never got their recognition because there was no smartphones

Loved this band for nigh on 40 years and still dig them today! Even had the pleasure of meeting Sonja at an after show at clumber park nr Worksop in 2011 and got her autograph too ! Would’ve loved to chatted more to her about current affairs and the state of the world! Hope to see them on tour soon

Another band I have not heard of. This is fabulous.

Francis Monkman what a musician!!! Sonia Kristina Is incredible

@ytnsanw

2 ай бұрын

Passed away last year ('23)...

Never heard this band. But they are excellent. Great song.

@BertGrink

3 жыл бұрын

They made a lot of great songs; I'd recommend that you try to find their albums and give them a good listen to, I don't think you'll be disappointed. The fellow who played keys and guitar in this video, Francis Monkman, later became a member of the Classic/Rock fusion band SKY, along with Herbie Flowers (Bass), Kevin Peek (Guitar), John Williams (Guitar) and Tristan Fry (drums) - Flowers is known for the famous acoustic bass line on Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side".

The good vibration of 70s! Love from Switzerland.

Thanks, Beat-Club for another great video. Curved Air were very underrated.

Quirky and I love it. Reminds me of Renaissance - Scheherazade album. Beautiful voice!

This is such a haunting record,hard to get out of your head

Great band and music. The late 60’s early 70,s is the best on music. Só many creative musicians and real bands. Cheers.

Loved this song all my life I am now seventy years old and just bought a perspex strat , got to learn it now..

I remember I had the LP " Curved Air" which featured this track. It had a picture of a Tiger Moth on the cover. It was a marvellous record!

@meistertynemouth

Жыл бұрын

I bought it too. Great album!

I just heard this for the very first time on the radio...just had to Shazam it....it brought me here...Love it!!

Beat-Club keepers of the greatest 70s music relics.

49 years ago, and yet years ahead of their time.

Saw them 1971-ish with Darryl Way on Violin. Blew me clean into next year.

I was 13 loved this first time I heard it takes me back to happy carefree days of the early 70s

God damn... everything about Sonja, just everything! I've had a crush on this beautiful woman for a ridiculous amount of time.

@lstarrtna4288

3 жыл бұрын

Granma now

This song haunts me...so beautiful.

Another timeless treasure to behold, from the superb 2nd album

I remember this CLASSIC ' My Brother bought it Vinyl of course ' Sounds a good etc❤❤❤😍 today

Fantastic song

Wow She is so lovely face and voice.

Saw them 1971 on the Philharmonic Liverpool totally blown away , what a night , never forget your first concerts,

@jonathaneves5847

3 жыл бұрын

I was there too. ✌️🐝

@johnb7644

3 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Eves , yeah first concert was the Who on mount ford hall, then Curved Air ,then Ten Years After, Happy Days

@jonathaneves5847

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnb7644 Aye! Mountford hall was great wasn't it. caught John Martin there as well, Liverpool was fantastic for gigs, almost everyone played here. My first was The Kinks at the Empire, saw Floyd there too. Mostly at the Stadium though, it seemed like there was a great band there every week, what a brilliant time to be alive for touring bands. and the free festival scene, Ah! Happy Daze. ✌️🐝☮️

@johnb7644

3 жыл бұрын

Aye my sister worked in Rushworths on the record counter in 1970 and used to get free tickets off the bands if the concerts weren’t sold out saw many groups early days for Free Happy Days

@jonathaneves5847

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnb7644 Ahh! Rushworths. NEM'S, Virgin on Bold st. ✌️🐝

Another favourite

This brings back memories such a diverse music sounds

Amazingly influential, I can pick out quite a few elements of this that'd be quite at home in the 80s & 90s.

I saw Curved Air in 1973 and I saw Sonja Kristina with another band in 1990. She’s talented and gorgeous with it.

This is by far my favorite version of this song

I’ve just come across this, what an amazing song and singer!