Point taken. I got my impression from the liner notes which said, "You can
tell this is the first time Stairway was played live because..." and the
performance was before the release of Zep IV/"Zoso."
But, to buttress your point, I attended a show back when Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan, a The Grateful Dead were touring together at RFK
Stadium. The show went something like: Tom Petty & HBs, then Dylan backed
by HBs, going back and forth like that for a few short sets, then the Dead
at the end. I was appalled at the way the crowd, mostly Dead-Heads,
behaved. All during all of the TP & HB and Dylan sets they were standing
up, wandering around, selling each other hand-braided bracelets and weed,
etc. Then as soon as the Dead came on, a hush came over the stadium and
they all SAT DOWN like they were in church. Really? I could see them doing
that to Petty, but to Dylan as well? Unbelievable. But the point is, I
have seen hard-core fans behave as you describe.
> I wouldn't be too sure of that, it may have been the audience culture of
> the time. I was once gobsmacked when watching an early Black Sabbath
> concert on TV. All of the audience were sitting nice and quiet as the
> metal classics washed over them - save one guy at the back perched on his
> seat playing an imaginary drum set.
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sun, 2/3/14, <> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Re: interesting question on telekinesis.
> To:
> Date: Sunday, 2 March, 2014, 21:44
>
>
> It's similar to an old BBC recording of Led Zeppelin on
> Old Grey Whistle Test, I think, of probably the first time Zep played
> Stairway to Heaven live. You can hear there is a live audience, and then
> the
> opening notes of Stairway start playing, and the familiar tune keeps
> going,
> but IN SILENCE, because the audience has never heard it before. Last time
> in
> history that ever happened too.
>
>
>
tell this is the first time Stairway was played live because..." and the
performance was before the release of Zep IV/"Zoso."
But, to buttress your point, I attended a show back when Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan, a The Grateful Dead were touring together at RFK
Stadium. The show went something like: Tom Petty & HBs, then Dylan backed
by HBs, going back and forth like that for a few short sets, then the Dead
at the end. I was appalled at the way the crowd, mostly Dead-Heads,
behaved. All during all of the TP & HB and Dylan sets they were standing
up, wandering around, selling each other hand-braided bracelets and weed,
etc. Then as soon as the Dead came on, a hush came over the stadium and
they all SAT DOWN like they were in church. Really? I could see them doing
that to Petty, but to Dylan as well? Unbelievable. But the point is, I
have seen hard-core fans behave as you describe.
> I wouldn't be too sure of that, it may have been the audience culture of
> the time. I was once gobsmacked when watching an early Black Sabbath
> concert on TV. All of the audience were sitting nice and quiet as the
> metal classics washed over them - save one guy at the back perched on his
> seat playing an imaginary drum set.
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sun, 2/3/14, <> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Re: interesting question on telekinesis.
> To:
> Date: Sunday, 2 March, 2014, 21:44
>
>
> It's similar to an old BBC recording of Led Zeppelin on
> Old Grey Whistle Test, I think, of probably the first time Zep played
> Stairway to Heaven live. You can hear there is a live audience, and then
> the
> opening notes of Stairway start playing, and the familiar tune keeps
> going,
> but IN SILENCE, because the audience has never heard it before. Last time
> in
> history that ever happened too.
>
>
>