Skynyrd, Knebworth Festival 1976 Contrary to what I said in the previous post (below this one), there is some good shit on youtube, such as this Skynyrd gem from Knebworth England, 1976. Super-quality pro-shot video with great audio (though there are some weird segments like when the camera is fixed on the singer who's basically just passing time while one of the guitarist is tearing it up. What the hell?). Hours spent in my basement as a kid listening to One More From the Road LP instilled a strong love for this very rocking song, and the guitar shit on here is fucking top-notch. A great way to spend 9 minutes of your life.
Watching this video lead me to 3 main conclusions:
(1) Skynyrd fucking rules! (already knew that though)
(2) This fact was never more true than in the 70s: Crazy long hair plus wild clothing plus a guitar in your hands can make the ugliest dude look pretty goddamn cool (Man, I just love the bass player with the English police hat on...)
(3) Why is it that to see some good live rock footage we have to go back to footage shot on film in 1976? With all the groundbreaking advances that have been made in both audio and video technologies (with the obvious one being the advent of simple, cheap and easily attainable digital audio and video devices) over the past 25 years you'd think that wouldn't be the case. But it seems the technological advances have just lead to an annoyingly large quantity of horrendous quality audio/video. Doesn't that just seem backwards?
Watching this video lead me to 3 main conclusions:
(1) Skynyrd fucking rules! (already knew that though)
(2) This fact was never more true than in the 70s: Crazy long hair plus wild clothing plus a guitar in your hands can make the ugliest dude look pretty goddamn cool (Man, I just love the bass player with the English police hat on...)
(3) Why is it that to see some good live rock footage we have to go back to footage shot on film in 1976? With all the groundbreaking advances that have been made in both audio and video technologies (with the obvious one being the advent of simple, cheap and easily attainable digital audio and video devices) over the past 25 years you'd think that wouldn't be the case. But it seems the technological advances have just lead to an annoyingly large quantity of horrendous quality audio/video. Doesn't that just seem backwards?
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