Curved Air - Vivaldi (1971)

[@hsamek4946]

one of the greatest pieces of music I ever encountered, an interpretation of a piece of Vivaldi in such an incredible manner...wow! Leaves me speechless.

[@rogerhuggettjr.7675]

I imagine if Vivaldi dropped acid and joined Jefferson airplane the results would be similar.

[@Paul-n2j5q]

Curved air should get more recognition for what they did

[@AlanGledhill-ho9gt]

Definitely!

[@timbonczyk4116]

Facts

[@shemanic1]

R.I.P. to Francis Monkman, keyboards.

[@dago3336]

guitar and synt.

[@dimitrispapadimitriou5622]

I thought that the studio version from the Air Conditioning album was a masterpiece, but this version is light years ahead. Absolutely fantastic, exciting performance from everyone in the band!

[@iantaylor7840]

I bought this album when it was first released; scary I am nearly 66 now and I was a young teenager then. The violin is the most gothic of instruments, always reflecting a sense of the dark. I was madly in love with Sonia Christina then too; shook her hand at Newcastle Mayfair. Beautiful memories.

[@thepatterman]

Memories indeed! Bristol Colston Hall I think. Other bands I loved included Family, Hawkwind, East of Eden and quirky west county band called Stackridge. I have only just realised the violin link!

[@hughwalker5628]

I can see why - she has an astonishing presence.

[@iantaylor7840]

@@thepatterman I saw Stackridge and East of Eden at Newcastle City Hall, loved Hawkwind too. Ah those were great day’s. I still have a place for Sonia in my heart, she was beautiful.

[@iantaylor7840]

@@hughwalker5628 Yes she does have a captivating presence, she is photogenic beyond belief. Look at her early seventies photos, no wonder as a lad I was captivated. At 66 now she still has a place of adulation in my minds eye. Great days my friend.

[@nickwells5567]

Weren't we all! She's 73 next month and still gorgeous.

[@SophiaPangloss]

I was too young to go see Curved Air, but lucky enough to see Francis Monkman repeat this music in the classical/rock supergroup Sky. His Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor is a sound to behold as well...

[@Ramblin-Man]

They made a comeback 10 years ago...

[@51TFB]

I saw them live at a student concert with my now husband in 1971 when this was released. Totally blown away by Curved Air and to this day Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is one of my favourite pieces of music.

[@Jlipnicki]

The recording on most of these German Beat Club excerpts is excellent, sharp and with far more level than the super cautious BBC.

[@johnworthington8360]

my brother gave me curved air 2nd album and a surf board for my 16 birthday in 1976...beautiful Sonya

[@MrStefy56]

Absolutely sensational! 1970: I wonder where 50 years are gone...

[@Randgalf]

That's not a violin, that's a weapon.

[@carolwolf9614]

It is indeed a weapon of mass love :)

[@RobinGoldsmith]

Remember seeing them live at Elephant and Castle London college of Art, in about 1972, Daryl used a perspex violin back then.

[@littlebritain64]

Oh, Sonja, such a beautiful singer. And the whole band so exciting!

[@nunuloki]

Florian Pilkington-Miksa was a real hot drummer. Stewart Copeland, a later drummer in the group ,apparently regarded him highly as Florian was the masked drummer in the video clip for Copeland's solo record as Klark Kent, Don't Care.

[@RossDear-zm4nj]

Great song from a Fabulous album . Remember listening to this years ago just superb .

[@grahamhowes6904]

What I think is forgotten is that Darryl Way had his own band after this called Darryl Way’s Wolf - we booked them at Norwich City College and I had the privilege of introducing them. They were excellent but for some reason never caught on.

[@carolwolf9614]

Oh the glorious days. Saw them many time live. There are no words I can come up with to describe these times. We were all in love with Sonja.

[@malekmo64]

The album Air Conditioning sold over 1 million copies which was amazing for 1970, they were the first Rock Group to bring out a picture disc in Vinyl. In 1972 Deep Purple were the loudest band measured the second loudest at the time was Curved Air.

[@HudsonValleyVHS]

Cool info!, yeah they were the first group to release a picture disc in the modern era, their was another 33 rpm released before Air Conditioning called "Off II - Hallucinations" with various psychodelic bands (MC5, The Doors). Picture discs themselves go back to the 20's, took a break for the war, and in 1946 Vogue Records released a series of 78rpm picture discs. They're beautiful and a notch above earlier releases, I have bought and sold a few over the years, and now filled with regrets. In case any collectors were wondering, "Off II" will cost you around $40, "Air Conditioning" around $80 for a clean one, Vogue's should run you $15 - $30 each. The collectibles market is sort of wacked out, so don't get mad at me if somthing has rapidly fluctuated in the last two years lol

[@peterglynn2128]

Curved Air. Great Group !!

[@jamieburridge1498]

Your in for a ride. On this one,,wonderful,..

[@janvandaele8283]

This is a masterpiece....l bought the album the first time l heard it .... This is the time when there was real musician able to write such tracks..... I listen to this album some times every year since the beginning and l will do it until my death..... Now we have "rap" (lol)....

[@philhawley1219]

I am pleased to say I do not have rap. It is not music, it is an offence to the ears. I love good music of all types, including the sound of my Triumph, Ducati and BSA motorbikes. Rock music and proper old bikes are the heartbeat of life, as essential to sanity in the mad world we live in now as the birds singing their dawn chorus so sweetly at sunrise.

[@TheYogina]

My god these guys are incredible!

[@samissomar]

One of the best Progressive Rock Bands...Masters !...

[@samissomar]

They're there already in a higher Dimension watching us...Eternal Masters !...

[@TheLRider]

Still have the album, 1st time I saw them live in Birmingham was when this album was released. Absolutely knocked out by this; amaazing.

[@richardvaughan1032]

Seminal album from my younger years. Bought the picture disc album the day it came out. Saw them at what was then the Colston Hall in Bristol, great gig! Lent the album to someone who said they were a friend. Never got it back. There's a moral there maybe, when you're young things are exciting and you trust people? Years on the band were still exciting as for trusting people well?

[@davidhauteville1394]

How can anyone not like this? Even if you don't like the music, you have got to be dead or stone deaf to not like Sonia's vocals here, which were surely copied later by Siouxsis Sioux.

[@pabloqueipovalencia9341]

Rest in peace Florian (+)

[@maraluciaduclosduclos7496]

Esta canção é o hino da banda e sempre inesquecida. Maravilhosa, linda, muito bacana esta música. 🇧🇷

[@davidmonges9535]

A VERY, VERY GOOD PROG ROCK GROUP

[@휘동이-c8r]

This is very beautiful and powerful music. The band's performance is, too.

[@skylarkman2000]

Amazing musicians. Amazing music .

[@Paul-n2j5q]

When the time the curved air came out to me they were the best Prague rock that ever played.

[@christianebonnaves5783]

Wonderful

[@jaredwblack]

If Antonio Vivaldi had joined The Jimi Hendrix Experience

[@musisKat]

That was pretty cool.

[@JCantamessa]

Imagine it’s 1971, you’re tripping balls watching Curved Air play and then mid-set, bam… they bust out Vivaldi. And to top it off, halfway through the song, Sonja starts getting super intense 🤯

[@penguinshoes7928]

4:20 'I'm famous for my solos.' Talented band. I like it.

[@RicardoTorres-wp4ur]

They are coming to milwaukee this summer. Asia, Focus and Mike Turner of Wishbone Ash are the other artists.

[@gurgisjones1120]

Daryl's channeling his inner metal child here. Good to see!

[@jukkamiettinen6223]

Näitä nuorena kuunneltiin ja ihmeteltiin taituruutta. Nyttemmin vaikea suhtautua, kun kaikki osaa kaikkea ja on heillä aikaa opiskella virtuoosiksi. Varakkuutta se toki vaatii osaltataan. Mahtava setti muinoin Curved Airilta. Lisää tällaista !

[@antman5474]

That's some mad shit right there.

[@attiliobastosguarnieri5416]

Jogou Vivaldi como ninguém. Eles foram muito bons. Nota 10 Beat Club !!

[@MrTiagoalves]

Melhor canal de Rock and Roll!!!!!!!!!!

[@carolwolf9614]

Glorious. Thank you Beat-Club

[@Randolf1958]

Wonderful.❤

[@leestevens5546]

I think TransSiberian Rail knew about these guys! I thought I knew every band from this era and this is my first time coming across this!

[@philk9501]

You're kidding ! During early 70's Curved Air where huge. Didn't last though. Vivaldi and a few singles and picture disc "Airconditioning" was as big as they got. But Vivaldi stayed a classic

[@chrispark9343]

Of its time but brings back so many memories

[@malekmo64]

Darryl Way brought out a follow-up to this interpretation of Vivaldi Four Seasons on a an album Vivaldi's Four Seasons In Rock!!! Excellent album, thank you Darryl for your autograph and thank you!!!! 🙂

[@olafbigandglad]

Dear Beat Club - Fairport Convention had a violinist long before Curved Air. Which doesn't take away from my love for them, but still.

[@malekmo64]

1 year before. Dave Swarbrick joined in 1969 and Steeleye Span, Stackridge, many other bands included Violin Viola as well Caravan was another.

[@rogerhuggettjr.7675]

I had never heard of this band in my 56 years until I watched a video on best trios of all time and as the Police were the first band I saw live at 15 (right before they broke up I was interested in their history) that led to a reference to Steward Copeland playing for them (and apparently not during their heyday.) This is a really cool band.

[@davidkirby5044]

Why did Jimmy Page begin using a violin bow? Because many prog bands of the era had violinists! (well, that's one reason.) Here Daryl Way shows his prodigious talents as one of the violin beasts of the time. Even Jefferson Airplane had to follow the trend and add Papa John Creach. Well, folks, we have here the WINNER and Champeen!!!!!!!! Vivaldi and even Bach would have been proud although Way manages to add in some Bartok style percussive elements which influenced both jazz and rock. I wish I could understand the lyrics.

[@justinspivey8728]

It goes back to the guitarist from The Creation, He influenced Jimmy Page. He used it to great effect in “Making Time” 🙌🏼

[@AyliCarper]

Eddie Phillips. You can see him play it live on this very KZbin channel.

[@carolwolf9614]

@@justinspivey8728 My favourite track of all time. Nothing beats that raw psychedelic/punk/garage/rock

[@papercup2517]

"Music, madness, free Madnesse, music, free.." is what I got from a couple of lyrics sites.

[@marcjacobs5988]

They send out this stuff on television at 2.30 PM. Great!

[@neilbarnett3046]

Do you mean 2.30 am? Half-past two in the afternoon doesn't seem like something to shout about.

[@marcjacobs5988]

@@neilbarnett3046 thanks for the response. In those days it actually was (...'something to shout about...') because television was not so widespread yet, let alone 'Afternoon TV'......

[@donuranyer]

@@neilbarnett3046 In the beginning the presenter announces that the next show will be on April 24th at 1430 hours which means 2.30 PM :)

[@lynhenderson7524]

Dunno. Sounds good to me!

[@fedup3449]

Saw them at Cardiff Castle with Status Quo headlining. Sonja was wearing fish net stockings and I was about 17. Say no more.

[@DISCOTECHS]

Was on the B-Side of my copy of Back Street Luv. Warner Brothers Label.

[@TheKinoEye]

Heard them in 1976 on 95.5fm WPLG NY, then saw them live at Madison Square Garden in NYC.. and then met Darryl Way at bar Jeremy's House... and then I WOKE UP and realized i never heard them until 1990, when I finally found an album of theirs, LIVE, in a used record store in Long Island..

[@LordOfTheIron13]

das coisas mais lindas que já vi na vida

[@04041919]

...immer wieder geil! 👍

[@theonlyantony]

Stunning

[@francocastiglioni9792]

Progressive meraviglioso

[@fuzzcityrecords432]

this rules

[@patricioponce2372]

EXCELENTE GRUPO Y VERSIÓN DE VIVALDI

[@cesarchangoluisa8373]

Alucinante interpretación

[@Aislanzito]

Classic rock

[@ЛейлаДмитриева-д1г]

now it is not)

[@NimrodelMirage]

Quite literally

[@spawn4582]

Classic prog rock

[@stygianduid]

Siempre he pensado que Antonio Vivaldi fue un adelantado a su tiempo, fue el primer compositor de Rock en la historia.

[@CPerazzolo]

Amazing !!!

[@BSPKINA]

the drumming style that powered the Police..Stewart Copeland 💯❤️👍💪💪

[@Oggrant60]

Awesome!

[@mahjoubtannani9532]

Nice music tks

[@quinnthereaux7719]

this is metal as heck

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very good

[@axxellein]

TRES Cool/Heavy Classical!

[@ЛейлаДмитриева-д1г]

Coool

[@davidknowles3459]

I saw them live in 1974,when Stewart Copeland,later with The Police,played drums in the band.he went on to marry Sonja Kristina

[@franciscamaria-be2fx]

Lindoooooo

[@stevestevenson5906]

yep, he can play!

[@Ramblin-Man]

Forming member, ultraviolinist Darryl Way (b. 1948) left after their 3rd album ('Phantasmagoria' 1972, from which 'Ultravivaldi' is taken, a wink to the "ultraviolence" in 'A Clockwork Orange' the previous year) and formed the shortlived Darryl Way's Wolf. They made three albums 1973-74 before he went solo. Two of them are here: kzbin.info/door/m13pcsgmcFNcOCcx60uDTQ

[@Ramblin-Man]

I had one of those 3 LP's, and nowadays I listen to all three here...

[@stelliosstavropoulos8846]

Very nice music

[@paulbollocks1999]

If Richie Blackmore had a violin....

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

BOO KZbin- for interrupting this with commercials ONE MINUTE IN!!👎👎👎

[@franciscamaria-be2fx]

💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@jamieburridge1498]

Going to see next month..this is dark,at should be..

[@Marco-ts1pl]

Outstanding performance. Definitely time warping.

[@Vincenzo-wn1or]

I keep saying these guys invented the genre Psychedelic medieval madrigal

[@AyliCarper]

Third Ear Band might have pipped them to the post perhaps?

[@vranime3772]

6:30 man discovering fire

[@ДмитрийМишин-з2ч]

Рок как Большое Искусство. Когда мы свернули не туда?

[@spawn4582]

В 90 годах все испортилось

[@caledronius9599]

I wonder what she's singing? It's beautiful.

[@GrinnenBaeritt]

First time I've heard the "original" version... know it a lot better when Sky (who was originally formed with Francis Monkman.... who also was in Curved Air's as a Keyboardist) did a more, ahem, refined.. "Classical version". I do prefer Sky's version though ;)

[@chrisholder4978]

curved air is like a new age hair curler

[@geoffreymarsh6465]

You mean they should have been called Curved Hair?

[@malekmo64]

@@geoffreymarsh6465 that's why they put out an album Air Cut 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@jimmypage9283]

Five seconds of the song remaining and they put a bloody advert in!

[@SteppenWolf-k8l]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kliterantv]

🌟

[@davidc10000]

Dang the violinist looks like Mick Taylor..

[@malekmo64]

Darryl Way would appreciate that.

[@ABeattheChopper]

5:02 Is this the vivaldi's lyrics?

[@igorbykov8419]

Darryl Way in his best

[@scottmichaelawaken]

The violinist looks like David Cross--King Crimson

[@eggrider6420]

I convinced my friend that this band inspired boc Kek

[@carolwolf9614]

Praise KEK

[@DizzyCanDizzy]

Perhaps Darryl was the first person to have howling on the violin! .

[@AyliCarper]

Try John Weider playing Paint it Black with Eric Burdon at Monterey Pop 1967. That's some raw violin.

[@MegaEmmaJay]

Phenomenol drumming towards the end. They knew how to make music 50 years ago. What a lot of sh*te most modern stuff is today. How sad.

[@luciadelara2348]

NO RECUERDO BIEN Y SI BIEN ESTE PERO CON CANARIOS EKSEPTION Y FOCUS LOS PREFIERO

[@mysterirhys]

Looks like the bass part is pretty easy

[@caldas10]

Advert in the middle of the song.

[@carolwolf9614]

Get an ad blocker my friend

[@hermanschijf21]

No computers

[@hermanschijf21]

@King Chromosome oke on a now more

[@kooringagnd]

Beatles used computers in the early sixties.