I really only know the Airplane from reading Rolling Stone as a teenager, where they were mythologized into major political/cultural forces of a generation as opposed to just being a buncha musicians.
The little angry guy with round shades is Marty Balin, right? Who left, and then the Airplane became a Kantner/Slick granny glasses peace and love vehicle and eventually morphed into the Starship.
This rooftop thing is classic 60s aggressive grooviness.
Set up the amplified instruments on a roof in Midtown on a work day.
Yell about "free music" and "free love."
The cinematography is very "period"--it looks like the New York of Shaft or Coogan's Bluff--edgier and more vital than it is now.
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The little angry guy with round shades is Marty Balin, right? Who left, and then the Airplane became a Kantner/Slick granny glasses peace and love vehicle and eventually morphed into the Starship.
This rooftop thing is classic 60s aggressive grooviness.
Set up the amplified instruments on a roof in Midtown on a work day.
Yell about "free music" and "free love."
The cinematography is very "period"--it looks like the New York of Shaft or Coogan's Bluff--edgier and more vital than it is now.
- tom moody 11-23-2006 12:26 am