In the States, people would yell out, “Play ‘Free Bird’!” at shows.

The whooping makes me cringe

I remember people would shout "Albatross"!!! in the cinema and at gigs.

In the 60/70/80's, sheet music scores of pop/rock songs were terrible because they were nearly always scored for guitarists by pianists who had never picked up a guitar in their lives.

Yes. Standards have changed. Even when reading.

'Nina Simone Live at the Village Gate', released in 1962.

Genesis were brilliant individual musicians.

Alice's Restaurant. Picked it; well played.

They always whoop after a heart-felt ballad about the death of a loved one.

Wasn't Jack Black recommending The Beta Band, it was John Cusack.

I loathed Graceland when it came out, still do. Horses for courses.

A famous cry in Sunderland was "Dee th untah, mate, dee th untah" - Free had The Hunter on the live album: dunno whether this had a bearing. Nearly every gig for years.

I listened to Kerry's play. Good, revealing anx thank god Kubrik doesn't make films anymore

Werent the Cure a band from 40 years ago? 😭

Whoop !! Whoop!! Whoop !!

Yes current technology favours the mimetic, the awkward doesn't get a look in.

Dear oh dear...the musicians who played on early ska recordings would all have had to play in dance bands to pay the rent, which would entail knowing jazz/swing. It was particularly the "and 1 and 2" offbeat accent in a lot of rhythm and blues and jump jive numbers that led to ska - listen to Wynonie Harris. Ernest Ranglin became resident guitarist at Ronnie Scott's in 1964. A few years later Jamaican musicians would be playing soul and Motown to earn a crust, which led to the reggae offbeat on the 2 and 4. 2-Tone was like Cliff Richard and the rest trying to play rock n' roll. The Ruts had more clue about Jamaican music than any of the other bands of that era. Musicians may well be technically more proficient nowadays than they were 40 years ago, thanks to KZfaq, but there's no way people are better - they just play more notes. To say that American bands were better than English bands in the 70s is total codswallop. Steely Dan employed the cream of session musicians to make their albums - eg Bernard Purdie ffs. Grateful Dead virtuoso? Please! Dreadful inane noodlings. What about Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin? Even Yes and Genesis were virtuoso although soulless.

I would say musicians are technically better now but that does not necessarily translate to better music.

Whooping trough. Awful.

Went t see bob dylan a few years ago and the individual beside me completely lost the run of himself at the start of every song.its like as if they have to prove that their bigger fans than you. Embarrassing