[2017-05-05] Arthur Lee And Love "Complete Forever Changes Live" (RockBeat)

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:57 pm

Description
Baby Lemonade had been performing as LOVE since 1993, once playing in a club where only three people, with one being the sound guy, showed up, so playing in the Glastonbury Festival was a very big deal...and Arthur knew it. As mercurial as Arthur Lee could be, he showed no concern in playing before 65,000-and-growing Glastonbury concert-goers, who all came to see if Arthur Lee & Love could pull off Forever Changes in a festival setting. The talent and abilities of each musician on that stage was unparalleled and Rusdty, Love's musical director was the link between the amazing ensemble of Swedish string and horn players and this loud, kick ass, take-no-prisoners rock-and-roll outfit. The blend was perfect. It was Mozart meets Thin Lizzy. After a really cool introduction, and with the sun squarely in their eyes, they hit the stage and rocked the crowd with "Your Mind & We Belong Together." Somewhere in the middle of a guitar solo, one of the speakers blew, creating a noticeable drop in volume and tone. Guitarist Mike Randle simply asked the monitor dude to "Crank the guitar in my monitor!" and kept going. Arthur introduced the Stockholm Strings & Horns and they went down the line, playing every song on Forever Changes, in the order it appeared on the Album, a 36-year-old album played with the energy of a new release. By the time we'd hit the last notes of that one, the sun was setting and left this beautiful orange and red trail of clouds in its dust. At the end of the set, Arthur thanked everyone and then said, "This next song is called Seven... and Seven... and Seven...1! 2! 3! 4!" The band tore into that first A minor chord, echo fuzz bass, tremolo reverb, and machine gun snare like it was the end of the world. Arthur stepped to the microphone and spat out the words like it was the end of the world. Love came to Glastonbury with the hopes of just playing well and having a good time, but they left with so much more than that.

Tracklist
1. Alone Again Or
2. A House Is Not A Motel
3. Andmoreagain
4. The Daily Planet
5. Old Man
6. The Red Telephone
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8. Live And Let Live
9. The Good Humor Man, He Sees Everything Like This
10. Bummer In The Summer
11. You Set The Scene
12. Your Mind And We Belong Together
13. 7 & 7 Is
14. Alone Again Or

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Linda · **Posted:** Sun Mar 12, 2017 7:01 pm

banzaibid · 05 Aug 2007

Thanks, Linda. I'm all in for this!! First saw Love at a small club in Cleveland in May 1968, and I've been hooked ever since. Also saw them twice in Chicago on their "Forever Changes" tour in 2003. Arthur was a wonderful and unique talent and person. Another one gone way too soon.

GodsComic · 03 Aug 2006

One of the greatest concerts I ever saw were the Andmoreagains, which were a thinly disguised named for Arthur Lee and Love's return to the stage in 2002. They tore the roof off Spaceland, a small club in Silver Lake, and it still is among the most powerful shows I've ever seen. Arthur clearly had something to prove, and fortunately something to gain in the late recognition he received. And on this night, he could do no wrong.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Wow, what an opportunity. Good for you Dean. This is a concert and an event that you will never, ever forget.

Rick A.

[2017-05-05] Arthur Lee And Love "Complete Forever Changes Live" (RockBeat)

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