This weeks assignment was to look at the following performance of The Who's famous song My Generation, as well as the following performance by Jimmy Hendrix singing Wild Thing. Both can be seen below when clicking the links below:
The thing that these clips have in common, is that they both feature the destruction of instruments at the end of the song. Destroying the instruments you have just played with sounds very strange, doesn't it? I mean, you destroy the tool with which you have just played your heart out.
When I saw both clips for the first time I was kind of shocked. It does not seem logical to me, for the above reasons. Still, when looking at both again, I must say that I do understand the destruction. I think that both artists have different motives for the breaking of their instrument...
In the The Who clip, I think the destruction of the instruments was part of their image, and also part of the point they wanted to make with the song. My Generation is about the new generation that has occurred, and how they do not want the older people to get involved with this new movement. A way to show this is by doing something new, something that offends the older generations and that distinguishes them from others: they destroy their instruments. The Who wanted to be this rebelling group, and so they showed that in this performance. Looking at the explosions and the smoke, by the way, I have the feeling that this destruction was planned long before they started this particular performance.
Jimmy Hendrix on the other hand really feels the vibe of his music. He completely loses himself in it. The music really stirs him and the crowd up. It is as if he is in some kind of trance. He is completely mesmerized by the music, and this makes him live up to the title of the song: he becomes a Wild Thing, and destroys his guitar.
Soon more posting, also on a concert I went to: Beatles in Symphony. Several singers singing two complete Beatles albums accompanied by the Metropole Orchestra.
See ya!
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