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sprinkleeninow

(22,474 posts) Thu May 7, 2026, 09:12 PM May 7

Ten Years After - 'I'd Love To Change The World'

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Ten Years After - 'I'd Love To Change The World' (Original Post) sprinkleeninow May 7 OP

That was big in my day. surfered May 7 #1

My day also. 🫡 🤭 sprinkleeninow May 7 #2

Yet another brilliant band that flashed in this moment. OAITW r.2.0 May 8 #3

There were lotsa memorable tunes produced back in the day. sprinkleeninow May 8 #6

I saw Ten Years After in 1975 at the old Chicago Stadium Martin Eden May 8 #4

I know, that line...I tried considering it in a non-negative way. sprinkleeninow May 8 #5

I think Alvin Lee was presenting two different sides, not his own views with the first two sets of lyrics Martin Eden May 8 #7

Yes, how you explained those phrases. sprinkleeninow May 8 #8

surfered

(14,335 posts)

1. That was big in my day.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 09:21 PM

May 7

sprinkleeninow

(22,474 posts)

2. My day also. 🫡 🤭

Reply to surfered (Reply #1)

Thu May 7, 2026, 09:26 PM

May 7

OAITW r.2.0

(32,633 posts)

3. Yet another brilliant band that flashed in this moment.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 01:08 AM

May 8

Alvin Lee was a really interesting dude.

sprinkleeninow

(22,474 posts)

6. There were lotsa memorable tunes produced back in the day.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #3)

Fri May 8, 2026, 11:15 AM

May 8

Martin Eden

(15,891 posts)

4. I saw Ten Years After in 1975 at the old Chicago Stadium

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 10:43 AM

May 8

Alvin Lee was a fantastic guitar player. They put on a great show. After two encores the lights came on, but we wouldn't leave or stop cheering. The lights were turned off, and they came back for a third encore.

I'd Love to Change the World is among the greatest classic rock songs of that era. It used to get a lot of airplay, but I have not heard it on the radio in a very long time -- possibly because of the lyric "dykes and fairies."

sprinkleeninow

(22,474 posts)

5. I know, that line...I tried considering it in a non-negative way.

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #4)

Fri May 8, 2026, 11:13 AM

May 8

Perhaps it's meant to be tongue-in -cheek and not critical?

We enjoyed seeing Jefferson Airplane twice at Fillmore East back when. 🫡

Martin Eden

(15,891 posts)

7. I think Alvin Lee was presenting two different sides, not his own views with the first two sets of lyrics

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #5)

Fri May 8, 2026, 01:01 PM

May 8

Cultural conservatives were shocked by the hippie counterculture (freaks & hairies) and open homosexuality (dykes & fairies), while young folks and the wanted to (tax the rich, feed the poor, till there are no rich no more).

Lyrics after the kick-ass solo can leave little doubt about where Mr. Lee stood:
World pollution
There's no solution
Institution
Electrocution
Just black and white
Rich or poor
Them and us
Stop the war!

Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore East??!!!
You go further back than me. I still have the Surrealistic Pillow album and played the hell out of it, but my first rock concert in June 1973 was the last day of my sophomore year in high school. My buddies and I took the bus to the Chicago Amphitheater on Halstead to see Derp Purple. I think it was the last tour with Ian Gillan, and was very much like the Made In Japan double live album. They were backed up by a newer band called ZZ Topp.

sprinkleeninow

(22,474 posts)

8. Yes, how you explained those phrases.

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #7)

Fri May 8, 2026, 07:26 PM

May 8

One fella in our circle had a humongous crush on Grace Slick!

He accompanied the rest of us to both concerts, but we naturally had to keep an eye on him.

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