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paint psychedelic art on cheeks, foreheads and arms.
The light show must be seen. It features strangely colored blobs of light parading about the walls and strobe lights which accentuate loud, fast music.
In such a surrounding, one group hits the right cord in the listener and the other does not. "The Who" presented a type of music that may have been too well rehearsed. Each member of the group was going through the motions but there was little improvisation and the result did not produce the necessary favorable audience reaction.
Part of the appeal of this type of music is the self-expression it allows both the players and the audience. The band itself is allowed the type of freedom of expression which a different type of group is allowed in a free-wheeling jam session.
The audience — especially the dancers — are given free rein. They move to the music as they feel, individually and in chorus with their partner. Partners may or may not follow the same pattern. There is free expression brought about by music that is felt.
This music provides an outlet to those frustrated by the lack of self-identification in a world threatened by powers few understand.
It's part of the turned-on kicked-out generation and the music is a harmless way of providing an outlet to those frustrated by the lack of self-identification in a world threatened by powers few understand.
It's part of the turned-on kicked-ou tgeneration and the music is a harmless way of providing an outlet for frustration built by such an environment.
Kelker Junction and the groups that play there are part of a national phenomenon in which those under 25 control the record buying market and demand this type of music.
Good or bad? Time only knows!
But the phenomenon does exist. Kelker Junction is part of it. If it provides a means of self-expression otherwise denied in a society that frowns on loud musical noises but condones supersonic booms and traffic sounds, then maybe it is providing a necessary service.