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

[Martin Eden]

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

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.