{"id":2528,"date":"2010-01-25T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-01-25T10:30:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T10:30:08","slug":"rock-s-most-memorable-stage-props","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-most-memorable-stage-props\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock&#8217;s Most Memorable Stage Props"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLrba4tTIC4?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe recent selection of <strong>The Rolling Stones<\/strong>&#8216; lips logo as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2010\/01\/21\/battle-royale-we-re-an-american-brand\">Rock&#8217;s Greatest Logo of All Time<\/a><\/strong> got me thinking of images from album covers, videos, and musical motifs suggested by an artist&#8217;s recent release that were developed into memorable stage props.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pink Floyd<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>flying pig<\/strong>, from the <em>Animals<\/em> record sleeve, is the first stage prop that comes to mind. <strong>The Residents<\/strong> have made significant use of thematic props in their rare live performances.<\/p>\n<p>Less memorably, the Stones have wheeled out cheesy inflated versions of the lips logo and giant supermodels, possibly related to some &#8217;90s video of them and the supermodels overtaking Manhattan. Then there&#8217;s some legend of <strong>ZZ Top<\/strong> touring with cattle on stage. Did this actually happen? Not that I&#8217;ve looked too hard, but why have I never seen a photo or video from this tour?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/lips.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"553\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Flaming Lips<\/strong> pull out a lot of props that are tied directly to their album covers and videos, right? Their props count. An old-fashioned psychedelic or laser light show, however, the kind that Jefferson Airplane or Genesis would feature in their shows, does <em>not<\/em> count.<\/p>\n<p><em>What are the most memorable stage props that you&#8217;ve seen used in concert?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent selection of The Rolling Stones&#8216; lips logo as Rock&#8217;s Greatest Logo of All Time got me thinking of images from album covers, videos, and musical motifs suggested by an artist&#8217;s recent release that were developed into memorable stage props. Pink Floyd&#8216;s flying pig, from the Animals record sleeve, is the first stage prop <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-most-memorable-stage-props\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}