1974, Joni Mitchell stops in the middle of performing "Both Sides Now" to talk about Star Trek:
"Did you ever used to watch that show called Star Trek? (cheers from crowd) Oh... I just had a flash of this show, that I saw while I was singing this tune. It was the only show where Dr. Spock ever got any emotion, right? You remember that one? It was really great because... " (https://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=83, she goes on to talk about Spock and clouds, just amazing)
@erinbee fyi it took some digging but I managed to find a recording of this, and I've popped it into my Google drive if you're interested in hearing it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fRFqJSsZ609RyFyCFA4dKzplTof9--jY/view?usp=sharing
The episode she's talking about is "This Side of Paradise." Here's a clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfdRVtIyFQc
@makingarecord @erinbee That was pretty awesome.
@makingarecord Thank you! I love how the crowd is super into it 😆