MUSIC
KEITH RICHARDS, A MASTER OF THE UNEXPECTED YET COMPELLING INSIGHT, OBSERVED THAT MUSIC RANKED – IN ORDER OF ITS PERVASIVENESS IN HUMAN ACTIVITY – THIRD, AFTER ONLY FOOD AND SEX . FOR MY GENERATION MUSIC WAS THE PLATFORM, THE GLUE THAT HELD US TOGETHER. IT SPOKE TO US, INSPIRED US. EVEN WHEN THE ALL THE PROMISES SEEMED TO FALL APART, WHILE SOME DISTANCED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS MOURNED THE PASSING, EVEN THAT WAS CHRONICLED THROUGH “THE MUSIC.” BELOW IN NO ORDER ARE LINKS TO A VAST ARRAY OF MUSIC. USE THE “SEARCH” BAR TO FIND MORE.
DONOVAN “SUNNY SOUTH KENSINGTON” 1967
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “POINT BLANK” 1980
It was night when I arrived back in Los Angeles, and driving home, I could see a thirty-foot can of spinach being tugged down Hollywood Boulevard, spot-lit, surrounded by limousines. There really is no place like it. Early evening almost two weeks later, I was walking around my front room and listening to Bruce Springsteen’s […]
JOHN LENNON “COLD TURKEY” 1970
“Give Peace a Chance” is released on July 7, 1969. In November of that year John returns his medal honoring him as a “Member of the (Order of the) British Empire” (M.B.E.) to “protest Britain’s involvement in Biafra and support of America in Vietnam.” He also says that he returns the M.B.E. to protest “Cold […]
THE ROLLING STONES “TUMBLING DICE” 1972
They have a new record out: Exile on Main Street, a great title for the new Rolling Stones: the once-ragged band of London’s cold-water flats are now English tax refugees living on France’s Côte d’Azur. Stories of Bill Wyman lunching with Marc Chagall appear in the press. The gaunt outlaw of rock ‘n’ roll, Keith […]
PETER AND GORDON “WORLD WITHOUT LOVE” 1964
Peter Asher, once head of Apple Records’ Talent Division, where he signed James Taylor, and, prior to that, as “Peter” of Peter and Gordon (World Without Love”), had moved to Los Angeles taking James Taylor with him. Peter, who at first appears so shy that he may hesitate to ask you for the time, somehow […]
THE ROLLING STONES “JUMPING JACK FLASH” 1969
Onstage Sam Cutler announces, speaking above the high-pitched squeals of amplifier feedback, “Everything seems to be ready. .Are you ready? . . . We’re sorry for the delay … “Is everybody ready for the next band? . . . Are you ready. New York? The biggest band to visit New York in a long time […]
THE BEATLES “WE CAN WORK IT OUT” 1965
When it was announced that The Beatles were breaking up, it caused a great sadness to a great many people. As only music can (especially our age of music), The Beatles’ songs had marked the times through which we had passed. The Beatles had written and performed so many songs that there was always one […]
JOHN LENNON “MORE POPULAR THAN JESUS” 1966
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ELVIS PRESLEY “DON’T BE CRUEL” 1957
Then The Beatles go to work. They play endless tunes, theirs and others. Early American rock and roll is ever present; “Stand By Me,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “All Shook Up,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Lucille”, “Good Golly Miss Molly.” FROM AN AMERICAN STORY. This video is a link from […]
THE BEATLES “SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN”
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