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.
THE ROLLING STONES “TIME IS ON MY SIDE”
Every weekend there’s a party where the new music is played. Dance. Smoke a little marijuana. Dance. “Love, love me, do.” Beautiful, beautiful college women. John Lennon howling. Mick Jagger singing, “Time, time, time is on my side… Yes it is.” (From AN AMERICAN STORY)
BOB DYLAN “MASTERS OF WAR” 1963
(This performance by Pearl Jam.) While The Beatles were singing: “Love, love me, do,” Peter, Paul, and Mary -along with Joan Baez – were spreading the Word according to Bob Dylan. While they paved the way with the, in retrospect, surprisingly gentle “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Dylan went on to write and sing increasingly angry […]
THE ROLLING STONES 19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN 1966
“Aren’t those Beatles cute,” say the Moms. “Paul’s my favorite,” says Sis. Maybe even Dad likes them, though with some reservation. After all, there’s that hair. But then he would add, hopefully (perhaps remembering the fifties and juvenile delinquents),” Well, at least they’re clean.” The Rolling Stones, just around the corner, weren’t so clean. […]
THE BEATLES ON ED SULLIVAN 1964
“As it grew dark, the white MGA convertible roadster I drove slipped and slithered on the snow-covered mountain road. I was with a friend, and we were late getting back to campus. Still, I pulled into a roadside diner where a television set hung up in one corner because I really did not want to […]
WOODSTOCK NATION 1969
Hyde Park had been the largest outdoor concert ever held but within months it was eclipsed by Woodstock. There the up-and-coming, down-and-out, long-haired, freaky, and high, all showed up and for four days camped outside and listened to the music. Except for the Big Three (Dylan, The Stones, The Beatles), everyone who was anyone in […]
The Beatles TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 1966
In August 1966, The Beatles play their last live concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. That same month Revolver is released. From Revolver the single is Eleanor Rigby….Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream. It is not dying. FROM AN AMERICAN STORY This video is a link from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a3NcwfOBzQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player. All copyrights remain with […]
