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.
ETHAN RUSSELL’S AMERICAN STORY PLAYLIST 1
THE MAIN CONTENDERS 1. Elvis 2. Chuck Berry 3. Little Richard 4. Everly Brothers 5. Joan Baez 6. Bob Dylan 7. The Beatles 8. The Rolling Stones 9. Hendrix 10. The Who 11. Doors 12. Janis Joplin 13. Grateful Dead 14. Jackson Browne 15. Eagles Etc
THE BEATLES IN 5 MINUTES AND 3 SONGS
In which “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight,” and “The End” pretty much sum it all up. Created by Paul Boxs
Bob Dylan BLOWING IN THE WIND 1963
For FULL SCREEN click on video control bar far right. At first it was Meet The Beatles, but shortly it was “Have you seen the Stones?” Staring at you were five Englishmen, unsmiling, even stranger than The Beatles. Brian Jones! With his long hair to his shoulders. Jagger’s lips! Of all of them Brian leaped […]
Bob Dylan ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKfozyldDr8&feature=youtube_gdata_player This video is a link from YouTube. All copyrights remain with original copyright holder.
The Beatles MEET THE BEATLES 1964
For FULL SCREEN click on video control bar far right. At first it was Meet The Beatles, but shortly it was “Have you seen the Stones?” Staring at you were five Englishmen, unsmiling, even stranger than The Beatles. Brian Jones! With his long hair to his shoulders. Jagger’s lips! Of all of them Brian leaped […]
The death of Meredith Hunter ALTAMONT 1969
http://youtu.be/Rn4f9KO3wRk “The unceasing and apparently unstoppable violence causes a sense of unreality to take hold. Time slows down, crawls to a halt, as when on drugs, and I pity the poor bastards on LSD. Still, somehow, and I have no idea how, the show lurches toward an end. I hear the opening chords of “Street […]
Max Yasgur WOODSTOCK 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R4yv63TaAI&feature=youtube_gdata_player 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 […]
The Rolling Stones HONKY TONK WOMAN Madison Square Garden 1969
For FULL SCREEN click on video bar controller. “In San Francisco on the radio they’re playing Honky Tonk Woman, with the distinctive cowbell beginning, the drum intro, with the guitar coming in chunk, chunk- chunk, low down and dirty, and I feel proud that I was involved. When I first hear this I am waiting […]
Mick Jagger reads SHELLEY. THE STONES IN THE PARK 1969
Mick, Keith, Charlie, Bill, and the new one, Mick Taylor, come out on stage. Brian’s death is on everyone’s mind. Mick pauses and asks for silence. He quotes Shelley: “Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life.” So, Mick, no doubt unwittingly, adds to […]
The Beatles I DIG A PONY 1969 Rooftop Concert
http://youtu.be/iDXlgWoDKEU (Ethan Russell is in background of clip changing lenses.) “I scrambled madly about the rooftop, changing angles, for if I was focused on Paul I would, of course, be missing John (and George and Ringo) and vice versa. It was a typically high-overcast, gray London day. In terms of photographic light, it was quite […]
