GENERATIONS
WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIS PLACE IN HISTORY WINSTON CHURCHILL REPLIED NO SINCE HE PROPOSED TO “WRITE IT MYSELF.” YOU MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN HISTORY (TO PARAPHRASE TROTSKY) BUT HISTORY IS INTERESTED IN YOU. GENERATIONS ARE THE THROUGH-LINE. IT’S YOUR HISTORY. HELP WRITE IT.
JIM MORRISON “5 TO 1” 1968
This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy) Jim Morrison didn’t leap off the page for me when I saw him at London’s Roundhouse in 1968. There were many reasons, all perfectly valid, that might—in a different view—classify under “Opinions are like…. everyone […]
THE ROLLING STONES “GIMME SHELTER” 1969
This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) The Rolling Stones’ 1969 tour was not given a formal name although it could certainly have been the “Let It Bleed” tour since it was promoting the album of that title. But if I had […]
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzAEtLPSzRg This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) The “trap” I am forever pointing out to others — how Americans took what the British were singing and doing at face value (and in particular The Rolling Stones) was of course, a trap […]
FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY 1965
This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy) “The Beatles’ first film, A Hard Day’s Night, came out. I could barely understand their accent. Pursued everywhere by screaming fans, the Beatles never stopped running. In the United States in 1965 The Beatles […]
BRIGITTE BARDOT
Incomplete 6-12-12 Temporary link: BRIGITTE BARDOT
MARTIN LUTHER KING “A TIME TO BREAK SILENCE”
Incomplete 6-10-12 TIME TO BREAK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5VhCvrEcPY&feature=youtube_gdata_player This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight, and how very delighted I am to see you […]
JIMI HENDRIX AT MONTEREY POP 1967
Imcomplete 6-10-12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQbR4_ZAizM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
CARNABY STREET 1967
This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) FROM AMERICAN STORY: “…The Beatles’ first film, A Hard Day’s Night, came out. I could barely understand their accent. Pursued everywhere by screaming fans, the Beatles never stopped running. In the United States in 1965 […]
JOHN LENNON “IMAGINE”
This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) In early August, Neil Aspinall called to tell me The Beatles needed another photo session, and I immediately started ambitious plans for the shoot. I recalled the many sessions with The Beatles that had become […]
