60s music
Groove along to Beat Media's breakdown of the bands, artists, songs and culture that defined the 60s.
What It's Like to Be a Beatlemaniac and Vintage Enthusiast in 2017
I was 13 years old the first time I saw The Beatles movie, Help! Before sitting down with a good friend of mine to watch this zany film, I had only been a casual fan of the Fab Four. Sure, I knew all the songs off of Abbey Road and Let It Be, but doesn't every kid whose parents were born in the 1960s? Regardless, I have always been a pop culture fanatic and 13-year-old me was no exception, so I was eager to see the film. As I laughed at those four Liverpudlian lads, really seeing their faces and not just hearing their voices for the first time, I started to feel the rumblings of what would go on to become a lifelong love affair with music and the 1960s.
By Mary Devlin8 years ago in Beat
'With The Beatles' with 'The Beatles'
The 22nd of November is a fascinating date in Beatles history. In 1963, the group released their second album, With The Beatles. Five years later, The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album) was unleashed upon the world. They were pretty big days for the USA too; JFK was assassinated on the first, and Kirk kissed Uhuru on the second. Look at that, America, an interracial kiss on your tellybox.
By Andrew Beasley8 years ago in Beat
Young, Awake, and Aware
“All the others are third class tickets, is that clear?” If you are unfamiliar with the 1965 minor hit from whence the lyric above is taken, The High Numbers—"I’m the Face," then shorn of its cultural context you will probably draw a blank as to the exact meaning of the word "ticket." But if you were to hear singer Roger Daltrey’s withering and sarcastic delivery of this line, then you would be left with no doubt whatsoever that it wasn’t a compliment. The epithet "ticket" was a derogatory term for the sheep-like followers in the "modernist" movement of the 1960s who would listen in awe to the "ace faces," who in turn were the self-appointed, aloof arbiters of the coolest and most crucial styles and sounds around; and it’s instructive to know also that the mildly inelegant term "modernist" itself would quickly be shortened to the far sleeker and flashier: "mod."
By Rahman the Writer8 years ago in Beat
Caffeine & Dexedrine
It may seem wildly improbable now, but the coolly piratical, perma-addled septuagenarian and epitome of rock & roll decadence who’s also known to the Inland Revenue as: "Mr Keith Richards" (don’t say that last bit too loud or he may have a flashback and decamp to the tax haven and sunny enclave of Villefranche-sur-Mer again!), was once a frothy cappuccino away from being a "mod!" Clearly what was once the underground had now gone over ground, and so artists who had formerly led the way in this new cultural melting pot had been reduced to merely followers in the modernist slipstream; hoping to catch a scintilla or more of its noble newness and shine.
By Rahman the Writer8 years ago in Beat
Forgotten 60s Rock Bands
The 1960s has brought about some of the best music in human history. It was this era that brought famous acts like the Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, and even The Supremes. It's hard not to find a music aficionado who really, truly savors the kind of great musical talent that the 60s brought about.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart9 years ago in Beat
