| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
An exploration of the year in which "the Beatles played Shea Stadium and made their first major artistic statement with Rubber Soul, the Rolling Stones topped the American charts for the first time with the sexually aggressive (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, ... the Who staked out their territory with the classic My Generation, Bob Dylan released his six-minute opus Like a Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited and sent shock waves through the music community when he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival, Barry Maguire sang of the Eve of Destruction, and Simon and Garfunkel released their first number-one hit with The Sounds of Silence"--Amazon.com. |
| Bibliography |
Includes filmography (pages 319-320), bibliographical references (pages 307-319) and index. |
| Contents |
1965 selected time line -- A change is gonna come -- I shall be free -- I. Winter : I got a head full of ideas ; Hitsville USA and the sovereigns of soul ; The Brill and the Beach Boys fight back ; Resolution: A Love Supreme, Malcolm X, and the march from Selma to Montgomery -- II. Spring : Nashville versus Bakersfield ; West Coast nights ; England swings ; Satisfaction ; Long hair and the pill on trial -- III. Summer : The king of pop art and the girl of the year ; Masterpiece highs and the boos of Newport ; Hello, Vietnam ; Folk-rock explosion, part one -- Soulsville and the Godfather challenge hitsville to get raw ; In the heat of the summer -- Help! -- IV. Autumn : Next day you turn around and it's fall ; Folk-rock explosion, part two ; It came from the garage ; Anarchy and androgyny, British style ; Got to keep on moving ; Warhol meets the Velvet Underground and Nico ; Acid Oz ; Rubber soul ; Christmas time is here -- Strike another march, go start anew. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism.
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Nineteen sixty-five, A.D.
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Nineteen sixty-five, A.D.
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Popular music.
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| Chronological Term |
1961 - 1970
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Nineteen sixty-five : the most revolutionary year in music |
| ISBN |
9781250059628 hbk. |
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1250059623 hbk. |
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