The history of rock and roll music can be seen in a long arc of Western civilization's struggle for both greater individual expression and societal stability. In the 1960s, the West's relationship with authority ruptured, in part due to the rock revolution. The lessons and implications of this era have yet to be fully grasped. This book examines the key artists, music, and events of the classic rock era--defined here as 1964 to 1980--through a virtual psychoanalysis of the West. Over these years, important truths unfold in the stories of British Invaders, hippies, proto-punks, and more, as…mehr
The history of rock and roll music can be seen in a long arc of Western civilization's struggle for both greater individual expression and societal stability. In the 1960s, the West's relationship with authority ruptured, in part due to the rock revolution. The lessons and implications of this era have yet to be fully grasped. This book examines the key artists, music, and events of the classic rock era--defined here as 1964 to 1980--through a virtual psychoanalysis of the West. Over these years, important truths unfold in the stories of British Invaders, hippies, proto-punks, and more, as well as topics to include drugs, primal scream therapy, the occult, spirituality, and disco and its detractors, to name just a few. Through a narrative that is equal parts entertaining, scholarly, and even spiritual, readers will gain a greater appreciation for rock music, better understand the confusing world we live in today, and see how greater individuality and social stability may be better reconciled moving forward.
Attorney James A. Cosby is a regular contributor on pop culture matters for PopMatters.com and other outlets. He lives in Philadelphia.
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Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction Part One: A New Day Dawning, 1950s-1967 2. A New Rebel Yell, the First Half of the Twentieth Century 3. Cultural Checkpoints: The United States and the United Kingdom Enter the '60s 4. Meet the Beatles and the Stones, 1959-1965 5. Cultural Checkpoints: The United States, ca. 1965 6. The Freaks of Haight-Ashbury, 1965-1966 7. The Haight's House Band, Acid Rock, and the Hippies, 1965-1967 8. Warhol's House Band, 1962-1967 9. The Hippie/Freak Lifestyle, ca. 1966 10. Modern Mythic Heroes and the Summer of Love, 1966-1967 11. Cultural Checkpoints: Vietnam, Political Divisions, and Race, Late 1966-1967 Part Two: Upheaval, 1966-1980 12. Integration, the Elvis Factor, the New Blues, and Tutwiler, 1954-Present 13. James Brown and Soul Brothers and Sisters, 1954-1960s 14. Cultural Checkpoints: War, Assassinations, and Chaos, ca. 1968 15. The Beatles Come Full Circle, 1968-1970 16. "Do What Thou Wilt" (or Partying with the Stones!), 1968-Early '70s 17. Transitions and Strange Days, End of the '60s 18. A Generation Gap, Late '60s-Early '70s 19. Cultural Checkpoints: Protests, Imagining a Different World, and a Left-Right Divide Solidifies, Mid-'69-Early '70s 20A. Prog and Full Arenas (Also, Jesus Freaks), Early '70s 20B. A Very Special '70s Cultural Checkpoint: The Sitcom 21. Rock Gods, a Possible Alternate Route to Heaven, and Egos, 1969-1979 22. The Big Power Pop Stars, 1972-1977 23. Rockers, Dancers, Disco, and Disco's Demolition, 1970s-1980 Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction Part One: A New Day Dawning, 1950s-1967 2. A New Rebel Yell, the First Half of the Twentieth Century 3. Cultural Checkpoints: The United States and the United Kingdom Enter the '60s 4. Meet the Beatles and the Stones, 1959-1965 5. Cultural Checkpoints: The United States, ca. 1965 6. The Freaks of Haight-Ashbury, 1965-1966 7. The Haight's House Band, Acid Rock, and the Hippies, 1965-1967 8. Warhol's House Band, 1962-1967 9. The Hippie/Freak Lifestyle, ca. 1966 10. Modern Mythic Heroes and the Summer of Love, 1966-1967 11. Cultural Checkpoints: Vietnam, Political Divisions, and Race, Late 1966-1967 Part Two: Upheaval, 1966-1980 12. Integration, the Elvis Factor, the New Blues, and Tutwiler, 1954-Present 13. James Brown and Soul Brothers and Sisters, 1954-1960s 14. Cultural Checkpoints: War, Assassinations, and Chaos, ca. 1968 15. The Beatles Come Full Circle, 1968-1970 16. "Do What Thou Wilt" (or Partying with the Stones!), 1968-Early '70s 17. Transitions and Strange Days, End of the '60s 18. A Generation Gap, Late '60s-Early '70s 19. Cultural Checkpoints: Protests, Imagining a Different World, and a Left-Right Divide Solidifies, Mid-'69-Early '70s 20A. Prog and Full Arenas (Also, Jesus Freaks), Early '70s 20B. A Very Special '70s Cultural Checkpoint: The Sitcom 21. Rock Gods, a Possible Alternate Route to Heaven, and Egos, 1969-1979 22. The Big Power Pop Stars, 1972-1977 23. Rockers, Dancers, Disco, and Disco's Demolition, 1970s-1980 Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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