They changed the music business in many, many different ways, but the initial impact was to make the UK a global force to be reckoned with as a recording industry. Previously British... Читать далее
Journalist, film-maker, author of ‘1966: The Year the Decade Exploded’, ‘Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1975-1945’ and ‘England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock. @JonSavage1966
Were the Swinging Sixties really as important as we're always told?
There’s been an enormous amount of retrospective theorising going on about the 1960s of late, and it’s become very fashionable to say that what happened to youth culture in Britain in the... Читать далее
Journalist, film-maker, author of ‘1966: The Year the Decade Exploded’, ‘Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1975-1945’ and ‘England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock. @JonSavage1966
Why is rock music the only art form still obsessed with its founding talents?
Rock music as a form really begins in 1965. It was new. It was all about novelty, and the music industry was a teenage industry. The products were all aimed at teenagers. It’s not now... Читать далее