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Ask any music obsessive about which year they recognise as the best in the history of popular music and any self-respecting one will say 1967. If the beginning of popular music can be measured (as it often is) by the rise of The Beatles in 1962 and the abundance of acts that formed in the Fab Four’s wake, the prevalence of this year seems understandable. Yet it truly is outstanding just how many career-defining long-players were dropped in ’67, from incomparable avant-garde masterpieces such as the Velvets’ Velvet Underground and Nico and White Light/White Heat, through the dark cynicism of Forever Changes and The Doors to the Beatles’ own rainbow-hued Sgt Pepper.
Although there is a distinct absence of many revered ‘60s artists from this list (the Stones were on the cusp of releasing a string of four fabulous...
Ask any music obsessive about which year they recognise as the best in the history of popular music and any self-respecting one will say 1967. If the beginning of popular music can be measured (as it often is) by the rise of The Beatles in 1962 and the abundance of acts that formed in the Fab Four’s wake, the prevalence of this year seems understandable. Yet it truly is outstanding just how many career-defining long-players were dropped in ’67, from incomparable avant-garde masterpieces such as the Velvets’ Velvet Underground and Nico and White Light/White Heat, through the dark cynicism of Forever Changes and The Doors to the Beatles’ own rainbow-hued Sgt Pepper.
Although there is a distinct absence of many revered ‘60s artists from this list (the Stones were on the cusp of releasing a string of four fabulous...
- 1/3/2014
- by Daniel Owens
- Obsessed with Film
Beyond loving Mad Men for the excellent writing and acting, a whole lot of devotees love the show for its slavish, uber-geeky dedication to accurately recreating the era in which its set. You'll never see a bottle of Grey Goose, or hear a character call someone "Dude," or see wide ties and bell-bottoms in the office (at least not yet). My father worked in advertising on Madison Ave. during the Mad Men era, and the only quibble he has with the show is the amount of in-office drinking -- "We'd rarely drink in the office. We went out to lunch and got bombed, and that usually held us over until dinner."
The Drapers and the Sterlings and the Campbells may not be the happiest folks in the world, but the way they dress, smoke and drink looks like the epitome of retro-cool. That is, until you scratch the surface. There's...
The Drapers and the Sterlings and the Campbells may not be the happiest folks in the world, but the way they dress, smoke and drink looks like the epitome of retro-cool. That is, until you scratch the surface. There's...
- 3/23/2012
- by Tony Sachs
- Aol TV.
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