The 5. 0 moments that shaped pop history . Its date of birth, like its trajectory, is difficult to define. What is indisputable is that Elvis Presley, a Southern white boy inhabiting a black form, was the first, and perhaps the most dynamic, expression of a music that was raw and primal, charged with a sexual tension that was best measured by the shrill din of the adult voices attempting to shout it down. At that moment the notion of youth, both as a culture and a demographic, was born; it defines our culture now to a degree that we no longer question. In the transition, rock'n'roll has lost much of its power to shock and to galvanise, has become both fragmented and ubiquitous. The following is a collection of moments from the last 5. I hope, not so, all of them possessing some deeper cultural relevance. I have tried to be objective but, at times, could not resist the urge to be utterly subjective. Pepper, for instance, because it sounds to me like a period piece and, I confess, I am tired of the canonical received wisdom that prevents us from seeing the Beatles - and the Sixties - clearly. Conversely, I have included the Spice Girls, not out of any fondness for their music or antics, but because they are unquestionably a modern pop phenomenon. You, of course, are bound to disagree. Already, I do. The 5. Elvis Presley records 'That's All Right Mama' at Sun Studios, Memphis. Top 10 Decade Defining Musical Acts: 1950s WatchMojo.com. Top 10 Funniest Music Videos - Duration: 15:00. WatchMojo.com 2,601,531 views. Moments to Remember / Dream On My Love Dream On. News The 100 Greatest Movie Moments 1950-2000. From Marlon Brando to ''Blair Witch,'' we unspool the history of film. Rock'n'roll's big bang. A 1. 9- year- old truck driver fulfils producer Sam Phillips's dream of finding 'a white guy who sings like a negro'. There were rock'n'roll records before this one, nearly all of them by black artists, but this is the moment when the embryonic form found its perfect embodiment. His guitar and songwriting style permeated the music of the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys and Bruce Springsteen. When he emerged from the army two years later, he sounded old- fashioned and emasculated. It's Now or Never' was the moment the first rock rebel turned MOR entertainer. The 6. 0s 1. 96. 1 The miracles' 'Shop Around' is released The first hit bearing the Tamla Motown imprint. The pop- soul label owned by Berry Gordy and operating from downtown Detroit produced more than 1. Stevie Wonder, the Supremes and the Temptations. Dubbed the Hit Factory, it defined the pop decade more than any other label. Music news, concert information, music reviews and concert reviews by pop music critic, Gene Stout. Great Moments - 1950s. By popular demand, the MY MUSIC series brings back the happiest hits from the days of poodle skirts and penny loafers with 'Magic Moments: The Best Of 50s Pop,' an. Moments in Music (1950) Quotes on IMDb: Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, TV series and more. 3-DVD SET, MAGIC MOMENTS Here on 3 DVDs is a treasure trove of the very best of . There’s a DVD with all the songs from the program plus a bonus tune from. This short shows that no matter what type of music a person likes, he will find it at the movies. Short excerpts from over a dozen films are shown, with popular stars. On multilayered 'wall of sound' songs such as the Crystals' 'He's a Rebel' and the Ronettes' 'Be My Baby', he was the first person to make pop sound epic. Brown's influence on modern music is immeasurable, beginning with his impact on Sixties Mod groups and continuing apace with his presence in contemporary urban music. The following month, 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' shot to the top of the US charts, swiftly followed by their four previous singles. In March 1. 96. 4, they occupied the top five chart positions in America. Bob Dylan turns the Beatles on. The Beatles met Dylan at the Hotel Delmonico in New York on 2. August. He offered to roll a joint, and the Fab Four had to admit they had never partaken before. The hallucinogen would dramatically transform pop culture over the following two years, making San Francisco the centre of hippydom and begetting Sgt. Pepper's, Pet Sounds and an entire genre called acid rock. Dense, elliptical and caustic, it marked the high point of Dylan's most intensely creative period - January 1. July 1. 96. 6. The birth of the modern rock song as we know it. As a statement of intent, it was direct and provocative and, while the audience jeered and Pete Seeger tried to chop though the power cables, Dylan blasted the protest- folk era into pop prehistory. Pete Townshend dressed in Union Jack suits, smashed his guitar and wrote songs that perfectly caught the rising tide of teen frustration. The stuttered teen snarl of 'My Generation' remains one of the key moments in British pop, and the most potent evocation of Mod elitism and amphetamine- fuelled aggression ever committed to vinyl. The Rolling Stones' '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' is released Keith Richards creates the most famous riff in rock and a still youthful Jagger sounds suddenly bored and petulant. The moment the group transcended their American influences and broke America. In retrospect, an omen of all the indulgence and dissolution that was to come. Pepper's - this was the moment when the Beatles went psychedelic. Tucked at the end of Revolver , 'Tomorrow Never Knows' was an acid trip turned into a pop song. It still sounds startling in its sonic invention. Sad songs tied to the most intricate arrangements, it baffled the rest of the band though their vocal harmonising has never sounded so sublime. It was followed by 'Good Vibrations' which still sounds as close to perfection as a pop single has ever come. In court, Richards was given a one- year jail sentence and Jagger three months, prompting the famous Times editorial, 'Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?' On appeal, they were both acquitted. Musically, it merged avant- garde experimentalism with pummelling, repetitive rock, while the often graphic songs touched on outr. Produced by Andy Warhol and wrapped in his now famous banana sleeve, the album was reviled on initial release, but is now regarded by many as the most influential rock record ever made. Hendrix's startling assault on the American national anthem was interpreted at the time as a political statement against the Vietnam war but in retrospect can be read as a swan song for the era of peace and love, and for Hendrix himself. He died in his sleep the following year. The Rolling Stones play Altamont It seems somehow fitting that the Rolling Stones, by then the self- styled Satanic Majesties of rock indulgence and excess, should hold the wake for the death of the Sixties. Altamont was the antithesis of Woodstock, culminating with the murder of Meredith Hunter, a young black man who was bludgeoned to death by members of the Californian Hell's Angels who had been hired to provide security. The end of the hippy era. The Stooges' first album is released. The greatest and most influential garage band ever, Detroit's the Stooges made stripped- down, dumb and dirty rock'n'roll like no one else. Fronted by Iggy Pop, the most outrageously self- destructive showman rock has yet thrown up, their debut album, though dismissed in its day, remains the template for punk rock in all its manifestations, from the Sex Pistols to the White Stripes. The 7. 0s 1. 97. 0Black Sabbath release their first album. Though rock critics pinpoint the Kinks' 'You Really Got Me' from 1. Four hairy lads from Brum sing improbable songs about Satan, death and apocalypse over mind- numbingly repetitive riffs. Marvin Gaye: What's Going On? One of the few instances of an artist having total creative control and producing a masterpiece. Dismissed by Berry Gordy, Gaye's boss at Motown, as commercial suicide, the first soul concept album tackled Vietnam, racism and inner- city strife. A huge hit, it paved the way for the radical Seventies soul of Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder. King Tubby and Lee Perry create the template for modern dance music Osbourne Ruddock, aka King Tubby, was an engineer who experimented with echo and tape delay as far back as the mid- Sixties when he ran one of Jamaica's many mobile sound systems. His innovation was to strip a song down just to the bass pulse, then fade the vocals and instrumentation in and out at will, leaving space for the toasters - or DJs - to extemporise over the top. Dub was born and found its most innovative producer in Lee Perry, who is as influential in his way as Brian Wilson or Phil Spector. Modern dance music as we know it begins here. The first of Bowie s many exotic personae, and the moment that launched glam rock. Perhaps the most influential album of the decade. Only 2. 6 when he died from a heroin overdose, he left his stamp on three classic albums: Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1. The Gilded Palace of Sin (1. Grievous Angel (1. Thirty years on, he remains the defining presence in America's thriving alternative country scene. This 2. 2- minute opus to the monotony of the German motorway system reached the US and British charts in an edited version, and subsequently became a huge influence on hip hop, house and techno. As important a catalyst as Dylan or Lennon, he remains the only reggae artist to achieve iconic status. His death in 1. 98. It remains remarkable in its lyrical ambition and raw musical simplicity, and signals the coming punk era even as it harks back to the Romantics. One of rock's great leaps of faith. The film, though cack- handed and corny in its evocation of New York s downtown disco scene, propelled a struggling white actor and an unhip vocal group into the forefront of a global dance phenomenon. The biggest- selling soundtrack ever. Released at the height of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, the Sex Pistols' single was deemed so unspeakable that workers in a record plant refused to press it and official chart compilers refused to acknowledge its chart- topping position. It sounds gloriously irreverent now; back then it was nothing short of incendiary. Music for Airports is Eno's first experiment with the notion of ambience - modern mood music. His influence, like the music he produced, was slow and pervasive, but is detectable in everyone from U2 to Massive Attack. The 8. 0s. 8 December 1. The murder of John Lennon Mark Chapman's shooting of John Lennon on the doorstep of the star's New York home shocked the world. That Chapman was a fan, and someone who craved celebrity himself, only added to the chilling unreality of the moment. Ghost Town' goes to Number One The Specials were the last and greatest flowering of the socially conscious pop that emerged in Britain in the immediate wake of punk. They invented the short- lived but vibrant Two Tone movement, whose merging of reggae rhythms and punk lyricism reflected the multiculturalism of urban Britain. Pop as on- the- spot reportage.
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