The pop world accelerated and broke through the sound barrier in
1966. In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas
slow-cooking since the late '50s reached boiling point. In the worlds
of pop, pop art, fashion and radical politics -- often fueled by
perception-enhancing substances and literature -- the 'Sixties', as we
have come to know them, hit their Modernist peak. A unique chemistry of
ideas, substances, freedom of expression and dialogue across pop
cultural continents created a landscape of immense and eventually
shattering creativity. After 1966 nothing in the pop world would ever be
the same. The 7 inch single outsold the long-player for the final time.
It was the year in which the ever lasting and transient pop moment
would burst forth in its most articulate, instinctive and radical way. Jon
Savage's 1966
is a monument to the year that shaped the pop future of the balance of
the century. Exploring canonical artists like The Beatles, The Byrds,
Velvet Underground, The Who and The Kinks, 1966 also goes much deeper
into the social and cultural heart of the decade through unique archival
primary sources.
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Boktitel: 1966. The Year the Decade Exploded Författare: Jon Savage Bokförlag: faber&faber