Here’s a short 12-minute documentary on Johnny Hallyday on the French current affairs tv programme ‘Cinq colonnes à la une’ from the 08 Sept 1961. Two performances surround an interview apparently taken upstairs at the Golf Drouot club, the French Mecca of rock’n’rollers, where the interviewer remarks “You sing in a dinner jacket but you […]
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50s Lowcountries’ rock’n’roll performances
The Low Countries comprise the Netherlands (Holland), Belgium and Luxemburg (known sometimes under the acronym BeNeLux). The main languages are Dutch (and its regional variant called Flemish in Belgium), French in southern Belgium and German in the easternmost fringe of Belgium and in Luxemburg. Classic film version from 1962
The early 1960s Rockers in ‘Quadrophenia’ (1979)
The film’s protagonist is Jimmy (Phil Daniels), a young mod, in 1964. Kevin (Ray Winstone), his rocker friend. Cons: – Kevin disappears from the film after the above mentioned chase scene. I think this character could have been used towards the end of the film, so we could further see the extent Jimmy’s actions have had […]
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QUOTE EXTENSIVELY STUART LEE OB ‘SUBCULTURES’ IN HIS ‘CONTENT PROVIDER’ SHOW at aBOUT 1:33
Why being a ted today …
Why being a ted today will never be the same again … Far from being some kind of exercise in one-upmanship this article seeks to figure out why starting to be a ted nowadays will never be the same as it was in the 1950s or the 1970s. Two of the biggest differences are the […]
Why being a ted today will never be the same again …
Far from being some kind of exercise in one-upmanship this article seeks to figure out why starting to be a ted nowadays will never be the same as it was in the 1950s or the 1970s. Two of the biggest differences are the internet in cultural terms and mobile phones in social terms. The internet […]
