Friday, October 26, 2018
Music of 1968-- Part 1: "Rock and Roll's Greatest Year"
From the Time Life magazine.
It was a great year, but I am not sure about Rock and Roll's Greatest Year. This was sold at newstands where they almost unbelievably still sell magazines in this digital age. Personally, I'm sure glad they do. Picture of the Beatles on the front cover.
"1968 A YEAR TO REMEMBER: Mich Jagger summed it up best: "But what can a poor boy do, except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band?"
For the rock 'n' roll lovers, 1968 hit the mother lode. Psychedelia ruled and so did protest, Motown and Johnny Cash's twang. The Rolling Stones blasted back onto the airwaves with "Beggars Banquet. Heavy metal was ascendant. The Beatles, in spite of personal resentments and professional differences, followed "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" with an LP that since has been embraced as the even more iconic: "The Beatles," a.k.a. the White Album.
It Was a Great Year (When I Was 17, and I really was). --RoadDog
Labels:
1968,
albums,
Beatles,
Country Music,
Johnny Cash,
magazines,
Motown,
psychedelic,
Rock and Roll,
Rolling Stones,
Sgt. Pepper's
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