Movies About The Sixties
Review: The Return of the King: Great Return of Elvis Presley by G. Gillian Gaar When it comes to Elvis Presley, most people tend to remember that on two occasions different. One of them, like the rock and the role of rebel agitator has forever changed the face of American culture with songs like "Heartbreak Hotel", although which shocked the older generation with their appearances on television shows …
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Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs $4.82 A lonely Westerner in Nashville, Marty Robbins salved his soul by cutting an album (in one afternoon) of mostly self-composed cowboy ballads. One of them was a four-and-a-half-minute epic, “El Paso,” that broke every rule of Top 40 programming to become a No. 1 pop and country hit in 1960. Robbins was arguably the most surefooted and accomplished singer in all country music, and that was never mor… |
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band $13.99 Before Sgt. Pepper, no one seriously thought of rock music as actual art. That all changed in 1967, though, when John, Paul, George and Ringo (with “A Little Help” from their friend, producer George Martin) created an undeniable work of art which remains, after 30-plus years, one of the most influential albums of all time. From Lennon’s evocative word/sound pictures (the trippy “Lucy in the Sky Wi… |
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The ’60s Rock Experience Live $9.60 Some of the most popular musical performers of the 1960s show that they, like their songs, only get better with age in this nostalgic live concert. Featured artists include Roger McGuinn (“Turn! Turn! Turn!”), Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night (“Easy to Be Hard”), Martha Reeves (“Nowhere to Run”), Eric Burdon and The Animals (“The House of the Rising Sun”), The Association (“Along Comes Mary”), John… |
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The ’60s [VHS] $9.98 Tackling an entire decade–and a turbulent one at that–within a three-hour movie is a challenge, and while The ’60s is frequently entertaining, it unfortunately is not completely up to the task. The movie follows the lives of four young people, three from a white suburban family with parents out of The Wonder Years and one African American from the South. The characters are forced into one-dimens… |