The History of Rock 'n' Roll DVD 1995 A rock zene története / Első lemez - Disc 1 / A Rock 'n' Roll Berobban / Volume 1: Episode 1 Rock'n'roll Explodes / Episode 2 Good Rockin' Tonight

UPC 5999010454291

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: English 5.1

SUBTITLES: Hungarian, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Hebrew, Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Czech, Danish, Greek, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, English HOH, Italian HOH, German HOH

Total Runtime: 122 minutes

English Summary:

This ten part series was originally broadcast on PBS in 1995. What it does, in a nutshell, is give a decent (though not super-detailed) overview of rock and roll as a genre, as well as all the sub genres that exist within that giant umbrella of music. Obviously this is far too massive a subject to approach with the idea of covering everything. Luckily, The History Of Rock N Roll does do a pretty good job of giving a nice, general history lesson on the music that has, since its inception, become a part of our everyday lives. It does this with a great selection of live performance clips, interviews, and archival footage that is set against some informative and interesting narration that makes for a well rounded and well executed package.

Disc One:

Rock 'N' Roll Explodes - This primary episode sets the rest of them up. It gives us a general overview of rock and roll in its many forms, and brings us way back to a time before it technically existed. The genre was fused out of country, gospel roots and blues and influential artists such as Hank Williams Sr., Chuck Barry, and Ray Charles are here doing there thing, contrasted by modern day artists such as U2 and Public Enemy. The point here is that when you really boil it down to the bare essentials, acts like hank Williams aren't so far removed from those like Public Enemy.

Good Rockin' Tonight - The focus here is on the summer of 1956 where Elvis gave the then burgeoning rock and roll scene a serious dose of sex appeal and fused country, rockabilly, rock and roll and blues. Obviously, this took off and made the man an international superstar whose popularity has never really been rivaled. Sun Records and the American recording industry in general took off during this period with guys like Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbinson and Buddy Holly all hitting the charts in a big way, basically inventing rock and roll as they went along. This episode puts a heavy emphasis on how television helped the rock and roll phenomena, bringing live music into the living rooms of people across the country and the world.

Hungarian Summary:

Episode 1 Rock'n'roll Explodes

A rock legnagyobb csillagai, köztük Little Richard. Mick Jagger. Bruce Springsteen és a U2 énekese, Bono felidézik életük legmeghatározóbb dalait és hangzásait. Korabeli klipeken láthatjuk Muddy Waters. Chuck Berry és Little Richard első tündökléseit. Tina Turner arról az időről mesél, mikor nappal gyapotföldeken dolgozott. éjszaka pedig énekesi karrierről álmodozott. Michael Jackson előadja a legendás Billie Jean című számát.

Episode 2 Good Rockin Tonight A Rock 'n' Roll első fénykora

A Good Rockin Tonight feleleveníti az emlékezetes korszakot. mikor Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly. Little Richard és Jerry Lee Lewis új színt hoztak a szórakoztatóipar világába. Dick Clark egykori showműsorának, az American Bandstandnek a születéséről nyilatkozik. Fabian. az ötvenes évek tinédzsersztárja kezdeti sikereire emlékezik vissza. Ben E. King dalai és a The Ronettes Phil Spector produceri közreműködésével készített felvételei bebizonyították, hogy ebben az időben a rock n roll jóval több volt néhány jóképű fiú Elvis-utánzásánál.

Directed by Bud Friedgen