The History of Rock 'n' Roll Disc 3 DVD 1995 A rock zene története / Harmadik lemez - A Rock új arculata, Az én generációm / Episodes: Plugging In, My Generation

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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.

Plugging In - This entry starts off with Bob Dylan plugging in his guitar and playing rock and roll at the Newport Folk Festival. I don't know if Dylan knew he was making history at the time or not, but it sure angered the crowed. It also changed things, making rock and roll a predominantly electric style of music from then on out. Fast-forward a bit to Hendrix tearing it up at The Monterey Pop Festival, and The Who causing mass destruction as they play My Generation and you can see where it was heading. Even The Beach Boys and The Mamas And The Papas got into the act, creating new sounds on albums like Pet Sounds.

My Generation - If the title didn't give it away, the focus here is on sixties rock, hippies, and counter culture and rock and rolls place within those things. The rock proper is represented by clips from The Rolling Stones (is Street Fighting Man one of the best songs ever or is it just me?), Hendrix, The Who, and Cream. The hippies are here with The Grateful Dead, Country Joe MacDonald, and Crosby Stills and Nash. OF course, The Doors are here too, as is Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane. At just over an hour in length, there's a whole lot of psychadelia packed into this episode – whether or not that's a good thing I suppose depends on your taste – but love it or hate it, it's historical importance is explored in an interesting and informative matter.

Hungarian Summary:

5. A Rock új arculata

 A hatvanas évek közepén újjászületett a rockzene. Mikor Bob Dylan az 1965-ös New Port-i népzenei fesztiválon belecsapott elektromos gitárjába, energikus zenéjével és a szövegek társadalmi töltetével kis híján tömeghisztériát okozott. A Mamas and the Papas a California Dreamin -nel egy újfajta hangzásvilágot hozott létre. Brian Wilson a Beach Boysból arról mesél, mekkora nyomást jelentett számukra a Beatles együttessel versenyezni. Pete Townshend visszaemlékszik arra, mikora The Who és Jimi Hendrix feje tetejére állította a Montereyi Popfesztivált.

6. RÉSZ: MY GENERATION - AZ ÉN GENERÁCIÓM

A hatvanas évek végén berobbant a hippi-korszak. Ugyan rövid időn belül el is hamvadt a láz. De e hőskor bandái meghatározót alkottak. A My Generation — Az én generációm bemutatja a Greatful Dead, a Santana és a Jefferson Airplane közös fellépését. Janis Joplin és a Big Brother and the Holding Company összeáll, hogy eljátsszák a fergeteges Ball and Chain című számot. És a lemezről nem hiányozhatnak a Woodstock legendás felvételei sem!