The History of Rock 'n' Roll DISC 4 DVD 1995 A rock zene története / Negyedik lemez / A legendás gitárosok, A hetvenes évek / Episodes: Guitar Heroes, The 70s: Have A Nice Decade

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REGION 2 PAL DVD

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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.

Guitar Heroes - Here the focus is on the axe. It's all about guitar players in this installment. For just over an hour we follow the rise of the guitar as an instrument in general and then more specifically how it shaped rock and roll. This piece spends time following the influence that guys like Elvis and Chuck Berry had, right up to more modern players like Slash and Eddie Van Halen. Of course, you can't cover rock guitar without Hendrix, and he's here too along with Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton.

The 70s: Have A Nice Decade - This was an interesting segment that took a look at the rise of rock to arena level tours and mass merchandising in the seventies, and how it's lasted compared to fads such as disco (which also gets a bit of coverage here, and George Clinton is none too happy about it). Everyone you'd expect to see and associate with 70s rock is here, from Kiss to Queen, from Elton John to Fleetwood Mac, from Alice Cooper to David Bowie. It also takes a look at the 70s funk phenomena with footage and interviews from Sly And The Family Stone, George Clinton, and a few others.

Hungarian Summary:

7. RÉSZ: A LEGENDÁS GITÁROSOK
A legendás gitárosok főszereplői a hathúros olyan úttörői. mint Chuck Berry. a Led Zeppelin szólógitárosa, Jimmy Page és rockabilly zenész James Burton. A The Who együttes tagja, Pete Townshend szerint elektromos gitáron játszani egyenlő a költészettel. Ezt az állítását Mark Knopfler, Eddie Van Halen. Slash és Jimi Hendrix időtálló produkciói vitathatatlanul támasztják alá.

8. RÉSZ: HAVE A NICE DECADE - A HETVENES ÉVEK
Jimmy Page és Robert Plant a Led Zeppelin első éveire emlékeznek vissza a hetvenes évek rock korszakából. Végignézhetjük Steely Dan élő fellépését. és David Gilmour a Pink Floydból a Dark Side of the Moon készítéséről beszél. A Fleetwood Mac énekesnője, Lindsey Buckingham előadja a Go Your Own Way című dalukat, majd a szám személyes vonatkozásairól mesél. A koncertfelvételen David Bowie a nevével összeforrott Ziggy Stardust-jelmezében pompázik.