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Showing posts with label British 60s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British 60s. Show all posts
60s Glasses- Love Them!!
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Forever Young
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Gotta Love 'Swinging London'
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Gotta love this decade. This one gave us early Who music, The Stones, The Beatles, awesome fashion and cool pop culture in general! And also it gave us Twiggy, the first model of the 1960s, who just so happens to still be around today! Way to go her!!!!
The Who
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Genres: rock, hard rock, power pop, art rock
Years Active: 1964-1982, 1985, 1988-1989, 1996-present
Website: http://www.thewho.com/
-English hard rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey(lead vocals, harmonica, guitar), Pete Townshend(guitar, keyboards, vocals), John Entwistle(bass guitar, brass and vocals), Keith Moon(drums and percussion)
-Rose to fame in the UK with singles being played in pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline, starting in January 1965 with songs like "I Can't Explain". They released albums like My Generation(1965), A Quick One(1966), The Who Sell Out(1967). In 1967, they hit the US Top 40 with their single "Happy Jack". In 1969, they released the movie Tommy.
-In 1978, at age 32, drummer Keith Moon died from a drug overdose. They released 2 albums afterto his death, Five Faces(1981) and It's Hard(1982), with Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones, before disbanding in 1983.
-According to Rolling Stone Magazine, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who complete the holy trinity of British rock. In 1990, The Who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
History
-In 1962, influenced by American R&B and skiffle, Townshend and Entwistle started a Dixieland jazz band called The Confederates. Townshend played banjo and Entwistle played French horn. Roger Daltrey met Entwistle while walking down the street with a bass guitar over his shoulder and asked him to join his band called The Detours. After a few weeks, Entwistle suggested Townshend join up.
-This band played a variety of music, most of it inspired by American R&B, country music and jazz. The lineup consisted of Daltrey on lead guitar, Townshend on rhythm guitar, Entwistle on bass, Doug Sandom on drums and Colin Dawson on vocals
-The band wanted a recording contract and they were told they needed a better drummer. They used The Rolling Stones and The Beatles as a slight inspiration. In 1964, Sandom left the band and Keith Moon replaced him.
-In February 1964, The Detours changed their name to The Who. They became popular among the British 'Mods', which was a subculture in Britain involving cutting-edge fashion, scooters, R&B, soul and blues music.
-Their debut album was My Generation in 1965. This album had the tracks "The Kids are Alright" and the title track "My Generation". Also included were the tracks "Happy Jack" "I'm a Boy", "Pictures of Lily".
-Their most famous performance was at The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, where others "poor" performances were hailed as good. They came through with flying colors. While doing this, they performed the song "A Quick One While He's Away"
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| Pete Townshend, Keith Moon and Mick Jagger |
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| The Rolling Stones. L-R: Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman |
-In 1971, the band released it's Who's Next album. This one had tracks like "Baba O'Riley" "Won't Get Fooled Again". Both of which are used on CSI: NY and CSI: Miami.
-On Sept. 7, 1978, Keith Moon overdosed on Heminevrin, a drug used to combat alcohol withdrawal and died in his sleep.
-On dec. 3, 1979, while The Who was playing at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, OH, a crowd crush killed 11 fans and injured 26 others. This was due to festival seating, which is a seating arrangement that is basically the first to enter the venue is the one to get the best seats. When the fans heard the band's sound check, they mistook this for the concert starting, so they tried to force their way in. When the doors opened, people were trying to stampede in to get the best seats and the crowding became deadly.
-The band was not informed until after the show because police feared problems if the concert was canceled. The band was deeply hurt by what happened and they required safety precautions for future concerts.
-In 1996, Townshend, Entwistle, Daltrey performed their rock opera Quadrophenia with guest stars at a concert in Hyde Park. Zak Starkey, son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, sat in on drums.
-In Nov. 2003, The Who landed 7 albums in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, more than any other artist with the exceptions of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen.
Grand Theft Auto Series
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Developers: Rockstar Games, Rockstar North, Rockstar Leeds, Rockstar Toronto, Rockstar Lincoln
First release: Grand Theft Auto, Oct. 1997
Latest release: Grand Theft Auto III(for iOS, Android), Dec. 15, 2011
-Grand Theft Auto(GTA) is a multi award winning video game series created in the UK by dave Jones, then later on by Dan Houser and Sam Houser.
-It's primarily developed by British developer Rockstar North
-The name of the series refers to grand theft auto, a type of car crime referring to motor vehicle theft
-The series is set in fictional locales heavily based on American cities, while an expansion for the original was based on London.
-Gameplay is open world, meaning you can run around, explore, do missions at your leisure, side activities, consisting of driving, action-adventure, occasional role playing, stealth, racing.
-The game play has comedic satire based on American culture, but the series has been under fire for it's controversial adult nature and violent themes. The game is focused around different good guys trying to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld. The bad guys are commonly characters who have betrayed the good guy or characters who have the most impact preventing the good guy from his/her progress
-And as for voices, famous people have provided voices for characters in the various games of this series. Such as:
- Michael Madsen
- Phil Collins
- Jenna Jameson
- Gary Busey
- Ray Liotta
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Danny Trejo
- Frank Vincent
- Robert Loggia
- Kyle MacLachlan
- Peter Fonda
- Dennis Hopper
- Burt Reynolds
- Chris Penn
- Joe Pantoliano
- James Woods
Overview
-Each game allows it's player to take on the role of a criminal or wannabe in a big city, typically an individual who rises through the ranks of organized crime through the course of the game. The player is given various missions to accomplish by kingpins and major idols in the city underworld which have to be done in order to progress.
-Assassinations and other crimes appear regularly, but occasionally driving a taxi, firefighting, street racing, bus driving, or learning to fly helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft are also present
-In the later ones, most notably Grand Theft Auto 2, the player is given a more expanded storyline in which he is forced to overcome an unfortunate event(i.e. being betrayed and left for dead) which serves as motivation for the character to advance.
-Grand Theft Auto III and later games have more prevalent voice acting, and radio stations, which simulate driving to music with DJs, radio personalities, commercials, talk radio, pop music and American culture.
-The use of vehicles in an explorable urban location provides a basic idea of a working city, complete with pedestrians who obey traffic. Further details are used to create an open ended atmosphere that has been used before, such as in The Simpsons Hit & Run, which is more family friendly.
Setting
-The GTA series is set in a fictional version of the world, in a number of various time periods. The original GTA introduced 3 main locations: Liberty City, which is based on New York City, Vice City, which is based on Miami and San Andreas, which is based on Los Angeles.
-Later games have been redone and expanded on the original. GTA: San Andreas takes place in the state of San Andreas, which is based on California and Nevada and includes the cities Los Santos(Los Angeles), San Fierro(San Francisco) and Las Venturas(Las Vegas).
-There have been other versions made, like an expansion pack for the original have London 1969 and London 1961, set in London, have been made as expansion packs for the original.
1960s: My Ideal Decade
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I wish I could have been born in this decade! All the good music came from this decade. And what's kinda cool is that if it was not for The Beatles, you may not have some of the musicians that are around today. I'll bet you that most of these musicians would list The Beatles as their inspiration
Performance
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| Hard to believe that Mick would enjoy being completely naked in certain scenes of this movie! From the way I hear it, in a few scenes of this movie, it shows Mick fully naked from the front! Ewwww! |
Goldfinger
Psycho
Hawaii Five-O
Man from U.N.C.L.E
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| The actor with blonde hair is still acting today. Now, David McCallum plays the medical examiner, Dr. Mallard, or 'Ducky' on NCIS |
Scooby Doo
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Mamas and the Papas
Sonny and Cher
The Isley Brothers
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