Garage rock
Modern garage band “Dead Ghosts”. Below is "I Sleep Alone"
While dressed up handsome men conquered America in the 50s, those who were not so lucky and those whose views on music were somewhat different gathered in some premises like garages and played their own music there, more experimental and less suitable for commercialism. The movement that received its name - “garage rock” - is, one might say, the first representative of the underground in history and, of course, the prototype of psychedelic avant-garde groups and punk.
Garage bands were much more aggressive than classic rockabilly performers, their music was raw, sometimes just noisy, interrupted by shouts, and the lyrics were about how garage rock representatives were losers. The advent of the first guitar effects in the 60s, including fuzz (an example of what this is below) made their music even more different from what was then popular.
This particular model appeared only in 1966 (it was actively used by Jimi Hendrix in his time), but some prototypes could have appeared earlier.
The direction is also influenced by the British Invasion: “Beatles”, “ Rolling Stone s", "The Kinks", "The Who", early David Bowie and so on. All these performers experimentally turned rockabilly inside out (in in a good way) and sent him back to America. Thus, technological progress and all the incredible, for that time, British experiments influence garage bands very powerfully.
As a result, in the 60s, when the rockabilly era passed and everyone's attention turned to Britain, garage rock quietly developed to remind itself, subsequently, first with the help of psychedelists, and then punks. Examples of garage groups:
The Seeds. Below is “Can’t Seem to Make You Mine.” By the way, the two on the left look suspiciously like 70s punks - Dee Dee and Johnny Ramon. 
The Sonics. Below, “Have Love Will Travel,” a cover of a song by 50s African-American artist Richard Berry. Question Mark and the Mysterians
The frontman of the group, whose name was simply "?", orally - "Question mark", hid his name, said that he came from Mars and in a past life communicated with dinosaurs. All this made the group somewhat special and, thus, Question Mark and the Mysterians were rightfully the first punk band, not only because of the music, but also because of the image.
At the same time, the first anthem that defined the movement appeared - “Louie Louie,” a song by the same Richard Berry, which gained popularity among garage bands after it was covered by The Kingsmen.
In garage music, girls also take the initiative. Before that, with the exception of pop blues and pop music in general (although girls didn’t play much of a role there either, they were only required to show off and sing) - music of the 20th century was a man’s business. Here the girls take up the instruments and begin to sing what they want, and not what they are told. Later, already in the 90s, this underground women's movement will result in Riot Grrrl - a powerful stronghold of feminist punk and grunge.
Pleasure Seekers
Women's underground groups of the 60s - 90s generally became models of aggressiveness and drive, most often making many male ones fade and fade. Unfortunately, many of these groups are unfairly underrated.
Garage rock still influences music today: there is an example of this at the very beginning of the article. Moreover, many popular musicians come out of garage rock of our time, for example:
White Stripes (By the way, the male half of the group, Jack White, grew up on the blues and his favorite performer is Son House)
“Pop” option – “Drums”. Below "I Felt Stupid" Proto-punk
Based on all this new sound, in the USA of the 60s a concept even closer to punk soon appeared, which even received a self-explanatory name - “proto-punk”. If garage bands were just interesting guys who went against the mainstream, then representatives of proto-punk are just crazy. With their music, lyrics and behavior on stage, they simply shocked America, which was then not yet prepared for such sound and such images. Of the proto-punk movements, they especially distinguished themselves:
Stooges-era Iggy Pop. Nobody did more for the development of punk than he did. Below is “I Wanna Be Your Dog”, which defined everything that followed “Empty Generation” 
Death. Below "Keep on Knocking"
Thus, garage and proto-punk bands, with their wild power, society-rejecting attitude and incredibly deep, almost bluesy lyrics, pave the way for the future: the “Blank Generation”.
Folk music of the 60s
Unlike its close relative, rockabilly, country music is experiencing a revival in the 60s, and some musicians who were prominent figures in both directions remain afloat. A good example is Johnny Cash.
Below is "Folsom Prison Blues" Country lyrics take on a political and social character: musicians of the genre sing about internal problems America. The story of "Folsom Prison Blues", for example, is very interesting:
Johnny Cash spent his whole life advocating for the rights of prisoners - that is, for humane treatment of them in prison, not to mention the abolition death penalty. And so, having somehow written this song, Johnny Cash goes to Folsom Prison and gives a concert to the prisoners. The lyrics of “Folsom Prison Blues” contained, for example, the following lines: “When I was a child, my mother told me - son, always be a good boy, never play with guns. But I shot that guy in Reno just to watch him die. And now I can only cry while I hear the train coming." Thus, Cash appeared as someone who understands the prisoners, understands their awareness of what they did and the hopelessness of their situation.
The song became one of the most popular country songs of the 20th century. By the way, the lyrics of the song are strikingly reminiscent of the lyrics of “The House of the Rising Sun”.
Two other famous folk musicians of the 60s:
Bob Dylan. Below is "Like a Rolling Stone" “Like a Rolling Stone” is not quite a classic folk song, of which Dylan has many, like the well-known “Blowin’ in the Wind.” This is exactly an example of how music was changing in the 60s. When Dylan recorded his rock album entitled this song, many of his fans booed him. Still, it seemed to them: the voice of a generation that always proudly stood alone with its acoustic guitar and sang about problems that affected all Americans, suddenly he dresses pompously and starts playing some noisy music. However, when everyone realized that the bands pouring in from Britain sounded something similar, everyone came to terms with this idea and listened to this song. Now “Like a Rolling Stone” is a classic Bob Dylan song, and if this song has become a classic by such an artist, then it is a classic of all American music.
Joan Baez. Below is her version of "Wildwood Flower" Jonah Baez is a country singer who was friends with Dylan and often performed with him. Baez actively advocated for ending the war in Vietnam (for which she was arrested), for the rights of blacks, and so on. Actually, Baez is an example of a hippie girl who rejects all contemporary ideas about what a woman should look like, values her origins and stands for peace and equality. Thus, Baez’s influence on the youth consciousness of the 60s is difficult to overestimate.
Psychedelists
Psychedelists appear as follows: American young people, having heard everything that the British do with instruments, amplifiers (the Kinks, for example, got their signature sound after they “shaved” the amplifier with a razor) and guitar effects, also decide not to stay aside and start thinking about what you can do with everything you have at hand. At the same time, the then-legal LSD became popular and was actively used by a group of young people led by Ken Kesey, the author of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Thus, expanding their consciousness and using new sound possibilities, American musicians from different parts of the United States begin to compose their own, individual music. Two psychedelic bands from different coasts (there will be a few more in the topic about hippies):
Los Angeles band "Doors". Below is "The End". By the way, the name for the group is taken from the lines of William Blake’s poems: “If the doors of perception were clean, then everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.” 
New York's Velvet Underground (with singer Nico and Andy Warhol). Below "What Goes On" Psychedelic music was associated with a subculture that reached a very high level of development in the USA in the 60s - the hippies.
Hippie
Hippies were a synthesis of subcultures that existed before them. From the beatniks, rock and rollers and surfers, they adopted an aversion to the mainstream, a desire to escape from civilization to pure nature, they adopted sexual freedom, the need to use drugs, the desire to do everything together and express themselves through literature and music. There were no social boundaries among hippies.
For hippies, the main thing was communication, and they often communicated through sexual relations. However, these relationships were not promiscuous - the sexual revolution, as such, occurred after the hippie era. Self-immersion was also important to them, and since this required them to expand their consciousness, the hippies literally took LSD from the laboratory shelves and from the hands of Ken Kesey to the masses.
Hippies are also known for their anti-war and drug-promoting slogans. Since at that time the United States was at war with Vietnam, hippies with slogans calling for love and peace could be found everywhere.
The culmination of the flourishing of the subculture was the legendary Woodstock festival, held in New York State in 1969. The festival lasted 3 days and was attended by 400 thousand to 500 thousand people. Woodstock was such a loud event, both literally and figuratively, that it is still talked about as an unsurpassed phenomenon.
Some performances by American musicians at Woodstock:
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix with Gypsy Sun & Rainbows
Hippies, a vibrant and recognizable subculture whose ideas were espoused by many of the greats, are fading after Woodstock. People, leaving the festival, expected that they would now see a world without wars and violence. And when people realize that during these three days nothing has changed in the rest of the world, the peace-loving hippie subculture leaves and is replaced by a bitter and offended: the “Empty” generation.
Soul
While the young part of the US population of the 60s is experiencing major, not only musical and subcultural, but also historical events, a third cornerstone is blossoming in the world, which is adjacent to jazz and blues and instantly becomes popular among the adult generation - soul.
Soul is a direction that inherits features of both jazz and blues, but, first of all, gospel, which is why in this soul the emphasis is on the vocal part. In this regard, backing vocals appear, that is, when several people sing along with the leader, and the rest of the band serves as the background, adapting to the lead singer or singer. Famous soul musicians of the 60s:
Otis Redding
Aretha Franklin
Ray Charles
Soul, like jazz, at one time had many different subgenres: Chicago, Memphis, blue-eyed soul and so on. Collectively, soul had a huge influence on the music of the 70s and 80s, from British hard rock in the form of Led Zeppelin to the King of Pop Michael Jackson.
The 60s were a time of great change: the world saw the rise and decline of perhaps the most influential youth movement in history - the hippies. The music belonging to this subculture, combined with the underground of the 60s, radically changes the idea of the possibilities of sound production. Popular music is also experiencing its final form of pop music—the emergence of soul. Thus, the 60s are the time when the entire music world began to be divided into two: popular music and underground.
The text is partly based on the thesis of the literary figure Alex Curvey.
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Speaking about songs of the 2000s, one cannot fail to note the main one, and perhaps decisive role popular music in shaping tastes and music lovers. It's hard to believe, but popular music is much more influential than it seems: for a successful hit, many factors must be taken into account - both relevant in at the moment trends that have become classic canons of past years. How else can we explain the ever-increasing number of songs that focus on the use of samples - small excerpts of golden hits of past years?
This was fully manifested in the work of Madonna ( Madonna), in 2005, with the release of a new album, she once again changed her image and turned into a disco diva. The title track of Hung Up meets two pop eras at once: the golden classic from ABBA and the most current fashionable sound in those days. Interweaving popular music into its at its best with new trends, successful stylization and imitation are one of the defining directions of musical creativity in these years.
The beginning of this musical era began with a craze for everything Latin - on the wave of success, such performers as the brilliant guitarist and composer Carlos Santana ( Carlos Santana), Spanish handsome man Enrique Iglesias ( Enrique Iglesias), Puerto Rican sex bomb Jennifer Lopez ( Jennifer Lopez) and her compatriot Ricky Martin ( Ricky Martin), as well as the notorious Christina Aguilera ( Christina Aguilera), who has repeatedly turned to her Ecuadorian roots to win over a Latin audience.
African-American music is also on the wave: hard hip-hop, sensual soul, catchy rhythm and blues. The key figures are Alicia Keys ( Alicia Keys), Kanye West ( Kanye West), Eminem ( Eminem), Beyoncé ( Beyonce) Rihanna ( Rihanna). There is also a thriving trend of mixing genres: popular music and, for example, rhythm and blues. Among the most successful combinators: groups Black Eyed Peas And The Pussycat Dolls.
Popular music in its purest form is also in constant demand: Britney Spears ( Britney Spears), Justin Timberlake ( Justin Timberlake ), Mariah Carey ( Mariah Carey), Katy Perry ( Katy Perry), Kylie Minogue ( Kylie Minogue) and Lady Gaga, who debuted in 2008 ( Lady Gaga) are the most successful performers in this regard.
However, we should not forget about rock, which, although not so popular, still has its undeniable importance. This genre is most represented by groups Green Day, Coldplay, U2, White Stripes, Nine Inch Nails And Bon Jovi. It is worth noting that in the 2000s, very few new rock groups appeared that would become generally recognized world stars; the most popular teams of these years were formed in the 90s, 80s or even in the 70s (for example, U2).
In Russia at this time graduates take over the stage “ Star Factories": groups "Factory", " Silver», « Tootsie" And " Roots», Natalia Podolskaya, Nikita Malinin, Yulia Savicheva. Of course, there are also groups that made it without the help of this television project: the group “ Umaturman», « Animals", not losing popularity " Disco Crash", singer MakSim. However, the most popular new artist can rightfully be recognized as the winner of Eurovision. Dima Bilan. You shouldn’t write off performers of the older generation: Valery,Alla Pugacheva,Philip Kirkorov, still releasing successful albums and attracting packed houses of fans.
Songs of the 90s: eurodance, pop ballads and unforgettable rock
In music, it is rare that a certain era is embodied in literally everything: in rhythms, arrangements, melodies, lyrics, even the voices and performers themselves. The nineties in music – in its own way great period, which gave us many wonderful performers and many great songs.
Unfortunately, it was the nineties that were so famous for the so-called singers of one song, or, simply put, one-dayers, and this situation is developing both on the Western and on the Russian stage. It is unlikely that names like Haddaway will say anything to anyone now ( Haddaway), John Scatman ( John Scatman), group Snap!, but, nevertheless, from the first notes everyone will recognize the songs What is Love?, The Scatman’s World, Rhytm Is A Dancer and other hits of any discos.
The real embodiment of pop music of the nineties, especially at the beginning of this decade, was a genre like Eurodance - seemingly popular music, supposedly hip-hop, supposedly electronics. In general, the combination of these elements gave a simply fantastic result: musicians from all over the world, and especially from Europe, never cease to fill the world charts with their songs, the sound of which cannot be confused with anything else. Scooter, 2 Unlimited, Eiffel 65, Culture Beat, Robert Miles ( Robert Miles) are the true heroes of this period, almost forgotten now.
In the 90s, touching, tender and romantic ballads were more popular than ever - a genre that fits perfectly into popular music, as well as soul and rhythm and blues. The winners are primarily female performers, singers with magnificent strong voices - Mariah Carey ( Mariah Carey), Whitney Houston ( Whitney Houston), Celine Dion ( Celine Dion ), Toni Braxton ( Toni Braxton), Patricia Kaas ( Patricia Kaas). Singers, such as Bryan Adams, also remain relevant ( Bryan Adams), George Michael ( George Michael), Elton John ( Elton John), Michael Bolton ( Michael Bolton), Eric Clapton ( Eric Clapton).
In the second half of the 90s, pop idols of a new generation appeared - groups N'Sync(and subsequently separated from them Justin Timberlake ( Justin Timberlake)) And Backstreet Boys, pop princess Britney Spears ( Britney Spears) and Christina Aguilera ( Christina Aguilera). Madonna also continues her mega-successful career ( Madonna), second to no one the throne of the queen of popular music and the trendsetter of all fashionable musical trends. Michael Jackson's career is taking shape Michael Jackson): incredibly popular in the first half of the decade, the singer was clearly losing ground by the early 2000s.
Rock music remains, as in all other times, in demand: chart, touring and, of course, commercial success of groups such as U2,R.E.M.,Nirvana,Duran Duran,Bon Jovi,Aerosmith,Red Hot Chili Peppers, speaks for itself.
In Russia, this musical period became one of the most interesting: after the collapse of the USSR, a stream of new music, completely new sounds, new trends, new performers, genres and styles poured into the country. Memories of popular music of these years now make me smile, but overall the result was far from worse than that of Western performers. Both songs and videos were created with great imagination, which made Russian music original and interesting. Valery Meladze,Angelika Varum,Philip Kirkorov,Irina Allegrova,"Ivanushki International","Bravo","Nancy" and "White Eagle" become the main performers of this decade on the domestic stage.
Songs of the 80s: glamour, disco and synth-pop
Some music critics They associate the eighties with bad music, which is fundamentally wrong. Of course, from the perspective of a modern person, some techniques, arrangements, rhythms and voices popular at that time may seem naive and even funny in some ways, but this time invariably evokes nostalgia, which is most clearly manifested through the wonderful songs of those years.
Of course, the most successful genre of that time was undoubtedly popular music. However, we can safely say that there have been so many popular branches of pop in any musical decade.
First of all, the eighties are associated with disco, the performers of which come mainly from Europe. Legendary Swedes ABBA, French pop duo Ottawan and a singer named F.R. David, Germans Modern Talking And Goombay Dance Band, Englishwoman Kim Wilde ( Kim Wilde) and her compatriots Culture Club– these names and groups can be listed endlessly, because everyone will remember at least one hit from their repertoire.
A special place in the structure of disco is occupied by the work of Italian performers, incredibly popular in Europe and, of course, in the USSR. The most famous Italo disco performers are trios Ricci e Poveri, husband and wife duo Al Bano ( Al Bano) and Romina Power ( Romina Power), performers Gazibo ( Gazebo), Toto Cutugno ( Toto Cutugno) and the incredibly charismatic singer and actor Adriano Celentano ( Adriano Celentano).
Performers from Great Britain are enriching the genre of popular music with new trends: such forms as Hi-NRG are appearing (the main characters of this trend are the band Dead or Alive), new wave (represented by groups Adam And The Ants And Visage), and, of course, synth-pop. Subsequently, this genre will have a great influence on the formation of such movements as electroclash and synth rock. The main teams working in this direction are Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode And Eurythmics.
However, in the 80s, heavier genres were also popular: rock and even heavy metal. Compositions from groups such as Queen,Status Quo, Genesis, Scorpions, Dire Straits, Def Leppard and many others.
On the domestic stage in those years they mainly shone Alla Pugacheva together with Yuri Antonov, and in the late eighties - Vladimir Kuzmin, Igor Talkov, Alexander Serov, groups " Mirage" And " Tender May
" Various vocal and instrumental ensembles are also popular – “ Veras», « Flowers», « Earthlings», « Cheerful guys», « Bravo», « Yalla", as well as rock bands " Movie», « Nautilus Pompilius», « Agatha Christie».
Songs of the 70s: rock, rock and rock again
The seventies in music can easily be called the “golden age of rock” in all the diversity of its genres. In many ways, of course, the leader here is glam rock, led by David Bowie ( David Bowie), with his androgynous image and wonderful creativity, which broke the usual ideas about music. One cannot help but recall such British teams as T.Rex, Sweet And Slade and about the American Suzi Quatro, whose songs made up a significant part of the entire glam of the seventies.
It was at this time that “heavy” types of rock were more popular than ever: hard rock, heavy metal, as well as thoughtful and quirky progressive rock. English teams are also at the forefront of these genres: Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Led Zeppelin, Nazareth, Black Sabbath. The main performers from prog rock were Pink Floyd. They stand apart Queen, whose work is so diverse that it is simply impossible to fit it into one genre.
The influence of rock on the tastes of music lovers is also manifested in the fact that British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber ( Andrew Lloyd Webber) writes a rock opera " Jesus Christ superstar", which was held with resounding success at many concert venues around the world.
In the 70s, two tragic events occurred. Two legends are passing away: one in a figurative sense, and the other in a literal sense. We are talking about the breakup of the group in 1970 The Beatles and about the death in 1977 of the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley ( Elvis Presley ). Nevertheless, the Beatles should be given their due: not one of the musicians retired, but only began to create with renewed vigor, giving the world many more wonderful songs.
In 1974, a genre of popular music called disco was born - some count this musical era with the victory of the Swedish quartet ABBA at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Waterloo. Increasingly accelerating over the years, disco truly took the music world by storm in the eighties, shifting towards a harder electronic sound, intertwining with popular African-American music, and returning to a classic pop sound. Speaking about the disco of the seventies, such performers immediately come to mind as Boney M., Donna Summer ( Donna Summer), Eruption And Bee Gees.
The world is also fascinated by the exotic sound of the music of the Caribbean islands (primarily reggae, represented by Bob Marley ( Bob Marley)), that very African American (soul, blues, rhythm and blues, partly jazz), as well as Latin American music.
In the USSR, the most popular are the main themes from films. The creations of vocal and instrumental ensembles from all over the Soviet Union are known and loved. The main star of Russian popular music lights up - Alla Pugacheva. Singers from republics friendly to the USSR are also not forgotten: for example, Poland ( Marylya Rodovich) and Romania ( Dan Spataru). European ones are also favorite - French (Mireille Mathieu ( Mireille Mathieu), Michel Sardou ( Michel Sardou)) and Italian (Adriano Celentano ( Adriano Celentano)) performers.
Rock and pop, or the best songs of the 60s
So, it's a thing of the past. No, it cannot be said that he was completely forgotten - he simply ceased to be a banner for young people and a “red rag” for the older generation. They got used to it. Of course, the best compositions created by Chuck Berry And Little Richard, still drew full houses Elvis Presley, but in the general song-sound mass of the early sixties, new unusual intonations and rhythms had already begun to appear. It is noteworthy that this time the source of innovation was Europe, not the United States. Europe, or more precisely one European state, Great Britain, began to set the tone in popular music.
Liverpool rock band The Beatles was the first to move to conquer America - and conquered the whole world. Within a short time, both the Old and New Worlds were gripped by Beatlemania. But what was so special that self-taught musicians offered listeners spoiled by impressions?
The “British Invasion” gave a powerful creative impulse to musicians from all countries and continents, and as a result, today we can enjoy a wide variety of rock music: classic rock, hard rock, surf rock, punk rock, folk rock, baroque rock , psychedelic rock and dozens of other derivative genres.
One of them, the so-called “garage rock”, is the music that was originally played by street rock bands. Teenagers and young people just gathered and played for fun. Some researchers classify this type of rock as folk music of the 20th century.
Starting from the mid-60s, rock bands began to form in the Soviet Union, mainly among students. From such a school-student VIA, one of the most famous Soviet rock bands subsequently “ripened” Time machine.
In parallel with all sorts of rock variations, another very popular direction was rapidly developing in the sixties: pop music. Its origins are in the distant past: it is a folk song, a medieval ballad, an urban romance, and later a musical and a musical show. Vocals, the human voice – this is the main thing for this style. Musical instruments, whether a modest ensemble or a whole orchestra, only accompany the singer. Since one of the sources of pop music is folklore, pop standard songs often have a strong national flavor. Sometimes such music is simply called pop. The best pop songs of the 60s were performed Frank Sinatra And Louis Armstrong(USA), Salvatore Adamo And Mireille Mathieu(France), Muslim Magomayev And Joseph Kobzon(USSR) and many more wonderful musicians in different countries of the world.
The best songs of the 50s: under the sign of rock and roll
The fifties of the last century went down in the history of popular music as the period of birth and flourishing of a new style, rock and roll.
In America, the unstoppable rise of this “youth rebellion” music occurred in the mid-fifties. By the end of the decade, American rock and roll had matured somewhat and settled down, but by that time Europe had already taken up the rock baton. In the sixties, it was the Old World that would give rise to that multifaceted and multi-valued phenomenon in musical culture that would be called in a short word"rock".
The musicians who managed to find the right intonation became idols of the young generation of the fifties. Most of them did not have professional musical education: the best songs of the 50s in the rock and roll style were composed and sung by self-taught people. Here they are, these world-famous heroes of the great American confrontation between generations:
Elvis Presley: a white boy from a poor family who made friends with teenagers from the “black” neighborhoods, and from them adopted his manner of performance and style of clothing. 1954 is the year of his first hit “ That's All Right Mama».
Chuck Berry: a black musician, one of the few who dared to mix the intonations of “black” blues and “white” country in their songs. His 1958 smash hit " Johnny B. Goode" was subsequently called the gold standard of rock and roll.
Bill Haley(white guitarist and vocalist) and his band “Comets”: the composition “ Rock Around the Clock“, recorded by them for the soundtrack to the film “School Jungle” (1955), paved the way for rock and roll to European listeners.
Little Richard: black singer and pianist; his excited and even somewhat hysterical manner of performance gave rise to a lot of imitators on the one hand, and on the other - became the reason for the appearance huge amount parodies. His most famous single is “ Tutti-frutti"(1955).
The Platters: A group of three young men and one young woman, all African-American. They worked in the style of doo-wop (vocal rock and roll). Aria " Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"performed by the Platters Quartet in 1959 broke all popularity records.
Rock and roll quickly burst into the measured, well-fed life of post-war America, revived the musical atmosphere of Europe, but, of course, did not replace all other musical genres.
In the late fifties, exotic music from the distant oceanic provinces gained particular popularity in both the New and Old Worlds. The sounds of ukulele and ethnic percussion instruments evoked dreams of pristine jungles and Pacific beaches.
During these same years, the whole world learned and fell in love with a Peruvian woman Imu Sumac. By nature she inherited talent, an independent character and a truly unique voice: deep, strong, beautiful, with a very wide range. Her work is difficult to attribute to any style (although “mambo” is most often mentioned). The one and only - you can’t say more precisely about this singer.
The public has always liked Italian and Latin American tunes. Perhaps the best songs of the 50s in the Latin style are “ Volare" And " La Bamba».
Song " Volare"performed by the Italian Domenico Modugno in 1958, earned several international awards, including the American Grammy Award. Mexican folk tune " La Bamba"arranged by Ritchie Valens was included in the list of "100 Best Rock and Roll Songs".
The World Festival of Youth and Students, held in Moscow in 1957, allowed the Soviet public to become acquainted with new trends in popular music, including rock and roll. However, the festival died down and ended, but the policy of the party and government remained unchanged: the Soviet people do not need unhealthy sensations. Cultural officials had no doubt that temperamental and eccentric music combined with “indecent” movements was an unhealthy phenomenon.
Rock music will still find its way to the land of the Soviets, but this will happen later. Much later.
The best songs of the 40s: film and television music
Video materials that allow us not only to hear the music of the 40s, but also to see the best performers of this decade, are technically imperfect. However, they are documents of the era, with their help you can feel the special atmosphere of those years.
The beginning of the 40s is, of course, the Second World War. Strengthening patriotic sentiments led to the appearance of cheerful march songs in 1941: “ We are masters of war"(USSR), " Thank You America"(USA).
The best Soviet songs of the 40s related to the theme of war - harsh heroic " Holy war" and lyrical " dark night».
Meanwhile, even in those menacing forties, people tried to “disconnect” from worries at least for a short time. Comedy films, lyrical songs and even comic couplets were extremely popular.
German film from 1944 " Girl of my dreams" With Marikoj Rökk in the title role, he went around all the screens in Europe, and after the war he was shown even in the USSR. True, in the Soviet Union, “indecent” episodes were cut out of this picture, including the famous song “There are no lonely people at night” (“ In der Nacht ist der Mensch nicht gern alleine»).
After the war, America began to explore new genres in cinema. If in the thirties short musical films appeared on the screens, then the forties were marked by the birth of the “ultra-short film” genre - Soundies. By the end of the decade, these progenitors of music videos migrated from cinemas to television screens - after all, it was then that regular television broadcasts began in the United States. The best songs of the 40s, the best compositions performed by the most popular pop and jazz orchestras, became available literally “with home delivery.” Every TV viewer could see beautiful eyes Deanna Durbin, dazzling smile Louis Armstrong, incendiary step Fred Astaire and the dexterous fingers of the baby pianist Frank Robinson.
Western Europe and the Soviet republics, which suffered greatly in that bloody war, had yet to travel this path.
The most popular songs of the 30s: cinema music
The thirties were perhaps the most difficult decade of the twentieth century. The whole world was gripped by an economic crisis, political contradictions were growing, and all this taken together led to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. As always, music helped people escape from their worries and worries. However, all the best, all the most beloved songs of the 30s came to listeners not from the stage, not from the theater stage, as happened before, but from the silver screen. In the 1920s, cinema was nicknamed “the great silent”. In the 30s, he ceased to be “mute”, began to sing, speak, and gradually turned into an independent branch of the entertainment industry.
America led the way in transforming film production into a film industry. Comedy, drama, sketch - any play could be turned into a film, or even better, a movie musical. Composers' names Irvine Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, who especially distinguished themselves in the field of musical cinema, were known to all moviegoers by the mid-30s.
“Old Europe”, not wanting to give up its position as a stronghold of world culture, tried its best to keep up with its young and energetic overseas neighbor. It was in the thirties that the formation of national film schools began, and it was then that the most popular actors began to be called “stars.” The records on which the most popular songs of the 30s were recorded brought to us the voices of the “stars” of that time: Marlene Dietrich(Germany), Edith Piaf(France), Jan Kiepura(Poland).
The best songs of the 30s, created in the USSR, were also part of film music. Composer names Isaac Dunaevsky and actresses Lyubov Orlova appeared in the credits of almost all iconic Soviet films of that time.
And, of course, jazz! The music of the 30s was largely jazz. In the Soviet Union it is “song jazz” Leonida Utesov, in America - instrumental ensembles and orchestras, vocals and dance. The most significant figures in jazz music are: Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong- declared themselves precisely in the thirties of the last century.
Many German bands at the turn of the 60s and 70s performed music that combined elements of a variety of styles - from jazz, blues and folk to psychedelia and hard rock. Some combined these directions more successfully, others less so. But there was no group more original and original than the legendary quartet from Munich OUT OF FOCUS. And there was no group progressing by leaps and bounds like OUT OF FOCUS. Rolf Semprebon said most accurately about them: “Their first album was excellent. But each subsequent album turned out even better.”
The classic line-up was formed in 1968, when five young musicians came together based on common interests. From the very beginning, their music combined different styles, only their proportions changed from year to year. The whole of 1969 was spent on tour in Germany, where our heroes performed on the same stage with such groups as AMON DULL II, reference to the group - EMBRYO, NEKTAR. In mid-1970, after another successful performance, the group was noticed by IHRE KINDER manager Jonas Porst, who was so impressed that he immediately signed them to the Kuckuck label. The recording of the debut album took place at Union Studio in Munich from October to December of the same year. Immediately after the work was completed, it went on sale.
"Wake up" contained six rather long compositions, each of which was built on a hard guitar jam with rather strong and sharp saxophone and flute parts. The musicians successfully combined heavy “riff” episodes with graceful jazz improvisations. Not the least place on the first album was given to blues-rock, in the manner of early JETHRO TULL or GRAVY TRAIN. Neumeller's unusual, at first impression repulsive, voice completed the picture entitled OUT OF FOCUS. Of the songs on the debut album, I especially want to highlight the sharp composition See how a white negro flies, the psychedelic epic Hey John and the song Dark, darker, varied in atmosphere and intensity of emotions. lasting more than 12 minutes.
Less than six months later, the group's second work appeared on sale - "Out of focus", recorded in June at Bavaria studio. At first glance, it may seem that the musicians completely repeated the formula of their debut - the same six compositions, the same atmosphere of melancholy, anger, caustic sarcasm. But this time the blues component was kept to a minimum, and soft acoustic folk-rock fragments took its place. This was facilitated by the fact that Neumeller picked up the flute more than the saxophone, and played it so piercingly and emotionally that the guitarist’s jazz excursions sometimes faded into the background. The album was successfully compiled - two soft lyrical ballads It's your life, Blue Sunday morning were successfully combined with rhythmic material (What can a poor boy do, Whispering). The album ended with the two-part 17-minute piece Fly bird fly/Television program, in which found a place for the romantic passages of Neumeller's flute and the powerful parts of Hering's Hammond. In general, this composition is a real masterpiece of world progressive rock, as is the entire album.
But even this the ambitions of the musicians were not satisfied. For their next project they needed the help of six more musicians - Peter Dechant (guitar), Ingo Schmidt-Neahaus (sax), Jimmy Potivka (trumpet), Herrmann Breuer (bassoon), Michael Thatcher (keyboards), Grand Roman Langhans (keyboards). Released in mid-1972, the double album "Four letters Monday afternoon" can easily be called one of the most monumental products of the German progressive scene of the 70s.
The first album continued its excursions into jazz-rock, folk and psychedelia. But due to a more active brass section and denser keyboard parts, the sound became even denser and more refined. Moreover, the musicians could easily play all together at the same time, or go into the shadows, giving the opportunity to one of them to solo. 17-minute piece L.S.B. that best example. The second record consisted of just one 50-minute record!!! compositions by Huchen 55. The main theme was carried out by the polyphonic flute of Neumeller, then there was a smooth transition to the general madness of all 11 musicians at once, in order to then return the listener to a calm state. taste such a specific fruit." Dag Erik Asbjornsen in his book "Cosmic dreams at play" makes a comparison late creativity OUT OF FOCUS with music like this English groups like NUCLEUS and SOFT MACHINE, which is still somewhat controversial. Despite the fact that the sound of all teams was based on progressive jazz-rock, the German ensemble had a psychedelic atmosphere inherent in each of the group's records - and also the raw "Wake up" and the monumental masterpiece "Four letters Monday afternoon", which, of course, put them separately from their British colleagues.
Problems with the Kuckuck label began during the recording of the double, as the musicians clearly did not want to succumb to pressure from the producers to record a hit single. As a result, it all ended at the end of 1972, when Kuckuck broke the contract with OUT OF FOCUS, thus losing, perhaps, his most original charges.
At the beginning of 1973, the entire group, together with their wives, left Munich and moved to countryside. By this time, the composition was undergoing major changes. Schmid-Nehaus becomes a full-fledged member of the ensemble, taking over some of the saxophone parts from Neumeller. Wolfgang Gohringer takes the place of the second guitarist. At the same time, OUT OF FOCUS loses its keyboard player.
Still without a contract, in March 1974 the musicians began recording their fourth album, “Not too late,” which was never released. The material on this record was still fresh and strong (like any other OUT OF FOCUS album), but the emphasis finally shifted towards jazz-rock. Only the short folk ballad The way I know her reminded listeners of the times of the second album. The improvisation was now led by the saxophones of two participants and the guitar of Drechsler. In the 90s, simultaneously with “Not too late”, recordings made by the group while working on the third record in 1972 (“Rat roads”) were released.
Beginning in 1975, OUT OF FOCUS' lineup became very unstable. By 1978, during a performance at the Unsont & Draussen festival, only Remigius Drechsler remained of the original members. At that time, the group's music was pure jazz. A year later, when Drechsler joined the link to the group - EMBRYO, the group broke up completely. Thus ended the story of another legend of the German progressive scene. The team started with psychedelic rock, came to the end of their career with jazz, but all this passed through a unique atmosphere called OUT OF FOCUS.
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