Although some of sketches were sometimes repetitive there were some classics that outweighed the repetitive sketches and generally Monty Pythons sketches are regarded as classics.
The sixties was in many respects a continuation of the late fifties. America dominated film, T.V and fashion. .
The Beatles and Rolling Stones, although famous in the same era were two totally different bands. The Rolling Stones were every mother's nightmare. They smoked, took drugs, drank and made no secret of it. Despite this the Rolling Stones were very popular. The Beatles on the other hand were clean cut pop stars that wrote songs about love and peace. It was only in the late sixties that they sang about drugs and wore psychedelic clothes. It was then that parents disapproved of the Beatles and the Beatles became ever more popular. The influence of John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono changed the Beatles songs and songs in this era included Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' a song with a possible acronym of LSD. In 1967 the hippy era hit the peak, love and peace was available by the bucket load, but there were bands that went against the typical love songs. The Rolling Stones were a catalyst for all angry urban youths'. They took drugs and snarled at photographers. Amidst all the flower power madness one thinks that it is important to know that not all teenagers liked the flower power' attitude, or lifestyle and there still was a demand for angry rebellious bands that frustrated teenagers could support.
The Beatles were a phenomenon. All their tour dates were sold out, they made two very successful films, girls loved them and even better parents didn't mind them. On January 13th 1963 the Beatles single I Want to Hold Your Hand' was released in the U.S.A and in just a two weeks the song reached number one on the Billboard pop singles chart. The month after, the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and Beatle mania ' completely swept the country.
There were several events in the 1960's that caused a change in American social and culture society. ... The 1960's affected politics and the economy but above all society and social culture. Music more or less created the hippie culture. ... Rock "n roll music was also revolutionized in the 1960's. ... The Beatles were the most popular and influential rock act of all time. ...
If Magazines can be called a barometer of popular culture, what modern cultural trends do they show? Has magazine culture been changing since the 1960"s? Can these changes be explained by changes in popular culture, and in what way?In answer to the question relating to magazines changing from the 1960"s, it"s hard for me to answer because I was not around then, and was not able to read any magazines that came out. ... These changes definitely can be contributed to a change in the popular culture. ...
Popular music is ubiquitous; from shopping malls and advertising to gymnasiums/fitness classes and political campaigns, popular music is a common feature of people's everyday lives and a significant aspect of consumer culture. ... Studies of popular music encompass a range of approaches from musicological, whereby music is commonly analyzed as a text, to sociological, which tends to focus on the social uses of popular music and the dynamic and interactive relationship between popular music, culture, and society. Popular music is commonly understood as being intrinsically linked to popular...
From the music of African slaves in the United States through the music scene of the 1960's, Jones traces the influence of what he calls "negro music" on white America - not only in the context of music and pop culture but also in terms of the values and perspectives passed on through the music. In tracing the music, he brilliantly illuminates the influence of African Americans on American culture and history. The White Negro is a 9,000 word essay by Norman Mailer that recorded a number of young white people in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's who liked jazz and swing music...
In the 1960's, there was a "British Invasion-, which included The Beatles and Rolling Stones, along with many others. ... Rock and Roll is what was popular. ... Rock and Roll was different, and in the 1950's-1960's people were not ready for "different-. ... Music is now a major part of American culture. ... People are obsessed with what is popular and whatever is popular now sells everything and anything. ...
Caffeine in other forms was popular as well. ... Columbia became one of the world's leading producers of opium and opium products like morphine throughout the 1960's (Courtwright, 38). ... Marijuana is used for nothing else in the American culture. ... The teen dominance in population ensured its use would be present in the 1960's (Courtwright, 45). What evolved was a drug culture in the U.S. ...
Rock and Roll of the 1960's In 1960 Elvis came back to the music scene from the U.S. ... Woodstock helped rock music become more popular and a bigger business than ever. ... They fell back into the mainstream when the counter culture fell. ... Psychedelic drugs were common to most members of the 1960's counterculture. ... Sometimes the Altamont was called the end of the 1960's. ...
Contrary to popular belief Post-Modernism is neither anti-modernist nor retaliation. ... The 1960's artists say a second Modern Movement in art, architecture and design. ... Post Modern art was widely spread, rapidly among most North American and European cultures. ... Modernism, in its several forms, has become and accepted view by the 1960's, at least in America (almost an orthodox). ... After more than twenty years the Post-Modern Movement has reached a revolution in Western and European culture. ...
The 1940's through the 1960's were not only some of the most socially and politically volatile times in American History, but were the catalyst for the numerous changes in which occurred in American Popular culture during these and following years. ... What was once a single, slow road of popular culture advancement branched off into thousands of smaller, faster changing roads. ... Instead of using art to create popular culture, artists would, as early as the beginning of the 1950's, use popular culture to create art. ... While the other major mediums of popular culture involve...