2016 will see the 50th anniversary of defining year in global pop cultural history, 1966. Jon Savage's exploration of the key highs, lows and revolutionary moments, will be at the centre of reflection on what made that year so uniquely resonant.
Jon Savage is the author of England's Dreaming: Sex pistols and Punk Rock and Teenage: The Creation of Youth, 1875 - 1945. He has written sleevesnotes for Wire, St. Etienne and the Pet Shop Boys, among others, and his compilations include: Meridian 1970 (Heavenly/EMI 2005); Queer Noises: From the Closest to the Charts 1961 - 1976 (Trikont 2006); and Dreams Come True: Classic Electro 1982-87 (Domino 2008).
A fascinating read for pop culture buffs. -- Goldmine Savage's
1966: The Year the Decade Exploded makes a vibrant and important
contribution to our understanding of the 1960s. Using the prism of
pop music, the author manages to recover the rich aesthetic legacy
of 1966 and reminds us that pop music can be a vital and affective
[sic] medium for resurrecting the buried consciousness of history.
-- Los Angeles Review of Books Jon Savage makes the case for the
year's pivotal developments...[1966] navigates through seismic
shifts that occurred that year not just in pop music, but also in
film, theater, television, art and society in general. -- Los
Angeles Times 1966: The Year The Decade Exploded is an education.
Whether you're a fan of music, pop culture, social issues - this
book must be delved into and devoured because it offers so much.
And then work your way through the rest of Mr. Savage's oeuvre.
None of his work should be missed (not even album liner notes!) -
for he is one of the few in our lifetime who has the width of scope
to fill in all the necessary details in the telling of facts. His
writing is vivid, sharp, clear and you get the story in full and
from all sides. This book is simply not to be missed. -- Robert
Ross, PopDose On both sides of the Atlantic [Savage] finds
sociohistorical gold....he illustrates evolving theses with
classics and finds, number ones shrouded in memory and minor hits
you missed and flops you never heard of. -- Christian Science
Monitor As with his equally impressive analysis of the punk
movement in The England's Dreaming Tapes, Savage proves with 1966
an uncanny ability to approach a well-known subject in new and
different ways. Anyone with even the slightest interest in '60s
popular music, culture and events will find much to like in 1966.
-- PopMatters A heavily researched deep dive into both the year's
U.S.-U.K. pop landscape and their attendant sociopolitical
ferment....[There's a] constant sense of present tense surprise
captured by [Savage's] carefully cultivated archival diggings. --
NPR's The Record [A] sprawling tour de force about the pop music of
1966 and the seismic events in the world that helped shape it ...
vast in detail, breathtaking in scope and ambition. -- Richard
Whitehead, The Times From pop to politics, 1966 brilliantly
explores how one pivotal year changed our culture. -- Stylist
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