Listen to
The Beatles Listen to Playa Cofi Jukebox
|
|
RM Radio
Coming Soon |
1968 It was the time of 'Psychedelic Rock' and the music many claim introduced it or sparked it all off (and even was symbolic of it) was the Beatles, Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. What better way is there to introduce this topic than listening to the album itself. |
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
|
Visit 1968But Remember To Come Back Here |
For our purposes, 1968 needs special attention so click button below. |
|
The Cold War - Detente
|
Crisis in Communism- The Sino-Soviet Split
|
US Containment
See Vietnam War |
Soviet Containment
|
Nixon & Kissinger - Admit To
CIA Assassinations |
Go To Rocking The Regime
- Australia |
Go To US Policy
Of Selective Containment |
|
The Overthrow Of Democratic Chile
|
The Watergate Scandal
|
The OPEC Oil Embargo
|
An Era of Much Turbulence 1968 was the pinnacle of an era of much political turbulence. In Europe there was the `Prague Spring’ when the Chech communist government's experiment with democracy was crushed by the Soviet Union in 1968. In France, a large student revolt nearly brought down the DeGaulle Government. Later in Portugal in 1974 its Fascist right wing government was actually brought down and a Socialist government came to power with important consequences globally. The new government abandoned its colonial occupation of Angola, Mozambique and Timor sentencing all these countries to years of revolutionary upheaval (even invasion), and importantly for Australia - an ongoing Timor problem with the Indonesian invasion of that territory in 1975 (with Australia's tacit approval) and its brutal colonial occupation and ongoing abuses of human rights for nearly 30 years. |
The Czechoslovakian Revolt 1968
The 1968 Student Revolt
|
The Beatles - Revolver
|
Documentary - Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
|
T-Rex - Children Of The Revolution
|
Skyhooks - Living In The 70s
|
As such, Progressive Rock, the form of mainstream popular music that emerged in the late 1960s, was quite politicised and became the medium/ mouth piece for demands for social and political change. But what produced what? |
A Song Thought To Be About The Death Of Robert Kennedy
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Long Time Gone
|
Return To
Rocking The World |
Go To
Segment Six |
Return
To Home |