Images of England through popular music 2013 : class, youth and rock 'n' roll, 1955-1976

Drawing on archival sources and oral testimony, Keith Gildart examines the ways in which popular music played an important role in reflecting and shaping social identities and working-class cultures and - through a focus on rock 'n' roll, rhythm & blues, punk, mod subculture, and glam rock - created a sense of crisis in English society. What was the relationship between working-class youths and popular music between the years 1955-1976? Drawing on archival sources and oral testimony, Keith Gildart examines the ways in which popular music played an important role in reflecting and shaping social identities and working-class cultures and - through a focus on rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues, punk, the mod subculture, and the many worlds of glam rock - created a sense of crisis in English society. Complemented by a critical reading of the songs, performances and impact of influential and emblematic musicians including Georgie Fame, The Beatles, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols, Gildart brings together an investigation of particular localities, scenes, genres and individual and collective experiences and forms a critique of recent revisionist histories of popular music and youth culture Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-17 Front Matter....Pages 19-20 Soundcheck: Buddy Holly and the ‘Lemon Drop Kid’, Wigan, England, Tuesday 18 March 1958....Pages 21-25 Coal, Cotton and Rock ‘n’ Roll in North West England....Pages 26-43 Exploring London’s Soho and the Flamingo Club with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames....Pages 44-61 Liverpool, the Beatles and the Cultural Politics of Class, Race and Place....Pages 62-85 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 My Generation: Pete Townshend, the Who and English Mods....Pages 89-107 Mods over England: Local Experiences and Social Control....Pages 108-127 Class, Nation and Social Change in the Kinks’ England....Pages 128-147 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 Aliens in England: Slade, David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and Glam Rock....Pages 151-173 Darkness over England: Punk Rock and the Sex Pistols Anarchy Tour 1976....Pages 174-193 Encore: On the Road to Wigan Pier to see Georgie Fame and Billy Boston, Sunday 2 March 2003....Pages 194-197 Conclusion....Pages 198-199 Back Matter....Pages 200-290