What a cover. The psychedelic poster colors, the swirling letters, the flowers, all that is what caught my eye. And the reviews weren't too shabby either. So I bought a copy for my new Kindle Fire and away on a journey back to 1965 I traveled. The author, Andrew Grant Jackson, makes a bold hypothesis' surmising that 1965 IS the "most revolutionary year in music". Debatable, to say the least but interesting as hell.
Jackson starts off with a 1965 "SELECTED" TIME LINE (the quotation marks are mine), one which helped to pique my interest and excitement about what the author may offer to prove his theory. He then sections his book off to four seasons (not the singing group fronted by Frankie Valli); Winter , Spring, Summer, and the better choice than fall, Autumn. Each section title tends to lead the reader to believe the author will offer a chronological approach at a proof. While filling each section's subsequent chapters with anecdotal information, Billboard like charting data, followed by a political climate overview of that time, the author offered his proof thematically, using a musician(s) as the anchor to each chapter. This model of presentation sometimes confused me ,as I then needed to "post-reference" his said reference AKA I needed to backtrack too many times.
The overall reading experience DID spark some nostalgia in me, having me traveling back in time to that ever present AM radio and/or the small screened black and white television the kind that needed time to warm up) circa 1965. However, Andrew Grant Jackson's thesis that 1965 was the "most revolutionary" year in music, while exciting and interesting, was not proven to me.
Friday, October 9, 2015
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