The Who, UK, 60s
In the mid-sixties, it was above all the late descendants of the loose, hedonistic Mods (modernists) who were forming their own subculture, fashion and value system among British youth groups. Once a small group of young working and middle class boys, they wore fashionable jackets, rode around on spiffed-up scooters and danced to black soul music for a long time. Their frustration was primarily in trying to change the emerging consumer society to suit their own needs. From this subculture grew the most important British rock band of the 1960s after the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the Who, who managed to stay at the top for almost four decades.
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A series of rock history lectures from blues to Elvis to the twilight of the sixties
The MZH Multimedia Library and Club has launched a permanent monthly programme, Rock and Roll Free University, starting in 2022. The Rock and Roll Free University will present the most important processes and artists in international pop history. Rock and roll is the result, in a somewhat simplistic way, of a particular cultural-historical marriage: when the musical traditions of black slaves (blues) brought over from Africa and white settlers (country) from Europe met and mixed in a third continent, the Americas. Moreover, all this was taking place in a radically transforming society, following technological progress and the associated industrialisation and urbanisation. In the sixth season of this series (Autumn 2024), we look at the social, cultural and musical events of the second half of the 1960s in the UK.
House of Music Hungary
A music education centre and concert venue in the heart of the City Park, behind the airy futuristic glass facade of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto.