You find us at that time in the month when things start getting more than a wee bit hectic, deadlines fast approaching as we head into the final week or so of work on the new issue, for which I am reviewing Roy Harper’s Man & Myth, his first album of new material since The Green Man, 13 years ago. There’s also the small matter of next month’s cover story, which I’m also writing, which means it’s all go at the moment.
Meanwhile, as part of the special promotional feature in the current issue that we produced in association with hmv celebrating six decades of music and films, we have reached the 1970s, the era of stadium superstars, progressive rock, glam, punk, new wave and disco, for which I’ve compiled the following playlist.
Have a great week.
Music
Joni Mitchell
Blue
1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAsXMlkwXgs
Sly & The Family Stone
There’s A Riot Goin’ On
1971
Can
Tago Mago
1971
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpSJVlDSlFY
Dr Feelgood
Down By The Jetty
1975
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Zuma
1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GDIkb5CDUY
Bob Dylan
Blood On the Tracks
1975
Television
Marquee Moon
1977
Bruce Springsteen
Darkness On the Edge Of Town
1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGGGZetEkz0
The Clash
London Calling
1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEuyLJKG_ac
Films
Dirty Harry
The Godfather
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
1972
Badlands
Terrence Malick
1973
Chinatown
Roman Polanski
1974
Jaws
Steven Speilberg
1975
Dog Day Afternoon
Sydney Lumet
1975
Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese
1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVoSt1glAf4
The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino
1978
Manhattan
Woody Allen
1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dihjrm1Qk_0
Quadrophenia
Franc Roddam
1979
Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola
1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3Cc7wlfkI