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"Love
is all."
Jack Kerouac
  So
WHAT was so special about the
'60s?
Do you
mean, besides GO-GO Boots, the Skateboard,
Barbie
and G.I. Joe, the VW Volkswagen, the Astro Lamp
(aka Lava Lamp),
Space Age-, Op Art-, Pop Art- and
Ethnic clothing, Tie Dye
and Free Love and long hair,
In Cold Blood, One
Flew Over the Coo Coos Nest, Valley of the
Dolls, The Ed Sullivan
Show, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O,
The Flintstones, The
Avengers, Scooby Doo, The Super-friends,
I Dream of
Jeannie and Sesame Street ... and Laugh In ?
 Tough question, but
maybe it's not a bad time to go back and see if we've learned
anything. Let's see...we were on the brink
of
nuclear war
with the then Soviet Union. John F. Kennedy,
Martin Luther King and Robert
Kennedy were all assassinated.
Lyndon Johnson--the
president at the time--was sending 10,000 troops every year to Vietnam in an undeclared war with no end.
It was a time of questioning the "establishment." Some
say it was about environmental
awareness and questioning our government's role in our lives
and in the world. It was about Civil
Rights and anti-war protests and a
cultural revolution that preached the
right to love whoever you choose, to think out of the box, question
reality and our very existence, and expand your
mind.
But
mostly, it was about finding and asserting your VOICE...to challenge authority, speak out
against injustice and inequality...and just as often, to express
LOVE and call for
PEACE.
...and
then, in '69, we went to the moon.
The music of that "psychedelic" decade was
amazing and reflected what young people were feeling and wanting to
express. Some of the groups that were most popular included
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Mamas and The Papas.
Want more? Check
out these "far out" sites:
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1960.htm
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/sixties/index.html
 A Little About
Mr. Burt Bacharach
In a
nutshell, Burt Bacharach might well be considered one of the
most
influencial pop composers of the 20th century. He's also
an
arranger, conductor and pianist and wrote for many famous
singers,
including Dionne Warwick, Tom Jones and Karen
Carpenter.
He was
most popular during the late '50s to the early '70s and
you've
heard his songs sung by too many artists to
mention... Songs like
"That's What
Friends Are For," "A House Is Not A Home,"
"Alfie,"
"Do You Know The Way To San
Jose," "One Less Bell To Answer,"
"What Do You Get When You
Fall In Love," and "What's New Pussycat."
With over 86
published songs, he's had 6 number one
hits, 28 top ten hits and 66
top forty hits.
Aretha Franklin just won a Grammy in 2006 for her
version of "A House
Is Not A Home" on the CD "Just Amazing: An
All-star Tribute to Luther
Vandross." And Mr. B
just won his 6th Grammy at
the same award show
for Best Pop Instrumental
Album!
Want more? Check out www.Bacharachonline.com.
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