British Invasion is one of those rare mainstream experiments gone right. Technically, The Beatles kickstarted the genre by simply further expanding on their sensibilities to glue together a triad of the most popular genres – rock, pop and soul. British Invasion was almost England’s answer to Do Wop music; a sort of entry point across [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beatles’
Kinky stranglers and bloody valentines
Posted in sound, tagged beatles, British invasion, flower power, golden brown, guy ritchie, jack white, loveless, my bloody valentine, shoegazing, talking heads, the kinks, the smiths, the stranglers, the zombies, wes anderson, will ferrell, Wreckless Eric on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bug-eyed beetles
Posted in sound, tagged beatles, eleanor, elvis, oasis, richard on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s easy to believe that The Beatles were crappy. They made sugary pop songs & sappy romantic ballads. They weren’t just a part of the mainstream charts, they defined its existence after Elvis Presley became fat and people realized Little Richard was black.
So yeah, The Beatles exemplified pop music. Bad haircuts, [...]
Neon nights in Kodaikanal
Posted in travel, tagged beatles, cottage, kodaikanal, weather on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monday morning
The weather is cold enough to drive all of us slightly nuts. The streets are empty enough to encourage us to steal a boat at 2.30 in the morning. “All for a night swim, buddies”, Prem snarls and leads us into this insipid adventure.
Monday evening
The cottage was very pretty. It had three large fireplaces [...]
