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A review by ralphz
1963: The Year of the Revolution: How Youth Changed the World with Music, Art, and Fashion by Robin Morgan, Ariel Leve
3.0
This was a pretty good book with a narrower focus than the title suggests.
It's mostly about music, and mostly about British stars. Which is fine but I was expecting a bit more. And, it's an oral history, which means quote after quote with no transition and honestly little editing. Some key players in some key bands (except the Beatles) and two or three from the fashion world tell stories that overlap again and again, in chapter after chapter.
I'd rather the writer gave us a better framework and then added quotes, rather than stand aside and supply transcripts.
At least he translated the British slang (which I knew already).
It's mostly about music, and mostly about British stars. Which is fine but I was expecting a bit more. And, it's an oral history, which means quote after quote with no transition and honestly little editing. Some key players in some key bands (except the Beatles) and two or three from the fashion world tell stories that overlap again and again, in chapter after chapter.
I'd rather the writer gave us a better framework and then added quotes, rather than stand aside and supply transcripts.
At least he translated the British slang (which I knew already).