It’s tradition to rewatch this series every couple of years

Hey Dude...I am a High School Teacher and one of my classes is "History of Pop Music and Culture". I shared part 1 of the 60s with my students today and they loved it. I was comprehensive but fun. We will check out part 2 next week. Thanks....I would love the 70s and 80s. That would be great....Your coverage and humor kept their attention...Thanks so very much....Rob

@catdaddy3302

2 жыл бұрын

That’s cool that your school offers such classes. Maybe you can get your kids to major in American or Southern Studies and focus on the music.

@BackDownSouth

2 жыл бұрын

@@catdaddy3302 They always get the Southern angle. I am from Tennessee.

@villian99918

2 жыл бұрын

@@catdaddy3302 My senior year i dropped out of my art elective to take a history of rock and roll course and I used this video series to help me

@Yanited1710

2 жыл бұрын

Can i come to your school please? My classes are kind of boring and History of pop and music culture sounds really good

@chrisrj9871

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you got to see all the videos, they also made History of the 50s.

I think the 60's rocked the hardest of all the decades of rock. "The 60's was the Renaissance of Rock," JT Curtis. Yes!!!!!!

Glad to see you gave Roy Orbison at least some of the credit he is due. He was quite possibly the single most talented performer from the era. I was privileged to have seen him perform live not once but twice. Amazing talent.

The Sixties had it all, progression into more complex melodies and lyrics (the rise of the singer-songwriters), and a descent into bloated, self-indulgent excesses. Mr Curtis knows his stuff. :)

I was a teenager (from 1963 to 1969) and must say..... Jay, your video is brilliant !!! I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and started playing drums 2 months later... I saw the Beatles live in Detroit in 64 (couldn't hear a damn note, though)... You've captured the era perfectly! Well done, my Friend !!! ☺♪♪♪♪♪☺

@sjschultz

3 жыл бұрын

Chris, I had to write something to you here. I was a teenager from 1963-1969 too. An odd coincidence. I saw the Beatles on Ed Sulivan too but never saw them live though as you did though I guess the screaming ruined it anyway. The other weird coincidence: I took up drums too and played them in a Beatles act for an 8th-grade graduation party with Beatles wigs! I wish I had a picture of that!

I'll never comprehend how one tiny island produces such an incredibly diverse array of talent. Unfathomable.

@2degucitas

4 жыл бұрын

Post war economic hardships, a massive baby boom, teenagers itching to get more from life, Liverpool being a port city there were imports of musical instruments to be had easily. The rise of American rock n roll youth culture influenced many a young band. Just the right ingredients and BOOM.

@g4joe

3 жыл бұрын

@@2degucitas And Alexis Korner check him out. Got the Stones together and Free.

@jasfan8247

10 ай бұрын

Yes, Jamaica is amazing!

You deserve more recognition and views. Wtf people these days don’t appreciate quality

@JTCurtisMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Spread the word

@nohope2426

3 жыл бұрын

Yea hes one of the best music youtubers

@goatedatball

2 жыл бұрын

@@JTCurtisMusic Hi JT

@applescruff1969

Жыл бұрын

It could be the bad humor. There's always that.

@alleniversonisabeast

Жыл бұрын

@@applescruff1969 the humor is classic KZread. It’s what we love about passionate content by amateur producers. But why are you even here?

This was so good I watched it twice in one day. This is rare! The 1950s show was really good, too. When I see 7 dislikes, I wonder why.

@jaustill237

Жыл бұрын

While it's still solid video, there are a few misstatements. For instance, the death of Kennedy can't 'overshadow' the early 60s music, it happened at the end of 63 and marks the shift away from that to the darker more cynical mid 60s music. The Rolling Stones song 'Sympathy for the Devil" is definitely not about devil worship, but rather References the book The Master and Margarita, which is about Satan being able to move into Soviet Russia and act freely after they banned religion (quite the opposite). I don't think one misstep is worth a down vote, but apparently others do.

@obxrad

10 ай бұрын

People interested in the music hx not amature try to be comedians. Seems this era is not something you understand or particularly care for or researched much @@jaustill237

This was SO helpful and detailed but not boring. I had to write about the 60s music for English and instead of looking at multiple articles this video put everything into purfwct perception! Thank you!

The Beatles, The Rolling Stone, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Kinks, The Doors, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Animals . What a Time to Love Rock N' Roll music In the 60's Jesus...

@BrendanJSmith

Жыл бұрын

And that's just the tip of the iceberg!

@malaquiasalfaro81

3 ай бұрын

The names of the Bands alone signal a turning point. So much attitude in not just being “The Robins” or “The Swallows”. A band with the name THE ANIMALS gets straight to the point. The cleverness of the Beatles name gives a hint as to the amazing songwriting that would come, The Kinks and their intentionally provocative name. I could go on…..

that twist and shout live performance shows the true harmony of the group and the capability of john lennon

I’m 15. The 1960s is the best decade for rock & roll music by far!

@therocknrollgamer9572

8 ай бұрын

I'm the exact same too.

Thank goodness for the British Invasion, definitely my favorite period. You might say that the sixties really started by the Beatles and the Stones. PS bonus points for showing the Hollies, mentioning Doctor Who and for that Ed Sullivan suit! ✌💜

Dun fact, doo wop was music style number 1 in music styles in The 50s and Roy Orbison started his career in the 50s with the rockabilly style with songs like go,go,go.

the brits really changed rock n roll in the 60s- the who, the animales, led zeppelin ,pink floyd, the beatles, rolling stones, david bowie, elton john, the klinks. these are just the 60s band. and in the 70s, and other british bands like iron maiden, def lepperd, genesis, the police, queen etc bless UK for their help

@dennispepperack2973

3 жыл бұрын

They basically reintroduced us Yanks to the R&B from here...

@GoldAmple

Жыл бұрын

Elton John and David Bowie were more 70s

@malaquiasalfaro81

Жыл бұрын

Yes but I’m opinion I don’t think they were necessary to the development of the genre. Again, so much blues rock just reintroduced blues that was already here, listening to people like Fred McDowell who were already recorded due to the folk revival and not British interest in blues. The rhythms and doo wop and soul in the 50s - 60s had heavy Afro Cuban influence eg. “Louie Louie” being a recreation of a Cuban song, and The Rolling Stones Satisfaction using a cha cha beat in its drum line. These rhythms made their way into Black popular music via big American cities like Detroit, New York, Chicago, LA. Listening to any 60s garage rock points heavily towards the fact that Americans would continue carrying the torch of authentic, young wild rock and roll.

The first 3 history of rock videos (directed by Jay) are the best in my opinion. Not to discredit the others, they’re all amazing and deserve to be documentaries on national television, but being that Jay was a writer, he knew. He just knew.

@JTCurtisMusic

4 ай бұрын

It's true. He just had that magic director's touch. It's also very hard to direct and act at the same time as I ended up doing from the 1970s on.

We did have a _few_ songs from 1959-1960 that sounded like some pre-60s stuff. Cathy's Clown / Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop / Money (that's what I want) / Wonderful World and anything by the often-overlooked Johnny Kidd & the Pirates :) 1961 gave us Runaway by Del Shannon with possibly the first 60s synth hook? Also Travelin' Man '62 = Let's Dance / Green Onions / Sealed with a Kiss / and the first release of Love Me Do by The Beatles before they took off in America. So the 60s wasn't completely a bore when it began. It just got way way better near the end.

My first memory is the night of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. My mom was early 20s and thought Paul was cute lol. Her excitement was what made the night memorable. I remember really liking George and I still play guitar almost everyday.

(Early 60s, music flounders, music flounders) *Dylan shows up* EVERYTHING CHANGES! EVERYTHING GAINS FOCUS! The ROCK BACH has arrived!

The 60,s had it all. Rock,n roll, Britisch invasion, Beatles at Shea stadium, montery, hippie movement, Woodstock. It was the greatest time in music history. Just in that decade the amount of great music and genres was unprecedented.

@wanderer299a

2 жыл бұрын

You missed out Dylan, the greatest of them all

@nigeh5326

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget the emergence of heavy metal with Led Zeppelin, Cream and Black Sabbath all appearing in the second half of the 60s

@justinianthegreatandnerd6377

2 жыл бұрын

@@wanderer299a y e s

I enjoyed this. Look forward to part 2. I was too young for the 60's but my 3 older brothers who are 7,8 and 9 years older than I am, weren't. The oldest loved the Beatles and had all their music. I remember being off school sick and sneaking into the brothers bedroom and playing all their music and singing badly out of tune along! Bless them I never got into trouble for scratching all their vinyl records, but they did occasionally use me as target practice, instead of the dartboard they had!. I was still too young when Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin , Cream, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd came along. Then came Glam Rock with Marc Bolan's T.Rex and David Bowie and I was still too young I think I may have been around 12 years old. By the time I was considered an adult and ready to enjoy music, sadly came the Punk era, the less said about them the better. I felt so cheated as I wanted the same enjoyment from music that all these 60's bands had generated. I can even now relate more to listening to Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Oh, and the least said about disco the better!

@UncompressedWAVmusic

3 жыл бұрын

I love your comment. You may have missed those decades of great music. However they all are available for you to discover and enjoy. I grew up starting to enjoy music at the beginning of the 1960s and saw and saw 100 huge music acts live starting 1975 to a few years ago. Still have my 1,000 music cassettes, 100 45s, 500 LPS, 2,000 music CDs I was MR Music among my friends I loved it so much and still am. I do still like hearing new artists of many genres. Rock and roll is my favourite however many types of great music. There is no one best. It is all up to you in the moment what you decide. As music depends on what mood you are in or what you want in the moment. I just love music and there are thousands of great bands from 1960 to today that I like.

I wish there was more about the early ‘60s. There were so many great records before the Beatles came.

@BonsaiBarry-dh3pz

3 жыл бұрын

No there wasn't. Dylan, the Beatles and the Stones saved us from all that Paul Anka / Neil Sedaka shit. Well ppl like the Big O & Chuck Berry eccepted

@subzero308

3 жыл бұрын

The beatles were around in 1958 and were big in the UK in 1961... The Beatles have always been around. Ur favorite bands favorite band is the beatles.

@moiseschavez1447

2 жыл бұрын

@@subzero308 not true

@GoldAmple

Жыл бұрын

@@moiseschavez1447 who’s your favorite band

@moiseschavez1447

Жыл бұрын

@@GoldAmple the greatest band of all time Led Zeppelin and they were not influenced by the Beatles, they were influenced by the blues and 50's rock and roll. Elvis was their hero not the Beatles, Jimmy Page was already a well known session guitarist by the time the Beatles got big.

I had the pleasure of seeing Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and Jerry Lee Lewis all on the same show in the early sixties in London. Amazing.

@Tes-qe1jc

4 жыл бұрын

barry nicholas wow that’s amazing. You sir are lucky.

@MrBarrynicholas

4 жыл бұрын

アマン Yeah there was some rivalry between Chuck and Jerry at the time as they both wanted to top the bill. I think this was the time Jerry set light to his piano, to get one up on Chuck.

@g4joe

3 жыл бұрын

Alexis Korner , John lee Hooker Wigan. Bluesville club.

@MrBarrynicholas

3 жыл бұрын

@@g4joe Saw them in London when Rod Stewart made his first guest appearance.

@g4joe

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrBarrynicholas check out Australian kid "Taj Farrant" on youtube . The future?

Hi JT. I just saw your performance last week when Let It Be came to Pueblo Colorado. Your performance of My Sweet Lord and While my Guitar Gently Weeps was the highlight of the show!! I'd seen your 50's video before but just realized when I checked my program who you were. You're an amazing musician, can't wait for your other videos and thanks for coming to Colorado!!

Well researched , informative and entertaining video.Even some of the humour worked.Thanks guys and special thanks for recognising Dylan's massive contribution to the development of music.

Groovy dude! Keep doing what you're doing here. This series is awesome, and very informative.

Phil Collins was in attendance in the audience during the filming of Hard Day’s Night

@JTCurtisMusic

4 жыл бұрын

And he also doesn't want to be in this series (no joke)

@Dantheferret

3 жыл бұрын

@@JTCurtisMusic why?

@JTCurtisMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dantheferret that's a long complicated story that I'm not even really supposed to get into...

@Dantheferret

3 жыл бұрын

@@JTCurtisMusic ok

My favorite decade

@cremetangerine82

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, despite being born in 1982!

Bro you look like you were growing up in the late nineties but , you have a great grasp and love of the music from this era, and I bet others in your series. You put a lot of effort and this is a great primer for those that grew up with " parents music'

Yo, this channel is actually very good. I stopped the playlist only for pressing the like button. REALLY liked it.

I started listening to rock music when Del Shannon came on the scene and I was hooked. I loved the dance songs, the Beatles, Shirelles and others. In 1966 yhe Army put a hold through 1968 on music but I caught up and stayed through the 1990s. Great looking and listening to your video. Keep rockin'! (⚾ still exists)

It was with Dylan that the Beatles first smoked pot.

@shaqeelzainalabdeen231

2 жыл бұрын

Yea in fact he thought that the line,"I can't hide." In 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' was,"I get high."

@archithbinoj24-89

2 жыл бұрын

And Rock music was changed forever...

@justinianthegreatandnerd6377

2 жыл бұрын

@@archithbinoj24-89 yep

@bigcheese2128

2 жыл бұрын

@@shaqeelzainalabdeen231 I think everyone thought that

@wesleycook7687

Жыл бұрын

This could be better if you quit trying to act like a character in Wayne's World.

Don’t Worry Baby was written as a sequel to be my baby... a response... not ripped off

Absolutely love it! Can't wait for the next installment!

Very good work. The dude's trip at the end was funny. Waiting for part 2

Cool vids, the 50's one was real good and this one is as well. Keep it up. Waiting till part 2. But great job on production, your videos are top notch quality speaking.

These videos has introduced new bands and artists to me and made me an even bigger fan of rock music

I enjoyed you comprehensive look at the Sixties, History for some, all our Yesterdays for others ..... Looking forward to watching part two.....

Not sure how I ran across this but glad I did. Great video and very thorough. The levity is a great addition (especially Tiny Tim).

Thank god this video is back I love it

My music teacher played this in his class yesterday, your humor had me cracking up.

You forgot to mention The Wonders with their hit “That Thing You Do!”

@JTCurtisMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Ah! How could we forget?!

Paul Simon is a musical genius. ♡

Hey man, I'm an old rock 'n roller who really, really likes, no, LOVES that you include who wrote these songs. Thank you.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH

very entertaining,love all your stuff,,,you guys are awesome.

I just discovered and finished your History of Rock's Roll series. I really enjoyed it. As a Baby boomer I quit listening after Nirvana, so I learned quite a bit. I would like to to submit Del Shannon's "Runaway" as one the great songs from the early days!

@waukivorycopse2402

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, Del is strangely dismissed considering he was always mentioned by Lennon/McCartney as an influence, the first US artist to have a hit with a Beatle song, was produced by A L Oldham, wrote 90% of his own songs, basically invented minor chord rock n roll, had the first synthesizer on a rock record and had 16 top forty hits in 5 years.

@rocknroll_jezus9233

2 жыл бұрын

Runaway with Del Shannon and 1,665 Seconds are must haves.. but I think I need more

@waukivorycopse2402

2 жыл бұрын

@@rocknroll_jezus9233 1661 seconds is a beaut of an LP. Very good quality.

@rocknroll_jezus9233

2 жыл бұрын

@@waukivorycopse2402 my favorite version of Do You Wanna Dance not to say Bobby Freeman's and Ramones versions aren't lovely. That's a stellar album all the way though, all of it.

@waukivorycopse2402

2 жыл бұрын

@@rocknroll_jezus9233 the covers Del does on 1661 are great too. Running Scared, I'm gonna be strong sound great as well as the original lp tracks like Why Don't You tell him and over you. I Go To Pieces is amazing.

These videos are essential viewing. So well produced!!!

HEY! Make with part 2! Chop chop! Not only are these great videos, I'm using part of them to teach my rock history unit.

But i respect you Jt for showing us the roots of rock and roll and the decades that made it worth living

Thank you! Thank you for making this video about the early 60's!

A GENIAL WORK.CONGRATULATIONS.OH YOU GUYS MAKE ME LAUGH SO SPONTANOUSLY AND THE SELECTION OF GROUPS AND SONGS ARE PERFECT.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM THE HEART OF THE SIXTIES!!!!!!!!!

While I knew most of this information already, I subbed just for the sheer effort and work put into this.

thanks 4 this,, ill be waiting for part 2, the 70s 80s 90s etc great job!

This was well worth waiting for, even though it's taken me a year to get round to watching. Amazing documentary, very professional. In fact better than some I've seen made for BBC tv UK. BTW tech your silly friend how to say 'Highlander' I'm a female Scottish and a MacLeod !! but I haven't got any ewe's!! Thank you for taking the time to post these video's

You don't mention girls like Petula Clark, Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Nancy Sinatra, Janis Joplin and Lulu

@Will-qs3ql

10 ай бұрын

Janis Jopplin didn't become famous until 1967

Groovy man I really dig this 1960s music documentary. I was a teenager when Woodstock happened in 1969. Love live Rock and Roll. Now where are those chics in their mini skirts because I wanna do the Twist or Twist and Shout like there's no tomorrow.

Hey McLoud got off my ewe... Had me in stitches 😂😂,thank you for a very clever, interesting,and informative video.👍

@JTCurtisMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I have to give credit to a mutual friend, Jason Rosen, for that classic joke.

Such a great video. Great job man.

this definetely is fun - really well done!

Beautifully done, with humor, flair and panache. Looking forward to Part 2.

It’s easy to write of The Beach Boys as a simple surf band that re made songs they liked but if you listen to pet sounds you can tell their much more. Paul McCarthy even realized it and said that God Only Knows was his favorite song then the album also inspired the Beatles to write Sargent Pepper meaning without The Beach Boys we may have never had the psychedelic era of movement

@moiseschavez1447

2 жыл бұрын

He's a die hard Beatles fan so he has a hard time giving other bands that are as highly regarded as the Beatles their credit

@waukivorycopse2402

2 жыл бұрын

The ignorance surrounding the Beach Boys is as astonishing as it is confounding.

The Who joke thing was a bad take on the old Abbot and Costello routine ‘who’s on first’ lol

"The Rest" is the beginning of rock and roll

Awesome awesome video, and the previous one!

This is do jt your accuracy and knowledge of history is outstanding as a rock rock and roll fan your knowledge syncs with mine awesome man...

This is great. Well done!

George Harrison Picking Up A Sitar: "Hmmm...what's this strange looking instrument?" Changes history.

You did it again. "Even Bob Marley was influenced by Eleanor Rigby" why wouldn't he be? It's a great song. Very American frame a mind. BTW I love your videos you clearly know your music history and I can tell you are a talented musician yourself. It is just hard not to notice how even music is segregated to some extent in the States.

At first I didn't think I'd make it through your entire video here, but as I slogged through it, I was more and more drawn in. Great editing and content. Great job!

The 60's is the greatest era in America music history. The 50's started the reshape of American music history the 60's blew the doors off.

Your videos are awesome. Keep them coming.

Great job, very informative, videos and interviews I'd never seen before. I don't want to be old guy to say get off my grass, I'm 73 the humor was a little? Learned a lot of stuff who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Great job keep it up.

I feel so educated now. Thanks, JT!

I am so much looking forward to watching part 2. When will it come?

Thing is, the Monkees tried to break away from their manufactured image from the get go. They finally did with Headquarters, playing all their own instruments. The record label only let them do that after they threatened to quit. The band made fun of their manufactured image in their trippy movie, Head (produced in part by Jack Nicholson). I like your videos JT, especially the humour, I am a fan of yours.

@JTCurtisMusic

8 жыл бұрын

Fair enough, but like I said from the beginning: There's a lot of music to cover (ESPECIALLY in the 60s) and not enough time to give every artist or band their due. The Monkees had the misfortune of coming out in the most prolific period of music ever. I haven't even gotten to Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Cream, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, David Bowie, Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper, Woodstock, etc. I stand by my original statement: The Monkees had some good tunes, but they WERE a manufactured product to cash in on the Fab Four's popularity. Even HEADQUARTERS, HEAD, while nice albums, sound like products of the time. If you like em, cool, but they're not going to get mentioned when I've got so many other classic albums to cover in this time.

That was nice of your friend to give away your Beatles box set! LOL

crystal meth pizza sounds pretty good

@deadlygamer-ew6qt

4 жыл бұрын

It does wait what I'm I doing here?

Beck and Page were in the Yardbirds together

Stevie Wonder only had his first two singles on Motown. The rest of his career was on Tamla bar one 1968 instrumental on the Gordy label.

Entertaining videos with a good dash of humor.

This is pretty cool, right on!

I have a cd boxset of the Byrds first five albums and one day might have some compilations of Simon and Garfunkel and/or Bob Dylan on Christmas (though I might have to wait and see!)

Chuck Berry deserves a lot more credit.

@JTCurtisMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Watch the 50s video

@applescruff1969

Жыл бұрын

Um, he gets ALL the credit. Lol.

@donniewynn3277

10 ай бұрын

And a chester

This video is incredible!

I forgot how much meaningful music was in the 60s I used to hate until I watched the super hero movie the watchmen but I totally think there is more music with true meaning then the 60s

I can't wait for part 2. that's when rock music really gets good

@oakvillecenter904

8 жыл бұрын

+Iamstickman fuck yea, psychedelic rock with jimi hendrick, pet sounds by the beach boys etc.) its gonna be good

this is worth the wait!

@_Stefo

8 жыл бұрын

☝

I HAD MY LITTLE TRANSISTER RADIO IN THE 60S I LISTENING TO WOLF MAN!! PLAYED MUSIC MYSELF IN THE 70S AND 80S IN BAR BANDS!! DIDNT KNOW THE KINGSMAN WERE FROM OREGON!!! THATS WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED!! STILL LIVE HERE!!

I’m watching Roy Orbison & I was told this story that at a gig in Sydney the promoter was looking for Coke (thinking without bubbles)antway Johnny Cash said He’d fix it & got Roy what he wanted a six pack of Coca Cola !!!I don’t know what this means

Very very enjoyable.☺️

Didn't Brian Wilson Write "Dont worry baby" specifically for the Ronettes but Spector turned it down? I would say that was less of theft and more of a homage if anything.

@waukivorycopse2402

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and yes. The Surfin USA/ Chuck Berry tale is getting old, the fact that Chuck got a 5 figure royalty check courtesy of Brian Wilson every year for 40 years doesn't seem to register to some clowns.

I enjoyed the video a lot ❤

This is fun, congratulations. You're knowledgeable without playing the hipster. Refreshing.

These guys are great!

I just re-watched "Watchman" recently, and noticed the opening song was "The Times They Are A-Changin". Man it brought a tear to my eye, and made me want to listen to more Bob Dylan songs. SO my question for the Bob Dylan fans, what are your 5 favorite songs from Bob Dylan, that I should listen to?

The assassination of JFK drastically changed much of the youth culture in general in the 60s. When Kennedy was adamant against sending "boots" to Vietnam once he died LBJ opened the flood gates of escalation prompting nationwide protests that affected both the music and culture.

thanks, you did a cool work

Great educational content