The main television series
of the decade is one that still holds its cult-show status today:
Star Trek.arts and culture
Films and TV
The main television series
of the decade is one that still holds its cult-show status today:
Star Trek.
The Flintstones
were a very popular series for 60s society.
The Caped Crusader and his
sidekick, Robin, were well-known heroes in the 60s and saved the
world from inevitable destruction many a time.
Perhaps the most famous of
the 60s movies to have survived through the ages is James
Bond and the television spin-off series, The Saint.
Alfred Hitchcock's
thriller, Psycho, was released in 1960. The shower scene
that terrified so many, apparently consisted of chocolate sauce
rather than blood!
The
hit musical My Fair Lady was released in 1964.
The Sound of Music
was the most popular musical film of all time. It was released in
1965.
Art
Art goes pop! Andy
Warhol and
other "pop-artists" dominated the art scene with their
mass-produced images of everyday objects such as Coke bottles and
Brillo pad boxes. These were elevated to the status of high
art and prominently displayed in major galleries.
Music
The Doors was a
popular group whose clever lyrics and haunting tunes tackled
topics that most of society refused to acknowledge.
Jimi Hendrix, easily recognised for his colourful
plumage and inability to say no to anything, arrived in England
in 1966 and world-wide fame was almost immediate.
Janis Joplin was a country
and folk singer who is probably most famed for her sexl, drugs
and alcohol way of living. She died of a heroin overdose in 1970.
The Beatles' first album, "Love Me Do" did
not do well on release, but this did not deter the "Fab
Four" who later became probably the most popular 60s rock
group.
