Shake, Rattle and Roll
8 May 2005 02:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karohemdAfter I got home, I had proper breakfast while watching "Sould Deep", the first part of a program about the history of Soul I had taped from BBC2 last night.
It started from the beginnings when Blues and Jazz were combined to what was later called Rhythm&Blues (which IMHO has nothing to do with what they call R&B these days) which was later combined with influences from church and Gospel music (Ray Charles was one of the first to do this) and eventually became Soul.
Lots of old clips, interviews with surviving stars of the time and also mention of the problems and difficulties black artists had in that time (40s and 50s) before the Civil Rights movement.
It's fantastic to see a program like this in the prime time slot. Well done, BBC!
Dr Who was good as well although not quite as good as some of the previous episodes. Still looking forward to the rest.
Right, on with the work. Gah.
Side note: Ray is finally out on DVD over here on the 6th of June. I almost picked it up in Boston but I had luggage space issues.
It started from the beginnings when Blues and Jazz were combined to what was later called Rhythm&Blues (which IMHO has nothing to do with what they call R&B these days) which was later combined with influences from church and Gospel music (Ray Charles was one of the first to do this) and eventually became Soul.
Lots of old clips, interviews with surviving stars of the time and also mention of the problems and difficulties black artists had in that time (40s and 50s) before the Civil Rights movement.
It's fantastic to see a program like this in the prime time slot. Well done, BBC!
Dr Who was good as well although not quite as good as some of the previous episodes. Still looking forward to the rest.
Right, on with the work. Gah.
Side note: Ray is finally out on DVD over here on the 6th of June. I almost picked it up in Boston but I had luggage space issues.
