BBC.Soul.Britannia.2of3.Soul.Rebels.XviD.mp3.UKN.nfo
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BBC : Soul Britannia - 2of3 - Soul Rebels (2006)
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* Series Notes :
A three part series that examines the dynamic impact of black American and
Caribbean sounds on British music and society. A generation of young white
music fans fell in love with black music in the 60s and sold it back to
America while a generation of immigrants from the Caribbean helped introduce
soul and ska to Britain and helped launch a new youth culture.
The second film in the Soul Britannia series moves from the heady go-go nights
of the Sixties to the more complex racial and musical times of the Seventies
and Eighties...
* Episode 2: Soul Rebels
Although black American and Caribbean sounds and style became increasingly
evident in our society, the British desire for the rare, the obscure and the
downright soulful continued with the same intensity.
Amidst the dreariness of north England, white working class youth reinvented
their lives at Northern Soul all-nighters, dancing to forgotten black American
soul singles from the 1960s. Down South, as Mods metamorphosed into skinheads,
this cult focused more on Caribbean sounds - ska, rocksteady and reggae. They
jerked to these itchy Jamaican rhythms in youth clubs from Catford to Croydon,
Dagenham to Deptford.
But it wasn't just the fans who sought out the new, the fresh and the vital. UK
musicians were now breaking away from the imitative British soul sounds of the
1960s to create startling music of their own. Cymande, an 8-piece band of West
Indian immigrants, mixed reggae and funk with breathtaking originality - but
the British soul public couldn't handle it coming from the UK. Like them, the
Scottish Average White Band also achieved their greatest triumphs in the States.
It was the Real Thing whose huge number one classic, "You To Me Are Everything"
over the summer of '76, showed the British public that indigenous soul was now
a major contender.
But the apolitical strains of that hit were soon drowned out by the rioting at
1976's Notting Hill Carnival. As race relations intensified in the second half
of the 1970s, British Jamaican music reflected this. UK sound systems critici-
zed Babylon the oppressor. Even the Clash got a reggae fix and threw a rude boy
pose. Although the sweet soulful sounds of Lovers Rock emerged as an antidote
to the racial politics, up in Coventry the Specials decided to go back to go
forward - mixing Sixties ska with a punk attitude to create the multi-racial
2-Tone phenomenon.
In the early '80s, soulfulness also surfaced with increasing regularity in
great British pop bands - Dexys, Culture Club, Simply Red - whose lead singers
had thrived on black music during their teens. Simultaneously, UK soul acts
like Eddy Grant, Imagination and Loose Ends grew in originality and popularity
as they capitalized on the struggles of their predecessors.
But into Britain's growing mid-1980s racial melting pot, a new technology and
fresh musical culture - hip-hop - was about to burst. It would change the sound
of British soul forever, allowing us to attain unprecedented, innovative
heights and achieve a global reputation.
Key Artists featured in this episode include Pete Townshend, Paul Weller, Boy
George, Kevin Rowland, Mick Hucknall, Lee John and Beverley Knight.
Series Producer/Director: Jeremy Marre
First Broadcast : Fri 09 February 2007, 21:00, on BBC Four.
* BBC programme page : http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soulbritannia/episodes/2/
* Additional Information Links :
- Museum of Uncut Funk page for the series :
http://museumofuncutfunk.com/2012/07/22/soul-britannia-documentary/
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