British Rock: The First Wave (BBC ©1985)

This 1985 documentary examines the music and musicians behind the original "British Invasion" of the mid-60's. Includes rare archived interviews with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Brian Epstein, Mick Jagger & Pete Townshend. (Transferred from VHS; produced for the BBC by TFBI Assoc./Fox-Lorber Assoc.). Narrator: Michael York. Writers/Directors: Patrick Montgomery/Pamela Page. Editor: Pamela Page. Assoc. Editor: Cyndy McNulty. Videotape Editors: Frank Cernese/Matrix Video. Photo Animation: Film Planning Assoc. Assist. Editors: Andrew Marcus/James P. Harte/Mitchell Stanley/Terry Shands. Sound Editors: Jane McCulley/Anne Sandys. Assist. Sound Editors: Cyndy McNulty/Robert Yano. Appr. Sound Editor: Phillipe Browning. Re-Recording Mixers: Paul Coombe/Sound One. Film/Music Coordinator: Joseph Lauro. Production Council: Elliot J. Groffman. Add. Narration Writers: Andrew Marcus/John Crowley/Michael Shore/Phillipe Browning. Film Research: Larry Yelin/Ron Goldsmith. Production Secretaries: Helen Leff/Ron Martel/Eileen Straussmann. Executive Producer: Patrick Montgomery.

[@glennhopkins2643]

The British Invasion is the greatest period in pop music history.

[@brainstain2904]

I agree saw The Beatles in 1966 11years old. What a trip got a guitar next Christmas still playing today but now I have 20 guitars. Thanks George RIP!

[@realitybob2]

All British music is a copy of US music and musicians. It says this in the early part of the film, but it's been obvious for 75 years.

[@janvrolijk9126]

@@realitybob2 What about all the so called garage beat and psychedelic music from 1966 onwards from the US? no copy of the British???

[@glennhfriedman4571]

One of my favorites

[@lovernotfighter]

As a American who grew up in this time. I must say You British know how to make Damn good music.

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

I second this.

[@charlesross1682]

They learned it from American blues playing negroes

[@CartersRemasters]

they're self admittedly playing American music, rock and roll is American music!

[@questioneverything-rf3yf]

Something about being the era to grow up in the extreme austerity of post-war Britain, with permanently traumatized parents just wanting quiet, that sparked a musical miracle. And a bit of rebellion...but thank heaven for the music and the characters behind the creation.

[@kentlarsen5834]

I grew up in the 50's and 60's and compared to today, it was a wonderful innocent time of people getting along and having fun with this new music and bands in our lives.

[@mariekatherine5238]

As an American it’s fascinating to see this cultural phenomena from the British perspective.

[@Mike-pf1ru]

I taped this documentary off the tv back in the mid 80’s and used to re watch it often to see all these bands. I missed the first few minutes so I never knew how it started. I lost the videotape decades ago, but I always knew it would appear on KZbin one day, and today was that day.

[@prajnachan333]

KZbin! Cheers 🍻

[@maxwellfan55]

From a teenager in 1960's England. This was brilliant!

[@prajnachan333]

Nice to hear from one of those screaming kids out there. Cheers.

[@mieperdepiep6145]

From the Netherlands, Englands Neighbour, IT was ! Great Memories !!!

[@LanceRomanceF4E]

In 1965 I was eight yrs old watching the Rolling Stones on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time. I remember thinking I can’t wait to retire and go watch these guys play live in Denver in 2024. Sure enough, I have tickets for the show in June! 😂😂

[@TheNextGoogification]

The rolling Stones certainly have to get the survivors award! I can't think of any other group that's come close to their longevity

[@martinleavitt6094]

🤟😂🤙🇬🇧

[@LanceRomanceF4E]

@@martinleavitt6094 went to the concert in Denver with 85,000 Stones fans. It was incredible! Two non-stop hours, Mick never lost a step and his vocals are better than ever. Better than they were on 2019 tour when I saw them in Philly.

[@jaysonbiggs8979]

African American here. I will never forget seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. At 10 years of age I was very familiar with R&B and the Blues. It was played A LOT in the home. The Blues (at my grandparents).But the British groups sounded different. Coupled with the hair and clothes. And (very importantly) that the bands started to arrive a mere 3 months after the JFK murder.

[@Blue-qr7qe]

@jaysonbiggs The seismic rumblings beneath a very staid and unremarkable landscape. Who knew it was about to blow? The murderers of Kennedy, an insidious collective bent on Orwellian control, were shocked to find themselves suddenly faced with a force of resistance they had not foreseen. Their plans to march us into war in Southeast Asia were now met with a new phenomenon: counterculture. Long live Rock&Roll - The eruption had begun.

[@user-ei2pr7cc5w]

Рука Ротшильдів?

[@splenderella9]

​@@user-ei2pr7cc5wAre you NUTS?!?

[@kevinohalloran7164]

My route through this music was: Beatles - Rolling Stones - Muddy Waters. A friend scolded me for liking the Stones, had me go to his house, played me some original blues records and said, "Now this is real music!" Saw Muddy, Sunday night March 5th, 1978 at My Father's Place in Roslyn NY.

[@nettwench]

We were so lucky to see that on Ed Sullivan. I was 7 and it made a big impression.

[@MrFroglips69]

A groovy time that will never be or could be repeated. Rock and roll reborn.

[@wlodell]

That is likely.

[@petergliddon3642]

I was a teenager in the sixties in South London. Amazing time to live through. If your parents liked the Beatles, some did, you followed the Stones. The music still holds up today.

[@janetwilhelm4435]

Hello Peter! I was born in 1960,but my folks were true music lovers and I loved it All to this day.I like in North Tonawanda New York USA. My husband was stationed at Wethersfield while in the Air Force. I wish you peace and mercy....(sorry I live in). My actual favorite is Bobby Darin. Wishing you well!❤

[@ppmppm7010]

North London here my folks loved the Beatles so I loved the Stones spot on

[@janetwilhelm4435]

@@ppmppm7010 right on!😂

[@Darrenski]

My dad was a rocker (there was no telling him that elvis and buddy Holly had been superceded) and my mum was a mod, so I didn't do the beatles or the stones. The mid-late 60s for me was the small faces. I never tire of the title track of ogdens. It's just genius. Rip Steve and Ronnie. In fact rip all of them.

[@pavloivanchenko6346]

@@janetwilhelm4435 North Tonawanda? Buffalo area? I lived not too far away across the lake. Toronto Ontario Canada. Big Rush and Tragically Hip fan

[@californiahiker9616]

I’m so grateful to have grown up in the 1960’s with the musical revolution! And who in their right mind woulda imagined the Stones would still be playing and filling stadiums at age 80?! (Saw them a few years ago, Charlie was still with us then) Not only that, but drop a new album that is #1 on iTunes the day it came out? And the Beatles are about to release a new album with tunes they wrote way back when? Paul and Ringo are over 80 and are also still touring!Unimaginable! Saw both of them in recent years as well. The Who are also still touring, though I saw Roger Daltry only without the rest of the band a few years ago. And… all of them are still bringing it! Yeah yeah yeah!

[@brianmorris8045]

I often hear jokes that Keith Richards was 1st mate on Noah's Ark, but he has walked (or rather played) the walk, and proved he still has it. So has mick. Can't wait to buy the 'Hackney Diamonds' album. My gut feeling this might be their last, but hope not.

[@briankorbelik2873]

And the songs that I've heard from Hackney Diamonds are really good! @@brianmorris8045

[@jrl4907]

what a time to be alive - it was glorious!

[@michaelpaster1316]

Absolutely. Imagine the tragedy of having Taylor Swift, Rihanna, etc al as the cultural and musical touchstones of your youth

[@MarkRoberts-bj2me]

JWL's opinion of "I Wanna Be Your Man" was so indifferent that The Beatles gave it to the Stones and Ringo sang it on the LP. Except for Brian's exceptional slide work, the track is a poor example of early Stones' recordings, especially half of the Glimmer's vocal and the amateurish production.

[@spiritof6663]

Imagine being 10 years old in 1985 and seeing this for the first time when it ran in the US on the Disney Channel. It changed my life forever. It's still one of the most exciting and soul-stirring documentaries ever made.

[@californiahiker9616]

Imagine growing up in Germany, and at age 15 hearing the Beatles for the first time, before they ever made it to the US. It was absolutely mind blowing. And THEN they sang their 2 big hits in German (She loves you and I wanna hold your hand) the whole country went absolutely wild! The Beatles, having gotten their start in Hamburg, Germany, hold a very special place in the heart of Germans! There were many other British bands I loved and listened to in the 60’s, but they’re not really well known here in the US. I still listen to them occasionally. It was a magical time!

[@andyscott6315]

imagine being 10 years old in 1985 and wondering what it was like being 10 years old in 1965, imagine being 10 years old and wondering what it was like the television was invented

[@jameshoskins2031]

Imagine being ten and wondering how soon you’ll get that hit of crack.

[@brianmorris8045]

@@jameshoskins2031 Imagine being 10 years old and hearing Love Me Do on radio in Sydney. I still loved the old rock and roll songs and our bands in Sydney but the Beatles changed the rock landscape. The old rock and roll was becoming a bit staid. Sheesh, and I wasn't even a teenager. Little did I know that years later I'd be playing that same music in bands in the 70's...and beyond. In fact untill I landed in Penang Is. for a couple of years as an airforce brat, I never thought my parents would buy me my first guitar...when I look at it now, it was a heap of crap, but way back then, it changed my life completely. I already played uke and harmonica, this was the next step. I never thought I was great on the guitar, but taught myself the right chords needed for this and that, and by the time I got back, I even surprised my brother when I arrived back in Sydney. But it wasn't till I got involved with the Adelaide music scene my music life really clicked, playing rhythm guitar. Since then I've taught myself the basics of mandolin, not perfect, but enough to play Copperhead Road, and also Irish songs in my local Celtic band. But my attitude is that you have to start somewhere, and the other philosophy is there is always better musicians than yourself, (and you pick their brains to learn more, or just watch them ply their talent), otherwise, like a lot of musicians I know, you end 'up yourself'. And if that happens, you don't earn much respect in the business, I'd rather have the respect. I still, at the age of 71, have that same attitude and philosophy. You don't get anywhere in the music industry being nasty to people. Thank you Beatles for giving me the inspiration, although it was compared to those boys, a late start in the business for me.

[@anthonyrichard8001]

JUST A NOTE FUCK DISNY..

[@brahmburgers]

I was a teenager and in the middle of all that. I lead an R&B band which gigged all over the Washington DC region, and I even boogied at London nightclubs during the late 1960's. I dove deep and loved every moment. Am still movin' & groovin', over half a century later. Incidentally, about half the songs that launched those early Brit groups, ...were taken from black music groups in the USA.

[@epinhervin9355]

60s british music especially The Beatles can be very pop and very cutting edge at the same time

[@user-oh4mp9jh3c]

The Dave Clark Five sold over 50 million records and they didn't even get a mention. From early 64 to about mid 66 the DC5 had 15 consecutive Top 20 American hits, which is more than anyone except the Beatles.

[@spiritof6663]

The Dave Clark Five can be seen in the montage sequence of Liverpool acts set to the tune of "Do You Love Me", at around 12:45. Although you're right, they should have been mentioned by name, and a clip of "Glad All Over" played. However, it's quite possible they couldn't secure the rights to the music for the documentary--Dave Clark is notorious for keeping a tight lid on licensing his band's stuff.

[@newspapertaxis1]

Yep!!! Beatles,Stones,Kinks,DC5 and the Animals to me were the first wave....... Who came slightly later.....Oh and...Herman's Hermits (Who weren't as heavy as the others but...had quite a few "Pop" hits.....

[@stk6mkt]

Dave Clark Five was a great band, that had the absolute worst timing in the history of mankind.

[@user-pm7uu5ri3s]

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[@brianmorris8045]

I heard they were in Bits and Pieces over that ommission. One thing's for certain they were not Glad All Over about it. They sang Do You Love me but the produces still left them out. So they said, stuff it Catch Us If You Can and went their merry way, Reelin' and Rockin'. (Corny compilation on my part, I know)..lol

[@tombranson9341]

Kinks should be considered the fathers of punk and possibly hard rock. Their tunes were fast and hard for the times.

[@mark-madison]

Thank you, this is an excellent video. Superb footage and editing, with an excellent commentary. Music and cultural history were made in those years, we're fortunate to have these performances on film. Many thanx for posting this with your insights !!

[@IwasInThe60s]

As someone who grew up in the 1960's with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as my muses, I cannot thank them enough for all the joy and wisdom it culminated into my later years. To have these two bands (or phenomena) releasing new songs 60 years later and them being number 1 (duh!) is the cherry on top. Binge-watching Now and Then, Angry, and Bite my head off every night!

[@garethwilkinson3456]

Well yes, It's super. My warm regards.

[@MissMariQueen]

I must be the only person on the planet who doesn't like The Beatles. 🤷

[@cos5436]

You should be thanking Chuck Berry, The Isley Brothers, The Drifters and many Black Groups that these White Boys from England ripped off.

[@Jayteah1953]

@@MissMariQueenthat ‘s right , the only one , get a hearing test

[@jorgegrane3034]

It's emotional ..they Open the box and change the world

[@davegroves1924]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! The greatest music documentary I've ever watched!!! This covers my life from between the ages of 15 and 20. I'm 77 now and these are still among all my favorite groups and songs. I was a 17 year old when I heard the Beatles for the 1st time and I remain a rock & roll addict.

[@richardsmith9609]

I am 70 now and I grew up with this music also. I lived in San Diego and I think I was 9 or 10 when the Beatles arrived at the airport and I remember it well. My first girlfriend was named Michelle so you can imagine what the Beatles song did to a young impressionable boy. The best music ever made!!

[@carlisle3469]

Great documentary. I was 17 when "She was just 17, you now what I mean..." came out. Beatles were great great great, but when the Stones hit, it was a new show. Along with 2 dozen other English invaders. Great time it was for us little teenagers up in Bangor, Maine. Been a Stones freak ever since, uhm, at least up to Tattoo You.

[@user-ei2pr7cc5w]

Моє дитинство було в 70х у СССР.Я ласувала соковитими яблуками із батьківського саду, сидячи на ґанку під музику Роллінг Стоунз і Джефа Крісті.З того всього залишилися я, Роллінг Стоунз і Джеф Крісті.

[@archangelmusic13]

you should check out my compleat beatles remake documentary, i think you would enjoy it.

[@LaurelBullock-dq2ob]

When the first wave of the British Invasion when everybody was raving about the Beatles, I was Dave Clark Five Fan.

[@user-zl6gi5co9q]

I liked both.

[@user-up8jx3mt6j]

For those of you out there that don't really remember any of this, you can take this American's word for it, - it truly was incredible craziness.

[@linshanhsiang]

The documentary made by Ron Howard, "Eight Days a Week" captures the excitement of those early years of Beatlemania.

[@Amen.22]

North or South America? Which country?

[@jetman7946]

As a Baby Boomer born in 1953, I can honestly say that growing up and living at this time in history was unbelievable. The Beatles CHANGED Western Civilization, and the Rolling Stones have gone on to be the greatest rock 'n roll band of all time !!!

[@MarcosRodriguez-pv6ps]

​@@linshanhsiang49:03 😂😂😂😂

[@user-up8jx3mt6j]

@@jetman7946 Absolutely. 😉👍

[@rustygg1]

Don't forget about the Girl Groups of the 60's who came out of the UK and of course Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Cilla BlackWhat legends!!!!! what a great time for British music the British Invasion oh wow!!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@easybullet3]

Michael York's voice is instantly recognisable, even before checking the credits.

[@nettwench]

Cabaret!

[@michaelmmofo]

logans run

[@ponzo1967]

They all had their hits and they were great but The Beatles just kept writing them one after the other. Regardless of what was going on in their lives or the music scene they kept pounding them out like they had some kind of mystical power.

[@robertfreeman1941]

Thank you so much for posting this. I watched it in the 1980's and I have been looking for it ever since. Well done.

[@eskenazibeth]

I couldn’t stop singing every song on this video; I grew up during the British Invasion and before the British Invasion, I was a very big Motown fan 💯

[@jordanwitchermatt1350]

He's a legend 💯

[@brahmburgers]

me too. born in '52, and was immersed in every bit of those great music and good vibes - that I was exposed to. I also performed those, and a thousand other songs from that era.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

Another neglected group is the Zombies, whose keyboardist and vocals were quite good. A couple of huge hits in the U.S.

[@cmblitz]

The outro is The Zombies, so not totally ignored.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

​@@cmblitzYes, I forgot that when I wrote the comment. Spencer Davis Group (Stevie Winwood vocals) is also played earlier without mention. Both were much better than The Who in my view.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@sheilamacdougal4874 Just a matter of opinion, really!

[@VirreFriberg]

Almost all of the Zombies songs were good save for the few R&B covers on their debut album which were competent at best

[@mikeweizer3149]

​@@VirreFribergLove the Moody Blues and Yardbirds as well!!!.

[@jpreza]

Thank you for sharing! I remember watching this documentary around '85 or '86. Glad I got to watch it again!

[@johnbatinovic6593]

Refreshing to see a documentary where they play the bands' real music. Most documenataries don't secure the rights to the music and only talk about the bands.

[@davidestecconi3033]

Eric Burdon beautyfull voice! It hurts me but it's in the heart

[@user-qn6dn1ht4j]

Little man big voice,

[@mikeflynn248]

I was in 7th grade when a girl in my class came in with a piece of Dave Clarks shirt which got torn off him when they came to DC around 1964. This was in a Catholic school, and every girl in the class started screaming and they all wanted a piece of the shirt. Madness, but in a good way. The Beatles changed the world!

[@wjf0ne]

@mikeflynn248 Did he come back looking for it or did he charge her for it?

[@user-ei2pr7cc5w]

Який жах😂!Я в свої 15 повісила на стіну вініл радянської фірми звукозапису"мелодія" і заклеїла середину фотографією бітлів, вирізаною із газети.1985.

[@Darrenski]

Great fun times though.

[@Lynne011000]

Best times of my life being a teenager in the uk in the 60s

[@angelareardon2477]

The best day of my life was when John Lennon moved into the house next door! It was when SHE LOVES YOU was Number One. John Lennons son Julian was 6 years old then - so too was my sister Jackie - they played together every day. Cynthia Lennon was good friends with my mother and she came to our house every day for a cuppa and a chat.

[@appledoreman]

Agreed, & in my 20's in uk in the 70's comes a close second!

[@mikewa2]

There never will be a time in the future where many thousands of fans turn up at an airport to welcome a young group of musicians. The Beatles changed our world

[@user-lk5vn3hp1f]

They were not the only ones. Even the older Bill Haley got a tremendous reception.

[@dustyfloor1896]

The Comits are a still group, are still turning as 0f 2024?

[@blackie75]

Soon we'll be saying that about the 50,000,000 people that turn up to see an AI band play a virtual concert on the Moon through their Apple Vision Pro headsets.

[@iwanbottos5128]

​@@user-lk5vn3hp1fThey played ten years and The Stones , well , I been a fan for 53 years now . And they still look about the same . And to think that they were junkies . Still look great and give a good show..The Beatles were just too poppy for me . I started with them but as soon as the Stones entered I forgot all about them . Only much later I. Life I started collecting their albums . I playthe Stones every day and the Beatles ? Their records are still as clean as the day I bought them 😊. I can't even remember the last time I p.ayed one.

[@AmperRamone]

it would .... as long as authorities would allow ....

[@wingi7722]

Thank you for this! I've been searching for this video for decades ever since a good friend of mine lent it to me on VCR. It's probably my favourite music video of all time. Nostalgia on steroids!

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

Freddie and the dreamers had the silliest movements

[@brahmburgers]

Should have showcased Procol Harem instead of toy boys Freddie and the Dreamers.

[@magnolia7277]

This was brilliant!!!!! The music of my teens, so many great songs back then, this was a good selection.

[@chrisbotelho7212]

The Kinks were my favorite British band but saw The Who in Atlanta in 1970 and is still the best concert I ever saw.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

I saw them in San Diego, also in 1970. As a band, they were the best performers...but Hendrix, as a guitarist, was the most impressive artist I ever saw...I saw him twice, and will never forget how great he was!

[@carlossanfrancisco3472]

Came across this documentary and I was a teenager again Thanks Well edited well presented

[@negf22]

“The safe sounds of Cliff Richard…” this has a lot of holes…John Lennon said there was nothing to listen to in Britain until Cliff and the Shadows! That the song Move It (by Cliff and the Shadows ) was the first real British rock and roll song! I don’t understand why he never gets the credit he deserves for kicking everything off 5 years before the Beatles. At least he is still around and just as popular…tamer now, but still has a great voice and the guy is 83! …just my thoughts from across the pond 🇺🇸

[@louistracy6964]

He was like Tommy Steele, Billy Fury and, in fact, Elvis, making the jump to family entertainment too quick. Not their fault, just the times.

[@Darrenski]

Probably cause cliff was just a cheap rip elvis rip off, while the invasion bands were their own thing. Even cliff doing the elvis lip thing was so cringe. That's why for me (a brit) he isn't in the same league. He was straight copying, the invasion bands took all their heavy inspirations, mostly all black American music, took a huge amount from it which can't be denied but they still managed to put their own spin on it. Imo that's what separated cliff from the later far more famous bands. For example pretty much all cliff is famous for here in Britain is releasing countless Xmas songs and having several very suspect friends and business associates in the 60s... Jimmy Savile springs to mind, for just one. Cliff was a puppet and not much more. He didn't have one classic album in him.

[@ceesvangent9891]

@@Darrenski Still 250 million + records sold

[@elmolewis9123]

Thanks for keeping history alive with videos like this.

[@deadmanrunning6670]

Great coverage of an amazing period in music, the country, and my life!

[@bugeanuflorin1531]

Fabulous, thank you for posting them. Magical time

[@wlodell]

This is an incredible video about incredible music, a needed focus and reminder of the historical impact and influence of the brilliant talented British Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll bands. Many famous American rock musicians moved to the UK in the 60s and 70s to expand the range of their music .

[@MrPete1x]

Excellent, thank you for showing this

[@senianns9522]

I was almost a teenager when this started to evolve! Great times to have lived through!

[@TheTraktergirl]

I remember seeing this documentary years ago. Thank you for reminding me how cool it was

[@archangelmusic13]

you might enjoy my compleat beatles remake documentary.

[@stormhawk3319]

1963 - 1964 was hands down the most exciting two years in pop music. After that, The Beatles started to gravitate towards the studio as their live performances became not as fun for them.

[@Darrenski]

For me the small faces will always be the best British band of this period. Didn't receive anything like the recognition and respect they deserved. But marriot's voice was the best of them all.

[@coldlakealta4043]

these were my days and my times and this documentary presents us better than any other I have seen. The flavour is exactly right. Brilliant and yes, I did choke up between the grins. G+P were my particular faves, and who could not love Freddie or Eric? Thanks, JPGR for opening the gates. Good on ye!

[@hamhead2765]

Those crowds in the 50s were more nuts than the late sixties watching zeppelin. People just turned self reflected in late sixties and early seventies listening to music. They listened more rather than freaking out over celebrity

[@MsZoedog66]

I love this period of music. Thanks for posting this! ❤

[@zearteiro]

Wonderfull documentary! Thank you!

[@steveperry1344]

i was born in 1950 and this music had a big effect on us kids in america.

[@steveperry1344]

they were a bit of a novelty.@user-pv8jy1nt8f

[@johndean4765]

How i would have loved to be a kid in 1950s America,the great music,the Neon lit diners,the fabulous huge cars that are so creatively designed and cute girls with pony tails.

[@mikecook7334]

R.I.P. Charlie Watts…we love you, man.

[@creativeoutletandfilms]

hey thanks for uploading! I like to watch this every now and then, first saw it in 1987

[@pattomuso]

The music of my childhood! At the time I didn't appreciate all those beautiful old guitars until I started playing at age 20.

[@gatopersa7565]

Genial video, indudablemente esa fue una época dorada en la música. Ojalá me hubiese tocado vivirla. Qué afortunados los que fueron jóvenes en esos años. Abrazos a esa increíble generación.

[@alexandrsemenov9757]

I was not yet 20 years old when this film was shown on Soviet television. Beatles recordings could be found on cassettes almost everywhere, some records were released, the Rolling Stones were just beginning to penetrate the USSR, but at that time it was interesting for me to watch the performance of The Who, which I had heard about, but their musical material was not in the country... The Kinks didn't make an impression that, too harsh and primitive. But later they became my favorite band... P.S. Thank you

[@SLARServet]

I had no idea that you could listen to the Beatles and other capitalistic music industries in the USSR. Thanks for this revelation.

[@alexandrsemenov9757]

@@SLARServet of course, somehow in USSR were listening, and in the second half of the 80s the cultural curtain opened rapidly. The song House of the Rising Sun was known, a minion was coming out with Paint it black (but the Rolling Stones were poorly known to us, the second most popular group after the Beatles in the USSR were considering Deep Purple, may be Pink Floyd)

[@carolball5764]

@@SLARServetI remember watching a program where “The Beatles” and their ilk was banned in the SU. People had to smuggle it in..

[@jonathanj.7344]

Thanks for telling us about this. Do you know the Beatle's song "Back In The USSR"?

[@alexandrsemenov9757]

@@jonathanj.7344 I know this song

[@user-ij3zt3rz9i]

この動画は86年にレーザーデイスクで購入しました。ドストライクに見たかつた内容だつたので最初見た時には、凄く興奮したの事を覚えています。本当にアップされる事をまつていたのでうれしいです有難うございます。

[@deanandthebeans857]

Imagine! A time when music looked like it would actually change the world for the better. Seems crazy now, but for a while the establishment were genuinely worried - look at the hysterical reaction these bands provoked - not from the fans, but from judges, religious leaders, politicians, the police etc etc. Now music is safely back in its sterilised bottle happily endorsing the status quo (not the band).

[@user-ei2pr7cc5w]

Виконавці рок-н-ролу, що передували Елвісу Преслі, "чомусь" загинули у автокатастрофах.Я з України, так у нас радянські спецслужби вбили автора двох пісень,які позбавили розуму весь СРСР.Музика робить людину вільною, цього боїться влада.

[@flashflame4952]

Brian Jones....started that band...never forget that

[@eudymaverickmentor]

The Rolling Stones.

[@johndean4765]

All the Stones played their part.Not least Brian Jones an awesome talent he could play many instruments very well.

[@user-gy5cx5db2i]

i remember as a child watching top of the tops in the 60s trying to listen to this exciting music with my dad in the background muttering about "those bkoody long haired layabouts" on the telly- happy days!

[@pedrojcolonallende3768]

Still today in my 74 I listening their Beatles music and I have to start dancing and singing. Rock music of that times was the best to shake any blue fillings mode that you should in at any moment😊❤

[@howardhales6325]

A great history lesson about my favourite period of music. It's interesting to think that most of these groups were inspired by the American bands of the day but when the British invasion hit most of the American groups were left in the dust. Credit to the Beach Boys for being one of very few bands who not only survived, but were able to compete. Until the San Francisco Sound, there was very little output from American bands.

[@jaykaysr9225]

Stevie Wonder, Four Tops, Supremes, Carole King songs, the girl groups, Temptations, Smokey, Isley's, Marvin, Wilson Pickett, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Jan and Dean, Four Seasons, Dovells, Booker T, Roy Orbison.....and many others were hardly left in the dust.

[@danielhoward4566]

@@jaykaysr9225 🤣

[@pietkonijn5522]

@@jaykaysr9225 Yes and what about Lovin Spoonful, Otis Redding, Jefferson Airplane, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield....oke that was a little later but anyway............(Captain Beefhaert lol)

[@michaelkorrek7856]

Didn't know beach boys were not American band..since I mentioned it where was grand funk railroad from

[@artguti1551]

Was Jimi Hendrix American or British??? As for being left in the dust???

[@elisabethaxelsson4736]

Born 56 so i was lite kid when Beatles came , woww it was so much felling in their music, love The Animals, Hollies, Beatles, Gerry and the pacemakers stones like manny of this groups from The 60,s .

[@stevenhanson6057]

A seven year old, with a pacemaker.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

I was 10 in 1963 and being a "little kid" never meant I couldn't enjoy The Beatles or any of the other bands at the time - I even 'bopped' as a disabled baby (with Polio) to Paul Anker. Relative youth makes no difference to the love of music.

[@elisabethaxelsson4736]

@@brigidsingleton1596 kids can love music as well adoults, i more or less grow up on Elvis. Me older cusin was a great fan of Elvis ,and he and his Sister was often baby sittning me and I love Elivis and 50 ,s music.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@elisabethaxelsson4736 I believe that is what I said...that as a young child I enjoyed music from s very young age - even as a baby I was (apparently) "bopping" along to Paul Anker even before The Beatles came into the music scene !! In fact, it probably helped me through the earliest years when I was paralysed from Polio and once I started walking at age four, I could even "dance" a little each day til I got stronger. Music in anyone's life is probably a good thing as even deaf people find some sense of rhythm through vibrations (as far as I'm aware). 🤔😊🧡💙❤️🖖

[@tonylyons7711]

Excellent.👏👏👏...! All of it!.. A social revolution ,like never before..I feel very lucky that I was alive through it...❤

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Still rocking after all these years.

[@user-fu5dq7bc4g]

Damn ... to think that I'm old enough to remember all this stuff. (And here, I never expected to live past 30.)

[@jdcharlwood]

me too and me neither!!

[@phillipschlegel6663]

This was a great presentation thank you for showing this history some of us are still alive

[@californiahiker9616]

Very much so, Phillip! Not exactly moving like Jagger, but still going to the early bands’ concerts! McCartney and The Stones Are STILL filling big stadium arenas!

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@californiahiker9616 But I have to say...they are just not relevant to the current musical scenes...they are in it for the huge amounts of money they receive...Jagger was quoted, back around 1970--"If I am still prancing around on stage, at 40, someone should shoot me!" I am in my 70s myself, and stopped going to concerts by 1980...The thrill was gone!...as it should be!

[@californiahiker9616]

@@curbozerboomer1773 People at age 20 make a lot of statements about things they don’t understand because they lack life experience. “As it should be” according to you. But there are millions of people who enjoy going to concerts, they’re filling stadiums, and there are bands who are happy to perform for them. Not everybody wants to hang it up at 70. Many of us are active, hiking, running marathons, playing tennis, etc. Mick Jagger works out several hours a day so he can continue to entertain the way he did when he was younger. And THAT is the way it should be, being healthy and engaged until you drop.

[@filmkid541]

Brings back a lot of great memories for a nine year old kid (me) who waited in line during a snow storm in suburban Chicago to buy Meet The Beatles. A liilte surprised that there was no mention of the Dave Clark Five - they were the next big group after the Beatles to break in America and I can remember lively arguments at the school bus stop as to which was the better band!

[@duffbaker9554]

Yes, both the DC5 and Gerry and the Pacemakers were immediately there in the Beatles' wake.

[@jimbt9889]

I love watching the early days of the music scenes.... British and American 1960's bands

[@HGPTW]

My Generation - first single I ever bought! Still brilliant nearly 60 years later!

[@crlguitar1]

So many memories....High School, comparisons of Beatles vs Stones...which WAS 'Apples' & Oranges....Pop vs Blues.... These classic scenes had me smiling, especially 'Freddie'..... Gerry Marsden will be with me forever too... Such great times during the British Invasion years....

[@jimcochran1128]

To be honest, I think the reason the DC5 weren’t mentioned is Dave Clark holds all of the band’s licenses, music, videos, and he probably refused to strike a deal with the makers of this documentary.

[@chargree]

Bingo! Thats a reason Dave Clark had more money than the Beatles members until many years later, allegedly. I dont know how he struck that deal because I am not familiar with their history, but from what I understand, it made him incredibly wealthy.

[@garethwilkinson3456]

I wasn't there. Too young. But nice to hear you all telling. Its been a hard day's night.

[@alejandrorodriguezsandoval4681]

Naci en el 61 y a inicios de los 70 ya escuchaba a The Beatles y The Rolings Siones , nunca me imagine estar en un concierto de Paul McCartney en 2013 .

[@debishaw9355]

Awesome documentary!

[@technologyandsociety21C]

Well done! I grew up in those times, in San Francisco. It's how I remember it.

[@johndavies4666]

How the hell does this have ONLY 15 likes!🤦‍♂ This is AWESOME!♥

[@appledoreman]

It has 79 likes, now - & has only been up 2 days, after all...

[@johndavies4666]

Ok!✊ I didn't realize it was so new! I was like - How can people not love this!❤✊👊@@appledoreman

[@sergiopeteco5815]

ESPECTACULAR! YO ERA UN NIÑO EN LA DECADA DE LOS 60..Y CRECI EN URUGUAY,ESCUCHANDO EN TODAS LAS EMISORAS DE RADIO...TODOS LOS GRUPOS DE ROCK Y SOLISTAS QUE COMENZABAN A IRRUMPIR CON FUERZA..EN ESA MUSICA PEGADIZA,QUE TE HACIA "VOLAR POR LOS AIRES"!! SIGUIERON LOS 70 Y LOS 80...LAS TRES MEJORES E HISTORICAS DECADAS DEL ROCK!!! GRACIAS GENIOS POR TANTA ALEGRIA!!!

[@Mo_Taser]

I was 4 years old and listening to my much older sisters' Elvis, Bobby Rydell and Buddy Knox records when one of them brought home their first North American release: With the Beatles. It was like nothing I'd ever heard before from my sisters' record collections. I still remember when they'd go to school and I'd go into their room and drop the needle on "It Won't Be Long" time after time. My favourites were mostly the Lennon tunes although I didn't know it at the time: "It Won't Be Long", "All I've Got to Do", "Please Mr. Postman", "Not a Second Time" and "Money". I loved "All My Loving too". I suppose I was drawn towards Lennon in every way because even at that young age and in spite of the fact that I had no idea what a triplet even was, I thought the sound of Lennon's guitar triplets on "All My Loving" was amazing, even though I didn't know one Beatle from Another.

[@Darrenski]

My dad saw the beatles at the Preston public hall uk in the 60s. He got two tickets, one for his mate Brian spears..but Brian was like 'who, never heard of em, I'm staying in tonight baz cause I've had a tough one at work'. So he went on his own. I bet for the rest of his life Brian regretted that like nothing else.

[@Mo_Taser]

​@@Darrenski I was too young to have seen them. I was only about 7 when they stopped touring. But I was so into the Beatles that for Christmas of 1965 when I was around 6 I asked Santa for Rubber Soul and he delivered. 😆

[@edwardlee2794]

visiting St Petersburg while going across Siberia, street performers played Beatles 's and Elvis' . they finally recognized how much they missed. Market economy or even democracy is not enough in winning over USSR . The British invasion finished the job. thanks for the effort and keep up the good work.

[@TheRoadDawg]

Burden and the Animals were what the Rolling Stones wanted to be, but didn’t know how til Eric did his thing.

[@Terrybikesandmusic]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching that .... The Yardbirds took things to another level. They were well ahead of their time.

[@davidlamb7524]

An incredible outburst of creative talent in such a short space of time from such a tiny island.

[@marvinc9994]

"such a tiny island." Hey - we're not THAT tiny; we're almost one twenty-fifth the size of New Jersey ;-)

[@splenderella9]

​@@marvinc9994LOL!😸

[@splenderella9]

Pent up creative energy from post war boomers!

[@EdVanMeyer]

Cliff Richard and the Shadows were the biggest group in Britain until 1964. They are rarely mentioned because most people only think British Pop music started with the Beatles.

[@dragonmummy1]

Yer mum loved Cliff. The Beatles, and those groups that followed, were ours and mum couldn’t see what the fuss was about. My dad bought me my first record (Bill Haley and The Comets) and blamed himself for everything that happened next! But I told him it would have happened anyway. Our music, our clothes, our hair, makeup, sex and drugs and rock’n’roll.

[@terryhowley8513]

Bring docu. 👍 Thanks.

[@danaandrusik963]

Tremendous.. Hits a bullseye!

[@thomasryan9639]

Very good video! I have a totally different view of the Stones after watching this. Jagger was a great performer then, and he's still one of the best!

[@xxlionroarxxxxxxxx4438]

When I was younger I thought the Beatles were the greatest band ever but now I'm 64 and wiser and the Stones are the greatest band ever

[@michaelharrington75]

​@@xxlionroarxxxxxxxx4438Beatles are still the greatest band ever, and will still be 50 years from now.

[@jessewolf7649]

Best frontman since Elvis - or Sinatra. Best RnR band on the planet since at least Satisfaction.

[@Mncrr]

But not a great blues singer compared to Eric burden, Van Morrison, Steve Marriott or Steve winwood

[@admiralbenbow5083]

The USA blew the whistle and we ran with the ball, and ran and ran and ran...Apart from all the other stuff we started glam rock, we started prog rock, we started heavy metal, we started punk and two tone and pop rock. There has been some creative stuff to come out of the USA over the years, but the UK is way out in front and always has been on that score.

[@user-ei2pr7cc5w]

Джиммі Хендрікс став зіркою саме у Британії, його запросили, отже були небайдужі люди.

[@johntait5141]

You mighta had blackmore/page/clapton/beck.....but we had jimi.

[@richardbartolo2890]

@@johntait5141 And Johnny Winter & Mike Bloomfield

[@HenryFrederick]

Excellent narration and visuals...

[@izzykhach]

I remember when they aired it on channel 13, New York's PBS station

[@ramiroalvarez5397]

Cool 😎 beginnings of rock-and-roll from England!

[@edwardbliss8931]

When a BBC music documentary is uploaded on KZbin, you watch it.

[@glennchristie2316]

One of my All Time Favorite Songs was by the Dave Clark Band - “ Because “.. Today in June of 2024 - it is still one of my Top 3 songs.

[@gymnosophy]

Updated British Rock needed

[@rondye9760]

I wish they would have included the Moody Blues. The think their album "In Search of the Lost Chord" is the greatest album ever produced.

[@jackparkes9310]

Remember the song Go Now? Their first hit!!

[@speedysteve9121]

Both the Moody Blues and Pink Floyd started out as run-of-the-mill bands. Floyd's early stuff is pretty bad.

[@teresahopemiller1008]

Nights in white satin as well.

[@johncraveiro5592]

Moody Blues were in a class of their own, then .

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@johncraveiro5592 Go Now was one of the greatest songs of eh 60s.

[@rbilleaud]

The development of rock and roll in the UK closely mirrors the importation of jazz post-World War I. There were similar circumstances with a lot of them having seen Americans for the first time and becoming enthralled.

[@Darrenski]

One of the big reasons why Liverpool was big into US music is because it was a port and they (and yes this is actually true) used black music records to pack in goods imported into the UK as if they were no better than cardboard. And the kids got to know dockers who would give them the records.

[@HalStargazer]

the 60s was absolutely revolutionary time for music. there has never been anything like it since. i don't think we realised just how lucky we were to experience it at the time

[@rachelmichaels2108]

I remember they made a movie and it played in our small town Illinois theater. Haven’t a clue what it was about and I think nothing anyway. Just a string of random shots at various locations and some nearly unintelligible audio of anyone speaking. But still it was a greatest moment to have seen it.