The Iconic MUSIC Scene of April 1965, You Just Can't Find Today!

The Iconic MUSIC Scene of April 1965, You Just Can't Find Today! This place in time is filled with music, fashion, incredible live shows and a promising outlook. The music scene has taken on a life of its own. Optimism can be seen in the fashion, heard in the music and experienced on the small and big screen. The joyful energy within the music scene is emitting everywhere from Motown to California, from London to LA. Music weaves in and out through many aspects of lifestyle in April 1965. Despite problems emerging in the world, there is still an overall positive feeling about life and the world to come. We see science play a big role in fashion and culture. The iconic music on the radio has a song for everyone and it is creating a feeling of connection throughout society. If only that optimism could have just been bottled up and a little saved for a rainy day..
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[@davidellis5141]

It was all happening in the spring of 1965. Vibrant times & The Beatles were unstoppable. The Who & The Kinks were Top Of The Pops 🇬🇧. What a time to be young !

[@freewheelingideas]

Amazing times for sure!

[@cirrus1964]

well I stayed that way hahahahaha. you 2?

[@RadicalCaveman]

@@cirrus1964 Oh, come on. You must be at least 30 now!

[@cirrus1964]

@@RadicalCaveman well I grew a bit older, but not fanatical, besides, I am easy to be found on the internet.

[@JoLeeR25]

Roy Orbison

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

A great time to be a teenager; we had the music, the fashion and those days were so much simpler than they are today. We used to communicate with one another, face to face, not by mobile and texting.

[@disintegrationnation9352]

Except for Vietnam.

[@roberthill799]

And Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia...

[@PixivityComputerSpecialists]

Social media ruined a lot

[@steveack2004]

I'm so glad I was alive during that time, things were so much better and simpler than

[@jonathanj.7344]

Simpler, but such feelgood quality times.

[@patrickryan1515]

You said it!

[@spindriftdrinker]

Ahh yes. Back then bullies would punch you directly in the face - now they just anonymously call you a "racist" online and get you fired from your job and permanently banned.

[@tonylove4800]

Unless you had health conditions. Modern medicine is marvellous.

[@maxpayne2574]

Unless you were sent to Vietnam like my brother or a black person in the south or an Irish freedom fighter. We were young is what was better.

[@curioussoftware]

Thanks for the memories, I'm 77 now from Liverpool and in '65 I played a '63 pre CBS tri colour sunburst Stratocaster with a number of groups, it was the most magical time that people will never ever see again in the world, if I could go back in time I wouldn't think twice about it and just go, I feel sad for the current generation, they will never be as free, as wealthy and happy as my generation. The problem with toady's music is what they call suicide music in the business and it really makes you want to commit suicide not be happy.

[@freewheelingideas]

You’re welcome

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

WOW !!-YOU SAID IT ALL BROTHER !!--WHERE'S MY "TIME-MACHINE"???

[@lonerose99]

A lot of depressing things, doom, and the gloom, yes.. Along with nothing new, really .... it's all been done before. Too many young people blame the older ones, yet they don't have their own ideas which are any better.

[@zoomtulips6039]

I was just 15 and this music saved my life. It was all so joyful. 💎

[@freewheelingideas]

🙏

[@kevinmadden1645]

How did it save your life?

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

My favorite year. It was a Golden Age called the Youth Quake and it was so exciting to have experienced it. Theater, arts, fashion, music, cars, freedom, manners, class..everything good was part of that year. In America we all wanted our town to be a mini London with the hip clubs we saw across the Pond. We had the Beatles right out the gate when they shook the planet. Jackie Kennedy was our model, as well as the four original Beatle girlfriends..they were so chic and original. It took your breath away to see it all unfold . And personally, I met my husband in April of 1965, so it was doubly exciting for me. All of us are grateful for having been there.

[@freewheelingideas]

That’s amazing m! Thanks for sharing!

[@curioussoftware]

Totally agree with you Beth, one thing stdood out straight away...MANNERS something missing a lot today, I wonder if the people had more manners and less chip s on their shoulders blaming the world rather than themselves would the world be a better place?❤

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

@@curioussoftware No chip on our shoulders. We knew how to enjoy life and got along. It's all gone now, and it's very tragic.

[@rozzgrey801]

I was 6 years old, addicted to the radio and TV, the magic that came out of those devices was amazing to me, like finding sights and sounds from another world that was bright, colourful and fun. You recaptured that vibe here, cheers!

[@freewheelingideas]

So happy to that! Thank you so much 😊

[@Suzi64grad]

I met my husband in April 1965! 58 yrs later he is still my love! What music to fall in love to…..

[@freewheelingideas]

That’s amazing! Congratulations

[@Suzi64grad]

@@freewheelingideas ❤️

[@larrybd100]

I met my high school girlfriend in February 1965. She broke my heart in March 1967. 57 years later it still hurts.

[@Suzi64grad]

@@larrybd100 Awww that is so sad! 65 was our year….he came home from Vietnam in 67…..I waited for him…never even looked at another because I had the best! ❤️. Whatever happened to her?

[@tenbroeck1958]

They were in the middle of so much social and cultural change. It was everywhere - the music was amazing

[@freewheelingideas]

Agreed

[@pamelab7235]

I think you can make the case that the world totally changed during this decade. Considering where we are now, I’m not so the end result has been all that positive.

[@dianeamaral8151]

Yes 😊

[@jonathanj.7344]

I love, love LOVE this music and fashion. BUT, I was 7 years old in 1965. Mine was a child's world of Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Stingray, Johnny Quest, Dr Who and the Daleks and TV 21 comic. It was a wonderful world, but that of a completely a different age group. I really got into 60s music big time in the early 70s when I was a teenager.Have loved it ever since.

[@kevinmadden1645]

What, no Three Stooges? 5:19

[@markhill9275]

F A B! Thunderbirds are GO!

[@veecamp7088]

I was a 7 or 8 year old, but it moved me too and left an indellible mark on me, especially the Beatles. And from here in America came some of the most stunning sounds from Black artists that I feel the same way about. ❤

[@michaelcolllett9082]

As only 7 years still at school,amazing music and fashion which passed me by,now I am 65, nice look back ,since I 13years start my music 70s/80s/90s,recently 40s/50s/60s both side of Atlantic

[@leancove9662]

I lived this life. It`s something unimaginable now. News papers had news that one then believed(now you do not know what to believe). At least once a day we had a useful conversation,from which you learned something.When we got our first job we knew we were on our way. Never knew the word "layed off". We met at the local Record Store,till it was time to go home, have supper and watch everyones favorit TV shore with the family, did our home work and went to bed, with a positive mind set.Only fear would have been the cold war but, that was for the adults!!

[@mataform]

I can’t explain was the first record I bought. These were the best times ever. We had come out of the dark, with rationing after the war 😊😊😊and bang my youth was this . Fantastic.

[@freewheelingideas]

♥️

[@Shay2312]

Wages 1964-65 was $1.65 if my recall is working. I had a summer job. And my #1 favorite group was Beach Boys. 1965 I started 2 yr community College. Cost was next to nothing & most expensive items were the books. Life was good

[@abw48]

I was 16 years old living in the UK... This is my history... No regrets except I wish I had paid more attention.

[@robertgregory1927]

Born in 65 so all these songs I heard in the womb!

[@markeaton2003]

Great video, and Music history lesson. Thank you.

[@freewheelingideas]

You’re welcome! Thank you for your feedback!

[@saxman2269]

Well done! 1965 was a pivotal year in music. Dylan went electric.

[@freewheelingideas]

Thank you

[@freewheelingideas]

I have a video on that on Greenwich Village..

[@henryrogers5500]

I remember 1965 as a youth quite well. Great time to be immersed in pop culture! A great time to be young. Pop culture that had style, fun, substance and was just so incredibly outta-sight boss! Today? Tasteless, forgettable garbage fit to be flushed down the toilet.

[@felliniesque1]

'66 is generally perceived to have been the summit of Pop music, but '65 was also a high point. It was about the writing. We teens in bands believed we could do great things like we were hearing on the radio, and many of us did have hit records, despite being only 16 or so.

[@ralphsanchico2452]

I remember these songs Oh so well as a 7 year old kid riding in the family car going wherever we would go that day! That's when AM ruled (LOL)

[@DonkeyYote]

I find it interesting how upbeat the music sound for songs with opening lyrics like "I think I'm gonna be sad" and "I'm so tired."

[@freewheelingideas]

A peak into the reality behind the upbeat sound.

[@jennifers6435]

Sweet life

[@marciamarsh9196]

My parents always said they were glad I was born in 1962. They could turn on the radio and positive, multi-cultural, hopeful songs would be on, encouraging us to think expansively, consider how to treat others in the best way

[@freewheelingideas]

We need to resurrect that mindset.

[@bobbojones8157]

Great times and a great year I got married in October and stopped all my nights in the soho clubs the scene, the discotheque,Ronnie Scott’s and just onece at the flamingo

[@freewheelingideas]

Cool!

[@TomGargiuloArtandFilm-fu2hv]

OPTIMISM is a great word to describe things, a sense that anything was possible, that one could impact the world through science, education, right intention and everyone putting their heads together. What happened to change things: A war in Vietnam that would end, the assassination of political leaders, JFK/ RFK / MLK, the Watergate Scandal, an Arab Oil embargo with ensuing inflation, a worsening job and stock markets? The fact is we all expected changing the world would be easy, 1-2-3.. Presto, Change-o. We had become used to the post WW II economic expansion where there was unlimited money for science, education and there was plenty of housing. We weren't prepared to deal with how hard change really is. How hard changing our own self is, let alone changing a complex, inter-related world populated by people who did not share our values. People can be mean, selfish, violent and resist all changes. So, where does it leave us? We are forced to live realistically amongst our problems: over-population, wars, ecological crises, political extremism, social division and we are still forced to confront ourselves, our own fears. However, we are also people with choices including the choice to love, to learn, to make wise choices and choose wise leaders.

[@peteseaton1547]

any generation you just cant find today, we arent allowed to keep it, life moves on

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

Born '72 I prefer this over current charts 😂

[@freewheelingideas]

💯

[@andrewfischer8564]

special connection to that month

[@pongsakvittayarumpa9233]

Brilliant !

[@colinnicholson6828]

Radio Caroline is still transmitting it sends me back to the 1960s every day.

[@anarcho45]

I was 20 then. Such an amazing time to be young. All those cheap rents allowed a lot of talented but poor young people to live in proximity to each other giving rise to cultural synergy that was so productive and positive. Not live today...

[@freewheelingideas]

True

[@MarkMiller-i8q]

Pop music and fashion had arrived. The British invasion was in its second year. Swinging London riveled New York and Paris as the place to be. Skeptics who called the Beatles a passing fad were having second thoughts after the song Yesterday was released. In a few months, Rubber Soul would be released, leaving no doubt. Astronauts were doing space walks - the planned moon landing didn't seem so far away (and it wasn't). The US committed ground troops in Vietnam, a huge foreign policy blunder that divided the country and cost close to sixty-thousand American lives. Like all years, 1965 was both a good year and one not so good. I turned 16 and got my driver's license.

[@glennhopkins2643]

BEATLES !!!!

[@GilLivne]

Excellent as usual but missing more info about the movies of 1965 like 007 Thunderball, The sound of Music and Dr. Zhivago to name a few

[@freewheelingideas]

Thank you and noted!

[@rogerrendzak8055]

It's okay to reflect on the past, but definitely NOT HEALTHY, to dwell in it. For the music comparison??? Yes, that music movement was groundbreaking for the times, but today's (past 20+ years) music, is definitely MUCH, MUCH BETTER!!! And, some of the BEST music🎵 🎶 composed in history, is presently, right now!!! Unfortunately, it's human nature to preside, in a time frame where, we were young and safe. The music of those times, goes along subconsciously with that attitude, and THAT'S HOW, middle-aged, and older peeps get stuck, living in the past. Plus , they are unaware that, that music🎵 🎶, ain't copistetic, anymore. Go to anyone's who's older, house and/or party, and ask them to put some KOOL music on, and see what you get. It'll be more than likely, that you'll have to unfortunately deal with, the beat-down music, depicted within this documentary😔. In the 21st. century, no less🙄🤭!!!

[@timothyramsey7010]

Oh, that was music today. It’s just noise.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Wish it was ‘65 now I’d be 16 , glad I was there though

[@colincocks1335]

Wow it was great to be young then, I was 15, the music was fantastic but so was life, england was on the way up, we flattened out and started to take a steady fall, today? Well we are I expect on a hard drop to dark times, the sixties were great, my favourite, 1962, as a 12 year old, I remember, Bryan hyland, sealed with a kiss, Thankyou for the good times,, THEY ARE GONE GONE GONE

[@createone100]

Not a whole lot of optimism in Vietnam.

[@GordoGambler]

I was in grade 7 in 1965. I always thought 1968 was my fave, but '66 and '65 are so close. 1967 was too soul and quirky. I hated the turn to psychedelic and grunge after Woodstock. The day innocence died IMO.

[@stanthesteelguitarman8228]

Most of it was crap, yet it is even worse today!

[@hostilegraveyard2849]

wild to believe THIS was actually considered "longhaired" in '65 when SCREAMIN' LORD SUTCH already made the scene half a decade PRIOR,lol! david supposedly stopped getting routine haircuts in '59. he allegedly sported 18 INCHES OF HAIR LENGTH in '60. 🤯 it'd be seriously EDUTAINING if more footage of his early performances ever surfaces. 🤞

[@maureennewman905]

What happened ?

[@williamskyner2887]

Anyone born from 1945 had the best time and freedom

[@ViggoMJ]

Optimism? What's that?

[@festeradams3972]

Its something we used to have long ago...

[@alastairdonaldson-jj9vh]

All in a big void now. Pretty dull & dare I say uninspired, cultural nowhere land really.

[@dimitri1946]

Boomers getting their butts conned off of them big time. Most of that music is gone and lost to time. It was monotonous, four chord and specializing in trite lyrics. Best thing you could do was to avoid it and the scenes built up around it.

[@davidbrims5825]

The Beatles, a manufactured band…

[@maurice8607]

You have to be kidding? The Monkees,yes. The Beatles,no way. They worked their arses off to get to where they got.

[@jillspence7227]

@@maurice8607 settle down, just some disgruntled loser whose bitterness is his life. Ignore it.

[@maurice8607]

@@jillspence7227 True

[@mikebuchanan7133]

They all sold there souls for fame

[@lonerose99]

Corporate took it over by the late 70's, that's what did it in.

[@tomc642]

Never stopped listening to 60s music, still my favorite. The times were forward looking, the baby boomers were young. There was cause for optimism, unlike today.

[@freewheelingideas]

We could use some optimism for sure.

[@Niteowlette]

Very true.

[@TheLarryBrown]

60s music has a lot to offer, but give me the 70s music any day. It's unbeatable.

[@tomc642]

@@TheLarryBrown Maybe, but prog rock, glam rock, heavy metal, country rock, soft rock, synth music, jazz fusion, blues rock, funk, disco etc.., all bored me to tears, and I was a teenager then. Punk was especially bad. Of course, we all have our opinions.

[@Niteowlette]

@@tomc642 I feel pretty much the same. I like some heavy rock and metal, but there is nothing like 60's music for me. I think its a generation thing.

[@carolross6583]

I was born and brought up in central London and a teenager throughout the 1960's. It amuses me whenever a film is made now and tries to depict that time they always get it wrong. I'm 73 now and would not want to be a youngster today. The 60's was a wonderful era to be young and free.

[@bluemango7112]

Same age and your so right , i remember all the dance venues in every suburb , my Lambretta , the slim girls , no tats and the mod fashion , and i lived at the edge of the world in Australia , we just loved UK culture .

[@kemcmanus]

I'm 66, I grew up in New Orleans and most definitely remember the Mardi Gras season ('64) when the sixties arrived! Heard my first Beatles song on WTIX around the same time. Begged my folks to let me ditch crinoline frocks for mod dresses and mary janes. And I would happily be seven years older today to have been seven years older then..........

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

I agree; I was a teenager in the 1960's and 70's and we were happy just being young and free. The music and fashion was great, and we knew how to communicate. I am now 74, and wouldn't want to be a young person in this era.

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

It always galls me when movies try to duplicate that time. You just can't. Simply can't.

[@bluemango7112]

@@bethvirginiaphillips4583 Agree , the movie Quadrophenia 1979 produced by the WHO is my go to 60's feel movie , the rest are garbage .

[@atlanteantruth]

"How does it stack up to today’s music scene?” I didn’t even know that there was a today’s music scene to stack up against.

[@freewheelingideas]

lol true.

[@pibly7784]

No autotune. You had to use your real singing voice. 👍

[@spindriftdrinker]

@@pibly7784 Except on TV, where you had to lip-sync and air guitar to the studio version.

[@mlcred1111]

come on! T Swift is known around the world and you don't think that equals a "music scene'? i like the old music better too, but facts is facts.

[@josemiguelcarrizo7373]

I started to lose interest in "current music" in 1997... and become interested in 60's music.

[@hellskitchen10036]

Are you kidding ? Compared to today? It was magic baby !

[@justplainjimmy1481]

I wish those times could come back again. The world today sucks.

[@freewheelingideas]

Maybe these videos can offer a little escape from modernity.

[@jamespenny9482]

Well, these days are exactly what TRUMP means when he says....MAGA! This is not the country I grew up in (still growin up, btw).

[@spindriftdrinker]

Make me want to rewatch Austin Powers. Yeah, baby.

[@christinemorgan5278]

I was 18 , it was wonderful 😊I earned £7 a week 5 of which went to my mother for board

[@iansutherlandcraig]

@@jamespenny9482Stop whining. You sound like an old granny.

[@Patriciakindred-y1f]

Best decade ever ❤

[@steve119100]

Great music back in 1965. Another great thing about that year was that the word "iconic" wasn't heard as often.

[@coraltown1]

If you were young during those times, you remember how cool and exciting that era was. It really cannot be adequately described to someone who wasn't part of it, because nothing like it has been seen since .. and we are now a million miles away from that vibe, unfortunately.

[@patrickryan1515]

I was just 14 y.o. in '65 and beginning to enjoy a bit of independence. The cross section of musical sounds that year was phenomenal. And only got better as the year ended. So many of the hits from that year remain to this day true classics.

[@freewheelingideas]

Indeed

[@jh2264]

Thank you for posting this. which is beautifully put together, and shows the joy of those times. I love the black & white stills, especially of children playing. I grew up in Essex, England, and I was 7 in 1965. Culturally, I agree they were special times we were lucky and privileged to grow up in. However, I think nostalgia can be misleading. Personally, my family life was terrible, there were also gangs in my area, there was much sexism, racism, etc. In the UK class distinction was stark. In parts of the US there was segregation. In South Africa there was apartheid. The world was really far from perfect! The process that really began in the '60s led us to where we are today - and that's not all bad either. Think about it!

[@Raquel5750]

Great work.This is superb & every word is truthful. We were kids & you had to be there! The music continues to be outstanding & the era was filled with optimism & hope. I can say assuredly that no one could have ever anticipated the mess the world is today. Peace. ☮

[@freewheelingideas]

Thank you for the kind words 🙏 and I agree!

[@howielisnoff]

A different world unrecognizable against today.

[@roberthoury4034]

So glad I grew up during that time….it was such a creative period throughout the world then.

[@freewheelingideas]

💯

[@ericrose3877]

Great music, it drove EVERYTHING.

[@MrCtsSteve]

Great music back then

[@freewheelingideas]

Definitely

[@lindaleduke5016]

I was 17 and looking forward to high school graduation in May. My college acceptance letter came in the mail, and I was on top of the world. Some of my friends were going to college. Some were drafted into the Army; they knew Vietnam could be in their "college". As Charles Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities, "“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way..."

[@WandaWojcik]

I was 17 as well. I was a Beatlemaniac.

[@freewheelingideas]

♥️

[@stephenridley1153]

I was 13...A great time to be alive 🎶♥️🎶

[@bpd9660]

64-66 best music ever

[@markjefferies55]

No 67 was the best

[@ericbond5276]

If US wasn't drafting young men to fight a "war", it would've been perfect.

[@bobmoslow4636]

Of course, there were problems. However, there was a consensus that a truth was a truth and that a lie was a lie and that only the most insane of people would dare to disagree about that. Times have changed.

[@freewheelingideas]

💯

[@randolphpinkle4482]

That is until you start discussing specifics like...Vietnam and so many other wars going on at the time.

[@bobmoslow4636]

@@randolphpinkle4482 No one would have dared to say it was a hoax conceived by the crooked NY TImes. You vote your way and I'll vote mine.

[@robertclifton2211]

I was in my third year of high school in the NYC area and remember all of this happening. We went to East Greenwich Village cafes and saw a lot of talent including Dylan.

[@MD-bu3xc]

It's hard to imagine a better time to have been 13. It was everything described here and more!!

[@paulblatchfordplymouth]

I close my eyes and listen and am immediately transported back to 1965…… magical days.

[@freewheelingideas]

♥️

[@macpduff2119]

I like the way you have clustered the music scenes, fashion, world events, street photos, etc for April 1965. - it helps to give the flavor of the time (exuberant and positive). April 1965 I was a 20 yr old college student working that Summer as a waitress on 5th Avenue, Manhattan NY.

[@freewheelingideas]

Thank you 🙏 and that’s awesome! Bet you enjoyed those days!

[@cuda426hemi]

mac - you MUST buy Ian MacDonald's book Revolution in the Head - 500 pages of every dang Beatle song reviewed and explored both technically and otherwise AND a section in back of parallel things of the time all chrono - Politics, Sports, Science, Sociology, Entertainment of the entire decade so you can easily put together a picture of the decade in chrono if you didn't live it in real time like we boomers did. He does the BEST job of conveying life pre-Beatles and of course the culture shock of after. I have 100s of Beatle books - used to work at Capitol and trust me, Ian's book is THE book if you had to own ONE Beatle book. 🎸

[@aucourant9998]

I think one of the most important points brought up here was the difference in the amount of social interaction between people back then. There were no mobile phones, no internet, with maybe one telephone in a household (probably stuck in a hallway somewhere) where the rest of the family could hear what you were saying. If you wanted to talk to your friends, you went out and met them in person. People hung out on the streets a lot more. Life happened outside.

[@lonerose99]

And now it's in cyberspace... not good...

[@jillspence7227]

Indeed it did, outside with our friends all day except for when we had to go home for lunch then dinner. In summer back out again until it got dark. Whole communities of families all pretty much the same, great times.

[@guillerdeguile9322]

Whoever in their teens and adulthood during that era are lucky to witness and experience the transformation of rock and roll.

[@briankorbelik2873]

I was 9 at that time, life was wonderful.

[@JasonLane-ci5ng]

Today's music scene sucks Compared to 1965

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@johnshields6852]

I was a Boston 5 year old in 1965 and the Beatles music was huge, from then on the bands and the music got better and more diverse every year.

[@debbieschmidling8158]

Same! ❤❤

[@jamespenny9482]

I'd say they got worse, especially after the early to mid 70's, the rock quickly went demonic.

[@robertwoolstencroft5946]

Those were the days my friend. By Mary Hopkin.

[@shedjammer87]

The popular music had much more positive energy than the contemporary music of today.

[@freewheelingideas]

💯

[@jamesskinner7185]

London went diverse😂😂😂😂😂 now a cespool

[@curioussoftware]

I think the real word for London is a ghetto, thats why so many companies and people are moving out

[@hyacinth4368]

The entry level pay of $1,82/hour sounds high. When I graduated high school in 1973, minimum wage was 1,65/hour. I was 10 years old in 1965 and remember the music well.

[@freewheelingideas]

Might’ve depended on where you were located. That’s the average for the U.S. retail worker in 65 according to U.S. bureau of labor statistics.

[@jillhensley4919]

Same here.

[@lonerose99]

2.20 per hr was minimum for a sales clerk in a mall in northern IN. Cost of living different in different areas maybe..

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Basically, it is 10 times more now, but as you noticed rent and Mcdonalds is like 20 times more now. So that level of population seems twice poorer now in terms of housing and food

[@michelesfo7799]

The best of times.

[@loveisall5520]

As one who grew up in that time, I remember the energy and optimism. Absolutely no comparison with the corporate manipulated garbage today.

[@OscarBosch]

That was my cradle. I was born in may 1965. I still listen to that music, mainly The Beatles.

[@chowpuppy4537]

Nice presentation. And yes, a burger at McDonalds really did cost fifteen cents. (The Big Mac wasn't introduced until a few years later.)

[@freewheelingideas]

Thank you!

[@michaelcorke8586]

Radio Caroline and the other pirate radio stations played a big part in the 60s

[@gogoyubari366]

Jimi Hendrix

[@markmoriarty7388]

April 1965 was a memorable time. Iwas 12 in the 6th grade Ct. USA. I bought into the music scene in a big way. On the advice of older musicians I decidrd to play bass guitar and obtained my 1st bass and amp in june 1965.Today I'm 71 and still perform on bass. It all started in 1965 for me.Acts like Wayne Fonbender and Hermin made me laugh. But other UK acts were extremly influential. I don't think I need to name them, you guys know exactly who I am reffering too. By April of65 I had seen Peter Paul Mary thanx to a very kind Paul Colby who allowed me to see them at his club acompanied by my father. Next was the UK's Dave Clarke 5 and in Augest 64 the Beatles at Forrest Hill Stadium. I eas 10 and 11 for these.1965 was the starting point.From that point forward, way too much happened to me than I could possibly explain here. Not even close!! Your "65" doc was great. Glad to have Freewheeling on board. That's it!!

[@freewheelingideas]

Thank you a million!!! Appreciate that 🙏

[@GreenGibbon]

1965, it was a very good year.....

[@ballhawk387]

I was so young I could barely remember any of this, but dug it more than what was going on a decade later. Just had more verve than what was in the charts, with very few exceptions, at least unil punk rock and new wave gave the scene a much-needed kick in the backside, including bands that were very mod influenced. It's been my style to this day, with my own twists, and I still get a lot of compliments for it, even as an older geezer.

[@jamesphillips496]

This was my favorite time I was about 14.

[@sixwingsram]

It's all gone now. It's all negative low vibe noise now. Hopeful and romantic times were everywhere then. Now its dead. Thug rap, hip hop and lame pop crap have dumbed down the hearts and minds of humanity. No romance, no gentle caress, just dominance and materialism. So sad how culture has spiraled downward out of beauty, harmony and a desire for goodness and happiness for all.

[@darwinsfish]

Rap lyrics so infantile - remind me of the terrible verses in cheap greetings cards. I suppose music is more democratic now as anyone can make it and it requires no talent.

[@pamisntcraiganymore]

The music still sounds great. The attitude of society at the time seems a bit naive though. The Vietnam war, civil unrest, race riots, assassinations were also happening, at least for Americans. It must have been a very interesting world to live in. It feels like that last hoorah of youth before waking up to the cold reality of the adult world.

[@jillspence7227]

In my little British Commonwealth country all was still post WW2 positivity except for Americans testing their damn atom bombs down our way even though we did not know how bad it REALLY was, we knew it wasn't good. Some of our armed forces went to Vietnam, some didn't come back, but there were no social problems except a few anti nuclear protests (we are still nuclear free and no nukes allowed to be here in any way.). It was an amazing time, so much innovation and teenagers had a voice of their own, for the first time. Unemployment may have existed, but as it was a fairly shameful 'condition' because jobs were very plentiful, I don remember knowing any unemployed people then. It really was the best of times.

[@viccifranklin3165]

The Marquee, white tights and great music 🥰🥰 what great times.

[@David-yw2lv]

College costs have risen about six times the rate of inflation since all the federal loans began.

[@freewheelingideas]

Yep it’s out of control.

[@wendymaybury6329]

Absolutely THE best era in the history of the world. It was SO optimistic a time and now everything is so bloody depressing

[@freewheelingideas]

Indeed

[@sushibar777]

Much of that music is still quite easy to listen to, and what is discussed here is just a small part of what had come, and what was still to come just in the '60s. This was before the Beatles 'Rubber Soul,' 'Revolver,' and 'Sgt. Pepper'. Before the Stones 'Let It Bleed'. Before Hendrix, the Doors, Joplin, Led Zeppelin, and so much more. Groups like the Yardbirds and Cream aren't even mentioned here. It is doubtful that any significant percentage of today's pop music will come close to being listened to as much even 20 years from no, let alone 60.