The Shock of the New - Ep 5 - The Threshold of Liberty

[@heracliteanflux1]

Brilliant analysis and explication. Our world should miss both Hughes and the Surrealists.

[@KR-nv3ru]

56:09 That last touch was just brilliant. 👌

[@samuelelsby1800]

Almost every sentence in this episode has either an original thought or makes an original connection. What a contrast to dear old Malcolm Muggeridge who appears in some past BBC (“Monitor”?) interview clips, and trails in the wake of the artists in discussion.

[@mrsmith4683]

It's an educated guess, but I think the Byrds-haircutted rock-throwing Paris '68 rioter with the nice threads (1:52) is the guy who had such an impact on the Stone Roses' Ian Brown and John Squire, partly inspiring not only their own post-'87 haircuts but also their interest in the Paris riots which led to the Roses song 'Bye Bye Badman' and their first album cover art, which both (obliquely) referenced the Paris riots

[@mathewgreen4099]

Lovely stuff! Many thanks for posting.

[@dbcarroll19]

Hunter Thompson had more or less the same withering insights regarding the hippie culture. Excellent episode!

[@junkettarp8942]

Why dose the older Bob got...he looked looked more like a toad than Bob.....Thanks WantedRobot....Well done.

[@selwyn77]

Just because Hughes didn't like "Les Chants De Maldoror", doesn't make it "unreadable".

[@ed-od9sd]

great uploads....

[@litabell9560]

Does anyone know what the music is between 5'40" and 11'00"?

[@troutphosphor7792]

'Konzert im Alten Stil' op.123 by Max Reger.

[@andrewabbey3669]

@@troutphosphor7792 do you know what the other pieces that played in this episode are?

[@troutphosphor7792]

@@andrewabbey366926'15": 'Variations on a Theme of Paganini' by George Thalben Ball; 28'10": 'Divertissement II (Cortege) by Jacques Ibert. No idea about 19'30 (early 20th century French?) or about the Spanish guitar at 21'50".

[@andrewabbey3669]

@@troutphosphor7792 thank you!

[@stephensydney]

thanks for posting this...any idea why friends in the USA can't watch?

[@lisaroberts7266]

i am in US and am watching it now

[@ideanada]

Me, too

[@Daxkalak]

And he (Hughes) would have known a lot about the subject of vanity himself. If he admitted it like Dali did.

[@123artmonkey]

"Im significant!" screamed the dust speck.

[@ideanada]

Haha

[@HeroicRebellion]

Anyone want to tell me what the music is?

[@ghall7894]

BBC Radiophonic Workshop member Peter Howell. Who's work is beautiful.

[@KR-nv3ru]

53:01 😁😂

[@centoluoghi]

the artist Christo was bulgarian

[@perttiheinikko3780]

Dali was nothing but a showman, Magritte was really good, and looking back with hindsight surrealism was 99,8% mumbo jumbo, Magritte and one or two other guys making up the 0,2%.