And the continent of africa on the move stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies into their own hands. V. W. Multimedia series food for. D. W. B. Dot com. Hello and welcome to twenty one this week were celebrating the spirit of one thousand Nine Hundred Sixty six was its a year that changed the world. A time of social and political upheaval the old order was stripped away and nothing was ever the same again and taking stock of the legacy of sixty eight and its relevance today about. Half a century on. It all began in the early sixtys
in the usa Berkeley California students are fed up. Civil rights free speech the War In Vietnam Social Topics that culminated in massive protests with National Implications and sparked demonstrations around the Globe The Rebellion has a soundtrack. The call for change and freedom spreads to germany to west berlin june one Nine Hundred Sixty Seven the shah of iran makes an official visit students demonstrate against his authoritarian
and harmonia in one nine hundred seventy three. his band s rebelled against musical conventions. in the late sixty s and early seventy s we were all influenced by the spirit of the establishment. political and cultural. legendary british radio d.j. john peel is said to have coined the term kraut rock in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. the pieces were epic full of improvisation and experimental sounds krautrock became a synonym for this new music coming out of germany. but one band style varied greatly from the next google for example were from the free jazz scene and played psychedelic rock. from p. from hamburg combined ethereal sound with rocking guitar riffs government provided
conventions. in the late sixty s and early seventy s we were all influenced by the spirit of fighting the establishment. political and cultural. legendary british radio d.j. john peel is said to have coined the term kraut rock in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. the pieces were epic full of improvisation and experimental sounds krautrock became a synonym for this new music coming out of germany. but one band style varied greatly from the next google for example were from the free jazz scene and played psychedelic rock. from p. from hamburg combined ethereal sounds with rocking guitar riffs government provided the vocal accompaniment.