Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Stefan Szczelkun Lecture October 28th 2014


Agit Disco - Cultural Politics

 

Stefan Szczelkun

A general reaction to a change in common life.

Oppression of the 20th century.

The Who - My Generation

Vulgarity coming back into the mainstream.

Sonny Boy Williamson

Ricky Tick Windsor - Eric Clapton Cream 1966

R.I.P Jack Bruce

Thank God for Peel. John Peel.

Fixin to Die rag.

1, 2, 3, what are we fighting for?

5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates, next stop is Vietnam, We're all gonna die.

Sex Pistols God Save the Queen

The stiff upper lip dissolves 1977.

Brixton calling 1980s.

LGBT artist identity politics.

Fight the Power! Public Enemy 1989

Collaborations 1986

Class myths and culture 1990

The conspiracy of good taste 1993

Steve Cope

One of the things to disappear from the nations media screens in like process of bowdlerisation is the politics in music. And the stories of how music takes part in our political unfolding. Revealing truths about the world or supporting us to go against the oppression some of us feel. A concept that I felt was under 'protest music'.

Oppression only works whilst we allow the illusion of our powerlessness and lack to be repeated. We must become the selectors of the soundtrack of our lives. We must direct our own culture and not leave it to the elite.

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