| Description | Track 1: Kingsley Amis talks about the importance of individuality of voices in pop, he says that anybody could sing Bob Dylan's 'With God on our Side', he believes that pop songs are transposable and the singer could give them a personal stamp, he says that the Beatles have an identifiable sound - he believes this is a good thing, he talks about music from his youth in the 1930s, 2.58 mins
Tracks 2-3: He talks about Bob Dylan's 'With God on our Side', which didn't interest him, he regards it as an expression of the bewilderment of the young, the interviewer asks about the relationship between pop and jazz, he says that jazz is more musically complex than pop, he says that music must be the dominating factor in vocal music - words are less important
Track 4: He talks about the Beatles, their musicianship is not considerable, he values the skill with which the tunes are written and the 'agreeably curious effects', he talks about lack of sexuality in the Beatles' work and in pop generally, 4.30 mins
Track 5: He talks about Elvis Presley and sexuality - sexuality is in the performance, he says that he believes that songs should be judged for their musical content, not their sexuality, 2.34 mins
Track 6: Silence, 0.30 mins
Total: 16.47 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0358580 |