| Description | Richard Hoggart talks to Geoffrey Reeves.
Track 1: Test tone, 0.19 mins
Tracks 2-8: Richard Hoggart talks about the pop songs and artists he remembers from his early teens and from university. He talks about his memories of popular music in the 1930s in Leeds and describes people buying sheet music copies of popular songs to play on the piano. He talks about the beginning of Radio Luxembourg, and the cost of records. He talks about the 'middle-aged, suburban note' of most of the music of the 1930s. He says he did not listen to pop music in the 1940s and 1950s because he had a young family, but became aware of it again when his children became interested. He talks about of children being put on the stage to imitate adults, and says that this is a tradition in British working-class life. He talks about entertainment in working men's clubs and talks about a pop star who had one hit and now plays working men's clubs. He talks about pop today and says that it is more lively and varied than 1930s pop. He says that the good pop from the 1930s was American and British songs were 'horrible'. He says that pop music today is more 'inventive' and comes from music hall.
Total: 21.56 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF534B0197980 |