#the group (1966)

[musicbabes]

Le groupe suédois Nursery Rhymes au Cromwellian Club à Londres, le 6 décembre 1966.

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Jimi Hendrix with The Ronettes, 1966🌵🌵🌵

Via @isabelfutre on Instagram🌵

[fayegonnaslay]

Lucille Bluth before George's arrest core.

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

This is poll is just part one, and is exclusively focusing on film adaptations (the one exception being the 60s Batman series, which has also been included because of the Batman 1966 film). A second part, featuring non-film adaptations, will be coming shortly. A combined poll with the favorite options from each may also be made some time in the future

*obviously with comics there's lots and lots of different runs that can have wildly different qualities and everything which kind of complicates things, but as the source material it does need to be included on the poll- you can just think of this option as indicating a general preference for the comics stories instead of being attached to a specific Batman run in the comics

There are some further notes in the tags of the original post

[mariocki]

Donald Sutherland guest stars as the appropriately named Philip Guest, a less appropriately unbalanced kidnapper, in Gideon's Way: The Millionaire's Daughter (1.21, ITC, 1966)

[ozkar-krapo]

Walter MARCHETTI

"In Terram utopicam"

(LP. Get Back. 2002 / rec. 1966-75?) [IT]

[kdo-three]

Spencer Davis Group - This Hammer (1966) (AKA: The Hammer Song) Traditional / Arrangement: Spencer Davis Group from: "The Second Album" (LP)

R&B | British R&B

JukeHostUK (left click = "play") (320kbps)

Personnel: Steve Winwood: Lead Vocals / Lead Guitar / Harmonica Spencer Davis: Rhythm Guitar / Backing Vocals Muff Winwood: Bass Pete York: Drums

Produced by Chris Blackwell

Album Recorded: @ Island Records in London, England UK October, 1965

Album Released on January 7, 1966 Fontana Records (UK)

[thegaslightbrigade]

making a new post for traction: I've made a Discord server for anyone who wants to talk about the og Mission: Impossible series 👀

https://discord.gg/kBGRYtNV4c

[pretty-little-fools]

[eldritch-boulevard]

beautiful boy.

[toongrrl-blog]

My Style Analysis: Cyclical Iconic Fashion and a Missed Prom

Originally posted on Reddit

Anyone notice something about Devi's prom dress? Something retro?

The chiffon, long flowing dress, the neckline, the ruffles, the florals and pinks feel very retro. Like very 1970s (look I know per ShopYourTV that it's a recent find from Nordstrom's) maybe 70s does 30s...

In fact Devi's dress slightly reminded me of Marge Simpson's prom dress in "The Way We Was" which was set in 1974, 49 years before Nalini almost had a heart attack seeing her daughter and Ben in bed together (albeit with clothes on). It's all there: the pink, the apparently lightweight fabric (chiffon or rayon or polyester or a combination, that was a staple of the era), the ruffles around the neck. Marge's pink dress (surely from Gunne Sax, which was fondly remembered by Boomers and Gen Xers alike) and Homer's baby blue tuxedo were so iconic that they were made into figurines.

In fact Devi's dress falls into good company with some other examples I listed in a old post on Tumblr about this frilly, utterly feminine aesthetic in fact I want to show another Mad Men example and one from the 1930s period piece The Group (1966).

Every outfit looks so floaty here and these were promos for episodes set in 1970, thankfully our girls up there have much happier endings than the former Mrs. Drapers.

Here is your 1930s example with The Group, which focuses on graduates of a Seven Sisters college as they navigate adult life in Depression era America and the patriarchy (it's rough as hell). The brunette in black is future Lucille Bluth, the late Jessica Walter. Bonum est mulier.

Eleanor's look sort of reminds me of: Cher, Selena, and Liz Taylor. All very iconic women who followed their passions boldly and became icons without blindly following trends set for either fashion or for their gender.

(EDIT: Much better example)

As for Fabi? Well the tuxedo is pure androgyny. Calling to the OG ladies in a suit, Bessie Smith (EDIT: Gladys Bentley) and Marlene Dietrich and Annie Lennox

All these women flouted restrictions regarding gender expression admidst the jeers of conservatives, pearl-clutchers, white supremacists, Jim Crow, fatphobia, and one even told Hitler to go fuck himself (okay maybe not those words but you get the gist).

The red may be a call back to predominantly African-American men in the media donning a red suit, as noted in u/eve_salmon's "A Cinematic Guide to The Weekend Pt. 3", Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr. (known for a flashy yet very traditionally masculine sense of style) donned a red suit for the film Poor Devil, whom like Fabi, was Black and queer in an era that was even more racist and queerphobic than the present. We also see Richard Pryor (comedian for those not in the know) donning a red suit along with Joe Pesci in Goodfellas and Casino. The red is likely a sign of pure confidence and defiance, keep in mind that Pesci's characters and Pryor (as well as Davis) grew up in eras where looking a white person in the eye can get a Black person made past tense to use a TikTok phrase and where Italian Americans were still looked down upon, so dressing well and in a manner that commands attention was a act of resistance.

Both examples of Marginalized Men in Red Suits and Gender-Bending Women Looking Sharp-Dressed, speaks well to Fabiola's own development as a character and taking ownership of her identity in a world that tells you to be a laundry list of things to be acceptable (be girly, be outgoing, be into pop culture, be straight, listen to your parents, focus on what boys like, fade into the background, wear uncomfy formalwear that ain't you) and points for the series highlighting HBCUs as up there with the Ivies; where the Ivies represent mainstream power, the HBCUs represent how a community managed to carve their own space to let it's members thrive and accomplish more (also while Princeton waited until 1969 and Columbia until 1983 to accept women, Howard been doing that since it's founding!), what better place for Fabiola whose journey is about owning her sense of self?

What can Iconic Lady Joan Holloway say, well I can think of her Bonwit Teller shopping spree where she decides what to take with her fabulous black dress with ostritch feather cuffs: "I'll take the boots, the tan heels, the chiffon (in a cooing voice), the red (even more cooing), and this (to her flamboyant dress)", in other words, she approves.

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The Ronettes pose for a portrait in 1966 in Los Angeles, California. (L-R) Estelle Bennett Vann, Ronnie Spector, Nedra Talley Ross. Michael Ochs Archives🌻🌻🌻

Via @isabelfutre on Instagram🌻

[danu2203]

TODAY’S VIEWING...THE GROUP...1966

[get-back-homeward]

Listening to Got to Get You into My Life versions to try to decide my favorite and accidentally clicked Solomon Burke’s Got to Get You Off My Mind. And holy hell, Paul totally ripped him off!

At first I was like, “oh, is this where he got the idea?” I’ve been deep diving on tons of bugs influences this year. I love seeing links here and there piecing together how creatives inspire each other. But no, this goes way past inspiration.

The brass replies and the backing vocals (on take 5 not the final) are one thing. But there’s no denying it by the chorus. It’s the most blatant steal I’ve found so far. And that includes the ones they got sued for!

Solomon Burke apparently started it the night he learned his friend Sam Cooke had been killed in LA. This is December 11, 1964 (the case is a mess and raises more questions than answers, inspiring two recent docs, and tons of conspiracy theories including one on Allen Klein who ends up with his publishing rights). He continues it in Sam Cooke’s style the week of the funeral. This was also after Burke’s second wife left him so they’re both thought to play a role in the inspiration for the song. He records it in January 1965 with Dee Dee Warwick and Cissy Houston on backing vocals.

It’s released in March 1965 and jumps to No 1 quickly, so there’s zero chance Paul hadn’t heard the song by April 1966, when they’re first recording GTGYIML.

I always look at Paul’s stories about waking up with new music in his head like how is it new? My brain’s a jukebox, but it’s always repeating something from somewhere else. So I wonder what his ratio is of music in his head that’s new vs someone else’s. I know there’s stories of him playing Yesterday for everyone he can to make sure it wasn’t from somewhere else.

Here, looking at the lyrics and considering the late 65/early 66 context (Jane Bristol drama, JP LSD drama), I’m wondering: is this just in the back of his brain or was he listening to it intentionally?

Some folks love is hard and strong

That's the kind of love that lingers on

Some folks love is swift and fast

That's the kind of love that'll never last

We had a love that was in between

And to me it was like a dream

An “in between” love, eh?

Either way, it’s fascinating on several levels.

Little chance Paul didn’t realize it though, with the chorus being so similar. It’s probably why the first version was without brass, to try not to copy it too closely. See John’s mouth trumpet expression at the end of Take 5 for a laugh. And somewhere along the line they decide to just be shameless and use the brass anyway. And then never speak about it and hope few noticed?

Wait, no, just blame weed! 🤦‍♀️

Look, I love GTGYIML.

But I’d say after 60 years, Solomon Burke at least deserves a shout out.

[flock-of-cassowaries]

Liz Stoddard and Roger Collins make the Roy siblings look like group-work champions.