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Britain1951-1994. Do you know anything about Britain 1950s -1990s?. Guess the Decade. 1950s 1970s 1960s 1980s 1990s. 2. 1. 3. 4. 6. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 13. 15. 16. Were you right? 1950s.
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Were you right? 1950s 4 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley (American Rock and Roll caused riots in British cinemas) 16 Only 16 by Craig Douglas to outline how Britain could not compete with American music in the 1950s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdufzXvjqw&list=RDZgdufzXvjqw
Were you right? 1960s 2 Taxman by the Beatles (criticises the economic policies of the government) 8 War by Edwin Starr – Wilson should be praised for not sending British troops to Vietnam 11 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by the Beatles – social revolution of the 60s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXmBy1_qOQ
Were you right? 1970s 5 White man in Hammersmith Palais by the Clash – comments on West Indian immigration 6 Bloody Sunday by U2 – written in the 80s but about an event in the 1970s 12 God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols – the ultimate punk anthem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTnijX0TH-w I didn’t play the Sec Pistols as the Y12s said it was the worst noise they had ever heard!
Were you right? 1980s 1 Ghost Town by The Specials – anti-Thatcher protest song following Brixton riots 7 Which Side are you on by Billy Bragg – about the miners strike 10 One in 10 by UB40 about 10% unemployment 14 Streets of Sorrow by the Pogues about the Birmingham 6 and the Troubles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI
Were you right? 1990s 3 – Zombie by the Cranberries about an IRA bomb that killed 3 children 9 – Animal Nitrate by Suede about the age of consent/ section 28 13 – Hymn of the big Wheel by Massive attack about climate change 15 – Sorted for Es and Whiz by Pulp – Comments on Criminal Justice Bill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcwsfns7KPQ
My ideal decade If you could have been a teenager in any decade from the 1950s, which one would you choose and why?