My Generation: The Animals

Record ID: 120025
  • Title: My Generation: The Animals
  • Date: 21st March 1995
  • Summary: MY GENERATION IS A SERIES OF THREE PROGRAMMES WHICH ATTEMPTS TO RELIVE THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE OF THE SIXTIES THROUGHOUT THE STORIES AND ANECODOTES OF THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE BANDS CHOSEN FOR THE SERIES. IN THE FIRST PROGRAMME THE ANIMALS ARE FEATURED - THEIR SOUND WAS ANGREY AND DIRECT. 'HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN' MAY HAVE BEEN THEIR BEST REMEMBERED MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLE, BUT 'WE'VE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE', 'IT'S MY LIFE' AND THEIR VERSION OF NINA SIMONE'S 'DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD' BECAME REAL ANTHEMS OF ENGLISH SATURDAY-NIGHT-SUNDAY STYLE YOUTH REBELLION. THE PROGRAMME INTERVIEWS ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND AS WELL AS EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS FROM THE FIXERS AND FACES OF THE ERA.
  • Description:THE GREAT BANDS OF THE BEAT BOOM PROFILED AND ASSESSED. WE ALSO TALK TO THE SURVIVORS. FEATURING THE KINKS,THE ANIMALS AND THE TROGGS.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Music
  • Producer:Granada Television Ltd.
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:21/03/1995
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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