The Amazing Year That Was 1991
b'When it comes to music, not all years are created equal\\u2026listen, every year features some great new songs from great new bands\\u2026but over the long term, this music isn\\u2019t equally distributed\\u2026sometimes\\u2014maybe once a decade, but usually less\\u2014we run into what can only be described as an embarrassment of riches\\u2026\\n\\nWhat i mean by that is that we go through a period where every week\\u2014even every day\\u2014seems to bring something amazing\\u2026\\n\\nLike when?...1955, maybe\\u2026Elvis\\u2026Chuck Berry\\u2026Little Richard\\u2026.Bo Diddley\\u2026Bill Haley and the Comets\\u2026they all exploded into public consciousness\\u2026it was the birth of rock\\u2019n\\u2019roll\\u2026\\n\\n1965\\u2026The Beatles and everything they were doing\\u2026the rise of The Rolling Stones with \\u201cSatisfaction\\u201d\\u2026Bob Dylan releases \\u201cLike A Rolling Stone\\u201d for \\u201cHighway 61 Revisited\\u201d after going electric\\u2026\\n\\nActually, rock\\u2019s most prolific years\\u2014at least when it came to being an agent for social change and a driver of western culture\\u2014were 65, 66, 67, 68 and 69\\u2026\\n\\nAfter that, we might consider 1977\\u2026punk, the beginning of new wave, the era of post-punk and all that came with it\\u2026\\n\\nBut then there was a long fallow period\\u2026lots of disco, lots of pop, lots of hair metal\\u2014which was great if you were into that, but not exactly music that changed the world\\u2026\\n\\nBut then came one particular year\\u2026if you look back on it, it\\u2019s astounding at what happened, what was released and the music we\\u2019re still talking about\\u2026by the time the calendar turned, everything\\u2014and i mean everything\\u2014was different\\u2026\\n\\nThis is the amazing year that was 1991\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'