“I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late 70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording.” PeriodsLateSummerBeesDiscoAbbaBee Gees Author:Taylor Hawkins
“There was a huge period where I was filming and studying. But then we went into summer and it became easier. I did find combining the two difficult and I haven't figured out how to do it effortlessly just yet.” TwoDifficultStudyHavensHugePeriodsEasierSummerCombining Author:Yasmin Paige
“You also had in Detroit that summer, an early variation of Ferguson. A black prostitute was shot in the back by police. And all of the efforts that a very progressive police chief and mayor of that period had put into trying to restore race relations started to fall apart again, and you could see that unraveling for several years until the riots or rebellion of 1967.” TryingYearsFallBlackEffortRacePeriodsSummerShotsRelationPoliceChiefsRebellionProgressiveFalling ApartVariationRace RelationsRiotMayorsDetroitFergusonUnraveling Author:David Maraniss
“There has been a ton of excellent music in this period (along with a few misses), evoking scenes like a bar-room brawl at a border-town dive, a washed-up singer in a smoky lounge, and the scenes of violence in Bob Dylan latter-day music videos.I think the ethos of this period is best summed up in the 2001 song "Summer Days".” ThinkingHas BeensSongRoomsViolenceMissingPeriodsSceneSummerTownsSingersBarsVideoExcellentBordersLatterBobDylanEthosLatter DaysSummer Days Author:Jay Michaelson