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Nina Simone - The Last Rose of Summer

Punk appealed to lower and middle class teenagers in Britain who grew up detesting the lifestyles and traditions of their parents. They felt they had no control over their lives and were destined to stay in poverty because of a class ridden social system. The youth saw rock as being played by wealthy stars and weren’t interested. They were anti fashion, wearing torn clothes with safety pins holding them together. Anarchy was enthusiastically supported by many British punk fans.

Singer Joe Strummer had a more melodic approach to his vocals, combining this melodic sensibility with a rough, unpolished vocal timbre, fitting to the aggressive tone of the music.

Since punk was such an aggressive style of music, it didn’t create a wide appeal to general population. The revitalized energy was appealing though, and many characteristics of it were integrated into a new style called New Wave. New Wave used the pulsebbased rhythms of punk, monotone vocals, and emotional alienation of punk music, but also used a wider variety of instruments such as synthesizers, and generally had a clean and slick soun


Nina Simone - The Last Rose of Summer
  • Produced by: Hal Mooney
  • Released in: 1964
  • Recorded in: New York City

"After several more years of travel, Nina Simone released a live album through the American VPI label and another concert set issued by Verve in 1987. Her 1959 recording of My Baby Just Cares for Me was used in a British television commercial and the song subsequently became a hit."

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