"Fuck art let's dance!" proclaimed the famous slogan on a post-punk T-shirt, expressing the rebellious musical spirit that thrived in art colleges at the time. Ironically it was precisely ... See full summary
London Calling Fuck Art Let's Dance (2012– ) Online
- Original Title :
- Fuck Art Letu0027s Dance
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Documentary
- Year :
- 2012–
- Directror :
- Hannes Rossacher,Simon Witter
- Cast :
- Adam and the Ants,Adam Ant,Blur
- Writer :
- Hannes Rossacher,Simon Witter
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 52min
- Rating :
- 6.7/10
"Fuck art let's dance!" proclaimed the famous slogan on a post-punk T-shirt, expressing the rebellious musical spirit that thrived in art colleges at the time. Ironically it was precisely this spirit that had led to British art colleges contributing to pop music culture on a scale unmatched elsewhere. The new role of art schools as a social melting pot in the 1960s, and their policy that everyone had to study a broad-based arts curriculum before being allowed to specialise, resulted in a new cultural playground where musical passions and fresh ideas flourished. Every British pop band contained at least one art school graduate and many, from Roxy Music and Wire to Franz Ferdinand, formed entirely at art school. Pete Townshend's legendary Union Jack jacket - often misinterpreted as patriotism - was a pure pop art statement, deconstructing the national flag as fashion, and the band's clever conceptual collection The Who Sell Out was the result of manager Kit Lambert "encouraging my art ...
| Episode credited cast: | |||
 | Adam and the Ants | - | Themselves (archive footage) |
 | Adam Ant | - | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Blur | - | Themselves (archive footage) |
 | David Bowie | - | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Boy George | - | Himself |
 | Graham Coxon | - | Himself - Blur |
 | Fred Deakin | - | Himself - Lemon Jelly |
 | Ian Dury | - | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Brian Eno | - | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Jill Furmanovsky | - | Herself - Photographer |
| Paul Gorman | - | Himself - Author |
 | Heaven 17 | - | Themselves (archive footage) |
 | Andrew Loog Oldham | - | Himself - Manager |
 | Paul Morley | - | Himself - Author |
| Simon Napier-Bell | - | Himself - Manager |