All of these one-hit-wonder acts have been showcased on Mad Men, alongside a handful of undeniable classics by the Stones, The Beach Boys and Frank Sinatra. (Yes, even the late '60s.) Pick up any Billboard book commemorating the Hot 100 hits of yesteryear, and as you leaf through the '60s you'll be presented less with classics by Jimi Hendrix or The Who than by curios like the Singing Nun, The Tornados, Kyu Sakamoto, Paul Mauriat and Jeannie C. The fact is, on the radio and the charts, the '60s was generally a pretty schmaltzy decade, not the nonstop Boomer-rock paradise of repute. Though they are unlikely to pop up on oldies radio today, many of Mad Men's songs were megasmashes in their day. You'd think the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City" would have been a gimme, since the show is set in the dirty streets of pre–fiscal crisis New York, but nope.Īvoiding these great but overused songs would just be contrarianism by Weiner if he weren't so exacting about the songs he does include. Pepper or the Summer of Love another time, when the Fabs' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was featured, it was only briefly whistled by lead character Don Draper. Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'" hasn't appeared once, nor has his "Blowin' in the Wind." There's been no "For What It's Worth" by the Buffalo Springfield, no "A Change Is Gonna Come" from Sam Cooke, nor even the Kingsmen's "Louie, Louie." The Beatles made a ( very expensive) appearance in one episode, but it had nothing to do with Sgt. In telling the story of the fictional ad agency Sterling Cooper, Weiner has strived to capture the 1960s as they were lived, not the decade many selectively remember - the hagiographic "Sixties" from countless documentaries and public-TV pledge drives - and that extends to the songs. Especially if you're a pop-chart nerd like me, the music of Mad Men has felt smart, iconoclastic and (mostly) right on. The music that Weiner has employed over seven seasons of his acclaimed AMC advertising-industry melodrama, which began its final half-season of episodes Sunday night, has been every bit as integral to the show's thesis about 1960s America as its actors, costumes and production design. Given how much bric-a-brac is packed into the MOMI exhibit, it's understandable that they couldn't devote more space to Mad Men's music - but really, this forlorn kiosk should be a surround-sound amphitheater. Acker Bilk's " Stranger on the Shore," a strangely sultry instrumental by a British clarinetist that happened to be Billboard's No.
Show creator Matthew Weiner will tell you why Mr. This modest display commemorates the music of Mad Men - touch the screen and pick a song. It's easy to overlook - by the time you've waded through the throngs of museumgoers, and snaked your way through the lovingly preserved costumes and meticulously recreated sets of Don Draper's office and Betty Draper's kitchen, this standee with a screen and two sets of dangling headphones feels like an afterthought. Pay a visit to New York City's Museum of the Moving Image to see its blockbuster show Matthew Weiner's Mad Men, and toward the end of the exhibit you will find a lonely kiosk. Megan Draper (Jessica Pare) and Don Draper (Jon Hamm) in an episode of Mad Men's sixth season.
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