by Len Hart, The Existentialist CowboyBy the end of 50s the world had --at last --recovered from WWII only to find itself involved in a protracted Cold War, in fact, a rivalry of two ideologies and two global spheres of influence.
A dramatic awakening associated with the fifties was the Soviet launch of Sputnik, an event dramatically challenging ideas of U.S. post-war supremacy. ;It was against this geo-political background that President Dwight Eisenhower warned of the growing influence of a 'Military-Industrial Complex'.
Life in America --often mundane, increasingly suburban --would go on, a mere subplot to the greater global and political struggles. Rock n' Roll, pop, and C&W would become the soundtrack for 'young' love affairs. Drive-in motion pictures were never more popular.
Only in America could a specialized parking lot provide both an escape and the setting for a romantic interlude. Millsap's big hit from the 80s triggered memories of both reckless youth and real dangers of nuclear apocalypse.
Ronnie Millsap: Lost in the Fifties Tonight
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