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| - | [[Image:Pruitt-Igoe-overview.jpg|thumb|200px|“[[Modern architecture]] died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] on [[July 15]], [[1972]] at 3:32 pm when the [[infamous]] [[Pruitt-Igoe]] scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final [[coup de grace]] by dynamite.” -- [[Charles Jencks]]]] | + | [[Image:Pruitt-Igoe-overview.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Pruitt–Igoe]] scheme]] |
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| + | "[[Modern architecture]] died in St. Louis, Missouri on July 15, 1972 at 3:32 p.m. (or thereabouts) when the infamous [[Pruitt–Igoe]] scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final ''[[coup de grâce]]'' by dynamite."--''[[The Language of Post-Modern Architecture]]'' (1977) by Charles Jencks | ||
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| - | + | '''1972''' (MCMLXXII) is the 1972nd year of the [[Common Era]] (CE), the 972nd year of the [[2nd millennium]], the 72nd year of the [[20th century]], and the 3rd year of the [[1970s]] decade. | |
| - | :[[1970]] - [[1971]] - [[1972]] - [[1973]] - [[1974]] - [[1975]] - [[1976]] - [[1977]] - [[1978]] - [[1979]] - [[1980]] | + | |
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[Situationist International]] (1957-1972) disbands | *[[Situationist International]] (1957-1972) disbands | ||
| *[[Porno chic]] trend starts | *[[Porno chic]] trend starts | ||
| - | **''[[Deep Throat]]'' opened to the [[raincoat crowd]] in June, 1972, at the New World Theater on 49th Street. | + | **''[[Deep Throat (film)|Deep Throat]]'' opens to the [[raincoat crowd]] in June, 1972, at the New World Theater on 49th Street. |
| - | *''[[Italy: The New Domestic Landscape]]'' | + | *''[[Italy: The New Domestic Landscape]]'', Italian design exhibition in New York |
| *''[[Ways of Seeing]]'', BBC television documentary and book by John Berger | *''[[Ways of Seeing]]'', BBC television documentary and book by John Berger | ||
| + | *''[[Making Chicken Soup]]'', a photobook by Les Krims | ||
| === Literature === | === Literature === | ||
| - | *''[[Mieke Maaike's obscene jeugd]]'' | + | ====Fiction==== |
| - | *''[[Chimera (John Barth novel)|Chimera]]'' by John Barth | + | *''[[Mieke Maaike's obscene jeugd]]'' by L. P. Boon |
| - | *''[[The Joy of Sex]]'' by Alex Comfort | + | *''[[Chimera (Barth novel) |Chimera]]'' by John Barth |
| *''[[The Breast ]]'' by Philip Roth | *''[[The Breast ]]'' by Philip Roth | ||
| *''[[334 (novel)|334]]'' by Thomas M. Disch | *''[[334 (novel)|334]]'' by Thomas M. Disch | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Non-fiction==== | ||
| + | *''[[Learning from Las Vegas]]'' by Robert Venturi, Steven Izenour, Denise Scott Brown | ||
| + | *''[[The Joy of Sex]]'' by Alex Comfort | ||
| + | *''[[Homo Necans]]'' by Walter Burkert | ||
| + | *''[[Combat in the Erogenous Zone]]'' by Ingrid Bengis | ||
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| + | === Art=== | ||
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| + | *[[Seedbed (performance piece)|Seedbed]] performance piece first performed by Vito Acconci in New York. | ||
| + | *[[Five Car Stud]], a work of installation art by American artist Edward Kienholz. | ||
| === Film === | === Film === | ||
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| *''[[The Last House on the Left]]'' by Wes Craven | *''[[The Last House on the Left]]'' by Wes Craven | ||
| *''[[Last Tango in Paris]]'' by Bernardo Bertolucci | *''[[Last Tango in Paris]]'' by Bernardo Bertolucci | ||
| - | *''[[Acéra ou le bal des sorcières]]'' | ||
| *''[[La cabina]]'' by Antonio Mercero | *''[[La cabina]]'' by Antonio Mercero | ||
| - | *''[[The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant]]'' (1972) - Rainer Werner Fassbinder | + | *''[[The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant]]'' by Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| - | *''[[Aguirre, the Wrath of God]]'' (1972) - Werner Herzog | + | *''[[Aguirre, the Wrath of God]]'' by Werner Herzog |
| - | *''[[Pink Flamingos]]'' (1972) - John Waters | + | *''[[Pink Flamingos]]'' by John Waters |
| - | *''[[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie]]'' (1972) - Luis Buñuel | + | *''[[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie]]'' by Luis Buñuel |
| - | *''[[Fat City]]'' (1972) - John Huston | + | *''[[Fat City]]'' by John Huston |
| - | *''[[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)|Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)]]''by Woody Allen | + | *''[[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film) |Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)]]'' by Woody Allen |
| *''[[Boxcar Bertha]]'' by Martin Scorsese | *''[[Boxcar Bertha]]'' by Martin Scorsese | ||
| - | *''[[Play It Again, Sam]]'' (1972) - Herbert Ross | + | *''[[Play It Again, Sam]]'' by Herbert Ross |
| - | + | *''[[Heat (1972 film)|Heat]]'' by Paul Morrissey | |
| ==== Documentary ==== | ==== Documentary ==== | ||
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| === Music=== | === Music=== | ||
| *After hour clubs | *After hour clubs | ||
| - | **"[[Continental Baths]] was getting popular around the time I started at Better Days (may/july 1972). Larry Levan was just getting started at that time."--Tee Scott | + | **"[[Continental Baths]] was getting popular around the time I started at Better Days (may/july 1972). Larry Levan was just getting started at that time."--[[Tee Scott]] |
| - | *Blaxploitation [...] | + | *[[Blaxploitation]] |
| - | **1972 saw the artistic peak of the blaxploitation soundtrack. Several of America's biggest black artists were working on soundtracks simultaneously. [...] | + | **1972 saw the artistic peak of the [[blaxploitation]] soundtrack. Several of America's biggest black artists were working on soundtracks simultaneously. |
| - | *Glam rock [...] | + | *[[Glam rock]] |
| - | **Glam rock, androgyny, David Bowie, New York Dolls, [...] | + | **[[Glam rock]], androgyny, David Bowie, New York Dolls |
| - | *Nuggets [...] | + | *[[Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 ]] |
| - | **Rock critic (and future Patti Smith guitarist) Lenny Kaye first defined and named the movement in 1972 as compiler of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era. This legendary double album was perhaps the first collection of older recordings to treat the music as worthy of lasting attention and not just as a quickly fading "oldie but goodie" memory. As such, Nuggets helped plant the seed for Rhino Records, which returned the favor in 1998 with an expanded 4-CD edition of the seminal compilation. | + | **Rock critic (and future Patti Smith guitarist) Lenny Kaye first defined and named the movement in 1972 as compiler of ''[[Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era]]''. This legendary double album was perhaps the first collection of older recordings to treat the music as worthy of lasting attention and not just as a quickly fading "oldie but goodie" memory. |
| - | *Dub [...] | + | *[[dub music|Dub]] |
| - | **In 1972, encouraged by Bunny Lee, King Tubby, an electronics engineer and sound system owner, began to mix records in four- track, and by late 1973 his name graced many b-side ' versions' (the name is a corruption of instrumental version, or 'Version 2') of other people's records, notably those of Bunny Lee and Lee Perry. --Colin Larkin, 1998 | + | **In 1972, encouraged by Bunny Lee, King Tubby, an electronics engineer and sound system owner, began to mix records in four-track, and by late 1973 his name graced many b-side ' versions' (the name is a corruption of instrumental version, or 'Version 2') of other people's records, notably those of Bunny Lee and Lee Perry. --Colin Larkin, 1998 |
| ====Singles==== | ====Singles==== | ||
| - | *''[[Soul Makossa]]'' by [[Manu Dibango]] | + | *[[Soul Makossa]] by Manu Dibango |
| - | *''[[Shakara]]'' by [[Fela Kuti]] | + | *[[Shakara]] by Fela Kuti |
| - | *''[[Le Voyageur]]'' by [[Heldon]] | + | *[[Le Voyageur]] by Heldon |
| - | *''[[The Mexican]]'' by [[Babe Ruth]] | + | *[[The Mexican]] by Babe Ruth |
| - | *''[[Jungle Fever (song)|Jungle Fever]]'' by [[The Chakachas ]] | + | *[[Jungle Fever (song)|Jungle Fever]] by The Chakachas |
| - | *''[[Wild Safari]]'' by [[Barrabás]] | + | *[[Wild Safari]] by Barrabás |
| - | *''[[People Make the World Go Round]]'' by [[The Stylistics]] | + | *[[People Make the World Go Round]] by The Stylistics |
| - | *''[[Prisencolinensinainciusol]]'' by [[Adriano Celentano]] | + | *[[Prisencolinensinainciusol]] by Adriano Celentano |
| - | *''[[Pusherman]]'' by [[Curtis Mayfield]] | + | *[[Pusherman]] by Curtis Mayfield |
| - | *''[[Girl You Need A Change Of Mind]]'' by [[Eddie Kendricks]] | + | *[[Girl You Need a Change of Mind]] by Eddie Kendricks |
| - | *''[[City, Country, City]]'' by [[War (band)|War]] | + | *[[City, Country, City]] by War |
| - | *''[[New Bell]]'' by [[Manu Dibango]] | + | *[[New Bell]] by Manu Dibango |
| - | *''[[Why Can't We Live Together]]'' by [[Timmy Thomas]] | + | *[[Why Can't We Live Together]] by Timmy Thomas |
| - | *''[[Work To Do]]'' by [[The Isleys]] | + | *[[Work To Do]] by The Isleys |
| - | *''[[Think (About It)]]'' by [[Lyn Collins]] | + | *[[Think (About It)]] by Lyn Collins |
| - | *''[[Taj Mahal (song)|Taj Mahal]]'' by [[Jorge Ben]] | + | *[[Taj Mahal (song)|Taj Mahal]] by Jorge Ben |
| - | *''[[¿Por qué te vas? ]]'' by [[Jeanette Dimech]] | + | *[[¿Por qué te vas? ]] by Jeanette Dimech |
| - | *''[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]]'' by [[Jimmy Castor]] | + | *[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]] by Jimmy Castor |
| + | *[[Goin' To See My Baby]] by Fatback Band | ||
| + | *[[Ziggy Stardust (song)|Ziggy Stardust]] by David Bowie | ||
| + | *[[Root Down (And Get It)]] by Jimmy Smith | ||
| + | *[[Dancing in the Moonlight]] by King Harvest | ||
| + | *[[Clean Race]] by Scotty | ||
| ====Albums==== | ====Albums==== | ||
| - | *''[[Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968]]'' by [[Various]] | + | *''[[Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968]]'' by Various |
| - | *''[[Harvest (album)|Harvest]]'' by [[Neil Young]] | + | *''[[Harvest (album)|Harvest]]'' by Neil Young |
| - | *''[[Open and Close]]'' by [[Fela Kuti]] | + | *''[[Open and Close]]'' by Fela Kuti |
| - | *''[[Clube da Esquina]]'' by [[Milton Nascimento]] | + | *''[[Clube da Esquina]]'' by Milton Nascimento |
| *''[[Africa's Blood]]'' by Lee "Scratch" Perry | *''[[Africa's Blood]]'' by Lee "Scratch" Perry | ||
| - | *''[[The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust]]'' by David Bowie | + | *''[[The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars]]'' by David Bowie |
| *''[[Exile on Main Street]]'' by The Rolling Stones | *''[[Exile on Main Street]]'' by The Rolling Stones | ||
| *''[[Soul Makossa]]'' by Manu Dibango | *''[[Soul Makossa]]'' by Manu Dibango | ||
| - | *''[[Greetings from L. A.]]'' by [[Tim Buckley]] | + | *''[[Greetings from L. A.]]'' by Tim Buckley |
| + | *''[[Transformer (album)|Transformer]]'' by Lou Reed | ||
| + | *''[[On the Corner]]'' by Miles Davis | ||
| + | *''[[Root Down (album)|Root Down]]'' by Jimmy Smith | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Television=== | ||
| + | *[[The Philosophers' Football Match ]] by Monty Python | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
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"Modern architecture died in St. Louis, Missouri on July 15, 1972 at 3:32 p.m. (or thereabouts) when the infamous Pruitt–Igoe scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final coup de grâce by dynamite."--The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977) by Charles Jencks |
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1972 (MCMLXXII) is the 1972nd year of the Common Era (CE), the 972nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.
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Art and culture
- Situationist International (1957-1972) disbands
- Porno chic trend starts
- Deep Throat opens to the raincoat crowd in June, 1972, at the New World Theater on 49th Street.
- Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Italian design exhibition in New York
- Ways of Seeing, BBC television documentary and book by John Berger
- Making Chicken Soup, a photobook by Les Krims
Literature
Fiction
- Mieke Maaike's obscene jeugd by L. P. Boon
- Chimera by John Barth
- The Breast by Philip Roth
- 334 by Thomas M. Disch
Non-fiction
- Learning from Las Vegas by Robert Venturi, Steven Izenour, Denise Scott Brown
- The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
- Homo Necans by Walter Burkert
- Combat in the Erogenous Zone by Ingrid Bengis
Art
- Seedbed performance piece first performed by Vito Acconci in New York.
- Five Car Stud, a work of installation art by American artist Edward Kienholz.
Film
- Silent Running by Douglas Trumbull
- Deliverance by John Boorman
- Deep Throat by Gerard Damiano
- The Last House on the Left by Wes Craven
- Last Tango in Paris by Bernardo Bertolucci
- La cabina by Antonio Mercero
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God by Werner Herzog
- Pink Flamingos by John Waters
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie by Luis Buñuel
- Fat City by John Huston
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) by Woody Allen
- Boxcar Bertha by Martin Scorsese
- Play It Again, Sam by Herbert Ross
- Heat by Paul Morrissey
Documentary
- Acéra ou le bal des sorcières by Jean Painlevé
Music
- After hour clubs
- "Continental Baths was getting popular around the time I started at Better Days (may/july 1972). Larry Levan was just getting started at that time."--Tee Scott
- Blaxploitation
- 1972 saw the artistic peak of the blaxploitation soundtrack. Several of America's biggest black artists were working on soundtracks simultaneously.
- Glam rock
- Glam rock, androgyny, David Bowie, New York Dolls
- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968
- Rock critic (and future Patti Smith guitarist) Lenny Kaye first defined and named the movement in 1972 as compiler of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era. This legendary double album was perhaps the first collection of older recordings to treat the music as worthy of lasting attention and not just as a quickly fading "oldie but goodie" memory.
- Dub
- In 1972, encouraged by Bunny Lee, King Tubby, an electronics engineer and sound system owner, began to mix records in four-track, and by late 1973 his name graced many b-side ' versions' (the name is a corruption of instrumental version, or 'Version 2') of other people's records, notably those of Bunny Lee and Lee Perry. --Colin Larkin, 1998
Singles
- Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango
- Shakara by Fela Kuti
- Le Voyageur by Heldon
- The Mexican by Babe Ruth
- Jungle Fever by The Chakachas
- Wild Safari by Barrabás
- People Make the World Go Round by The Stylistics
- Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano
- Pusherman by Curtis Mayfield
- Girl You Need a Change of Mind by Eddie Kendricks
- City, Country, City by War
- New Bell by Manu Dibango
- Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas
- Work To Do by The Isleys
- Think (About It) by Lyn Collins
- Taj Mahal by Jorge Ben
- ¿Por qué te vas? by Jeanette Dimech
- Troglodyte (Cave Man) by Jimmy Castor
- Goin' To See My Baby by Fatback Band
- Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
- Root Down (And Get It) by Jimmy Smith
- Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest
- Clean Race by Scotty
Albums
- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 by Various
- Harvest by Neil Young
- Open and Close by Fela Kuti
- Clube da Esquina by Milton Nascimento
- Africa's Blood by Lee "Scratch" Perry
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie
- Exile on Main Street by The Rolling Stones
- Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango
- Greetings from L. A. by Tim Buckley
- Transformer by Lou Reed
- On the Corner by Miles Davis
- Root Down by Jimmy Smith
Television
- The Philosophers' Football Match by Monty Python
Births
- Theo Parrish (1972 - )
- Alejandro Amenábar (1972 - )
Deaths
- Edmund Wilson (1895 - 1972)
- Joseph Cornell (1903 - 1972)
- Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)
- Natalie Clifford Barney (1876 - 1972)
- Violette Leduc (1907 - 1972)
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