Cat Stevens graced the harbour terraces with “Moonshadow”. Pink Floyd basked in the Mediterranean sun before every European tour - they even composed Ibiza Bar here for Barbet Schroeder’s film More. Folk music legend Joni Mitchell wrote part of her famous album, Blue, here. Bob Marley, Eric Clapton and Thin Lizzy held concerts in the island’s first major rock venue, an arena that has since been destroyed. “I believe it is impossible to escape Ibiza. Once you’ve shown some interest, you become a prisoner. It’s like a siren call” summarises former Monty Python and Brazil’s crazy director, Terry Gilliam. An almost irresistible siren call.

Films & Music Videos

 

More by Barbet Schroeder: the director’s first film shot in1969 in Ibiza, More is the manifesto of the ’60s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSgl9Us4B4&frags=pl%2Cwn

Club Tropicana by Wham!: bandanas, swimming pools, Speedos, cocktails, Ray-Bans and donkey rides are a perfect representation of Ibiza in the ’80s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYX0sjP6Za8&frags=pl%2Cwn

Books

 

Ibiza Bohemia by Maya Boyd & Renu Kashyap : the bible of Ibiza lifestyle.

Dope in the age of innocence by Damien Enright : memoirs of Irish author Damien Enright who lived in Ibiza in the ’60s.