EPISODE
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything - Season 1
The musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971.
11 March 1953, Brooklyn, New York, USA
December 9, 1948 in Cottage Grove, Oregon, USA
March 21, 1945 in Vallejo, California, USA
27 April 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
24 April 1944, Brooklyn, New York, USA
15 May 1936, Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK
15 July 1946, Tucson, Arizona, USA
January 21, 1952 in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
May 21, 2021
Every time I found myself wondering if 1971 was just the latest example of a megacorporation trying to sell boomers their own history in a shiny new package, it delivers a moment like David Bowie's unpolished, exquisite performance of Changes...
May 21, 2021
We often see the lyrics of songs superimposed onto still photos and archival footage of the time...it's a powerful technique, merging the music with the movements.
May 20, 2021
Weaves an aural and visual tapestry of a time no less chaotic, convulsive, and uncertain than our own.
May 25, 2021
1971 feels immediate, exciting, confused, current - and it also feels like the stresses that impact culture today are the same ones that fuelled the tug-of-war between the establishment and counter-cultures of America and Britain 50 years earlier.
May 25, 2021
1971 wants to be both Ken Burns and VH1's Behind the Music. It could have been a great version of either one, but it's too thin to be both. Still, it hits the spot when it gets there.
May 25, 2021
Finely-balanced critical context ... kept me watching with pleasure and keenly renewed interest.
June 01, 2021
... a brilliant stringing together of music and images and stories from a year when the idyllic innocence of the 1960s met the harsh realities of war and violence and injustice.
May 23, 2021
For me, the mark of a great film is one that leaves you craving more. And "1971" is such an entity, a relevant history lesson presented with a burst of nostalgia and enlightenment.
May 25, 2021
It's an eye-opening, mind-bending journey for anyone of any age to digest.
May 22, 2021
Here's one of the most all-encompassing and stunning music documentary experiences that I've ever seen. Allow the information to take hold and process, and you'll feel your own creativity and interests blossom.
May 26, 2021
Part history lesson, part celebration of some truly iconic sounds.
June 01, 2021
This eight-part series gets off to a fascinating start... Well worth checking out.