1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

[walkingman]

I hope you watched the Carter Funeral today - it was very inspiring.

If you have access to AppleTV+ be sure and watch "1971" the series. Episode 1 shows the world people my age grew up in and it will bring back a lot of memories for some. The issues really haven't changed that much in the last 50 years. I would think that Climate Change could be a uniting force for young people these days. The music is one big missing ingredient. The struggle continues ☮

Here is the trailer -

[surfered]

1. I was in the Army in 1971 and we played the heck out of Marvin Gayes' What's Going On Album It is still timely.

[keep_left]

7. That is an amazing record. Much more than a "concept album", it's...

...really a modern version of the "song cycle" in classical music. What's Going On was a little before my time, but it was one of the selections in a year-long music history course I took many years ago. Hearing that record was truly a life-changing experience for many young musicians and composers. It certainly changed my mind about popular music, and in particular, what issues popular music could address or encompass.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_cycle

[surfered]

10. Well said!

[Lars39]

2. Great Series!

Watched it a week ago and learned things I didn’t know.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. It was an amazing time in so many ways. As a young teen, I never saw more unity in white and black, jock and hippie.

As Charlie Daniels said later: "You never did think it would ever happen again, in America did ya? The cowboys and the hippies and the rebels and the yanks"; We're walkin real proud.and talkin real loud again."
We are sooo far from that today, due to 40 years of pure propaganda via hate radio and Faux News. Drumpf was the divider and Putin was the sponsor.

[IL Dem]

4. Would love to see this, but not going to subscribe to AppleTV to do so.

I graduated HS in '71. The music is a big part of my memories.

Is there anyplace else to see it?

[Earl_from_PA]

8. AppleTV offers

A 7 day free trial. Just cancel before day seven.

[elocs]

9. I graduated in '70 and '71 was my first year of college.

But music became important to me in February of '64 with The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Nothing matched that and the next 6 or so years.

[William769]

5. Aw the 70's.

[czarjak]

6. Graduated. Lived. Listened. Loved

Momma Tried

[electric_blue68]

11. There's A Riot Going On/Sly & Family Stone, What's Going On/Marvin Gaye, Imagine/Lennon....

But for me Who's Next/The Who would be the most glorious!

'70/'71 my first year in Art College.
They kept the Darkroom open over the Summer. I took the negatives I had processed at a special place; 4 rolls, from the WN Forest Hills Concert July, 31 '71,
and printed sooo many photographs!

And then I lost 3 of the negative sets somewhere in the lab! And I didn't realize till later. 😭

The one set I still have; most of them are from a bit further away, not the closest when I got up to the first row! And no one shushed me away as I shot ftom the aisle for like 2/3rds of the show!
😍🤩