I have a book called, "Never A Dull Moment-1971 The Year Rock Exploded", by David Hepworth. It's a very good book about all the GREAT music that came out in that year. I was 15 years old then and was just beginning my album buying adventures, exploring and enjoying a lot of that great music. So I was excited when I saw this series was available. Well...one of the very first things I noticed was in the opening credits, and I quote: "Based on the book, 1971 - Never A Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year, by David Hepworth." Huh? So I thought, maybe I missed the other book with a different, but similar, title by Mr. Hepworth. Strangely, I have not been able to find that he wrote a book called "1971 - Never A Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year." So from the beginning, the producers of this have committed either an error, or a deliberate deception, that is a little ridiculous. I mean, how do you get that wrong? Especially when Mr. Hepworth himself is listed as a "consultant" for this series! And then they change the title of their production to the grandiose and tepid "The Year That Music Changed Everything". Huh? Honestly, that claim could be made about a lot of years that came before 1971. Mr. Hepworth's book is more about the music than the zeitgeist of the times he was writing about. He does mention some of the current events that were going on (he gives two lines in the book to the Kent State shootings, whereas this series devotes a segment of the opening episode to the tragic event, telling us how important it was in the grand scheme of things musically. There's also a long segment on Hunter S. Thompson, who is not even mentioned in Hepworth's book), but his emphasis in the book is on the musicians and their creative output in 1971. Some of it was of course reflecting the times, but a lot of it was just being music for music's sake. I mean, I didn't buy "Aqualung" or "Led Zeppelin IV" or "The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East" because I thought they were making some grand political commentary. I just liked the music. This series picks and chooses the music of the year that fits its contention that "Music Changed Everything" in 1971, (umm, not really) and ignores a lot of the other great music that came out that year.
