This was a pretty solid music documentary series. It pretty detailed and always brings in context from people of that era. It can seem like a lot of information even when it is appropriately stretched to 8 episodes, but it never fails to lose your interest. The social, political, and technological context really convinces why 1971 was perhaps the most important year in modern music history.
The Post-Beatles world had a gap in it they left every artist the opportunity to become the greatest band in the world. This series focuses on the new-counterculture after the death of the hippie movement. This new culture is so widespread though that it really isn't a counterculture but rather birth of many subcultures each getting their voice heard.
This series really focuses on artists the Rolling Stones, Sly Stone, and most importantly David Bowie. With socio-cultural focuses on Black Empowerment, Vietnam War protests, and birth of the singer-songwriter artist doing their best to reject the pre-Beatles stale music industry.
My only gripes was that there was little focus for other cultures like the Latin empowerment, American Indian movement, and American working-class. I feel that this leaves some gaps in music as they only touched on the more tame pop music at the time like the Ray Conniff Singers and the Osmond Family. I wish there was more focus on country music and cultures outside the U. S. and U. K.
Overall a pretty good series that is worth checking out.
The Post-Beatles world had a gap in it they left every artist the opportunity to become the greatest band in the world. This series focuses on the new-counterculture after the death of the hippie movement. This new culture is so widespread though that it really isn't a counterculture but rather birth of many subcultures each getting their voice heard.
This series really focuses on artists the Rolling Stones, Sly Stone, and most importantly David Bowie. With socio-cultural focuses on Black Empowerment, Vietnam War protests, and birth of the singer-songwriter artist doing their best to reject the pre-Beatles stale music industry.
My only gripes was that there was little focus for other cultures like the Latin empowerment, American Indian movement, and American working-class. I feel that this leaves some gaps in music as they only touched on the more tame pop music at the time like the Ray Conniff Singers and the Osmond Family. I wish there was more focus on country music and cultures outside the U. S. and U. K.
Overall a pretty good series that is worth checking out.