Rotten Tomatoes
Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Season 1 – 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

Play trailer Poster for Season 1 – 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything May 2021 Documentary Music Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 32 Reviews 63% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
In a tumultuous era, 1971 is a year of musical innovation and rebirth fueled by the political and cultural upheaval of the time; stars reached new heights, fresh talent exploded onto the scene, and boundaries expanded like never before.
Watch on Apple TV Stream Now

Where to Watch

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything — Season 1

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything — Season 1

What to Know

Critics Consensus

It covers familiar ground, but with a feast of rare footage and a clear affection for its subject 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything is as edifying as it is entertaining.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
Peter Aspden Financial Times 12/15/2021
4/5
Kapadia rightly decides that actions speak louder than age-worn portraits, and the result is some often magical twinning of words and image. Go to Full Review
Cary Darling Houston Chronicle 12/15/2021
For every omission, there's something -- a firecracker Ike & Tina Turner performance, James Brown in Paris -- that makes you sit up and pay attention. Go to Full Review
Leigh Singer Sight & Sound 12/15/2021
If you can look past the very US/UK-centric stance and the way that the focus is skewed by the willingness to participate of artists or their estates, this is a rock buff and pop-culture historian's treasure trove. Go to Full Review
M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut 10/09/2022
5/5
If the pen is mightier than the sword, then the camera is more dangerous than the gun. That’s what the filmmakers proved here with 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything. It’s a spectacular achievement. Go to Full Review
Bill Brioux Brioux.tv 10/04/2022
[A] thoughtful, well-made and tune-filled history lesson. Go to Full Review
Cory Woodroof The Playlist 02/10/2022
B
If youre a fan of the era or love looking back on how the tectonic plates of music shifted to produce some of the mediums defining works, youll dive in swimmingly. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
Kevin L @Lakeman May 18 Among material I'd seen before, there's plenty of video & interview material as well as bits of the history of the time that was new for me. Kapadia & his crew did an admirable job of exploring the musical acts of the time & their overall cultural effect. I find most of the negative reviewsl by audience members pretty telling. Most of them seem to deal w/ those who didn't get the possible meanings of the title. Guess they only wanted to hear about their favorite hetero, white classic rock bands being praised. Obvious racial & other prejudices seem involved. There's comments of 'Why does everything have to be political'? From the start of epi 1 it should be very clear what they mean by 'changed everything'. If you can't see why Bowie, Sly Stone, Wonder are as relevant, or more, as Zeppelin per cultural change, then you're not paying attention. And T. Rex was like Alice Cooper in the UK. Albums sales don't equate to cultural change. What did the Carpenters or Jackson Five change? See more Jim G @jguy877 Feb 12 Rolling Stones, The Who are the only rock bands featured in this documentary. Led Zeppelin IV came out in 1971. The most popular album ever recorded with the most popular, and most requested song "Stairway to Heaven". TRex?! really? Basically a whole hour long episode devoted to Bowie. Horrible representation of 1971. See more Evans P @RT14310123 10/23/2024 wrong year for this earth-shaking title. I would have chosen 1969. Appears to be a BBC thing - lots of material that was not that significant in the US (T-rex). Features artists, like David Bowie, that took music in the wrong direction. The program can't make up its mind if its a political documentary or a music documentary. See more Mai F @RT19950072 07/16/2024 Not comprehensive but who cares it’s not an encylopedic film - brilliant on the aspects selected and genius on for example the Stones and Sly Stone in the context of societal changes of the time. See more Daniel B @DANIEL2004 10/20/2023 1971 es increíble, el cómo la música impulsó uno de los movimientos revolucionarios más importantes de la historia es espectacular de ver, la importancia de los mismos artistas que con un mensaje de paz cambiaron el mundo, el cómo ser leyenda va más allá de ser el mejor en lo que haces siendo más bien en cómo cambias tu entorno. Aunque no todos los capítulos tienen ese toque revolucionario espectacular, hay otros que se centran más en nichos que en la cultura pop en sí, cómo el segundo en el que se explora más el cómo hubo artistas en concreto que cambiaron el paradigma social de ciertas personas, pero no con la repercusión quizá cómo lo hicieron John Lennon o Sly, lo cual no es malo, pero si contrasta por sentirse en una escala menor a la exposición mediática que presentó el primer capítulo. Me encantó como retratan la generación de cambio que se hizo presente justo en los principios de los 70's que, aunque la década apenas iniciaba ya se sentía lejano el impacto de los 60's. El cómo siempre hay problemas sociales con el mismo cambio y cómo todo es un ciclo en el que lo nuevo siempre es rechazado, me encantó cómo la serie no se limitó a centrar su foco en las leyendas que venían de los 60's si no también dando un espacio más grande de lo que hubiera imaginado a los nuevos artistas que al igual que los anteriores venían a revolucionar la cultura pop. Sí, me gustó que se le diera un espacio totalmente merecido a artistas que tal vez hoy en día no sean tan recordados, pero me parece que si hay episodios que no definieron bien el punto central de la narrativa con los artistas, dando pie a historias que pecan de superficiales, cambiando muy seguido el foco de la problemática que ataca cada episodio; volviendo a no más de 2 episodios muy aburridos. Pero para esos episodios siempre hay una Aretha Franklin que hace a la serie mágica, el cómo ella a través de una letra tan punzante cubierta por una tonada amistosa, logró posicionarse cómo una de las artistas afroamericanas más importantes de la historia te pone los pelos de punta; contrastando muy bien la lucha expuesta del episodio con Angela Davis, una mujer que siempre luchó por un cambio social en USA y centrándose en las minorías reprimidas que siempre terminan siendo ignoradas. El cambio cultural de los 70's fue algo que de por sí mismo ya merecía tener una serie, el cómo había una constante evolución social inmediata en la que cada vez que volteabas había un nuevo movimiento que contradecía al sistema actual vuelve para mí a esta serie una cápsula del tiempo que nos recuerda que cada lucha con causa tiene el poder de cambiar al sistema para siempre, no es fácil, pero es mejor arriesgar que vivir en un mundo que se oponga al cambio. See more Leticia q @RT53295139 09/26/2023 Woooooooooow it's awesome 🤩 See more Read all reviews
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything — Season 1

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired May 21, 2021 What's Happening? As the unrest of the '60s evolves into a new decade, musicians like Marvin Gaye and John Lennon become the conscience of the culture. Details Episode 2 Aired May 21, 2021 End of the Acid Dream Sly Stone, The Rolling Stones and Jim Morrison retreat from the world, but there's no escape from the growing epidemic of hard drugs. Details Episode 3 Aired May 21, 2021 Changes New sounds and styles emerge following The Beatles' breakup, with Marc Bolan and Alice Cooper bringing glam to the world. Details Episode 4 Aired May 21, 2021 Our Time Is Now Carole King and Joni Mitchell smash sexist boundaries and record iconic albums; Elton John and Lou Reed explore queer music and culture. Details Episode 5 Aired May 21, 2021 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised The United States is convulsed by deep racial unrest; Curtis Mayfield, The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron write about a revolution that feels imminent. Details Episode 6 Aired May 21, 2021 Exile Drugs, drink and debauchery reach a devastating peak, yet Sly Stone, The Rolling Stones, and Jim Morrison produce some of their best music. Details Episode 7 Aired May 21, 2021 Respect James Brown, Ike and Tina Turner, and the artists at Stax Records make music on their own terms despite working in an industry rife with racism. Details Episode 8 Aired May 21, 2021 Starman With reggae and synthesizers on the rise, a range of artists- from Iggy Pop and Lou Reed to Alice Cooper- inspire a creative triumph. Details
Kings From Queens: The RUN DMC Story 100% % Kings From Queens: The RUN DMC Story Watchlist TRAILER for Kings From Queens: The RUN DMC Story Menudo: Forever Young 100% % Menudo: Forever Young Watchlist Laurel Canyon 100% 88% Laurel Canyon Watchlist TRAILER for Laurel Canyon Shangri-LA 100% 100% Shangri-LA Watchlist TRAILER for Shangri-LA Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop 100% 83% Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop Watchlist TRAILER for Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Season Info

Executive Producer
Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, David Joseph, Adam Barker
Network
Apple TV
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 21, 2021