1971 was a bellwether in the annals of rock history. So many amazing albums were released that it has led to this nearly-20-minute-long video to accurately capture everything that happened. I hope you enjoy reliving this amazing year as much as I enjoyed looking back on it! And for those, like me, who weren’t even born yet, prepare to have your mind BLOWN by the sheer volume of great music that spun turntables that year.
Featuring albums like:
Led Zeppelin IV (ZOSO)
The Who – Who’s Next
Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
George Harrison – Concert for Bangla Desh
Don McLean – American Pie
The Doors – L.A. Woman
And MANY, MANY, MANY, MAAAANY MORE!!
We have a sequel! 1972 Video – https://youtu.be/rPVFhVYBGOY
*** FEW CORRECTIONS ***
– I erroneously list Master of Reality as Black Sabbath’s 4th album when it is, in fact, their third album.
– I erroneously used the wrong album cover for Jesus Christ Superstar. The one pictured is the film soundtrack, not released until 1974. It should have been the cast recordings from the stage show, released 1971 and featuring Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan as Jesus.
– How many people have been pointing out the albums that I missed, and I just wanted to say that it was impossible to put every album made in 1971 without having some form of entertaining blurb about some of them. I tried to fit as many genres in as I could, as well as touch most of the high points. Also, since I’m a classic rock channel, most of my focus was on rock albums.
– Just to point out that I don’t say “1971 WAS the greatest year ever,” I say, “WAS 1971 the greatest year ever?” Its to foster discussion. In fact, in my opinion, there are years in the 60s that blow 1971 away. But I did this years SPECIFICALLY because it is the 50th anniversary of it. Next year I will probably do a “1972” sequel. Or a “1962.”
If you say so
Love your video re the music, but have to take issue with your attitude to WW2. It DID start before the USA entered, and to insist it’s only a “world war” if USA is involved ignores (at least) two things.
Firstly, not EVERY country in the world needs to take part for it to be called a “world war”. In fact, only 30 countries (even counting the USA) were involved in WW2.
And secondly, the pacific theater had already started BEFORE Poland was invaded, with Japan taking Northeast China, etc.
Many thousands of people had already died in WW2 before Pearl Harbour was bombed. Many countries were already under occupation before Pearl Harbour was bombed.
Your music history has awesome research and great balance between the USA and UK, please don’t be an arrogant asshole when it comes to other points of history.
@@PeterReefman You have a point, bud. My responses are a little tongue and cheek I am a huge student of history and I understand what you were went through before America became involved. I gave the Polish, the French, the British and the Russians all the credit in the world for refusing to cow to the Germans. Trust me, I am a student of all history, and I didn’t wanna come off like that. It was just a bit of teasing. But the reality is that December 7, 1941 IS the date that is drilled into American schoolchildren in 3rd grade history class. So forgive me for using that date as the one that I remember in regards to WW2.
Just because Americans were too scared to help their allies in 1939 doesn’t mean it wasn’t a world war.
17:45 Badfinger STRAIGHT UP look like theyre wearing wigs
Para mim Pawn Hearts de Van Der Graaf Generator é o meu favorito
LA Woman and Sticky Finger, my faves. I was in HS then.
Took too long to get to the music. Then, it got good.