What was is musically about 1971?

[Taverner]

Think about it:

Led Zeppelin "Zoso"
John Lennon "Imagine"
George Harrison "All Things Must Pass"
Pink Floyd "Meddle"
David Bowie "The Man Who Sold the World"
Nick Drake "Bryter Later"
Black Sabbath "Master of Reality"

And there are more...just do a search on your favorite 70's era group and see what they released in 1971...

No other year put out so many Rock essentials...some kind of mass inspiration in rock that year...

[Shopaholic]

1. Really good drugs? n/t

[Blue-Jay]

2. I don't understand the question.

[Taverner]

3. That year all of those albums came out

All perfect masterpieces....

No other year had that many masterpieces come out of it...why is that?

[wiggle-room]

10. I don' t understand it either, man, lol.

Just the subject line -

"What was is musically about 1971?

huh?

rofl


:toast:

[CO Liberal]

4. But 1971 Also Gave Us The Following

Perry Como's "It's Impossible"
Andy Williams' "Love Story"
Lobo's "Me & You & a Dog Named Boo"


That was my Senior Year in high school.

[Taverner]

6. Perhaps the yin to the yang of "Imagine" "Stairway to Heaven" and...

"One of these Days"

[flamingyouth]

13. Oh ugh - that Lobo song!!

Get it out of my head now!!! :7

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. I graduated from high school

in 1971

[CO Liberal]

24. You Just Gave Me An Idea For a Thread!!!

:-)

[Z_I_Peevey]

25. Do you remember a show

that played the week's Top 10 and showed little films to accompany the songs? A precursor to music videos. Sometimes the films featured the band or singer, and sometimes they were Hallmark card scenes.

'It's Impossible' was on that show forever, it seemed, with a soft-focus film of a couple walking around looking schmoopy.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Genesis "Nursery Cryme"

Yes "The Yes Album" and "Fragile"

Yowza!

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. James Taylor

had a big record out that year also.

And there was that great Carol King album that came out that year.

But this was also the year of American Pie. :puke:

[Taverner]

8. Now even with American Pie...

Compare American Pie to anything on the Top 40 today - what would you rather hear?

[AngryAmish]

12. Does anyone ever listent to "American Pie" unironically?

Boy, that song sucks.

I like "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" unironically. But, shit, American Pie...

[flamingyouth]

14. I'd rather listen to contemporary Top 40, quite honestly

Unless another option is to have an ice pick driven into my ears...

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. NOT American Pie

[CO Liberal]

9. American Pie Was Early 1972

It was the #1 song for the entire eyar.

[NightTrain]

17. But it was released in late 1971.

You say "tomayto," I say "tomahto." :shrug:

[CO Liberal]

23. Most People Didn't Hear It Until Feb 1972

At least in the NY area, where I was living back then.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. close enough

:)

[mcscajun]

11. I liked American Pie...I still do

But '71 was a very good year. :)

[kariatari]

15. How can nobody have mentioned The Who's masterpiece "Who's Next"?!

CHRIST!!

[NightTrain]

16. Don't forget soul music. It was still kicking ass in '71.

Marvin Gaye's WHAT'S GOING ON.

Sly & The Family Stone's THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON.

Isaac Hayes' SHAFT.

Not to mention great singles by Stevie Wonder, the Staple Singers, the Chi-Lites, the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, King Floyd, Jean Knight, Betty Wright, the Persuaders, Denise LaSalle, Wilson Pickett, the Honey Cone, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Johnnie Taylor, the Temptations, and Al Green, among others.

If there was a time when soul music entered adulthood, it was in 1971.

[DemGa]

18. The Allman Brothers Band

Live at Fillmore East

[njdemocrat106]

19. What about...

Nilsson's "Nilsson Schmilsson"
Elton John's "Madman Across the Water"
Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey"
Chicago's "Chicago III"