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1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (2021)
Got it half right
Others have pointed out that there is so much politics here that it fails to cover a broader spectrum of the music on 1971. Way too much time on Bowie and The Rolling Stones. Those groups along with the soul/funk scene and influential artists like Carol King and Joni Mitchell, hew closer to the story about music changing politics than the bands left out. However there was certainly time to note the musical impact of Yes (The Yes Album (1971)), Jethro Tull (Aqualung - 1971), Led Zeppelin (IV), ELP, Genesis, et al. With these albums and their "progressive" counterparts lie deeply meaningful lyrics about social ills and personal affirmation, just as the artists who got lord of airtime. Stones can mainly be included for drugs really.
Not a show stopper for me but I do get tired of documentaries that get it wrong in terms of the breadth of music that mattered. Very conventional to make that mistake.
The Haunting of Bly Manor: The Beast in the Jungle (2020)
Gracefully brings the season to a close
After the perfect, beautiful and poetic 8th episode, this 9th, the closer, ties up most remaining loose ends from the series, while giving us an extended look at the heart rending relationship between the au pair and the gardener. Caps off this amazing series - one which is a bit more romance than horror but top notch on both fronts.