1.21 gigawatts - 1971 Episode 18

This week we explore 1971, a year in which, according to co-host Matt Brown, "high art and pop came closest to each other," as well as seeing the rise of Idi Amin and the founding of Greenpeace. Nice!

Playlist

  1. Right off by Miles Davis on The Complete Jack Johnson sessions (Sony Music Entertainment)
  2. Halleluhwah by Can on Tago Mago (United Artists)
  3. Melody by Serge Gainsbourg on Histoirie de Melody Nelson (Mercury Music Group)
  4. Me and my arrow by Harry Nilsson on The Point! (RCA)
  5. Can You Get To That by Funkadelic on Maggot Brain (Westbound)
  6. Soul Power - Live (1971 Olympia Theatre) by James Brown on Love power peace James Brown - Live at the Olympia, Paris 1971 (Universal)
  7. Drumming: Part IV by Steve Reich on Reich: Drumming (Cantaloupe Music)
  8. Krautrock by Kraftwerk on Live German TV 1971
  9. Luv N' Haight by Sly & The Family Stone on There's a riot goin' on (Sony)