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In the late 60s, around 1970...

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LEAD SINGER, THE PRETENDERS

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...the United States was divided
because of the Vietnam War.

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All my friends were opponents
of the war,

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and we were up against the silent majority.

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In New York, protesters clash

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together with construction workers.

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The confrontation is an image
on the deep division in the country.

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I went to Kent State.
It was a Friday night.

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We burned down the ROTC buildings,

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because they represented the military
at the university.

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The trained soldiers,
and we wanted the military out of Vietnam.

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We form a circle here.

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The following Monday they placed
national guard...

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...with guns aimed at the students.

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Stupid pigs!

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That was the culmination
in three days of rioting on campus.

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Leave the area immediately.

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Leave the area immediately.

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Clouds of tear gas spread across the campus.

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It sounded like fireworks.

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But it was gunshots.

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The shooting has generated violent reactions.

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I was in shock.
They lay there on the ground, bleeding.

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They lie down and die. Get hold of an ambulance.

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The Kent State episode shook all four of us.

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Neil picked up his guitar and wrote "Ohio."

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Tin soldiers and Nixon are coming

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We have to fend for ourselves

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This summer I hear the drums

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Four died in Ohio

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“This summer you hear the drums.
Four died in Ohio."

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We loved Neil Young.

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Soldiers shoot us down

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Should have been done a long time ago

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What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?

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How can you escape
When you know?

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There were a lot of bands who wrote songs,

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that was about protests
and the Vietnam War.

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It was our language.

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The music expressed everything we saw and felt.

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They killed young people,
because they defended their rights.

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We contested what was going on,

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and we meant
that music could change the world.

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Tin soldiers and Nixon are coming
We have to fend for ourselves

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When it was 1971,

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We were motivated by all that
amazing music that was made.

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The dream is over.

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BASED ON THE BOOK "1971 - NEVER
A DULL MOMENT: ROCK'S GOLDEN YEAR"

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-In 1971...
- The music had a message.

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The world changed.

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We created the 21st century in 1971.

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Brother, brother, brother

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Too many are dying

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It's a new year,
but everything is the same.

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Eleven Americans killed in Vietnam
in a single day.

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We have to make sure

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One of the things we worked on…

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SOUND ENGINEER ON THE "WHAT'S GOING ON" ALBUM

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...it was two-voiced.

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Spreading the love here today

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He sang harmonies to himself.

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Marvin was a nice guy,

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but he was angry that
that the brother was in Vietnam,

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and over our presence there.

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Elvis Presley and
the next singer is the only soloists…

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SINGLE RELEASED JANUARY 1971

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...with 12 top ten records
in the past ten years.

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Here it is Marvin Gaye
with "What's Going On."

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Mother, mother

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There are too many people crying

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Brother, brother, brother

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Too many are dying

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We have to make sure

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Spreading the love here today

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Father, father

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We must not escalate

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War is not the solution

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Only love can defeat hate

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We have to make sure

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To spread the love

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END THE WAR

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Here today

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Protests, signs

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Do not punish me with violence

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The war... My brother took part in the war.

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I was angry, so I wrote songs.

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What is happening? What is happening?

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What is happening?

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I believe in God and I mean
that the world is completely crazy.

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It could end in a civil war.

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STOP THE BOMBING
USA OUT OF INDOCINA NOW

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There was something in me

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who needed to protest.

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In the beginning, Marvin was a crooner…

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SINGER, MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS

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...who sang ballads.
But when he wrote "What's Going On,"

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he became political and he reminded us,
what was going on.

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HOMOSEXUALS AGAINST THE WAR

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STOP THE WAR AGAINST THE BLACK USA!!

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I welcomed that,
because I had lost a brother in Vietnam.

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OUT
NOW!

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They should not judge us

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In 1971...

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MUSIC PRODUCER

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...I sold records.
I was 18, old enough for the military.

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The Vietnam War overshadows everything.

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My friends come home dead.

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My neighbor.

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Being drafted was something else entirely
than being there.

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They are sitting in their offices
with air conditioning and says:

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“Now go and fight the war.

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I'll tell you what to do."

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It just needs to get over,
so I can come home.

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I still don't know what I'm doing here.

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Three months and I have no idea
why I shoot at them.

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The Vietnam War was everywhere.

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And the music wasn't a soundtrack.

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It was much more than that,
because it penetrated.

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Money is tight like never before

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I don't understand
What is happening in this country

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Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"
is one of the most beautiful.

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It's so seductive. A huge hit.

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I listen to every word
and they hit me.

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You think, "Yes, exactly,"

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but the parents sing along.
It was a Trojan horse.

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It was beautiful music.

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It went right in.

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And tell me, friend

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How are you doing?

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Let me hear...

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The songs had to flick

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and make people think:
"He's after us,"

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and maybe make them angry.

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But it was difficult.
It was a big project.

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Now I'm back on stage

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What's up bro?

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What is happening? What is happening?
What's up bro?

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JOHN LENNON'S HOME

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Do you see anything for the Beatles?

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The Beatles as I remember them? No.

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Here's a Beatles wife making tea

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to one of the Fantastic Four.
An ex-Beatle.

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-The Fantastic Three.
-The Fantastic Three...

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Paul has separated himself from us,

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and it is his own choice.

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And then that with Paul and Linda

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and the situation with Yoko and John.

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-Would you like something else?
-No.

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-Just like the old days, right?
-Yes.

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We've been so close and through so much,

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and too much closeness breeds contempt.

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The fools were right when they claimed

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You were dead

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But that's okay.
It's not as bad as it seems.

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Paul, John and I know
that it's just giggles.

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There is nothing more to it.

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How can you sleep at night?

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Yes. There we have the nasty one.

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- Hi, Phil.
- Hi, John.

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Hi Phillip.

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The musical conflict
between John and me is very subtle.

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I also want peace.

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Let me record.

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I don't think you get peace

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by walking and shouting:
"Now give peace a chance!"

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Turn on!

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English food is the best.

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-Yes.
-Also English sausages?

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We free ourselves

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by eating English sausages.

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We free ourselves by...

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I believe in all the songs.

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The window throws the sound back.

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- That's the problem.
-So...

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Regardless of the intent.

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- We can switch places.
- It's best if you...

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At the moment there is Marvin Gaye
"What's Going On."

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If a musician uses his talent
to sing it, that's enough.

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John, do you think
has pop music changed?

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Yes. The music reflects the state,
society is in.

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What we should be talking about is the violence

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being committed in our society.

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It is more important to talk about
than dress lengths,

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and if you lost your virginity
as a 15- or 16-year-old.

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We humans have a tendency
to talk about indifferences.

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The breakup of the Beatles...
It was depressing.

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LEAD SINGER, THE PRETENDERS

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I was a big John Lennon fan
and loved John and Yoko.

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I bought everything they said.

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People are always striving
after nirvana or the status quo.

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It doesn't exist.

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But he had suffered a great trauma.

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The Beatles were traumatic for them.

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They were the most famous quartet in the world.

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Shall we listen to the recording
or continue?

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Everyone loved them,

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and that must have been hard to handle.

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Come on, friends.

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That's how everyone feels.
All records, books, artwork

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is a snapshot
of the state of the artist.

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He transforms it into something tangible.

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We're driving.

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Wait. Excuse me. Are you ready?

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MUSIC PRODUCER

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All the boys' songs were magical.

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Johns and Georges.

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We are ready.

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John's songs were more political.

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I'm sick of hearing

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FROM THE ALBUM IMAGINE

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On snarky, short-sighted,
narrow minded hypocrites

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I want the truth

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Just give me the truth

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No short-haired, cowardly…

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Come on, I'm doing Eddie Cochran.
It will soon be over.

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Music has no boundaries.

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I think the Beatles stood still.

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-Politicians, I want the truth
- The truth

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Just give me the truth

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No short-haired, cowardly,
damn Tricky…

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Come on, you ****.

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Why did you stop?

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John, drop the Cochran vote.

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- Just sing.
-Fine.

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The difficult thing is to hit that sound,
one imagines.

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...have the truth

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Just give me the truth

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I'm tired of reading things

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Of neurotic, psychotic
Stubborn politicians

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I want the truth

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Just give me the truth

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No short-haired, cowardly,
damn Tricky Dicky

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Must tell me
What I have to do

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Money for dope

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Money for loops

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I don't know what's going on.

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I believe that evil exists.

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I believe that. And that is what it is.

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It must be fought at all levels,
also in the streets.

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If it's the man in the street
or in the office or the president,

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then maybe the president will understand.

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I want the truth

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Just give me the truth

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That is the truth.

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We are close.

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According to the Los Angeles Times

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there is no visible support
to the President of Europe.

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Never before in this generation

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has the president been so close
of losing control.

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Students throughout the country are dissatisfied.

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Here is one of the President's men,

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which we rarely hear about:
Alex Butterfield, Deputy Assistant.

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DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT NIXON

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Nixon was paranoid,

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because he could see
that the problems would increase.

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- We are investigating that.
- Take care of it.

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You recommend
that we continue our policy.

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That's fine.

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The recording equipment was
installed on February 18.

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How does it work?

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It is voice activated.

263
00:15:34,393 --> 00:15:35,394
Yes.

264
00:15:35,477 --> 00:15:37,688
I asked if it was permanent.

265
00:15:37,771 --> 00:15:39,940
"Yes," he said.
"The equipment must be good."

266
00:15:40,023 --> 00:15:42,401
It should be in my archive,

267
00:15:42,484 --> 00:15:44,027
not in yours or Bob's

268
00:15:44,111 --> 00:15:45,988
or anyone else's. My archive.

269
00:15:46,905 --> 00:15:50,742
Everything was recorded, which was probably stupid.

270
00:15:50,826 --> 00:15:54,496
We should discuss that in private.

271
00:15:54,580 --> 00:15:59,084
But the bonds were insurance against people,

272
00:15:59,168 --> 00:16:01,628
who could think of lying about,
what was said.

273
00:16:03,172 --> 00:16:04,882
To celebrate this event

274
00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:08,302
we have invited The Ray Conniff Singers.

275
00:16:08,969 --> 00:16:12,222
If the music is old-fashioned,
is it because I prefer it that way.

276
00:16:14,850 --> 00:16:18,061
Nixon was not unpopular,

277
00:16:18,145 --> 00:16:21,481
except among the young protesters.

278
00:16:21,565 --> 00:16:24,776
He blamed the protests on the youth.

279
00:16:24,860 --> 00:16:29,489
He thought they were too young
to understand anything.

280
00:16:30,866 --> 00:16:36,705
President Nixon, stop it
to bomb people, animals and plants.

281
00:16:36,788 --> 00:16:39,291
You go to church on Sundays
and prays to Jesus.

282
00:16:39,374 --> 00:16:40,626
STOP THE KILLINGS

283
00:16:40,709 --> 00:16:44,087
If Jesus was present,
wouldn't you dare drop more bombs.

284
00:16:44,171 --> 00:16:45,297
God bless the Berrigan brothers.

285
00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:49,426
He faked a smile, but he hated them.

286
00:16:49,510 --> 00:16:51,845
You knew he was furious.

287
00:16:51,929 --> 00:16:54,389
I can only say sorry.

288
00:16:54,473 --> 00:16:58,602
I assure you, Mr. President,
I am as shocked as you.

289
00:16:59,353 --> 00:17:00,521
Furious.

290
00:17:01,146 --> 00:17:03,899
His favorite word was lollipops.

291
00:17:06,527 --> 00:17:11,031
Mom, he's glancing at me

292
00:17:11,114 --> 00:17:13,742
We wouldn't change direction,

293
00:17:13,825 --> 00:17:17,454
simply because the war had become unpopular.

294
00:17:17,538 --> 00:17:20,457
There were thousands of demonstrations,

295
00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:22,667
but they did not represent the people.

296
00:17:22,751 --> 00:17:25,587
The people were the silent majority.

297
00:17:25,671 --> 00:17:27,548
STOP THE WAR STOP THE KILLING
STOP NIXON!

298
00:17:28,298 --> 00:17:29,383
ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST

299
00:17:29,466 --> 00:17:30,551
Music means a lot to me.

300
00:17:30,634 --> 00:17:32,928
Especially songs you can listen to over and over again.

301
00:17:33,637 --> 00:17:35,597
"What's Going On" was a huge hit,

302
00:17:35,681 --> 00:17:40,185
but I was a big fan of the Who
with "Won't Get Fooled Again."

303
00:17:40,269 --> 00:17:42,020
We will fight in the streets

304
00:17:42,104 --> 00:17:43,814
SINGLE RELEASED IN 1971

305
00:17:43,897 --> 00:17:46,400
While the children watch

306
00:17:46,483 --> 00:17:47,484
PEACE THIS YEAR

307
00:17:47,568 --> 00:17:52,114
And the morality they cultivate
Will be the past

308
00:17:54,825 --> 00:17:58,662
And those responsible

309
00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:01,665
Act as judges

310
00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:07,045
They pass judgment
And the guns sing along

311
00:18:09,006 --> 00:18:12,342
My name is Keith Forsyth,
and I was one of them

312
00:18:12,426 --> 00:18:16,305
who broke into the FBI in 1971…

313
00:18:16,388 --> 00:18:17,973
STOLEN DOCUMENTS DESCRIBE
SURVEILLANCE METHODS OF THE FBI

314
00:18:18,056 --> 00:18:20,559
...and passed on confidential documents
to the press,

315
00:18:20,642 --> 00:18:23,437
so people could see how the FBI tried

316
00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,814
to undermine the anti-war movement.

317
00:18:25,898 --> 00:18:27,149
IS YOUR PRIVACY PROTECTED?
NOT AGAINST FBI AGENTS

318
00:18:27,232 --> 00:18:30,527
It was not widely recognized
in the general population.

319
00:18:31,486 --> 00:18:33,322
But when you listen to the Who,

320
00:18:33,405 --> 00:18:35,991
do you remember the chorus,
"Don't fool us again."

321
00:18:36,074 --> 00:18:38,493
You're not fooling us again

322
00:18:40,329 --> 00:18:43,415
I lived in Philadelphia
and listened to the radio,

323
00:18:44,333 --> 00:18:47,169
while I was driving a taxi.

324
00:18:48,462 --> 00:18:52,216
At the same time, I participated
in illegal anti-war actions.

325
00:18:52,299 --> 00:18:53,842
MILITARY DOCUMENTS DESTROYED
IN ROCHESTER BURGLARY

326
00:18:53,926 --> 00:18:56,428
We broke in
at military recruiting offices

327
00:18:56,512 --> 00:18:58,972
and stole or destroyed documents.

328
00:18:59,056 --> 00:19:00,891
With people like John and Bonnie.

329
00:19:01,767 --> 00:19:04,770
Young men were sent
to Vietnam as cannon fodder.

330
00:19:04,853 --> 00:19:06,271
ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST

331
00:19:06,355 --> 00:19:08,273
They were sacrificed.

332
00:19:08,357 --> 00:19:12,236
My husband John and our group

333
00:19:12,319 --> 00:19:15,906
planned to break into an FBI office.

334
00:19:19,493 --> 00:19:23,622
The FBI conducted intensive surveillance

335
00:19:23,705 --> 00:19:26,458
in an attempt to
to crush the anti-war movement,

336
00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:30,254
and it was clear
what they did in secret.

337
00:19:30,337 --> 00:19:34,466
But many would perceive it as paranoia,
so we had to get evidence.

338
00:19:34,550 --> 00:19:36,218
PUBLISHED IN 1971

339
00:19:36,301 --> 00:19:38,387
Well known music

340
00:19:39,763 --> 00:19:41,682
Familiar sound

341
00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:46,770
Shared thoughts

342
00:19:49,147 --> 00:19:51,108
In the underground

343
00:19:51,191 --> 00:19:54,027
My husband and I had three young children.

344
00:19:56,029 --> 00:20:00,826
We would absolutely avoid
putting our children at risk.

345
00:20:00,909 --> 00:20:03,912
But we did everything together.

346
00:20:03,996 --> 00:20:07,708
And democracy was under pressure.

347
00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:10,460
The underground

348
00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:19,511
We investigated,
which offices we could break into,

349
00:20:19,595 --> 00:20:24,725
and we meant
that the office in Media was the most vulnerable.

350
00:20:25,809 --> 00:20:29,897
The small office in Media,
a suburb of Philadelphia,

351
00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:33,483
was in an apartment complex,
so it seemed possible.

352
00:20:34,193 --> 00:20:39,239
The Heavyweight Championship
will be between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

353
00:20:39,323 --> 00:20:43,202
It's happening at Madison Square Garden
in New York on March 8.

354
00:20:43,285 --> 00:20:47,998
To minimize the risk

355
00:20:48,081 --> 00:20:52,085
suggested one to do the same evening,
as Frazier and Ali were to box.

356
00:20:53,545 --> 00:20:57,132
I admired Muhammad Ali,
because he was a conscientious objector.

357
00:20:57,216 --> 00:21:00,844
As a result
they stripped him of his World Cup title.

358
00:21:00,928 --> 00:21:02,429
My enemy is the white people

359
00:21:02,513 --> 00:21:05,557
not the Viet Cong, the Chinese or the Japanese.

360
00:21:05,641 --> 00:21:06,683
3 YEARS EARLIER

361
00:21:06,767 --> 00:21:09,019
You are the enemy of freedom.
You are the enemy of justice.

362
00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:10,812
You are the enemy of equality.

363
00:21:10,896 --> 00:21:13,899
You will not defend
my religious beliefs,

364
00:21:13,982 --> 00:21:15,609
and you will send me to war,

365
00:21:15,692 --> 00:21:18,153
but not defend me in my homeland.

366
00:21:19,821 --> 00:21:21,448
I will show you a true master.

367
00:21:21,532 --> 00:21:23,367
Down with it. I'm not that heavy.

368
00:21:23,450 --> 00:21:26,161
-Further down. Come now.
-97.5 kg.

369
00:21:26,245 --> 00:21:29,790
-97.5 kg, he must be careful.
-97.5 kg.

370
00:21:29,873 --> 00:21:31,291
-Muhammad.
-Are you ready?

371
00:21:31,917 --> 00:21:34,962
Soar like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

372
00:21:36,046 --> 00:21:38,006
Box, young man, box.

373
00:21:42,261 --> 00:21:45,305
FROM THE ALBUM A TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON
PUBLISHED IN 1971

374
00:21:45,389 --> 00:21:47,057
Muhammad Ali.

375
00:21:51,353 --> 00:21:54,982
The highlight of the evening, 15 rounds,

376
00:21:55,065 --> 00:22:00,612
a fight for the title
as the undisputed world champion.

377
00:22:02,781 --> 00:22:05,993
Muhammad Ali.

378
00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:11,790
Joe Frazier.

379
00:22:11,874 --> 00:22:13,125
WORLD CHAMPION

380
00:22:13,208 --> 00:22:16,128
Muhammad Ali in black shorts. Joe Frazier.

381
00:22:16,795 --> 00:22:20,174
Frazier will try to break up the parades.

382
00:22:21,383 --> 00:22:23,635
Of course we cheered for Muhammad Ali,

383
00:22:23,719 --> 00:22:28,682
but that night the caretaker was
our biggest concern…

384
00:22:28,765 --> 00:22:30,475
FROM THE ALBUM MEDDLE

385
00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:33,061
...because he lived
right below the FBI office.

386
00:22:33,145 --> 00:22:37,191
It was an old building,
and there was a lot of noise.

387
00:22:37,274 --> 00:22:39,276
The blows rain down on him.

388
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,696
I could hear the match on the radio

389
00:22:43,989 --> 00:22:45,282
in the apartment below.

390
00:22:45,365 --> 00:22:47,743
One of the best first rounds

391
00:22:47,826 --> 00:22:50,037
we have seen a long time.

392
00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:51,580
It's unnerving

393
00:22:51,663 --> 00:22:53,999
to break into an FBI office
in the middle of the night.

394
00:22:54,082 --> 00:22:55,209
ROOM 206

395
00:22:55,292 --> 00:22:57,503
You have to
to take a few deep breaths.

396
00:22:58,504 --> 00:23:01,465
Joe Frazier shows no mercy.

397
00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:03,675
Dirk unlock, open the door.

398
00:23:04,927 --> 00:23:08,138
Stop. There was a lock on the inside.

399
00:23:08,222 --> 00:23:10,807
Muhammad Ali
never got so many bitches.

400
00:23:10,891 --> 00:23:15,604
I took my crowbar
and waited for the right moment.

401
00:23:16,396 --> 00:23:18,273
Time is important now.

402
00:23:23,529 --> 00:23:26,240
I jerked as hard as I could,

403
00:23:26,323 --> 00:23:28,242
and the door opened. We were inside.

404
00:23:28,325 --> 00:23:31,370
Ali is sent to count.

405
00:23:31,453 --> 00:23:33,413
First time in the game.

406
00:23:34,706 --> 00:23:35,749
We didn't know…

407
00:23:35,832 --> 00:23:37,084
ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST

408
00:23:37,167 --> 00:23:39,253
...what we would find in the archives.

409
00:23:39,336 --> 00:23:40,379
We had no idea.

410
00:23:41,255 --> 00:23:44,716
Winner by unanimous decision

411
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:50,889
and still defending world champion,
Joe Frazier.

412
00:23:52,057 --> 00:23:55,185
Yes!

413
00:23:55,269 --> 00:23:59,231
But we didn't stay long
about finding shocking activities.

414
00:23:59,314 --> 00:24:01,650
Meet the new boss

415
00:24:02,776 --> 00:24:05,362
DIRECTOR, FBI
COUNTERESPIONAGE

416
00:24:05,445 --> 00:24:07,656
There was a command for agents to

417
00:24:07,739 --> 00:24:11,118
to increase paranoia on the left,

418
00:24:11,201 --> 00:24:14,788
and they had communicators in the conversion,

419
00:24:14,872 --> 00:24:17,499
who eavesdropped on professors.

420
00:24:17,583 --> 00:24:19,376
"ADDITIONAL"

421
00:24:26,967 --> 00:24:29,595
We sent it to three newspapers,

422
00:24:29,678 --> 00:24:35,475
and the Washington Post happily chose
to make it a big story.

423
00:24:35,559 --> 00:24:37,519
The documents prove

424
00:24:37,603 --> 00:24:42,858
that the FBI is actively trying
to dismantle political organizations,

425
00:24:42,941 --> 00:24:46,403
whose positions do not align with those of the FBI.

426
00:24:46,486 --> 00:24:51,450
“We must spoil these groups
attempt to strengthen their position."

427
00:24:51,533 --> 00:24:52,534
THE FBI DIRECTOR SHOULD RESIGN

428
00:24:52,618 --> 00:24:55,162
It became a huge story.

429
00:24:55,245 --> 00:24:57,372
Do you have a comment?

430
00:24:57,456 --> 00:24:59,166
to the demand that you withdraw?

431
00:24:59,249 --> 00:25:01,001
No comment.

432
00:25:01,585 --> 00:25:05,047
It dawned on people,
how wrong it could go.

433
00:25:05,130 --> 00:25:06,882
WHO DOES THE SUPERVISOR OVERSEE?

434
00:25:06,965 --> 00:25:10,052
Whatever the monster is,

435
00:25:10,135 --> 00:25:11,887
is the monster a madman.

436
00:25:13,138 --> 00:25:14,640
And it doesn't matter.

437
00:25:15,390 --> 00:25:19,436
It has lost its grip,
and that is our only hope.

438
00:25:20,187 --> 00:25:24,441
I am hopeful.
I think it's the end of an era.

439
00:25:30,155 --> 00:25:33,200
We want a worldwide,
positive movement.

440
00:25:33,283 --> 00:25:36,411
To which young people can send
positive vibrations.

441
00:25:36,495 --> 00:25:40,457
This is what is happening now.
Strength and vibrations.

442
00:25:45,170 --> 00:25:47,214
FROM THE ALBUM IMAGINE
PUBLISHED IN 1971

443
00:25:47,297 --> 00:25:52,886
I don't want to be a soldier, mom
I don't want to die

444
00:25:52,970 --> 00:25:55,889
we are angry
because we feel taken advantage of...

445
00:25:55,973 --> 00:25:57,224
VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR

446
00:25:57,307 --> 00:25:59,101
...of those in power.

447
00:25:59,184 --> 00:26:00,811
Someone has to die, said Nixon

448
00:26:00,894 --> 00:26:04,439
not become the first president,
who loses a war.

449
00:26:04,523 --> 00:26:07,651
I don't want to be a failure, mom

450
00:26:07,734 --> 00:26:11,321
I don't want to cry

451
00:26:12,614 --> 00:26:15,701
Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Marvin Gaye

452
00:26:15,784 --> 00:26:18,704
were young like the rest of us,
but they had talent.

453
00:26:18,787 --> 00:26:20,038
MUSIC PRODUCER

454
00:26:20,122 --> 00:26:21,290
They spoke for us.

455
00:26:21,790 --> 00:26:24,334
I don't want to die

456
00:26:24,418 --> 00:26:26,420
Billy Adolph, New Orleans, Louisiana.

457
00:26:26,503 --> 00:26:29,131
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
and all the other shit.

458
00:26:30,090 --> 00:26:31,967
All power to the people and the brothers.

459
00:26:32,050 --> 00:26:34,052
All power to the people!

460
00:26:34,136 --> 00:26:36,430
If you read the president's
last speech thoroughly,

461
00:26:36,513 --> 00:26:39,892
is it clear that he means
that communism is the problem.

462
00:26:39,975 --> 00:26:41,185
MY SON WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM
WHY?

463
00:26:41,268 --> 00:26:43,687
And we cannot fight communism
throughout the world.

464
00:26:47,858 --> 00:26:53,238
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
Tonight we have a visit from the Plastic Ono Band.

465
00:26:53,864 --> 00:26:55,949
Long live the revolution.

466
00:26:56,033 --> 00:26:58,660
At least 200,000 anti-war protesters

467
00:26:58,744 --> 00:27:00,120
took the streets of Washington...

468
00:27:00,204 --> 00:27:01,205
1 MAY 1971

469
00:27:01,288 --> 00:27:03,540
...in it so far
largest peace demonstration,

470
00:27:03,624 --> 00:27:05,459
since they began six years ago.

471
00:27:06,335 --> 00:27:08,921
I could understand the May demonstration.

472
00:27:09,004 --> 00:27:11,256
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT NIXON

473
00:27:11,340 --> 00:27:13,467
But I belonged to Nixon's camp,

474
00:27:13,550 --> 00:27:15,677
the opposite camp.

475
00:27:18,555 --> 00:27:19,890
I am not a reactionary.

476
00:27:20,390 --> 00:27:23,769
The protesters are not alive
in the real world.

477
00:27:23,852 --> 00:27:25,729
They are idealists,

478
00:27:25,812 --> 00:27:30,150
who are disgusted by the horrors of war,
that is shown on TV every night.

479
00:27:32,819 --> 00:27:35,989
Saigon Command Weekly Report

480
00:27:36,073 --> 00:27:40,285
reports 33 deaths
and 305 wounded Americans.

481
00:27:40,369 --> 00:27:42,913
We saw pictures of men,
was slaughtered.

482
00:27:42,996 --> 00:27:44,498
LEAD SINGER, THE PRETENDERS

483
00:27:45,582 --> 00:27:48,961
We saw that
at the same time we were high on drugs.

484
00:27:49,044 --> 00:27:51,171
It was macabre.

485
00:27:51,255 --> 00:27:53,048
You don't want to be high on acid,

486
00:27:53,131 --> 00:27:55,425
turn on the news and see a napalm attack,

487
00:27:55,509 --> 00:27:57,010
but that's how it was.

488
00:27:59,471 --> 00:28:00,931
It's the anniversary

489
00:28:01,014 --> 00:28:02,891
for the Kent State shooting.

490
00:28:04,351 --> 00:28:08,105
Why did they have to die? I don't know.

491
00:28:09,022 --> 00:28:11,733
Every day brings senseless deaths.

492
00:28:11,817 --> 00:28:14,695
These four will go down in history.

493
00:28:15,529 --> 00:28:18,699
I was raised to ask questions.

494
00:28:18,782 --> 00:28:21,827
But you can't do that in the military,
for they have no answer.

495
00:28:21,910 --> 00:28:24,788
They should send us home to the US.

496
00:28:24,872 --> 00:28:26,373
We are part of the United States,

497
00:28:26,456 --> 00:28:28,125
we must defend our country,

498
00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:29,710
not other countries.

499
00:28:31,962 --> 00:28:34,882
The world was turbulent and chaotic…

500
00:28:34,965 --> 00:28:36,300
JOHN LENNON'S HOME

501
00:28:36,383 --> 00:28:40,804
...and it was hard
to keep it at a distance.

502
00:28:40,888 --> 00:28:43,390
One could not avoid being influenced.

503
00:28:48,228 --> 00:28:51,565
I think John Lennon felt that anger.

504
00:28:53,025 --> 00:28:54,526
ACTIVIST AND EDITOR OF RED MOLE MAGAZINE

505
00:28:54,610 --> 00:28:56,320
When he wrote "Imagine,"

506
00:28:56,403 --> 00:29:00,073
he called and asked, "Do you have time?"
And I answered "yes."

507
00:29:00,157 --> 00:29:02,284
-A long time ago.
-Good to see you.

508
00:29:02,951 --> 00:29:08,165
I had just come home
from India, which was on the brink of war

509
00:29:08,248 --> 00:29:12,920
because of the Bangladesh conflict.

510
00:29:13,003 --> 00:29:14,213
Good evening.

511
00:29:14,296 --> 00:29:17,674
Civil war has broken out
between East and West Pakistan.

512
00:29:19,051 --> 00:29:21,803
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of East Pakistan,

513
00:29:21,887 --> 00:29:23,889
declared the region an independent republic

514
00:29:23,972 --> 00:29:25,891
and named it Bangladesh.

515
00:29:25,974 --> 00:29:29,353
West Pakistan has the money,
the government and the resources.

516
00:29:29,436 --> 00:29:32,356
President Yahya Khan

517
00:29:32,439 --> 00:29:34,608
charged Sheik Mujibur Rahman
for treason

518
00:29:34,691 --> 00:29:37,277
and ordered the army to intervene.

519
00:29:37,986 --> 00:29:41,156
USA supported Pakistan,

520
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,618
whereas the Soviet Union
supported the Bengalis.

521
00:29:44,701 --> 00:29:49,665
It was a global split,
as with the Vietnam War.

522
00:29:50,249 --> 00:29:53,252
I had to shave
and cut hair,

523
00:29:53,335 --> 00:29:56,255
because I traveled with fake passports.

524
00:29:56,338 --> 00:29:59,967
I would be horrified,
but one might turn to it?

525
00:30:00,050 --> 00:30:03,262
- Yes, so...
-What's going on over there?

526
00:30:03,345 --> 00:30:07,975
East Pakistan is a part of Bengal.

527
00:30:08,058 --> 00:30:10,018
And half of that area is in India?

528
00:30:10,102 --> 00:30:12,437
Precise. This is East Pakistan.

529
00:30:12,521 --> 00:30:15,065
Do you have the same religion
in both areas?

530
00:30:15,148 --> 00:30:18,026
No. Here they are Muslims.

531
00:30:18,110 --> 00:30:21,405
The interesting thing is,
that the religious differences

532
00:30:21,488 --> 00:30:25,617
used to be big but due
of the Pakistan Army's intervention,

533
00:30:25,701 --> 00:30:27,494
which is also a Muslim army,

534
00:30:27,578 --> 00:30:30,122
they are now completely indifferent
with religion.

535
00:30:30,205 --> 00:30:34,209
I thought the same would happen in Ireland,
but it didn't.

536
00:30:35,377 --> 00:30:40,966
John's radicalization
developed very quickly.

537
00:30:41,675 --> 00:30:45,846
He wanted to see the places
where they resisted.

538
00:30:45,929 --> 00:30:50,058
Do you want to show yourself in public?
in a socialist country?

539
00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:54,771
Are you willing to
to hold a press conference?

540
00:30:54,855 --> 00:30:56,440
Of course.

541
00:30:57,482 --> 00:31:02,279
i will do anything
that may be of help.

542
00:31:02,362 --> 00:31:05,741
He and Yoko were to move to New York.

543
00:31:05,824 --> 00:31:11,121
I guess I was the only one of his friends,
who advised him not to.

544
00:31:11,705 --> 00:31:14,208
There were too many crazy bullets over there.

545
00:31:14,291 --> 00:31:15,667
How does "Imagine" sound?

546
00:31:15,751 --> 00:31:17,669
It can be reminiscent of a children's song.

547
00:31:17,753 --> 00:31:20,130
I'll play them all in an hour.

548
00:31:20,214 --> 00:31:23,008
There's a good one called "Crippled Inside."

549
00:31:23,091 --> 00:31:27,346
But the desire to move
stemmed from his internationalism,

550
00:31:27,429 --> 00:31:30,724
which also shines through in "Imagine."

551
00:31:30,807 --> 00:31:32,726
This is how the world should be.

552
00:31:33,727 --> 00:31:37,397
Imagine if all people

553
00:31:39,483 --> 00:31:46,073
Shared the whole world
You

554
00:31:47,241 --> 00:31:50,202
You might think I'm dreaming

555
00:31:53,497 --> 00:31:56,458
But I'm not alone

556
00:31:56,542 --> 00:31:58,710
They sell war incessantly.

557
00:31:58,794 --> 00:32:02,256
On TV they sell war and violence.

558
00:32:02,339 --> 00:32:05,884
John Wayne has done it,
since I was a boy.

559
00:32:05,968 --> 00:32:09,680
And everyone will stand together

560
00:32:09,763 --> 00:32:14,184
I'm just trying to make some songs

561
00:32:14,268 --> 00:32:16,520
as a counterweight to everything else.

562
00:32:16,603 --> 00:32:18,939
-Yes. I prefer that one.
-Fine.

563
00:32:19,022 --> 00:32:21,483
What if there was an extra piano?

564
00:32:21,567 --> 00:32:24,319
The same kind, but an octave higher.

565
00:32:24,403 --> 00:32:26,488
- That might sound good.
-Yes.

566
00:32:26,572 --> 00:32:29,324
But I want to play on the white.

567
00:32:29,408 --> 00:32:30,784
-Yes.
-Yes.

568
00:32:34,413 --> 00:32:35,497
Aha.

569
00:32:36,415 --> 00:32:38,876
It's like asking Coca-Cola:

570
00:32:38,959 --> 00:32:41,211
"Do you guys think these stupid commercials work?"

571
00:32:41,295 --> 00:32:43,380
Even in the Himalayas they have Coca-Cola.

572
00:32:44,756 --> 00:32:47,676
i think
we can get people on board with the idea of peace.

573
00:32:49,428 --> 00:32:52,139
Imagine if all people

574
00:32:54,183 --> 00:32:57,394
Imagine if all people

575
00:32:59,771 --> 00:33:04,526
Lived for today

576
00:33:07,321 --> 00:33:10,282
Imagine if nobody owned anything

577
00:33:13,493 --> 00:33:15,537
-Play it over your beat.
-Okay.

578
00:33:15,621 --> 00:33:18,373
It's better if he just plays.

579
00:33:18,457 --> 00:33:21,710
Nicky, we can try an octave higher.

580
00:33:21,793 --> 00:33:23,337
Very close to mine.

581
00:33:23,420 --> 00:33:24,838
- The bass is too loud.
-Yes.

582
00:33:24,922 --> 00:33:27,090
It worked better without drums

583
00:33:27,174 --> 00:33:28,175
- and bass.
-Agreed.

584
00:33:28,258 --> 00:33:29,843
That sounded good,

585
00:33:29,927 --> 00:33:31,929
when it was just the piano.

586
00:33:37,893 --> 00:33:40,562
Better to do something than to do nothing.

587
00:33:40,646 --> 00:33:43,857
We have a choice.

588
00:33:45,317 --> 00:33:46,693
RECORDED IN JUNE/JULY 1971

589
00:33:46,777 --> 00:33:49,404
Imagine if paradise didn't exist

590
00:33:53,116 --> 00:33:56,036
It's not that difficult

591
00:33:57,079 --> 00:33:59,498
I don't know if it helps.

592
00:33:59,581 --> 00:34:02,584
No hell below us

593
00:34:02,668 --> 00:34:04,962
But what is the alternative?

594
00:34:05,045 --> 00:34:06,922
Apathy, indifference.

595
00:34:07,005 --> 00:34:09,257
Only the sky above us

596
00:34:09,341 --> 00:34:10,759
What should I do then?

597
00:34:12,553 --> 00:34:16,931
Imagine if all people

598
00:34:17,014 --> 00:34:18,641
I just want to live.

599
00:34:18,725 --> 00:34:24,022
Lived for today
I

600
00:34:24,106 --> 00:34:26,190
And I want to express myself.

601
00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:29,402
Imagine if the borders disappeared

602
00:34:32,947 --> 00:34:36,034
It's not that difficult

603
00:34:39,580 --> 00:34:43,500
Nothing to kill or die for

604
00:34:44,458 --> 00:34:51,132
The purpose of "Imagine" was
to give a sense of hope.

605
00:34:52,634 --> 00:34:56,889
Imagine if all people

606
00:34:58,599 --> 00:35:05,230
Lived in peace
You

607
00:35:05,856 --> 00:35:10,319
It was hope that created the activism.

608
00:35:10,402 --> 00:35:13,238
The idea of
that if you got up from the couch

609
00:35:13,322 --> 00:35:17,951
and participated in some actions,
then you could change the world.

610
00:35:18,994 --> 00:35:23,248
I hope you will join

611
00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:26,293
19 JULY 1971

612
00:35:26,376 --> 00:35:33,342
TRAVEL FESTIVAL AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER,
THE SOUTH TOWER

613
00:35:34,009 --> 00:35:37,054
Few musical events
has received so much publicity

614
00:35:37,137 --> 00:35:40,516
like George Harrison's concert
for the benefit of refugee children

615
00:35:40,599 --> 00:35:42,935
from the genocide in East Pakistan.

616
00:35:43,018 --> 00:35:44,978
It will be held on August 1 here in the Garden,

617
00:35:45,062 --> 00:35:47,564
and although ticket sales
only starts Thursday,

618
00:35:47,648 --> 00:35:49,691
is there already a queue.

619
00:35:49,775 --> 00:35:53,362
There are so many problems in the world,

620
00:35:53,445 --> 00:35:55,656
so why did you choose this particular one?

621
00:35:55,739 --> 00:36:00,035
Because a friend asked if I wanted to help.

622
00:36:00,118 --> 00:36:02,287
I spoke to George…

623
00:36:02,371 --> 00:36:03,914
MUSICIAN

624
00:36:03,997 --> 00:36:07,417
...and he was very understanding,
and that's how it came to be.

625
00:36:11,797 --> 00:36:13,674
The most important thing was

626
00:36:13,757 --> 00:36:16,802
to draw attention to

627
00:36:16,885 --> 00:36:20,973
that the Bengalis were treated badly.

628
00:36:22,057 --> 00:36:24,268
The concert was to be played on 1 August,

629
00:36:24,351 --> 00:36:28,313
for it was the only day
Madison Square Garden was vacant.

630
00:36:28,397 --> 00:36:32,276
We didn't have much time
to arrange it.

631
00:36:33,402 --> 00:36:36,196
I agreed to arrange the concert…

632
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,447
MUSIC PRODUCER

633
00:36:37,531 --> 00:36:41,410
...because there was so
many great talents with.

634
00:36:42,202 --> 00:36:45,831
There was Eric and Leon Russell.

635
00:36:46,498 --> 00:36:48,292
-Ringo.
-Yes.

636
00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:49,626
And Ringo.

637
00:36:49,710 --> 00:36:50,794
I wasn't invited.

638
00:36:51,962 --> 00:36:54,631
He didn't want a repeat
of the Beatles conflict.

639
00:36:54,715 --> 00:36:56,633
I just called and said I was coming.

640
00:36:57,551 --> 00:36:59,469
Without you

641
00:37:01,555 --> 00:37:05,309
Dylan was forced
to be joined by George.

642
00:37:05,392 --> 00:37:07,102
Without you

643
00:37:07,186 --> 00:37:09,062
Bob was very cooperative.

644
00:37:09,146 --> 00:37:11,899
Would I lie sleepless

645
00:37:13,358 --> 00:37:15,986
Until the next day

646
00:37:17,279 --> 00:37:19,489
But it would not be new

647
00:37:20,908 --> 00:37:22,910
Without you

648
00:37:26,622 --> 00:37:31,043
It's the first time
George Harrison is alone in the front.

649
00:37:31,668 --> 00:37:35,005
The last time fans were this excited,
was ironic

650
00:37:35,088 --> 00:37:37,925
when the Beatles played together
at Shea Stadium.

651
00:37:39,176 --> 00:37:41,094
From Madison Square Garden, Geraldo Rivera

652
00:37:41,178 --> 00:37:43,847
from Channel 7, Eyewitness News.

653
00:37:47,684 --> 00:37:49,520
George, over here!

654
00:37:50,437 --> 00:37:51,688
Over here!

655
00:37:51,772 --> 00:37:53,690
Outside Madison Square Garden

656
00:37:53,774 --> 00:37:56,985
you could buy everything
except for tickets to the rock concert

657
00:37:57,069 --> 00:37:59,571
for the benefit of homeless children
from East Pakistan.

658
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:04,826
The ticket sharks sold standing room
for 35 dollars each.

659
00:38:10,415 --> 00:38:15,128
Bangladesh was the first
big charity concert.

660
00:38:15,879 --> 00:38:17,089
There were two concerts.

661
00:38:17,172 --> 00:38:18,382
MUSIC PRODUCER

662
00:38:18,465 --> 00:38:20,968
One at 14:00 and one at 20:00.

663
00:38:22,094 --> 00:38:23,303
George was very nervous.

664
00:38:23,387 --> 00:38:24,555
DRUMMER

665
00:38:24,638 --> 00:38:25,806
George was busy.

666
00:38:25,889 --> 00:38:29,142
Now remember, he had arranged it all.

667
00:38:29,226 --> 00:38:30,561
It all depended on him.

668
00:38:36,733 --> 00:38:43,073
"MY SWEET LORD" TOPPED BOTH THE BRITISH CHARTS
AND AMERICAN CHARTS IN 1971

669
00:38:43,866 --> 00:38:44,950
Hare Krishna.

670
00:38:51,832 --> 00:38:55,419
Gandhi said:
"Create and maintain your own image."

671
00:38:55,502 --> 00:38:58,714
The point is,
that I can also be Lennon and McCartney,

672
00:38:58,797 --> 00:39:01,008
but I'd rather be Harrison.

673
00:39:30,162 --> 00:39:31,246
Come on.

674
00:39:44,134 --> 00:39:46,678
I am conscious of God,

675
00:39:46,762 --> 00:39:51,058
but if I can pass something on
in the form of music...

676
00:39:51,141 --> 00:39:52,976
Thank you. You guys are way too sweet.

677
00:39:53,060 --> 00:39:55,103
...then it also gives me a lot.

678
00:39:55,979 --> 00:39:58,607
My friend came to me

679
00:39:59,441 --> 00:40:01,485
With sad eyes

680
00:40:02,986 --> 00:40:05,614
He needed help

681
00:40:06,532 --> 00:40:09,284
To save his country

682
00:40:11,995 --> 00:40:15,123
Although I didn't feel the pain

683
00:40:15,207 --> 00:40:18,126
I knew I had to help

684
00:40:19,586 --> 00:40:23,048
Now I am asking you

685
00:40:23,131 --> 00:40:26,510
Help us save lives

686
00:40:33,642 --> 00:40:35,519
Bangladesh

687
00:40:36,311 --> 00:40:37,980
Bangladesh

688
00:40:40,274 --> 00:40:44,987
People are dying in droves

689
00:40:45,070 --> 00:40:47,865
What a horrible mess

690
00:40:50,325 --> 00:40:53,078
A country in deep need

691
00:40:55,455 --> 00:40:57,666
Don't turn your back on them

692
00:40:57,749 --> 00:41:01,920
I want to hear you say
Help them over there

693
00:41:02,004 --> 00:41:03,964
In Bangladesh

694
00:41:04,631 --> 00:41:05,924
CONCERT ORGANIZER

695
00:41:06,008 --> 00:41:07,259
The spectators were delighted.

696
00:41:07,342 --> 00:41:11,889
It was a long time ago,
he had played to an audience,

697
00:41:11,972 --> 00:41:15,559
but there was a jam,
and it was very authentic.

698
00:41:15,642 --> 00:41:18,562
It wasn't a lazy Beatles set,

699
00:41:18,645 --> 00:41:21,607
as had been seen before.

700
00:41:21,690 --> 00:41:23,859
I think he enjoyed it.

701
00:41:27,112 --> 00:41:31,700
Suddenly everyone knew about Bangladesh,

702
00:41:31,783 --> 00:41:35,913
because it was mentioned
in newspapers all over the world.

703
00:41:35,996 --> 00:41:39,875
INSPIRING 'BANGLADESH CONCERT'

704
00:41:39,958 --> 00:41:42,127
Good evening.

705
00:41:42,211 --> 00:41:45,714
One of the worst consequences
of war is inflation.

706
00:41:45,797 --> 00:41:48,717
Prosperity without war requires action.

707
00:41:49,968 --> 00:41:52,804
From today, it will be introduced

708
00:41:52,888 --> 00:41:57,059
price and wage controls throughout the United States:

709
00:41:57,142 --> 00:41:58,519
The price control is unfair.

710
00:41:58,602 --> 00:42:01,313
The government is aware
that there is great skepticism

711
00:42:01,396 --> 00:42:03,315
to Nixon's approach.

712
00:42:03,899 --> 00:42:07,444
How many here have experienced
white men ruin everything?

713
00:42:07,528 --> 00:42:10,906
Nixon exploits black capitalism.

714
00:42:10,989 --> 00:42:14,952
Capitalism exploits
and oppresses people.

715
00:42:17,371 --> 00:42:20,666
In 1971 I was a member of the Black Panthers

716
00:42:20,749 --> 00:42:23,752
and worked for free breakfast
for school children.

717
00:42:23,836 --> 00:42:27,422
No child should go to school hungry.

718
00:42:27,506 --> 00:42:29,633
There are many who are starving.

719
00:42:29,716 --> 00:42:33,512
The government sent rockets to the moon.

720
00:42:33,595 --> 00:42:35,222
There are no people on the moon.

721
00:42:36,014 --> 00:42:38,100
Children and people down here lack food.

722
00:42:39,268 --> 00:42:41,562
Brothers and sisters, it hits me

723
00:42:41,645 --> 00:42:44,106
on my sense of justice.

724
00:42:44,189 --> 00:42:46,900
We always draw the short straw.

725
00:42:47,943 --> 00:42:52,364
And someone has to speak up.

726
00:42:55,742 --> 00:42:58,245
It is my burden to bear.

727
00:42:59,246 --> 00:43:01,582
I am a messenger. Like Noah.

728
00:43:03,917 --> 00:43:05,294
Rockets

729
00:43:06,378 --> 00:43:07,546
Moonshot

730
00:43:09,006 --> 00:43:12,885
Spend them on the poor

731
00:43:14,469 --> 00:43:17,848
Money, we earn it

732
00:43:19,766 --> 00:43:23,103
Before we know it, you'll be taking them

733
00:43:24,313 --> 00:43:26,732
I feel like screaming

734
00:43:26,815 --> 00:43:29,026
They don't care about me

735
00:43:30,569 --> 00:43:34,364
I feel like screaming
They don't care about me

736
00:43:34,448 --> 00:43:37,492
It's not a life
It's not a life

737
00:43:38,493 --> 00:43:42,164
No, no
It's not a life

738
00:43:42,247 --> 00:43:44,374
No, no, no

739
00:43:46,502 --> 00:43:47,628
Inflation

740
00:43:49,129 --> 00:43:50,506
Absolutely impossible

741
00:43:51,673 --> 00:43:55,511
To make money

742
00:43:56,970 --> 00:44:00,849
Bills are piling up

743
00:44:02,476 --> 00:44:06,021
Send him to death

744
00:44:06,772 --> 00:44:09,441
I feel like screaming

745
00:44:09,525 --> 00:44:12,444
They don't care about me

746
00:44:12,528 --> 00:44:17,491
The poverty level,
the discrimination, the war.

747
00:44:17,574 --> 00:44:21,245
There had never before been an album,
which touched on all those problems.

748
00:44:21,995 --> 00:44:26,041
When it came,
Marvin Gaye turned everything upside down.

749
00:44:26,124 --> 00:44:28,293
Revolution is otherwise
not the hallmark of Motown.

750
00:44:29,336 --> 00:44:32,881
Problems, disappointments

751
00:44:34,550 --> 00:44:38,095
Misfortune, defeat

752
00:44:39,888 --> 00:44:44,059
The fact is

753
00:44:44,142 --> 00:44:48,605
That I can't afford tax

754
00:44:49,481 --> 00:44:53,902
And give up everything

755
00:44:53,986 --> 00:44:58,323
He solved social problems with song.
It was a turning point.

756
00:44:59,533 --> 00:45:02,035
Marvin Gaye changed everything with that album.

757
00:45:02,119 --> 00:45:03,662
LEAD SINGER, THE PRETENDERS

758
00:45:03,745 --> 00:45:06,039
The footprint was just as big
as Sgt. Peppers.

759
00:45:06,123 --> 00:45:09,877
Crazy cops

760
00:45:11,628 --> 00:45:15,257
Panic spreads

761
00:45:17,050 --> 00:45:21,013
The gods must know where it ends

762
00:45:21,763 --> 00:45:25,893
When Marvin wanted to make a protest album
about police violence

763
00:45:25,976 --> 00:45:29,062
and the Vietnam War, I was scared.

764
00:45:29,897 --> 00:45:31,607
But he convinced me.

765
00:45:31,690 --> 00:45:35,569
He told me he wanted to wake people up.

766
00:45:37,279 --> 00:45:42,201
Because it was different and new,

767
00:45:42,284 --> 00:45:44,494
they felt they were taking a chance.

768
00:45:44,578 --> 00:45:48,707
But everyone always told me:
"You can do something special."

769
00:45:48,790 --> 00:45:52,753
That one day I will accomplish something,

770
00:45:52,836 --> 00:45:57,174
which will affect everyone's life.

771
00:46:02,346 --> 00:46:04,598
What time is it? I can't see it.

772
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:08,060
Well, it is now.

773
00:46:08,143 --> 00:46:11,271
People are a little smarter in New York.
I love it.

774
00:46:13,357 --> 00:46:15,943
-A quarter in.
- Oh, John.

775
00:46:16,026 --> 00:46:17,861
I hit the chandelier.

776
00:46:17,945 --> 00:46:20,113
I first met John
and Yoko in November '71.

777
00:46:20,197 --> 00:46:21,281
PHOTOGRAPHER

778
00:46:22,074 --> 00:46:25,953
John planned a peace tour,

779
00:46:26,036 --> 00:46:28,872
and the Nixon administration feared him.

780
00:46:28,956 --> 00:46:31,917
John and Yoko thought
they could hear the phone clicking.

781
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,627
They thought they were being bugged.

782
00:46:33,710 --> 00:46:36,171
Only many years later

783
00:46:36,255 --> 00:46:38,966
they found out
that the FBI was actually surveilling him.

784
00:46:39,049 --> 00:46:40,676
They wanted him expelled.

785
00:46:41,343 --> 00:46:43,011
You seem more radical.

786
00:46:43,095 --> 00:46:46,598
You are more politically engaged now than in...

787
00:46:46,682 --> 00:46:47,891
-The Beatles era?
-Yes.

788
00:46:47,975 --> 00:46:52,145
The Beatles era was just a period
in my life. I have many years left.

789
00:46:52,938 --> 00:46:55,315
Now it's Christmas

790
00:46:55,399 --> 00:46:57,734
THE FUTURE IS BEHIND YOU

791
00:46:57,818 --> 00:47:00,195
And what have you done?

792
00:47:00,821 --> 00:47:04,741
As an artist, I always try
to express myself…

793
00:47:04,825 --> 00:47:05,909
THE WAR IS OVER
IF YOU WANT IT

794
00:47:05,993 --> 00:47:08,120
and create an atmosphere,
where we are safe with each other.

795
00:47:10,163 --> 00:47:12,958
Why do they kill? It is fear.

796
00:47:13,041 --> 00:47:15,210
Now it's Christmas

797
00:47:15,294 --> 00:47:18,046
PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 1971

798
00:47:18,130 --> 00:47:21,049
For the weak and the strong

799
00:47:21,133 --> 00:47:24,595
The music in 1971 was
not just an expression of the zeitgeist...

800
00:47:24,678 --> 00:47:25,888
MUSIC PRODUCER

801
00:47:25,971 --> 00:47:29,183
...it also created the zeitgeist.

802
00:47:30,809 --> 00:47:32,352
...the war movement had dissolved.

803
00:47:32,436 --> 00:47:33,979
Yes!

804
00:47:34,062 --> 00:47:35,731
John Lennon was investigated...

805
00:47:35,814 --> 00:47:37,524
LEAD SINGER, THE PRETENDERS

806
00:47:37,608 --> 00:47:39,776
...because rock musicians had
such a big influence.

807
00:47:41,695 --> 00:47:45,324
My husband always said,
that disagreement is the fuel of democracy.

808
00:47:45,407 --> 00:47:46,783
ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST

809
00:47:46,867 --> 00:47:48,327
He liked that turn of events.

810
00:47:48,869 --> 00:47:50,037
Apathy, right?

811
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,832
Well, so the flower power didn't work.
Then we start over.

812
00:47:56,668 --> 00:47:59,338
The monster is a madman.

813
00:48:00,380 --> 00:48:01,924
We do the right thing.

814
00:48:02,007 --> 00:48:05,260
And it doesn't matter. That's the point.

815
00:48:05,344 --> 00:48:07,721
Okay. Fine. We'll call later.

816
00:48:10,724 --> 00:48:13,602
I still mean
we should blow up the dams.

817
00:48:13,685 --> 00:48:14,770
Will people drown?

818
00:48:14,853 --> 00:48:18,106
About 200,000 will drown.

819
00:48:18,190 --> 00:48:20,734
No, so rather the atomic bomb.

820
00:48:20,817 --> 00:48:22,319
Is it ready?

821
00:48:22,402 --> 00:48:26,240
That, I think, is too violent.

822
00:48:26,323 --> 00:48:28,867
The atomic bomb? Is it too much?

823
00:48:28,951 --> 00:48:32,579
Now think big, Henry, dammit…

824
00:48:34,831 --> 00:48:35,832
NEXT TIME...

825
00:48:35,916 --> 00:48:39,253
In 1971 there was a crisis in the band.

826
00:48:39,336 --> 00:48:40,963
Sly disappeared.

827
00:48:41,046 --> 00:48:42,965
Flowerpower!

828
00:48:43,048 --> 00:48:45,801
Pills, cocaine, angel dust.

829
00:48:47,219 --> 00:48:49,847
That's just how it was back then.

830
00:48:51,306 --> 00:48:54,393
Now it was up to them to make a record.

831
00:48:56,061 --> 00:48:57,980
They were completely on their own.

832
00:48:59,022 --> 00:49:01,275
No one knew where it would end.

833
00:49:31,430 --> 00:49:33,432
Texts by: Mads Moltsen