All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music

A scholarly, affectionate ramble through musical history, rich with archival footage and talking heads, rewarding patient viewers who love context.

Created by

Tony Palmer

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Bob Marley, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie

Overview

A 17-part television documentary series on the history of modern pop music covering some of the many different genres that have fallen under the label of "popular music" between the mid-19th century and 1976, including folk, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, vaudeville and music hall, musical theatre, country, swing, jazz, blues, R&B, rock 'n' roll and others.

How it feels

Earnest, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Music, art, identity, class

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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