3 Rock Songs From 1971 You Heard While Shopping at the Mall With Your Friends
This piece is a nostalgic music feature highlighting three rock songs that were popular in 1971, imagining them being played over speakers in shopping centres of the era. It's part of a light-hearted retrospective on early mall culture and the soundtrack that would have accompanied teenagers browsing shops with friends at the time.
The three songs featured are The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again," which reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 9 on the UK Singles chart; Janis Joplin's posthumous hit "Me and Bobby McGee," originally written by Kris Kristofferson, which topped the Hot 100 following her death in 1970; and Paul and Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" from the album Ram, also a US No. 1.
- Feature recalls three rock hits popular in shopping centres during 1971.
- Includes The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" and Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee."
- McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" from Ram also featured, a US No. 1.