什么是摇滚乐，而摇滚乐的魅力又在哪呢？
本集中，乐坛的摇滚老将布鲁斯史宾斯汀、戴维鲍伊纷纷对摇滚乐下定义，尽管他们的解释有所不同，但是我们透过他们的言语了解到摇滚乐是何等的重要。其它摇滚乐坛熠熠红星包括小理察、米克杰格及U2的波诺谈改变他们一生的歌曲，并且收录首批摇滚巨星全盛时期的风采：马帝华特斯、查克贝瑞等，以及蒂娜透纳回忆当年在棉花田里作牛作马及梦想成为歌手的情景。另收录麦可杰克森电力十足的《比莉珍》演唱实况。

　　这是一部充满音乐表演的无厘头喜剧。杰克（约翰·贝鲁西 John Belushi 饰）和艾伍德（丹·艾克罗伊德 Dan Aykroyd 饰）曾经是音乐狂人，组乐队搞演出是他们的拿手好戏。杰克却因为一桩抢劫案而坐了牢，从此荒废了音乐事业。出狱那天，艾伍德前来接风，二人兴致勃勃前往自幼长大的孤儿院探望玛丽修女，却被告知这个孤儿院已经欠了一大笔税款面临关门，除非有人能在十一天内凑齐5000美元。 　　二人对孤儿院情比金坚，怎能眼睁睁看着孤儿院“沦陷”？哥俩从长计议，决定重拾自己的音乐事业，为孤儿院巡演揍钱。于是，以前的乐队又重新组合起来，热热闹闹的一大队人在舞台上开始了磕磕绊绊的演出。凑钱还是其次的问题，他们得先解决意外碰到的一大堆麻烦事，比如警察的误会、黑帮的追杀……挽救孤儿院的动力让他们所向披靡，魅力四射，同时也找回了他们自己的音乐梦想。

影片以作家詹姆斯·鲍德温未完成的小说《记住这个房子》为切入点，片中还涉及马丁·路德·金、马尔克姆·X、梅加·埃弗斯的故事。

Clint Eastwood directed and hosted this final segment of the seven-part Blues documentary which was aired on PBS in the United States and then released on DVD. Eastwood has been a longtime fan of the piano and of blues and jazz artists. He once did a movie called "Bird" about jazzman Charlie Parker.
Here, Clint sits at the piano next to people like Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Marcia Ball, Dr. John and others and interviews them. Most aren't good interviewees and say very little, especially Charles who revealed nothing about himself or his music; absolutely no insight. Brubeck does a beautiful number but its jazz, not blues. Apparently, Eastwood forgot this was a documentary on blues. About half of the material here is more on jazz greats, like Brubeck or Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Nat "King" Cole, etc.
The best parts were clips of older and deceased piano greats like Art Tatum, who may be the best of all time, as shown here. He was awesome and I admit I knew little about the man until this episode.
Other footage highlights Otis Spann and the Chicago electric blues sound, which is more like it, to blues fans like me. Charles Brown offers some good boogie while Big Joe Turner and Jay McShann, Pinetop Perkins, Pete Jolly, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and others contribute either live or in footage.
Meanwhile, film of a slinky woman in a sequined dress playing some boogie-woogie stuff was a highlight to me, too. Man, she could play and was fun to watch. I'd like to see more of her, or at least find out who she was. (I should have taken notes.).
Charles, via old TV tape, concludes this episode with his bluesy version of "America" which still in unique and wonderful.

本集则是从美国重要的乐风——灵魂乐谈起，让观众彻底的了解灵魂乐与摇滚乐的不同与关联，片中更大篇幅的为观众介绍伟大的灵魂乐手詹姆斯布朗，他的音乐特性以及影响性，片中还访问名制作人昆西琼斯，听他谈谈灵魂乐对美国当代乐坛的影响。
根植于福音音乐，发展时深受主流流行音乐及节奏蓝调影响的灵魂乐，在1950年代末期大放异彩。灵魂乐先驱包括山姆库克、雷查尔斯、杰基威尔逊及詹姆斯布朗。三代灵魂歌手齐聚一堂讨论他们的艺术，Smokey Robinson详述Ooo Baby Baby的起源。另外，还可以欣赏到麦可杰克森童年时期与兄弟们所组成的杰克森家族精采的演出镜头。

很多人听过她们的声音，但是鲜少有人知道她们的名字，这句话几乎可作为“和声女声”职业生涯的最佳注脚。由Morgan Neville执导的纪录片《离巨星二十英尺》就将视角聚焦于如Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Claudia Lennear, Lisa Fischer, Tata Vega还有Judith Hill等几位幕后女声，他们曾为那些20世纪最著名的流行歌手们甘做绿叶，而她们也恰好如此地见证了流行音乐史。

为缓解非洲，特别是埃塞俄比亚日益严重的饥荒，在哈里.贝拉方特的召集下，45位艺术家齐聚一堂，共同录制了慈善单曲《天下一家》。唱片销量高达700多万张，所得善款超过6000万美元。
本片为《天下一家》的制作花絮，由简.方达录制旁白。

If you picked some of the all-time great albums in American rock, soul, and jazz, chances are one name might be found on the back of almost every one: Tom Dowd--the secret behind five decades of brilliant music, an unsung hero, producer and recording pioneer. From the perfection of live mixing to the introduction of eight-track recording, the mythology of exactly how much impact Dowd has had is still up for grabs. His diverse and genuine love of work is remembered in part through intimate interviews with several musical icons and personal friends.

1985 年 1 月的一个夜晚，音乐界最大牌的明星聚在一起，录制《四海一家》。这部纪录片带我们走进该历史性事件的幕后。