we all survived a tough 12 months packed with conflicts, difficulties and yet also victories, hope, and happiness. that s saying something considering we were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divides the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through? let s sort it out by starting with the biggest news. worst story of the year. the violent invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the election. the idea that 2021 was going to be better i think probably lasted for about exactly six days. the january 6th insurrection was straight up crazy. the losing candidate, then president trump, stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. they rigged an election. they rigged it like they ve never rigged an election before. it was really traumatizing and tragic to see the people s house overtaken by american citizens. police were beaten, congress ran, people died. hundreds would be arrested. the best response, l
rock singer jimi hendricks died today in london. janice joplin was found dead. the cause, an overdose of drugs. jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, is dead. he was 27. the early years of the 70s were sad in music because you lose people and you lose the beatles. this small fwat gathering is only the beginning. the event is so moe men tuss that historians may one day view it as a decline in the british empire. the beatles are breaking up. it was like a death for a lot of people. rock and roll was no longer with us. . i wonder what i m doing here with no drummers or nothing like that. you might know, i lost my old band, or i left it. imagine there s no heaven it s easy if you try for so long, you kind of waited for the next beatles album to see where music was going and we just hoped that the music they would come up with individually would be that good. and i don t no longer, oh, the beatles need anal b album. i just write when i feel like it
Thanks to all of our guests and thanks to you for watching. for the entire team at anderson co cooper 360 and cnn worldwide, i m tom foreman wishing you all of the best and none of the worst in 2022. it s what guys seem to get off on. the sound of pleasure. you can bet your bottom we got them, baby. unless you ve been living in a sealed cave, you ve probably noticed that america s latest craze is disco dancing. this is hard rock and it s purpose is to promote violence, sex, and destruction in that order. pure rock and roll.