I need a song from the 60's that was popular and had a message (war, protest, drugs, etc.) and I need a few. "For what its worth" is already taken. Thanks!
2007-03-27 16:37:09 · 9 answers · asked by gibson1210120 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Ohio
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Good information at the link below.
2007-03-27 16:47:03 · answer #1 · answered by blue.green_eyes 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
War-protest songs:
1. Fell like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag(1,2,3 What are we fightin' For) - Country Joe McDonald
2. War - Temptations or Edwin Starr
3. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
5. What's Going On - Marvin Gay
6. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. Sky Pilot - The Animals
Drug Songs:
1. Heroin - Velvet Underground
2. Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
3. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
4. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
5. Legend Of a Mind - The Moody Blues (the song was about Timothy Leary
6. The Pusher - Steppenwolf
2007-03-27 17:55:53 · answer #2 · answered by deadhead (Who Dat Nation) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lucy in the sky with diamonds by The Beatles (drugs)
Abraham, Martin, and John by Dion (assasination)
Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry (Suicide)
Puff, the Magic Dragon by Jimmie Rodgers (drugs)
Cat's in the cradle, by Harry Chapin (Absent fathers)
Universal Soldier by Donovan (War)
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane (drugs)
Where have all the flowers gone by The Kingston Trio (War)
Pretoria by The Smothers Brothers (Aparthide)
Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire (War, end of the world)
Hope these are enough.
2007-03-27 16:59:16 · answer #3 · answered by Really, I'm Fine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Off the top of my head...
For war & protest
- Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
- Rockin' in the Free World by Neil Young
- The Times they are a Changin' by Bob Dylan
- Revolution by the Beatles
- Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane
- Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival
For Drugs
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles
- White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
- The Crystal Ship by The Doors
- Cocaine by the Velvet Underground
- Casey Jones by The Grateful Dead
- High Time by The Grateful Dead
2007-03-27 17:04:53 · answer #4 · answered by Captain Carla 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How about "One Tin Soldier" from 1969 (sung in movie Billy Jack), Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon/Paul McCartney, or "Eve of Destruction", by barry Mcguire, "Turn, Turn, Turn" by the Byrds.
2007-03-27 16:57:20 · answer #5 · answered by sandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
War by Edwin Starr
2007-03-27 16:42:01 · answer #6 · answered by twysty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its 123 what are we fighting for? War, by Earth Wind & Fire. Bobby Mcgee by Janice Jopplin about drugs.
2007-03-27 16:42:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats going on, marvin gaye--it was wrote 60 something, so was ball of confusion by the temptations, but wasn't released until 70
2007-03-27 16:44:04 · answer #8 · answered by mphsgurl79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ohio..........Crosby,Stills and Nash-----------Kent state protest
Volunteers........Jefferson Airplane---------Protest song
Monster..Steppenwolf---societys injustices
Get together..Youngbloods---peace movement
2007-03-27 16:46:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋