I need very popular 60's songs dealing with protest, war, or cops. I need many for a school project. Thanks!
2007-03-27 17:32:25 · 5 answers · asked by gibson1210120 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like_I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag
Jefferson Airplane - rejoyce
Mason Profitt - Two Hangmen
Chicago - It Better End Soon
CSNY - Ohio
David Crosby - What Are Their names
Quicksilver messenger Service - What About Me
Graham Nash - Oh! Camil
Graham Nash - Soldiers Of Peace
Steve Goodman - Ballad Of Penny Evans
Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon
War - Edwinn Starr
2007-03-27 17:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by Cricket Monroe 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You absolutely must have "For What it's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield. You might not know that by name, but it's the song that goes "There's something happening here, and what it is ain't exactly clear, there's a man with a gun over there, telling me I got to beware. I think it's time we STOP children what's that sound, everybody look what's going down."
You also need Eve of Destruction as listed above, and Ohio. Country Joe's song "feel like I'm fixing to die rag" is a good one about vietnam, Going up the Country is good.
After that, you could check out Joan Baez, some of the Kingston Trio or Bob Dylan for more "Folk" sounding stuff. Specifically, from Dylan, I'd get Subterranean Homesick Blues.
EDIT -- I thought of some more. From Baez, you should get "A song for David" about her husband being imprisoned for draft evasion, and a really cool song from Pete Seeger, "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" which is just great. "Abraham, Martin and John" by Dion is not really a song about war or protest, but about the assassinations of those people and it does have the feel of the era. Dylan, Blowin' in the Wind, is a similar "era" song. Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" is a humorous take on the draft. Same with "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones. Ok, that should be a pretty good place to start.
2007-03-27 19:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by Robert L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ohio by Crosby Stills and Nash. Perfect song for your project. It's about the Vietnam protest at Kent State University in Ohio, where the National Guard killed protesting students.
Another is:
The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace (cops)
2007-03-27 17:43:51 · answer #3 · answered by ProudAmerican 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eve of Destruction, sung by Barry Mcguire, written by P. F. Sloan, about impending apocalypse, Ohio, written by Neil Young and performed by Crosby Stills Nash and Young about the Kent State shootings.
2007-03-27 17:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by xtragnarrrlly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ultimate is probably "Eve of Destruction" by Barry Mcguire.
2007-03-27 17:38:30 · answer #5 · answered by magicninja 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋