1960s music?

Question

i am currently doing an assignment on protest songs on the 1960s.
could anyone help that has any knowledge of this subject or era?
what were the risks of writing a protest song in the 1960s?
what were the risks in NOT writing a protest song in the 1960s?



please answer. even a sentence is great!
thanks

Answer 1

Bob Dylan was called a protest singer, but he thought he wasn't. Many risks of being a protest song writer were labels. You couldn't get past that very far if you even wrote one protest song. If you did write a protest song, people might respect you and see you are writing music for more than just music. Bob Dylan had .. maybe a couple 'protest' songs, but he's much more than that.

Best wishes.

Answer 2

Bob Dylan wrote some great protest songs. He's pretty much the epitome of protest music. The risks were being hated on by the government as well as sort of having a bad reputation.

For instance, John Lennon got deported because of it.

The risks of not writing a protest song were that the US would stay on its trail of rampant imperialism and its stupid and hilarious attempt at trying to play world police.

Answer 3

You should do an investigation of the Bohemian Beatniks of the 60's.
Controversial singers were Jefferson Airplane lead singer Grace Slick singing "White Rabbit" which talked about the experimentation of cocaine.
And Peter, Paul, & Mary singing the song, "The Answer my Friend is blowing in the Wind" which protested the war.

You should also do some research on the Beatles when John Lennon said God is dead, and Jimi Hendrix playing the National Anthem on his electric guitar.

If you can also listen to the song "Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie" it was a great emotional hit about the war and the three singers that died.

The 60's had a lot of awesome musicians.

Answer 4

There were very real risks to writing these songs. Not only were they often banned but the artists could face adverse consequences to their careers. People who wrote these songs could find themselves on an FBI watch list, where their every move could be secretly monitored and recorded. Bob Dylan may have written what could be considered protest songs but it should be pointed out that he almost never participated in any political causes himself. That's why many of his critics felt he was a sellout and a fraud. The real protest singer/songwriters were individuals like Pete Seeger and Phil Ochs and both did suffer adverse affects to their careers as a result. Pete Seeger was blacklisted and Phil Ochs ended up hanging himself.

Answer 5

Robert Zimmerman better known to you as Bob Dylan became a legend doing protest songs of the 60s.

Answer 6

Quite a few bands in the early were doing blues music. As many of them were from England and had grown up hearing a lot of the black blues players from here in the states such as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson Elmore James. To name a few were The Yardbirds, John Mayall and The Blues Breakers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Cream, Led Zeppelin, The Who and The Jeff Beck Group.

Answer 7

The pros and the cons were the same. You got noticed.

Pro- Your words were heard and you became a spokesperson of sorts. People began to listen to you. You began to believe you could make a difference.

Con- Your words were heard and authoritative figures began to notice you. Your life was under scrutiny. You were a "suspect" for subversion.

Answer 8

Well I think all these protests encouraged the Beatles ?

Answer 9

i was there! and there weren't any risks either way, unless maybe your song dint become a big hit like Dylan's!

Answer 10

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~richard5/history.html

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