I've been listening to alot of 60s music tonight

[DianeG5385]

The message of who we are is there, in the words and music of Dylan, Crosby Stills and Nash, the Byrds, the Youngbloods. Go back and listen. Listen to the words of "Woodstock". It's like a parable for today. It was spiritual music. It was about loving each other and it was about the horror of an unjust war. We have not been paying attention. Who we are is just as religious (or agnostic), just as outraged at war as these folks were. We've just had our power taken from us. We need a voice,either through music or the internet, I don't know, but this 30 plus year old music of my youth has me turned on tonight. Long Time Coming..."Speak out speak out against the man....speak out speak out if you still dare..." " It's always darkest before the dawn" CSN, go listen.

[DianeG5385]

1. whatever.

n.../t... Listen to the Ballad of the Easy Rider ( The Byrds) or don't.

[Old and In the Way]

6. I find solace in the 60's, too......

I still like to watch the Byrds at Monterray doing "Chimes of Freedom" and "He Was a Friend of Mine". Crosby gives a blistering and eerily prescient intro to the latter when he says, "You won't hear this on TV, but John Kennedy was assassinated by a RW conspirecy." Still blows me away. Of course, this was only 4 years removed from that event.

[DianeG5385]

8. Jesus is just allright with me..The Byrds...how did this get co-opted??

I feel like our soul has been stolen when I listen to music from "back in the day"..

[zacho]

2. I love 60's music

I bought Bob Dylan's Concert from Carnegie Hall CD. Its tracks include The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, John Birch Paranoid Blues, and with God on our side. All our great social commentaries.

[DianeG5385]

4. I'm listening to Dylan (positively fourth street) right now

I'm trying remind myself what it was like to care about what happened to your country. We can strategize till the cows come home, but we have to feel it in our souls before we can fight to save this country.

[Pepperbelly]

3. The Band ...

:smoke:

Their stuff makes me feel ... rebellious.

[DianeG5385]

5. Knocking on heaven's door right now

...

[DianeG5385]

7. Marvin Gaye, "What's Going on" coming up

I'm feeling nostalgic...

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

15. Almost started tearing up yesterday; I was listening to "A Hard Rain's

A Gonna Fall."

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains,
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways,
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests,
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans,
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it,
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin',
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin',
I saw a white ladder all covered with water,
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin',
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world,
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin',
Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin',
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin',
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter,
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony,
I met a white man who walked a black dog,
I met a young woman whose body was burning,
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow,
I met one man who was wounded in love,
I met another man who was wounded with hatred,
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin',
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest,
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty,
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters,
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison,
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden,
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten,
Where black is the color, where none is the number,
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it,
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it,
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',
But I'll know my song well before I start singin',
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.



Copyright © 1963; renewed 1991 Special Rider Music

[jefferson_dem]

9. All Dylan all the time for me these past few days. In particular, his

first album ("Bob Dylan") and Highway 61 have effectively pumped me up for the fight and offered super keen perspective!

[DianeG5385]

10. When you got nothin' you got nothin' to lose..

How does it feel...I think we have alot as I listen to our musical heritage from the sixties.

[liberalpress]

11. Thunderclap Newman

..Something in the Air

[DianeG5385]

12. Jackson brown right now, "Stay"

Just a little bit longer! Doors coming up!

[nostamj]

13. damn, now I gotta clear off the turntable

and spin some vinyl!

memories..........................................

[DianeG5385]

14. Dang Straight Young Man! We need some inspiration here!

We are going to be doing some major politicking shortly. The war for our country has just begun!!

[nostamj]

17. who the hell are you calling "straight"

or YOUNG...?

<sigh> and DANG!

[DianeG5385]

20. LOL! Term of "art" my friend!

I'm listening to "Losing my Religion" right now...Not Sixties but hey they ARE talented!! I'm feeling very sad for the artists like REM who had the cojones to put themselves on the line for this election. Bruce...you must be so sad..They need to be told by us 55 million that what they did was incredibly brave!! Especially given how the Bushistas may respond...

[DianeG5385]

16. Heart Full of Soul (The Yardbirds)

From their album "The British are Coming!! If only they would and bring the French too!

[DianeG5385]

18. Hey Mr. Tamborine Man..

OMYGOD I'm Crying!!!

[AzDar]

19. I've been humming " For what it's worth" by Buffalo Springfield all day...

And I'm not even old enough to remember the 60's!

[DianeG5385]

21. My super fave...Says it better than we can articulate

REM, "End of the World" on switching to the freakin' DOORS!! I'm feeling nihilistic!!!

[nostamj]

24. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH - check out this movie from prolesunited

an oldie now, but still very moving. images of pre-Iraq invasion protests set to FWIW....

http://homepage.mac.com/prolesunited/iMovieTheater18.html

[DianeG5385]

25. Beautiful!

How do we get to place where people care like this again!!

[no safe haven]

22. From 1972, American Pie

One verse in particular, esp when * made his 'victory' speech:

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that satan’s spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died.

The world must not let the music die…
Peace.

[DianeG5385]

23. Man in the Moon, yeah ,I said the Doors but this song is just the best!

If only, that's what this song is about!! We did GREAT things before these idiots took over. Let's take it back!!

[Sporadicus]

26. A DUer Posted a Link to Steppenwolf's 'America (Suicide)' Today (MP3)

It stands the test of time.

http://www.durstewitz.org/mp3/Steppenwolf%20-%20Monster%20Suicide%20America(1970).mp3

[quaoar]

27. The 60s are unmatched for raw, political music

But we ended up with Nixon in 68 and Nixon in 72.

[NightTrain]

28. 1960s Soul is my all-time favorite musical genre.

In fact, I've dedicated a whole website to that stuff:

http://www.soulexpressradio.com

[no safe haven]

32. Thanks for the link

What's Goin On is one of my all time faves from back in the days when soul music really came from the soul. We need the likes of another Marvin Gaye to tell it like it is.

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. I grew up listening to it

I listen to it still. CSN is one of my favorites.

[DancingBear]

30. When the music mattered

That was the theme. And it did.

Unless you lived it (like I did) there is no way to explain the importance of bands like the Airplane to those who were not there.

Spiritual, righteous, pure - nothing does it justice.

Go ride the music...

[GarySeven]

31. Tell me we're not on the eve of destruction

over and over and over again, my friend

But you would be wrong. Paranoia strikes deep.

[SleepingDragon]

33. Remember Credence Clearwater Revival

I put a spell on You.

We're listening to it now and drinking martinis. What great music. The 60's were our music and a sense that we could affect (not effect) things. The music of the 60's inspired the protest movement of the 60's. We rememeber because we were there and are there again. This is a treasure trove of acitivist music. :bounce:

[Zorra]

34. John Fogerty's new work.

Deja vu all over again. Great tune.

[SleepingDragon]

35. Obviously we need updating

Who is John Fogerty? We're OLD!!