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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:39 PM Original message |
What's the greatest civil rights song from the 50's or 60's? |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's pretty good -- but the only Jim Crow reference is .. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. It was universal |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. On the other hand, a song like "Oxford Town" really does capture .. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Like I said |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. "Hard Rain" is a reallyfine song. But it, too, can be regarded as topical: |
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BrewerJohn (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. OK then, how about "Only a Pawn in Their Game"? |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I think both songs are pretty good |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. We Shall Overcome |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. My church choir will be singing that tomorrow, together with .. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. I vote here. We Shall Overcome |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. If you like hymn tunes, how about "Keep your eyes on the prize"? |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sam Cooke, "A Change Is Gonna Come" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I'm gonna have to learn this one. Great lyrics! |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. the one and only correct answer.. |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. People Everywhere want to be free - The rascals. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yeah, that's a pretty good song. Released the year King died. |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I also like everyday people joan jett's version |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I don't know why that had gotten buried in the dusty corners of my mind: |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Nina Simone - "Mississippi Goddamn" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Wow! I don't know this one. Looks great! |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Fantastic song! |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. He did a really remarkable job with "you tell me over and over and .. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. It hit me hard the first time I heard it. |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. what scary is that the lyrics are still applicable to todays predicament. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Timeless, they are. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. "Many still fit today." Yes. Indeed they do. |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. If you stretch it to the seventies Coven's one tin soldier stands out. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Oh yeah |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. From the forties, "Strange Fruit" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 01:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. For the seventies, with an international flavor, Marley's version of War |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. The intro the MC5's Kick Out the Jams |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
40. Cheers |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. CCR's Fortunate Son |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. Abraham, Martin and John |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. "I looked around and he's gone." 1968 makes me want to cry. |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
36. As an elegy, |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
38. "What's That I Hear?" by Phil Ochs |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
39. I don't think Lenny foresaw Dubya |
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