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Songs That Summed Up The Turmoil Of The Late 60s. I read an interesting statement that a music writer once wrote in an article dealing with The Rolling Stones album 'Let It Bleed'. He said that if you were to burn a cd of ominus songs that would best sum up the whole atmosphere of the late 60s, then 3 of the songs that belong on there are:
1. Gimme Shelter-The Rolling Stones 2. All Along The Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix 3. Riders On The Storm-The Doors Does anyone pretty much agree with this writer's choice of songs relating to the period of turmoil of the late 60s? Would you also list these 3 as well on there? [Edited 2/23/07 22:14pm] | |
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PurpleJam said: I read an interesting statement that a music writer once wrote in an article dealing with The Rolling Stones album 'Let It Bleed'. He said that if you were to burn a cd of ominus songs that would best sum up the whole atmosphere of the late 60s, then 3 of the songs that belong on there are:
1. Gimme Shelter-The Rolling Stones 2. All Along The Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix 3. Riders On The Storm-The Doors Does anyone pretty much agree with this writer's choice of songs relating to the period of turmoil of the late 60s? Would you also list these 3 as well on there? [Edited 2/23/07 22:14pm] These are some of the best songs that represent the turmoil and confrontational events of the late 60's, but wouldn't you add Buffalo Springfield's For What It's Worth too? Check me out and add me on:
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silverchild said: PurpleJam said: I read an interesting statement that a music writer once wrote in an article dealing with The Rolling Stones album 'Let It Bleed'. He said that if you were to burn a cd of ominus songs that would best sum up the whole atmosphere of the late 60s, then 3 of the songs that belong on there are:
1. Gimme Shelter-The Rolling Stones 2. All Along The Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix 3. Riders On The Storm-The Doors Does anyone pretty much agree with this writer's choice of songs relating to the period of turmoil of the late 60s? Would you also list these 3 as well on there? [Edited 2/23/07 22:14pm] These are some of the best songs that represent the turmoil and confrontational events of the late 60's, but wouldn't you add Buffalo Springfield's For What It's Worth too? Well, he did not say that those were the only 3 songs to burn. He just said that those 3 must be included on a cd mixtape of songs from that era. I am sure that he would include others as well no doubt. | |
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Sugar, Sugar - The Archies "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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Although it wasn't released in the 60's, "What's Goin' On" would be a good candidate. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Beatles - Revolution | |
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Mr.Backlash Bluse - Nina Simone
This song was banned from airplay,,,like the rest of her music. | |
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namepeace said: Although it wasn't released in the 60's, "What's Goin' On" would be a good candidate.
it was recorded in 1968 but sat on the Motown shelves for 2 years | |
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Street Fighting Man "Todo está bien chévere" Stevie | |
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 a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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Who'll stop the rain-Creedence clearwater revival
Kick out the jams-MC5  | |
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Machine Gun | |
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I can think of lots:
Abraham, Martin and John Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud Ball of Confusion (released in 1970) It's Your Thing I keep thinking.....ad infinitum. | |
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CSN&Y, SLY, JOPLIN, HENDRIX are the musicians who spoke of the times loudest to me. | |
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IAintTheOne said: namepeace said: Although it wasn't released in the 60's, "What's Goin' On" would be a good candidate.
it was recorded in 1968 but sat on the Motown shelves for 2 years And now it ALL makes sense. Many thanks for that. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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The idea of a mix intrigued me so I threw one together that includes some of the suggestions that have been made.
The selections represent the fact that within the "turmoil" was the idea that things could be looked at from a different perspective. No particular order, just a stream of consciousness list... Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson Kick Out The Jams - MC5 I Ain't Marchin' Anymore - Phil Ochs Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival People Got To Be Free - Rascals We're A Winner - The Impressions My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying - Buffy Sainte-Marie Society's Child - Janis Ian Both Sides Now - Judy Collins The Fiddle and The Drum - Joni Mitchell Abraham, Martin and John - Dion Eight Miles High - The Byrds For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young The Ballad of the Green Berets - Sgt. Barry Sadler Get Together - The Youngbloods A Love Supreme - John Coltrane Freedom Day - Max Roach I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag - Country Joe & the Fish White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane Mechanical World - Spirit Living in the U.S.A. - Steve Miller Band I Am the Black Gold of the Sun - Rotary Connection The Ghetto - Donny Hathaway Mississippi Goddam - Nina Simone Respect - Aretha Franklin Bitches Brew - Miles Davis Fables of Faubus - Charles Mingus Free Jazz - Ornette Coleman Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy Steps - Cecil Taylor Luminous Monolith - Sam Rivers Atlantis - Sun Ra Psychedelic Shack, Ball of Confusion - The Temptations War - Edwin Starr Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) - James Brown Stand! - Sly & the Family Stone House Burning Down, Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix Forty Acres and a Mule - Oscar Brown Jr. The Creator Has a Master Plan - Leon Thomas Niggers Are Scared of Revolution - The Last Poets The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron ... 
I could've keep going but i've got other things to do. Feel free to add others. Some of these tunes were released in the early 70s but an "era" is not confined to a specific decade. tA  Tribal Disorder
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Love Child -- The Supremes | |
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Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey -- Sly & The Family Stone | |
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Southern Man- Neil Young...released in 1970 came to mind. | |
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"Volunteers" - Jefferson Airplane the music knows what your motives are when you are making it
listen to The Replacements - its good for the soul | |
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PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the
restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that's just the name of the song, and that's why I called the song Alice's Restaurant. a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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Stax said: This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the
restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that's just the name of the song, and that's why I called the song Alice's Restaurant. You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant (excepting Alice). I use to listen to a tape Arlo Guthrie made of this tune (before it was released on an album) that would get played regularly on WBAI in NYC. tA Tribal Disorder
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You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones. Sums up the dissapointments of the whole era and about having to ultimately face the unpleasent facts of reality over idealism. | |
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