A-Z 2013 the letter S

I tend to have a lot of sixties and seventies songs on my I-Pod. It stands to reason since I was born in the late fifties that the songs from that period are the songs of my childhood.

My "S" word is song- songs.

Being a child of this time I can't help but remember some significant thing happened when I was growing up. 

Some of the highlights were....

Vietnam war and war/draft protests

The birth of Civil rights movement  

The Cuban missile crisis.

The assassinations  of The Kennedy brothers and MLK

The Apollo missions

The gas crisis of the seventies

The end of the Vietnam War 

Nixon and Watergate.

Kent State massacre

and

Woodstock

From these times came some pretty spectacular music. Thus sprung the "protest song!"Some songs were a bit controversial and many held strong political messages. 

But to me these were songs that asked questions that needed to be asked and said things that needed to be said. Sad but sweet songs that spoke of fear and hope that our country/world might some day be a better place. 

And that is why i grew up to love people who speak (or sing) their minds whether I agree with them or not. 

And like everyone else I wouldn't mind a little peace.

60's and 70's PROTEST SONGS

A Change Is Gonna Come,

 Sam Cooke

"Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die"

Country Joe McDonald 

'Abraham, Martin and John'

Dion

    Blowin' In the Wind'

  Bob Dylan

                                  

                                                                          

                                                                             Ohio

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Eve of Destruction

 Barry McGuire

Do you have a memory of the sixties or seventies or maybe a song you'd like to share? -Or- Did you hear one on this post that you particularly liked or disliked?

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