Yes, Steve, let's go to Florence, Mary, and Diana:
"You Can't Hurry Love," "Stop! in the Name of Love," "Baby Love," "Where Did Our Love Go?" "Come See About Me," "You Keep Me Hangin' On," & more, more.
Yes, Steve, let's go to Florence, Mary, and Diana:
"You Can't Hurry Love," "Stop! in the Name of Love," "Baby Love," "Where Did Our Love Go?" "Come See About Me," "You Keep Me Hangin' On," & more, more.
He calls it Broken Truth ( and has another song about Woody Guthry called " woodys Landlord--apparently when he lived in NYC it was Fred Trump), but I call it Damn That Man
Jen, came across this link posted (here or another SubStack) a few days ago & shared it with family/friends. One fellow, a singer/songwriter by hobby (most are poticially themed), was jazzed to hear it.
Phil & progwoman, DEFINITELY great playlist! ...straight out of the 60's, 70's & 80's I'm thinking without even mentioning the Beatles, the greatest music generation I'm thinking, ...probably because I can't remember much music thereafter.
Tangential comment here: as our music platforms changed, so did our shared music experiences. When we lost music radio and the record albums that followed, we lost that common ground. I think that there are most likely some Rap artists that were as in touch with people's hearts as were some of the artists of the 60's and 70's. The 50's and the 80's feel (to me) more like the views of teens rather than those that could reach across generations.
I spent each of the last two weekends at my in-laws. My brother-in-law is my age (we are both "Generation Jones" as the eldest kids born in 58 and 60). Several years ago, he bought a record player so as to listen to "vinyl" as records are now named; his youngest daughter and her fiance (both Gen Z) absolutely love it. I love that they are listening to whatever genre the rap of the 90's has become on a record player.
I miss the artists of the "Protest Era" of the 50's-70's. As I said the other day, I miss John Prine.
Yes, Ally, indeed true, that "we lost that common ground."
But it was no accident. For the rich fully to rule, the far right groups that came out of the 1971 Powell memo knew they first had to gut humanities at all levels of education, from K-12 through higher.
It's a sorry history of what followed, Ally, but massively, as you say, "we lost that common ground." Nice, though that some (as you describe in your family) have kept in touch with earlier sources.
Yes, Steve, let's go to Florence, Mary, and Diana:
"You Can't Hurry Love," "Stop! in the Name of Love," "Baby Love," "Where Did Our Love Go?" "Come See About Me," "You Keep Me Hangin' On," & more, more.
Here's another for your playlist
He calls it Broken Truth ( and has another song about Woody Guthry called " woodys Landlord--apparently when he lived in NYC it was Fred Trump), but I call it Damn That Man
https://youtu.be/kRSNNrAfv3s?si=bi5nN0xjRZsKldfR
Jen, came across this link posted (here or another SubStack) a few days ago & shared it with family/friends. One fellow, a singer/songwriter by hobby (most are poticially themed), was jazzed to hear it.
Great playlist.
Phil & progwoman, DEFINITELY great playlist! ...straight out of the 60's, 70's & 80's I'm thinking without even mentioning the Beatles, the greatest music generation I'm thinking, ...probably because I can't remember much music thereafter.
Tangential comment here: as our music platforms changed, so did our shared music experiences. When we lost music radio and the record albums that followed, we lost that common ground. I think that there are most likely some Rap artists that were as in touch with people's hearts as were some of the artists of the 60's and 70's. The 50's and the 80's feel (to me) more like the views of teens rather than those that could reach across generations.
I spent each of the last two weekends at my in-laws. My brother-in-law is my age (we are both "Generation Jones" as the eldest kids born in 58 and 60). Several years ago, he bought a record player so as to listen to "vinyl" as records are now named; his youngest daughter and her fiance (both Gen Z) absolutely love it. I love that they are listening to whatever genre the rap of the 90's has become on a record player.
I miss the artists of the "Protest Era" of the 50's-70's. As I said the other day, I miss John Prine.
Yes, Ally, indeed true, that "we lost that common ground."
But it was no accident. For the rich fully to rule, the far right groups that came out of the 1971 Powell memo knew they first had to gut humanities at all levels of education, from K-12 through higher.
It's a sorry history of what followed, Ally, but massively, as you say, "we lost that common ground." Nice, though that some (as you describe in your family) have kept in touch with earlier sources.