During the transition from analog to digital TV, a subchannel of a local PBS station ran documentary 24-7. Several of them were on the Civil Rights movement. I would see the film on evening news when I was a teen, but seeing some of it again in retrospect was still shocking.
During the transition from analog to digital TV, a subchannel of a local PBS station ran documentary 24-7. Several of them were on the Civil Rights movement. I would see the film on evening news when I was a teen, but seeing some of it again in retrospect was still shocking.
I still have chills and a lump in my throat after listening to these songs. Sometimes, when I hear the rhetoric about states rights, I do think much of the south should find another countryтАж.
Why are there no folksingers writing protest songs? Do they not see? Or not care? Or are they afraid of the revenge tour?
My guess on lyrics like these are not in vogue: as turbulent as the 1960s were, there was an optimism, notwithstanding excessive self-involvement, that a generation could change a culture and its world. We live with a culture *not only of Christopher Lasch's narcissism, but also *of the profound pessimism of the 'anomie' of apparent dissolution.
Thanks for the links, Daniel. I was completely unaware that "He Was My Brother" was about this event. That was one of the S&G albums I listened to growing up.
During the transition from analog to digital TV, a subchannel of a local PBS station ran documentary 24-7. Several of them were on the Civil Rights movement. I would see the film on evening news when I was a teen, but seeing some of it again in retrospect was still shocking.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cajF6s253a8
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=KrrOY0vwuPE&list=RDAMPLOLAK5uy_k5z_l7Wp1-oQZn5j1G26girpG4jKdKZik
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=UDHXJZC-i04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQUhb2WKM6g
I still have chills and a lump in my throat after listening to these songs. Sometimes, when I hear the rhetoric about states rights, I do think much of the south should find another countryтАж.
Why are there no folksingers writing protest songs? Do they not see? Or not care? Or are they afraid of the revenge tour?
Folk singers are not in vogue now.
Why not? Honestly, I meant we need protest folk songs now as much as we did during the Vietnam war and Civil Rights era.
I think the protest "songs" being written are done in Rap & Hip Hop! Not my thing - but I guess currently those are the protests!
Great insight, Maggie. I wonder what those lyrics are.
My guess on lyrics like these are not in vogue: as turbulent as the 1960s were, there was an optimism, notwithstanding excessive self-involvement, that a generation could change a culture and its world. We live with a culture *not only of Christopher Lasch's narcissism, but also *of the profound pessimism of the 'anomie' of apparent dissolution.
Thanks for the links, Daniel. I was completely unaware that "He Was My Brother" was about this event. That was one of the S&G albums I listened to growing up.
Beautiful songs, Daniel with the name of wisdom.