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.
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.