BornFree
Came This Far
Entire Album- "The Warning" by Queensryche.
The song is called “For What it’s Worth”, and was written in response to a City of Los Angeles curfew due to riots at the Whiskey A Go Go, I think that summer. I always lIked the line about the signs mostly saying “hooray for our side”. Of course, it aligned with anti-war protests.View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjSpO2B6G4s
RT - 2:40
Buffalo Springfield - Stop Children What's That Sound
Released in 1966 the year I was born.
Was that released nationally, or was that local to New Orleans?
Learn something new everyday, never heard about the LA riots.The song is called “For What it’s Worth”, and was written in response to a City of Los Angeles curfew due to riots at the Whiskey A Go Go, I think that summer. I always lIked the line about the signs mostly saying “hooray for our side”. Of course, it aligned with anti-war protests.
Another good line from a BS song is from “Almost Cut My Hair” about “ letting my freak flag fly”. I hear that line once in a while and wonder where that person heard it.
Supposedly we were on the eve of destruction 50 years ago? Song is pandering, fear mongering twaddle. I’m old enough to remember when we were about to enter a new ice age and all freeze to death. This garbage sells, but being on the “eve” of something means just about to happen, which didn’t. Sorry to come across in such a negative way, just a nails-on-a-chalkboard song to me
According to my dad, who would have been 80 thisyear, we were on the eve of destruction. He really didn’t talk much about Nam, he did two and a half tours and was there during the evacuations. It was his opinion that we were days away from nuclear war, that Americans didn’t/don’t know the half of what was happening over there. Many that had been in country long enough, especially those that had also served in Korea, were well aware of what was going to happen. It’s one of the evacuations were so messy.Supposedly we were on the eve of destruction 50 years ago? Song is pandering, fear mongering twaddle. I’m old enough to remember when we were about to enter a new ice age and all freeze to death. This garbage sells, but being on the “eve” of something means just about to happen, which didn’t. Sorry to come across in such a negative way, just a nails-on-a-chalkboard song to me
I always thought this song was so prophetic and when I heard it behind that Trump video it was just amazing and fit so well.Silent running original versionView: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i17mgRK3GX8
No clue, but I definitely remember it and I was in New Orleans then.Was that released nationally, or was that local to New Orleans?
Cuz it was all the rage on Louisiana radio stations, but I have never even found a non-Louisianian who knew the tune was even, ever recorded…
Silent Running strikes a particular chord with me. The night before I left for Viet Nam, I told my Dad that I had left an M-1 Carbine, 5 - 30 rd. magazines and 500 rounds in the basement for him should the need arise. In April of 1968 this was one screwed up country. (Not that it has changed that much)Two that describe our world's situation:
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime 3:41
Mike & the Mechanics - Silent Running 6:14
Yeah. Singin' songs and carryin' signs mostly sayin' hooray for our side.
Some things don't change much.
A good friend of mine was there and had a bullet whiz by him and impact close to the cover he was crouched down by! He has some interesting stories from his time at Kent State.Kent State, National Guard murdered 4 student protestors and injured 9 student protestors.
Kent State Shooting
Kent State Shooting - Causes, Facts & Aftermath | HISTORY
The Kent State shooting took place in 1970 when Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Vietnam War protesters at Kent State University, killing four.www.history.com
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War. The tragedy was a watershed moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Southeast Asia. In its immediate aftermath, a student-led strike forced the temporary closure of colleges and universities across the country. Some political observers believe the events of that day in northeast Ohio tilted public opinion against the war and may have contributed to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.
Sad time in America.
Texican....
I forgot to repost that after I realized it was cut off..Wobble, it was an unofficial rule at the time that anytime "Time" was played you had to play Great Gig in the sky, to us it was the end of the song TIME.
We used to drive the DJs crazy by calling them up and telling them that everytime they played Time. Eventually, they just started playing both together.
original version:
View: https://youtu.be/2PMnJ_Luk_o?si=tSc2S9EUSO-I9Abh
View: https://youtu.be/vWZ6hmHj2MA?si=3jPptGX8aDQV0vZM
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCS-g3HwXdc
Here’s a version performed by Neil Young alone. I found this one very powerful.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdVMGKOFIwY
They played it in Mississippi, and it was revived in California with Iraq instead of Iran during the first Gulf War - I have no idea who did that.Was that released nationally, or was that local to New Orleans?
Cuz it was all the rage on Louisiana radio stations, but I have never even found a non-Louisianian who knew the tune was even, ever recorded…