The old song For What It’s Worth by the group Buffalo Springfield in 1967 was symbolic of the turbulent 1960s when there were riots and clashes between police and the public as the Vietnam war raged and the Civil Rights movement fought for equal rights. I can see this song returning to vogue as we head into another turbulent time where street clashes become the norm.
Composer and singer Stephen Stills explains what made him write that song, that it was the shock of seeing the strong resemblance of what he saw of police brutality in Los Angeles with his experiences as a boy in Latin American with violence in the streets.
That is just eerie.
I was 12 in 1967.
Here’s another
Eve of Destruction
Just to show that protest songs didn’t go out with the leisure suit…
Hope, Struggle and Change
My favorite from that period: Steppenwolf’s The Monster.
Urrrrrrrr I wonder what it says about me: I always liked The End.
So much good music from the era that is totally appropriate and applicable today.
Steppenwolf was awesome. I have a friend who stumbled into some bar in Arizona and John Kay was still out there doing it.