Each morning this past week I posted on my Facebook Page a song from the 60’s and 70’s that can only be described as protest songs. From listening to these songs it would seem that while some things have changed, many haven’t and the US right now is in a way re-living those sad times.
Maybe there isn’t a war, but society is as restless as it was then.
Here are the songs.
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
For only love can conquer hate
You know we’ve got to find a way
To bring some lovin’ here today, oh oh oh
Buffalo Springfield’s For What it’s Worth
Elton John’s Honky Cat – Taupin/John
Looking for an answer, trying to find a sign
Temptations Ball of Confusion – Whitfield/Strong
Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody’s interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation
Ball of confusion
Oh yeah, that’s what the world is today
Chicago’s Poem for the People – Robert Lamm
If the people only knew
If they could visualize
Just open their eyes
Even stop to think about
If they could open their minds
They could get beyond
The world’s a funny place, you know
Most of what goes on
Is rarely funny
Rarely funny
At all