I think people who have paid really close attention have some idea that my Mom was a hippie. Well, she really was (as was my Aunt Darcy). In fact, when people tell me their parents were hippies, I always think "not like my family." Bottom line, like all protest movements and counter-cultures, it was a very small percentage of people who were actually there.
Anyway, since we're in another counter-culture moment, I thought I'd play songs I remember her playing for me when I was little.
yep.
Thanks for the songs. I especially liked re-hearing "Eve of Destruction" which was the first protest song I ever heard, or more accurately, the first song I ever heard that I was aware was a protest song. I remember going back and forth between the two available rock radio stations for 5 hours, hoping one of them would play that amazing song I'd just heard.
Do you remember these guys? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpNWSW49IBM&feature=related
And one tense correction--you write I "was" a hippie; Darcy "was" a hippie. We were and still very much ARE proud DFHs.
i think a lot of people were influenced by "eve of destruction" because before that, the widely known "protest songs" tended to be very general or have their protest obscured, such as "if i had a hammer" or "blowin in the wind", or were easily co-opted by the establishment, like guthrie's "this land is your land"...eve of destruction was the first "in your face" angry protest that was played nationally, and it changed what was acceptable...folk singers such as seeger, baez & dylan changed their approach after that & became more direct, & the were joined by a number of topical folk artists, such as phil ochs, tom paxton & others...it was an amazing era, for sure...
@ rjs. You're right. One of my best friends was already listening to Dylan, but I wasn't able to hear him yet (not until Like a Rolling Stone, in fact). One of my boyfriends was a folk music/Joan Baez fanatic, and I thought he was kind of uncool for not listening to rock. I didn't HEAR it until Eve of Destruction. It was around, but not yet for me.
BTW, best song ever? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBD8hh7t_Uk
Or, maybe it's this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk65Xd0NfTc
you have me with those two, raenelle, cause i cant say if ive heard them before...
a few years back i was solicted to contribute to a poet's blog of "cleveland's favorite songs", so here's my list from that time, although it's certainly not complete...note "eve of destruction" is among them...
do you recall love me, i'm a liberal?
that's one that changed my attitude about the left in this country..
If I may how about some great songs from Cleveland bands: (1) ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS --30 Seconds Over Tokyo (2) DEAD BOYS--Down in Flames (3) THE PAGANS--Boy Can I Dance Good.
@CM Glass: i know of the pagans & the dead boys, may have even heard them play once, but the only local punk band i was involved with was DEVO out of akron...mark mothersbaugh was a close enough friend that we visited each other, & i even helped move his girlfriend when he left for LA...
Very cool. Mothersbaugh scored BOTTLE ROCKET.
yeah...and a lot of other stuff, too...
Yeah, I've seen his name everywhere over the years.
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