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Jack's "Hippie" Songs
Katie77:
--- Quote from: jstephens9 on March 09, 2008, 08:13:46 pm ---I remember hearing many of these songs when I was little, but I was too little to ever be a real hippie or truly understand what was happening. This thread is proving to be real interesting to me because I am now getting more of a sense of what these songs were saying, what they meant. When I started the thread it was kind of a reply to Gary when I posted a song from the 60s on his thread. I always have liked the sound of the music from that period of time, but I am developing a deeper understanding now. It is also interesting to compare this music to my other thread where I am posting early dance "disco" music right now. When you think that there really aren't that many years between the two it becomes very interesting. It seems that things went from kind of a peaceful "wild" to completely wild in what was really a short time span.
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Yes the sixties were very different from the two decades before and after....We had rock n roll in the 50's and then disco in the 70's, but the 60's was different....it seemed we just wanted some peace.The youth of the day were faced with the Vietnam war as well as the assasinations of the Kennedys, and Martin Luther King, and they seemed to be asking "why is all this happening?". The music was more about the words than how good it was to dance to.
Remembering the Kennedys and King....heres a very poignant song about them.Simple words, with a message.
Abraham, Martin and John....by Dion
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
But I just looked around and he's gone.
Has anybody here seen my old friend John,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
But I just looked around and he's gone.
Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
But I just looked around and he's gone.
Didn't you love the things they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free,
Someday soon it's gonna be one day.
Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham, Martin and John.
jstephens9:
Yes you are right. The music wasn't about whether it was good to dance to or it had a good beat. It was all about what was being said. Wonderful song Katie and I found a video of it. Here it is:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuIMeHv9aHU[/youtube]
jstephens9:
Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcSxgOxjrT8&feature=related[/youtube]
jstephens9:
Jouney To The Center Of The Mind by The Amboy Dukes
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN2VNFpiGWo[/youtube]
jstephens9:
Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr5UouAts8o[/youtube]
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