1960's and the music
The 1960's was a special decade, not just emotionally but musically as well as politically. The early 1960's there was a slow beginning of protest songs but the escalating war in Vietnam made more musicians write songs with a message. It was a time of war, sex, drugs, rock and roll and most of all movements that helped shape the latter years of the twentieth century. Music was one of the major ways that people united to make a difference, and try to change their society. The war in Vietnam was a major international issue during the late 1960's and within the United States the struggle still remained for civil rights and woman's rights. In 1969 Woodstock brought a half a million people together for three days of peace and music. After everything that happened in the 1960's, Woodstock showed the people of the United States that peace was still a possibility and it was ultimately the music that brought them together. Today's society it is somewhat a glimpse of what the 1960's were, we are at war and there seems to be an upheaval in society. Protests are taking place, not at the same interval as in the 60's but people are showing that they want to be heard and that their government is not listening. Many people feel that our
Jimi wanted to get the idea across that killing anyone was such a far out idea that it was so wrong but wanted people to realize that it was happening everywhere and mostly for no reason. American involvement was not at its highest or most dangerous however, it was still an extremely scary time for these young soldiers. It seems to be the escape that many Americans needed in the 1960's as much as they need it now in the twenty-first century during such hard times of war. Come senators, congressmenPlease heed the callDon't stand in the doorwayDon't block up the hall6For he that gets hurtWill be he who has stalledThere's a battle outsideAnd it is ragin'. Most of the protest music that focused on the protest of the war in a general form, yet some songs took on specific problems with the war. Jimi made a statement during that show and he shocked many Americans with his song that he played after that speech, with machine gun noises in the background he sang:Evil man make me kill yaEvil man make you kill meEvil man make me kill youEven though we're only families apart-Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys "Machine Gun" 9This was the end of the decade and yet there were still many protest songs from the 1970's the 1960's were the beginning of this type of music. This song seemed as though a forewarning for them one of the most symbolic songs of the 60's. However, many of them meet and realize that they have a lot in common, in that they believe in certain political issues quite strongly. He write in one of his lines, 'what a field day for the heat' meaning that, in my opinion, the tension received from the police during protests. Many of the kids go to hear good music and meet new people. It was a time of rebellion against society, a time for change, a time for the youth of America to take a stand.
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