eed it now in the twenty- first century during such hard times of war. It was a time of rebellion against society, a time for change, a time for the youth of America to take a stand.
Music is incorporated into our lives daily, a lot of people relate to hoe they feel in the music that they listen to. The beginning of the sixties was a time for a different world of music. Instead of Elvis Presley, the Beatles were the new hot thing of the early sixties. By mid to late sixties the music had evolved one of the new movements, the hippie movement, came into play. These were free spirited, young people who loved sex, drugs and definitely rock and roll. The emotions of the 1960's will live forever in the hearts of those who experienced the good, the bad and the ugly. The protests, the love people shared, the hate people showed, the music people danced to, and most of all the violence were all expressed in the various songs from the 1960's.
In 1966 a song called "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield was released. Two years before the bloodiest year of the Vietnam War this song brought forth the idea that you really needed to stop and pay attention to what was going on. These lyrics truly affected the people and made them really listen.
There's a man with a gun over there
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
What a powerful and popular anti-war song this was and still is today. Buffalo Springfield made a statement in a way that many people could understand, that there is something going on that the government does not want us to know about. He write in one of his...