Sixties protest/sixties weird songs...

Whats New Pussycat, Tom Jones.


Itty Bitty Baby


Who'll Stop The Rain, Viet Nam song, Credence

War , what is it good for, absolutely nothing .

ok...showing my ignorance here: I never knew "Who'll stop the rain" was about Viet Nam...but I've never known all the lyrics to it, either.

I didn't know that, either.

Haven't though of WAR in a very long time. It's great to revisit all these memories.

Jackie Chan sang it badly in the Rush hour movies.

Who'll Stop the Rain Lyrics

...definitely protest music.




Long as I remember the rain been comin down.
Clouds of mystry pourin confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, tryin to find the sun;
And I wonder, still I wonder, wholl stop the rain.

I went down virginia, seekin shelter from the storm.
Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow.
Five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains.
And I wonder, still I wonder wholl stop the rain.

Heard the singers playin, how we cheered for more.
The crowd had rushed together, tryin to keep warm.
Still the rain kept pourin, fallin on my ears.
And I wonder, still I wonder wholl stop the rain.

Ohio

Crosby, Stills and Nash

Thanks, Melody ! I was searching all over the lyric sites for it !
Makes sense, now. Who knew ? LOL

CCR apparently knew. ☺

For What It's Worth...Buffalo Springfield

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
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
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Another good one ! I also like "On the Way Home" by Buff. Spr.

'Signs', if thats the name of it .

And the sign said you have to have a membership card to get inside, so I tucked my hair up under my hat and i went in to ask him why.......all I remember.

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, changin' my mind
Sign say Don't Do This
Can't you read the sign


I think...

Kwanjin maybe if enough of us added a line we could do the whole song,lol.

I was raising kids in the 60s but even mothers liked music.

Elvis Presly...Moon Light Swim ,Blue Hawaii Album.

Where Have All The Flowers Gone...Pete Seeger
Give Peace A Chance....John Lennon
I Ain't Marchin Anymore...Phil Ochs (or about anything he wrote)
Blowin In The Wind...Bob Dylan
Fortunate Son...CCR
Run Through The Jungle...CCR
Abraham, Martin & John...Dion
One Tin Soldier...Coven
The Times They Are a Changin...Dylan
People Got to Be Free...Rascals

'Changes'

My mind is going through them changes, sometimes i think I'm going out of my mind, eveytime you see me oin somewhere,I think I'm going out of my mind yea....all I remember

I think it Willie Hayes?

The classics:

What's Going On?...Marvin Gaye

Love Child .... The Surpremes

In the Ghetto .....Elvis

Say it Loud....James Brown

Love Potion Number 9

King Tut by Steve Martin

King Tut...buried in his jammies !

Protest

Signs - by Five Man Electrical Band
Fixin To Die Rag - by Country Joe & The Fish

Wow! You guys are good! LOL

Here we go!

And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me working for you
woah!

Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, Hey! what gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner

Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

Now, hey you Mister! can't you read, you got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't even watch, no you can't eat, you ain't suppose to be here
Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside Uh!

And the sign said everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
I didn't have a penny to pay, so I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said thank you Lord for thinking about me, I'm alive and doing fine

Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign


©1970, 2002 Five Man Electrical Band

Thanks for that! LOL Too much fun!

I just ran across Bob Dylan's Hurricane. Never heard it before and I love it.

Won't you Please Come to Chicago...Crosby, stills & Nash

So your brother's bound and gagged
And they chained him to a chair,
Won't you please come to Chicago
Just to sing.
In a land that's known as freedom,
How can such a thing be fair?
Won't you please come to Chicago
For the help that we can bring.

We can change the World.
Rearrange the World.
It's dying
to get better.

Politicians sit yourselves down,
There's nothing for you here.
Won't you please come to Chicago
For a ride.
Don't ask Jack to help you
Cause he'll turn the other ear.
Won't you please come to Chicago
Or else join the other side.

We can change / yes we can change the World.
Rearrange / rearrange the World.
It's dying / do you believe in justice?
It's dying / and if you believe in freedom.
It's dying / Let a man live his own life.
It's dying / Rules and regulations who needs them?
Open up the door.

Somehow people must be free,
I hope the day comes soon.
Won't you please come to Chicago,
To show you face.
From the bottom of the ocean
To the mountains of the Moon.
Won't you please come to Chicago
No one else can take your place.

We can change / yes we can change the World.
Rearrange / rearrange the World.
It's dying / If you believe in justice.
It's dying / and if you believe in freedom.
It's dying / Let a man live his own life.
It's dying / Rules and regulations, who needs them?
Open up the door.

How bout "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies. I love that song!