I just got an album by the YOUNGBLOODS the other day.... I hadnt ever heard of em.... The album is "Elephant Mountain" and it is FOLK ROCK -- It is ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!!!! (1969) I cant believe it was in the dollar bin!! I CANT BELIEVE HOW BEAUTIFUL MOST MUSIC FROM THE SIXTIES EARLIER IS!! Anyne else like Folk rock??
Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkle, Donovan, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Grass Roots, Traffic, The Eagles, The Band, to name a few.
My mom really likes Peter Paul & Mary. I'm not crazy about them, but there's a Bob Dylan song I like; though most of his catalog doesn't appeal to me. I like this though... I picked up this album after hearing "I Know", which was featured on the 1998 movie "City of Angels" soundtrack.
Jesse Colin young. Yeah, I remember them. Check out Woody Guthrie (Arlo's father), Pete Seegar, Kingston Trio, and the Weavers.
I associate Folk rock with Traditional Observation and Protest 'Folk': being of 'everyday people' view the world and its happenings. and 'Rock', being the stance, one takes in expressing ones opine. - Often going hand in hand with things set out on a Political stage, calling into account those who either oppress through open or covert control, or those whose educational values lean more towards the subject of Mathematics, (Profit and gain) side of a greater picture, Environmentalism, Social freedom, Justice and freedom. - For me, Folk Rock allows an opportunity to 'spread the word' to others in order to stimulate a response of engagement and consideration - on/of the subject matter. - It is not to preach, but moreover to encourage others to realise that it is only through the 'we' (be it peoples, and/or peoples and nature) that true development of the race/races can evolve into a better world. When talking however, does not work, or is enough to see real change, then the 'walking' begins and more pro-active action is required. - Folk Rock provides the clarion call and beat in which one should March to - within the parameters of the dual bastions of one’s fundamental beliefs - of Conviction, and Conscience. ..... IMO
Here begins my first posting of a now watched thread Nuclear Testing: The song by Malvina Reynolds, composed in 1962 and first entitled "Rain Song", was written as part of a campaign to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere, which was producing fall-out. The song was recorded by The Searchers, reaching number 29 on the U.S. charts and number 13 in the UK in 1965 What Have They Done to the Rain
WAR: Sainte-Marie said of the song: "I wrote 'Universal Soldier' in the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in the early sixties. It's about individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal thinking kills us all." Universal Soldier (song)
The Right to Protest - Fatal Reaction: Written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)
Eve of Destruction: Observational of its' time Written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1964. Several artists have recorded it, but the best-known recording was by Barry McGuire. The song references social issues of its period, including the Vietnam War, the draft, the threat of nuclear war, the Civil Rights Movement, turmoil in the Middle East, and the American space program. Eve of Destruction (song)
Having Mercy on the Environment, Things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be) Where did all the blue skies go? Poison is the wind that blows From the north and south and east Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas Fish full of mercury Radiation underground and in the sky Animals and birds who live nearby are dying What about this overcrowded land? How much more abuse from man can she stand? Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Everybody thinks they're right - ''With God on their side": Joan Baez's version of a Dylan penned song: =
A hope that has seen progress:, - Thought the beat of the drum continues Not a traditionally 'Folk' song perhaps, though where thare's a message in the music = “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke
