LATE COMMENT: This is one of, if not my all-time favorite songs. This was not about protesting the Viet Nam war initially. It was actually referring to the riot in Los Angeles from a new curfew law preventing young people from being out late in the clubs. It was then used to protest the war, and it fit perfectly.
A lot of songs like this came out in the late 60s & early 70s around the issue of the Vietnam War. Kids were being drafted out of high school & university to go off to Asia, to try and kill [ and be killed by ] people they didn't even know, for reasons that nobody could identify. It characterizes a broad swathe of American music.
To make it worse, those who stood and said " No! This isn't right .... " often found themselves facing the ranks of the Police, in their role as official thugs. The culmination was when the National Guard, fully armed, were sent onto the campus of Kent State University, Ohio, to 'deal' with a peaceful protest against the war. 5 unarmed students were shot dead & many more injured. It's dealt with in Neil Young's song 'Ohio'. Neil Young was part of Buffalo Springfield, a US - Canada collaboration. He would later join Stephen Stills, another Buffalo in the 4 part harmony group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, alongside former Byrd David Crosby & British Graham Nash, who had achieved fame already in the band The Hollies.
Please don't stop what you're doing and how you do it. Keep being you. I look forward every day to your reaction clips. WARNING: The 70's catalog of music genius can't be consumed in just one week... your brain is going to overload and go into massive meltdown!
To be fair, can't really condense the 60s "catalog of music genius" into just one week, either. Think you are going to have to revisit some of these decades!
FWIW was not an anti-war protest song. Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966, a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood ...
This is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE SONG!!! ❤ EVER!! I’ve thoroughly loved this whole last week of the 60’s!! The 70’s are my personal favorite but I would love more 60’s! Me and my daughter watched Dirty Dancing yesterday because of your reactions! She’s never seen it and LOVED it!! 🥰 So thank you!!!
There were a lot of songs like this in the 60s and some in the early 70s too. John Lennon did Give Peace a Chance and even a Christmas song that was anti-war, anti-racism, and more called Happy Christmas. There were some small children singing the verses. Since it's almost Christmas might as well throw that one in the ring for the 70s. :) One of the members of Buffalo Springfield because a big solo artist in his own right: Neil Young. He did a protest song in the 70s after the National Guard came to Kent State University and gunned down and killed 4 college students (they weren't doing anything, nor was anyone but there had been campus protests of the war). The song starts out 'Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming... four dead in Ohio' Song's called Ohio. All three of these songs are representative of anti-war sentiment in that decade.
Great reaction. Buffalo Springfield were a band led by STEPHEN STILLS and NEIL YOUNG. This song was written by STILLS, who sings the lead and plays rhythm guitar (although he also played lead guitar with the Springfield at times.) Here the lead guitar is NEIL YOUNG. The song was a hit - #7 on the U.S. charts - and became an anthem, often featured in movies even up to the present day. After the Springfield broke up, Stills and Young reunited a few years later in the supergroup Crosby Stills Nash and Young. They also had solo careers.
Hey dude!!! You’re not an idiot😂 How would you know?? So, this is one of the most popular anti-war protest songs of the 60s. Stephen Stills and Neil Young are in the band (they’d go on to be in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and also a ton of solo stuff). Much love ❤
Correction, FWIW wasn't written as an anti war protest song. Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966, a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood...
The anti Vietnam protests were insane. Nixon was an idiot concerning this era. I remember these protests very well. Truly a dark time. God Bless the young men who paid the price for the incompetence of that administration. Love ya Mark. Keep it up.
I disagree. Nixon inherited that mess from Johnson. In the fifties Eisenhower assessed the situation and considered it a civil war but send in advisors. JFK helped create the Special Forces to train the mountain people in Vietnam, the Hmong because they were targets from everyone. Johnson opened up the war in '65 and that's when the s--t really took off! My ex-husband was a river rat patrolling the Mekong river, my current husband was in the Air Force not a pilot but ground support. Both of them blamed Johnson. Nixon tried to stop the bleeding. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of either but that's the facts. Yes he did step up the bombing but that was to start moving our people and equipment out of there.
@@susanfigueroa872 I had a friend who was a river rat. Not sure exactly where. He suffered from PTSD greatly. He told me about how bad it could be at times. Much respect to your husband.
@@susanfigueroa872 Many people believe the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 was a provoked attack by the US. This incident has been covered up, it got the USA directly involved in the war..
This little tune here a is a symbol of the protests of the Vietnam war and Kent state. So happy to see this tune in your 60s reactions. Civil rights,war protests., just the length of you hair could set you off to jail! What crazy times. ❤💪😎
F1rst!!!🎉🎉🎉 Ok MARK!!! Stephen Stills and Neil Young of Buffalo Springfield are also your next stop for the 70s CARRY ON by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
This is my biggest surprise of the week. I remember singing along with this song, but never heard of Buffalo Springfield. Love this song! It fits the times that are coming.
This kind of music actually made real change in the hearts and minds of the time. I remember seeing the Vietnam war reels on the news every night... being afraid. The world needs so much more of this. Much like Tom MacDonald's Superman... Man I have loved your 60's journey and I know the 70's are going to have you in all your ADHD glory!
Ohhhhh 70s! My decade. So much happened then. Whole genres started then. One of them is Power Pop. The VERY first American Power pop band/song was the Raspberries: Go All The Way. It is a must. The VERY first Power Pop group in Britain came first and it was Badfinger. The Beatles helped them along, signed them to their new Apple labe (which unfortunately failed)l. They were absolutely fantastic. Very tight group. Great songwriters and lead singer. Probably the most tragic story in music. Their manager created a third party company that only he had rights to and all but a pittance went into it. The guys got next to nothing. The lead singer Pete Ham hung himself in his garage after a night out with Tom Evans, who hung himself in his garden 8 years later. Only one of the 4 survives today. They wrote Harry Nilsson's HUGE hit Can't Live (If Living Is Without You) which you should also hear. I recommend No Matter What or Baby Blue by Badfinger. It would be a crime if you didn't hear something from the genre that the 70s brought to music. Nick Lowe is another who became a New Wave pioneer. When David Bowie did an album called 'Low' he returned the favor and did an EP called 'Bowi'. He wrote some of the catchiest tunes you'll ever hear. The one you should do is Cruel To Be Kind. Any one of those three artists' songs are so worth hearing. You'll want to hear them over and over. Power Pop is so infectious, a lot like ELO's poppier sound. Love love love that you're doing this, but a week is not even scratching the surface of any of the decades. Although you didn't get to California Dreaming, Walk Away Renee which are both iconic, this one is as well. Everyone knows this one too.
"I'm Gown....." You BE Gown sunshine.....!!! I do think Mr.Hector is beginning to see why us old chaps keep rabbiting on about just how feckin' good our music was...!! Not that yours isn't Mark but I appreciate you more than you know for loving this era so much. Now you also understand where the 70's came from.... They stood on the shoulders of some giants those 70-s boys but they took the baton and didn't let it drop.
You are having the time of my life!! God bless you my friend Remember this please, Its all yours to enjoy. All that you touch, all that you feel..... 🕊️
Vietnam War protest were powerful back then. It was a very unpopular war. Kent State had a peaceful protest that had several students shot by the National Guard. Sad history during that time of great music. 😢
Happy to see you enjoying the 60s music and this masterpiece. Unfortunately people are still not looking around enough and history just repeats itself. We need to open our eyes.
Hey Hector, I love watching your videos. There's nobody else like you! Some of my favorite songs from the 60's and 70's are the anti-war ones. "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire, "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish and "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan. The first clearly describes the harsh brutality of war, and you'll love Barry's raspy voice. The second is an upbeat sounding song that is a stark contrast to the lyrics. And the last is Dylan telling it like it is without giving a f**k what anyone else thinks. Does he remind you of anyone?
Hey Hector, I'm here for it!!!! Loving these 60's and can't wait for the 70's!!! 💜💜💜 Definitely will have to go back to the sixties again!!!! You can hear this in almost every movie regarding the Vietnam War and the protests.
Thanks for playing my all time favorite protest song - next is Neil Young’s OHIO ! Check out some of (Scotland’s)Donovan’s incredible 60’s tunes 💓Perhaps you now know what being a peacenik / hippie flower child was all about with the wonderful 1960’s music 😻🇨🇦☮️ I’ll be singing this all day 👍
Only heard the song due to the sample of public enemy he got game(which you should react to) but now I've listened to this song, what a piece of art it is👏👏👏
Don’t forget Richie Furay who went on to form the band Poco featuring both but not at the same time, Timothy B Schmidt and Randy Meisner. The band, the Eagles poached both of these talented vocalists/bass players. Alls fair in love and music.
Your groove was on point my friend.... Anti-war protest on the streets and in the music... Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young did some really great music with wonderful harmonies.... Thanks my friend... this walk with you was a little more feels because we are heading back to that time in América where unrest is everywhere.. God heal this world!!! ❣
Watching you reacting to songs I love gives me such a mood boost! It's always fun. A song I believe you'd enjoy is Shotgun, by Jr Walker and the Allstars. I bet you'd be on your feet dancing. But either way, keep on listening to the best music ever made. PS: the name For What it's Worth came from a meeting with the record producers, where they asked if anyone had new songs. Steven Stills said, "here's this, for what it's worth".
Woof, this one hits. Such a tumultuous, scary time in the US. Music was the response, especially this type of music. Yes, you’re right. Stop and look around at wtf is going down. Remember , for young people, this was a time of peace, love (and lots of drugs). Peaceful protests and students being gunned down and beaten. Ugh, this tune has stirred the pot. 😎
When you think about it, the 60's here in the states was a period of unrest and upheaval. Some of it was necessary and and good (like the civil rights movement). Yet when I see what's going on NOW here in the states, it's hard to find anything good in these protests (and riots, in many cases). I attribute some of the younger generation's ridiculous 'protests' to the fact that the human brain isn't fully developed until we're in our early 30's. What point can you hope to get across by blocking traffic, destroying works of art and supergluing your hands to the pavement?
since your doing the 70s next week you should listen to "ohio" by crosby,stills,nash and young from 1971. neil young was also a member of buffalo springfield,and "ohio" was just as big of a viet nam war protest song as "for what it's worth". before listening to "ohio" read up a bit on the event it's about which was the killing of four students at kent state university who were protesting the war. great music,but heavy subject.
Of all the many "protest/political" songs that came out of this democratically tense era, I think the lyrics to THIS one are among the closest parallel with the situation we (America, that is) find ourselves in today. "Mostly say 'Hurray' for our side..." Silos and silence, man.
Hi Hector , Paul from bonnie Scotland. Loving your reactions to all these old tunes it is an absolute joy to watch. As your going into the seventies how about The Stranglers with Down in the sewer , closing track on their debut album Rattus Norvegicus from 1977. Hope you enjoy. Love,light and peace.
Sending ❤and not hate from the middle of America, Nebraska. Love your reactions, you need some Rolling Stones from the 60’s. How about 19th Nervous Breakdown? Keep up the awesome reactions!
I know I'm getting ahead of myself but I will suggest something for the 70s week. Music reached its Zenith in the 1970s. It was the best and it was abundant. This song probably epitomized that era. The artist; Boz Skaggs, the song; Lowdown. The album is called silk degrees and the name is fitting. Keep in mind when you hear him sing that Boz is a white dude. Great choice on Buffalo Springfield which is not surprising considering they had Stephen Stills and Neil Young on their roster who both went on to Crosby Stills Nash and Young and super stardom to start the 70s.
Stephen Stills did an album called " Stills Alone" 💯🔥the whole album is Stephen, his guitars🎸🎸 a mic🎤 and a stool. 🤤 " Treetop Flyer" is an awesome song from it. But my favorite is " Blind fiddler medley" but the whole album is killer.🤘
Mark, for your 70s journey, PLEASE react to The Marshall Tucker Band's live version of "Can't You See." Toy Caldwell's voice and guitar will send you to another place!
The voice and the blues guitar is the incomparable Steven Stills. Neil Young is also on guitar. There you have 1/2 of the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young supergroup. You absolutely should do something from them for the 70's. Try "Carry On" or "Almost Cut My Hair".
It's Stephen Stills voice, he wrote this song. I simply love his work, especially what he did with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. This anti Vietnam war song was even felt on this side of the pond
False. Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song For What It's Worth because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966, a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.
You can hate Nixon all you want. He was a dick... er, Tricky Dicky... but he ended Nam. My dad was already home by 75, but I remember friends dads coming home. And they were treated horribly. I will never forgive the reception Nam vets got. My dad still never talks about it. Speaks fluent Vietnemese, but wont talk about time in-country.
what about the 1950's where it all started... this was written after the Kent State protest and the national guard opening fire on the protesting students.
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Love your work bro On a side note, please slow it down bro when you don't catch the lyrics the first 10 times around, pause that sh**t, slow the audio speed to 0.75 or 0.5 then give it another crack because we Brain squeezers ain't going nowhere until you do.👊🏾 Ps. I will probably get a lot of hate for this comment from all the people who were born from when Tabitha, Tabeetha, Cell block Warden 6 or whatever the **** your name was taking in all of T-pain and funk flex's Piddy's cream puff.🤣🤣🤣🤣 So, in case you didn't hear it the first 3737283 times in every reaction, all I'm gonna say is, pause, rewind, read my comment again, and go f*** yourselves😂😂😂😂Love you and all the true brain squeezers bro ✊🏾❤
"Although 'For What It's Worth' is often considered an anti-war song, Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966, a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, ..."
