General Music Chat

i might narrow it down to one artist but then i'd have too many of his to choose from.

big bruce cockburn fan here. an obvious choice would be his "if i had a rocket launcher". and there are some several different live versions w different instr combinations (they're all great but his solo gtr playing is REALLY happening too)

but of the dozens or so other great ones he's got i'll toss this one out there:

"Put Our Hearts Together" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zuGrOD5gfo

lyrical, musically interesting, but also interesting as a snapshot of some early/mid '80s production.

Keep On Rockin' In the Free World - Neil Young

Alice's Restaurant or The Pusher

Mr President - Shawn Phillips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SK11TmYCAY

Great God! What do you see
It's falling to the ground
The very fabric of our lives
Is turning upside down
We learn to kill before we read
To turn the bastard round
We got the means to foil the world
Does that mean we got to do it now?

Hey Mr. President I really do hope
That you don't watch your T.V.
And keep your fingers
Away from those buttons

For me and my family and my friends afar
And the ones we haven't met
We are aware of your sophisticated toys
And the violence they beget
We don't approve of the way things are
Much less the present set
Things gotta change in the next ten years
'Cause we don't intend to buy the farm yet

Mr. Prime Minister won't you administer
Decrees to decrease the war
It really ain't funny when you're
Makin' that money from

Gore and blood and spillin' his guts
And he really doesn't understand why
We been fillin' his head with
Vicarious dreams, 'bout the paradise
In the sky, and if you don't kill him
We'll kill you is our insidious reply
'Cause it's gone full circle
And returned again
And nobody really knows why

Hey Mr. Premier won't you take another year
To let your people be
Elevating, tolerating
All that they could be creating

Superbird by Country Joe and the Fish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZkZVu9fqY

My how we used to despise that murderous bastard...

Talbot

FOUR DEAD IN OHIO. C.S.N.Y.

For the ignorant... KENT STATE.

holy crapola bateman!

glen sticking his beak in on a music thread! good for you, buddy. now, that didn't hurt too bad did it?

good choice, btw.