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| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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On November 5, 1968 a guy by the name of Richard Nixon was elected President. This universally detested monster ran on a campaign that vowed to return “law and order” to a nation torn by war resisters, protestors, riots, and mass disaffection. Fogerty’s song hit the airwaves right around that time and I always associated it with Nixon and the damage he would do that affected this nation to this very day (including the students who were blown away at Kent State). |
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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On November 5, 1968 a guy by the name of Richard Nixon was elected President. This universally detested monster ran on a campaign that vowed to return “law and order” to a nation torn by war resisters, protestors, riots, and mass disaffection. Fogerty’s song hit the airwaves right around that time and I always associated it with Nixon and the damage he would do that affected this nation right to this very day (including the students who were blown away at Kent State). |
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| Bob Dylan – Desolation Row Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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You are on the money, railroadgin. I'll only add to your incisive observations that the song is clearly about life itself (reality, as you have pointed out) and the existential predicament we all find ourselves in (a recurring theme, by the way, in a lot of his music, including the Ballad of the Thin Man on the same album). I have listened to Desolation Row, a timeless masterpiece, countless times over the years and consider it not only one of Dylan's best all-around efforts but one of the finest and most satisfying songs in the history of popular music. |
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| Elliott Smith – Sweet Adeline Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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As pointed out previously, the song, on one level, is about a lost or unachievable love quest. More importantly, "Sweet Adeline" became a celebratory anthem for the repeal of Prohibition in 1934, sung together by crowds in cities throughout the nation on that very tipsy and historic night in our history when the 21st Amendment was passed. The generation who lived through that extraordinary era (including my parents) continued to sing that song in unison whenever they partied and reached an appropriate state of inebriation. By the way, don't miss the PBS documentary on "Prohibition." The above piece of information was revealed in that effort along with an absolutely stunning amount of insights on one of the most unusual and relevant periods in American History. The parallels to today's events are uncanny. |
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