In this song I see the justification for starting a rock band: fear of a real job, and going against the grain-
"Where are you goin' to
What are you gonna do
Do you think that it will be easy
Do you think that it will be pleasin', hey
Stand back, what'd you say
Stand back, I won't pay
Stand back, I'd rather play
Stand back
It's my freedom
Ah, don't worry 'bout me, babe
I got to be free, babe
Hey "
He's sayin' he's gonna live carefree and jobless and will have to learn for himself the downsides of it for himself. He doesn't want to depend on politicians to protect him because there is often fallouts. He'd rather take his chances, which is really what makes America America, cause you dont see many people in third-world countries running AWAY from college degrees and steady jobs. Something tells me he hated school more than most people. But he has every right to be cynical.
This song was one of the better ones...of 1968!! One tends to think that they busted out on the scene in the early seventies. "Everybody's kickin' sand..duh doo doo...even pol-it-icians living in a plastic land...somebody give me a HAND!!"
This song was one of the better ones...of 1968!! One tends to think that they busted out on the scene in the early seventies. "Everybody's kickin' sand..duh doo doo...even pol-it-icians living in a plastic land...somebody give me a HAND!!"
totally AWESOME! And I'm a Geek who never BOUGHT albums
totally AWESOME! And I'm a Geek who never BOUGHT albums
@Shep420 For those who don't hear the music think the dancers' crazy. Depends on 'where' you're looking at it from. Cynical for those in denial and ignoring reality, and realistic for those who were actually there. Of course the say about the 60's is if you remember the 60's you weren't there! You got to admit it's a great song and sold lots of copies. Oh, I remember school/high school going every day in beautiful Santa Barbara/Goleta. The contrast was stark! The beautiful land and nature, and the concentration, forced labor of...
@Shep420 For those who don't hear the music think the dancers' crazy. Depends on 'where' you're looking at it from. Cynical for those in denial and ignoring reality, and realistic for those who were actually there. Of course the say about the 60's is if you remember the 60's you weren't there! You got to admit it's a great song and sold lots of copies. Oh, I remember school/high school going every day in beautiful Santa Barbara/Goleta. The contrast was stark! The beautiful land and nature, and the concentration, forced labor of San Marcos High School of 2200 kids I didn't know (to begin with). No, kids didn't like school! And then the school wide meeting for no know reason at all. Assasination. You'd be well to visit the feeling of cynical and being pissed, through and through seeing you're friends and neighbor die one after another and you know you're next up to be sent to Nam. Americans and their addiction to optimism is the reason people didn't wake up and just followed their leaders like lemming to such a stupid, waste called war. And what for democracy? HA! Open your eyes. The Vietnamese would fight that war for over a thousand years and would eventually win? Why? Because they wanted to be like us, free, and have our constitution. So we sold them/Ho Chi Ming arms...for years. 420 and a steady job, huh? lol What we have to be grateful for today are those who paved the way in the 60's and (early) 70's and that's not just the in the U.S.
In this song I see the justification for starting a rock band: fear of a real job, and going against the grain-
"Where are you goin' to What are you gonna do Do you think that it will be easy Do you think that it will be pleasin', hey
Stand back, what'd you say Stand back, I won't pay Stand back, I'd rather play Stand back
It's my freedom Ah, don't worry 'bout me, babe I got to be free, babe Hey "
He's sayin' he's gonna live carefree and jobless and will have to learn for himself the downsides of it for himself. He doesn't want to depend on politicians to protect him because there is often fallouts. He'd rather take his chances, which is really what makes America America, cause you dont see many people in third-world countries running AWAY from college degrees and steady jobs. Something tells me he hated school more than most people. But he has every right to be cynical.
This song was one of the better ones...of 1968!! One tends to think that they busted out on the scene in the early seventies. "Everybody's kickin' sand..duh doo doo...even pol-it-icians living in a plastic land...somebody give me a HAND!!"
This song was one of the better ones...of 1968!! One tends to think that they busted out on the scene in the early seventies. "Everybody's kickin' sand..duh doo doo...even pol-it-icians living in a plastic land...somebody give me a HAND!!"
totally AWESOME! And I'm a Geek who never BOUGHT albums
totally AWESOME! And I'm a Geek who never BOUGHT albums
@Shep420 For those who don't hear the music think the dancers' crazy. Depends on 'where' you're looking at it from. Cynical for those in denial and ignoring reality, and realistic for those who were actually there. Of course the say about the 60's is if you remember the 60's you weren't there! You got to admit it's a great song and sold lots of copies. Oh, I remember school/high school going every day in beautiful Santa Barbara/Goleta. The contrast was stark! The beautiful land and nature, and the concentration, forced labor of...
@Shep420 For those who don't hear the music think the dancers' crazy. Depends on 'where' you're looking at it from. Cynical for those in denial and ignoring reality, and realistic for those who were actually there. Of course the say about the 60's is if you remember the 60's you weren't there! You got to admit it's a great song and sold lots of copies. Oh, I remember school/high school going every day in beautiful Santa Barbara/Goleta. The contrast was stark! The beautiful land and nature, and the concentration, forced labor of San Marcos High School of 2200 kids I didn't know (to begin with). No, kids didn't like school! And then the school wide meeting for no know reason at all. Assasination. You'd be well to visit the feeling of cynical and being pissed, through and through seeing you're friends and neighbor die one after another and you know you're next up to be sent to Nam. Americans and their addiction to optimism is the reason people didn't wake up and just followed their leaders like lemming to such a stupid, waste called war. And what for democracy? HA! Open your eyes. The Vietnamese would fight that war for over a thousand years and would eventually win? Why? Because they wanted to be like us, free, and have our constitution. So we sold them/Ho Chi Ming arms...for years. 420 and a steady job, huh? lol What we have to be grateful for today are those who paved the way in the 60's and (early) 70's and that's not just the in the U.S.