Klarinet Archive - Posting 000913.txt from 1997/08

From: Gary Young <gyoung@-----.com>
Subj: RE: my opinion on an already discussed topic
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 15:13:52 -0400

Marissa--

If I recall correctly, this is a Pete Seeger song (the Byrds did cover it),
with words from the book of Ecclesiastes. Now you're talking real music!
But was it really a protest song? I doubt it -- I don't recall singing it
in the 60's or 70's, and the words (if I recall them, which I'm not sure I
do) speak more of acceptance of change than provocation of change). The
greatest protest song that Pete (and Reverend Martin Luther King) made
famous is "We Shall Overcome." (Of course there is Joe Hill and lots of
others Pete sang... I guess still does sing. What a national and spiritual
treasure he is!)

Gary Young
Madison, Wisconsin

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From: Marissa Jeaninne Polsky[SMTP:marteena@-----.edu]
Subject: Re: my opinion on an already discussed topic

<snip>
> It would be foolish to condemn all lyrics of all popular music. (Eric
> Clapton and the Yardbirds used Sacred Scripture for the lyrics of one of
> their songs: "A time to love, and a time to hate?") But even a pleasant
> song with acceptable lyrics becomes gross, vulgar, and damaging when
played
> at an excessive volume.
>
That song was called Turn TUrn Turn and was recorded and made popular by
The Byrds in the 60s as an protest song, which again proves my point that
some rock and roll music is valuable, important and challenging
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