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The 1960 Protest Movement Was Difficult But Necessary

And we are who we are because of it.

From the lens 1960's Protest Music.

How has protest music helped you to gain perspective on the history that we Baby Boomers share?

  • skiesgreen Apr 4, 2012 @ 10:27 pm | delete
    Nice to be reminded that there was a war going on that has never been given any real credit, that of the young people of the 60's against political power and control over the things we objected to We fought and demonstrated in Australia as well against the Vietnam war and other things, such as racial discrimination (we still had the White Australia Policy). Featured this on Blessed by Skiesgreen 2012. HUgs
  • Halloweenkitchenwitch Mar 18, 2012 @ 12:22 am | delete
    I was but a child in the 60's but remember the times so well, and the music still moves me today. I was happy to see Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jefferson Airplane, Cat Stevens and Joan Baez on your lens, as they all make the very top of my list...but everyone you mentioned brough back some good memories for me.
  • JoshK47 Mar 12, 2012 @ 9:43 am | delete
    Great read - blessed by a SquidAngel!
  • Tolovaj Mar 3, 2012 @ 11:01 am | delete
    It is great music but i think it belongs to some other, more enthusiastic time. Now we live in an era of cynicism, apathy and special visual effects. It is hard to find a musician who can actually write his song and tell something to his audience... Or maybe I am just tired?
    Great lens, thanks for sharing!
  • TTMall Feb 25, 2012 @ 9:31 am | delete
    It looks very helpful. Thank you very much!
  • charlino Feb 8, 2012 @ 7:49 pm | delete
    Growing up during this time was certainly eventful, and this is the history we share. Some of my friends were attending Kent State when all this was going on.
  • kathysart Feb 5, 2012 @ 11:00 am | delete
    People who have never been to war, like former President Bush seem to treat it like a football game.."shock and awe" .. what a horrible statement. As my disabled Vietnam Vet husband says, "War is not a game." Blessed lens.
  • SRitchieable Jan 1, 2012 @ 8:34 pm | delete
    Yes - because the lyrics to these songs show the RAW and uncensored feelings/views of the day. These protest songs are "social documents" or "primary documents" about this era; they're very much part of the history of the 1960s.
  • VickiSims Jan 1, 2012 @ 12:10 pm | delete
    This lens brought back so many memories of those times. I hope that current and future generations will not forget the courage of the protesters of the 1960s who brought about important changes and will continue to protest when they see wrongs that need to be corrected.
  • GypsyOwl Dec 24, 2011 @ 4:32 am | delete
    I remember so many of the events you are sharing about here and my heart still breaks when I recall the things that have happened and not only that, but, history may repeat itself if there isn't a shift in the collective clarity. I remember a song by John Lennon "Give Peace a Chance" which the first time I heard it was during a march in protest of the Vietnam war.

    I found several videos of that song, but, here is one with good quality and all the lyrics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg8rlSi5MlA
  • burntchestnut Dec 6, 2011 @ 9:44 am | delete
    I admire the people in the 1960s who protested nonviolently. I was in grade school at the time, but remember some of these things, and of course, read about them later. We take many things for granted today and need to remember our past all the way back to the Revolutionary War.
  • Zut_Moon Dec 6, 2011 @ 8:19 am | delete
    Yes ... and don't forget Barry Maguire's Eve of Destruction ....
  • jksterling Nov 2, 2011 @ 9:36 pm | delete
    What a powerful lens, thank you for keeping this fresh for us.
  • maboles Nov 2, 2011 @ 10:01 am | delete
    Great lens. Thanks for sharing!
  • Oct 28, 2011 @ 1:02 am | delete
    Great lens! Wars must be stopped :D
  • SAPearl Oct 10, 2011 @ 2:29 pm | delete
    It's good to listen to this music in its context as protest music. It's easy to just enjoy it as good music, but it is important to remember where it came from.

    I also love that you included Tom Lehrer - I made a lens about him!!
  • mistersquidoo_here Oct 1, 2011 @ 12:33 pm | delete
    nice info at your lens..thanks for sharing
  • 24websurf Sep 22, 2011 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    I was born in '64 so I didn't see or understand much of this as it was happening but I see the after effects in my uncles who were in the Vietnam War and thankfully made it home.
  • KarenKay Sep 16, 2011 @ 2:07 pm | delete
    Oooh I was the 200th "like".... do I get a cookie?
    I love a lot of these songs but some I did not know!
    I'm so glad to know you Kate! A genuine Hippie!
    I was still a little kid in the 60's.... but pride myself
    in still being able to call myself a Baby Boomer!
  • Papier Sep 6, 2011 @ 6:56 pm | delete
    I share the concern of others who recognize that these songs are still relevant today. When will we ever learn?
  • ---Chazz Aug 16, 2011 @ 7:49 pm | delete
    Loved the videos. Too bad so many of these songs are still so relevant.
  • AlleyCatLane Aug 12, 2011 @ 3:27 pm | delete
    Thanks for the reminders. I was in high school then college during these times. Fascinating look back.
  • RhondaSueDavis Aug 11, 2011 @ 3:24 am | delete
    I was born in 1967, so that makes me a Trekkie 80s gal who grew up somehow. Amazing all that happened between 1963 and 1969 in our county. A lot of unrest and creativity and LSD...thank you for the detailed photos and layout.
  • MarigoldTortelli Aug 3, 2011 @ 4:45 pm | delete
    The '60's were a very exciting time. This lens has a lot of great information. Thanks!
  • sisbrown34 Jul 17, 2011 @ 7:13 pm | delete
    I love the music from the 50's, nice lens
  • Jul 15, 2011 @ 2:43 pm | delete
    I lived through this time. Thank you for putting it all together into a lens so future generations can see what we lived through. Congratulations on getting the Purple Star. You deserve it for this lens.
  • VoodooRULEs Jul 13, 2011 @ 7:09 pm | delete
    Wow... The instantaneous visceral reactions I had while scrolling down this page surprised me. I was so SO very young at the time, but my body reacted as though I were actually old enough to remember and like it was just yesterday. In a curious way, I've gotten a multi-pronged education from this Lens. Thank you
  • Wednesday_Elf Jun 28, 2011 @ 8:20 am | delete
    I was part of this era in history and many of the songs listed here 'speak' to me of that time, particularly "Blowin in the Wind". Interestingly, I visited my son & DIL last weekend and we talked about the Kennedy assassination and I told them I believed in a conspiracy theory.
  • HowBoutThis Jun 11, 2011 @ 5:07 pm | delete
    Not a Baby Boomer, but Im excited and anxious of the changes that have been occurring in recent decades. I look forward to the songs of tomorrow and celebrate the songs of yesterday.
    RW
  • workingmomwm May 23, 2011 @ 4:30 am | delete
    Very interesting point about people having a reason to be conspiracy theorists. My husband (although not a baby boomer) is something of a conspiracy theorist, too, and I always wondered why, but I'm starting to understand a little bit more. That decade has always fascinated me. I was just born about 20 years too late to experience it. I was a child of the '80s. Not nearly as exciting! Thank you for sharing this.
  • Duane_Jackson May 20, 2011 @ 12:41 am | delete
    some great songs here that help keep us grounded!
  • uniquenewgifts May 14, 2011 @ 11:07 am | delete
    A very interesting lens.
  • mickey54 Apr 26, 2011 @ 3:51 pm | delete
    I don't know that it was absolutely necessary to happen, right then, but then again, it did set the stage for later developments that were very important in American culture and history.
  • littlezotz Apr 23, 2011 @ 10:46 pm | delete
    I was surprised/disappointed that Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" wasn't one of the songs mentioned, but other than that I really liked your lens! Great job :)
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Apr 21, 2011 @ 6:22 pm | delete
    They don't make them like that any more
  • sushilkin Apr 21, 2011 @ 8:52 am | delete
    Nice Lens!! Thanks for the Sharing. Visit Pray for Japan for a noble Cause.
  • ltraider Apr 17, 2011 @ 10:57 am | delete
    I do a protest song assignment with my History classes. You have given me some new ideas. Thanks
  • nevets_sdoow Apr 16, 2011 @ 6:15 pm | delete
    Fight the power!
  • bames24 Apr 12, 2011 @ 11:43 pm | delete
    I grew up listening to most of the songs you featured in your lens as my older brother was crazy about them... he used to have an album collection... they were vinyls then... :)
  • njg Apr 12, 2011 @ 7:00 pm | delete
    oh,
    i remember it well. What an interesting time it was.
  • GetSillyProductions Apr 5, 2011 @ 6:45 am | delete
    nice addition ;)
  • GetSillyProductions Apr 4, 2011 @ 6:20 pm | delete
    great songs, my favorite is not here though, Peace Train by Cat Stevens
  • clickityclack Mar 15, 2011 @ 10:51 am | delete
    Great lens!!!
  • ShirlW Mar 9, 2011 @ 6:32 am | delete
    Boy did this bring back memories - very well done and blessed by a Squid Angel
  • nestboxes Mar 2, 2011 @ 6:17 am | delete
    Not my era but TV documentaries keep this important time alive. Informative lens
  • outsource123 Jan 30, 2011 @ 12:36 am | delete
    Really useful information and great lens.
  • Zeemer Jan 28, 2011 @ 11:38 pm | delete
    i was just a young girl in the early 60s but the songs that were still in the airwaves when i was growing up, i really appreciated them.
  • InnaTsv Jan 25, 2011 @ 2:23 am | delete
    the fact that the topic of the lens is close to you can be noticed at once, really good job.
  • clouda9 Jan 18, 2011 @ 12:48 am | delete
    Born in the late 50's I was still too young to experience any of this first hand...grateful (thank you Kate) that through your writing and the music I now understand this time in our history so much more! My Angel Blessing today is SWAH :)
  • ---Chazz Jan 15, 2011 @ 9:51 pm | delete
    Great lens. Sounds like you should write a book about your early years and parents.
  • kittycollar Jan 15, 2011 @ 6:46 am | delete
    Touching subject and a great lens. Thanks for writing it :)
  • PaulOnBooks Jan 14, 2011 @ 4:53 am | delete
    Really well-done lens
  • Positivevibestechnician Jan 13, 2011 @ 10:46 am | delete
    this is a very fun lens love the music
  • faithfuljim Jan 11, 2011 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    Great idea and great lense. I liked it, favored it, and lensrolled it to 4 of my lenses:
    "American folk music, past present and future" at http://www.squidoo.com/folk-music-1
    "Bob Dylan, God's Poet" at http://www.squidoo.com/Bob-Dylan
    "Peter, Paul and Mary, Durable folk group" at http://www.squidoo.com/Peter-Paul---Mary
    and "The Kingston Trio, unique and influencial folk group" at http://www.squidoo.com/Peter-Paul---Mary
    I also plan to feature it on the first three or maybe all 4.
    Anything you do for these folk lenses in return will be greatly appreciated.
    Jim
  • MamaRuth Jan 10, 2011 @ 8:41 pm | delete
    Well-conceived lens. I found it very interesting and it certainly brought back memories of that time period.
  • Groundswell Jan 8, 2011 @ 12:31 am | delete
    Interesting lens. Thanks for the info and musicology history of 60's protest music.
  • supercibor Jan 6, 2011 @ 4:01 pm | delete
    This lens brings so many memories of songs that help to shape the world.
  • ravi551854 Jan 6, 2011 @ 2:50 am | delete
    great lens first time know about the so many protest songs and music
  • KonaGirl Jan 4, 2011 @ 6:03 pm | delete
    Great lens. Enjoyed the music and the memories it brought back! In those days I did a lot of tripping in San Francisco and partying at the Fillmore West.
  • Momsbusy247 Jan 3, 2011 @ 8:40 pm | delete
    Those were some tough times and we have to thank all of those who came before us and fought the fights that need to be fought. I see the 60's rising up again....I think history will repeat itself, unfortunately.
  • Titia Jan 2, 2011 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    Don't know if my comment came through all right, but I think your lens is great, brings back a lot of memories.
  • Titia Jan 2, 2011 @ 7:35 pm | delete
    I'm not a baby boomer, I was born during WW2. I watched the sixties from a distance, living a very sheltered life. Your lens really deserves the purple star, brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing.
  • ChrisDay Jan 2, 2011 @ 11:53 am | delete
    Powerful stuff - it's right to question.
  • ronpass Jan 1, 2011 @ 3:47 pm | delete
    What a great lens - very deserving of the Purple Star award. This brings a great sadness to listen to these 1960's protest songs. It also brings back memories - both joyful and sad. What fantastic songwriters and singers we had at that time. I recently watched a DVD mapping Bob Dylan's life and it was certainly inspiring to see the community of singers, including Joan Baez, reflecting on their times. Thanks Kate.
  • Cheryl57 Dec 31, 2010 @ 5:25 am | delete
    I am a Baby Boomer and found this lens quite thought-provoking; it stirred up a lot of old memories.
  • GrowWear Dec 22, 2010 @ 5:27 pm | delete
    Stopping by this wonderful Purple Star lens to wish you happy holidays and a wonderful new year!
  • stuhaynes Dec 21, 2010 @ 9:11 am | delete
    Definitely the best times music wise
  • poutine Dec 18, 2010 @ 5:53 pm | delete
    The 60's were the best years in music as far as I am concern.
  • Michey Dec 15, 2010 @ 7:00 pm | delete
    A great documentary about the 1960's Movement. The Angel dust is sprinkled on your way
    Marry Christmas to you and your family
  • mannasugar Dec 14, 2010 @ 8:29 pm | delete
    Great music, Great Lens...
  • beerhead Dec 13, 2010 @ 7:49 am | delete
    Ijust love 60's music. Nice lens.
  • gravityx9 Dec 2, 2010 @ 5:16 pm | delete
    I was young, and to me it was just music, but some adults in the house wouldn't have it. Ga-rooovy lens! I was feeling listening to some old 'LP's and, well, made a little lens. I featured your cool lens to my 'Feelin' Groovy' lens. THUMBS UP!
  • WeirdStuff Nov 27, 2010 @ 1:03 pm | delete
    I was born much later, but that music touched my hearty anyway
  • gypsyman27 Nov 20, 2010 @ 3:05 pm | delete
    I lived through the sixties and I really think this is a great lens. You're right we lived through some great and fantastic times, see you around the galaxy
  • Demaw Nov 19, 2010 @ 3:59 pm | delete
    I remember many protest songs from those days. One I like is the haunting I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill by Joan Baez.
  • jwindsor375 Nov 19, 2010 @ 9:48 am | delete
    Great Lens! Thanks huge help on my music project!
  • mysticmama Nov 14, 2010 @ 11:40 pm | delete
    Love this lens so much I just had to visit it again! :)
  • Mickie_G Nov 12, 2010 @ 8:26 am | delete
    I feel the world is a better place because of the music of the 60's.
    I featured this lens on my page about the band the Beau Brummels here on Squidoo.
  • Tia2 Nov 7, 2010 @ 12:49 pm | delete
    1960's Protest music serves as a historic marker that expressed the disapproval and the negative emotions that many shared during a time of violence and great change.
  • DaveStone13 Nov 6, 2010 @ 5:09 pm | delete
    My generation too, and I love the way you set this up. I will be adding to a few of my lensrolls and favorite it. I'll be adding this to some of my links, and I will also blog it. Thanks a million!
  • theclickfactory Nov 2, 2010 @ 11:35 pm | delete
    Good Lens here!

    Good Work.

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  • Gail47 Nov 2, 2010 @ 9:30 am | delete
    I was just 22-years-old when Kent State happened. We were from and lived in mid-Michigan so it wasn't that far away. I was just devastated with grief. I agree the protest movement was necessary, but the toll that it took was often gut-wrenching. And the assassinations and protests and all of that is still fairly vivid in my mind when I think about it. Fascinating lens you have here, and a much needed reminder of a violent, but necessary, time in our history.
  • QuestForHozro Nov 1, 2010 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    A great list, but you missed The Five Man Electric Band and their great song "Signs"
  • KM9999999 Oct 31, 2010 @ 11:23 pm | delete
    I love your collection of videos. Lots of good music here.
  • kimmanleyort Oct 30, 2010 @ 7:58 am | delete
    What great music! You might want to check out John Legend's new album with the Roots where they cover many of the 60's and 70's protest songs. It's called Wake Up and Legend says that it is amazing how some of these songs are still relevant today. Lensrolled to Bobby Darin.
  • damagedinc Oct 30, 2010 @ 2:22 am | delete
    Great lens 5 stars!
  • badmsm Oct 28, 2010 @ 5:43 pm | delete
    Everything these days pales in comparason. Great Lens!
  • poloponydesign Oct 26, 2010 @ 10:12 am | delete
    I only wish people would do the same thing today, but no... too many companies with too much money in the music industry.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 25, 2010 @ 5:15 pm | delete
    What memories! I am currently reading a new book The Warmth of Other Suns about the migration from Jim Crow south to the north, its fascinating and so well written, I think you would love it!
  • Obscure_Treasures Oct 24, 2010 @ 11:23 am | delete
    Powerful documentation of a deep subject! Lensrolling with my new music lens http://www.squidoo.com/top-20-trance-tracks
  • resabi Oct 23, 2010 @ 1:09 am | delete
    This is a very thorough and intriguing lens. Such a turbulent period in our history and you've captured the essence well. Blessed.
  • Tipi Oct 22, 2010 @ 1:32 pm | delete
    A very awesome lens, this had to be inspired to create. ~ I Love it!
  • JimH Oct 20, 2010 @ 7:26 am | delete
    You've captured the power of protest music very nicely, very much enjoyed revisiting some important songs and artists of this exciting period.
  • sukkran Oct 18, 2010 @ 10:59 pm | delete
    lovely informative lens. book marked
  • RebeccaE Oct 14, 2010 @ 5:31 pm | delete
    what an impressive lens, I learned a lot it is really too bad i wasn't around at teh time, I grew up in teh 80s...
  • Mortira Oct 13, 2010 @ 7:42 pm | delete
    Love this lens! It's sad that music isn't the vessel for inspiration, change and ideas that it used to be. I wonder why today's artists don't write songs about the things that we need to change now? Not on the same scale, anyway.
  • pianoguy1 Oct 11, 2010 @ 11:35 pm | delete
    Very nice lense I have been learning to play these songs on the learn piano by ear.
  • pmolinero Oct 10, 2010 @ 7:47 am | delete
    Very well presented information about the 60's and how it influenced the music that time.
  • greenspirit Oct 10, 2010 @ 5:40 am | delete
    A time when music had power and meaning. It seems trampled in the materialistic rush nowdays, but us baby boomers were changed by it for the better, and we continue to pass that awareness onwards.
  • Robbert_Veen Oct 9, 2010 @ 6:13 pm | delete
    The music that we heard in the netherlands - coming from the US - made me aware that it good to be involved in these things. Normally politics and ware and events beyond the border were notimportant for Dutch kids growing up. But when the music hit me/us we started to feel concerned and involved - and did some thinking of our own for the first time.
  • JeffreyTymczak Oct 8, 2010 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    Clever Lens...very clever. ;D

    Jeff
  • lapetitefrog Oct 5, 2010 @ 2:53 am | delete
    I wasn't born in the 60s so this lens is really informative. I love 60s music and I didn't know it had such history.
  • StarManiacs1 Oct 3, 2010 @ 6:42 am | delete
    Love this lens, informative and extremely professiional. A fantastic insight in to US history that I wasn't aware of. Thank you
  • AlaskaHydro Oct 1, 2010 @ 2:47 am | delete
    I love your lens. I do think it is a little idealistic to think that all of this is over, because Obama got elected. People are still full of hate and ignorance, not as many people as before, but they are there. Doing something to help change that, is what you did with this lens.
  • kansasww Sep 30, 2010 @ 5:20 pm | delete
    Top job on the lens I grew up in the world changing time of the 60's.
  • Sammie Sep 30, 2010 @ 7:44 am | delete
    Thank-you, I had no idea about the stories behind many of these songs. Great lens.
  • lizziebeth Sep 30, 2010 @ 12:01 am | delete
    I heard the protest music on the radio - - and it helped me to understand what was going on in this country, because I did not watch television much as a child. Like many people, I read between the lines and started questioning the status quo.

    There are some great videos here. It was such a time of change, excitement, and tragedy too. It is only with the clarity of time that I begin to understand it more also.
  • BladeOps Sep 29, 2010 @ 10:47 am | delete
    really like the lens--such an interesting topic
  • enslavedbyfaeries Sep 28, 2010 @ 7:51 am | delete
    This is a truly interesting topic for a lens and beautifully done. I got chills about halfway down the page just thinking about the passionate people who were involved in these protests and how much music was a part of the emotions and waves of change.
  • awelldressedbullet Sep 26, 2010 @ 11:39 am | delete
    Those were some very tough times! I don't think many truly understood the impact (at the time)
  • arncyn Sep 25, 2010 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    I'm familiar with some of the songs on this lens but it was fascinating to read about their back stories and the true meaning behind the lyrics & melodies. I wasn't around then but the 60s were very exciting times indeed. Thank you for taking us back with you in time.
  • cbessa Sep 22, 2010 @ 5:54 pm | delete
    Anything by Nina Simone is a must have in here!

    :-)
  • mukunda22 Sep 22, 2010 @ 10:03 pm | delete
    I found a great rendition of "House Of The Rising Sun," by Nina Simone!! Thank you, cbessa!
  • jgall34 Sep 21, 2010 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    I was not around in the 60's however I like listening to the music from that era. Definitely lots of crazy things happened in that decade and music helped tell the story.
  • hotweb Sep 21, 2010 @ 9:42 am | delete
    Right On Lens
  • Megal Sep 19, 2010 @ 2:08 pm | delete
    I liked the Anti-Vietnam Protest Movement video. The ending was great.
  • River88 Sep 19, 2010 @ 1:05 pm | delete
    I grew up listening to protest songs. I didn't understand them until much later. The F*I*S*H song (as they called it on the radio!) was and is one of my favorites and is relevant to our country's many years of useless wars. Great lens, great music.
  • sallemange Sep 19, 2010 @ 2:51 am | delete
    A little bit before my time and there are some great songs here. The principles stand as very important in today's world.
  • RitaK Sep 18, 2010 @ 11:42 am | delete
    You are so right...the thought of Nixon and this terrible time in our history does bring back the fear that it can all happen again. War is the worst, most evil, blood sucking reason to destroy this beautiful planet....all for what? Pure greed!
  • kimark421 Sep 17, 2010 @ 5:08 am | delete
    This lens brought back some memories (some good, some not so good). I think that our Nation healed from the division we experienced in the '60s, and I hope that we can do so again. "Ohio" by CSN&Y is always the song that I identify with this era, but perhaps it is because I am a true "child" of the 60s and didn't come of age until the 70's. I'm rambling...
    Great lens!
  • Joan4 Sep 16, 2010 @ 8:29 pm | delete
    Congratulations on that pretty purple star!!
  • QueSea Sep 16, 2010 @ 8:09 pm | delete
    Well done! Just lensrolled it to http://www.squidoo.com/crosbystillsnashandyoungvideoshowcase and liked it on Facebook.
  • OhMe Sep 16, 2010 @ 7:27 pm | delete
    That sure is a pretty purple star you're wearing and well deserved. Congrats.
  • crosscreations Sep 16, 2010 @ 11:45 am | delete
    What a delightful tribute to this very significant era in music! Well done!
  • mukunda22 Sep 16, 2010 @ 12:21 pm | delete
    Thanks for stopping by, Carolann!!
  • purplelady Sep 15, 2010 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    Oh my goodness; what a great treat this lens has been to read and to hear. I was a part of the protest movement; starting Another Mother for Peace state group in Nebraska. You did a great job with capturing the feelings and the music of that time. I will like, fave and lensroll this for sure.
    Thanks again for the memories.
  • Ramkitten Sep 13, 2010 @ 11:16 pm | delete
    Such great music came from that era, and there was so much behind the music that many in the younger generations don't realize.
  • capriliz Sep 13, 2010 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    You did such a wonderful job on giving us a snapshot of that period.
  • fromamericateel Sep 11, 2010 @ 4:19 pm | delete
    I still listen to and play a lot of this music. Thanks...
  • WhiteOak50 Sep 11, 2010 @ 11:26 am | delete
    I am lensrolling this over to my 1960's Music Lens.
  • mukunda22 Sep 11, 2010 @ 11:36 am | delete
    Thank you so much!!
  • riff999 Sep 10, 2010 @ 2:26 am | delete
    Love a lot of the music that came out during this time period. Great topic and job with the lens.
  • Christene Sep 8, 2010 @ 5:49 pm | delete
    This is the first time I've seen this lens. Great idea and nicely done. :)
  • charlino Sep 8, 2010 @ 2:02 pm | delete
    Excellent. Brings back a lot of memories. I lived through it, too.
  • Waxing-Lyrical Sep 8, 2010 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    Growing up in the UK, I saw a lot of this from afar, so it's really interesting to relive this part of American cultural history with you. *Blessed*.
  • Spook Sep 5, 2010 @ 10:28 am | delete
    Fantastic lens and fantastic vibes. Now where can I bust some more hippie heads? Blessed by an Angel.
  • poddys Aug 1, 2010 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    Great lens. We grew up during some interesting times didn't we.
  • mukunda22 Aug 2, 2010 @ 5:51 pm | delete
    Thanks for stopping by, Poddys!
  • fenellashorty May 23, 2010 @ 9:17 am | delete
    Very interesting lens
  • Jewelsofawe May 5, 2010 @ 2:13 pm | delete
    Blessing this lens!
  • bethd821 Feb 23, 2010 @ 5:19 pm | delete
    Oh, how well I remember these songs and these tumultuous times. Great lens.
  • LaraineRose Feb 5, 2010 @ 4:07 am | delete
    You walked us baby boomers down memory lane. Such a well prepared piece. I really appreciate it. 5*s and fave.
  • CircleWealth Jan 16, 2010 @ 1:45 pm | delete
    Kate - this is a great tribute to the era - I lived it and was reminded of some things - thank you so much for the memory. Rated 5 stars
  • MaraiyaStorm Jan 13, 2010 @ 7:23 pm | delete
    5***** and favorited great idea for a lens!
    Happy 2010 to you.
    Maraiya
  • _Joan_ Jan 13, 2010 @ 10:15 am | delete
    I love that you included Tom Lehrer among the '60's protest songs. I just featured this lens on my "Alice's Restaurant" lens.
  • LoKackl Jan 12, 2010 @ 11:23 am | delete
    Kate this 1960s protest music is a wonderful resource for us old boomers and for the digitally reared! I also get tinged when I see the Kent State scenes, esp the dead student. See Dec.`09 in firstthings.com for interesting story about "when Pete Seeger coaxed classrooms full of kids to join him in folk songs, no one saw America's ?singing left? as much of a political threat.." my quote is from aldaily.com
  • mariatjader Jan 6, 2010 @ 8:46 am | delete
    wonderful lens, thank you for such a well prepared memory lane ;) 5*
  • GrowWear Dec 31, 2009 @ 5:21 pm | delete
    Passing through to bless this worthy lens. Happy new year!
  • aj2008 Dec 14, 2009 @ 4:57 am | delete
    When I was in my teens I was aware of what was going on in America but did not really understand a lot of it. I remember exactly where I was when the Kennedys were assasinated but I rpobably would have known and understood more if we were living in the internet age. Back then we just relied on the BBC and of course the news that was shown was nothing like what we can find out today.

    I always thought that the freedom of the press was sancrosanct - now I know differently.

    Is it me, or do the students of today not have the voice they had then?
  • mukunda22 Dec 21, 2009 @ 4:00 pm | delete
    As far as the assassinations go, everything was thoroughly whitewashed!

    The Single Bullet Theory? Oswald Lone assassin?

    Get Real!!
  • Dec 12, 2009 @ 10:01 am | delete
    Excellent job on this lens, really nice, I really enjoyed reading it. Favorited and 5 stars from me. I also enjoyed the videos.
  • Chappelle Dec 12, 2009 @ 6:31 am | delete
    Great information and well done lens!
    5* and favorited!
  • paperfacets Nov 7, 2009 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    One man and one guitar. Wow, the way he played that day. It looks like he was playing for the whole world to hear. I saw him before this at the Ash Grove a very small venue that hold 50. He played the same way. 5* You captured the feel of those times.
  • imaginemdd Nov 6, 2009 @ 5:48 pm | delete
    I like this lens. It covers a lot of ground in a really interesting way. Great variety of musicians featured while all are right on the topic.
  • Heather426 Oct 28, 2009 @ 3:55 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens blessed today by a squid angel.
  • annmackiemiller Oct 25, 2009 @ 5:22 pm | delete
    great lens - 5*, favourite and a lens call on my lens The Magic of Music. http://www.squidoo.com/the_magic_of_music
    peace and love sister.
  • Big_Joe Oct 21, 2009 @ 9:14 am | delete
    Kate, I love this lens, I think you did an excellent job.
    I find it a great treat, believe it or not, up till just a couple of years ago, I still had a pair of bell bottom pants in my closet. I know a lot of people look down at us old hippies, But if it was not for some of the hippies back in the day...things would not have changed...I too was young in the sixties, but I am smart enough to know what actually went on... A lot of kids(known as hippies) back then stood up for what they knew was right....and made a difference. Anyway favorited and five starred it....Thanks
  • WeddingZazzle Oct 21, 2009 @ 3:09 am | delete
    I was born in the early sixties...so I missed all the fun.
  • GrowWear Oct 20, 2009 @ 11:14 am | delete
    This 1960s Protest Music lens is hereby blessed by a SquidAngel. Excellent work, Kate.
  • Squidster Oct 18, 2009 @ 6:14 am | delete
    The fact alone that I was still on pacifiers in the 60s probably doesn't qualify me as pacifist but I do appreciate the amount of interesting information you've put together here. I've passed my wings on but will lensroll this great resource to my Last Beatles Concert lens. Thank you!
  • capriliz Oct 15, 2009 @ 10:26 pm | delete
    I will have to look for Michener's book. I am not familiar with that one. This was a decade filled with change and violence. It took a lot of courage for these "kids" to stand up to the government and say "No more". You are right about Johnson escalating the war. He did not want to lose a war while he was in office. So the American people paid for his ego. Price: over 58,000 American soldiers lives. That does not count the soldiers who were wounded physically and emotionally.
  • OhMe Oct 14, 2009 @ 7:47 am | delete
    I never officially protested but sure remember living these times and these songs. Well done. Blessed!
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Oct 5, 2009 @ 7:46 am | delete
    Beautiful lens.
    It is amazing that through Youtube videos we can look back in time.
    It is recorded for always.
    Blessed.
  • Shelly Sep 5, 2009 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    I followed you home from Tipi's (sisters) and this lens immediately struck my interest. You certainly awakened some memories here! We have lived through some history in our time. Susie and I grew up with Mom playing Pete Seeger--we didn't know he was controversial at the time. I still sing "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" from time to time. I'm not a member, so all I can do is say, well done!
  • grannysage Sep 2, 2009 @ 8:36 pm | delete
    I remember looking around for my mother to jump out of the bushes when I was marching down the street singng the Fixin to Die Rag. I thought for sure she would hear me saying that naughty word and come to wash my mouth out with soap. What sad and great memories all at the same time. Lenrolling it to Ex Hippie Remembers Long Haired Hippie Music.
  • JenOfChicago Aug 31, 2009 @ 6:00 pm | delete
    LOVE this lens!!!
  • Amanda_Blue Jul 11, 2009 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    Excellent lens. Thank you!
  • StephenC Jun 17, 2009 @ 8:50 pm | delete
    I was born in 1960, had older brothers who were teens in the 60's. Man where has the time gone? 40 year in the blink of an eye. We are getting old. When did that happen? Music of yesteryear will never be forgotten. Today's music is very forgettable.
  • mukunda22 Jun 17, 2009 @ 2:53 pm | in reply to LindaJM | delete
    Added!! Thank you for the suggestion!!
  • mukunda22 Jun 15, 2009 @ 2:55 pm | in reply to LindaJM | delete
    Will add it if I can find it!!
  • LindaJM Jun 14, 2009 @ 6:57 pm | delete
    How about "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish?
  • Frankster Jun 13, 2009 @ 8:42 am | delete
    It was definitely a time that will never be forgotten. The music was and still is very powerful. My favorite song is, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Thanks for a great read. Bear hugs, Frankster aka Bearmeister
  • KimGiancaterino Jun 9, 2009 @ 5:53 pm | delete
    Thought provoking lens... I'm featuring it on my Squid Angel Diary this week.
  • BevsPaper Jun 5, 2009 @ 10:20 am | delete
    So many memories from those days! I believe our voices back then made a difference in a lot of ways...there is still work to be done.
  • mukunda22 Jun 3, 2009 @ 7:41 am | delete
    I appreciate everyone's reflections-The 1960's were a difficult time--and sometimes I am thankful I survived them!!
  • Pastiche May 27, 2009 @ 12:11 pm | delete
    5* from another 60's protester survivor. Featured lens on Sixties Memories - Woodstock Nation.
  • allinfoisfree May 26, 2009 @ 8:45 pm | delete
    Interesting lens! 5 *'s.
  • poutine Apr 26, 2009 @ 11:30 am | delete
    Fascinating lens. I grew up in those days also and remember
    the whole thing.
  • AndyPo Apr 26, 2009 @ 9:04 am | delete
    Great lens. Lots of interesting information
  • bdkz Mar 30, 2009 @ 8:21 pm | delete
    Love this lens!
  • J. C. Mar 27, 2009 @ 6:58 pm | delete
    This is great material to see. This is music history that lives on through today because of artists like Dylan. It was also great to see the Bobby Darin song Simple Song of Freedom. He died way too early..... Thanks.
  • Sarunas Mar 15, 2009 @ 11:56 am | delete
    Very interesting music. ;DD
    5* from me :) Keep it up.
  • mukunda22 Feb 16, 2009 @ 4:15 pm | delete
    Ya know, I love Bobby Darin's "Simple Song Of Freedom." I love all of these songs and will add/subtract but this one stays.

    It makes me weep for joy and for the great sadness that IS the human condition.
  • Charlyjl Feb 5, 2009 @ 3:01 pm | delete
    Very interesting. This era was a bit before my time and I find it fascinating to see the remembrances from those who were there and lived it. I truly believe that this era has such a big impact on us too.
  • Charlyjl Feb 5, 2009 @ 3:01 pm | delete
    Very interesting. This era was a bit before my time and I find it fascinating to see the remembrances from those who were there and lived it. I truly believe that this era has such a big impact on us too.
  • D.D. Delaney Feb 3, 2009 @ 2:26 pm | delete
    Neat to see Dylan and Baez together. But my favorite is Buffy St. Marie. So intense! And mythic. Thanks for posting these.
  • lwhitelaw Feb 3, 2009 @ 1:41 pm | delete
    Great lens - this was a little before my time or rather when I was very young and although it was a difficult time, it was a great time because of the passion that people shared in standing up for what they believed in or didn't support.

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