It's an old song. But I think it has a vibe for today's stress. youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?... - ThreadSky

mcuban.bsky.social • 40 days ago

It's an old song. But I think it has a vibe for today's stress.

https://youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?si=rHmdmwNqYdaa6_rO

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I worked as a maintenance guy at a summer camp in Morgantown Wva, and the counselors used to play this song Acapella. It was amazing

sexy6382.bsky.social•40 days ago

abigalesburner.bsky.social•40 days ago

LOVE that you are here!

sherrillann.bsky.social•40 days ago

Gees no wonder it's relaxing in this stressful moment.
You weren't born yet!

But I'm glad that you were!!

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/05/19/kent-state-shooting-miller

marycontreary.bsky.social•40 days ago

I lived in Morgantown, W.Va., for about 10 years when I moved there to attend WVU. I grew up just south of Morgantown. What year were you there?

welldonetruly.bsky.social•40 days ago

I remember sitting on a driveway as a kid and these guys were playing in a garage on our street! Nice memory.

dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social•40 days ago

Good call.

kdstory.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes, this is definitely a big song for today. Spot on. And singing it a capella! OMG

david-dash.bsky.social•40 days ago

Wait, you had a normal job and didn't get a small loan of 400 million from your dad? Weird.

melissjpeltier.bsky.social•40 days ago

😈

joanstirling.bsky.social•38 days ago

“It starts when you are always afraid” as fear is a powerful motivator. It’s a song from my generation. Many stood up to the fears and changes happened such as the civil rights movements of blacks, women, and homosexuals. I would think our biggest challenge today is revealing the truth on issues.

jpalma1.bsky.social•38 days ago

What Franklin D
Roosevelt said nothing to fear but fear itself now we only have to fear is John roberts and the Supreme Court tell the orange man I got your back

smldtl.bsky.social•40 days ago

More than a vibe, it was an anthem for many of us

stefsull.bsky.social•40 days ago

Acapella counselors usually are. 😉

amiwrite.bsky.social•36 days ago

“Find the cost of freedom buried in the ground “

cleveladorbust.bsky.social•40 days ago

WV is a disaster. Wait til ya'll meet Jim Justice. We need help.

missy-ubermom.bsky.social•40 days ago

I’m gonna bet it was Camp Alleghany. My best friend & I used to go there every summer as kids.

madashellwvn.bsky.social•40 days ago

Oh man!! I was a young teenager girl in love, and also saw a couple neighborhood boys disappear off to Vietnam Nam. This song burned in my brain.

Oh yeah…..From Morgantown…
Was that camp at Cheat Lake?? Camp Lynwood??

madashellwvn.bsky.social•40 days ago

Geeze. Camp Lynn. Or Emma Kaufman Camp

And Viet Nam. Spell check took over I guess

madashellwvn.bsky.social•40 days ago

And dayyum. My bd 7/31!!!

Ha. (I’ve got 5 on ya tho)

chgabriel.bsky.social•40 days ago

I’d love to hear it…so my acapella

anarene.bsky.social•40 days ago

The line that’s most fitting in the moment is:

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the men come and take you away

Reminds me of those who are so afraid of those who aren’t like them.

irish-pawpaw.bsky.social•40 days ago

Watch Whoops Apocalypse from the 80s. English movie, more accurate prediction of these times than The Simpsons lol. Sadly

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jyyrfh-399Q

ariehrn.bsky.social•40 days ago

I had a cassette recording from my friend’s album. He undoubtedly had lifted his copy from his father. Used to listen to it on my ‘walkman’.
Great memories.

crussellp.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is the best version bar none, and I'll fight you to the death to defend this assertion.
https://youtu.be/jIYS1nomk3Q?feature=shared

a-nerd.bsky.social•40 days ago

Classic! Love this version.

laughingchance.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'll be singing it tomorrow in an open mic. One of my favourite songs. And, weirdly, David Cassidy's version on his live album is fantastic.

originalrockmedia.bsky.social•39 days ago

That’s great. I’ve always maintained it’s the guys who are in the field, who then become attorneys or tech guys… who make the best stuff and win the hardest cases.

shanemilehi.bsky.social•40 days ago

I’m curious why all these tech guys seem to be just backing Trump. Is it just total greed without care at all about justice and truth? It’s so confusing as to what is happening

changeitlater.bsky.social•40 days ago

All the tech guys are rich white dudes.

They're back D'ump because they want to keep the money in the hands rich white dudes.

(Remember when they sued to end a grant for Black women entrepreneurs and won)

They now have full access to the US Treasury and they're about to literally loot it.

hobokenirish.bsky.social•40 days ago

Why didn’t you go to WVU after seeing Morgantown and all is glory? 🤔🤔🤔

wafordemocracy.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great choice.

mariannen.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCCDV_cxHbu/?igsh=bjZhOGxtbHdmOHI1

lachen.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is such a fantastic song. I had to listen & sing, thanks!

greidanni.bsky.social•40 days ago

Wow Neil Young looks cool.

angiejo.bsky.social•40 days ago

I posted the Dave Mathews cover of this song the day after the election. An era gone of such great music but the message is timeless and significant. Thank You Mark for 'putting it out there'

fake-speeches.bsky.social•40 days ago

You would be a legend if you used your platform to call for peaceful protests of the inauguration

j3bster.bsky.social•39 days ago

It’s just as true right now as it was then!

bennythesnitch.bsky.social•39 days ago

From someone who knows what this song is about because I was 16 when it came out
100%

mikehabetz.bsky.social•40 days ago

I just had a little internet adventure snooping you. I thought "Is he from West Virginia?" so I googled and it said Pittsburgh. And I wasn't sure how close Pittsburgh was to WV. Looked on a map, and there's Morgantown- just over the border and not too far from Pittsburgh! TYVM for the entertainment!

justodude.bsky.social•40 days ago

This does much to explain why you seem to be one of the few billionaires that care about others and experience empathy. Thank you for the work you do

dorothymurphy.bsky.social•40 days ago

I love this song! I went to WVU, met my husband of 45 years there.

sebybell.bsky.social•40 days ago

Morgantown, WV? I’m from the Beckley area. I grew up dirt poor. Can’t say I’m exactly well off, but I managed to buy my own home in Toledo and I’m a single mom running my own business for more than a decade. Small world. Lmk if you’d like to hear my story sometime.

sinclairinat0r.com•40 days ago

Whoa! I had no idea you used to work in Motown! This is awesome.

maddiggity.bsky.social•40 days ago

A friend of mine was living with them when they wrote this song. His brother who was a surfing champ hid him out with them because he had dyslexia & his mom was going to have him institutionalized.

theshrk22.bsky.social•40 days ago

Whoa! My mother was right again. “Some people should not have children.”

LOVE this song btw and thanks for sharing.

maddiggity.bsky.social•39 days ago

It was pretty bad. His mom & grandparents were having a send off party for him before he was supposed to be institutionalized! His dad & brother drove from California, pulled up, called him over to the car, and whisked him away. His dad was jailed because he wouldn’t give up his location.

maddiggity.bsky.social•39 days ago

He ended up becoming a successful hair dresser and had his own salon.

siosal.bsky.social•40 days ago

That’s just a few hours from where I went to college in Shepherdstown.

dtgdahlia.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great memory

zagpiopi.bsky.social•39 days ago

That's beautiful.

blueshirt47.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://youtu.be/girnJH7tvpM?si=pDgsqUV7P_MK-W7Y

bevymart.bsky.social•40 days ago

The lyrics still speak to the masses in #America today just as they did then

ex-xer.bsky.social•40 days ago

I think it's cute you can have such a breezy outlook on the fucked up shit "happening here".

"What it is" is too fucking clear.
Boot licking billionaires rode America hard for their fortunes, and now give a shit about ONLY themselves.

jah57.bsky.social•40 days ago

Not a protest song from the Vietnam era, but it is very applicable to the protesting of the war as a motion picture. Johnny Got His Gun, in my opinion, is one of the most profound and powerful anti war statements ever made. Also, it is one of best movies I have ever seen.

https://youtu.be/8s6jTSJbHuA

creyna.bsky.social•36 days ago

Short points that flow like honey and hit home. The battle-lines are being drawn. 👊🏼

surf19.bsky.social•39 days ago

That's been running through my head for months! What camp?

scottemcclure.bsky.social•40 days ago

What was the camp in Morgantown? My family lives just below Morgantown

marcusburtenshaw.com•40 days ago

Its still on my regular spotify playlist today, but thats because at some point I got old and stopped listening to modern music

indie55.bsky.social•39 days ago

Great song even now.

mspencer50.bsky.social•40 days ago

How exactly can one "play" a song Acapella?

mcuban.bsky.social•40 days ago

"song" a song and clap their hands. lol. You got me

myrrhkuri5.bsky.social•40 days ago

well because if the song is recorded onto album, tape, CD, youd be "playing it" even tho the song is acapella...
if it was councelors themselves theyd be "performing it"acapella

dogmama95.bsky.social•39 days ago

The voice is also an instrument, albeit an organic one.

andrewhoeveler.bsky.social•40 days ago

So you went from selling trash bags door-to-door in your town to carrying and filling trash bags door-to-door at camp? Amazing. 🥂❤️

mshannonm.bsky.social•40 days ago

Love that song!

pechelele.bsky.social•40 days ago

There's something happening here and what it is is -perfectly- clear.

snapsterbo.bsky.social•40 days ago

I beg to differ. It's baffling for us to get how they could vote for 🍊 turd, while they can't see why we believe "fake news." In other words, "it ain't exactly clear." If it was, we wouldn't be in this nightmare. Unfortunately, they've managed to 🔥 the lines between real & fake, making it unclear.

pechelele.bsky.social•40 days ago

It is to me.

snapsterbo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Oh, me too. I just wish more Americans could see it. Hopefully they will.

changeitlater.bsky.social•40 days ago

You're not accepting the fact that this is exactly what millions of people want.

They want "liberals" to suffer. They like seeing people in pain.

changeitlater.bsky.social•40 days ago

It isn't baffling at all.

White supremacy is how this happened.

Project 2025 didn't just spring out of nowhere.

The news media are run white supremacists. They traffic in lies because chaos sells newspapers.

The people who voted for 🍊💩👑 aren't the list bit interested in the truth.

julietacamp.bsky.social•39 days ago

".....There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear. There's a man with a gun over there, telling me I've got to be aware...you better Stop! Hey! look around everybody knows what's goin' down..."----guitar solo.. Love it!!🎸

maryjanele420.bsky.social•37 days ago

Now THAT'S a great memory!
My sister and I sang together while washing dishes!

madbridge.bsky.social•40 days ago

Public Enemy - He Got Game repurposed it well.

bluejumpsuit.bsky.social•40 days ago

Morgantown, West Virginia. That's God's country.

cotatiworld.bsky.social•40 days ago

The song will always be awesome.

luvnfiction.bsky.social•39 days ago

We sang it at Hi-Y camp in Pt. Pleasant, WV.

onebluecat.bsky.social•40 days ago

That's cool.

I remember Nixon resigning at Summer Camp.

All the counselors were inside a building huddled around the TV.

I watched thru a window. I was a nosy shit. 😂

ogleftyfromsf.bsky.social•40 days ago

Let's hope you still are....

rustypants.com•40 days ago

Check out the band Trills - they have a great acapella version of the song.

https://music.amazon.com/albums/B084ZB8NC5?trackAsin=B084Z9R9T4&do=play&ts=1736823776&ref=dm_sh_8UBLQsJzLtr293PY129UlxihO

plaintanjane.bsky.social•39 days ago

Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Richie Furay, Jimmy Messina, Bruce Palmer & Dewey Martin (can’t remember who else) pre-Woodstock & CSNY. 🔥 My older brother used to sing this one to tease me.

https://youtu.be/JclWzidPjA4?si=9lWzJ2pLwzr7nAaV

blueinfloriduh.bsky.social•40 days ago

I was 6 when this song came out. My mom used to blast this song on the stereo when she was ironing. So glad I got to see CSNY many times in concert💙

agnosaur.bsky.social•40 days ago

One of the few albums my dad encouraged me to play was CSNYs live album, 4 Way Street. So many good songs there and a strong vibe of fighting injustice. He was a Navy man, but a closet "radical" I think. 😎

bluewitch15.bsky.social•40 days ago

Have you been on my page? I just posted that few days ago with just about the same quote. Isn’t that the truth 🤦🏼‍♀️ Peace to you my friend🌎🕊️☮️

maremilller.bsky.social•40 days ago

We need you for President! These people seem to only like billionaire so let’s give the a good one!!!

13ashe.bsky.social•39 days ago

That's my hometown! 💙💛💙💛

vegasclarky.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great song my oldest brother used to play it all the time

cjmem.bsky.social•40 days ago

We used to play the 45 alot on our record players!

nancyafp.bsky.social•39 days ago

I loved when music like this pulled us together.

awashintime.bsky.social•40 days ago

I worked at a steel mill. It was awesome.

awashintime.bsky.social•40 days ago

Too the better. A little late at night. Huge respect for steel workers.

awashintime.bsky.social•40 days ago

I worked for three summers to pay for school. Learned a lot. Especially about people. To the better.

eagerone.bsky.social•40 days ago

You are amazing Mark. Love to meet you someday.

crgshldn.bsky.social•40 days ago

What's your Morgantown connection?

jcommstudios.bsky.social•40 days ago

Unfortunately we've got to do this again. Didn't take long for the work many of us did in the 60's & early 70's to get undone.

"Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid...
Step out of line, the men come and take you away"

Can't afford to be afraid. RN

snapsterbo.bsky.social•40 days ago

The same verse got me. History keeps reminding us of our mistakes, but we must be tone deaf.

joel1006.bsky.social•37 days ago

Was that EKC by chance?

saneplanet.bsky.social•40 days ago

I was blessed 🇨🇦 who went to Berkeley for a semester and this song conjures up all the GOOD TROUBLE that took place in the 60s in Berkeley (and other campuses). I FEEL this song on a cellular level. Thx for the reminder!

clywrig.bsky.social•39 days ago

OMG! THERE is that flashback they promised me!

jldm.bsky.social•39 days ago

Right on Mark!

elon90.bsky.social•39 days ago

How are you doing today

mags1959.bsky.social•39 days ago

So much of the music of the 60's and 70's was politically motivated. I feel it shaped a generation. It certainly helped to shape me into the person I am today. I feel that was a good thing.

maryannfrank.bsky.social•39 days ago

Agreed!

loki1952.bsky.social•39 days ago

Born 1952. Grew up on all the anti-establishment and protest songs. Never forget my first Peace Concert. Dylan, Joan Baez, Jackson Brown, CSN&Y. Too many to name. We were on a mission to change the world. No tech media. Mostly music was our info medium.

saneplanet.bsky.social•39 days ago

In 2013 I ended up seeing this doc I'd never heard of....it won audience fave at Toronto Hot Docs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNGtfpim0OM

saneplanet.bsky.social•39 days ago

I was born in the early years of GenX so that's my music, and it def shaped who I am: My values/morals/ethics. Being sandwiched between Boomers + Millennials has been...interesting. Obv I'm generalizing, but I do see a marked difference....And, yes, it is a good thing :)

mags1959.bsky.social•39 days ago

I, myself am a Boomer. Love all that 60's and early 70's music. C, S, N, & Y. Peter, Paul, & Mary, Bob Dylan, Rare Earth, The Mamas & The Papas, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Etc. Still listen to it. 💙

maryannfrank.bsky.social•39 days ago

I find it makes me stop what I am doing to just listen.

helveringej.bsky.social•39 days ago

are you planning to see the dylan movie?

saneplanet.bsky.social•39 days ago

Been watching docs about not just the artists, but also these eras in music. I ended up seeing this when someone gave me a ticket to the 2013 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival — won audience fave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU09t0smAWI

beasink.bsky.social•39 days ago

Is there a generation gap now like the 60s? Doesn't seem like. But the reactionaries are definitely in power and we need a strong counter-culture!

saneplanet.bsky.social•39 days ago

Interesting question. I'm generalizing: Boomers + Millennials have a bad rep; former having sold out, the other growing up in a hyper-capitalist world. I do have hope for the likes of the @maxwellfrost.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social ....

henru-rust.bsky.social•39 days ago

50 is the new 30. Don't trust anyone over...

beasink.bsky.social•39 days ago

Wrong!!! There are still lots of Wise Ole People. They go to meditation retreats rather than watch Fox News and live on social media. Ageism deteriorates trust. And we need to unify and trust each other more than ever.

saneplanet.bsky.social•39 days ago

Thx, eh? I'm past his limits but I'm sure I'm wiser + smarter ;)
I don't know anyone who watches Fox (esp. since I'm 🇨🇦), I'm def. a Gen Xer, anti-establishment, question everything, a realistic progressive who's open-minded but stop at silly.

saneplanet.bsky.social•39 days ago

Ha, ha...but I'm....

elon90.bsky.social•39 days ago

How is everything going over there

b0ltme.bsky.social•39 days ago

Overdue for more

roni-may410.bsky.social•39 days ago

Time for some good trouble

saneplanet.bsky.social•39 days ago

More than ever.
https://bsky.app/profile/saneplanet.bsky.social/post/3lfplpdsc4k2o

ginmar.bsky.social•40 days ago

My Iraq CO loved 60s protest music. It's the best. Have you ever heard this one by Jackson Browne? https://youtu.be/o_8UAYJLU98?si=jsNv9CNekT7Rna3k

marthaier.bsky.social•39 days ago

I never heard this before. It is really good. Thank you! 💙☮️💙

uniqueseed.bsky.social•40 days ago

I am a huge Jackson fan but have never heard this song before.. Thank you for sharing.. So relevant right now!!!

firedupcarol.bsky.social•40 days ago

I graduated HS in 1968, so I remember the protest music, but I don't recall this one. It's beautiful. I love the flute. Thanks

sooze555.bsky.social•40 days ago

I remember this one. It was played on the TORONTO FM radio.

barbaraellers.bsky.social•39 days ago

To me, it sounds like a Peruvian pan pipe. This is a perfect song for the late 60s and for now. I hope it's shared and shared by more people.

firedupcarol.bsky.social•39 days ago

Whatever it is it's beautiful.

ginmar.bsky.social•39 days ago

Meant to reply but I'm feeling pretty sick. It's a great addition to the genre.

firedupcarol.bsky.social•39 days ago

Hope you are feeling better soon.🤗

ginmar.bsky.social•36 days ago

I'm still in the hospital, but I appreciate it. Hospitals need staff cats. I usually sleep like this.

leonhwagner.bsky.social•40 days ago

Echoes of Laurel Canyon.

bluedolomieu.bsky.social•40 days ago

A great and important song, thanks for posting

terryleigh.bsky.social•40 days ago

It’s from my era. I will be 67, this year.
Good call, Mark

socalcallie.bsky.social•40 days ago

I’m 68 and it speaks to
Me too.

keritakahashi.bsky.social•40 days ago

Only a few years before my time, so my perspective of being in the wake of that generation is That half the people were too busy thinking they were making a better world and tolerating the other half who JUST wanted no rules, to f***, and get high.

They became muggah. The dark side won.

robbied65.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'm 65 with older siblings. Great song, but isn't it sad all the music from the 60s that is again relevant?

madashellwvn.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes

terryleigh.bsky.social•40 days ago

Humans seem to need to learn the hard way. We keep repeating the same mistakes. The colonists were very outnumbered. If we want to hold on to our Democracy, we will need to use our brains.

benksyphoto.bsky.social•40 days ago

My era as well. I was more fond of the soul sounds of the 60s. When Sam of the Sam & Dave band died a few days ago I had flashbacks of being a 10-yr old in 67 hearing their music blasting from all the AM radios at the Jersey shore!

guntherbailey.bsky.social•40 days ago

65 here.

rafvedra.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is a reminder for us to pay attention and be the voice for change

gn4rest.bsky.social•40 days ago

Right there with ya, I’ll be 68 late this year. When I was a Cub Scout our pack leader took us on a train 20 miles to Clovis, NM to see Buffalo Springfield. They were there doing a meet and greet.

cbmcdougald.bsky.social•40 days ago

That is wicked cool!

gn4rest.bsky.social•39 days ago

There was a small commuter train that ran from Portales to Clovis several times a day. Buffalo Springfield was passing through and I guess their promoter set it up. They were at the Santa Fe Depot.

reno419.bsky.social•40 days ago

I remember being in my 6th grade class on November 22, 1963 when the principal rushed in crying... President Kennedy has been shot

gn4rest.bsky.social•39 days ago

I think I was in first or second grade.

radiogaga75.bsky.social•40 days ago

What a cool pack leader.

terryleigh.bsky.social•40 days ago

You hear this song and you are instantly young inside your heart. Right?

56whodoyouknow.bsky.social•40 days ago

Absolutely I'm 10 Y. O. Again.

piper44501.bsky.social•39 days ago

Absolutely. Music - the universal language moving through the ages…..

shridan.bsky.social•40 days ago

My thought exactly 👍

gjakobs.bsky.social•40 days ago

Stills and Young look like kids! And they practically were. Great music from the best era.

tommiegirl12.bsky.social•40 days ago

Simply yes

bexmg.bsky.social•40 days ago

Absolutely. Worked in Dallas as a DJ for a radio station for 14 years. Our format was 70/90’s rock/pop. This would get in at times. 👍🏻😎

wilsones13.bsky.social•40 days ago

Absolutely. So hopeful, young, full of dreams we & me were hearing it. To this day decades later it brings tears to my eyes. Just happy I'm around people who feel the same when it plays.

cinnamonalice.bsky.social•40 days ago

I am 68 too. We had idealism and hope then, when the country was seemingly falling apart. I wish we were back there, now.

llkrantz.bsky.social•40 days ago

Brings tears to my eyes as well.

terryleigh.bsky.social•40 days ago

It’s a big comfort in these uncertain times. Glad we are all here, together, Elizabeth.
💙🦋💙

michaelpacholek.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'd rather be Neil Young inside my fingers. I'd be able to live through this kind of outside stress if I had that kind of inside skill.

ddnmia.bsky.social•40 days ago

Wow, they played in Clovis?

gn4rest.bsky.social•40 days ago

No, they were passing through and had the event at the train station.

ddnmia.bsky.social•39 days ago

Okay, that makes more sense. I don't think Clovis would have been a large venue. Nothing against Clovis though. Clovis is great, it's just not a very big town.

gnarlygeek.bsky.social•39 days ago

I'll be 73 in March. This got played on a loop for my final 3 years in high school. And we still weren't listening to the warning.

goodhart1989.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'm 70--I bought the 45 as soon as I heard it on my tinny transistor radio. It is a good call.

hiwire2.bsky.social•40 days ago

Me too! I’ll be 70 this year, grew up in Oak Lawn✋

goodhart1989.bsky.social•39 days ago

Love it!

londonreed.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hey youngster. I will be 80 next December. Fortunately, I am still immature.
Me on the beach for my birthday in December.

bboxart.bsky.social•35 days ago

You don't look a day over 30 !

terryleigh.bsky.social•35 days ago

lol
Thank you!

oregonwinewoman.bsky.social•40 days ago

Myself as well, over 70 and ready to carry a sign.

ttownretired.bsky.social•38 days ago

Just hit 67 January 2nd. 58 was a very good year

wilsones13.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yep. My mom played it all the time. She'd educate me about what was going on. O we'd dance, mom & her sisters. Then came Are You Going To San Francisco? we went with flowers in our hair. OMG damn cold city but beautiful. The Last Black Man in San Francisco, movie made me cry. Old, sentimental.

lindosh.bsky.social•40 days ago

I will be 69 this year. Takes me back - happy days.

kodiak-labrador.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just turned 66 on the 9th, what an era it was.

turkturkleton.bsky.social•40 days ago

Same here! In March. Another 58' model. Twas a good year. 😻

kjo419.bsky.social•40 days ago

🙋‍♀️ me too!!

vickiels.bsky.social•40 days ago

62 here. Or will be. Soon..😒

les73.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'll be 69 and not mighty fine with the route the world is taking.

planetgaia.bsky.social•40 days ago

Stop
Look what’s going round- nature thinks it’s too PROFOUND. We agree 🦋🐝🐦‍⬛🐳🌻🌸

touchstones.bsky.social•39 days ago

Love people like you and Scott Galloway who did well ($), do good (heart), and remember and talk about where you came from (humility, grace). There is a hunger for these stories. A program, podcast, call in show. And just tell stories about real (little) people, living life, doing good.

ken-rogers.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yep, I love that tune. And it is so strikingly different from the top 20 that year.

snapsterbo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thanks for the memory blast from the past. Going off to listen to every song. 🫶

jscoffee.bsky.social•40 days ago

Song titles for 1,2,3,5 and a few others are on point

danielj5.bsky.social•40 days ago

Sing acapella Mark.

pettay.bsky.social•40 days ago

Had the pleasure of being in Morgantown on a work trip last April. Beautiful area. Shot from my hotel room window and then from the Buffalo Wild Wings parking lot right up the street.

artemisprime.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is one of those times I wish I could visit someone’s memory.

tamiguitar.bsky.social•39 days ago

One of my fav groups!

tomsmithtech.com•40 days ago

@mcuban.bsky.social Which camp? Emma Kauffman, maybe Camp Muffley?
I live in Morgantown. I know Pittsburgh isn’t that far away, but I’m still surprised!

mewmew13.bsky.social•40 days ago

also in this clip..at about 15:50-ish...he explains what happened and how he wrote it ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igEJ0spbrsg

frmrusmcpltsgt.bsky.social•39 days ago

The song that starts at around 20:57 is the real deal though

Never heard it before, it blew my mind.
Why haven’t I heard it before……..

snapsterbo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thanks for sharing this! Very interesting. And yes, 🥴😵‍💫🥴 he's high AF. 🤣🤣

mewmew13.bsky.social•40 days ago

he is high AF in the clip 😆 but love to listen to him--I think he was a musical genius

alwaysthinkhow.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yep, high as a kite. This is probably the best written story of what really happened. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-05-me-then5-story.html

dopplerinc.bsky.social•40 days ago

Announce a bid for the Presidency and form a "shadow cabinet" as per Timothy Snyder... please.

andyjabbour.bsky.social•40 days ago

There have been a lot of covers but this version still sounds the best.

bwp.bsky.social•40 days ago

Wrong. This is 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYNSSkOOTBk&pp=ygUYRHVzdHkgU3ByaW5nZmllbGQgbWFzaHVw

snapsterbo.bsky.social•40 days ago

I love ALL music & although I liked the version you shared, I have to say the original wins for me. It gets the seriousness of the song's meaning across better with its more melodramatic tone. Yours feels more like a dance party than shining the light on injustice, which is the point to the song. 😉

bwp.bsky.social•39 days ago

In general, I almost always prefer songs the way the original artist recorded and/or performed a song. The wink was to show I was being a little playful with my declaration.

I love mashups though because they, imho, too are a kind of protest, highlighting music isn’t created but reinterpreted

andyjabbour.bsky.social•39 days ago

Agree. I love genre mashups. Ever since I heard Anthrax and Public Enemy come together I've loved it.

andyjabbour.bsky.social•40 days ago

Okay, how did I never hear that before?!

joanne10.bsky.social•40 days ago

Love this song! Also, He Ain't Heavy, he's my brother by the Hollies. Great songs!

socinvestigator.bsky.social•39 days ago

Teach Your Children CSNY

Imagine by John Lennon

Peace Train Cat Stevens

funkyartlady.bsky.social•40 days ago

One of my favorite songs. And I'm not THAT old Mark...

mindob.bsky.social•40 days ago

So love this song

themisfitheathen.bsky.social•40 days ago

One thing I love about you, Mr. Cuban is your taste in music. I disagree with you on quite a few things, but music is a great unifier and will always trump politics.

corithna.bsky.social•40 days ago

Well posted Mark. Well done sir.

bluedoggy.bsky.social•40 days ago

It is clear. It is fascism.

tartinitone.bsky.social•40 days ago

This version captures my mood a little better.

https://youtu.be/3V8VvEzuQ6Y?si=Dqp7INek4u1WAY0k

alilnightmusing.bsky.social•40 days ago

Mr Soul was a song of its time, dang.

alilnightmusing.bsky.social•40 days ago

This whole thing is wild. Buffalo Springfield maybe made a $ or two in their time. Mr Soul was objectively their entry into the current music scene which wasn’t so tuned-in to country music. They regrouped and renamed themselves shortly after.

grunteledboomer.bsky.social•40 days ago

One of the BEST concerts I ever went to be the Beach Boys, Strawberry Alarm Clock, AND Buffalo, in San Antonio, Tx, in 1968. I was in the Air Force at the time. April 15th.

alilnightmusing.bsky.social•40 days ago

Sounds great. The Beach Boys played a Moratorium just once, and I remembered why we loved them.

temple42.bsky.social•39 days ago

whoa, I'd forgotten about the Moratoriums

sunpowered.bsky.social•39 days ago

I went to John Jay HS and delivered pizzas to the guys on Lackland. It was a fun job. Used to go to the skating rink there on Fridays. All those guys leaving for Vietnam. Crazy times.

meme55.bsky.social•40 days ago

YES!

sorrisa7.bsky.social•40 days ago

I remember my dad calling me in the watch this. I was doing homework… He didn’t enjoy it at all, called it “ that noise you teenagers like”
☺️

web-bruin.bsky.social•39 days ago

The Rock & R&B of that era will forever be unmatched.

lokabe.bsky.social•40 days ago

All the guys in suits, then there’s good ole “Shakey” doing his thing.

katmctee.bsky.social•39 days ago

This is the only version that matters. Take a seat, Steve.

grunteledboomer.bsky.social•40 days ago

That was good, but THIS was the one I think more remember better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk

raesanders.bsky.social•40 days ago

I seriously can’t believe you shared this! All time great protest song! 🦋💙🦋
You’ve got a rebel heart!

clyper.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes a great song about tearing down a nightclub that many people loved. Dennis Hopper got some great pictures there.

kayzeebee.bsky.social•40 days ago

Stephen Stills would still play that great song when touring with Crosby, Stills and Nash. So cool to see it live!

harveys59.bsky.social•40 days ago

The 60’s is another era of music we are needing now! Bring it all back so people will remember!

barbseey.bsky.social•40 days ago

i enjoyed listening to this. Thanks for putting me on.

hudvalguy.bsky.social•39 days ago

Vibe for today? This has been one of my ringtones since Bush invades Iraq on a whim of wmd thst didn’t exist.

binamig.bsky.social•39 days ago

I've been listening to a lot of my activist days music. Mostly to remember how much we won then...

to have lost so much so fast hurts deep.

boudicasghost.bsky.social•39 days ago

That is SO SO SO true.

mikeirion.bsky.social•39 days ago

Dirty Heads do a great cover. This is also one of those songs that the title is not in the lyrics

dggleason.bsky.social•40 days ago

I’ve been thinking the same thing.

emmaellen.bsky.social•40 days ago

Amazing song and Stevie Nicks cover is mind blowing.

mgpie14.bsky.social•40 days ago

I think this will be the protest song generation (the second one)

icyhoturbeanbag.bsky.social•40 days ago

Love you Cubes

keriqbaum.bsky.social•40 days ago

YES!!! This song! 🩵

shine054.bsky.social•40 days ago

brought tears to my eyes then, and even more so now
😥

lieutdan.bsky.social•40 days ago

Spot On! especially

"...paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep..."
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/in-no-one-we-trust/?_r=0

mialis.bsky.social•40 days ago

Perfect.
"The ’67 uprisings helped to usher in a new era of Black activism..."
“The Black community was definitely empowered,”
"Over the summer of ’67, violent unrest erupted in scores of U.S. cities, including Milwaukee, Buffalo, Tampa and Cincinnati..."
https://www.history.com/news/1967-summer-riots-detroit-newark-kerner-commission

seashell-kittens.bsky.social•40 days ago

I don't think we quite are at Vietnam-level awareness just yet, but the American public is beginning to finally wake up from the Red vs Blue sports haze.

artemida63.bsky.social•40 days ago

I truly hope so, but the last elections proved otherwise

kennyboo22.bsky.social•40 days ago

🤞🤞

mrsmithsdaughter.bsky.social•40 days ago

I hope you’re right.
Just a note. “For What It’s Worth” isn’t about the Vietnam war.
“Buffalo Springfield's song ‘For What It's Worth’ is about the Sunset Strip curfew riots of 1966 and the band's stance on anti-loitering laws.”

dugenotsofresh.bsky.social•40 days ago

Gods I hope so...

grunteledboomer.bsky.social•40 days ago

We are well PAST that level, in awareness, but not quite there yet in the response. It's coming, I can feel it building. And I WAS there for the other.

socinvestigator.bsky.social•39 days ago

I hope

justme78.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://youtu.be/ixZDTiXiHsc?si=olYja5YS40eNGYuq
this is one id say fits best. I want others to be as pissed as I am about EVERYTHING going on and absolute SILENCE from the ACTUAL President and other leaders. if I wasn't such a coward myself I would DO SOMETHING about it. Here is the torch , there is the door.

jfm0620.bsky.social•40 days ago

It sure does.

eevie24.bsky.social•40 days ago

Love this song. Yes, still fits for today's persona...

rodneyharwood.bsky.social•40 days ago

Here’s another one

socalcallie.bsky.social•40 days ago

If only the folks will listen.

bubbielou.bsky.social•40 days ago

Since 2016 I have often thought about the line from this song, "hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace". Not much has changed has it?

rodneyharwood.bsky.social•40 days ago

25 years since it was written it’s the same ol disgrace

doreen123.bsky.social•40 days ago

Absolutely! Still relevant.

julianstrange.bsky.social•40 days ago

Cold war had to be scary times. We’ve gotten used to Mutually Assured Destruction, but imagine getting used to it

circlelady.bsky.social•40 days ago

Playing it right now. Glad to see you posted it.

zircondonn.bsky.social•40 days ago

Played it a couple of days ago along with an interview ith Barry McGuire, worth finding

rodneyharwood.bsky.social•40 days ago

25 years later and it’s the same old world

embeekay.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thanks for sharing this. I was 4 when this came out but I had older brothers that brought this record into our house. They and their friends also played it. Such a great song.

l-a-nana.bsky.social•40 days ago

God. I remember singing that song in Rome, coming home from school, on the Marymount school bus.
You're right: it speaks to today.
❤️!!

jamie1074.bsky.social•40 days ago

Oh I love this song!

dmcl1958.bsky.social•40 days ago

Its perfect.

shortcathy.bsky.social•39 days ago

What’s old is new again.

devinmason802.bsky.social•40 days ago

I love #BillyPorter 's cover of this song.

glenn61.bsky.social•38 days ago

I like the way you think, mon ami. 👍

peterfoco.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just by chance my wife and I watched this last night. It’s prescient. An even more powerful warning. Amazing acting too.

https://youtu.be/T3taV43-lGc?si=rgRqH9aen49cCtzM

peterfoco.bsky.social•40 days ago

The condensed version of the message.

https://youtu.be/ACS7DZAUx6Q?si=2Kc7qt9QMwDXeDMC

nfny1960.bsky.social•39 days ago

Have you seen "A Face in the Crowd"? Still as relevant today as it was in 1957. If only we'd paid attention.

peterfoco.bsky.social•39 days ago

No, but it just went to the top of my list. Thanks for the recommendation! We need to stay vigilant.

mags1959.bsky.social•39 days ago

I will definitely look into it. Thanks for posting.

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cbarn.bsky.social•39 days ago

Watched it a couple of months ago. The big difference today is that if his followers heard those hot mic comments, they’d insist it was AI manipulation/fake news the way they denied his remarks about vets and the military. “He never said those things! LIES from the liberal media cabal!”

nfny1960.bsky.social•39 days ago

You're right about that. They want to make excuses rather than admit they were conned.

bcove.bsky.social•39 days ago

If you're into reading, check out "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis. It is EXACTLY what's happening to us right now. I just hope it doesn't continue as it does in the book or we are all screwed!

lisasully1015.bsky.social•39 days ago

Watched the trailer, it was the first time I seen Judy Garland in something beside the wizard of oz. My dad used to watch old movies, & as a child maybe 9y old, make us watch, one was The Caine Mutiny, & I wound up liking it

robertcopeland.bsky.social•39 days ago

A must watch right now.

lrosenthal.bsky.social•39 days ago

This media request feed sounds like mine for the last year . Judgement at Nuremberg, yes. Kids today have no idea of the bad trouble they’re all conjured

tilghmac.bsky.social•39 days ago

Justice at Nuremberg, great book

resisterpa.bsky.social•40 days ago

I watched that recently too. Spencer Tracy’s words at the end of the trial definitely resonate with today.

peterfoco.bsky.social•39 days ago

In light of these special councils report that came out last night, those words seem even more relevant.

jllites.bsky.social•40 days ago

A great film!!

sjobart.bsky.social•39 days ago

Wonderful movie.

ruprecht-monkeeboy.bsky.social•39 days ago

I'm old enough to have seen them on the Muppet Show! It was awesome!

53beth.bsky.social•39 days ago

Feel we are all in the Muppet Show

gmc62.bsky.social•39 days ago

First thing that entered my mind when I heard it again !

seamus86.bsky.social•39 days ago

Absolutely!

bethr298.bsky.social•40 days ago

You picked the right one for now. Loved it then, loved it now.

uptownclaire.bsky.social•40 days ago

That’s a power group there with Steven Stills and Neil Young! Love them.

socalcallie.bsky.social•40 days ago

This song speaks through the the decades…it’s as real today as is it was almost 60 years ago…The Age of Aquarius.
We are in this weird time line again. We will survive, and will be better because of this strangeness. Stay strong and resist.

sociable-hermit.bsky.social•40 days ago

If you're in Scandinavia, facing a three-way war between the Americans, Russia, and the EU, this might be more appropriate?
https://youtu.be/J1XHDlmDKK8?si=K6j8Aj0Tuj3eDDZw

cubluejays.bsky.social•40 days ago

perfect

indivisiblenwi.bsky.social•40 days ago

Definitely

sandrahere.bsky.social•40 days ago

Agree.
I was 14 yrs old when it came out.
Heavy stuff going on in the US and world then and now.
🎶 "Something's happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear" 🎵

socalcallie.bsky.social•40 days ago

I’m 68, I remember wondering if we would ever have a normal life… no, the answer is no. It’s just as turbulent now as it was then…even worse now. We have a criminal going into the Whitehouse.

themightybmz.bsky.social•39 days ago

I think these protest songs really shaped the younger half of the Boomers. No we didn't go to Woodstock and the war ended by the time most of us turned 18 but we did keep the work in quieter ways for education, gay rights and strengthening the strings of the social safety net.
Now we start again.

socalcallie.bsky.social•39 days ago

I absolutely agree. It’s feels like we’re going to have to do it again, I think the work must always be on going. Democracy is messy…

themightybmz.bsky.social•39 days ago

Lots of work to be done when to the younger generations Not fair, Not right is about not getting the latest gadgets immediately when they come out. Too much of the music is fluff since rap lost its popularity. They don't even feel Defying Gravity the same as we do.

nana5r.bsky.social•39 days ago

Thanks Mark. I needed that today

verajf.bsky.social•40 days ago

I got game

https://youtu.be/sv0f98fdMh4?si=AnKXqQ7rtXeU4yxg

rainbowcollective.bsky.social•39 days ago

Naturally you want to play the two songs back to back … and smoke a doobie while you’re at it.

karmaiscoming.bsky.social•40 days ago

Also "Golden County"- REO Speedwagon

kerrystories.bsky.social•40 days ago

Brilliant - great song

blabalino.com•40 days ago

OMG, I just found the perfect Trump anthem for "Yippee, we're invading Greenland (Country Joe and the Fish from Woodstock): https://youtu.be/ft0vkKCadgk?si=xMQR64JuL_7j1MN3

endlesscuriosity.bsky.social•40 days ago

Meanwhile, Trump was getting his fugazy doctor’s note for bone spurs.

emilylevine56.bsky.social•40 days ago

Saw them perform this.
Memories . . .

babyjesuscries4us.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is why they eliminated the draft. To eliminate the white upper middle class and middle class protest vote against wars.

blabalino.com•40 days ago

I actually read an article by some professor who claimed that once. I'll have to see if I can find it.

babyjesuscries4us.bsky.social•40 days ago

It makes sense. This is why the billionaires want an underclass without wealth and don't want things like universal health care, or universal basic income. so that the military is their only way out.
Note that military is a socialist org economically, once youre in. free medical, cheap food,

mermerlkwd.bsky.social•39 days ago

I'd forgotten about this song.

jukesgrrl.bsky.social•40 days ago

I thought I was the only one who still thinks about that song. "And it's 1, 2, 3, what're we fighting for?
don't ask me, I don't give a damn
next stop is GREEN-LAAND
and it's 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
well there ain't no time to wonder why
whoopee! we're all gonna die!"

blabalino.com•40 days ago

Yeah it would be great for Trump's follies. War isn't funny so we need to stop him. Found it searching for 60's songs. 🤣

jukesgrrl.bsky.social•40 days ago

This verse also works great.
"well c'mon generals, let's move fast
your big chance has come at last
gotta go out and get those Reds
the only good Commie is one who's dead
and you know that peace can only be won
when we've blown ‘em all to kingdom come!"

lawomansharon.bsky.social•40 days ago

Well, Come on mothers throughout the land
Pack your boys off to Vietnam
Come on fathers don’t hesitate
Send em off before it’s too late
Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box

conmom222.bsky.social•40 days ago

Come on, all of you big, strong men
Felon tRump needs a helping hand
Got himself in a terrible jam
Way up yonder in Greenland
So put down your books and pick up a gun
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun!
And it's 1, 2, 3...

magnus919.com•40 days ago

What are we fighting for?

blabalino.com•40 days ago

One more song I turned up from this period that is relevant today: The Doors, The End (From Apocalypse Now): https://youtu.be/wyIC-_eHSS0?si=OwyqtT-zBnTUBaEx

p-za.bsky.social•39 days ago

Forgot about this one--this is the end my friend.

blabalino.com•40 days ago

I think this might be the original video for "Fortunate Son" which appears to be a story of how the rich get bone spurs and the poor get shrapnel wounds. Trump's threats to invade other countries is no joke: https://youtu.be/jFv_yIXxasM?si=wdwenn5SUDOOc9Rr

bigg95973.bsky.social•40 days ago

That’s from Apocalypse Now.
The song was in the movie.

emilylevine56.bsky.social•40 days ago

We didn't have "videos" for songs back then.

The irony: Trump played this song at his rallies.

blabalino.com•40 days ago

Yeah, I guess MTV didn't show up until 15 years later. No music videos, no Internet, no social media - how the world has changed.

emilylevine56.bsky.social•40 days ago

No personal computers. . .

We listened to the radio, bought vinyl . . . .

"Video Killed the Radio Star . . . " 🎵🎶

I'm glad I was a kid and a teenager in the pre-digital age.

blabalino.com•40 days ago

Hey, I actually own Vinyl. I have a nice Rega P6 Turntable with an Apheta cartridge and some clean vinyl sounds better than 24/48 FLAC digital through my much more expensive Meridian DAC. You need to go up to 24/96+ and even then the soundstage and depth often isn't as good. What's up with that?

blabalino.com•40 days ago

A good example of something that sounds extraordinarily better on vinyl than digital is Codex XVI by Shpongle. I know how digital music works and it's not the digitization that's the problem it's subtle distortion during filtering. Precision ladder DACs generally sound best.

emilylevine56.bsky.social•40 days ago

I loved seeing them.

Analog, baby.

emilylevine56.bsky.social•40 days ago

About ten years ago our local art house film place didn't receive the digital print of a film and could only get an actual film copy. When I was watching, I couldn't figure out what looked weird--and it was those scratch lines that had become invisible to us.
Can't relate to your technical obsession

emilylevine56.bsky.social•40 days ago

We didn't care about the crackle of abused scratched albums.
Like the scratch lines on movies from running through the projectors---we didn't even see them.

frankslartibart.bsky.social•40 days ago

The question about how nobody on the Trump team spotted that obvious faux pas is easily answered...

Remember when he was boarding that 'plane and he had a bit of toilet paper stuck to his show?

Nobody said anything. They all hate his guts

emilylevine56.bsky.social•39 days ago

I think it was for different reasons.

blabalino.com•40 days ago

I've been researching the protest movement during the Viet Nam war since I think we may be heading into a comparable period of social unrest. It's amazing how many relevant songs keep popping up in results. Here's a 60's song that is spot on in this time of unequal justice: https://youtu.be/ZWijx_AgPiA?si=BkRAmbuHndMA7DA6

socalcallie.bsky.social•40 days ago

If only the folks will listen…

blabalino.com•37 days ago

The most startling line in this song is the one that implies that the rich actually had to pay taxes back then. 🤨

firedupcarol.bsky.social•40 days ago

I loved the CCR🎵

j3bster.bsky.social•39 days ago

You’re so right! It’s perfect for today.

blueinmo1957.bsky.social•39 days ago

Fuck the rich war mongering cunts who profit off WMD's that destroy humanity. Not since WW2 has any war been justified!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztZI2aLQ9Sw

blueinmo1957.bsky.social•40 days ago

My first real boy friend died in Vietnam. I was 15 he was 18, my life spiraled down and everything I dreamed of disappeared in a instant....

mollyjones.bsky.social•39 days ago

I understand, and I'm sorry 💔

Some things take time, and sometimes, time stands still.

blueinmo1957.bsky.social•39 days ago

Life moves on but it's not the same or what it should have been. Sick of old men sending young men to kill other young men they don't even know.

jonesgrrl.bsky.social•37 days ago

My dad was a Marine and he would say “War is Hell.” These days it’s the rich men who make money from it who want war.

mollyjones.bsky.social•37 days ago

True.

mollyjones.bsky.social•39 days ago

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

~President Jimmy Carter ~

solitarycamel.bsky.social•40 days ago

Clutch does an incredible cover of this that has even -more- fury than the original.

grannyturtle45.bsky.social•40 days ago

Don’t forget Crosby Stills and Nash’s song “Ohio.” A student protest was put down by the National Guard on a college campus and it turned deadly.

https://youtu.be/6FpakQiF2Jk?si=Nyms7gskLGcbanaE

mountainparrot57.bsky.social•40 days ago

You guys are killing it. I'm going to make a play list from this thread!

stacyinthelou.bsky.social•40 days ago

Can we make a channel with all the best protest music?

jay9b.bsky.social•40 days ago

I just heard Eve of Destruction by the Grassroots the other day - still so relevant today

sheilanewyrbabe.bsky.social•40 days ago

Eve of Destruction was performed by Barry McGuire. I have the 45. Maybe some other group covered it but his gritty voice was perfect.

bigg95973.bsky.social•40 days ago

Barry McGuire originally did it

https://youtu.be/qfZVu0alU0I?si=6sYQzlzmMsgEwPrn

stacyinthelou.bsky.social•39 days ago

I made the Feed tonight! It's called Protest Songs. Not sure how to share it here.

socinvestigator.bsky.social•39 days ago

I put together a playlist that included some of these old songs a few months ago & labeled it Idealist. Comforting somehow.

darasings.bsky.social•40 days ago

Check out Dylan’s Masters of War. As an aside, there was a bit of a to-do over it as the song uses the melody of Jean Ritchie’s “Nottamun Town”which was also a commentary on society.

juliadilliard.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great song.🎶🎵🎶

luissamsa.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great finding for me, Mark! I'm nearly 50, english is my second language, human nature doesn't seem will change ever.

m-cuban1.bsky.social•39 days ago

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jjt13.bsky.social•40 days ago

OMG - A classic - One of my all time favorites - truer now than when it was released! Thank you!! 🥰

kercher.bsky.social•40 days ago

One of my favorites ❤️

leiwhoah.bsky.social•40 days ago

Dang Mark .. you just made my day.

cherylkartist.bsky.social•20 days ago

It never gets old. 😊

docrodi.bsky.social•40 days ago

An oldie but definitely a goodie.

hopefullhippy.bsky.social•39 days ago

All the older(my music),is relevant today! War protest songs, because make no mistake, we are in a war. Good and evil 👿

libend.bsky.social•39 days ago

One of my favorites and it’s even worse now than it was during Vietnam

clywrig.bsky.social•39 days ago

Is it really worse? Kent State, Republican lies {daily body counts in 'Nam), the Weathermen. On the good trouble side: Non-violent protests, the Black Panthers. The times change, the actors don't seem to.

lmilhon.bsky.social•39 days ago

Yes, it is worse. Back then we were against the government and the war. Now the government is against us.

drunkenknights.bsky.social•39 days ago

We lost 45K in 10K days of Vietnam. We lost that in a month with COVID.
Bird flu takes off in a big way, that could be a day, and RFK Jr. is about to take the wheel for disease management.
Things are veering off the cliff.

clywrig.bsky.social•39 days ago

Yeah, I know, but as a survivor of the 60s, despite my best efforts and GREAT drugs, I can't find it in myself to bet against all that is good about our species or existence. It is the light emitted by good people and their acts that CANNOT be extinguished that sustains me. More now than ever.

stockdogranch.bsky.social•39 days ago

Who would have ever thought it could be worse than then?

libend.bsky.social•39 days ago

Waaay worse

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texasyellowrose.bsky.social•39 days ago

I agree. We’re in for even darker times.

angrynco.bsky.social•40 days ago

True, and unfortunately Ohio by CSN&Y may also be the vibe soon

sjlessman.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://youtu.be/MN_9VqfVQ9c?si=Nnd2qiexYpW9fjd8

stacijroth.bsky.social•40 days ago

"Tin solders and Trump's a-comin'" both fits the cadence of the tune and the unease of the moment.

cvhg.bsky.social•40 days ago

This song has never been more valid than now.

stemgirlz.bsky.social•40 days ago

A Boomer anthem I remember well

allabenfineart.bsky.social•39 days ago

That was regarding the Vietnam war protests that were going on around the country. Buffalo Springfield was a wonderful voice for protest. We need even louder protests today!

larklyn.bsky.social•39 days ago

Sorry to contradict but it was written in response to the Sunset riots over teen curfews.

allabenfineart.bsky.social•39 days ago

Yeah, well it was used for reference to the Vietnam war protests too. How's that for an escape? Lol

blueskyuser49.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is my generation. 18 yo and NAM in 2 years

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msmcdole.bsky.social•40 days ago

Paranoia runs deep.

msmcdole.bsky.social•40 days ago

I play it often, for what it’s worth. Grew up with them playing this.

suof.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you Mark! I have always appreciated that song.

bolsadegas.bsky.social•40 days ago

But a duck walk, really?

dssdentaggrssor.bsky.social•40 days ago

Stephen Stills in a goofy ass hat probably pisses him off, but he's outlived many critics so I'll defer.. Great song.

fedup90611.bsky.social•40 days ago

I heard this song the other day and I thought how relevant for today we are still fighting for our rights. There will be Thousands of people in the street on January 18 “The Peoples March” the fight continues.

skharr.bsky.social•40 days ago

Love this then, and it's perfect now. Here's another one.

https://youtu.be/pijkLJ6LQuo?si=JKSC1KFxLEJqNcek

I'm a card carring democrat now. I only wish Trump would listen to this song. It's got a lot of good points

crescendoofpeace.bsky.social•40 days ago

Still one of my favorites.

Steven Stills was always a favorite of mine. Great singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

mrsmithsdaughter.bsky.social•40 days ago

I feel in love with Stephen Stills in the summer of 1966 when I saw Buffalo Springfield performing on “Where the Action Is”. 💕

yknot05.bsky.social•23 days ago

All it took was for you to post that image and I knew what was coming.
Great song then - appropriate for 2025 times.
Brought back a lot of memories.

sharonformerrepub.bsky.social•40 days ago

What is happening is we are a stupid country. Willfully ignorant low information voters elected an abject moron traitor.

miamoe.bsky.social•40 days ago

The national illiteracy rate is embarrassing.

patek-svendsen.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yep, probably get us all killed.

stewiegriffin52.bsky.social•36 days ago

Biden will be gone in 3 days, relax.

cjsteeler.bsky.social•36 days ago

thats why we voted for Trump. the demos put up a traitor and replaced him with an absolute moron

sharonformerrepub.bsky.social•36 days ago

What planet do you live on?

cjsteeler.bsky.social•36 days ago

the planet you should try living on

shanjeniah.bsky.social•35 days ago

Your opinion is noted and logged.

cjsteeler.bsky.social•35 days ago

👌

jcav606.bsky.social•40 days ago

Twice!!!

4ann-marie.bsky.social•40 days ago

There was a lot more Power To The People then.

nancytervalon.bsky.social•40 days ago

We could have more power today if people would stop voting for insurrectionists, sexual abusers and thieves.

zimslim.bsky.social•40 days ago

6 more days

elpadrinostill.bsky.social•40 days ago

Sure does. I’ve thought about this fitting song many a time in the last 9yrs.

c-leewest.bsky.social•39 days ago

Absolutely. Thanks for sharing. Songs of my generation helped us get through 1960s and 1970s strife and still speak, unfortunately, to today’s cultural and political stresses. Keep your voice front and center, Mark.

ten-brick-tan.bsky.social•39 days ago

Is this an anti-war song, or a reaction to that movement? I wasn’t sure

c-leewest.bsky.social•39 days ago

It also became an anthem against the Kent State killings and against the Vietnam War, actually anything at that time where the police state tried to suppress protests and intimidate protesters. I lived in LA and participated in protests where 100s of police were called in to quash our protests.

c-leewest.bsky.social•39 days ago

Here’s a link that has the story behind Stephen Stills’s lyrics. https://wcsx.com/listicle/the-story-of-buf

fireonice54.bsky.social•39 days ago

Love that you found this on my favorite Detroit station.

c-leewest.bsky.social•39 days ago

https://wcsx.com/listicle/the-story-of-buf

larklyn.bsky.social•39 days ago

It was written about the disturbances on Sunset Blvd when police forcefully implemented a curfew for teens.

cryptofellatx.bsky.social•39 days ago

The disturbances on Sunset Boulevard occurred when police enforced a curfew for teens, leading to protests and tensions between law enforcement and youth. Many young people felt the curfew was an infringement on their rights, resulting in significant unrest and demonstrations in the area.

brodystewart.bsky.social•39 days ago

Dm me to get paid

cinniejo.bsky.social•35 days ago

OLD?!? it's been playing in my head for Decades(guess it is old lol!)

luv4calif.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/luv4calif.bsky.social/post/3lflswyi5ik2z This song is more pertinent for right now.

justjacquenette.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thoughtful choice, sort of sad as well.

blitheginger.bsky.social•39 days ago

This song has played in my head ever since I was a kid, when I watched Forrest Gump for the first time.

fritzee.bsky.social•39 days ago

💯

truckerjc.bsky.social•40 days ago

Love this song

moveoverandforward.bsky.social•39 days ago

Hugh Buffalo Springfield fan, and yes it's on point

sunshine-419.bsky.social•39 days ago

Same here...amazing the groups that came out it as well!

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pro-democracy59.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hey, who you callin' old? 🤣

debbie1014.bsky.social•40 days ago

It sounds like it was made for now!

angeledehart.bsky.social•40 days ago

I am just learning that this song had an entirely different name. I thought it was “Everybody Look What’s Going Down.” Quite apropos.

profelarry.bsky.social•40 days ago

We all have our "mondegreens" (a fun word that means that you hear something else that you believe is the true lyric).

Another one that's very apropos is "Ohio" by CSN&Y.

The Forrest Gump soundtrack has a lot of great stuff from our era.

anonamoosetx.bsky.social•39 days ago

Thank you. I had never heard this word. I live with someone who is a master of mondegreens!!

anonamoosetx.bsky.social•39 days ago

Plus, Ohio is a great song. I hope we don't end up with more like it in the coming years.

profelarry.bsky.social•39 days ago

Amen. In whichever language you want to say it. Or give it to the universe.

moonbeamsassafrass.bsky.social•39 days ago

cuz:
"If you smile at me, I will understand
'Cause that is something
everybody everywhere does
In the same language

moonbeamsassafrass.bsky.social•39 days ago

10 soldiers & Nixon coming (I think it should be TIN soldiers cuz it was like they were robots) But I am tired of ppl correcting me💙😂💙

profelarry.bsky.social•39 days ago

One tin soldier rides away... Billy Jack.

moonbeamsassafrass.bsky.social•39 days ago

Go ahead and hate your neighbor ... people on either side, making like an aisle... As Billy Jack
walks through towards the sheriff

zoidberg101.bsky.social•40 days ago

One of the all-time great songs of that era!

gg1100.bsky.social•40 days ago

A favorite

sammythecat.bsky.social•40 days ago

One of the greatest songs ❤️

radioma.bsky.social•2 days ago

Literally been humming this all damn day

scorch-em.bsky.social•35 days ago

What's old isn't anymore. We're living in an Alternate Universe.

eddie2721819.bsky.social•40 days ago

Wow. I haven't heard that song in years, but I am reminded how much I loved it as a kid in the 60s and ever since. Thanks for the memories!

goforthejoy.bsky.social•40 days ago

Funnily enough that song has been on my mind in the last while. Thanks for the share!

kimcat44.bsky.social•40 days ago

for sure
...something happening here

roadreclaimed.bsky.social•40 days ago

This one as well... https://youtu.be/fPr3yvkHYsE?feature=shared

socalcallie.bsky.social•40 days ago

If only folks will listen.

kathleenn.bsky.social•25 days ago

💙 love this. We need more inspirational music like this for the hellzone we are in right now.

mountainparrot57.bsky.social•40 days ago

Love this song

oaq2017.bsky.social•40 days ago

This one is my favorite

stuckatthisbit.bsky.social•40 days ago

Sam’s answer to Blowin’ in the Wind

sf4womensrights.bsky.social•40 days ago

I 💙 Sam Cooke. Just beautiful.

marthaier.bsky.social•40 days ago

What fantastic comments. You all brightened my evening!

marthaier.bsky.social•40 days ago

I love this song. We saw CSNY perform it live at their very last concert The Freedom of Speech Tour in Pittsburgh, Pa. We also went to the one in Columbus, Ohio. I feel so lucky that my husband and I were able to experience it all. 💙

boobaesq.bsky.social•40 days ago

Exactly!

raindagger.bsky.social•40 days ago

This song has been called on many times in the last so many years because it's meaning strikes deep on so many levels.

repentedhipster.bsky.social•39 days ago

We’ve got to get back to the garden!

moonbeamsassafrass.bsky.social•39 days ago

We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
BY THE TIME WE GOT TO WOODSTOCK
We were 1/2 a million strong

hope19flowslxxii.bsky.social•39 days ago

@mcuban.bsky.social . It's perfect! Funny how we're seeing, feeling and fearing the sixties all over again; how pathetic can a country be?!

bonniejpreston.bsky.social•39 days ago

One of Stills’ best.

oldster8675309.bsky.social•40 days ago

I was 14 when this came out. Always been a favorite.

bubbielou.bsky.social•40 days ago

I've been thinking this since 2016. Great song...young Stephen Stills, Neil Young, David Crosby. I wish the protest songs of the 60's could inspire some of todays young artists/people. This music led us away from Vietnam and many oppressive social mores. It gave us inspiration and hope.

oregonwinewoman.bsky.social•40 days ago

If we play them often enough, they might.

deruweid.bsky.social•19 days ago

Considering what the 5 gentlemen in this band went on to do, perfect choice for Monday.

mjwarker.bsky.social•40 days ago

Where are today’s protest songs For what it’s worth, fortunate son, eve of destruction. No ones writing these type songs now

ericfolkerth.bsky.social•34 days ago

Here’s one:

https://open.spotify.com/track/56Ta6QPwf8AQiCApPJOurE?si=9LZh6EEqTY-_5wjsUsTSZQ

hilltowngrrl.bsky.social•39 days ago

Or - perhaps they are but the way music is heard & distributed now isn’t getting (or letting) them get heard.

ericfolkerth.bsky.social•34 days ago

This is absolutely part of it.

Here’s one:

https://open.spotify.com/track/56Ta6QPwf8AQiCApPJOurE?si=9LZh6EEqTY-_5wjsUsTSZQ

prettypup.bsky.social•40 days ago

One of my favorites and certainly still relevant

vikingtears61.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes it does.

monsoon-12.bsky.social•37 days ago

I think the vibe for this song has been ripe for years now.

jaydigi.bsky.social•40 days ago

Many songs from the 60's are resonating in this old lady's head lately... The other night, I ran "Eve of Destruction" endlessly in my mind. Where is the protest music of 2025?

dragonmom68.bsky.social•39 days ago

Mine too all the time. And there will be no protest music because kids today are mostly a bunch of weenies.

ericfolkerth.bsky.social•34 days ago

Here you go. A new one:

https://open.spotify.com/track/56Ta6QPwf8AQiCApPJOurE?si=9LZh6EEqTY-_5wjsUsTSZQ

jaydigi.bsky.social•34 days ago

Thanks!

4nick8er.bsky.social•39 days ago

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dangerbrain.bsky.social•39 days ago

The algorithm doesn’t promote it, so you don’t hear it.

https://youtu.be/hHuQHpECiEo?si=WowKspjQ6sBaPqYC

jaydigi.bsky.social•39 days ago

Powerful song, thank you!

dangerbrain.bsky.social•39 days ago

Beg me for mercy
Admit you were toxic
You poisoned me just for
Another dollar in your pocket
Now I am the violence
I am the sickness
Won't accept your silence
Beg me for forgiveness

https://youtu.be/tjIwXKPGf80?si=KMb7geaEtq2iy6bf

dangerbrain.bsky.social•39 days ago

https://youtu.be/wmg6vbt04TY?si=0cBBHxUBlpiZfKc3

dangerbrain.bsky.social•39 days ago

https://youtu.be/G_Q3KZNuQXI?si=AVpKXR1ZUTH11ldb

jaydigi.bsky.social•39 days ago

It's a good one, thanks for sharing it!

dangerbrain.bsky.social•39 days ago

https://youtu.be/e9LJh81n_zA?si=9qmEdJPRvQfNAzLo

fat-expat.bsky.social•39 days ago

There is no protest music. The youth have been brainwashed by tech and slavish devotion to governments and are cheerleaders of the tyrants

mags1959.bsky.social•39 days ago

I feel the same.

mamanana3.bsky.social•35 days ago

Jesse Welles- May become the Dylan of this time. And of course, Randy Rainbow. :)

atmablue.bsky.social•39 days ago

I remember.
“Eve of Destruction”

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BaO0yU5fJF0&si=-t3bS5mabYqYJ5Gp

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BaO0yU5fJF0&si=-t3bS5mabYqYJ5Gp

jaydigi.bsky.social•39 days ago

I never heard this version... it's fantastic, thank you!

annacannon6127.bsky.social•39 days ago

Here’s another great take on this song https://youtu.be/tvE0Ts4M0WA?si=cOUEUM0WdWEwnySI

chudonew.bsky.social•39 days ago

This could be the Climate Change anthem

vernwolitski.bsky.social•39 days ago

Or, how about the ecology song (O, Mercy, Mercy Me) by Marvin Gaye?

vernwolitski.bsky.social•39 days ago

Omg! I thought this was the account of Marco Rubio. 😆

cryptofellatx.bsky.social•39 days ago

No 👎, you got it wrong for a sec

lindacarollib.bsky.social•39 days ago

One of the best songs ever.

atmablue.bsky.social•39 days ago

Right on!
💙🌎💙

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=HoiDMlSHfZk&si=UEHVFxRjqrxz1wkT

poulsenemily.bsky.social•39 days ago

Happening in LA as we speak.

atmablue.bsky.social•39 days ago

Indeed💔
“And there’s nothing to stop it, but a miracle of faith”

poulsenemily.bsky.social•39 days ago

💔

stirfrees.bsky.social•33 days ago

PF Sloan wrote this.

atmablue.bsky.social•33 days ago

Yes indeed.
PF Sloan played the guitar on the Barry McGuire recording in 1965.
💙 🎶 💙

stirfrees.bsky.social•33 days ago

He was a great guitar player.

stirfrees.bsky.social•33 days ago

He wrote the song. We have a group on FB PF Sloan Reflections In Time.

molesong.bsky.social•39 days ago

look into Jesse Welles, i have a feeling you’ll like his work

hazelann1.bsky.social•40 days ago

It is coming. God help us all.

stockdogranch.bsky.social•39 days ago

Great song! I listen to it often these days.

happywarrior24.bsky.social•39 days ago

2025 just started give them some time they’ll come.

amedilla.bsky.social•39 days ago

This Grannie remembers and marched at the time. Ready to do it again.

applecore24.bsky.social•39 days ago

Not enough people have actually felt the impact yet. Once they do I think the music will be there.

rtpnw.bsky.social•39 days ago

They don't write for cause or impact. They write for clicks. And people don't buy albums. They download a song. Deep tracks are the good stuff. Nobody hears that anymore.

valeriejmathey.bsky.social•39 days ago

Freedom by Beyoncé

texasyellowrose.bsky.social•39 days ago

Same here

stirfrees.bsky.social•35 days ago

Written by PF Sloan. Eve of Destruction. We have an fb group PF Sloan Reflections In Time.

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millerda.bsky.social•39 days ago

Been saying this for years now.

catlst.bsky.social•39 days ago

Classic but still relatable.

cyndihb13.bsky.social•39 days ago

Timeless

linguine45.bsky.social•39 days ago

Timeless. 💙

chefsilvia.bsky.social•40 days ago

Perfect choice!! Haven’t heard it in years but it’s certainly fitting!

josskm.bsky.social•39 days ago

What happened to the white boomers who helped revolutionize the country with human, women and gay rights? Did they become MAGA? As a boomer, I need to know because we vote.

lisabrito24.bsky.social•39 days ago

I’m here, too! Still fighting the same battles for women’s rights! It’s agonizing to realize WE HAVE LOST GROUND.

andrea3175.bsky.social•39 days ago

I'm a boomer and my entire value system was formed during the civil rights movement. I don't understand what happened.

frande2nc.bsky.social•39 days ago

Same here. I marched in DC against the Vietnam War and became politically active in my teens. I can't believe what this country has come to, and I am even more amazed by the # of my classmates who were once hippies and are now full blown MAGA.

andrea3175.bsky.social•39 days ago

I have witnessed the same phenomenon. One even told me, I haven't changed, I'm still the guy who went to Woodstock.🤷🏼‍♀️

frande2nc.bsky.social•39 days ago

Crazy, isn't it.

larryfrompa.bsky.social•38 days ago

Those were also the days when no one from the northeast wouid go to the Deep South unless it was to a college town or big city and if driving w/out of state plates were terrified of the local cops and avoided local restaurants Just HoJo’s

mpeacock.bsky.social•38 days ago

Not this boomer! Maga is sick and frightened boomers. The rest of us are healthy and fightin'!💙

lindacarollib.bsky.social•39 days ago

no, I DID NOT.

brodystewart.bsky.social•39 days ago

Dm me to get paid

alberthartman.bsky.social•39 days ago

This is not a pure boomer story. GenX, millennials, genY are fully in it too.

josskm.bsky.social•39 days ago

I get that. I'm asking about boomers only. We are the highest voting block.

alberthartman.bsky.social•39 days ago

Boomers (born 1946-1964): Approximately 69 million eligible voters.
Generation X (born 1965-1980): Approximately 65 million eligible voters.
Millennials (born 1981-1996): Approximately 72 million eligible voters.
Generation Z (born 1997-2012): Approximately 41 million eligible voters.

josskm.bsky.social•39 days ago

I had read the stats. This isn't a statistical question. It's a personal question.

alberthartman.bsky.social•39 days ago

I understand and am disappointed by the boomers. But it’s a bigger problem, and hits all states
• Baby Boomers turnout rates exceeding 70%
• Generation X turnout rates 60% to 70%
• Millennials turnout was around 51%.
• Generation Z turnout about 53%

k9sker.bsky.social•39 days ago

In the tail end of Boomers here, never MAGA, was independent until 2016 when I switched to Dem. I’m disappointed in Boomers too, especially white women who voted for the first felon.

eyez-1953.bsky.social•39 days ago

I have voted in every election since I was 18. Only ONCE did I ever vote for a Republican. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. Can these next gens say that? 54 years worth. The ones who couldn't be bothered to vote did this to us.

aleciawalker.bsky.social•39 days ago

I'm a boomer and still fight for these rights. Never MAGA! I still have my anti-war pins and my abortion right pins from the 60's and early 70's.

okie93.bsky.social•39 days ago

I'm starting to think it's Gen X. We benefited from the fight and the rights one. Our generation overwhelmingly supports Trump. Maybe it was too much Jerry Springer and Beavis and Butthead or feeling the brunt of Saint Ronnie's policies.

elizlauman.bsky.social•39 days ago

Boomer now living in red state. But I'd never be a maga.

defundmaga.us•39 days ago

Please add to the many important actions you are already doing to make our world better: #DefundMAGA by boycotting the companies and services which enrich the MAGA-funding Billionaires :)

lmilhon.bsky.social•39 days ago

I don’t know about the others but I’m a passionate Democrat who always votes. Supposedly people get more conservative as they age. I hope to die before that happens to me.

valagrenier.bsky.social•39 days ago

I think the idea that we become more conservative with age has to do with having…stuff, money, etc, that we want to protect. I’m a late boomer, and Canadian. I’ve been socialist all my life. Not changing that.

auntscilly.bsky.social•39 days ago

Not this one! The boomers I know are strongly anti-MAGA.

rosezaw.bsky.social•35 days ago

I’m a boomer and I didn’t get radicalized. Still fighting and raised two liberals.

mimismom.bsky.social•39 days ago

I'm a white Boomer and hate MAGA with a passion. Younger family members are MAGA. Don't know how to explain it.

11-five-11.bsky.social•39 days ago

Boomer here - never stopped working for improvements in our world, never will.

pawspatspaws.bsky.social•39 days ago

We're boomers and we take EVERY election seriously! We NEVER believed a word the convicted criminal ever said. He's NEVER been anything more than a circus clown. We voted for educated intelligent people since 1976. Don't blame all of us boomers. Look at the demographics!

kathleenn.bsky.social•25 days ago

Boomer and Anti-Maga. True Blue and I don't vote on the price of frigging eggs!

fu-maggats.bsky.social•39 days ago

White boomer woman here, furious with so many age groups who voted Trump in. Magats are unreachable. What I don't get is so many young ppl voted for him. Are they really okay with denying climate change as they watch the CA inferno, hurricane floods in N. Carolina, & Florida hurricanes?

slix252.bsky.social•36 days ago

i agree also they are now saying "we need something in return" to help ppl suffering in the CA wildfires. We as Christians shouldn't be expecting things in return for helping someone through unfortunate times its absolutely dumb.

fu-maggats.bsky.social•39 days ago

And, are young ppl really okay with the ever-increasing chance that THEIR kids might be killed in school mass shootings? Really okay with this, Gen [x,y,z] or whatever you are?

There's a horribly high number of us boomers who are leaving our kids & grandkids a he//ish future. I feel so guilty!

eyez-1953.bsky.social•39 days ago

I am a white boomer who did sit-ins and marches and demonstrations against Vietnam and for Womens Rights. I would rather be dead than a MAGAt. This fiasco is almost killing me. I am here and waiting for my assignment.

sheralann.bsky.social•39 days ago

I’m still here

brodystewart.bsky.social•39 days ago

Dm me to get paid

bcove.bsky.social•39 days ago

No, we didn't. We're still here and we're still fighting. Let's not divide. Stronger together.

curlingacs.bsky.social•39 days ago

This has been on my playlist for years.

mwoodpen.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hey Mark: Old is New again! Thanks for the reminder of how prescient this tune is.

joibk.bsky.social•40 days ago

So appropriate then and now. Maybe there is hope. We need a non violent revolution.

artemida63.bsky.social•40 days ago

I think it may be impossible to a have a non violent revolution against the people who incited the Capitol riots

dugenotsofresh.bsky.social•40 days ago

I hope I'm wrong, but I feel we may have headed right past the non violent portion of a revolution.

socinvestigator.bsky.social•39 days ago

There's a revolution happening, just not in the direction most of us here want. 🙁

oldladylife.bsky.social•38 days ago

Another great during the George Floyd protests. Phish!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1VBAWf232k

oldladylife.bsky.social•38 days ago

One of the best songs EVER!

jzero2003.bsky.social•40 days ago

This song has always spoken to me.

joesherwood.bsky.social•40 days ago

I go back to this brilliance:

joesherwood.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?si=AkPcQaeyX2MCqSeF

theomgnome.bsky.social•40 days ago

A master lyricist.

jmbzbell.bsky.social•40 days ago

Dude, thank you so much for adding Gordon to this thread. He was brilliant. I never realized how brilliant he was though until I randomly saw a documentary.
I definitely get the feels from his music. I’m going to download some.

joesherwood.bsky.social•40 days ago

Dude. Agree. My offer:

joesherwood.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?si=Kf0ZTz0oVhC_eYCd

wasntme1.bsky.social•39 days ago

Love that song yeah I had to go listen to it thanks mark

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feministx.bsky.social•40 days ago

It's a good song. It also shows that this type of thing happens in every generation.

kwijn.bsky.social•40 days ago

Since November 6th 2024 I have this on a loop. Sucks some times to be old enough to have done this all before. Though current situation is way more serious for democracy and the planet.

minime21.bsky.social•40 days ago

It is now! We must rise to the occasion … as our brothers and sisters did in the sixties! I’m in the fight … POWER of the PEOPLE!

rebootwisdom.bsky.social•40 days ago

✨Omg we play this all the time!the times—they are a changing and repeating, a at times extreme opportunity to be inspired by voices like this✨
Thanks for sharing 🌠

sos99.bsky.social•40 days ago

Classic. Great song for this moment

nfny1960.bsky.social•39 days ago

I've got The Beatles "Revolution" on right now!

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peporika1218.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thanks for the song recommended action I didn't know I need aye.

chaserbaybe.bsky.social•40 days ago

Spot on Mark. Thanks for sharing.

midnightravens.bsky.social•40 days ago

Apt for the society we have become

happydawg.bsky.social•40 days ago

The best thing about this tune, is that Neil Young is playing guitar in the background. 'Ol Shaky makes everything cooler.

kathleenn.bsky.social•25 days ago

Neil Young was a curmugeon even when he was young. Stopped a performance at Boston Garden when the audience started to clap along. Said there was no clapping when he recorded the song 🤢

happydawg.bsky.social•25 days ago

He's the best. My buddy's fam. has been life-long friends with him their whole lives. Whenever Neil comes to Toronto, my pal picks him up at the airport in his truck. Neil often just a backpack & he tosses it in the back & they shoot the shit as they drive in to town. Regular guy.

kathleenn.bsky.social•24 days ago

Must have been an "off" concert night! Still liked his music....

neilyoungfan.bsky.social•39 days ago

I agree!

catsnew17.bsky.social•40 days ago

The first few cords are the moment to turn this song way up!
Spot on for "vibe." Spot on!!

terrimadde.bsky.social•40 days ago

❤️

capricorn21.bsky.social•40 days ago

Grew up with this! Perfect choice 🇺🇸🗽

farseeing.bsky.social•40 days ago

Wow. I still know all the words. Thanks Mark

1strangeland.bsky.social•40 days ago

they are already trying to use law enforcement to silence people, in this case the pulled in the FBI and sent a SPY into the non-profit group.
Wake UP, they are taking your rights!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPJlsqYFxWs

thewolfeden.bsky.social•39 days ago

I remember this song being done by the muppets.

biobob.bsky.social•39 days ago

Perfect 👍

laluzzz.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hell yeah!

Love it

thebetterjd.bsky.social•40 days ago

Absolutely my favorite song from Buffalo Springfield. Congrats Mark my respect for you just went up 20%. And I’m a Luigi fanboy who doesn’t even think billionaires should even exist unless they put the money into a good cause.

vmarshmellow.bsky.social•39 days ago

OMG he’s a babe! I was 2 at the time so I never had a chance 😭😭😭😂

james108doss.bsky.social•40 days ago

🥰 They just don't make music like they used to.
Corps took over the creative process when the war machine realized how powerful songs were.
The Beatles, The Who, CCR,
Al Green...all had anti-war songs.
They killed our peace-leaders, too, JFK, RFK, MLK.
Now, the USA is becoming a shithole country.

jackieblue10.bsky.social•40 days ago

Marvin Gaye too!

makethingsbetter.bsky.social•39 days ago

Always been meaningful to me

psychopete.bsky.social•35 days ago

Agreed but the thing that is happening, in this case, is extremely clear.

tinab55.bsky.social•39 days ago

There’s something happening here!!

realligeia.bsky.social•39 days ago

Could have been written for today. One of my favorites

suzeiki.bsky.social•39 days ago

I owned the 45.

celticwytch.bsky.social•39 days ago

I also. Used to go to The Whiskey and see them when they were the "house band". Was at the protest that Stephen wrote this song about.

suzeiki.bsky.social•39 days ago

Wow. Quite the house band huh?

celticwytch.bsky.social•39 days ago

Indeed! Saw other house bands like The Doors, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, etc. It's good to be "vintage"😂

suzeiki.bsky.social•39 days ago

It is indeed. The music….my god

lmilhon.bsky.social•39 days ago

I don’t love being this old but I do love being exactly the right age for Elvis Presley and The Beatles. What a great time for music lovers!!

suzeiki.bsky.social•39 days ago

It was an amazing time for music. I saw the Beatles on 8-22-1965 in Portland.

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vicmeyers.bsky.social•40 days ago

Way ahead of you @mcuban.bsky.social
Dec 14, 2024. 😉
https://youtu.be/gxL14AwupR4?si=Y5Vty95Csf0pUtUv

chickadee46.bsky.social•40 days ago

Very appropriate song for this time……

scienceguyinfl.bsky.social•40 days ago

Anyone remember the Muppets version from their childhood? I remember watching this in school. Has an unfortunate vibe for kids in school nowadays.

https://youtu.be/hXknN2RoXO4?feature=shared

welldonetruly.bsky.social•40 days ago

Still remarkable and hauntingly true.

uniqueseed.bsky.social•40 days ago

Amazing song and even more relevant today than ever.. Sadly, we do not appear to learn from history, maybe because it's no longer actually taught.

schoolhouserox.bsky.social•40 days ago

What makes you think history isn't taught? It is. You should check out your state's history standards to verify. Just look at your state's DOE for the information you seek. If you are not satisfied with what you read, lobby the DOE for a change.

clywrig.bsky.social•39 days ago

Ah, but the rub is, whose history? Went to 6th grade, Jr. High and High School in lower Alabama. Was in my adulthood before I learned of the atrocities committed in Rosewood, FL, Tulsa, OK and the rise of the KKK in this country as well as the rampant racism that, to this day, defines our country.

schoolhouserox.bsky.social•39 days ago

That wasn't my experience in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

okie93.bsky.social•39 days ago

Easier said than done. I live in Texas and grew up in Oklahoma. What Texas decides should be taught in History books effects surrounding States because of how school books are printed. Plus Texas DOE is stacked with Right Wing nuts who refuse to teach children the Truth about American History.

wisdom-seeker.bsky.social•40 days ago

Well the DOE isn’t going to be around any more… and if the Koch brothers have their way.. their version of white washed history will continue to be taught, and public schools will be gone. ☹️

schoolhouserox.bsky.social•39 days ago

State DOE is what I am referring to

wisdom-seeker.bsky.social•39 days ago

Even some of those have been hijacked by Mom’s for Liberty 🙁

schoolhouserox.bsky.social•39 days ago

Moms for Hate, but they aren't as powerful as they once were.

belgianmom4.bsky.social•40 days ago

While you can....

maloney02.bsky.social•39 days ago

Texas is working hard to financially strangle our public education system to death. I fear this may be the year they succeed.

schoolhouserox.bsky.social•39 days ago

This is what you get when you keep electing the likes of Cruz and Abbott when you could have had Beto, at the least.

maloney02.bsky.social•39 days ago

I agree, I have never voted for either. But for some reason they get elected. I am a believer that if the person does a bad job then pick a new person no matter the party.

ticamil.bsky.social•40 days ago

An all time favorite! Thanks for making the point of its relevance, much like hearing The Times, They are a Changin in A Complete Unknown.

craftingfairy.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://youtu.be/ZWijx_AgPiA?si=VOhnhINGtwDCUx3i

mrmoritz.bsky.social•39 days ago

It ain’t me either. However, I am a fortunate son. Fortunate to have the parents I had. My parents taught me to respect others, to do the right things, and to myob. Oh, I had plenty of screw ups in my time, but they were learning experiences. I did grow up during the 60s.

mrmoritz.bsky.social•39 days ago

We didn’t have a lot but we never went hungry and I always had a bed of my own. The house we lived in was my grandmothers and she was quite an influence on my life. Watching the 6 o’clock news and seeing the turmoil had an impact on my thinking. Bottom line, the oligarchs scare the hell out of me

mrmoritz.bsky.social•39 days ago

I just pray that the part I play in the next four years helps keep our country free.

pertzma.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-10-30/john-fogerty-trump-fortunate-son

ten-brick-tan.bsky.social•39 days ago

Is the LA times better than the New York Times?

pertzma.bsky.social•38 days ago

I imagine it depends on what you are interested in. Seems like LA times is more local southern CA topics where NY Times is everything.

craftingfairy.bsky.social•40 days ago

This song too! Fortunate Son. Btw - I am 50 so too young to have lived through this, but these songs shaped who I am. My father wants to know how I became liberal - he is MAGA- I reminded him of the music he listened to. I just actually listened to the words!

clywrig.bsky.social•39 days ago

Wow. I want to know how Dad became MAGA.

craftingfairy.bsky.social•39 days ago

He believes the downfall of Society was women getting jobs. He would not help me with the information I needed for college. So no college for me. Everything I have achieved is in-spite of him. I am no contact now! Also he is racist, homophobia, transphobic and was elected in NH. I hope he rots!

clywrig.bsky.social•39 days ago

Congrats to you, as you seem to have risen above your obstacles.

craftingfairy.bsky.social•39 days ago

I just wish it had not required me to make some of the decisions I did. What-Ifs- thankfully my daughters have never had to face those obstacles.

clywrig.bsky.social•38 days ago

Yeah, well......your hard-earned wisdom had to spring from SOMEWHERE. Not everyone's Daddy Knows Best.

simach.bsky.social•40 days ago

That’s what I find so baffling; did none of our parents listen to the words?? I know I did

craftingfairy.bsky.social•39 days ago

My father’s entire family of 6 are rethuglicans. 3 female and 3 male -their spouses are too! All boomers. My aunt volunteered on Regan Campaign. Yeah-Ugh! My grandfather- his dad was a Democrat! Shocking really!! He was very liberal.

oldandblue.bsky.social•39 days ago

These anthems of my youth were REQUIRED listening for my son and daughter (49 and 39-years-old respectively). They took the lyrics to heart and march to them today.

peter-doubt.bsky.social•32 days ago

(someone did parenting well... I thank you)

bluebeckyd.bsky.social•39 days ago

I don't know the age of your parents but this election certainly can't be blamed on female Boomers - maybe just Dads, siblings and children.

donnasparklees.bsky.social•39 days ago

I think younger people who are more online became influenced by the constant lies of the right similar to older folks with lying Fox News. None of them looked at resources to verify information they were absorbing

craftingfairy.bsky.social•39 days ago

We need music like this played more often!!

My kids are all PROGRESSIVE!
They listen to extremely liberal leaning music.

bluebeckyd.bsky.social•37 days ago

My 27 yo niece gets her "news" from Instagram and TikTok 🙄

donnasparklees.bsky.social•37 days ago

Definitely old enough to know to do better. Good grief

pmmbscs.bsky.social•39 days ago

I did

texasyellowrose.bsky.social•39 days ago

I’m 79 years old and proud to say I lived it and I’m even more of a liberal today.

craftingfairy.bsky.social•40 days ago

This song was played on Sesame Street when I was a child. It is such a great song. I have been listening to most of the protest songs of the 60’s since Ts 1st term. We need that kind of PEACEFUL revolution again!

clywrig.bsky.social•39 days ago

Speaking of protest songs, consider Woody Guthrie's works which were taught in grade schools in the 40's, 50s and 60s. A few: This Land is Your Land, This Train, Hard Ain't it Hard, All You Fascists Bound to Lose, Bound for Glory, 1913 Massacre etc.

kathleenn.bsky.social•25 days ago

https://youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ?si=255t9AfBr48WZnvP

clywrig.bsky.social•24 days ago

Well, at least get beaten into submission for a short while. Guess we need to top off the beat-down again.

mags1959.bsky.social•39 days ago

Yes we do. Only the old guard are making politically motivated music these days. Springsteen, Young, still writing, and recording this kind of music today. I'm sure there's are others just can't think of em rn.

warponie-art.bsky.social•39 days ago

Nice! I always liked this song!

jadenie43.bsky.social•40 days ago

Perfect song for right now!

marie15.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank you Mr Cuban. I hope you become president one day …

forrestgumby.bsky.social•40 days ago

No more billionaires in politics please.

alilnightmusing.bsky.social•40 days ago

You’re reading my mind, fam. Was on hold for Song of the day. Dang, have to find another one.

larryfrompa.bsky.social•38 days ago

Very popular in the Vietnam war protest times

rhmcvay.bsky.social•40 days ago

Exactly.

Here’s Another… Neil Young, Willie Nelson and Crazy Horse perform "All Along the Watchtower" live at the Farm Aid concert in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 18, 1994.

https://youtu.be/6cusVoNKZF8?si=XxIig_JGoynwLyIe

shridan.bsky.social•40 days ago

1994, I think I was about to show up in my mother’s belle then haha 😆

thewhimsicalartwitch.com•40 days ago

It’s a good one. Guthrie has some good ones from a century ago that apply to where the world is even today. Bob Dylan, too.

janjt.bsky.social•39 days ago

Blast this from our homes during inauguration!!!! Loud as we can!

bennythesnitch.bsky.social•39 days ago

NAH do this during the inauguration.
I have offered to donate to the cause

janjt.bsky.social•39 days ago

I love that SO much!

alwaysthinkhow.bsky.social•40 days ago

The real story of the Sunset Strip Riots that inspired the song. It was never about Vietnam. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-05-me-then5-story.html

alwaysthinkhow.bsky.social•40 days ago

Ah, the Sunset Strip Riot when a bunch of early hippies wanted to save a tiny night club from being torn down so Laurel Canyon could flow traffic directly on to Crescent Heights. A total NIMBY event if ever there was one.

But I love the song anyways.😀

klilleskov.bsky.social•40 days ago

I absolutely love this song, was shocked to find out it’s not about Viet Nam War protests, and conveniently forget its origin story until I’m reminded every decade or so…

themightybmz.bsky.social•39 days ago

And yet it wasn't a one event song. It was also part if the anti war, anti Nixon Playlist. It covered a lot back then, part of the itch that brought out a lot of thinking and change.

klilleskov.bsky.social•39 days ago

I remember it all well. I was a teenager in the 1970’s. It’s just that Stephen Stills’s inspiration was not the Viet Nam War when he wrote the song in 1966. That was such a surprise. But sadly, the song is timeless. There will never be a time in human history when it’s no longer relevant.

alwaysthinkhow.bsky.social•38 days ago

I lived a few blocks away. It really was a NIMBY to keep the little club. If it had any political meaning it was more about Free Speech (HUAC) and Civil Rights (FSM). Vietnam protests didn't happen until a few years later. This is an interesting read https://www.berkeleyside.org/2018/12/12/how-a-little-known-berkeley-group-sparked-the-1960s-student-movement

donjasonz.bsky.social•40 days ago

Amazing how many times throughout my life I've thought this song was more relevant than ever. But today, I think it's more relevant than ever...

sherbert1.bsky.social•39 days ago

Love the song and the video!!

lovelovelove77.bsky.social•39 days ago

A great song!

mlynnet.bsky.social•40 days ago

How about Monster by Stepnwolf?

fretnotfarm.bsky.social•40 days ago

Perfect tune from a band of influential artists.
Here’s one from the 70’s that begs the question:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssd3U_zicAI

msterrys.bsky.social•40 days ago

Still so true

donnamatthews39.bsky.social•40 days ago

Great song!

greennewdean.bsky.social•39 days ago

We once drove from Mountain Maryland to the Eastern Shore (4+hrs) playing nothing but versions of this Nick Lowe song. 🙂

bornfreeusa-50.bsky.social•40 days ago

So true !

djvagirl.bsky.social•40 days ago

Agree

robbiel14.bsky.social•40 days ago

It absolutely is✌🏻

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maureen123.bsky.social•40 days ago

I LOVE this song!!!

drawsacat.bsky.social•40 days ago

Perfect

lealuck.bsky.social•39 days ago

This song definitely fits today’s mood.

artnich54.bsky.social•40 days ago

A very apt song for these strange times…..

ski-mama24.bsky.social•40 days ago

It’s a great song.

thomm53.bsky.social•40 days ago

Absolutely!

e9b.bsky.social•40 days ago

It is a classic song. I saw them sing this when I was in Jr High at the Santa Clara County Fair. Are you a rich jerk or a good jerk? Sorry I will never change who I am. Tell me the truth Mark.

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