Peace and Love old school style...

Jun 03, 2012 21:07

I was trying to remember "One Tin Soldier" to sing to Kidlet last night, and that got me thinking of other peace and protest songs from that general era. This is me playing around with which of those I think are most likely to connect with kids (while also not getting them singing lyrics about sodomy and weed in school). In those cases where it's ( Read more... )

music, kidlet, media, activism

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ticktockman June 4 2012, 01:15:42 UTC
How about this one?

Billy Don't Be A Hero by Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods

*daha*

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moominmuppet June 4 2012, 02:40:21 UTC
Cool, thanks!

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luscious_words June 4 2012, 01:22:23 UTC
Harry Belafonte and The Muppets - one of my favorite eps of that show ever!!!! :)

Also, favorite Cat Stevens song is Moonshadow, but it's definitely not the most happy of his songs. :)

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moominmuppet June 4 2012, 02:40:10 UTC
I love Moonshadow too; I struggled about whether to include it or not.

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mac_arthur_park June 4 2012, 01:56:47 UTC
I love all of these!

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moominmuppet June 4 2012, 02:40:36 UTC
*grin* Why am I not surprised?

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jajy1979 June 4 2012, 02:18:13 UTC
Pink Floyd's the wall has a double HTTP and needs to have the code fixed.

War Pigs looks like a mash-up cover.

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moominmuppet June 4 2012, 02:39:48 UTC
Fixed the link. Thanks for the heads up on War Pigs, I was afraid it was too good to be true!

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