Become a Patron!

A Spin Off of Keep a Word/Drop a Word and Music, Pics, and Whatnot

Bliss Doubt

Bliss Doubt

Diamond Contributor
Member For 5 Years
Jimi said:
On May 4, 1970, a dark incident known as the Kent State shootings took place at Kent State University in Ohio. The shootings took place during a 300-person rally meant to protest the Vietnam War, the draft, and the presence of the National Guard on college campuses. After being called in to break up the protest, National Guard soldiers fired into the crowd. Four students were killed and nine others were wounded.
The shooting caused outrage among college students around the country. A student strike, which had begun just a few days prior, had reached over four million across college campuses around the country. The incident also furthered the public’s negative view of US involvement in the Vietnam War at the time. Later, eight of the 28 soldiers were charged with violating the civil rights of Kent State’s students. However, they were later acquitted.
Like many shocked Americans at the time, singer-songwriter Neil Young learned of the tragedy by reading a spread in Time Magazine. The article featured photos of the aftermath of the horrific shooting. And it affected him so profoundly that he wrote one of the most intense and memorable protest songs of the 1970s. That song was “Ohio”, recorded and released with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young just a few weeks later.
“Ohio” was recorded live on May 21, 1970, and took only a few takes. It wasn’t easy, though.
“David Crosby cried when we finished this take,” said Young in the liner notes for the Decade retrospective.
The whole experience was an intense and emotional one. “Ohio” also featured the B-Side, “Find The Cost Of Freedom”. That song is a Stephen Stills-penned lament for those who died during the Vietnam War.
Both songs were mastered and released the following month, and listeners certainly resonated with the song. “Ohio” peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also reached the Top 20 in Canada and the Netherlands. Today, the song is remembered as a sharp critique of American politics and military power at the time. And the line “four dead in Ohio” still haunts listeners to this day.
Click to expand...

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
 
Jimi

Jimi

Diamond Contributor
Member For 5 Years
Good afternoon Family :wave:
Another beautiful day here, hope you are havin the same
I hope everyone is well and havin a great day;)

May be an image of ‎text that says '‎GOOD MORNING وا dwo It's MONDAY! Bee POSITIVE STAY SAFE & HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK!‎'‎



May be an image of text that says 'Rock Guitar Legacy On This Day in 1969, Santana Released Their Debut Album Santana'
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

VU Sponsors

Top