The sad fact is, so many of us who did live back then, either never appreciated it, or , didn't realize what a wonderful time it was in the music world.
This is evidenced by all the of musicians themselves who died at their own hands with drug overdoses or alchol related issues.
Not only did these artists die too young, but, many of their fans passed as well. These artists were role models for this generation, and yes, we blindly followed in their paths into drugs, sex, free will, to hell with the establishment type of attitudes.
Some of us came out the other side, alive. With regrets.
I am going to revive this long dead blog, with some thoughts on what a particular musician, or group, was attempting to say in their music, from back in the day, and what message, if anything, I personally, took away from the songs.
Guess Who, American Woman
So, What I thought upon hearing this song for the first time? I just wanted to Dance. Even when they keep saying over and over, American Women, get away from me, my thoughts were only, "Ha! We are too much for them to handle"! Thats it.
Today, I am reading that this was a song to the Statue of Liberty, and had ties to the vietnam war, which, this Canadian group , who wast not subject to the draft, thought the USA was stepping outside of her boundries and forcing our opinions on the world as a whole.
Another Line of thought on this song, implies, the band was gay, and one member, actually quit the band as his religious beliefs did not jive with the group.
So, who knows which was real, and which is fiction. Obviously, my friends and I , could care less, we just wanted to Dance!
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