During the Long 1960s "Because popular music always interacts with the social environment, it often serves as a lightning rod for the political controversies that invariably accompany change.” (Reebee Garofalo, qtd in The Resisting Muse 52-53) ![]() In this assignment: students scoured the Internet and selected a song for analysis from the long 1960s. For this class, we defined the long 1960s as beginning in the mid-1950s and lasting to the mid-1970s. They selected song that are in some way political—either as resistant, an overt protest, or as an example of a newly emerging counter-culture. In order to do their analysis justice, they listed to their songs many times and downloaded the lyrics from an Internet websites (with an awareness that with different artists or publications, lyrics may change). Below are a sampling of protest songs from the era, followed by links to students' pages:
Links to Students' Project pagesBoushak, B Castelli, Davis -- 1960s Rhetoric: "Draft Dodger Rag Floyd, Mason -- Counter-Counterculture: "Okie from Muskogee" and the Protest of Protests Goen, C -- Who Are the Fortunate Ones? Gurney, Julia -- "Eve of Destruction": A Song of Hypocrisy Hane, H Jofre Betacourt, P -- Winds of Protest: "Blowin' in the Wind" Jones, Lexy -- The Reality of an Anti-War, Anti-Communism Draftee in "Draft Dodger Rag" Tim -- Analyzing The Never-Ending "Eve of Destruction" P, Michael -- An Analysis of "The Unknown Soldier" by The Doors Rebholtz, Madelyn -- "White Rabbit": More Than a Song about Drugs Rutamu, P Conor, R Amy -- "Turn! Turn! Turn!": The Byrds Sing for Peace Schillzzi, Corrine -- "What's Going On": Questioning a Tumultuous Time Sumers, Hannah -- Analysis of Tammy Wynette's, "Stand By Your Man" Taggart, S -- A Rhetorical Analysis of Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" Vaught, S Watson, J
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