Pete Seeger's "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" asks, "When will they ever learn?" while Marlene Dietrich's version asks the perhaps even more powerful "Wann wird man je verstehen?" (I'm not sure which came first, although the German version is certainly starker in places.) But discovering Tom Paxton's songs from the 1960s, it struck me how much of what he says is directly applicable to the US today. "Buy A Gun For Your Son" could have been written yesterday - as, not quite as amusingly, could "Johnny Got A Gun". And I'm not sure the UK gets off scot free from some of his other songs.
What other songs from past era do we find still applicable now?
When will they ever learn?
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When will they ever learn?
by Richard A » Sat Sep 19, 2020 3:48 pm
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Re: When will they ever learn?
by tubeswell » Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:15 pm
Richard A wrote:What other songs from past era do we find still applicable now?
'You caint always git wutchu want' - still applies to just about every commodity these days
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Re: When will they ever learn?
by Lianachan » Sun Sep 20, 2020 6:28 am
I was listening to a podcast the other day, which was talking about how and why the Prince song Sign "☮︎" the Times is as relevant today as it was when released in 1987.
A-nis bidh fios aig daoine nuair a tha mi a 'mionnachadh aig dhaibh.
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Re: When will they ever learn?
by Arneb » Sun Sep 20, 2020 7:13 am
Angie, Angie
When will those dark clouds all disappear
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here
When will those dark clouds all disappear
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here
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