The Protests and Music of the Vietnam Era

LBJ disgraced

Tet offensive

Refuses to run for Presidency in 1968

Democratic Party collapses

Eugene McCarthy vs. Robert Kennedy for control of party

Both gain anti-war support

Kennedy assassinated----Sirhan, Sirhan

Democratic National Convention in Chicago

mass protests against war

Americans witness the radical “anti-war and counter culture” on TV

VP Hubert Humphrey wins Democratic nomination

The Chaos of 1968

Civil Rights

Black Panther Party opposes MLK

Cities burn with Black riots

MLK assassinated

Robert Kennedy assassinated

George Wallace: Third Party appeal = White Back Lash

Republican Richard Nixon is elected

My Lai Massacre in Vietnam

Cold War

Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

USS PUEBLO attacked by North Korean

Organizations form to end the war.

National Mobilization Committee

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).

Youth International Party (YIPPIES). Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin

The Chaos of 1968

1968 Presidential Election

Called Middle America, the Silent Majority

Supported Vietnam War

Traditional American values: hard work, family and patriotism

Feared and disliked new styles of music and dress of youth

Against use of illegal drugs

Counterculture: Hippies, Flower Children

Issues

Opposed Vietnam War

Anti- Draft

Pro- Civil Rights

Anti- Traditional values

Rebelled with sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll

Opposed authority (Anti- Establishment)

Music, fashion and movement toward new society, greater freedom

Used “mind-expanding” drugs, LSD

divided US DIVIDED AMERICA ESTABLISHMENT ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT

ANTI-WAR PROTESTS Were the Anti-war protests, along with the music of the era affective in bringing about the end to the Vietnam War?

For What It's Worth For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware

For What It's Worth I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong Young people speaking their minds

Getting so much resistance from behind I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down What a field-day for the heat A thousand people in the street For What It's Worth

For What It's Worth Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly say, hooray for our side It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Paranoia strikes deep

For What It's Worth Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid You step out of line, the man come and take you away We better stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down

For What It's Worth Stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, now, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down

ANTI-WAR PROTESTS From 1965 through 1972, the Anti-war movement successfully demonstrated against the Vietnam War.

The First Washington, D.C. Rally

April 17, 1965

Organized by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)

16,000 people gathered outside the White House and shouted:

We Want Peace Now

No More War”

Only 4 arrests made

ANTI-WAR PROTESTS

2. March on the Pentagon

October 21, 1967

National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organized demonstration. 5 days of protests

Yippies (Youth International Party) organized an exorcism to cast out the “evil war spirits.”

Escalated into violence

2,500 troops guarded the Pentagon

Tear gas was used

681 arrested

ANTI-WAR PROTESTS

3. The Moratorium Rally

November 15, 1969

Largest Anti-war protest

250,000- 500,000 protestors

Relatively peaceful only 135 arrests.

ANTI-WAR PROTESTS

4. Kent State Protest or Massacre

4 days of protest: May 1 to 4, 1970

Demonstrated against Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia

Day 4 the National Guard from Ohio was called in disperse the crowd and bring order

Approx. 2,000 people present

Protestors shouted “pigs off campus” and threw rocks and chased Guardsmen up a hill

National Guardsmen opened fire for 13 seconds

4 dead

9 wounded

Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. KENT STATE MASSACRE

Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning 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? KENT STATE MASSACRE

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

ANTI-WAR PROTESTS

5. Washington, D.C. Rally, May 3, 1971

Goal: Shut down Washington D.C.

In response to Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State shootings

March on the Pentagon, the Capitol, and the Justice Department

Over 200,000 people attended peaceful rallies in D.C.

Became violent and 7,000 protestors were arrested.

Protestors were not successful in closing down Washington, D.C.

OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee; We don't take our trips on LSD. We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street; We like livin' right and bein' free. We don't make a party out of lovin'; We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo; We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy, Like the hippies out in San Francisco do. CHORUS I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all. Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear; Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen. Football's still the roughest thing on campus, And the kids here still respect the college dean. CHORUS I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all. In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.

If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you're going to San Francisco You're gonna meet some gentle people there For those who come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there In the streets of San Francisco Gentle people with flowers in their hair IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO

IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO All across the nation Such a strange vibration People in motion There's a whole generation With a new explanation People in motion people in motion For those who come to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there If you come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there

DON'T BOGART THAT JOINT MY FRIEND Don't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me Don't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me Roll another, just like the other one You've been hangin' on to it, and I sure would like a hit' Don't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me Don't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me Roll, another one, just like the other one Cause this ones burned about, to the end So come on and be a real friend Don't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me Don't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me Don't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me Don't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me

I hear people talkin' bad, About the way we have to live here in this country, Harpin' on the wars we fight, An' gripin' 'bout the way things oughta be. An' I don't mind 'em switchin' sides, An' standin' up for things they believe in. When they're runnin' down my country, man, They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me. Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me. Runnin' down the way of life, Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it: Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'. If you're runnin' down my country, man, You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

FIGHTIN SIDE OF ME

FIGHTIN SIDE OF ME I read about some squirrely guy, Who claims, he just don't believe in fightin'. An' I wonder just how long, The rest of us can count on bein' free. They love our milk an' honey, But they preach about some other way of livin'. When they're runnin' down my country, hoss, They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me. Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me. Runnin' down the way of life, Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it: Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'. If you're runnin' down my country, man, You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me . (2 times)

'Feel Like I'm Fixin To Die' Rag Yeah, c’mon on all you big strong men. Uncle Sam needs your help again. He’s got himself in a terrible jam. Way down yonder in Vietnam. So put down your books and pick up a gun. We’re gonna have a whole lot of fun! Chorus: And it’s 1, 2, 3, what’re we fighting for? Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn. Next stop is Vietnam. And it’s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates. Ah, ain’t no time to wonder why. Whoopee! We’re all gonna die! Well c’mon generals, let’s move fast. Your big chance has come at last. Gotta go out and get those Reds. The only good Commie is one who’s dead. And you know that peace can only be won. When we’ve blown ‘em all to kingdom come! Repeat Chorus Well c’mon on Wall Street -- don’t move slow. Why man, this is war-a-go-go! There’s plenty good money to be made by supplying the Army with the tools of the trade. Just hope and pray that if we drop the bomb. They drop it on-a Vietcong! Chorus Well c’mon mothers throughout this land. Pack your boys off to Vietnam C’mon pops, don’t hesitate. Send ‘em off before it’s too late. Be the first one on your block. To have your boy come home in a box! Chorus

Ballad of the Green Beret Fighting soldiers from the sky Fearless men who jump and die Men who mean just what they say The brave men of the Green Beret Chorus Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America’s best One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret Trained to live off natures land Trained in combat, hand-to-hand Men who fight by night and day Courage peak from the Green Berets Chorus These are men, America's best One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret Back at home a young wife waits Her Green Beret has met his fate He has died for those oppressed Leaving her his last request “Put silver wings on my son’s chest Make him one of America’s best He’ll be a man they'll test one day Have him win the Green Beret” Chorus Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret

Some folks are born made to wave the flag Ooh, they're red, white, and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief" They point the cannon right at you It ain't me, it ain't me , I ain't no senator's son It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one Some folks are born silver spoon in hand, Lord, don’t they help themselves But when the tax man comes to the door, Lord the house looks like a rummage sale It ain't me, it ain't me, it ain't no millionaire's son It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one FORTUNATE SON

FORTUNATE SON Some folks inherit star spangled eyes, Ooh, they send you down to war And when you ask them, "How much should we give?" They only answer "More! More! More!" It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no military son It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one

WHITE RABBIT One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small But the one’s the mother gives you Don’t do anything at all Go ask Alice When she’s 10 feet tall And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you are going to fall Tell’em a hook-ah smoking caterpillar Has give you the call Recall Alice When she was just small

WHITE RABBIT When men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to go And you’ve just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving slow Go ask Alice I think she’ll know When logic and proportion Having fallen sloppy dead And White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen’s “off with her head!” Remember what the dormouse said FEED YOUR HEAD FEED YOUR HEAD FEED YOUR HEAD

ANTI-WAR PROTESTS Were the Anti-war protests, along with the music of the era affective in bringing about the end to the Vietnam War?