Peace and Love old school style...

[moominmuppet]

I was trying to remember "One Tin Soldier" to sing to Kidlet last night, and that got me thinking of other peace and protest songs from that general era. This is me playing around with which of those I think are most likely to connect with kids (while also not getting them singing lyrics about sodomy and weed in school). In those cases where it's an option, I'm going with the Muppet versions. With other major songs recorded by multiple artists, I'm going with whichever version I feel like. So there. It depends a lot on what I find available on youtube. Unfortunately, I can find links but can't view vids from here. I'm hoping most of these vid links are working and reasonably close to what I think they are.

Mostly meant for Chad, but sharing it here just because.

Coven - One Tin Soldier (animated version)

Muppet Show - For What's it's Worth (Something's Happening Here)

Harry Belafonte/Muppets - Turn the World Around

Hair Soundtrack - Hair

Hair Soundtrack - I Got Life

Hair Soundtrack - What a Piece of Work is Man

Cat Stevens - If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out

Movin' Right Along - The Muppet Movie

Doctor Who: Moving Right Along - YouTube -- Hee! Couldn't resist.

Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

"War" by Edwin Starr (Original Video - 1969)

MAHALIA JACKSON Live late 1960's We shall overcome

Cat Stevens - Peace Train (live)

Bob Marley - Redemption Song

The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)

Revolution - The Beatles

Quality of Mercy - Michelle Shocked

John Lennon - Imagine

Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant

Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans

Harry Belafonte - John Henry

John Henry - Leadbelly Last Sessions

Ballad of John Henry's Hammer - Johnny Cash

Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land

Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

People Get Ready - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Prodigal Daughter - Michelle Shocked

Sweet Honey in the Rock - Motherless Chil'

Louis Armstrong - O What a Wonderful World

Elvis Costello - Peace, Love and Understanding?

Louis Armstrong - Go Down Moses

Patti Smith - People Have the Power

Johnny Cash - If I Had a Hammer

Johnny Cash - The Man in Black

Johnny Cash: What Is Truth?

The Beatles - Blackbird

Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up

Pete Seeger - My Rainbow Race

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son

Five Man Electrical Band - Signs

Neil Young - Ohio

Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles

The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends

The Beatles - All You Need is Love (HQ)

All Along the Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Grateful Dead - Ripple

Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'

The Beatles - Nowhere Man

Muppet Show Kermit and Robin - Octopus' Garden (s3e12)

Muppets - War Pigs -- They covered War Pigs? Someone confirm for me that this is actually what this link is, please!

Richie Havens - Working Class Hero

Richie Havens - On the Turning Away

Pink Floyd - On the Turning Away

Cyndi Lauper - Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall(Part 2)

Devo - Working in the Coal Mine

Pink Floyd - The Gnome

Freedom Now - Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman - Talkin bout a revolution

Tracy Chapman - New Beginning

Odetta - Midnight Special

Odetta - Down On Me

Odetta - Take This Hammer

Odetta - Paths of Victory

Odetta - Spiritual Trilogy

Brother Can You Spare a Dime - Dr.John & Odetta

Odetta - Jim Crow Blues

So, that's what I've go so far from my random brainstorming. I'm having fun with this.

Hippie Music:
Songs With A Message

A Twenty-One Protest Song Salute

AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS SONGS

The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

Top 10 Protest Songs from the 1960s

My Ten Favorite Protest Songs

It's Time to Play the Music: My 50 Favorite Muppet Songs

Comments

[ticktockman.livejournal.com]

How about this one?



Billy Don't Be A Hero by Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods

*daha*

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks!

[luscious-words.livejournal.com]

Harry Belafonte and The Muppets - one of my favorite eps of that show ever!!!! :)

Also, favorite Cat Stevens song is Moonshadow, but it's definitely not the most happy of his songs. :)

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

I love Moonshadow too; I struggled about whether to include it or not.

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I love all of these!

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

*grin* Why am I not surprised?

[jajy1979.livejournal.com]

Pink Floyd's the wall has a double HTTP and needs to have the code fixed.

War Pigs looks like a mash-up cover.

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

Fixed the link. Thanks for the heads up on War Pigs, I was afraid it was too good to be true!