"For What it's Worth" was released in 1966 and written by Stephen Stills. Still wrote the song due to the inspiration he got from the "SUNSET STRIP CURFEW RIOTS." The line " There's something happening here" was referring to the riot, which is asking for the purpose of the riot. Stills intended audience of the song were the police and the children who were participating in the riot with the reputation of " Children, what's that sound?" The song was then picked up as an anti-war song specifically for the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam War "was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies..., against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States." As a result of the war, many troops died.
Being used as an anti-war demonstration against the Vietnam war its intended audience was the government- "We better stop." This quote emphasizes on the intention of the protestors and what they want- which is no war. Trying to convince them to not participate in a worthless war where "Nobody's right if everybody's wrong". This line in the song explains how each side( the protestors and the government) try to justify why each group is wrong and if they both believe each other as being wrong, then no one is right. To deploy troops back to the United States so they can be with their family., which was some of the reasons the protesters were against the war including the toll it had on the economy.
Sights And Sounds Of The November 1966 Sunset Strip Riots
I think the bulk of your argument is there, but I have a bit of a hard time trying to read your post. There are some grammar issues and weird breaks in between some of your sentences. Also you use passive voice in your second paragraph: "Being used as an anti-war demonstration..." and the syntax of the sentence itself is kind of messy. The rest of your post just seems awkward since it appears you introduce song lyrics sporadically in your sentences, but you don't really expound on them. The lyrics are mentioned but I think it'd be beneficial if there was some detail or explanation.
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ReplyDeleteI instead read this song as a work opposing the protests. I think the writer was looking at the rioters and saying that they did not understand the problem and were not reacting in an efficient way. He says "something is happening here and what it is ain't exactly clear" because a group of activists for world peace are causing a disturbance by rioting. I think the same song could have been written after the Baltimore riots.
ReplyDeleteI instead read this song as a work opposing the protests. I think the writer was looking at the rioters and saying that they did not understand the problem and were not reacting in an efficient way. He says "something is happening here and what it is ain't exactly clear" because a group of activists for world peace are causing a disturbance by rioting. I think the same song could have been written after the Baltimore riots.
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