1. 60's and 70's Protest Songs: Leading or Reflecting
(T N. 1.1.1-3) Music of the 60's and 70's was definitely also the food of love. Musicians were sickened by love songs, but the appetite did not die. ... The airwaves had been dominated with doo-wop and puppy love ballads such as "Teen Angel." ... Songs like Dion Demucii's "Abraham, Martin and John," Didn't you love the things they stood for? ... During this "bed-in" Lennon was quoted as saying, "If we say peace often enough, if I, John Lennon, say peace, it's going to make all those people who love me say peace. ...
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