“I think there’s no doubt that music is a great emotional companion, and when you introduce words into a person’s psyche with all the emotion that music can bring, you’re affecting the human condition.” (Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary, speaking of the power of music in reference to the musical preferences of the Columbine killers)
I had noticed by 1971 that the left were using music in their propaganda efforts. It’s not just TV and the news media that brought us to this pass; your—and my—favorite rockers are also to blame.
If I have observed one thing in the decades since my peep hole opened, it’s this: whenever anybody says “It’s just a (book)(movie)(song)(whatever),” it most definitely is not *just* a (book)(movie)(song)(whatever).
Here’s a thread I have missed, if there has been one: What song do you hate above all others? What song do you loathe with the fire of a thousand suns? Which little guitar and voice ditty would you gnaw your ears off rather than listen to again?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLm3HMG8IhM
Teradittos!
"Folk" music was not getting any traction with youth by the late '60s so the rock & roll was coopted to serve the revolution. I'm sure someone has written at least an essay on it.