I saw them perform this in Maryland the week after Kerry threw someone else’s medals over the fence in D.C. That must have been 1970. I attended the college themed riot (proudly :{) representing the University of Wisconsin) the following week and ended up clubbed and in a small hospital jail with Abby Hoffman (he was using the alias Peter Brown as he hadn’t been identified). I spent the next day in the RFK stadium with thousands of other detainees while trying to stay awake per doctors orders (due to the concussion) I wasn’t rioting but was caught up in a sweep and gratuitously clubbed...but I was there yet I did enjoy the Smithsonian during that same visit.
Brooker was always one of my favorite rock vocalists.
If you saw the movie “Evita” (yes, the one with Madonna), he makes a brief appearance, but the voice was unmistakable.
Also sang on one of my favorite Alan Parson’s Project songs, “Limelight.”
They got me at the Justice Department. When I heard the potential for mass shootings, I had hitchhiked to DC to see what I could see.
I was held in a stadium for the first few days without food or blankets and in time moved to a city jail, but I am pretty sure that the my arena or stadium had a roof on it, or at least it didn't rain.
It was D.C. Coliseum where I started out.
So, you were a secret leftie once, too?
Thanks for sharing that. It never ceases to amaze me the connections FReepers have with history.