Music, Culture,

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Music, Culture, War

• How does Music and Media influence Public Opinion
  and our lives?

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Patriotic Music
Patriotic Music
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THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS - Sgt. Barry
Sadler
Fighting soldiers from the skyFearless men who
jump and dieMen who mean just what they sayThe
brave men of the Green BeretSilver wings upon
their chestThese are men, America's bestOne
hundred men we'll test todayBut only three win
the Green BeretTrained to live, off nature's
landTrained in combat, hand to handMen who
fight by night and dayCourage deep, from the
Green Beret
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The Ballad of the Green Berets

• Silver wings upon their chestThese are men,
  America's bestOne hundred men we'll test
  todayBut only three win the Green BeretBack at
  home a young wife waitsHer Green Beret has met
  his fateHe has died for those oppressedLeaving
  her this last requestPut silver wings on my
  son's chestMake him one of America's bestHe'll
  be a man they'll test one dayHave him win the
  Green Beret

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THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME - Merle Haggard

• I hear people talkin' bad, About the way we have
  to live here in this country,Harpin' on the wars
  we fight, An' gripin' 'bout the way things
  oughta be.An' I don't mind 'em switchin' sides,
  An' standin' up for things they believe in.When
  they're runnin' down my country, man, They're
  walkin' on the fightin' side of me. Yeah,
  walkin' on the fightin' side of me.Runnin' down
  the way of life,Our fightin' men have fought and
  died to keep.If you don't love it, leave itLet
  this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.If you're
  runnin' down my country, man,You're walkin' on
  the fightin' side of me.

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THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME - Merle Haggard

• I read about some squirrely guy,Who claims, he
  just don't believe in fightin'.An' I wonder just
  how long,The rest of us can count on bein'
  free.They love our milk an' honey,But they
  preach about some other way of livin'.When
  they're runnin' down my country, hoss,They're
  walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

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THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME - Merle Haggard

• Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.Runnin'
  down the way of life,Our fightin' men have
  fought and died to keep.If you don't love it,
  leave itLet this song I'm singin' be a
  warnin'.If you're runnin' down my country,
  man,You're walkin' on the fightin' side of
  me.Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of
  me.Runnin' down the way of life,Our fightin'
  men have fought and died to keep.If you don't
  love it, leave itLet this song I'm singin' be a
  warnin'.If you're runnin' down my country,
  man,You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

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What is the message?

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Protest Music
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OHIO - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

• On May 4, 1970 four Kent State University
  students were gunned down by Ohio National
  Guardsmen during an anti-war demonstration. This
  Neil Young penned song came out only a few months
  later. He wrote it after viewing still
  photographs of the carnage.

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Ohio

• Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,We're finally on
  our own.This summer I hear the drumming,Four
  dead in Ohio.Gotta get down to itSoldiers are
  cutting us downShould have been done long
  ago.What if you knew herAnd found her dead on
  the groundHow can you run when you know?

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Ohio

• Gotta get down to itSoldiers are cutting us
  downShould have been done long ago.What if you
  knew herAnd found her dead on the groundHow can
  you run when you know?Tin soldiers and Nixon
  coming,We're finally on our own.This summer I
  hear the drumming,Four dead in Ohio.

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Fortunate Son -Creedence Clearwater Revival

• Some folks are born to wave the flag,Ooh,
  they're red, white and blue.And when the band
  plays "Hail to the chief",Ooh, they point the
  cannon at you, Lord,It ain't me, it ain't me, I
  ain't no senator's son, son.It ain't me, it
  ain't me I ain't no fortunate one, no,Yeah!
• Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,Lord,
  don't they help themselves, oh.But when the
  taxman comes to the door,Lord, the house looks
  like a rummage sale, yes,

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Fortunate Son -Creedence Clearwater Revival

• It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no
  millionaire's son, no.It ain't me, it ain't me
  I ain't no fortunate one, no.Some folks inherit
  star spangled eyes,Ooh, they send you down to
  war, Lord,And when you ask them, "How much
  should we give?"Ooh, they only answer More!
  more! more! yoh,
• It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military
  son, son.It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no
  fortunate one, one.It ain't me, it ain't me, I
  ain't no fortunate one, no no no,It ain't me, it
  ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no,

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War Pigs - Black Sabbath

• Generals gathered in their massesJust like
  witches at black massesEvil minds that plot
  destructionSorcerers of deaths constructionIn
  the fields the bodies burningAs the war machine
  keeps turningDeath and hatred to
  mankindPoisoning their brainwashed minds, oh
  lord yeah!Politicians hide themselves awayThey
  only started the warWhy should they go out to
  fight? They leave that role to the poor

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War Pigs - Black Sabbath

• Time will tell on their power mindsMaking war
  just for funTreating people just like pawns in
  chessWait till their judgement day comes,
  yeah!Now in darkness, world stops turningAs
  the war machine keeps burningNo more war pigs of
  the powerHand of God has sturck the hourDay of
  judgement, God is callingOn their knees, the war
  pigs crawlingBegging mercy for their sinsSatan,
  laughing, spreads his wingsAll right now!

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What is the message?

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