Correct!, However there are turning points in a culture or human civilization, times of upheaval where change occurs and society takes a different turn. Very often what emerges during these cultural shifts are poems or songs out of these movements and they begin to transcend even the original circumstances that they were written about and become symbols or symbolize a whole season, a whole decade or a whole nation. This is exactly the role that this song played.
Yup, I remember... hard not to nowadays.
But then at the Dem Convention Crosby played on guitar , was some black dude who sang it poorly.
They became the Establishment
The comments...........good grief.
It was about the Sunset Strip riots. https://www.weho.org/community/arts-and-culture/about/projects-by-year/2017-projects/sunset-strip-1966
Correct!, However there are turning points in a culture or human civilization, times of upheaval where change occurs and society takes a different turn. Very often what emerges during these cultural shifts are poems or songs out of these movements and they begin to transcend even the original circumstances that they were written about and become symbols or symbolize a whole season, a whole decade or a whole nation. This is exactly the role that this song played.
There are many of these songs. Lillibulero, The Battle Hymn of the Republic and probably a lot more in other languages.