01-16-2026, 04:41 AM
I came across this video talking about the 10 banned songs from the 60s that we as a band played almost all of them except for "Eve of Destruction;" man how times have changed!
The 60s were a time in America where crew or buzz cuts were the fashion for guys for if you had long hair you were a Greaser which was a derogatory label. This was also a time when there were 'blue laws' in many states which prevented a business from opening on a Sunday for that was a biblically commanded day of rest. The hair thing changed with the Beatles arrival along with many in the Vietnam protest movement flaunted their long hippy locks of hair.
I got to see and live both sides of those societal changes as I remember guys cheering when The May 4th 1970 shooting at Penn State happened and grunts even putting "US Army 4, protesters Zero" on their helmets.
If they would have ordered a Vietnam army unit to clean the cesspool of protesters out of a location all I can say is there were those who would have gladly volunteered.. It would be a different world today for sure..
Looking back now I am kinda surprised Hanoi Jane did not meet with a nasty accident.
When Nixon looked like he was going to get impeached a First Cavalry battalion was loaded on a train and was ready to move to Washington, D.C. They were going to ring the White House with troops and armor just in case anyone wanted to use force to remove Nixon. The first Cav never left Ft. Hood because the Airforce said no they would not support the move.
Yah see the Airforce was pissed at McNamara and Nixon for the stupid frag order missions they were ordered to fly over N.Vietnam whereby the Army thought Nixon was the greatest thing since he allowed the Army to go into Cambodia and clean out the North Vietnamese supplies and troops there. I seem to remember Nixon won the election by a landslide as he won the biggest majority of the popular vote which did not happen again until Regan. There will be people who will call B.S. on all this and go ahead, as it don't matter anymore; it is just some thoughts of mine today stimulated by some songs of yesteryear.
On stage with the Fuzz-tone cranked up playing Satisfaction; what a buzz ...... Louie Louie, Gloria, etc etc the songs of the 60s were a time and a culture all their own IMO.
The 60s were a time in America where crew or buzz cuts were the fashion for guys for if you had long hair you were a Greaser which was a derogatory label. This was also a time when there were 'blue laws' in many states which prevented a business from opening on a Sunday for that was a biblically commanded day of rest. The hair thing changed with the Beatles arrival along with many in the Vietnam protest movement flaunted their long hippy locks of hair.
I got to see and live both sides of those societal changes as I remember guys cheering when The May 4th 1970 shooting at Penn State happened and grunts even putting "US Army 4, protesters Zero" on their helmets.
If they would have ordered a Vietnam army unit to clean the cesspool of protesters out of a location all I can say is there were those who would have gladly volunteered.. It would be a different world today for sure..
Looking back now I am kinda surprised Hanoi Jane did not meet with a nasty accident.
When Nixon looked like he was going to get impeached a First Cavalry battalion was loaded on a train and was ready to move to Washington, D.C. They were going to ring the White House with troops and armor just in case anyone wanted to use force to remove Nixon. The first Cav never left Ft. Hood because the Airforce said no they would not support the move.
Yah see the Airforce was pissed at McNamara and Nixon for the stupid frag order missions they were ordered to fly over N.Vietnam whereby the Army thought Nixon was the greatest thing since he allowed the Army to go into Cambodia and clean out the North Vietnamese supplies and troops there. I seem to remember Nixon won the election by a landslide as he won the biggest majority of the popular vote which did not happen again until Regan. There will be people who will call B.S. on all this and go ahead, as it don't matter anymore; it is just some thoughts of mine today stimulated by some songs of yesteryear.
On stage with the Fuzz-tone cranked up playing Satisfaction; what a buzz ...... Louie Louie, Gloria, etc etc the songs of the 60s were a time and a culture all their own IMO.
