Pete Seeger: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2SIIeqy34
Excerpt:
On July 26, 1956, the House of Representatives voted 373 to 9 to cite Pete Seeger and seven others (including playwright Arthur Miller) for contempt, as they failed to cooperate with House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in their attempts to investigate alleged subversives and communists. Pete Seeger testified before the HUAC in 1955.
In one of Pete's darkest moments, when his personal freedom, his career, and his safety were in jeopardy, a flash of inspiration ignited this song. The song was stirred by a passage from Mikhail Sholokhov's novel "And Quie Flows the Don". Around the world the song traveled and in 1962 at a UNICEF concert in Germany, Marlene Dietrich, Academy Award-nominated German-born American actress, first performed the song in French, as "Qui peut dire ou vont les fleurs?" Shortly after she sang it in German. The song's impact in Germany just after WWII was shattering. It's universal message, "let there be peace in the world" did not get lost in its translation. To the contrary, the combination of the language, the setting, and the great lyrics has had a profound effect on people all around the world. May it have the same effect today and bring renewed awareness to all that hear it.
In one of Pete's darkest moments, when his personal freedom, his career, and his safety were in jeopardy, a flash of inspiration ignited this song. The song was stirred by a passage from Mikhail Sholokhov's novel "And Quie Flows the Don". Around the world the song traveled and in 1962 at a UNICEF concert in Germany, Marlene Dietrich, Academy Award-nominated German-born American actress, first performed the song in French, as "Qui peut dire ou vont les fleurs?" Shortly after she sang it in German. The song's impact in Germany just after WWII was shattering. It's universal message, "let there be peace in the world" did not get lost in its translation. To the contrary, the combination of the language, the setting, and the great lyrics has had a profound effect on people all around the world. May it have the same effect today and bring renewed awareness to all that hear it.
Where Have all the Flowers Gone: Eve of Destruction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QslV5asj_yM&feature=fvwrel
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth -Smother Bros show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm6NeM-6vBE
For What Its Worth - Stephen Stills (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y16iDqQiVg&feature=related
John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance (Original Video Tape) [HiQ] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwNg4lHFj7I&feature=related
Excerpt:
Lennon played acoustic guitar and was joined by Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers, also on acoustic guitar.
For What It's Worth Stevie Nicks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO4VNvIx-rM Responding to the song right before this one....... I used to watch the Smothers Brothers and they were a big part of the movement back in the day. ...cal
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A behind-the-scenes look at the rise and fall of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour -- the provocative, politically charged program that shocked the censors, outraged the White House, and forever changed the face of television. Decades before The Daily Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour proved there was a place on television for no-holds-barred political comedy with a decidedly antiauthoritarian point of view. In this explosive, revealing history of the show, veteran entertainment journalist David Bianculli tells the fascinating story of its three-year network run -- and the cultural impact that's still being felt today.
Before it was suddenly removed from the CBS lineup (reportedly under pressure from the Nixon administration), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was a ratings powerhouse. It helped launch the careers of comedy legends such as Steve Martin and Rob Reiner, featured groundbreaking musical acts like the Beatles and the Who, and served as a cultural touchstone for the antiwar movement of the late 1960s.
Drawing on extensive original interviews with Tom and Dick Smothers and dozens of other key players -- as well as more than a decade's worth of original research -- Dangerously Funny brings readers behind the scenes for all the battles over censorship, mind-blowing musical performances, and unforgettable sketches that defined the show and its era.
David Bianculli delves deep into this riveting story, to find out what really happened and to reveal why this show remains so significant to this day.
Before it was suddenly removed from the CBS lineup (reportedly under pressure from the Nixon administration), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was a ratings powerhouse. It helped launch the careers of comedy legends such as Steve Martin and Rob Reiner, featured groundbreaking musical acts like the Beatles and the Who, and served as a cultural touchstone for the antiwar movement of the late 1960s.
Drawing on extensive original interviews with Tom and Dick Smothers and dozens of other key players -- as well as more than a decade's worth of original research -- Dangerously Funny brings readers behind the scenes for all the battles over censorship, mind-blowing musical performances, and unforgettable sketches that defined the show and its era.
David Bianculli delves deep into this riveting story, to find out what really happened and to reveal why this show remains so significant to this day.
Leather and Lace Stevie Nicks and Don Henley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSpM2YEE2E0&feature=related
Secret Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTka849zFfE&feature=related
In Your Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdaJqynA8Y0&feature=related
Landslide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5N39KTc0kk&feature=related
New Orleans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyV02pvj1Cg&feature=related
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NAME: Christian Gene Gaines
BORN: August 10, 1967, Brisbane, Australia
FATHER: Gene Gaines - former Swim Coach for Long
Beach State University & former Coach of
both the US and Australian Olympic Swim
Teams
MOTHER: Carolyn Johnns-Gaines - former swimmer for
the Australian Olympic Team and
Commonwealth Games medalist
Chris was born August 10, 1967 in Brisbane, Australia. His family moved to the Los Angeles area when he was 5 yrs. old. As an only child, Chris was expected by many to carry the torch in the Olympic waters. The young Gaines, however, defied expectations of an athletic future and developed a life-long passion for music, a passion so great, Chris decided to quit school his senior year at Morningside High to pursue his music professionally(although he did complete his GED in 1987).
Chris joined his best friend Tommy Levitz along with Marc Obed in the band, Crush. The band signed with Capitol Records in 1985 and released their self titled debut album in 1986. The second single, "My Love Tells Me So", was a smash and one of the year's most successful songs. But the band's success was short-lived when lead singer Tommy Levitz died in a plane crash later that year.
For the next two years, Joe Smith of Capitol Records and Chris discussed the possibility of a Chris Gaines solo career and in 1989, Chris debuted his solo album, "Straight Jacket". Both the public and the music industry responded favorably; the album spent an extraordinary 224 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart and won the Grammy Award for the Album of the Year. The album, which featured the hits "Maybe", "White Flag" and "Digging for Gold", is still Chris' biggest selling album to date.
Tragedy struck again when Chris' father died in the fall of 1990 after his long battle with cancer. Almost a year to the day later, Chris released his second solo album, "Fornucopia". Even though it was a very dark and angry album, it debuted at #1 and spent a combined 18 weeks on the top of the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. The album included the soulful remake of the 1972 Ramsey Sellers classic, "It Don't Matter to the Sun", and the instant classic, "Main Street".
In the winter of 1992, Chris was involved in a violent single-car crash that nearly ended his life. Chris spent 6 weeks in the hospital and over two years undergoing extensive plastic surgery on his face, shoulder and hands. Although he would not allow himself to be seen or photographed, Chris released his third solo album, "Apostle", in the winter of 1994. Without any artist promotion, the album still managed to spend a combined 8 weeks atop the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, and featured the singles "Way of the Girl" and "Unsigned Letter".
Finally, in the winter of 1996, Chris re-emerged into public view for the first time with "Triangle". Chris was dubbed "The New Prince" by the media because of his new look and the fact that his music showed a move towards R&B, a distinct change in musical style from his past. "Driftin' Away", "That's the Way I Remember It", and "Snow in July" are the featured hits on the album.
NOW......on the eve of the millenium...Chris has assembled his greatest hits, as well as two new songs, "Lost in You" and "Right Now". Chris' "Greatest Hits", aka "In The Life of Chris Gaines" is the perfect bridge between his upcoming solo album, "The Lamb", (which the critics already predict will be the definitive album of the new millenium")and the albums that have defined our times over the last decade.
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