Story behind the Protest Song: A Reference Guide to the 50 Songs That Changed the 20th Century PDF
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S B TORY EHIND THE P S ROTEST ONG This page intentionally left blank S B TORY EHIND THE P S ROTEST ONG A Reference Guide to the 50 Songs That Changed the 20th Century Hardeep Phull GREENWOODPRESS Westport,Connecticut • London LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Phull,Hardeep. Storybehindtheprotestsong:areferenceguidetothe50songsthatchangedthe20thcentury/ HardeepPhull. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978–0–313–34141–0(alk.paper) 1. Protestsongs—UnitedStates—20thcentury—Historyandcriticism.2. Folksongs,English— UnitedStates—20thcentury—Historyandcriticism.3. Popularmusic—UnitedStates—20th century—Historyandcriticism.4. Music—Politicalaspects—UnitedStates—History—20thcentury.5. Music—Socialaspects—UnitedStates—History—20thcentury. I.Title. ML3551.5.P582008 782.42’159—dc22 2008020719 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataisavailable. Copyright©2008byHardeepPhull Allrightsreserved.Noportionofthisbookmaybe reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,withoutthe expresswrittenconsentofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:2008020719 ISBN:978–0–313–34141–0 Firstpublishedin2008 GreenwoodPress,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881 AnimprintofGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc. www.praeger.com PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thepaperusedinthisbookcomplieswiththe PermanentPaperStandardissuedbytheNational InformationStandardsOrganization(Z39.48–1984). 10987654321 This bookis wholeheartedly dedicated to The cities of Coventry, England, and New York City, U.S.A. To R.E.M. for waking meup as a kid and, to this day, making sure I never fall asleep. And to Gillian A. Quilley because there are some teachers you don’t forget for all the right reasons. This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Chapter1:‘‘WeShallOvercome’’ 1 Chapter2:TheBirthofaNation(1939–1964) 7 Chapter3:EverybodyLookWhat’sGoingDown(1965–1968) 45 Chapter4:WhereHaveAlltheFlowersGone?(1968–1970) 71 Chapter5:ThingsAin’tWhatTheyUsedtoBe(1970–1974) 103 Chapter6:RagingagainsttheMachine(1977–1982) 139 Chapter7:Signso’theTimes(1982–1985) 165 Chapter8:RebelswithoutaPause(1986–1993) 199 Chapter9:ModernLifeIsRubbish(1994–1998) 229 Epilogue 249 Appendix 263 Bibliography 275 Index 279 This page intentionally left blank ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Nobookofthisscopeiscompletewithoutacastofsupportplayers.Theinput,assis- tance,andencouragementofthefollowingpeoplehavehelpedmestaveoffinsanityin theshortterm,andforthatIamtrulygrateful. Professionally,Iwouldliketosalutethefollowing(listedintheorderIcanremember them).First,IthankallatGreenwoodPress—especiallyKristiWardforherastounding levelsofenthusiasmandChrisSmithforpluckingmefromrelativeobscurityand gettingmeinvolvedinthefirstplace.Also,thanksgotoC.P.Baker,AlanClayton, BobbieLane,andRossBennettatEMAPLondon,PhilSutcliffe,andElizabethGood- manandMarcSpitzforprovidingmewithsomereassuringwordsatapointwhenIre- allyneededthem.AhugeamountofappreciationisdueBenMyers,whomIhavealways consideredtobeoneofmyfinestcontemporariesinBritishmusicjournalism.Despite onlyevermeetingonce,Ihavealwaysconsideredhimafriend,too,andhisinvaluable helpintheproductionofStoryBehindtheProtestSonghasprovenmysuspicions. Iwouldalsoliketopay tributetothewriterswhocontinuetoinspire withtheir workandwithoutwhom,Iwouldneverhavehadthewillordesiretodothis,espe- ciallyBarneyHoskyns,MichaelAzerrad,SimonReynolds,IanMacDonald(R.I.P.), Jeff Chang, and the very great James Maycock whose Mojo piece on James Brown playinginVietnamin1968ispossiblythemostthrillingsinglearticleeverwritten.I advise you to seek it out immediately. A more personal thanks also goes to David Fricke not only for the decades of flawless prose, but for the impromptu peptalks given in dark corners of various New York City venues. But the biggest tip of the hathastogotoGreilMarcus—amanwhosewritingconstantlyremindsmethatIwill neverbeanywherenearasgoodashe,butstillpushesmetotryanyway. Personally, I would like to show my gratitude tothe following: Colin Freeman, SimonConnolly,HopeBeach,MarkandAndreaHamilton(forfeedingmewhenI couldnotbebotheredtofeedmyself),JenniferChochinov(forjustbeing),andmy dearoldmum,Rani,forfurnishingtheearlypartofthisprojectwithendlesscupsof tea.Oh,yeah,shegavebirthtome,too,...thatwasreallyniceofher. My apologiesgotoanyoneImayhaveforgotten.Pleaseknow that it(probably) wasnotintentional.
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