... do it if you put your back into it.) The 1960-1970 was a decade of music that reflected the events taking place at the time. The Vietnam War was a war to stop the spread of communism. But did the cost of American lives justify that cause. Many songs expressed their feeling toward the war. It was due to this event that many artist felt the need to write ... about the war. It preached about peace and how the war was evil. Though support was needed ... see how music affects the way I look. When I use to listen to a lot of rap I would dress baggy and a lot of those urban wear clothes but a...

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... years (Smith, Ron 6.). Then what changed between then and Woodstock? The 1960s saw some very important changes in society. The civil rights movement was alive and well, Vietnam was sending hundreds of thousands of United States Military Forces into an undeclared war with the Vietcong, and the deaths of the times to most influential figures, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President John Fitzgerald Kennedy ... and extreme anti-war activist alike. Suddenly the youth had a voice and it was loud and electric. However, mainstream acceptance was non-existent. They needed a platform to sho...

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