When I read this assignment, my mind instantly jumped to two specific songs. For the protest song pertaining to issues during the 1960’s, I chose the song “For what its worth” by Buffalo Springfield which is a song my father constantly related to his involvment in the antiwar efforts of the 1960’s. This song illuminates the ignorance of the pro war forces and has a more cryptic yet intense message of the crazy antics between opposing parties during the vietnam war and depicts a country so torn that nothing is being accomplished. For the modern day song, I chose the song “Where is the love” by The Black Eyed Peas which has a more general focus on social issues and unnessary violence in and involving the U.S.
Because “where is the love” came out in a more modern time, a lot of the imagery used seems to be more violent and graphic covering several different demographics and issues that involved almost every type of american. However, I feel that Buffalo Springfield created a very powerful anthem for anti war efforts and although it came across as a more subtle song, I find it to still hold truth to almost any war that the U.S. has been involved in since the song’s release in 1967.