Track Listing

1. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? [*] - Kingston Trio
2. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
3. With God on Our Side [*] - Manfred Mann
4. Universal Soldier [*] - Donovan
5. Laugh at Me - Sonny Bono
6. Let Me Be - The Turtles
7. It's Good News Week - Hedgehoppers Anonymous
8. I Ain't Marching Anymore [*] - Phil Ochs
9. "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe & the Fish
10. People Got to Be Free - The Rascals
11. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & the Animals
12. Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) - Janis Ian
13. Abraham, Martin and John - Dion
14. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) - The Temptations
15. War - Edwin Starr
16. Signs - Five Man Electrical Band

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8725 in Music
• Released on: 1991-02-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Jammed with the politics and poetry of the sixties
This cd is everything you want in a specialized anthology. "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" is pure art and poetry. It takes you full circle and makes your heart sink. "Eve Of Destruction" is full of rage and insight and truth. It's atomic in its message and presentation. "With God On Our Side" is one of Dylan's best songs (best version is by Baez). Pure poetry again. And the whole cd goes on like that. Great sound. The somber "Society's Child" and the hauntingly barefoot on shards of glass "Abraham, Martin And John" slices you in two. "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)" is Motown exploding. "War" keeps the message movin'. "Signs" was always one of my favorite radio songs. This is a must for anyone who lived through the late sixties and early seventies and felt the rage and fear at the destruction and insanity from sea to sea. This collections serves as both great music and powerful inspiration. Buy it!

The Sixties Weren't Just About Peace And Love
As a child of the Sixties, I have a very strong emotional connection to these songs and as such find this a very enjoyable collection. If, however, you were to unearth these songs from a time capsule and listen to them for the first time thirty-plus years after they were first recorded, you might wonder what the fuss is all about. Certainly some of these songs were of the moment. To use an old cliche: You had to be there. After all, at age 30, Sonny Bono was a bit long in the tooth to play the angry young man. And "It's Good News Week" sounds more comical than biting satire.

But many of these songs retain their potency. Certainly, the carnival sound of "The 'Fish' Cheer/I Feel Like I'm Fixin'-To-Die Rag" is the perfect antithesis of the brutality of the Vietnam War. The Rascal's "People Got To Be Free" evokes John Lennon's sentiment that "All You Need Is Love." The Kingston Trio's version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" is a sad reminder of the price to be paid for war. Dion's "Abraham, Martin And John" still gives me chills. The one really glaring omission from this set is Dylan's "Masters of War." Only Edwin Starr's "War" comes close to matching Dylan's outrage.

If you need to remind yourself that the Sixties weren't all peace and love, this collection does a more than adequate job of showcasing the protest genre. RECOMMENDED

Fun and educational!
This excellent album combines some of the greatest protest songs of the sixties in one very listenable package. One might quibble about the song selection (what, no Dylan?) but one cannot argue with the excellence of the music presented. It's a wonderful collection, perfect for a sixties enthusiast, even the tracks you don't recognize (and I knew almost all) are excellent. Many are the best tracks by the artist. Standouts include (but are not limited to) `Sky Pilot', `Signs' `War' and `Eve Of Destruction'. This album is a true relic of the period, and expresses many of the political concerns of the hippie movement. Highly recommended, especially for fans of the era.