Comments on: The Soundtrack Of Our Lives http://thenewnixon.org/2009/06/14/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-47/ Sat, 19 May 2012 15:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Nixon Library Celebrates Bob Dylan at The Newport Folk Festival, 1965 | RSS 001 http://thenewnixon.org/2009/06/14/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-47/comment-page-1/#comment-97050 Richard Nixon Library Celebrates Bob Dylan at The Newport Folk Festival, 1965 | RSS 001 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:02:36 +0000 http://thenewnixon.org/?p=14663#comment-97050 [...] Nixon Library Celebrates Bob Dylan at The Newport Folk Festival, 1965 The Richard Nixon Library posted a thoughtful historical piece by Frank Gannon on Bob Dylan’s song [...] [...] Nixon Library Celebrates Bob Dylan at The Newport Folk Festival, 1965 The Richard Nixon Library posted a thoughtful historical piece by Frank Gannon on Bob Dylan’s song [...]

]]> By: Richard Nixon Library Celebrates Bob Dylan at The Newport Folk Festival, 1965 « Digital Video Singles • Classic Live Music http://thenewnixon.org/2009/06/14/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-47/comment-page-1/#comment-89698 Richard Nixon Library Celebrates Bob Dylan at The Newport Folk Festival, 1965 « Digital Video Singles • Classic Live Music Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:07:56 +0000 http://thenewnixon.org/?p=14663#comment-89698 [...] 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment The Richard Nixon Library posted a thoughtful historical piece by Frank Gannon on Bob Dylan’s ... under its series “The Soundtrack of Our Lives.” The song debuted at the 1965 The [...] [...] 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment The Richard Nixon Library posted a thoughtful historical piece by Frank Gannon on Bob Dylan’s … under its series “The Soundtrack of Our Lives.” The song debuted at the 1965 The [...]

]]> By: Frank Gannon http://thenewnixon.org/2009/06/14/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-47/comment-page-1/#comment-88311 Frank Gannon Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:00:16 +0000 http://thenewnixon.org/?p=14663#comment-88311 Hey, it was late at night and I was trying to wrap up the <em>Soundtrack</em>. Plus I was undoubtedly goofy from having listened to "Like a Rolling Stone" for something like seventy-four near-consecutive times in the course of my exhaustive research on behalf of TNN's readers. Besides which I'm not just a geezer but a superannuated one and deserve, therefore, to be cut considerable slack. And, of course, I was trying to make a point, not stake a claim. So --- "Summertime." There, are you happy now? Hey, it was late at night and I was trying to wrap up the Soundtrack.

Plus I was undoubtedly goofy from having listened to “Like a Rolling Stone” for something like seventy-four near-consecutive times in the course of my exhaustive research on behalf of TNN’s readers.

Besides which I’m not just a geezer but a superannuated one and deserve, therefore, to be cut considerable slack.

And, of course, I was trying to make a point, not stake a claim.

So — “Summertime.”

There, are you happy now?

]]> By: Eric Sauter http://thenewnixon.org/2009/06/14/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-47/comment-page-1/#comment-88310 Eric Sauter Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:53:07 +0000 http://thenewnixon.org/?p=14663#comment-88310 Stardust? Stardust?

]]> By: Fred Laan http://thenewnixon.org/2009/06/14/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-47/comment-page-1/#comment-88106 Fred Laan Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:38:39 +0000 http://thenewnixon.org/?p=14663#comment-88106 This song was a great experience and completed all the other songs in 1965. In Europe this magical experience went on, while in the US something terrible happened to young, self-conscious and idealistic people: the escalation in Vietnam. The contrast with the idealism of that time could not have been bigger and for them it was totally unacceptable. They were right in their aversion to the war, although their arguments not always were. Ho Chi Minh was no freedom fighter but just another imperialist willing to sacrifice 3 million of his fellowmen against other Vietnamese. And the US-army certainly was not fighting a war of aggression. But let us respect both those American soldiers and demonstrators and enjoy what is left of those turbulent years: the great songs of the sixties. This song was a great experience and completed all the other songs in 1965. In Europe this magical experience went on, while in the US something terrible happened to young, self-conscious and idealistic people: the escalation in Vietnam. The contrast with the idealism of that time could not have been bigger and for them it was totally unacceptable.
They were right in their aversion to the war, although their arguments not always were. Ho Chi Minh was no freedom fighter but just another imperialist willing to sacrifice 3 million of his fellowmen against other Vietnamese. And the US-army certainly was not fighting a war of aggression.
But let us respect both those American soldiers and demonstrators and enjoy what is left of those turbulent years: the great songs of the sixties.

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