Something tells me you want to save the world, well become a doctor, don't be one of those people who end up homeless because they thought saving the world would involve a busted untuned guitar. Get over yourself.
okay now lemme tell you something
i heard a story once, it was probably on one of those shitty facebook posts, but basically there’s this storm on a n island and all these starfish washed up on the beach. this woman’s going through and tossing some back into the ocean. a guy comes up and is like, “what’s the point, there’s so many starfish, you’re not doing anything to help.” so she picks up one, throws into the sea, and goes, “i did for that one.”
in 1963, bob dylan, joan baez, pete seeger, and many other musicians gathered at the march on washington with martin luther king. there they performed songs like blowin’ in the wind, we shall overcome, etc. you can watch it on youtube, but the sight of seeing thousands of people gathered together to sing along to songs of fight and freedom is truly an inspiring thing. when they boycotted the buses at selma, they sang ain’t gonna let nobody turn me round. when they boycotted the drafts for vietnam, they sang i ain’t marching anymore. music is an integral part of any social movement. it’s like singing a sports anthem before a match. it gives a community feel, it brings rapport and energy, it gives you the courage to go forth.
music is a universal language. you don’t need to speak english to understand that a song is sad or happy. i believe that if you want to get a message out to people, the best way is through music. and just look at all the great protest singers we had in the 60s - woody & arlo guthrie, pete seeger, phil ochs, joan baez, bob dylan, odetta, buffy sainte marie, etc. i’m pretty damn sure a helluva lot of people joined these movements simply because these musicians allowed topics like racism, war, greed, injustice etc to be brought to the public attention.
and some people might say that me being a protest singer and singing these songs won’t solve anything, but i disagree. everything you do has an effect on the world around you, no matter how small. and sometime a big mountain is moved because of very small pushes that have built up.
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