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Post by newdayyesterday on Dec 2, 2020 9:49:00 GMT
Well, I was pleasantly listening to quite an 'obscure' band, for me anyway, called ART and a tune called What's that sound? appeared. I vaguely remember listening to this very cool song on the radio way back when, then lost it thru the years. I rapidly checked out the lyrics and the author of this great song.......some sources say it was written by Buffalo Springfield and others mention it was written by ART, the band itself!!! Anyone know who penned this ripper song ! TY in advance .......
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 2, 2020 10:43:40 GMT
Well, I was pleasantly listening to quite an 'obscure' band, for me anyway, called ART and a tune called What's that sound? appeared. I vaguely remember listening to this very cool song on the radio way back when, then lost it thru the years. I rapidly checked out the lyrics and the author of this great song.......some sources say it was written by Buffalo Springfield and others mention it was written by ART, the band itself!!! Anyone know who penned this ripper song ! TY in advance ....... Although "For What It's Worth" is often considered an anti-war song, Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in November 1966—a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California, beginning in mid-1966, the same year Buffalo Springfield had become the house band at the Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip.[6] Local residents and businesses had become annoyed by how crowds of young people going to clubs and music venues along the Strip had caused late-night traffic congestion. In response, they lobbied the city to pass local ordinances stopping loitering, and enforced a strict curfew on the Strip after 10 p.m. The young music fans, however, felt the new laws infringed upon their civil rights.[7] On Saturday, November 12, 1966, fliers were distributed on the Sunset Strip inviting people to join demonstrations later that day. Several of Los Angeles' rock radio stations also announced a rally outside the Pandora's Box club on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights. That evening, as many as 1,000 young demonstrators, including future celebrities such as Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda (who was handcuffed by police) gathered to protest against the curfew's enforcement. Although the rallies began peacefully, trouble eventually broke out. The unrest continued the next night, and periodically throughout the rest of November and December, forcing some clubs to shut down within weeks.[7] It was against the background of these civil disturbances that Stills recorded "For What It's Worth" on December 5, 1966. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_What_It%27s_WorthThere’s something happening here
What it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
There’s battle lines being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you’re always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stop, now, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stop, children, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
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Post by newdayyesterday on Dec 2, 2020 10:49:12 GMT
So basically the song What's that sound? is none other than For what it's worth.....or is it the other way round ??!!!
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 2, 2020 16:42:35 GMT
So basically the song What's that sound? is none other than For what it's worth.....or is it the other way round ??!!! Interestingly the group Art morphed into Spooky Tooth one of a number of bands, Tull included, who were signed to the Island record label.
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Post by rredmond on Dec 3, 2020 15:48:36 GMT
So not a cover of Stormtroopers of Death's "What's that Noise"
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