First video ever played on MTV......

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Listen to a video of Grace Slick belting out 'White Rabbit'.  You may want to look into the book 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll (another English writer) in order to understand some of the references made.  

Ain't it amazing how many songs refer back to literature?

Some of that 'hippie (not hippy) stuff' was damn good.  

It isn't a matter of knocking the literature lyrics. I actually like the liberal messages of the lyrics of the 60s/70s, just not the music style.

Lots of folks of that era love Bob Dylan. As far as social awareness I get that. But I do not like his voice. I think he is a great guy, but I never got into his sound.  

Pat Benatar will never be widely known for this following song "Tough Life", but looking back at it now, the lyrics remind  me of the trust fund brat Trump is proving to be.

I tend to agree that Dylan can be an acquired taste.  Many of my friends back in my hippie days were into him so I heard his music enough to get past his usual singing style and appreciate the lyrics.  However, one of my favorite songs is a Dylan song.  It is one where he sounds very different from his other songs of that time.  I find it a beautifully honest love song. He is asking to be seen for what is and not for what he seems to be on the outside.  His other songs were more about the message to me.  In Lay, Lady, Lay I appreciate the music, the lyrics, and his delivery.







Josh and me - 1976.