The war against communinism (Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War) had been going on a long time, the youth were fighting it and the government was keeping it going for another generation (“the players tried for a forward pass”).
“the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield” this whole section is about the anti-war movement and the murder of 4 protestors at Kent State in a showdown with police. (This also is a play on “Lenin read a book of Marx” which was the impetus in some ways for the entire soviet revolution, but that Lenin was dead by the 1920s and not the reason for why American youth in 1970 were “singing dirges in the dark”)
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“While Lennon read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park, and we sang dirges in the dark” The Beatles broke up in 1969, and Lennon began a series of philosophical/political protests with Yoko Ono and the other members created new bands that would never replace the original. “While the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown” - the King was Elvis (the King of Rock n Roll) and the Jester is Bob Dylan (wearing a leather jacket like James Dean) who performed rock music with an electric guitar at the Newport folk festival in 1966 which horrified fans of folk (considered to be the youths music (“a voice that came from you and me”) and more in line with hippie esthetics while Elvis was more their parents generation) Since this got a few likes l’ll add which references I was making This includes photos, which are not obviously retro and portraits of famous young women doing nothing but posing. Please add the info in the comments.ĥ: All reposts less than six months old and all reposts less than a year old from Top 100 will be removed.ħ: We reserve the right to remove any post that doesn't showcase historical coolness. Nobody cares about your sexual impulses, least of all the OP.Ĥ: All posts highlighting, in the title, that someone has recently passed away or titles trying to evoke sympathy upvotes will be deleted.
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