Some of the lyrics are rather zen: We are but a moment's sunlight Fading in the grass But the chorus is very clear in its message: Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now. They were aimed at the elimination of poverty and racial injustice in America.
If we can deal with them together, we will be at peace during our brief stay on earth and when we die.By 1969 when "Get Together" was re-released, there was a lot of fear and hatred not only in the United States but in other places around the world. And with the right kind of eyes, you can almost see the high watermark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back. As if the Biblical teachings of Christ, to hear with your Spiritual ears.
There was a madness in any direction as reflected by the widespread use of psychedelic drugs like LSD, psychedelic music by such groups as Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead, and the opening of topless and bottomless bars. On news after recent Louisiana, they even have tips, protection etiquette in theater shootings! If North Vietnam with the assistance of the Vietcong succeeded in doing this, other countries in Southeast Asia like Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia would also fall to the Communists as in a domino effect.
Another interesting part of the song shows the polarity of love versus fear. Jesse Colin Young went backstage and had Linhart write out the lyrics for the song, which The Youngbloods then recorded. Yes, all the others call attention to the turbulence of the 60's, but the call then and now is still peace.He said it to a room full of frightened disciples, hiding from the political and military power of the world at that moment. In the florid version of his tale, he was thinking about the power of music, and how he could use it to convey a powerful message: Here are the charting versions of the song in America:The Youngbloods heard this song at the Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village when the singer Buzzy Linhart performed it. To provide a better website experience, spinditty.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data.
During the mid-1960s, the United States had also started escalating its role in the Vietnam War.
1John 3:11-24 goes on to describe this love, note: Vs. 23. He died in 1994 at age 57, stricken with a brain mass that required surgery. You believe in God ; believe also in me. Play it play it peaceYes, both sides of America do need to listen to this song. "("accursed are them that don't believe in The Coming of The Lord" 1Corinthians 16:22) Also keep in mind many of these (Biblical)principles were still intact, in 1967, 5 years since God outa schools. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right: that we were winning.
The festival opener, Richie Havens, played it as the second song, following "This song has been used in a number of TV shows and movies, notably In 2017, this was used in commercials for Blue Diamond almonds.
To understand why this song so fittingly sums up the turbulent 60s, I will first interpret the meaning of the monologue preceding "Get Together," and then I will interpret the lyrics of the song.In the 1969 version of "Get Together," an unknown male speaker gives a short monologue immediately preceding the song.
I take this as Christ on the cross. Second, "If you hear the song I singYou will understand (listen!)". People did that a lot in those days, just travel and live here and there for while. "I was kind of surprised to learn he was a New Yorker and kind of a tough guy," said Young. You know the way to the place where I am going.”Duncan, please excuse my long delay in replying to your comments. Yet Jesus comes; much needed, but uninvited, "Peace be with you".The 60's may have been a time of psychedelic intervention, but today it is no less, nor is the need for peace. 7/26/2015 Duncan R.M. Everybody get together. "In reflecting on this monologue, I would have to say that, yes, San Francisco in the middle 60s was a special place to be a part of. There was so much happening both good and bad, and San Francisco seemed to be the center of the new cultural order.