The bubbling decade erupts
In my first year high school year.
Terrifying image from 1968 (Feb) (Photo: Eddie Adams)
Around the globe
Upheaval, dissent, protests,
Unrest, assassinations,
War, frightening media images,
The personal becoming political.
New possibilities, new responsibilities.
A new responsibility … silence not an option.
Spectrum of responses: fear to fury.
Our job, growing-up.
Dion sings*, we agree.
Notes & Extra:
* Abraham, Martin, & John first hit the Australian charts in November 1968. I read somewhere that the songwriter (Dick Holler) wrote this after Martin Luther King’s assassination in March 68, the song was released but then a verse was added after Bobby Kennedy’s murder in June 68 and it was released again.
** The song was released by Dion DiMucci whose most famous song was The Wanderer. It was written by Dick Holler and produced by Phil Gernhard – I mention this because, coincidently they teamed up for an earlier song appearing in 365 Short Memories. A very very different song – 365 Short Memories #117.
365 Short Memories 