Je sais bien qu'il y a déjà des sujets sur le Rock, la country music, Woodstock.
Mais je voudrais parler plus particulièrement d'un courant musical que je connais assez bien, initié par Woody Guthrie (qui avait écrit sur sa guitare "This Machine Kills Fascists"), dont les représentants les plus connus sont Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, Johnny Cash ...
Musicalement "country, folk, puis rock" avec tous les guillemets que vous voulez.
Une chanson emblématique de cette époque, chantée par tous (et même par Marlène Dietrich) est celle-ci :
par son auteur. (dont la chanson la plus connue est Gantanamera adaptée d'un chant traditionnel)
http://www.youtube.com/v/RhlOJm9n ... re=related
et par d'autres
http://www.youtube.com/v/JsV59qnq ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/v/sKvdPsnk ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/v/cLe9pJSR ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/v/VgCVS2mH ... re=related
Pete Seeger a écrit :
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
voir le film de Martin SCORSESE "The Last Waltz" (1978) et "No direction home" (2005)