Motown R & B And Rock Music In The 1960's

Motown R&B and Rock music both played a significant political role into the 1960’s in their own ways however Rock music produced the most influential music about politics and governmental issues. With many wars during the 1960’s, people expressed their emotions and opinions through arts and entertainment. Of course with music and entertainment, there were multiple types of genres. British music, Rock, and Motown R&B were the most popular, however Rock music produced the most political music compared to Motown R&B.

During the 1960’s there were multiple British boy rock bands. There were the Rolling Stones, The Beats, The Beatles, The Who, and The Animals. Out of these groups, the most popularly international were most definitely The Beatles. This group combined distinct sounds Chuck Berry, Little

Country Joe McDonald wrote a song titled “I Feel like I’m Fixin’ to Die.” Written in 1967, this Vietnam protest song is very important for the development of the protest movement. Significant lyrics in the song are “And it's 1, 2, 3 what are we fightin' for? Don't ask me I don't give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam, and it's 5, 6, 7 open up the pearly gates. Well there ain't no time to wonder why...WHOOPEE we're all gonna die.” Depth and meaning of this song attempts to place blame for the war on politicians and leaders of the US military and industry that makes all of their money from war. This artist also targets the idea that the politicians and leaders of the US make their money from war and not the soldiers who fight the war and make the war possible. Evidence of this is in the lyric: “Come on Wall Street, don't be slow, Why man, this is war au-go-go. There's plenty good money to be made. By supplying the Army with the tools of its trade, but just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb, they drop it on the Viet Cong.” From just this song, you can see how angered people were from politics and government