Thinking of this classic song a lot lately:

[Brigid]

[IsItJustMe]

1. Awesome song!!!

I needed that.

[Brigid]

2. Want a great song for just about any occasion?

Just ask an old person.

[CBHagman]

8. Tonight's folk music night on PBS...

...and thus far they've run "Eve of Destruction," "My Back Pages," and "Both Sides Now," among others, all of which are still relevant.

[Brigid]

13. Did they include this one?

[BillZBubb]

31. Question: Is this song a lament for the defeat of the Confederacy?

I've never listened to the whole thing because it sounded that way just listening to the first part.

It sounds like southern whining about getting their butts kicked. Am I wrong?

[Brigid]

32. You could take it that way.

But to me it's hard not to be at least a little sympathetic at the stark description of the hardships ordinary people always suffer during wartime.

[BillZBubb]

33. Thanks for the reply. I'm really hard edged when it comes to the Civil War.

I have no sympathy for the south for what happened during the war they wanted and started.

[jwirr]

23. I used to listen to them all the time. Radio does not work anymore. So is there a way that one can

listen to these things on the internet?

[llmart]

24. I use Spotify.....

and save all my favorites. They have next to no commercials and the commercials they do have are 20 seconds long and infrequent.

[RebelOne]

25. Sure, on YouTube. You can find any song you want to listen to. n/t

[2naSalit]

3. Me too.

And I guessed which song it was before I clicked on your OP.

[lilaliu]

4. Love it!

The wonderful melody. Could you suggest me any other classic songs?

[Brigid]

9. How about a little Dionne Warwick?

[lilaliu]

20. Thanks

You are really kind, thank you!

[Brigid]

21. A bit more?

Back then, this one was on the radio for years.

[lilaliu]

35. Wow

You got me!

[Archae]

5. That group was notorious for creating havoc at their TV appearances.

They were so bad Johnny Carson personally told the band to "Wipe their noses and go home."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Youngbloods

The Youngbloods were an American folk rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young (vocals, bass), Jerry Corbitt (guitar), Lowell Levinger, nicknamed "Banana," (guitar and electric piano), and Joe Bauer (drums). Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity. Their only U.S. Top 40 entry was "Get Together".[1]

Later history[edit]
In 1971 Jerry Corbitt and former Youngbloods producer Charlie Daniels formed a band called Corbitt & Daniels and toured.

In 1976 HT Rabin, drummer from Alias, joined the Youngbloods for a brief tour.

Banana supplied guitar, banjo, synthesizer, and back-up vocals to Mimi Fariña's 1985 solo album, Solo, and also toured with her on and off from 1973 until the 1990s.[5] During the 1980s and 1990s, he played with the jam rock band Zero on keyboards, vocals and rhythm guitar.

In late 1984, The Youngbloods briefly reunited for a club tour. The 1984 line-up contained Young, Corbitt and Levinger, plus new members David Perper (drums, ex-Pablo Cruise) and Scott Lawrence (keyboards, woodwinds). Once the tour was completed, the group disbanded once again by early 1985.

Following the September 11 2001 New York World Trade Center incident, the media conglomerate Clear Channel Communications included The Youngbloods' recording of "Get Together" on a list of "lyrically questionable" songs that was sent to its 1,200 radio stations in the United States.

Jerry Corbitt died on March 9, 2014.[2]

[CBHagman]

10. Clear Channel questioned it?!

I knew that company was a disturbed institution, but that takes the cake.

[oberliner]

28. I thought it was because they wanted to play a new song

And Johnny et al wanted them to play only the hit.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. You rock for posting this. I really pity everyone who didn't

live through this time - when this was recorded - and felt the wave.

Hope it happens again.

[RebelOne]

26. Don't pity me. I lived in that time and remember all the music. n/t

[JaydenD]

11. And this one: Thunderclap Newman, Something in the Air

[Archae]

14. I really hate this song...

It's faux-"revolutionary" twaddle.

[Uncle Joe]

12. One of my all time favorites.

Thanks for the thread, Brigid.

[slipslidingaway]

15. "... Come on people now, smile on your brother ...

http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_youngbloods/get_together.html

"... Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now


If you hear the song I sing
You will understand (listen!)
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at you command


Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now ..."


Thanks we need more of this now

[panader0]

16. I actually used some of these lyrics in my first wedding vows.

She and I were young hippie types. The song still resonates with me.

[stage left]

17. I loved it when I first heard way back when.

And I love it now. Thanks for posting it.

[raven mad]

18. I don't even have to listen to it...........

I have the album (yes, vinyl); the CD, a cassette tape............. Thank you!

[Enthusiast]

19. Kicked and recommended!

[johnp3907]

22. Thanks for this!

I saw Jefferson Starship do this song a few months ago.

[oberliner]

27. Listen - to what the flower people say

Listen - it's getting truer every day!

[raven mad]

29. This is on my constant playlist.

At home, on the motorcycle, in the Jeep............ it never gets enough play to my mind; EVERYONE should listen...............

Thank you, Brigid!

[Politicalboi]

30. I remember when this song

Was "maybe" going to be our new national anthem. Too bad it didn't make it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

34. Love that classic song about peace and humanity - brings back a lot of memories

Another hippie tune from that period that stands up the hairs on the back of my neck with its intense feelings and message of togetherness and peace is Candles In The Rain.