goin'down | Poem

 
 
 

Editor's note: quote is from Buffalo Springfield (Neil Young, Steve Stills, Richie Furay, Jim Messina) song called Something Happening Here which was popular in late '60s.

"something happening here
what it is ain't exactly clear
there's a man with a gun over there
tellin' me I've got to beware
stop, hey, what's that sound
everybody look what's goin' down
it starts when you're always afraid
step out of line the man comes and takes you away
young people speakin' their minds
gettin so much resistance from behind
stop, hey, what's that sound
everybody look what's goin' down"
 
A little rock hagiography:  Steve Stills and Neil Young  went on to create
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Furay and Messina went on to create Poco.
Young did Crazy Horse and sometimes Furay sat in. Buffalo Springfield were one of the first groups to successfully incorporate dobros, steel guitars
and country licks into political/psychedelic pop rock of mid-60s. Based in LA
but with some ties to pranksters through Owlsly (the chemist who created thecleanest acid in central California at the time) . Steve is the only one to
get fat, but he plays such sweet licks almost everybody ignores that.

- Ken Peters

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