Escaping+Big+Brother+Through+Music

​Escaping Big Brother...through music

Ok, now I know teachers are always wanting you to 'learn stuff' but if you read this page and are not affected, I will give you a million dollars...when I'm a millionaire...which, as a teacher, should be soon right?

Take a close look at the picture above. This (now Pulitzer prize winning) picture is from Kent State in Ohio on May 4, 1970 immediately after the infamous Kent State 'Massacre". If you've never heard about this very famous American incident, it's time you did. In a mere 13 seconds four college students were shot dead by the National Guard during an anti-war protest. To this day, nobody has taken responsibility for their deaths and the incident would forever remind the American public how important it is to pay attention.

The story goes...that very night [|David Crosby, Neil Young, Graham Nash, and Stephen Stills] got together and wrote the lyrics to one of our nations most tragic mistakes. Learn more about this event here: [|Kent State Video Clip]

This is a much longer video that includes interviews of both National Guardsmen and victims. [|Democracy Now Documentary About Kent State]

=**Lyrics to Ohio** written in one night Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, (Nixon gave the ok for the National Guard to [|take control of Kent State Campus)] We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. Gotta get down to it Soldiers are cutting us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground (this line is about murdered student [|Alison Krause)] How can you run when you know? Gotta get down to it Soldiers are cutting us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio.=