For What It's Worth (2:38)
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While the song has come to symbolize worldwide turbulence and confrontational feelings arising from events during the 1960s (particularly the Vietnam War), Stills reportedly wrote the song in reaction to escalating unrest between law enforcement and young club-goers related to the closing of Pandora’s Box, a club on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. The song’s title appears nowhere in its lyrics; it is more easily remembered by the first line of chorus: “Stop, children, what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down.”
In 2006, Stephen Stills was interviewed by Tom Kent on his radio show “Into the ’70s” and pointed out that many people think “For What It’s Worth” is about the Kent State Shootings, although it was actually recorded several years before that event.
In 2006, Stephen Stills was interviewed by Tom Kent on his radio show “Into the ’70s” and pointed out that many people think “For What It’s Worth” is about the Kent State Shootings, although it was actually recorded several years before that event.
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keithiebabe wrote:
tuune, classic, stop children what's that sound .......
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bojay wrote:
this one is worth another listen...
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filamentnovice wrote:
Chillax to the max.
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sfusyron wrote:
Drawn!!!!!!!
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Ant718 wrote:
Run Forest!
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MadRangerMan wrote:
Step out of line, the man come and take you away!!!!
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Giusychevola wrote:
Great!!!
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DonMacavele wrote:
Awesome use of a fantastic song in a great movie, but both are great in their own right without the other.
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TenaciousMike wrote:
thanks for the lesson. I liked Buffalo Springfield before I even heard about this movie. I might not be a part of that generation but I wish I was. Just talkin bout that movie because I've seen it recently.
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beefcake1313 wrote:
Tenacious mike this song is more than just a song at the beginning of a movie, its the song of a generation
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TenaciousMike wrote:
LORD OF WAR Opening Sequence in HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHn1zogeyO4 what an artwork!
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RobertKelso wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M_Ttstbgs
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TenaciousMike wrote:
the song was played at the beginning of the movie Lord Of War. I remember that I wasn´t able to focus on the movie because I couldn´t get the song out of my mind.
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sionborg wrote:
Great Song !! >4
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Summersett wrote:
reminds me of my hippy days
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Thorpe wrote:
Catchy track. Listening to it from Parlami D'Amore.
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althewise wrote:
40 years on and still getting resistance from behind .......
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WarPool wrote:
A young Neil..
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slushie360 wrote:
when songs had a deeper meaning...sigh
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Great song <3
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