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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CharginMyDazzle wrote:
spine-tingling!
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pogopatterson wrote:
I was born in 1968 and will go to my grave thinking that the sixties was the most exciting decade of the 20th century, musically culturally and spiritually.
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tnn221 wrote:
Theee song of the 60's
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k4rm3n wrote:
transcending time ♪
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Legsudesire wrote:
60's revisited...everybody look ...u better stop ...what's that sound everybody look what's goin' down.
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tomwaitsfan1 wrote:
nobodys right if everybodys wrong
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jazzgeorge wrote:
Everybody look what's going down
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luisa20051972 wrote:
cool song
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Cam777 wrote:
"Nobody's right if everybody's wrong" - Very true
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krixor wrote:
classic oh.. love it
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jupiter44 wrote:
Inspire me with your dulcet tones and modern intonations, please..
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drainagerelated wrote:
Creeps into my mind everytime the rearview shows COP
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trikkydikkyy wrote:
This is brilliant. I heard it on Breakfast on Pluto and I thought it was so fantastic. Transvestite spies killing terrorists with Channel number 5. (y)
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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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