at the Woodstock music festival (Woodstock 1969). The feminist movement also surged during the Nineteen Sixties. Inspired by singers like the Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin women all over the United States began to fight for equality (Burns 1990). Franklins song Respect, which simply asks for a little respect, is an example of how the women felt (Szatmary 1996). Janis Joplin made a political statement every time she went on stage. She held nothing back during her performances. Her stage presence was just as strong if not stronger than the male stars of the day (Szatmary 1996). Protests and demonstrations were the order of the day (Burns 1990). Musicians often attended these protest and their songs illustrate this. The Rolling Stones song Street fighting man is inspired by the protests taking place in London that Stones singer Mick Jagger had attended. Every where I go I hear the sound of marching charging feet Jagger says. True to his words, protests were held all over the world from places Paris to Mexico City (Anderson 1969). The Beatles song Helter Skelter also reflected on the madness that could and usually occurred when the demonstrations turned violent and deadly (Hertsgard 1995). Smokey Robinson also felt that the demonstrations were a strong force of change, in his song Get Ready it says people get ready for the trains a coming (Szatmary 1996). The Chambers Brothers drew the line in the sand and summed up the protest movement by saying The time has come today, young hearts must go their way, cant put it off another day (Szatmary 1996). In 1968 the Beatles released a double album called the white album. On that album there is a song called Revolution. John Lennon wrote the song not as a call to arms but as personal statement to the demonstrators saying so you say you want a revolution, well you know, we all want to change the worldwhen you talk about destructio...
