Can The Music Of The ‘60s Help Solve Our Problems?

NOV 4 WRITTEN BY ROBERT MILLER

The past few years have been complicated, scary and unpredictable. Nobody predicted the pandemic or its catastrophic effect. As I sit by my computer right now in 2022 I think back to an earlier era when life seemed simpler.

I’m a child of the ‘60s, the era of Woodstock, Janis Jopin, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, etc. I look back at this time and think about what made it special.

The answer for me is clear..it was the music.

The music of the ‘60s was fun, creative and experimental. And everything got played on the radio because the music business hadn’t yet gone “corporate” with all the gatekeepers and the others who finally wrestled control of rock music and cut it off at the knees.

The world we live in today is light years from the ‘60s. Our problems

and challenges seem so much bigger and more complicated. I’m sure very few people wrestled with global warming in the ‘60s.

The music of that era was forefront in our lives and inspired a generation. Music influenced everything: art, culture, fashion, politics.

We accomplished some amazing things as a country like putting a man on the moon. Politicians worked together for everyone’s benefit not just to get themselves re-elected.

Let’s hope that the music and spirit of the ‘60s rubs off on the current generation and our politicians to solve today’s enormous problems.