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[8] President Richard Nixon, who is criticized in the song, won a landslide reelection in 1972, which included winning the 1972 United States presidential election in Ohio by a margin of over 21%. The lyrics help evoke the turbulent mood of horror, outrage, and shock in the wake of the shootings, especially the line "four dead in Ohio ...
Bruce Springsteen wrote a song called "Where Was Jesus in Ohio" in May or June 1970 in response to the Kent State shootings. [ 164 ] [ 165 ] Former Yes frontman Jon Anderson has said that the lyrics of " Long Distance Runaround " (from the album Fragile , released in 1971) are also in part about the shootings, particularly the line "hot colour ...
Pages in category "Songs about Richard Nixon" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song) W.
Crosby claims in his first autobiography (Long Time Gone) that (a) Crosby was there when it was written, (b) Neil Young wrote the song after watching the news about Kent State on TV, and (c) that Crosby had handed him a guitar (not clear if this was meant to indicate that Crosby thought Young should write a song or that Young was immediately ...
It was released in support of George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign, who was running against incumbent President Richard Nixon. Young had already voiced his opinions of Nixon two years prior with "Ohio" while a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and once again tried to make an impact with a protest song. Despite his and Nash's ...
A bust of former U.S. President Richard Nixon is displayed in the corridor where Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S ...
Ohio's delegation chose "Green Light" by Springfield native John Legend. The song, which features Outkast's Andre 3000 — currently touring the country promoting his flute project — appeared on ...
Here's to the State of Richard Nixon. Phil Ochs released the song "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon" as a single in 1974. [5] Ochs replaces 'Mississippi' with 'Richard Nixon' in the lyrics. Ochs also changed some verses to reflect criticisms about the Nixon administration.