Crowds and music blends well as long a respect for people's spaces are recognized. Crowds like the one you are going to see on the subject matter of behavior seems to be in disorder. But here on a demonstration at Washington DC, crowds follow their leaders.
I heard the song Blowing in the Wind, when I was a teen-ager. We were singing it in a Catholic Church, at San Juan, I was part of a choir.
Compare the definition of crowds to the one you are going to see at www.youtube.com type in the following tags: Peter Paul and Mary, Washington DC 1971 and Give Peace a Chance John Lennon.
You can also look it up at Wikipedia.org
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Hello Sir Leonidas :-)
My real name is Michelle Kay Tundag and I'm from your freshman sociology class, section 6. I always use the screenname Phoenix and other variations of it whenever I lurk in the Internet world.
Upon watching the trio perform "Blowing in the Wind" and "Give Peace a Chance" during an anti-war rally in Washington D.C. in 1971, I think it made me appreciate the 70s era more. Personally, I've always loved songs from the oldies such as these two, mostly because I appreciate their much simpler music. But also back then, musicians are not just for entertainment - they felt it incumbent upon themselves to dedicate their talents to a good cause.
The crowd was peaceful during this rally, and although they are protesting against the US government's action to wage war against Vietnam, they're doing it without the need for violence (as far as I know). Commitment to a great cause that is greater than themselves kept them together and organized, and a parallel example of such mass organization in our country is during the Filipino people's Edsa rally against the Marcos administration. And perhaps good music has a peaceful effect on huge crowds too.
Dear MKT,
Such a lovely comment about our generation.
Such social context is hard to duplicate because I think it is likened to the social diversity that emerges in the world.
There is truth in your statement that music should serve a particular purpose. For PPM they want their song not just to be heard but after hearing the song people doing something about a situation that should be changed.
Today peace-movements are gravitated around the war in Iraq and the situation in the middle east.
The American war in Vietnam was a disaster. We should learn from the lessons of history.
Regarding the Vietnam war, my previous psychology class has provided some good insights about that. The decision to launch war against Vietnam was finalized in the midst of the phenomenon known to Psych majors as 'group-think'. Government leaders unanimously passed the decision because they thought that there is strength in numbers, and that they cannot contest a decision that the majority has voted for. Despite lingering doubts, they did not bother to protest against a crucial step that has the capability of destroying lives.
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