Four Dead in Ohio was a protest song composed by Neil Young of the group Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. It was band from the airways for it's "anti war" and "anti Nixon" sentiments. Neil Young wrote this now famous song right after the Kent State Massacre on May 4th 1970. According to 20th Century History http://history1900s.about.com/od/1970s/qt/kentstate.htm, 4 students were killed, Allison Krause, William, Schroeder, Jeffrey Miller, and Sandra Schever. The song was not only a protest of the war, but how the general public was being treated at home by the Nixon administration. Here is the song with the lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI7-m919ynU.
Thats terrible that students were killed. Great picture it looks very intense.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if the freedom of protest and speech were around then, but if so, that sucks that it was banned from the radio just for acknowledging problems within our own borders.
ReplyDeleteIt's terrible that people were killed for expressing how they felt/viewed something. Not to mention how wrong it is and then a song can't be played on the radio for the same reasons!
ReplyDeletethe song has a ton of meaning to it and is very emotional
DeleteThanks for the link to the song! It was very interesting.
DeleteThe video was very well displayed, the pictures and the lyrics really showed how tragic the massacre was.
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