Breznev
Briefly - have to take advantage of the weather here in the West of Ireland - garden all day - hence the delay.
By the time of the Viet Nam protests the songmaking (on demonstrations) had been replaced by chanting (though I did hear a crowd of young women in Grosvenor Square infuriate one of the boys in blue by singing "I want to be a bobbie's girl" (pop song of the time)).
There were some tredmendous songs written (more later), but not sung on the marches.
Don't know why the chanting took over, but the three day duration of Aldermaston probably had something to do with the number of songs that came out of that campaign.
The Angry Muse
It was an interesting album, but I do know that Ewan and Peggy had to be somewhat diplomatic with Argo Records and put together a historical survey rather than a propaganda album. I think it would have been very different if it had been issued by their own company, Blackthorn, where they had total editorial control.
There is talk of issuing a selection of all of their contemporary songs as one collection - I hope!!!
More later.
Jim Carroll