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Folk Rock  “If I Had A Hammer” – Pete Seeger If I had a hammer I’d hammer in the morning I’d hammer in the evening All over this land I’d hammer out danger I’d hammer out a warning I’d hammer out love between my brothers...

Folk Rock  “If I Had A Hammer” – Pete Seeger If I had a hammer I’d hammer in the morning I’d hammer in the evening All over this land I’d hammer out danger I’d hammer out a warning I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land If I had a bell I’d ring it in the morning I’d ring it in the evening All over this land I’d ring out danger I’d ring out a warning I’d ring out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land  “If I Had a Hammer” – Pete Seeger How is Seeger different from Rock and Roll stars like Chuck Berry and Elvis? What does Seeger’s enthusiasm for audience participation suggest about his view of popular music?  What is the song’s primary political argument? If I had a hammer If I had a song I’d hammer in the morning I’d sing it in the morning I’d hammer in the evening I’d sing it in the evening All over this land All over this land I’d hammer out danger I’d sing out danger I’d hammer out a warning I’d sing out a warning I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my I’d sing out love between my brothers and my sisters sisters All over this land All over this land If I had a bell Well I got a hammer I’d ring it in the morning And I got a bell I’d ring it in the evening And I got a song to sing All over this land All over this land I’d ring out danger It’s the hammer of justice I’d ring out a warning It’s the bell of freedom I’d ring out love between my brothers and my sisters It’s the song about love between my brothers and my All over this land sisters All over this land Are You Popular?  Woody Guthrie on Folk Music “I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you on account of your bad luck or hard traveling. I am out to fight those songs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood. I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work. And the songs that I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you.  Woody Guthrie on Folk Music “I could hire out to the other side, the big money side, and get several dollars every week just to quit singing my own kind of songs and to sing the kind that knock you down still farther and the ones that poke fun at you even more and the ones that make you think you've not any sense at all. But I decided a long time ago that I'd starve to death before I'd sing any such songs as that. The radio waves and your movies and your jukeboxes and your songbooks are already loaded down and running over with such no-good songs as that anyhow.” Pete Seeger on Woody Guthrie  Pete Seeger on Woody Guthrie What is Seeger’s definition of good music? According to Seeger, what is the purpose of Folk music? How are Seeger and Guthrie’s views similar or different?  Pete Seeger Traveled with Woody Guthrie across America learning about Art and Politics Seeger became a prominent voice in labor, antiwar, and Civil Rights movements in the 40s and 50s Because of his involvement in these movements, he was banned from touring In 1962 the ban was lifted, and he began touring again “If I Had a Hammer” – Peter, Paul and Mary “Turn Turn Turn” – Pete Seeger/The Byrds  What is Folk Rock? Folk Rock combines the purity of folk music and excitement and energy of rock music Commercialization in America alienated a lot of youths. Folk Rock presented youth with an alternative culture to the one of commercialization Folk music pointed to more simpler themes and messages It also inspired and gave purpose to many Americans. It moved people “If you can’t sing well, sing loud” Pete Seeger