Freedom/Independence/4th of July songs...

I’ve got one Independence Day by Bruce Springsteen he has another one called Sandy (Haight Ashbury Park 4th of July) those are good

Richie Havens-Freedom (at Woodstock):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rynxqdNMry4

 

My favorite 4th of July song.

 https://youtu.be/lhu807VUY24

4th of July
X

She's waitin' for me
When I get home from work
Oh, but things ain't just the same
She turns out the light
And cries in the dark
Won't answer when I call her name

On the stairs I smoke a
Cigarette alone
Mexican kids are shootin'
Fireworks below
Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July
Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July

She gives me her cheek
When I want her lips
But I don't have the strength to go
On the lost side of town
In a dark apartment
We gave up trying so long ago

On the stairs I smoke a
Cigarette alone
Mexican kids are shootin'
Fireworks below
Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July
Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July

What ever happened I
Apologize
So dry your tears and baby
Walk outside, it's the Fourth of July

On the stairs I smoke a
Cigarette alone
Mexican kids are shootin'
Fireworks below
Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July
Hey baby, Baby take a walk outside

Chicago has that song “Saturday in the Park I think it was the 4th of July” they used to do a lot of drugs which is probably why they weren’t sure what day it was it happens trust me, 

leaving texas 

fourth day of july 

sun so hot, clouds so low

the eagles filled the sky

Freedom's just another word
For nothin' left to do

How Bout Phil Ochs: I Aint Marching Anymore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv1KEF8Uw2k

or some more Havens: Handsome Johnny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwdyr9Ceh6Q

 

Gil Scott-Heron "B Movie"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSOp507HJMA

"God damn it, first one wants freedom, then the whole damn world wants freedom."

Wave it wide and high

Neil Young Freedom Acoustic Concert 1989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPBR9CvRgNg

Keep On Rockin In The Free World !!!

                                                              


     Could the Grateful Dead have happened anywhere other than America? 
     The obvious dynamic would be freedom of travel, it doesn't seem that it could have possibly taken place in Europe other than an occasional tour, what with all the borders and all...Asia, maybe, possibly, in certain regions, but probably not.  Africa, South America, Australia/New Zealand, Central America, the Middle East?
     If you subscribe to the notion that most if not everything happens for a reason, there's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be, it seems perhaps divine providence that the driving force of the revolution of consciousness took place in America, pressing the envelope of western civilization, forging a new path for humanity, and the ultimate frontier...the mind, it couldn't have been allowed to reach it's ongoing potential anywhere else.  
     "Go west young man go west!"  It's interesting that if you look at the advancement of civilization, it has a westward pattern, the farthest westerly point of the continental United States is the most beautiful region of the most beautiful county of the most beautiful state of the most beautiful country on the face of the planet Earth...if it weren't for Garcia, would it be anything similar to the bastion of freedom & liberty that it is today?  Would the Pacific Northwest?  
     The migration of humanity trends westward, that path took the species to the New World, then exploring the frontier, over the Rocky Mountains, and ultimately the coast of California where some young men got together and started playing music.
     Could Jerry have become the musicologist he became anywhere other than America?  Could he have developed that "Muddy River Country" sound anywhere else?  If it weren't for the bounty of the musical harvest that is America, Garcia would've still been a sublime musician, but you wouldn't have Grateful Dead music as you know it today.
     This country is the embodiment of the human experiment of Liberty, there's no more beautiful land on all the Earth to explore...Jerry's love for this country was undying, it's no coincidence that the Grateful Dead happened, is still happening, and will continue to happen here, let freedom ring!

https://youtu.be/uI2ATp-NMVI

^^^my favorite part of the FTW shows