Speedwagon had it right 30+ years ago?

[Go Vols]

"Golden Country"

Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin' just what comes after
Well your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand
Mortgage people you crawl to your homes
Your security lies in your bed of white foam
You act concerned but then why turn away
When a lady was raped on your doorstep today
Well your blacks are cryin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are dyin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand, oh yeah......

[Solo]

Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin' just what comes after
Well your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand

[Repeat]

[Egnever]

1. Great song

Man there was a time I thought those guys looked so cool. Hah!

The song is still sadly relevant today.

[Go Vols]

3. Will see them next week at a private party

paid like $4.50 to see them back in mid 70's.

[bananas]

4. REO Speedwagon?

Or is this a different speedwagon?

[Go Vols]

5. REO

[SamKnause]

2. Thanks for posting.

It was released in 1977.

Almost 40 years and little has changed.

[Midnight Writer]

6. 1972

[SamKnause]

7. Thank you so much for the

correction!

[countryjake]

8. Well, I think Phil Ochs had it right 50 years ago...

when he sang "Love Me, I'm a Liberal"...that song has proven to be just as relevant, at least judging by what I've been reading right here on this site this evening, as it was during the mid-sixties.

[Go Vols]

9. I ain't taking away from anyone

people that knew right from wrong have spoken/sung about it for hundreds of years.I picked a band I will see next week.

More power to Phil Ochs.

[countryjake]

10. That's cool!

I saw them in a little Madison bar a hundred years ago (late sixties or early seventies) when Terry what's-his name was still singing with them... the sax and the keyboard were the highlights of that night and they really had the place rockin' n jumpin'.

I didn't even know any of them were still performing. Enjoy!

[tk2kewl]

11. i don't recall hearing that one on the radio

take not fellow Bernie supporters... this is the criticism being leveled at us and it is valid.

what matters is deed, not creed (or political ideology).

[RiverLover]

12. Yes they did!!!

This is one of my favorite songs. Its on my iphone playlists.

Sad that no one took serious notice of its message.

[closeupready]

13. I'm so old, I saw them in concert!

lol Don't remember much, except all the and I remember it was when you could smoke indoors, and at this concert, smoke your material of choice, lol.

Really WAS a last century experience.