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ada<p>... Singin' about a revolution<br>Because were talkin' about a change<br>Its more than just evolution<br>Well you know you got to clean your brain<br>The only way that we can stand in fact<br>Is when you get your foot off our back!</p><p>(Get off our backs, get back<br>Don'tcha know it's gonna be) All right<br>(Well, get back) Get back<br>Well, all right ...</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/1968to69" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1968to69</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NinaSimone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NinaSimone</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TheBeatles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBeatles</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AnswerSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnswerSong</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CallAndResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CallAndResponse</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DontYouKnowItsGonnaBeAlright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontYouKnowItsGonnaBeAlright</span></a></p>
Reverend Elvis<p>The wonderful world of answer songs – I truly hope Dodie Stevens found someone. Some GI guy who died young in Vietnam, and she could live a life in freedom.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XtvnWft8_g&amp;list=RD_XtvnWft8_g&amp;start_radio=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=_XtvnWft8_</span><span class="invisible">g&amp;list=RD_XtvnWft8_g&amp;start_radio=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://word.undead-network.de/2025/06/14/the-wonderful-world-of-answer-songs-i-truly-hope-dodie-stevens-found-someone-some-gi-guy-who-died-young-in-vietnam-and-she-could-live-a-life-in-freedom/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">word.undead-network.de/2025/06</span><span class="invisible">/14/the-wonderful-world-of-answer-songs-i-truly-hope-dodie-stevens-found-someone-some-gi-guy-who-died-young-in-vietnam-and-she-could-live-a-life-in-freedom/</span></a><br><a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/AnswerSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnswerSong</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/elvis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elvis</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/lonesome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lonesome</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
Reverend Elvis<p>The wonderful world of answer songs – Carole King answers to Neil Sedakas „Oh Carol“<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LCymr8hhGk&amp;list=RD0LCymr8hhGk&amp;start_radio=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=0LCymr8hhG</span><span class="invisible">k&amp;list=RD0LCymr8hhGk&amp;start_radio=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://word.undead-network.de/2025/06/14/the-wonderful-world-of-answer-songs-carole-king-answers-to-neil-sedakas-oh-carol/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">word.undead-network.de/2025/06</span><span class="invisible">/14/the-wonderful-world-of-answer-songs-carole-king-answers-to-neil-sedakas-oh-carol/</span></a><br><a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/AnswerSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnswerSong</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/CaroleKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaroleKing</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/NeilSedaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeilSedaka</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Mannish Boy" (or "Manish Boy" as it was first labeled) is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bluesStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesStandard</span></a> written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MuddyWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuddyWaters</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MelLondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MelLondon</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoDiddley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoDiddley</span></a> (with Waters and Diddley being credited under their birth names). First recorded in 1955 by Waters, it serves as an "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/answerSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>answerSong</span></a>" to Bo Diddley's "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ImAMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImAMan</span></a>", which was in turn inspired by Waters' and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WillieDixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WillieDixon</span></a>'s "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HoochieCoochieMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoochieCoochieMan</span></a>". <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MannishBoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MannishBoy</span></a> features a repeating <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/stoptime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stoptime</span></a> figure on one chord throughout the song. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0hfiUa0NHA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=j0hfiUa0NHA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" is a 1952 country song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JDJayMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDJayMiller</span></a>, and recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KittyWells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KittyWells</span></a>. It was an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/answerSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>answerSong</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HankThompson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HankThompson</span></a> hit "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheWildSideOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWildSideOfLife</span></a>." First performed by Al Montgomery as "Did God Make <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HonkyTonkAngels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HonkyTonkAngels</span></a>" on the Feature label which was owned by songwriter J.D. Miller. The song — which blamed unfaithful men for creating unfaithful women — became the first No. 1 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/countryHit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>countryHit</span></a> for a solo woman artist. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKleTa94dC8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=tKleTa94dC</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" is a 1952 country song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JDJayMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDJayMiller</span></a>, and recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KittyWells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KittyWells</span></a>. It was an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/answerSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>answerSong</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HankThompson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HankThompson</span></a> hit "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheWildSideOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWildSideOfLife</span></a>." First performed by Al Montgomery as "Did God Make <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HonkyTonkAngels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HonkyTonkAngels</span></a>" on the Feature label which was owned by songwriter J.D. Miller. The song — which blamed unfaithful men for creating unfaithful women — became the first No. 1 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/countryHit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>countryHit</span></a> for a solo woman artist. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKleTa94dC8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=tKleTa94dC</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Hot Rod Lincoln" is a song by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CharlieRyan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieRyan</span></a>, first released in 1955. It was written as an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/answerSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>answerSong</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArkieShibley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArkieShibley</span></a>'s 1950 hit "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HotRodRace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotRodRace</span></a>" (US #29). It describes a drive north on#USRoute99 (predecessor to Interstate 5) from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SanPedroLosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanPedroLosAngeles</span></a>, and over the Grapevine which soon becomes a hot rod race that ends with serious consequences. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZu5TwRbYiA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=eZu5TwRbYi</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
Ben Rosengart<p>Song concept: “Me and Janis and Them,” about the experience of dating Janis and Kris and Reba and Dolly and Jerry Jeff and Willie and Waylon etc., from the perspective of Bobby McGee <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/AnswerSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnswerSong</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Mannish Boy" (or "Manish Boy" as it was first labeled) is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bluesStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesStandard</span></a> written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MuddyWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuddyWaters</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MelLondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MelLondon</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoDiddley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoDiddley</span></a> (with Waters and Diddley being credited under their birth names). First recorded in 1955 by Waters, it serves as an "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/answerSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>answerSong</span></a>" to Bo Diddley's "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ImAMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImAMan</span></a>", which was in turn inspired by Waters' and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WillieDixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WillieDixon</span></a>'s "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HoochieCoochieMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoochieCoochieMan</span></a>". <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MannishBoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MannishBoy</span></a> features a repeating <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/stoptime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stoptime</span></a> figure on one chord throughout the song. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32YQYJuxyn0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=32YQYJuxyn</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p>