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Post by Writer's Panic on Jun 4, 2020 10:14:26 GMT -5
During the lead up to the depression, radio was in it's golden age. Even the poorest homes had some kind of radio. This was when things like crystal radios were very popular. If you had enough wire for the coil, a rusty razor blade and a piece of pencil lead (for the PN junction) and a pair of high impedance headphones, you could receive radio signals.
As the depression turned from speculation to reality, the music changed with it. Some depression songs were indeed depressing (Brother can you spare a dime). But others were uplifting and positive (Keep your Sunny Side Up).
Here's one I have always liked:
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Post by Writer's Panic on Jun 4, 2020 10:28:24 GMT -5
This song was interesting.
Bing Crosby, a wealthy stage and screen actor and crooner, was able to project himself as suffering the same as everyone else.
These days the SJWs would have shut down his Twitter, Doxxed his kids and shamed him into apologizing for having the audacity to suggest he shares anything in common with regular people.
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Post by Writer's Panic on Jun 4, 2020 10:30:43 GMT -5
I've heard other versions of this song, but I like this one the most. It's also from a 33 rpm record, so it doesn't have as much of that tin sound.
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Post by Writer's Panic on Jun 4, 2020 10:33:09 GMT -5
And yet another. The music is so upbeat when contrasted to the lyrics.
The depression also brought the blues back into the main stream.
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Post by Writer's Panic on Jun 4, 2020 10:36:24 GMT -5
This is a political song of a sort. A lot of them had plenty to say to the Hoover administration and radio got the message out between elections. A lot of what happened then we take for granted now. Government used to be way out of reach. So begging for farm relief (as in money) was common as were songs from other industries.
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Post by Writer's Panic on Jun 4, 2020 10:37:14 GMT -5
This is from the Blue Brothers, but the song and performer, were from the depression!
The lyrics even mention a coke head.
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