Decades
1992 · Epic 48916 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Joe Walsh
- Title
- Decades
- Release
- Songs for a Dying Planet
- Year
- 1992
- Label
- Epic # 48916
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Rock · Pop Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Joe Walsh, a singer/songwriter from the US, famous as a guitarist in the 1970s band the Eagles, released the hard rock song "Decades" (Epic Records # 48916) which made a reference to Kent State. The song took a long-term view of war, with the narrator recalling each decade, stretching from the First World War ("we fought the war to end all wars"), on to the political and cultural changes of the 1960s: "and the sixties were unrest, protest". However, he noted the Kent State demonstration as a turning point, that burst the bubble: "the seventies lasted 'til May, and on the hill that day I gave up".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I am calling across a field from far away, far away / This is my calling song, I am worried, I am concerned / There are reasons can't be explained / And there are questions that have no answers... / And the sixties were unrest, protest, we went to the moon / We had hopes, we had dreams... / And the seventies lasted 'til May and on the hill that day / I gave up, and started writin' 'Decades'... / Over and over, again and again / One hundred years, ten years time ten / So many things happen, nothin' got done / So many wars, no one ever won one
About the artist
American rock guitarist, born 20 November 1947 in Wichita, Kansas. [Source: Wikipedia]