Don't Get Me Wrong
1971 · B&C CAS 1028 · UK: England
- Artist
- Everyone
- Title
- Don't Get Me Wrong
- Release
- Everyone
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- B&C # CAS 1028
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- UK: England
- Genre
- Rock · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Folk rock group Everyone formed in London, UK, in 1969/70. They only released this 1971 album, led by the singer-songwriter Andy Roberts, and featuring Bob Sargeant and John Porter, well-known British musicians and producers. Roberts said that the song "Don't Get Me Wrong" (B&C Records # CAS 1028) addressed the Kent State student demonstration. He had actually performed at Kent State back in 1969, with the Liverpool Scene, as a support act to Sly & The Family Stone. (1) (2) (3) The narrator sung that the "masters" in power wanted to "burn the house of reason down", while "strangers shoot you as you stand". The narrator hoped that "you" - i.e. the protesters - "don't change" and "stick around", despite the threat of violence and what happened on the university campuses. The narrator also seemed to apologies for composing this about protesters being killed: "please don't get me wrong...you don't need a song".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Everyone was a British folk-rock/progressive band led by guitarist Andy Roberts (ex-Liverpool Scene), active c. 1970-71; its lone album 'Everyone' (B & C CAS 1028, 1971, also issued as 'Andy Roberts With Everyone') includes "Don't Get Me Wrong". [Source: Discogs]
Themes
In collections
European Songs · Kent / Jackson State Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs