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For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound), Buffalo Springfield. Released December, 1966
Jul 25, 2026 9:45 AM
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For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound), Buffalo Springfield. Released December, 1966
cosinewave
Stephen Stills and Neil Young before they became famous
ZappBranagan
Neil Young rocking Amish-level sideburns
boxbackknitties
Timeless music is timeless.
FlashBazbo
I thought they were referring to the hats.
cytherians
Based on how he looks and how he moves around the microphone, Stephen Stills in this video reminds me a bit of young Michael J. Fox.
thelastboomer
The Muppets covered Buffalo Springfield's classic anti-war protest song "For What It's Worth" on The Muppet Show. This memorable Season 2 segment features an Old Lady Possum leading a chorus of woodland animals.
I laughed when I first saw it.
Some hunters and hunting groups took offense at the portrayal of the hunters as out of control. With the prevalence of ND firearm videos and hunting accidents, I think it may have been on point.
spattr
It's not a war protest song though. It was written about the Sunset Strip riots of 1966 when L.A. put in a teen curfew.
xkjagnz
I always thought this was a hippy song, never occurred to me that they would look so straight laced
configurationb21
thank you for posting this
justareallylongemailaddress
Is it just me or do their guitars already look 30 years old?
akmck
Back then, the closest thing to a professional instrument a young new artist could afford usually came from a pawn shop or loaned to him from a studio.
icanc4
"I can't believe I'm still protesting this shit!"
Freak0zoid
My mind does not associate the opening sounds with the 1960's. It feels more '70s. Or weirdly early 2000's.
license2kilt
This is one of those songs I thought was perfect and shouldn’t be redone by anybody… but Billy Porter’s cover was pretty fantastic.
steelundecided
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-DrQ98t56I&list=RDC-DrQ98t56I&start_radio=1 The Muppets
JudgeMentaI
just gonna leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYNSSkOOTBk
Blimjoe
Neil Young on lead guitar
Delathi
Fun Fact: Stephen Stills auditioned to be one of The Monkees, when he was rejected he told his roommate to go try out. His roommate was Peter Tork.
boxbackknitties
How’s this for random? I had a girlfriend in hs whose mom dated Peter Tork briefly before the fame. She said it was like 9th or 10th grade if I remember correctly.
reurra
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Are getting so much resistance from behind
reurra
Time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and a-carrying signs
Mostly say hooray for our side
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
reurra
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
reurra
We better stop now
What's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
We better stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
loungeking1
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJld2M3cnBoYXEyM2tkMGsyMzc1ZzczbjF2NTZ3ZmRxamxqazNkaWd4eSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/BjDRT2gtOrqgSkda8n/giphy.mp4
SpecialIdiot
Magnificent
Niagaran
Who TF gave tommy a gun?
AlmostClever
Nicely sampled in the Public Enemy song He Got Game too https://youtu.be/7FmPskTljo0
noblearachnid
Was originally about the 1966 Sunset Strip Curfew Riots in Los Angeles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Strip_curfew_riots
Watchoutwherethehuskiesgo
Hah, i was watching the muppet version of this like some hour ago.
cuttysark
asking for the name of this song is a great trivia question. I love the tune though
comfortablynumb2020
His tooth was knocked out by police
klean9
The name of the song is “ For What It’s Worth “. They were a Canadian-American band consisting of Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin and Neil Young.
rolliefingers
I was just now aged when I discovered neil young's membership in this band. I also didn't know that was stephen stills. This rather undercuts the claim at woodstock that "this is our first time playing in front of people, man." Apparently it was intended to specify that collaboration of those particular performers as a different group, but myself I assumed they were all new to show business at that time and had secured a place in the biggest concert of all time on the strength of an audition.
spattr
Neil Young has been inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times, with The Buffalo Springfield, with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and as a solo artist.
rolliefingers
alcaray
Woodstock was the first formal live performance of CSNY. There's no undercutting going on here.
rolliefingers
What did I say
alcaray
'This rather undercuts the claim at woodstock that "this is our first time playing in front of people, man."'
rolliefingers
Is that all I said
alcaray
No.
boxbackknitties
Neil Young is 100% certified real one, badass, treasure. Give that man a guitar and it’s a wrap.
OneUniverse
Woodstock band was Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
rolliefingers
Aware.
Happydaddy
Dirty Heads has a cover they released recently. Definitely still applicable.
oyskin
What do you mean, relevant? Is it an anti Vietnam war song? I love the track but never understood the meaning of the lyrics to be honest.
spattr
It's about Los Angeles police and their tactics putting down the Sunset Strip riots of 1966.
camn333
With all the progress mankind has achieved, it's incredible how little we've actually moved socially speaking.
Tribalism on a national scale. Use of force as the main deterrent. War as a valid diplomatic tool.
It's totally insane that the current geopolitical situation is something someone living in Greece, 3.5k years ago, could easily understand.
NaughtButOne
Force has always been the main deterrent. We're where we are explicitly because people laid down their metaphorical and literal arms, and decided everything could be solved with polite debate. As you're seeing, laws are only as effective as their enforcement. This is all the culmination of 80 years of 'playing nice' and letting things slide.
BasiliskXVIII
The good news is that there's been some progress made, in general. I was watching Steve Shives' review of the DS9 episode "Rejoined" and he made the point that at the time, having two attractive women kiss on TV was a major fight. Now, a major trending series is about a gay relationship among hockey players. It's still not without loud idiots making loud idiot noises, but having gay people in series, acknowledging that they're part of society, is no longer the controversy it once was.
unluckyandbored
The toys get fancier. But the people haven't changed one goddamn bit.
MadamPuddifoot
Power corrupts is everlasting
thedudeman519
Power reveals is more accurate
Relictivity
Everything went backwards with Reagan. He was governor of California in the 60s during the hippie movement. He hated the anti-capitalism - anti-materialism that hippies represented. Peace was not profitable to the military industrial complex.
MrGhostbuster
Yeah, we really need the Vulcans to stop by Montana.
slendfung
silicon technology, feudal politics and caveman emotions
my1rstlaptopwas34inchscreenup
slendfung
yes! couldn’t recall the actual quote
my1rstlaptopwas34inchscreenup
glad i could be of help
datphone777365
Not that odd, we are working with hardware that runs on chemware that hasnt changed for give or take 300k years...
LanceSackless
We really need to start making society with the way the human mind thinks and what it needs socially. I think all these things like tribalism etc can be solved for with the right social structure. It would also help make sure our technology advances dont mess with our social needs as humans
datphone777365
The issue is tribalism is an emotional manifestation of "the fear of the other" mixed with "peer group bonding". Its damn near impossible to force people to think logically.
Youd have to constantly phrase things in a tribal manner to ironically fight tribalism... which is harder to then simply saying "those other folks want your shit".
We are irrational globs of chemistry convinced they are rational.
Our tech currently outpaces our understanding of its long term effects.
LanceSackless
Thats kinda my point tho, instead of acting like we’ve evolved past it we need to acknowledge and calculate for people being naturally tribalistic. Act more based on what humans are than what we think an “advanced civilization” should be
datphone777365
My point is at large we will not admit our animalistic chemball state.
Some will, most will tell you to fuck off thei arent animals or w/e.
Its weird but the fastest route would be full on manipulation via gaslighting. Literally taking the bad faith acts to fulfill benevolence. BUT, the moral absolutists will sabotage that so we will be back to square one.
The amount of effort in indoctrinal education needed to fight out emo tendencies are easy to defeat with simple "shady smart ppl" rumors
LanceSackless
We need to actually consider HOW new tech would affect our stupid caveman brains and how it might hurt us over time
datphone777365
Some of that is beyond out scope. Partially because we assume the best but also because we are shit at long term planning and worse so with tech that outpaces our predictions.
See the written word, great for sharing millennia of knowledge but its also great at sharing lies and fears. Because we are emo bags of funny chems. Nvm how heavy our propensity for gain vs effort is. We love short term gains, by that i mean from instant to within 50 years. Basically if we can gain b4nit costs us we will