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michael borkson
- anti-war folksinger
michael borkson
- anti-war folksinger
» genre:
Rock >
Classic Rock
» location:
Michael Borkson
» label: unsigned
» for fans of: Moody Blues, Byrds, Bob Dylan
:: tags
1960s
anti-war
classic rock
peace
protest
protest music
social justice
Michael Borkson
I play acoustic guitar/singer/songwriter; I also play 12-string electric guitar (to get that "Byrds sound")and a little keyboard---from the Boston, Mass. area.I wrote all the songs uploaded here except the ones I've notated as cover songs. I like classic rock from the 1960s-70s; main influences are the Moody Blues,the Byrds , and Bob Dylan and I attempt to write in that style.I have recorded several CDs in the studio with a backup band-- drums, bass, keys.I play in free-form settings such as open mics and as a busker in the Boston subway.
Also, being against war and social injustice, I have written songs on those subjects and have performed at some organized protests and events.If you want a free CD , just send me a message here and I'll send you one--music should be free......
Also, being against war and social injustice, I have written songs on those subjects and have performed at some organized protests and events.If you want a free CD , just send me a message here and I'll send you one--music should be free......
Your influences?
Moody Blues, Byrds,Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens
Favorite spot?
London(city with the best buskers and street performers), Boston(home of the Red Sox-World Series champions 2004 and 2007), Montreal, New York City, Washington DC(site of many an anti-war protest).
Anything else...?
STOP THE WARS---HOORAY !! BUSH AND CHENEY ARE GONE!!(put them both on trial for war crimes committed during their 8 years in office) Let's all live in peace, love, and freedom.Obama has given us hope for a better nation.
Music
song I wrote of cosmic rock
Protest song I wrote about the American imperialist monster in which we have to live.....the USA-land of the rich, home of the slave.History tells us all empires must fall--from Rome to the USA.
My acoustic guitar cover of the huge 1985 hit by the Norwegian synth- pop band A-HA. It really needs a bouncy keyboard, but I guess I did ok with just guitar.
My cover of Bob Dylan's kind of obscure song from Nov. 1971(it came out on a 45 single but was never included in any Dylan albums). I went to a Dylan concert in Boston recently; tried to get his autograph but he walked right by the waiting fans .
Song I wrote about the year 1968 in radical politics.1968--2008; 40 years gone by and the same forces of oppression victimize us all--from Lyndon B. Johnson to Bush--Cheney.
Song I wrote relating a brief history of 1960s music from the Beatles to Woodstock........
song i wrote with poetic surreal lyrics
song I wrote that's a little psychedelia---mind expanding
A psychedelic song I wrote.
song I wrote about the year 1967---flower children, Haight-Asbury, anti-war protests.
an anthem I wrote for Harvard Square where Harvard University is in Cambridge, Mass.---everything from homeless people to yuppies......
A song I wrote in the last century.
a song I wrote- a mellow psychedelic mind journey
song I wrote of cosmic rock
Song I wrote about Martin Luther King, the greatest American of our time--he said we must oppose the evils of war, racism, and poverty.
song I wrote about Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier, unjustly imprisoned for the past 32 years.
Song I wrote about social/political revolution.
song I wrote against Bush's sick war on the Iraqi people.
song I wrote and recorded back in the 1990s.
Anti-war song I wrote in 1991 during the first US war of aggression against Iraq.
a love song I wrote on the astral plane.....
song about Sunday love I wrote a few years ago---but we all know romance can never be as pure in real life as it is in a song.......
A song I wrote after visiting Edinburgh, Scotland once---a bit sentimental.
song I wrote about the 1960s with Camelot symbolism.
This is the first song I ever wrote;way back in 1974. It is not an anti-IRA / Irish song--it was written to criticize the British government, too--criticizing both sides in the violence that existed for so many years in Northern Ireland.
My studio cover of the Byrds version of this Bob Dylan song from 1965.
my studio cover of the Bob Dylan classic--a la Byrds style
My studio cover of the Bob Dylan classic--a la Byrds style with 12-string electric guitar.
I play 12-string electric guitar recording my cover of the 1965 song by Gene Clark of the Byrds.
My studio recording of the Dino Valente(aka Chet Powers) song covered by the Youngbloods and Jefferson Airplane in 1967.
I play 12-string electric guitar on my cover.
my studio cover of the Moody Blues classic from 1967--i am playing guitar and synthesizer
my studio cover of the John Lennon-Beatles tune from 1965
My acoustic cover of the epic Led Zeppelin song--back in 1993 I met Robert Plant and Jimmy Page by accident in a restaurant in Boston--that was very cool.
my acoustic cover of the Led Zeppelin classic
My acoustic cover of the Justin Hayward song from the Blue Jays album 1975. Moody Blues members Justin Hayward and John Lodge recorded this album.
Comments
posted on Tue September 4, 2007
Hey Michael
You got a lot of great stuff going on here. Really takes me right back to the day. A real time tunnel.
I especialy liked "THE MOORS--" and "THE TIDE--". Great originals. Keep on building, Keep on working.
Will stop back.
PEACE
Andy A.
You got a lot of great stuff going on here. Really takes me right back to the day. A real time tunnel.
I especialy liked "THE MOORS--" and "THE TIDE--". Great originals. Keep on building, Keep on working.
Will stop back.
PEACE
Andy A.
posted on Fri May 11, 2007
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight!
posted on Sat March 10, 2007
Hey Michael! Thanks for stopping by, listening, and leaving the kind remarks! I like your influences and your style. Keep promoting peace and sow seeds of grace, brother!
Blessings,
Blessings,
posted on Tue December 5, 2006
i dig the sitar in '67, and the back pages cover. are you really old enough to know about the summer of love?
--stockwrock
--stockwrock
posted on Thu May 25, 2006
ay yo, how u doing, just want to let u know that i have new tracks up obn my page, im new and need some honest feedback, i'll holla at u as soon as possible with that feedback, and yo, if you want to promote ur tracks be happy to promote on my page, i always check bak
peace
peace
posted on Sun December 18, 2005
Hi Michael,
just listend to Getting Higher, loved it.
Also went to your website, Great stuff, keep it up. Kind Regards Tim Madden
just listend to Getting Higher, loved it.
Also went to your website, Great stuff, keep it up. Kind Regards Tim Madden
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