Part B10: The Spring That Lasted a Year (V6)

[General prompt: Progressive psychedelic rock, jazz and free influences. Long stretches of synthesizer. Saxophone solo.] [Intro: Urrban Street noise, protesters voices in distant background]. [Verse 1 – Paris, May: Chaotic, then funky bass] The cobblestone is a flower – throw it through the bank Beneath the paving stones, the beach, we drank (CRS – SS!) [Chorus – slow, then explosive] (1968 – the spring that did not end!) The worker, the student, the black, the friend The planet’s first cry – ecology’s birth We are not products, we are the earth [Verse 2 – Prague: Sad waltz, then heavy] The human face of socialism, crushed by tracks But Dubček’s hope still cracks the cracks [Guitar solo – wild, psychedelic, with saxophone] [Verse 3 – Chicago, USA: Blues guitar, then rage] The electric chair for Fred Hampton’s bed Malcolm X’s bullet, the FBI’s thread (I am a man – and I am not your toy!) [Chorus – slow, then explosive] (1968 – the spring that did not end!) The worker, the student, the black, the friend The planet’s first cry – ecology’s birth We are not products, we are the earth [Verse 4 – Berlin, Tokyo, Mexico City: Fast, chaotic, like a newsreel] The students of Tlatelolco, the Japanese helmets The whole world’s youth became a felon’s welt [Bridge – slow blues, then explosive] (1968 – the spring that did not end!) The worker, the student, the black, the friend The planet’s first cry – ecology’s birth We are not products, we are the earth [Outro: Rain and footsteps, then a child saying "Plus jamais ça"] [Children voices] « Plus jamais ça" … « Never again” … “Nunca más” … “Nie wieder !” … ...It never ended. It just changed its name.