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Wow, to see the progression. But I’m happy with the younger generations who’re carrying the protest torch - Rage Against the Machine, Hozier, etc. I get so irked when people insult today’s music as if my generation (technically boomer, but I prefer Generation Jones) has the monopoly on good music. I’d love to see what you wrote expanded to today. 🥰

Good list Macphysto I have to add a few The times they are a changing- Bob Dylan Blowin in the wind - Bob Dylan Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 Rockin in the free world- Neil Young My city in ruins - Springsteen Born in the USA - Springsteen Land of hope and dreams - Springsteen Imagine - John Lennon

To me, Rod Serling's "sermonizing" was sometimes heavy-handed and didactic (e.g., The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street). He's Alive is afflicted with the writer’s characteristic moralizing. Yet, it is redeemed by Serling's prescience and, sadly, by its timeliness and relevance during the dark, bleak, and dangerous American era of DJT.

The Great Gatsby is a great choice. There is a moral to the story, and it is so beautifully crafted. I'd first read the book in the 1990s, and had what I consider a surreal experience shortly afterwards. I was listening to NPR in my car one afternoon when suddenly I heard a passage being read from the book (I forget what the program was about). The reading was from the opening paragraphs of the chapter where Fitzgerald describes the summer party scene at Gatsby's residence "under the constantly changing light". I remember getting goosebumps as I listened, because I had just finished reading the book and that description was still fresh in my mind. I'd later watched the film and had enjoyed it too. Once again, a great choice for this forum.