Better song: Fortunate Son, For What It's Worth, or Ohio?

[malthaussen]

2. "For What it's Worth," based on the criterion...

... that it is more applicable to multiple eras than the other two. "Fortunate Son" is very much a Vietnam-specific song in my mind, and "Ohio" applies only to a very extreme incident which is (as yet) something not universal in the US. But "For What it's Worth" is something that seems to be relateable every year.

But one could make the argument that "Fortunate Son" applies to more than Vietnam, and is representative of the vast gulf that currently separates the privileged class from the regular folk, and I wouldn't say they're wrong.

Judged only as a piece of Music, "Fortunate Son" wins out, IMO, because it is a real rocker, unlike the other two.

-- Mal