https://youtu.be/bEeaS6fuUoA?si=bNenhgdf2PjZ93l3
This is how I feel about all of you. ❤️
I also think it would be a great campaign song for Kamala! 🤩
Hi y'all,
I stumbled across this video I hadn't seen for about 35 years... Genesis' "Land of Confusion". Thanks, YouTube algorithms!
Man, I had forgotten how good this really was. Sophisticated puppets for its time and totally on point then and now. In fact i would love to see a modern remake with today's characters.
I feel like it's so relevant right now. It made me smile and renewed me for the fight that's raging for the soul of democracy. And it's still a real banger after all these decades!
https://youtu.be/nxlFMSPdcR4?si=-nVbD2f9uW1IVt-L
@ghandigirl That is a very nice rendition of the song.
@ghandigirl In my top 5 favorite songs. Also...Joan of Arc by Leonard Cohen....only he could make burned at the stake sound romantic.
@ghandigirl I love Suzanne. When I was a college freshman, we girls danced around the dorm singing Judy Collin's version. It was 1967. Thanks to you and @unk-p, now I want to hear ALL the versions. But I hear it always in my head with Judy's Collin's voice. Thank you Unk-p for laying out the lyrics for us. My 18 year old self didn't fully understand the Suzanne poetry the way I do now.
It's no secret that I'm a big U2 fan, so I tend to share their songs a bit ;-)
But one of their songs has been on my mind a lot lately, especially with the upcoming US election.
This song is politically themed, and no doubt the band felt inspired to write it based on the tumultuous political events that have affected America, especially since 2016.
This is not their best live performance of the song, but I absolutely love the location they chose to perform it, with the Statue of Liberty in the background. Wow, what a view.
I really love the lyrics of this song. I think this song is a really good motivator to keep fighting and standing up for what you believe in, especially now more than ever.
Here are the lyrics:
Get out of your own way, hey, hey
Get out of your own way, hey, hey
Love hurts
Now you've a girl who's left with no words
Your heart's a balloon, but then it bursts
It doesn't take a cannon, just a pin
Your skin's not covering, and resistance
Love has got to fight for its existence
The enemy has armies of assistance
The amorist, the glamorous, the kiss, a fist, listen to this, oh
Get out of your own way, oh, I
Get out of your own way, oh, I
I could sing it to you all night, all night
If I could, I'd make it alright, alright
Nothing's stopping you except what's inside
I can help you, but it's your fight, your fight
Fight back
Don't take it lyin' down, you got to bite back
The face of liberty's startin' to crack
She had a plan until she got a smack in the mouth
And it all went South
Like freedom
The slaves are lookin' for someone to lead 'em
The master's lookin' for someone to need him
The promised land is there for those who need it most
And Lincoln's ghost said
Get out of your own way, oh, I
Get out of your own way, oh, I
I could sing it to you all night, all night
If I could, I'd make it alright, alright
Nothing's stopping you except what's inside
I can help you, but it's your fight, your fight
Get out of your own way
Get out of your own way
Get out of your own way
Get out of your own way
Get out of your own way
Blessed are the arrogant
For there's the kingdom of their own company
Blessed are the superstars
For the magnificence in their light
We understand better our own insignificance
Blessed are the filthy rich
For you can only truly own what you give away
Like your pain
U2's advice is to fight, and I agree, we all need to pitch in. Too many people think liberty is a right that they should just be given. I agree it is a right, but we have to fight for our rights. I hope people are doing all they can to get Kamala Harris elected and keep T away.
@luminous Thanks for posting the message and the link to U2's performance. I loved it. I wonder what our musical folks think.
I listen to this tape in the car a lot. This song by Happy Rhodes really speaks to me and describes our Forum Community.
So many in tune with life
Imagination abounds here
There's wisdom
And great insight
My ears are lucky to hear
These glorious songs
Of inspiration
And voices crafted from
Thunder
The power of life
I want to go back to the trees
Where my art was born
And I was duly sworn
A live burning force
Forever more and evermore
I feed the fire
There is a road straight
To my heart
Traveled by those with fire
I hope to follow their
Patterns
They're many more to inspire
Dreams realized
Of living under the
Sights and sounds of
The gifted
Who gave so much to me
I want to go back to the trees
Where my art was born
And I was duly sworn
To be alive To be alive
A live burning force
Forever more and evermore
Got to go back to the trees
Where my art was born
And I was duly sworn
To be alive To be alive
A live burning force
Forever more and evermore
I feed the fire
Allow me someday to touch you
The way that you've
All touched me
I thank you for your
Expressions
Your music has set me free
I want to go back to the trees
Where my art was born
And I was duly sworn
To be alive To be alive
A live burning force
Forever more and evermore
I feed the fire
Bebe and Marvin Winans perform 'Good Trouble' at John Lewis funeral
This is giving me strength. Listen at 2:16. Be willing to get in good trouble.
love,
ghandigirl
Created this AI a few years back. The Statue of Liberty with a black eye, but her torch is lit and held high. Democracy took a beating, but we hold the torch high.