Trajan
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Wed Apr-07-04 11:19 PM
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Biko
September '77 Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business as usual In police room 619 Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -The man is dead
When I try and sleep at night I can only dream in red The outside world is black and white With only one colour dead Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -The man is dead
You can blow out a candle But you can't blow out a fire Once the flames begin to catch The wind will blow it higher Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -The man is dead
And the eyes of the world are watching now watching now
-Peter Gabriel
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CaptainClark23
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Wed Apr-07-04 11:33 PM
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I'm not sure of the sentiment behind your posting this, but this is exactly what I needed to be reminded of.
We will win.
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jpgray
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Thu Apr-08-04 12:08 AM
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2. I like the Robert Wyatt version. :-) (nt) |
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Thu Apr-08-04 12:14 AM
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3. And meanwhile, America is salivating and getting their gonads atitter |
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over American Idol, blithely ignoraing the musicians who actually do something relevant and interesting.
Sad.
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Thu Apr-08-04 09:31 AM
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4. well at least this song |
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and the sentiments it expressed appeared to have had some impact on the real apartheid situation. So it is comforting to know that "real" music is effective!
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Thu Apr-08-04 10:45 AM
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5. Yes, thankfully, the real music does seem to be effective in subtle ways |
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cf. the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslavakia, with lots of Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa music. :-)
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Thu Apr-08-04 11:45 AM
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6. I always thought that was so cool |
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that Havel was a playwright and someone who took culture seriously. The Eastern Europeans seem to have a wonderful respect for culture, philosophy, art, and the intellect, that appears to be sadly lacking here in our own political culture. Although the Romanian bureaucrats who are serious about the philosopher Jacques Lacan raise another interesting aspect to that predilection -in terms of actual usefulness of Lacan to politics, who knows?
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Thu Apr-08-04 12:22 PM
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7. I wouldn't mind having some truly cultured politicians, especially pres. |
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Clinton was very well read, as was Gore, but both were mostly life-long politicians - they had culture, yes, certainly far more than Reagan or either of the BFEE members, but it would be great to have politicians who wrote serious books, or plays, or were a composer.
Imagine Saul Bellow or Philip Glass or Robert Wilson or Jasper Johns or Godfrey Reggio in the senate, congress, or even white house.
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