Paul Simon performs 'The Sounds of Silence' at Ground Zero for the 9/11 Anniversary

[Kadie]

Run time: 04:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKEsk7v2c7E   Posted on YouTube: September 11, 2011 By YouTube Member: PBSNewsHour Views on YouTube: 306   Posted on DU: September 11, 2011 By DU Member: Kadie Views on DU: 5204

 

[LWolf]

1. One of my favorite songs of all times.

I think it's misused here.

If you are going to use it in connection with 9/11, it should be to point out the use of 9/11 to silence dissent under GWB, which allowed all of the atrocities we've committed and suffered since.

[Inspired]

3. Sometimes...something that touches your heart is nothing more than that.

It doesn't always have to be so deep.

[LWolf]

9. True.

But, apparently my heart is touched differently, by different things, than some.

[proverbialwisdom]

11. MSNBC caption read Paul Simon sings 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters.'

I wonder if he switched songs.

I thought the song spoke beautifully to the concerns of the so-called 'Jersey girls' and others who have a moral authority many do not.

http://hosted2.ap.org/apdefault/APNews/Article_2011-08-23-Sept%2011-Jersey%20Girls/id-5cff79e600724d1a81c45e093d00b976
Aug. 23, 2011 9:48 AM ET
Jersey Girls who emerged after 9/11 stay activists
GEOFF MULVIHILLGEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press

[proverbialwisdom]

17. EDIT: MSNBC caption read Paul Simon sings 'Bridge Over Troubled Water.'

[Larry Ogg]

25. Everyone sees the world through their own eyes, but most never see what's there...

That being said, in my opinion, there could not have been a more perfect song for the occasion.

911 was in the making for decades, and some people have properly argued beforehand, that it was in the making for centuries, or that it was history repeating itself.
It's cause and affect. If you keep going around the world and beating up on people, eventually someones going to hit you back.

When governments commit crimes against humanity, most citizens remain willfully blind and silent, as long as these crimes don't affect them. And yes, they hear about it, they see it,
and songs are even wrote about it. But it's natural for people to self censer the painful truth; they don't want to talk about it; they don't want to disturb the silence.

Sadly, silence does grow like a cancer, and 911 was that silence coming home to roost. And yes, the righting was on the wall.

And yes, the government is in the business of sweeping what ever it can under the rug when ever it can get away with it, it refuses to prosecute wealthy criminals, and corrupt government officials continue their crimes against humanity in the name of fictitious noble causes. And they ask us to be silent, and politicians know, most people will listen to what their government tells them, and most people don't want to disturb the silence.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. Touching...n/t

[Trajan]

4. Beautifully done ....

Am I the only DUer who actually thinks a certain extremist segment of a particular sect, in this case, lashed out in religious hatred against innocent people in the World Trade Center ?

The transgressions of the Bush Administration, as well as previous and successive administrations, are separate events that neither promote nor mitigate what happened at the WTC .... It is fallacious to demand that nobody grieve this awful event, or that nobody apportion blame to whose who carried it out, because they dislike the acts of one or another US administration ...

Nearly 3000 innocent people were killed .... what happened afterward does not absolve those who committed this heinous act of depravity .... We are EACH of us responsible for our behaviour, based on our actions .... There is no legitimate philosophical justification for committing this act .... None whatsoever ....

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. No, you're not the only DUer to think that

Good post.

:thumbsup:

[usaprogress]

13. Bravo!

Bravo, bravo, BRAVO!!! Eddie

[Kadie]

5. Here is another link if you have problems with the one above...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw1788n_uIE

[MrMickeysMom]

6. Thanks for that

It was the song I needed to hear and see on this day...

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. Very moving.

Thanks, Kadie

[Highway61]

8. Thanks for sharing that

He's such a beautiful and talented artist. Very appropriate.

[99th_Monkey]

10. "THIS VIDEO IS PRIVATE - sorry about that" is all I can get

both here and when I use the link too.

Have another link perchance?

[Kadie]

12. Here is another link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw1788n_uIE


Sorry about the original link. It worked fine for awhile. It was a PBS Newshour link (I think), not sure why it isn't working now.

[99th_Monkey]

14. Wow. Thanks. listening now. so so beautiful. way to go Paul. ~nt

[usaprogress]

15. Does anyone have the link to James Taylors' performance?

I would appreciate it. Eddie

[Tx4obama]

23. Here ya go, links to James Taylor at ground zero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3IsxNpgwb4

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbz8oskpLxU

p.s. Not the greatest of video/audio quality, but it's better than nothing.

[housewolf]

16. Well, I thought I was going to get through this day cool & dispassionately

That was, until I watched this video clip, and it did me in.

:cry:

[DeepModem Mom]

18. Paul Simon was singing this from his soul. Thanks for posting...

so I could hear it again.

[WiffenPoof]

20. Very moving...

I just wish that Paul's bigest fan wasn't Paul. His treatment of Art is unforgivable. Having said that...he is a truly a great songwriter.

-P

[kag]

21. video is private

I tried to watch this Paul Simon video, but only got a message on the screen saying "this video is private."

Am I missing something? What do I need to do to watch it?

[Tx4obama]

22. Here's a few links that work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNvaX6VpLMs

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQjH1t3Ddlc

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3np0DMxXKzM

p.s. If those don't work, to go YouTube.com and do a search for: paul simon ground zero
there are tons uploaded there.

[kag]

24. Thanks!! n/t

[spirit of wine]

26. How about John Prine?

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/john_prine/some_humans_aint_human.html