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What are you listening to? ver. 15.0

STILL...the most beautiful song in the world...

 
Just the way things are in 2024...justice is a thing of the past...



In 2014, forty-three student activists from Iguala, Mexico went missing in what is widely considered a case of collusion between corrupt local police and drug cartels. Ever since, thousands of protesters have been calling for 'justicia' (justice), with the slogan 'Vivos se los llevaron, vivos los queremos' (they took them alive, we want them alive).

At the 10 year anniversary of their disappearance, the same questions remain. What happened to these young people, and how were they so easily betrayed by those with the power to protect them? What is a politician's role if not to find answers and keep people safe?

All over the world, from Mexico, to South Sudan, from Hong Kong to Caracas, we are witness to governments and politicians complacent in the face of atrocities which they have the power to fight. For those politicians who promise to help us, and then quickly forget, this song is for you.
 
 
 
J.D. Souther died yesterday. He was 78. Cause of death has not been reported.

Don't know who Souther is? Shame on you. It's almost a guarantee you know many of the songs he wrote for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, the Dixie Chicks, George Strait, Bonnie Raitt and on and on. If fact, they wanted him to join the Eagles but he turned it down. Souther said he just couldn't see himself as a team player. He also made more money on royalties as a songwriter than he would being a rockstar.

Here's the only hit record Souther recorded for himself. It was a hit and he followed the circuit playing but he didn't enjoy the fame or the road.





Souther co-wrote and sang the following with Jimmy Buffett.

 
Loulit01 said:
Read the lyrics
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I have...except for the phrase about no heaven, the song fits splendidly with paradise earth...it certainly won't be the heaven many envision...
 
If I remember correctly, this song had something to do with Carl Wilson's (The Beach Boys) dog Shannon.

 
Daisy said:
I have...except for the phrase about no heaven, the song fits splendidly with paradise earth...it certainly won't be the heaven many envision...
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Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace

You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

It's a paean to atheism and, as Lennon said, basically the communist manifesto.
 
 
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