The silent voices... shadows of silent struggles against oppression, suppression, and repression… expressed through the music of the corresponding times are testimonials that stand out in history in the annals of Music. The struggles of the human mind through sounds of music..
The reflections of the boundless anguish in the conscience of the down trodden.. Be it for racial, economical, political, social injustice.. whatever they are always give way to protest and repercussions in the mind. The evolution of this revolution could be found in contemporary poetry, songs and music of those times. Listen and read those through the following expositions.. ..John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Bob Marley, Joan Beans, Rage Against the Machines Band, Don Henley of Eagles, Chris Rhea {Road to Hell},
And many more…
Feel the pulse of bleeding hearts!
1.
The Last Resort
Don Henley/Glenn Frey
She came from Providence , the one in Rhode Island
where the old world shadows hang heavy in the air.
She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee,
just as her father came across the sea.
She heard about a place people were smilin',
they spoke about the red man's way, how they loved the land.
And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide
seeking a place to stand or a place to hide.
Down in the crowded bars out for a good time,
can't wait to tell you all what it's like up there.
And they called it paradise, I don't know why.
Somebody laid the mountains low while the town got high.
Then the chilly winds blew down across the desert,
through the canyons of the coast to the Malibu
where the pretty people play hungry for power
to light their neon way and give them things to do.
Some rich man came and raped the land, nobody caught 'em,
put up a bunch of ugly boxes and, Jesus, people bought 'em.
And they called it paradise, the place to be,
they watched the hazy sun sinking in the sea.
You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did so many years ago.
They even brought a neon sign 'Jesus is Coming',
brought the white man's burden down, brought the white man's reign.
Who will provide the grand design, what is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier, we have got to make it here.
We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds
in the name of destiny and in the name of God.
And you can see them there on Sunday morning
stand up and sing about what it's like up there.
They called it paradise, I don't know why.
You call some place paradise - kiss it goodbye.
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To be continued...2
The beginning of an era for posterity to remember what their elders have done in the past, and to recognize their gallant effort to bring to the forefront through a media which gathered unprecedented attention. Milestones in the realm of MUSIC!
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