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GREAT TUNE! I bought this album right after it came out. I was 14yrs old. They used to play it a lot at that time on WNEW FM 102.7 NYC. ThanxRP! 
easmann wrote:
Well written comment. And the song is beautifully and poignantly crafted and executed. It's true, many folk, especially the poor, suffered greatly in the South.
We're beginning to see just how deeply woven into the fabric of this nation those events were, and are. Oh the wounds we've inflicted on ourselves and inflict to this day. Many blind except to their own pain, or its avoidance.
However, no matter how much empathy I might muster for any who suffered, I must ultimately stand with those human souls stolen, sold, bought, burdened, besieged and besmirched these long years. And I do. And I cannot be silent any more.
So much energy spent on pretending we didn’t really commit that unimaginable horror (slavery), or that it was somehow justified, or that it’s all over and everything’s fine now.
That's primarily why the damage continues and why we cannot yet heal.
As is usually the case, the ones who made the decision to secede were not the ones who paid the heaviest price for it. "Rich man's war, poor man's fight."
Well written comment. And the song is beautifully and poignantly crafted and executed. It's true, many folk, especially the poor, suffered greatly in the South.
We're beginning to see just how deeply woven into the fabric of this nation those events were, and are. Oh the wounds we've inflicted on ourselves and inflict to this day. Many blind except to their own pain, or its avoidance.
However, no matter how much empathy I might muster for any who suffered, I must ultimately stand with those human souls stolen, sold, bought, burdened, besieged and besmirched these long years. And I do. And I cannot be silent any more.
So much energy spent on pretending we didn’t really commit that unimaginable horror (slavery), or that it was somehow justified, or that it’s all over and everything’s fine now.
That's primarily why the damage continues and why we cannot yet heal.
As is usually the case, the ones who made the decision to secede were not the ones who paid the heaviest price for it. "Rich man's war, poor man's fight."
gurinderpunn1773 wrote:
It laments it.
As someone not overly familiar with the nuances of the US civil war, I'm not sure if this song glorifies or condems it?
It laments it.
As someone not overly familiar with the nuances of the US civil war, I'm not sure if this song glorifies or condems it?
Listening to this song from Richmond, VA. This week our governor ordered the removal of the statue of General Robert E. Lee from Monument Avenue. Truly a moment for the history books.
Strong song
Big 10 always
A classic. Same year as moon landing.
mdnlsn wrote:
Well written comment. And the song is beautifully and poignantly crafted and executed. It's true, many folk, especially the poor, suffered greatly in the South.
We're beginning to see just how deeply woven into the fabric of this nation those events were, and are. Oh the wounds we've inflicted on ourselves and inflict to this day. Many blind except to their own pain, or its avoidance.
However, no matter how much empathy I might muster for any who suffered, I must ultimately stand with those human souls stolen, sold, bought, burdened, besieged and besmirched these long years. And I do. And I cannot be silent any more.
So much energy spent on pretending we didn’t really commit that unimaginable horror (slavery), or that it was somehow justified, or that it’s all over and everything’s fine now.
That's primarily why the damage continues and why we cannot yet heal.
Such a great insight into the Southern psyche after the Civil War. Still, it romanticizes. I wonder if anyone has ever thought about the sequel, "The Day the Jim Crow Laws Arose"?
Well written comment. And the song is beautifully and poignantly crafted and executed. It's true, many folk, especially the poor, suffered greatly in the South.
We're beginning to see just how deeply woven into the fabric of this nation those events were, and are. Oh the wounds we've inflicted on ourselves and inflict to this day. Many blind except to their own pain, or its avoidance.
However, no matter how much empathy I might muster for any who suffered, I must ultimately stand with those human souls stolen, sold, bought, burdened, besieged and besmirched these long years. And I do. And I cannot be silent any more.
So much energy spent on pretending we didn’t really commit that unimaginable horror (slavery), or that it was somehow justified, or that it’s all over and everything’s fine now.
That's primarily why the damage continues and why we cannot yet heal.
Such a great insight into the Southern psyche after the Civil War. Still, it romanticizes. I wonder if anyone has ever thought about the sequel, "The Day the Jim Crow Laws Arose"?