"I remember when Sandy sent me this tape, I listened to it and said 'Gee, this is a little on the corny side' and I sat down and tried to think what the song was about, and I guess there was a time when people felt that music provided you with a greater, oh a greater sense of unity, a greater sense of shared vision and purpose, than it does today. And my generation, we were the generation that was gonna change the world. Somehow we were gonna make it a little less lonely, a little less hungry, a little more just place.
But it seems that when that promise slipped through our hands, we didn't replace it with nothin' but lost faith. And now we live in times that are pretty shattered, I got my music, you got yours, the guy up the street he's got his. And you could kinda sit back and say, not cynically, but truthfully, well maybe all men are *not* brothers, and maybe we won't ever know who or what we really are to each other.
But I think Harry instinctively knew that it was gonna take a lot more than just love to survive. That is was gonna take a strong sense of purpose, a duty, and a good clear eye on the dirty ways of the world.
So, in keeping his promise to himself, he reminds us of our promise to ourselves, and that tonight, alongside Harry, it's that promise that his Spirit would have us remember, and honour and re-commit to.