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Thread #39955   Message #568938
Posted By: SharonA
10-Oct-01 - 10:11 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: The Bravest (Tom Paxton)
Subject: RE: new Tom Paxton song: The Bravest
What a great, powerful song! I heard it last Sunday on WXPN-FM, Philadelphia, PA on Gene Shay's folk show.

I also highly recommend John Flynn's "I Will Not Fear". In this song, each verse is from a different person's perspective: firefighter, grandmother about to board a plane after the tragedy, Arab child being taunted at school, etc.

I'm less impressed with Julie Gold's "The Love Would Not Fall Down" (I'm not sure if that's the proper title, but it is the refrain); however, I'm sure others will be touched by it. Gold watched the WTC towers burn and fall from her Grennwich Village home. She's also the songwriter of "From a Distance".