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22 Apr 08 - 11:55 AM (#2322608) Subject: It's Not Too Late From: topical tom It's Earth Day today (April 22, 2008) and I think it would be nice if we could list some of the many songs that speak of a need to protect our environment. Songs such as this may not change the world but I believe they can ( and have) changed ideas and provide inspiration for us to act to protect this beautiful planet.Two songs that come to mind are Pete Seeger's One Blue Sky(dated but totally pertinent today}and Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi |
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22 Apr 08 - 01:04 PM (#2322676) Subject: Lyr Add: THE EARTH IS OUR MOTHER (Hopi) From: katlaughing One of my favourites I first heard on a Libana CD. It is a Hopi chant. After a "rockin'" intro, this kid does a decent job of it: click on youtube. THE EARTH IS OUR MOTHER (Hopi Chant) The Earth is our Mother We must take care of her The Earth is our Mother We must take care of her Hey yanna ho yanna hey yon yon Hey yanna ho yanna hey yon yon Her sacred ground we walk upon With every step we take Her sacred ground we walk upon With every step we take Hey yanna ho yanna hey yon yon Hey yanna ho yanna hey yon yon The Earth is our Mother She will take care of us The Earth is out Mother She will take care of us Hey yanna ho yanna hey yon yon Hey yanna ho yanna hey yon yon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About 8 minutes in to THIS ONE there is a very nice chant. |
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22 Apr 08 - 03:19 PM (#2322832) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late From: topical tom Very good videos, katlaughing. Thanx! |
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22 Apr 08 - 04:44 PM (#2322927) Subject: Lyr Add: HAVE YOU SEEN (Buddy Wasisname) From: Beer I kind of applies. I'll think of another one. Beer (adrien) HAVE YOU SEEN Have you ever seen a sunrise on a flat calm reach Have you ever seen the magic of a humpback breach Have you ever pondered the mystery of a jellyfish school Or waded through the water in a spanietickle pool Have you ever seen morning with twenty shades of grey Have you peeped at an eagles nest from twenty feet away Have you sung with your friends around a big old driftwood fire Or floated down across the cove of tube from a tire. Chorus: All these are out there you don't have to pay Just open your eyes and you'll be surprised What you see out the bay Have you ever seen an iceberg carved by an unseen hand Have you watched a northeast gale when it first strikes the land Have you taken a boat ride on a moonlit bay Have you followed its rippling ribbon that made it look like day Have you followed the shoreline hoppin' from rock to rock Smellin' sea and feeling free never knowing where to stop Have you ever coppied ice pans on an April day Or have you gone beyond those things and forgotten how to play. Chorus |
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22 Apr 08 - 04:54 PM (#2322944) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late From: topical tom Good song, Adrien! You have played and sung it, I presume? |
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22 Apr 08 - 05:45 PM (#2323024) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late From: Beer No I haven't but it's by, Get this!! "Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers" Heck of a band name eh! |
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22 Apr 08 - 05:56 PM (#2323042) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late From: oldhippie You Say The Battle Is Over - David Mallett Passing Through - Catie Curtis |
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22 Apr 08 - 09:24 PM (#2323218) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: Beer The Garden Song (written by David Mallett) |
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22 Apr 08 - 09:45 PM (#2323229) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: pdq The song title "Passing Through" is one of the great choices in musical history. Right there with "Changes". However, there are dozens of different song with that (or similar) titles , such as: Passing Through Just Passing Through Only Passing Through Passin' Through Almost as many as "Changes". The "Passing Through" on an Earl Scruggs tribute record, with Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Loudon Wainwright III, Charlie Daniels, and others is a gem. Don't think that record made it to CD. |
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22 Apr 08 - 09:57 PM (#2323231) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: Beer John Denver surely must have some but no title comes to mind. |
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22 Apr 08 - 10:14 PM (#2323240) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: pdq John Denver wrote "Calypso" for Jacques Cousteau and his boat. Denver also wrote "The Eagle and the Hawk" and "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons for?)", the latter as a member of The Mitchell Trio. |
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22 Apr 08 - 10:44 PM (#2323254) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: topical tom Thanks, everyone! Those are some great songs. Another one that I like a lot is John Prine's Paradise |
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22 Apr 08 - 11:11 PM (#2323267) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: pdq John "Marmaduke" Dawson of the NRPS wrote "Last Lonely Eagle" and "Garden of Eden", both date to about Earth Day #1 in 1970. So does "Armstrong" by John Stewart. |
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23 Apr 08 - 12:11 AM (#2323299) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: topical tom Adrian: believe it or not, I have heard of Buddy whasisname and The Other Fellers but in what context, when, or where I have no idea! Could they, by chance, be a Newfoundland group? |
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23 Apr 08 - 03:39 AM (#2323358) Subject: Lyr Add: CHANGES From: nutty CHANGES An old man took a walk with me along the road the other day And as he viewed the county round these words I heard him say For years this place has been my home but now my heart is sore It hurts so much to see the change - it is my home no more Chorus What on earth are they doing to the earth What on earth are they doing to the earth I look and don't like what I see I hanker back to history I don't like what they're doing to the earth As a young man I knew fields of green as far as the eye could see But now its roads and houses where those fields of green should be No animals are grazing there - no birds up in the air They tell me that its progress - that its happening everywhere No field , no flower, no bird, no beast - just an empty barren land No future for your children unless you make a stand Remember the importance of the freedoms that I knew Make childhood be a joy for all - not just the lucky few |
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23 Apr 08 - 10:07 PM (#2323811) Subject: Lyr Add: PASSING THROUGH (Catie Curtis) From: oldhippie This is the Catie Curtis song, "Passing Through": PASSING THROUGH (Catie Curtis and Mark Erelli) We are passing this world on to our kids From the day when they climb from their cribs We'll try and teach them well, show them that they're loved But in the end all we can do is hope our best was good enough They'll witness how this life can be so beautiful and cruel We can't shelter them forever but if we show them all the tools They might leave this world in a little better shape than me and you We are only passing through Passing through, passing through We are only passing through Passing through, passing through We are only passing through We are watching this world from our living rooms Near forty years since we walked on the moon This big blue ball is shrinking and I don't know if that's good But for better or for worse now this whole world's our neighborhood And there's no place left to run to, to stay above the fray We better learn to get along not just to get our way Not only for each other but our children's children too We are only passing through Passing through, passing through We are only passing through Passing through, passing through We are only passing through And I wonder sometimes what will I pass on How much can one voice do with just a song Sometimes injustice and indifference are all that I see But I refuse to let my hope become the latest casualty So I'll sing of love and truth and try to practice what I preach If I can't change the world, I'll change the world within my reach What better place to start than here and now with me and you We are only passing through Passing through, passing through We are only passing through Passing through, passing through We are only passing through We are only passing through words and music by Mark Erelli and Catie Curtis c2006 |
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23 Apr 08 - 10:41 PM (#2323833) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: katlaughing nutty and oldhippie, thanks for posting the lyrics. Beautiful songs! |
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23 Apr 08 - 11:39 PM (#2323863) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: topical tom Amen to that! Great stuff! |
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02 May 08 - 03:14 PM (#2331409) Subject: RE: It's Not Too Late - songs for Earth Day From: topical tom "There Goes The Mountain" by Tom Paxton and sung by Tom and Anne Hills on their cd "Under American Skies". |