Sunday, October 15, 2006

What's going on?

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that people are behaving differently (i.e., assholish) lately?

Honestly, it could just be me, so I really need to know.

I just keep thinking to myself, "what's going on?", which got me to singing the Marvin Gaye hit from 1971 that was penned as a protest song addressing Vietnam, drug abuse, poverty, and oppression. He made history with it. Where is our current-day Marvin Gaye, asking us without attacking, with a calming voice, WTF is going on? The frenzy of it all is making my head vibrate to an inaudible pitch, and I can't believe that I am the only one who is freaked out, geeked out, stressed, messed, and continually on the verge of totally losing my cool.


My friend Marisa'a sister is the cool folk rocker chick that I always wanted to be. Her modern day protest song/look at American society today can belistened to at:
http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwsongspage.html
It is definitely worth your time. Last time I checked she was at #20 on the list. Her name is Raina Rose and the song is Nursery Rhymes.

And in case you can't just sing it off the top of your head, here's Marvin Gaye, who left us much too early.

Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today - Ya

Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
Ya, what's going on
Ah, what's going on

In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Right on

Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Oh

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
What's going on
Ya, what's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you what's going on - Uh
Right on baby
Right on baby
posted by Rosie @ 10/15/2006 08:47:00 PM

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