Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumGet Together, The Youngbloods
Should have been performed at Biden's Inaugural. Jesse Colin Young. At Obama's first Inauguration Pete Seeger performed Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land with Bruce Springsteen, other musicians. (My 2 cents; the next inaugural).
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(22,990 posts)Love is but a song we sing
Fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Some may come and some may go
He will surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment's sunlight
Fading in the grass
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
If you hear the song I sing
You will understand, listen
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at your command
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
I said come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Right now
Right now
appalachiablue
(41,056 posts)with a number of different versions including the Kingston Trio's early rendition in the mid 1960s. I remember the Youngbloods hit when young.
A period classic for the beautiful music and lyrics emphasizing peace and brotherhood and love over fear. Fear is a killer, for individuals and society; how sorely the message of this anthem is needed now.