Musical Interlude

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. - Bob Marley

Congress gets back to "work" in a week or so.  Expect to see a full court misinformation campaign to bring down Obamacare.  Meanwhile, the Obama Administration seems determined to hit Syria with cruise missiles.  Whatever happened to the peace initiative of earlier this summer?  As the forces of ignorance gather, I've pulled together a few good YouTube video links to keep our spirits up.  Apologies for the commercials on some of them. Heck if we could get through the Vietnam War, the Reagan and Thatcher years, the neocon fantasies of the twenty-aughts, we should be able to get through the next few months.   

U2 - "Beautiful Day"
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day.

Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime"

You may ask yourself, what is that beautiful house?

You may ask yourself, where does that highway lead to?
You may ask yourself, am I right, am I wrong?
 [The original YouTube link was blocked by one or more of the copyright holders.  If it's still blocked:  Here's a link to a live performance of Once In A Lifetime.]

The Clash - "London Calling"

The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in

Engines stop running, the wheat is growin' thin

A nuclear era, but I have no fear

'Cause London is drowning, and I, I live by the river

Bob Marley and The Wailers - "One Love (People Get Ready)"

One love

One heart

Let's get together and feel alright

Bob Marley and The Wailers - "Get Up Stand Up"

You can fool some people sometimes,

But you can't fool all the people all the time.

So now we see the light,

We gonna stand up for our rights!

Bob Marley and The Wailers - "No, Woman, No Cry"

Everything's gonna be all right, yeah!

Everything's gonna be all right!

So no, woman, no cry;

No, woman, no cry.

I seh, O little - O little darlin', don't shed no tears;

No, woman, no cry, eh.

The Clash - "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"

Version 1 - technically more polished
Version 2 - raw concert footage

If you say that you are mine

I'll be here 'til the end of time

So you got to let me know

Should I stay or should I go?

Eddy Grant - "Electric Avenue"

Ho, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue

And then we'll take it higher

Who is to blame in what country?

Never can get to the one

Dealin' in multiplication

And they still can't feed everyone

Bruce Springsteen - "Land of Hope & Dreams (This Train)"

Well darlin' if you're weary

Lay your head upon my chest

We'll take what we can carry

Yeah, and we'll leave the rest

Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams

Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

Photo Credits (clockwise from top left): favim.com, tumblr, The Clash - MetroLyrics.com, Talking Heads - last.fm, ProverbsAndQuotations.com, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - allgoodseats.com, Eddy Grant - musicstack.com, U2 - Rolling Stone