The three songs mentioned in this CNN article can no longer be found on Spotify. Long before Neil Young and Crosby, Stills and Nash and a few other ignorant clowns were crying and whining, Van was trying to open up gigs for struggling musicians who need to work to pay the rent and feed their families. While he has a reputation for being grumpy, he showed where he stands while most other classic rock stars didn’t have any backbone whatsoever. He also wrote this song a number of years ago - https://youtu.be/GrCCIgKWScQ - Also this one - https://youtu.be/am8SbwxFaMY
It just astonishes me how Young and the rest can possibly still kid themselves on that they are somehow "radical" and "cutting edge" without realising that the whole media is so pleased to give them a high profile and even trumpet their "revolutionary credentials".
The aging celebrities are “easy meat” for the propagandists. Just throw them a few shekels and tell them that they are helping to keep everyone safe and they’ll jump at a chance to step into the spotlight. An interesting thing I saw - Lukas Nelson, Willie’s son has been backing Neil Young along with his band Promises of the Real. I noticed that he was recently a part of the WEF Young Leaders. What could they possibly be using a stoner hippy musician for other than to influence all who still feel to be a part of Woodstock Nation.
MCM's Substack, The One That Frequently Makes Me Cry for Various Reasons. Today it was the beautiful performance of "Can't Find My Way Home" one of my fave / special songs. Goes direct to my Blind Faith/Cream/Clapton/Winwood playlist. My Dad really hated Wheels - crank it up!!!
“In the struggle against lies, art has always won and always will. Conspicuously, incontestably for everyone. Lies can stand up against much in the world, but not against art.“ - Solzhenitsyn
Bless the artists, writers and musicians who call out the falsehoods. Check also the full album by Puscifer (musicians from TOOL), called “apocalyptical”.
I also did a corona-era music video rendition of sounds of silence here:
This is my experience as an entertainer - NYC arts organizations are STILL the worst gestapo 'SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS' Nazis!
Amazing Amy: Eccentric Yoga Entertainer!
As an entertainer, I have been devastated and practically destroyed by the closure of all performance venues and then when they reopened, because MY BODY, MY CHOICE - being made a total untermenschen pariah outcast in NAZI NIGHTMARE LAWLESS 'SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS' JAB CROW APARTHEID/DISCRIMINATION/SEGREGATION HELL NYC WHERE THE MAD/DRUNK WITH POWER TYRANT POLS DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES. I am trapped here with zero financial resources to leave or do anything else about this 'wish I were dead' endless misery life has become. The tragic irony is that my SPREAD THE YOGA LOVE performances are all about health, miraculously overcoming age (67) and injury to achieve feats of flexibility few can attain at any age. So BIG PHARMA who wants to addict every person on the planet to their toxic products hate people like me who prove that we do not need them if we eat healthy organic food and exercise daily!
Hang in there my friend. Here’s how I see it - we are on a boat floating on the ocean of life. For a long time the journey has had its ups and downs, sometimes so tough and so scary that we just wish it would end but then it starts getting better and we begin to enjoy it. But now we find the biggest storm we’ve ever seen approaching and everything feels crazy, uncertain and hopeless. At this moment the wind kicks up, the waves get so high we feel like we’re going to fall apart. And what’s even worse is everybody else is having a total shit fit and blaming one another for the state they’re in. We’ve got to out of here ASAP. All of a sudden we remember that there’s this incredible gift we’ve been given called life. It shakes us from our deep sleep. Our eyes start to open as we see the loving smile and feel the warm embrace of our mother. We understand everything as tears of joy pour out of our eyes. And we smile knowing that we are home.
Thank you Cynthia for that. It feels like I’ve read it before. The embrace that comes from this is worth more than all the wealth of the world combined. A long time ago I heard this song. https://youtu.be/OlAOujOu6y0
And to think that that goddamn shot almost caused Eric Clapton never to be able to play his guitar again, makes me wanna throw up...
God bless Eric Clapton. And IMHO that performance of Can't Find My Way Home is sublime.
Go Van !! Along with Clapton! https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/entertainment/van-morrison-anti-lockdown-songs-trnd/index.html
The three songs mentioned in this CNN article can no longer be found on Spotify. Long before Neil Young and Crosby, Stills and Nash and a few other ignorant clowns were crying and whining, Van was trying to open up gigs for struggling musicians who need to work to pay the rent and feed their families. While he has a reputation for being grumpy, he showed where he stands while most other classic rock stars didn’t have any backbone whatsoever. He also wrote this song a number of years ago - https://youtu.be/GrCCIgKWScQ - Also this one - https://youtu.be/am8SbwxFaMY
Spotify .. terrible.. such political times we live in. He’s salty but does the right thing , along with Clapton.
Agree Mzlizzi
It just astonishes me how Young and the rest can possibly still kid themselves on that they are somehow "radical" and "cutting edge" without realising that the whole media is so pleased to give them a high profile and even trumpet their "revolutionary credentials".
The aging celebrities are “easy meat” for the propagandists. Just throw them a few shekels and tell them that they are helping to keep everyone safe and they’ll jump at a chance to step into the spotlight. An interesting thing I saw - Lukas Nelson, Willie’s son has been backing Neil Young along with his band Promises of the Real. I noticed that he was recently a part of the WEF Young Leaders. What could they possibly be using a stoner hippy musician for other than to influence all who still feel to be a part of Woodstock Nation.
He’s starting a short US tour this week if they’ll let him in the country. He’s a resident of the UK
I saw him in Detroit a few months back…I believe he is trying to get his message across in the US.
I don’t know about that ?
MCM's Substack, The One That Frequently Makes Me Cry for Various Reasons. Today it was the beautiful performance of "Can't Find My Way Home" one of my fave / special songs. Goes direct to my Blind Faith/Cream/Clapton/Winwood playlist. My Dad really hated Wheels - crank it up!!!
THANX
“In the struggle against lies, art has always won and always will. Conspicuously, incontestably for everyone. Lies can stand up against much in the world, but not against art.“ - Solzhenitsyn
Bless the artists, writers and musicians who call out the falsehoods. Check also the full album by Puscifer (musicians from TOOL), called “apocalyptical”.
I also did a corona-era music video rendition of sounds of silence here:
Hello Darkness | Kate Wand | The Sound of Silence
https://youtu.be/qeafo5LCzAg
Thank you for everything you do Mark. I read your work everyday. Bless you.
Thanks for this, Mark!
This is my experience as an entertainer - NYC arts organizations are STILL the worst gestapo 'SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS' Nazis!
Amazing Amy: Eccentric Yoga Entertainer!
As an entertainer, I have been devastated and practically destroyed by the closure of all performance venues and then when they reopened, because MY BODY, MY CHOICE - being made a total untermenschen pariah outcast in NAZI NIGHTMARE LAWLESS 'SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS' JAB CROW APARTHEID/DISCRIMINATION/SEGREGATION HELL NYC WHERE THE MAD/DRUNK WITH POWER TYRANT POLS DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES. I am trapped here with zero financial resources to leave or do anything else about this 'wish I were dead' endless misery life has become. The tragic irony is that my SPREAD THE YOGA LOVE performances are all about health, miraculously overcoming age (67) and injury to achieve feats of flexibility few can attain at any age. So BIG PHARMA who wants to addict every person on the planet to their toxic products hate people like me who prove that we do not need them if we eat healthy organic food and exercise daily!
https://www.reverbnation.com/artist/amazingamycontortionistuniqueyogadancer
Anyone in the NY Metropolitan region, PLEASE book me to perform in your event/venue - starving and desperate for gigs!
Hang in there my friend. Here’s how I see it - we are on a boat floating on the ocean of life. For a long time the journey has had its ups and downs, sometimes so tough and so scary that we just wish it would end but then it starts getting better and we begin to enjoy it. But now we find the biggest storm we’ve ever seen approaching and everything feels crazy, uncertain and hopeless. At this moment the wind kicks up, the waves get so high we feel like we’re going to fall apart. And what’s even worse is everybody else is having a total shit fit and blaming one another for the state they’re in. We’ve got to out of here ASAP. All of a sudden we remember that there’s this incredible gift we’ve been given called life. It shakes us from our deep sleep. Our eyes start to open as we see the loving smile and feel the warm embrace of our mother. We understand everything as tears of joy pour out of our eyes. And we smile knowing that we are home.
This is lovely. Reminds me of Clarissa Pinkola Estes'
"We Were Made for these Times"
https://www.davidpaulkirkpatrick.com/2017/03/05/we-were-made-for-these-times-a-letter-from-clarissa-pinkola-estes/
Thank you Cynthia for that. It feels like I’ve read it before. The embrace that comes from this is worth more than all the wealth of the world combined. A long time ago I heard this song. https://youtu.be/OlAOujOu6y0
Subscribed and copy/pasted my post there - excellent Substack. Thanks.
How to defeat the madness/solutions:
1. Below is a legal strategy that ICANdecide.org lawyers are using: Using FOIA to Compel Federal Agencies to Prove Claims:
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/using-foia-to-compel-federal-agencies-to-prove-claims
2. Del Bigtree had a brilliant interview with FL Surgeon General, Dr. Joesph LadapI, on 09/01: https://thehighwire.com/
Thanks. Know many musicians who are just beginning to record the work written over past few years. Should be some great times ahead for us fans.
One of my favorites (written by Dylan):
https://youtu.be/bhWiq3BE3zY
Did you want to add
Traffic
Low spark of high heeled boys
Or any of my own work, especially
The Rule of Freedom suite you can hear in YouTube
Grasshopper Kaplan
Low Spark of high heeled boys!!! An enduring favorite!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udyNr0pY6ak
Great stuff! Love the Claudia Fernety tunes. Thank you for sharing. We will win this!
Thank you so much Mark, for posting my protest songs. Keep up the good fight! Best wishes, Claudia Fernety
Thanks!
might I humbly suggest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynxqdNMry4
Richie Havens @woodstock
It's not the most polished recording but I recently recorded a song I wrote called "I Don't Need Your Fucking Vaccines". Might strike a nerve with others who feel similar about what we've been through the last year. https://soundcloud.com/mattybrown-958664065/i-dont-need-your-fucking-vs?si=b58bcd96a9ac46e3a6b7a6bc2c2a0ede&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Some good ones! Here’s one more. An ode to Lord Fauci....https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02xRPUa66tYxXqFL7x6jZXfLdWR6FTzK1YoQMCEVxTeBHFdmKB7hvgrfhJ1NuHC3BRl&id=644872823