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Credence/Fogarty and the New Anti-War Hit

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  1. glynch

    glynch Contributing Member

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    The type of song that will bring back memories to oldsters like Deckard, Batman, though he is somewhat of a youngster and others. Stuff you won't hear on ClearChanel.

    See the link embedded in the story linked to below to listen to the song that brings back so many memories of Vietnam and of course Credence Clearwater.

    DEJA VU (ALL OVER AGAIN)

    Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
    Did you try to read the writing on the wall
    Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
    It's like Deja Vu all over again

    Day by day I hear the voices rising
    Started with a whisper like it did before
    Day by day we count the dead and dying
    Ship the bodies home while the networks all keep score

    Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
    Could your eyes believe the writing on the wall
    Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
    It's like Deja Vu all over again

    One by one I see the old ghosts rising
    Stumblin' 'cross Big Muddy
    Where the light gets dim
    Day after day another Momma's crying
    She's lost her precious child
    To a war that has no end

    Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
    Did you stop to read the writing at The Wall
    Did that voice inside you say
    I've seen this all before
    It's like Deja Vu all over again
    It's like Deja Vu all over again

    John Fogerty


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    i have a vested interest
    in the world going wrong
    cause if it does
    you'll buy this song
     
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    Guess you won't be buying anymore DMB CDs anytime soon huh Max?

    ;)

    from his website

    Dave Matthews Speaks Out About the War
    I hope this letter finds you all well and that in these uncertain times you find moments to be joyful.

    I want to speak my mind about this war with Iraq, or I will choke on my conscience.

    What is the motivation? Regime change? Shouldn't that be up to the people of the region and the people of Iraq? The only real threat from Saddam Hussein is to his neighbors and none of them support a U.S. invasion. Is it to stabilize the Middle-East? Wouldn't it only do the opposite by causing further death and suffering in a country that has had more than its share?

    Is it to weaken Al Qaeda? Saddam Hussein is a genocidal maniac but he is not Al Qaeda. He is certainly more visible though. Is he our target because he is easier to identify than the illusive terrorist network? Surely it is more likely that an attack on Iraq would only strengthen Al Qaeda by feeding Anti-American sentiment. Putting out the fire with gasoline, so to speak. It is certainly not to liberate the people of Iraq who suffer under Hussein's rule, unless we call killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis liberation.

    Saddam Hussein is a barbaric murderous dictator. I wish the world were free of him. But the answer is not to bomb this great culture of Iraq out of existence to stop him. Why must the children of Iraq die by the thousands to stop a tyrant? It is not justice. And if we kill him what will we achieve? We will have taken the most unpopular leader in the Middle East and turned him into the greatest martyr radical Islam has ever had. The U.N. weapons inspectors must be allowed to do their job thoroughly and any military action should be internationally agreed upon. We must not allow our government to turn us into a rogue nation.

    I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration.

    Bottom line: this war is wrong and this war is un-American.

    Peacefully submitted,
    Dave Matthews
     
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    Hey, Max, have you ever been able who to figure out who to vote for?
     
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    yep...

    Smarty Jones.

    mcmark --

    i don't listen to dave matthews because of his political leanings. frankly, i wouldn't care if he said i should vote for bush either. i love his music. that's it.
     

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