<div>I listened to Eddie Vedder's version of Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth," given your reference. His vocal delivery is not radically different than John Lennon's version on his album "Imagine," it seemed to me, though the wording is a bit different, in a few places. What I missed was the awesome guitar solo from Lennon's version, during the middle song break, which was absent from Vedder's version. This guitar solo has great impact in Lennon's version. Both versions communicate much the same meaning.</div>
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<div>As far as a person's "generation" being critical in deciding which music is most important, why would someone want to limit themselves in this manner? Music is an infinite world of emotion and expression (given time to listen and a person's lifespan), that spans centuries upon centuries of human life and culture. From Hildegard von Bingen to Jane Siberry, from Bach to Ligetti, from Islamic Sufi mysticism to Tool, Medieval plainchant to modern minimalism, my generation's musical content is but a small slice of musical meaning and history:</div>
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<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMnXjLD7J24" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMnXjLD7J24</a></div>
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<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZTaiDHqs5s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZTaiDHqs5s</a></div>
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<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/mysticalpathwaynurhu/" target="_blank">http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/mysticalpathwaynurhu/</a></div>
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<div>I like the 1940s channel on XM radio... Not from my generation, but that's perhaps partly why I find it appealing... The music has not been on the radio, or a favorite of my peers, or commercialized on the TV, or promoted in hyped mega concert, at least not very much, since I have been alive. I can listen to it without some of the culturally conditioned baggage that music often carries...</div>
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<div>Speaking of escaping culturally conditioned baggage...</div>
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<div>"Strawberry Fields Forever," Lennon at his best... He should have stayed in his mystical fields, hiding, rather than facing political activism as though it was an obligation, as though he was facing reality, given he was too beautiful and innocent a soul for this corrupt world, and payed with his life...</div>
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<div>Lennon's achingly beautiful and innocent song for his mother Julia, who died in a brutal car accident when he was a teenager:</div>
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<div>Julia:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0shbwip_sI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0shbwip_sI</a></div>
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<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever</a></div>
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<p>"<b>Strawberry Fields Forever</b>" is a song by the English <a title="Rock music" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" target="_blank">rock</a> band <a title="The Beatles" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" target="_blank">The Beatles</a>. Recorded at the end of 1966, the song was written by <a title="John Lennon" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon" target="_blank">John Lennon</a> during the filming of <i><a title="How I Won The War" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_I_Won_The_War" target="_blank">How I Won The War</a></i> and is formally credited to the <a title="Lennon/McCartney" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennon/McCartney" target="_blank">Lennon/McCartney</a> songwriting team. It is named after a <a title="Salvation Army" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Army" target="_blank">Salvation Army</a> house in Beaconsfield Road, Woolton, <a title="Liverpool" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool" target="_blank">Liverpool</a> where Lennon played as a child.</p>
<p>"Strawberry Fields Forever" was originally recorded for the album <i><a title="Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band" target="_blank">Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</a></i> (1967), but was instead released in February 1967 as a double A-side single backed with Paul McCartney's "<a title="Penny Lane" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Lane" target="_blank">Penny Lane</a>". "Strawberry Fields Forever" reached number eight in the US, with numerous critics describing it as one of the group's best recordings.<sup><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever#cite_note-amg-sff-0" target="_blank"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever#cite_note-rs500s-1" target="_blank"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> It is one of the defining works of the <a title="Psychedelic rock" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" target="_blank">psychedelic rock</a> genre and has been <a title="Cover version" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" target="_blank">covered</a> by many other artists. The song was later included on the <i><a title="Magical Mystery Tour (album)" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Mystery_Tour_(album)" target="_blank">Magical Mystery Tour</a></i> LP (1967). The <a title="Strawberry Fields (memorial)" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_(memorial)" target="_blank">Strawberry Fields memorial</a> in <a title="New York City" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" target="_blank">New York City</a>'s <a title="Central Park" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park" target="_blank">Central Park</a> (near the site of Lennon's murder at <a title="The Dakota" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dakota" target="_blank">The Dakota</a> apartment building) was named after the song.<sup><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever#cite_note-centralpark-2" target="_blank"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever#cite_note-nycdpr-3" target="_blank"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<p><sup>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</sup></p>
<p><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/13/09, <b class="gmail_sendername">TIM RIGSBY</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:tim.rigsby@hotmail.com" target="_blank">tim.rigsby@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span> </p>
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<div>I like Eddie Vedder's version better, it seems to be more relevant, at least in 2004 anyway, to me and my generation. Plus I saw him perform it live.<br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0azqzN-rNE&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0azqzN-rNE&feature=related</a><br>
<br>" 'Politics is the art of controlling your environment.' That is one of the key things I learned in these years, and I learned it the hard way. Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid War on the other side of the World -- or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public property -- or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons -- or locked up in the Cook County Jail with a broken nose and no phone access and twelve perverts wanting to stomp your ass in the shower. That is when it matters who is President or Governor or Police Chief. That is when you will wish you had voted." - Hunter S. Thompson<br>
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</span>Subject: [Vision2020] "I've had enough of reading things by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians"
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<div>Definitely not a "treacly nod to general warm-fuzzy-happy-place sentiments" is the song below by John Lennon, one of my favorite songs by anyone:</div>
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<div>From "Imagine" by John Lennon</div>
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<div>Gimme Some Truth</div>
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<div>I'm sick and tired of hearing things<br>From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites<br>All I want is the truth<br>Just gimme some truth <br><br>I've had enough of reading things<br>By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians<br>
All I want is the truth<br>Just gimme some truth <br><br>No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of Tricky Dicky<br>Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me<br>With just a pocketful of hope<br>Money for dope<br>Money for rope <br>
<br>I'm sick to death of seeing things<br>From tight-lipped, condescending, mama's little chauvinists<br>All I want is the truth<br>Just gimme some truth now <br><br>I've had enough of watching scenes<br>Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas<br>
All I want is the truth now<br>Just gimme some truth <br><br>No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of Tricky Dicky<br>Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me<br>With just a pocketful of hope<br>It's money for dope<br>Money for rope <br>
<br>Ah, I'm sick to death of hearing things<br>from uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites<br>All I want is the truth now<br>Just gimme some truth now <br><br>I've had enough of reading things<br>by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians<br>
All I want is the truth now<br>Just gimme some truth now <br><br>All I want is the truth now<br>Just gimme some truth now<br>All I want is the truth<br>Just gimme some truth<br>All I want is the truth<br>Just gimme some truth<br>
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<div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<br> </div>
<div>On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM, keely emerinemix <span dir="ltr"><<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com" target="_blank">kjajmix1@msn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Back to the original "most culturally significant pop song," I'd have to disagree with Kai and then risk the ire of many of my friends. I'm afraid the song "Imagine," by Beatle John Lennon, has taken on anthem-like status for everybody in the world who disdains, say, kicking cats. What used to be a profound song in the eyes of listeners 30 years ago has now become a treacly nod to general warm-fuzzy-happy-place sentiments.<br>
<br>Did you guess that I don't like the song at all, never did, but nonetheless recognize that it's evolved into a force even greater than "Don't Stop Believin'," although I think Steven Perry IS really cute . . . <br>
<br>Keely<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/</a><br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:29:32 -0700<br>
> From: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>> To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:london@moscow.com" target="_blank">london@moscow.com</a><br>
> CC: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>; <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" target="_blank">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>
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<div><br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The most pop-culturally significant song of all time ever in the history of universe (Hint: It ain't by the bug boys from Liverpool)<br>> <br>> Excellent.<br>> <br>> Thanks, Bill.<br>
> <br>> Tom<br>> <br>> > Lotus, acapella three women, nice sound<br>> > BL<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ----- Original Message -----<br>> > From: "Tom Hansen" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br>
> > To: "Darrell Keim" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com" target="_blank">keim153@gmail.com</a>><br>> > Cc: <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>; "Kai Eiselein" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" target="_blank">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>><br>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:52 AM<br>> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The most pop-culturally significant song of all<br>> > time ever in the history of universe (Hint: It ain't by the bug boys from<br>
> > Liverpool)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> Speaking of old songs . . .<br>> >><br>> >> Here is a song, titled "Sparkling Gold", recorded at Hal Logan Music in<br>> >> 1993 right here in Moscow, Idaho, performed by a local group.<br>
> >><br>> >> Question: What is the name of this group?<br>> >><br>> >> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Sparkling_Gold.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Sparkling_Gold.mp3</a><br>
> >><br>> >> Seeya at Palouse Pride, Moscow.<br>> >><br>> >> Tom Hansen<br>> >> Moscow, Idaho<br>> >><br>> >> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to<br>
> >> change<br>> >> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>> >><br>> >> - Unknown<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> </div></div></div></blockquote></div></span></div>
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