I have this thing against songs that mention real or imagined tragedies, or engage in overwrought attempts to pull people together
I had an interesting juxtaposition of musical moments on the way home from work yesterday.…
"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
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26 - SFC SKI
I guess she has forgotten.
It is interesting that only country musicians have really written from the perspective of those fighting it, at least for commercial airplay. I heard a song called "letters from Home", which is kind of sappy, topo, but it does offer a glimpse of the comaraderie somefind during wartime.
Several rap albums have been proded and released by people serving in Iraq. 4/25's "Live From Iraq" is pretty good.
27 - Guy Incognito
The Forgotten song is a real toe tapper!!! Makes me wanna dance. And that's a problem. 9/11 shouldn't make you want to dance and sing. This song makes a mockery of those who died. "... that day... blown away...". Holy crap dude. Have some damn respect.