By Guillermo Casanova
[video:youtube:bqBCxKrvRSo]Although written with Africa's situation in mind, this song applies to all so called "Revolutions" in the world. "Preaching water but drinking wine"... how truely does this phrase apply to Hugo Chávez of Venezuela.THE REVOLUTION WILL EAT ITS CHILDREN Anthem for Uncle BobRevolutions around the world have always resulted in some form of social engineering accompanied by the inability to factor in that inevitable dark aspect of human nature – the lust for power....
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Categories: Politics, Video, Music, Opinion, Venezuela |
on 16 Apr, 2008
| Tags: johnny clegg, music, power, revolution, video
By Guillermo Casanova
The world is full of problems and I want to write about a song; not even a new one. But this song has stirred my schizoid mind and has even constructed a nightmarish dream I had last night. A dream full of Nazis and persecution, full of fire and war and torture. A senseless dream, like most dreams seem to be, only that this one seemed even more complicated to even try to put together and make a little sense out of it.You would say that the song that has done this must have come from musicians such as Syd Garrett, Peter Gabriel or some disturbed genius musician, but that's not so. You may even think that the song is so complicated and profound, full of philosophy and meaning. But it is not. The song is called Take a picture and was written and performed by a band called Filter...
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on 5 Apr, 2008
| Tags: filter, lyrics, music, take a picture, video