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Hekate

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4. I have thought so for years. Music stirs the soul and gets bodies moving. It needs to be singable.

Reply to ancianita (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:22 PM

8 hrs ago

The songs stick in the brain and get carried into the rest of life.

My generation of dedicated social justice singers has all but passed away now. We need younger ones to show up, dammit, and while I’d love to sing the old songs again, we need the youngsters to write new words. Folk songs get adapted for generations and even centuries — go to it.

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We seriously need singers like Seeger at the June 14 protests. ancianita 8 hrs ago #3

I have thought so for years. Music stirs the soul and gets bodies moving. It needs to be singable. Hekate 8 hrs ago #4

They're out there. Even OOG Neil Young sings about it to keep Hope alive. Have you heard of Jesse Welles? ancianita 7 hrs ago #5

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