The DU Jukebox (A September 11 In Memoriam Edition)

[Hissyspit]

THE DU JUKEBOX - September 2006 Edition.
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#1)   HENRYK GORECKI  "Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs" (1976)

Album: London Sinfonietta (1993)
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 649

"Although the famous "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" is known to commemorate the holocaust of Auschwitz during World War II, if you look at its texts, its central source of poetic power is the theme of motherhood... Beginning in the darkest of the dark, the double basses lead the strings in a great canon of deep sorrow. As the music rises four octaves through the celli, violas and violins, one can feel the immense sadness of the composer.

The souls of the dead float in their hundreds and thousands by us, invisible in the darkness, marked only by the music as it gains in intensity. And yet, within the blackness and the tragedy, there always lies the hint of hope, asking you to listen on, to hear the tale.

Nestled in the heart of the movement is a 15th century Polish prayer...
My son, chosen and loved/
Let your mother share your wounds/
And since, my dear son/
I have always kept you in my heart/
And loyally served you/
Speak to your mother/
make her happy/
Though, my cherished hope/'
you are now leaving me"

- Chia Han-Leon http://inkpot.com/classical/goreckisym3.html

#2)   ANI DIFRANCO  "Self Evident"

Album: So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 208



on the day that America/
fell to its knees/
after strutting around for a centur/
without saying thank you/
or please

and the shock was subsonic/
and the smoke was deafening/
between the setup and the punch line/
cuz we were all on time for work that day/
we all boarded that plane for to fly/
and then while the fires were raging/
we all climbed up on the windowsill/
and then we all held hands/
and jumped into the sky
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Self-Evident-lyrics-Ani-DiFranco/918D74475B8673F648256E840007A147


#3)   BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN  "The Rising" (LIVE MTV Video Music Awards, New York City, 2002)

Album: UK CD single Lonesome Day
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 209



Can't see nothin' in front of me/
Can't see nothin' coming up behind/
I make my way through this darkness/
I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me/
Lost track of how far I/ve gone/
How far I've gone, how high I've climbed/
On my back's a sixty pound stone/
On my shoulder a half mile of line

...There's spirits above and behind me/
Faces gone black, eyes burnin' bright/
May their precious blood bind me/
Lord, as I stand before your fiery light

...Sky of blackness and sorrow (a dream of life)/
Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life)...
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bruce+springsteen/the+rising_20025196.html


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#4)   DAVID ROVICS  "Reichstag Fire" b/w "Song For Cindy Sheehan"

Album: Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVfMfoy-to
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 2



The planes hit New York City/
And thousands now are dead/
"It was Arab terrorists"/
This is what you said/
Well if that is the truth/
Then what have you got to hide/
And what were you doing/
On the day all those people died
http://www.davidrovics.com/


#5)   MELISSA ETHERIDGE  "Tuesday Morning"

Album: Lucky
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 129



10:03 on a Tuesday morning/
In the fall of an American dream/
A man is doing what he knows is right/
On flight 93/
He loved his mom and he loved his dad
He loved his home and he loved his man/
But on that bloody Tuesday morning/
He died an American...
Even though he could not marry/
Or teach your children in our schools/
Because who he wants to love/
Is breaking your Gods' rules/
He stood up on a Tuesday morning/
In the terror he was brave/
And he made his choice/
And without a doubt/
A hundred lives he must have saved
http://www.melissaetheridge.com/discography/lyrics/lucky.php#tuesdaymorning

"I remember getting People magazine with the stories of Flight 93, how these heroes did it. They get to Mark Bingham and there's his lover, and I thought, 'Oh my god!' I hadn't heard that until I saw the People magazine. Time goes by, and the government starts putting out the benefits for the families of those who lost their lives; a certain percentage of people who lost their lives, of course, were homosexual-at least 10% of any population is gonna be homosexual-and the government says no. All of a sudden, that felt uncomfortable. I start watching as it unfolds, and they mention Mark Bingham but they don't mention that he's gay. It starts to get a little more whitewashed away. Here is a bona fide hero of our American culture, one of the four men who said, 'C'mon, let's roll,' being wiped away. That's not okay with me." - Melissa Etheridge

#6)   GREEN DAY  "Wake Me When September Ends"

Album: American Idiot
Last Month: Re-Entry Peak Position: #3



Summer has come and past/
The innocent can never last/
Wake me up when September ends

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/green+day/wake+me+up+when+september+ends_10138713.html


#7)   RIZ MC  "Post 9/11 Blues"

Album: The Post-9/11 Blues Download http://www.myspace.com/rizmc

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKTsJpfC0IQ
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 50



So I picked up a respectable magazine/
Told me about the new post 9/11 categories/
Israeli fighters are soldiers, Irish are paramilitaries/
And darkie ones are terrorists – how simple can it be?/
But not me – my friends go ‘Riz is still one of us’/
But if I haven’t shaved they won’t sit with me on the bus

"This collage was going to be the front cover for the single - until the world's biggest music chain store told us they wouldn't stock it because it had the twin towers and Bush and Bin Laden's faces on it. Lovely." - Riz MC

#8)   PARIS  "Sheep To The Slaughter"

Album: Sonic Jihad
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 162



Who do the fightin' for these rich white folks, and they wars/
No it ain't Drew Carey, Dennis Miller or stars/
Fox News, Mike Savage, Bruce Willis or Rush/
Won't be MSNBC, CNN or a Bush/
Never Toby Keith, Hannity, O'Reilly or Clint/
Ain't ClearChannel - know they ain't supportin' dissent/
Not Arnold Schwarzenegger, he ain't gonna shoot, or/
Ted Nugent cause in war the targets got weapons too/
An't Cheney, Rumsfeld, Halliburton or Ridge/
Or Ann Coulter, or Joseph Lieberman or the rich...
When it comes to fightin' - we the ones that end up in gauze/
So when you say "support that murderer," I have no applause
http://www.lyricsdir.com/paris-sheep-to-the-slaughter-lyrics.html


#9)   BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN  "Lonesome Day"

Album: The Rising
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 209



Better ask questions before you shoot/
Deceit and betrayal's bitter fruit/
Its hard to swallow come time to pay/
That taste on your tongue dont easily slip away/
Let kingdom come, I'm gonna find my way/
Yeah, through this lonesome day
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bruce+springsteen/lonesome+day_20025190.html


#10)   MARK KNOPFLER & EMMYLOU HARRIS  "If This Is Goodbye"

Album: All The Roadrunning
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 18



My famous last words/
Are laying around in tatters/
Sounding absurd/
Whatever I try/
But I love you/
And that’s all that really matters/
If this is good bye/
If this is good bye
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/If-This-Is-Goodbye-lyrics-Mark-Knopfler/72076EFC7627CDB24825716C0021C0A2


#11)   WILL KIMBROUGH  "Pride"

Album: Americanitis
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 7



There's no power in pride/
Why, pride will take you down... everytime
How did the World Trade Center and the Pentagon getting all blown to hell/
Make somebody feel the need to print up 10 or 15 million power of pride stickers?

"When the planes hit the towers and the Pentagon, I had just dropped my daughter off at school. It was such a beautiful September morning. So many innocent people suffered and died. So many brave heroes gave everything to try and save them. The world was with us for a while after that morning. The country was united for a while after that morning. Such a clear sky overhead that morning. No clouds and no airplanes. Still. Quiet." - Will Kimbrough

#12)   SONNY ROLLINS  "Global Warming"

Album: Without A Song - The 9/11 Concert
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 50

"When the disasters on 9/11 occurred, the great tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins was in his New York apartment, only blocks away from the World Trade Center. He survived a night without electricity and was of course deeply affected by the catastrophe. At the urging of his wife and manager, Lucille, he fulfilled an engagement to play in Boston four days later, and the concert recording was released four years later." - Scott Yanow, allmusic.com

#13)   MORRISSEY  "I Will See You In Far-Off Places" b/w "America Is Not The World"

Album: Ringleader Of The Tormentors
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 15



Nobody knows what human life is/
Why we come, why we go. So why then do I know?/
I will see you/
I will see you in far off places
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858570990


# 14)   BOB DYLAN  "Mississippi"
Album: Love And Theft
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 251



Sky full of fire/
Pain pourin' down
http://www.bobdylan.com/moderntimes/songs/mississippi.html

During the weeks leading up to its official release, "Love and Theft" was greeted with unanimous, overwhelming praise... Unfortunately, when the album's release date finally came, it was not a day of celebration. "Love and Theft" reached stores on September 11, 2001, the same morning terrorists hijacked four domestic, American airplanes, crashing them into New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon Building in Washington, D.C. - wikipedia.com

#15)   KIMREA & DREAMDOGS  "The Sky Is Falling"

Album: Monday Nights @ The No Name http://www.myspace.com/kimrea
Last Month: Re-Entry Peak Position: #16



Standing in line at the airport waiting/
While they do a background check/
Hoping that they don't see she was arrested/
For marching in the big protest/
The man in the humvee's getting impatient/
Idling at the terminal gate/
She's watching him curse, tries not to hate him


#16)   THE REMEDIES  "911"

Album: Download Only http://www.myspace.com/theremedies3
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 101



Where are you after 9/11?/
Are you still seeking justice/
Or just trying to get even?


#17)   RICK MORANIS  "Four More Beers"

Album: The Agoraphobic Cowboy
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 14



Me and my pet goat are gonna vote, for/
Four More Beers
http://www.rickmoranis.com/news.aspx?t=1&pid=318


#18)   COWBOY JUNKIES  "December Skies"

Album: Early 21st Century Blues
Last Month: Re-Entry Peak Position: #9 Weeks On Chart: 57



September skies/
Bodies falling/
Never again will you catch me admiring/
Those vast september skies

October skies/
Hate is flying/
Crimson leaves slowly falling/
From azure october skies

http://www.alwaysontherun.net/cj.htm#e3


#19)   TODD SNIDER  "You Got Away With It"

Album: The Devil You Know
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 5



You never did tell me what happened with you and your brother down there in Florida/
I heard they gave you a hell of a time/
Everybody around here was afraid you might lose/
I told them not to worry cause I knew you'd be fine
You got away with it/
You got away/
This new thing too
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/snider-todd/you-got-away-with-it-17324.html


#20)   STUART ELLIOT  "9/11 Widow Mindy Kleinberg"

Album: Download Only http://www.benfrank.net/nuke/Free_Peace_mp3s.html
Last Month: Re-Entry Peak Postion: Error: You can't recommend threads from this forum



(Soundbite)
"At 9:41 a.m., one hour and twenty-one minutes after the first plane hijack confirmed by NORAD Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.
The fighter jets were still miles away.
Why? On Sept. 11th, both the F.A.A. and NORAD deviated from their standard emergency operation procedures. Who were the people who delayed the notification? Have they been questioned?"


#21)   YO LA TENGO  "Mr. Tough"

Album: I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 1



Hey Mr. Tough/
Don't you think we've suffered enough
And we'll forget about our problems/
If only for a little while/
Leave our worries in the corner/
Leave 'em in a great big pile/
Pretend everything can be alright


#22)   FAITHLESS  "Mass Destruction"

Album: No Roots
Last Month: Re-Entry Peak Position: #2



Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruction
...Fear is a weapon of mass destruction
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Mass-Destruction-lyrics-Faithless/793695ADDCC0207A48256E8B000B5A40


#23)   SLAYER  "Jihad"

Album: Christ Illusion
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 3



God will give victory to his faithful servant/
When you reach ground zero you will have killed the enemy/
The great Satan
http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/slayer/jihad.html

"One of the big tracks on SLAYER's new album, Christ Illusion, entitled 'Jihad', is written from a perspective of a 9/11 terrorist. Asked in an interview with The Sun if this has caused any problems, vocalist/bassist Tom Araya responded, 'The record has just come out in the States so we haven't had to deal with it much. But I know it's coming.'" - the tabworld.com

#24)   SYSTEM OF A DOWN  "B.Y.O.B."
Album: Mezmerize
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 65



Everybody's going to the party have a real good time/
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine

Why don't presidents fight the war?/
Why do they always send the poor?
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858536601

"Toxicity is System of a Down's second album release... It was the #1 album in America on the week of the September 11, 2001 attacks." - wikipedia.com

#25)   THE COUP  "Head (Of State)"

Album: Pick A Bigger Weapon
Last Month: Re-Entry  Weeks On Chart: 9



Bush and Hussein together in bed/
Giving H-E-A-D head/
Y'all motherfuckers heard what we said/
Billions made and millions dead
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Head-Of-State-lyrics-The-Coup/049FB6C54E0EC09748257169000ADA40

"The original cover had a picture of Boots Riley and Pam the Funkstress standing by burning WTC towers. It had been scheduled for release right around 9/12/01. The cover was pulled out of respect after the towers really did burn. Most likely, only a few promos with the cover were ever sent out." - rateyourmusic.com



A similar situation occurred with a Dream Theater live album released that August.

#26)   BRUCE COCKBURN  "This Is Baghdad"

Album: Life Short Call Now
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 3



Uranium dust and the smell of decay/
Sewage in the street where the kids run and play/
Not enough morphine and not enough gauze/
Firefight in darkness like snapping of jaws/
This is Baghdad

You couldn't see the blast - the morning was bright/
But some radiant energy flared up into the light/
Like the sky throwing its hands up in a horrified dismay/
Or the souls of the dead as they sped on their way
http://cockburnproject.net/songs&music/baghdad.html


#27)   MICHAEL FRANTI and SPEARHEAD  "I Know I'm Not Alone"

Album: Yell Fire!
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 4



I know I'm not alone

http://www.freakyandfree.com/lyrics.php?lyric=timetogohome

"In 2004, Franti and his team traveled to the core of the red-zoned, war torn neighborhoods of Baghdad, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip with his guitar, video cameras, and the intent to experience first hand the human cost of war. Out of this journey, he created a compelling documentary ("I Know I'm Not Alone") and a searing, reflective album of original songs." - Jeff Tamarkin, allmusic.com

28)   CINDY LEE BERRYHILL  "When Did Jesus (Become A Republican)"

Album: Download Only www.cindyleeberryhill.com/media/mp3/jesus.mp3
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 4



When did Jesus become a Republican/
I thought he was a poor man's friend


#29)   IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE with MOS DEF, JADAKISS, EMINEM  "Bin Laden"

Album: Bin Laden 12"
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 40



Man, you hear this bullshit they be talkin'/
Every day, man/
It's like these motherfuckers is just like professional liars/
YouknowwhatI'msayin? It's wild/
Listen

Bush knocked down the towers/
Shady Records was 80 seconds away from the towers/
Some cowards fucked with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours
http://www.onlylyrics.com/song.php?id=27010


#30)   BURT BACHARACH w/ ELVIS COSTELLO  "Who Are These People?"

Album: At This Time
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 24



Who are these people that keep telling us lies/
And how did these people get control of our lives/
And who’ll stop the violence cause it’s out of control?/
Make em stop/
See things really have to change/
Or we're all fucked
http://www.bacharachonline.com/bacharach_lyrics_chords/at_this_time_lyrics.html


#31)   P.F. SLOAN (with FRANK BLACK)  "Eve Of Destruction"

ALBUM: Sailover
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 2



The eastern world it is explodin'/
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'/
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'...
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend/
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=91758


#32)   JIMMY EAT WORLD  "Bleed American"

Album: Bleed American
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 210



Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt/
Our hearts littering the topsoil/
Sign up the picket line or the parade/
Our lives, our coal

"The lyrics describe a period when I was trying to deal with panic attacks. I didn't leave the house much and when I did, I'd go out drinking with friends – alcohol seemed to numb the anxiety. At that time I was also reading Howard Zinn's "A People's History Of The United States 1492 To Present." I was amazed at how far back labor struggle goes in the U.S. and how intense it's been. On some level, I guess I equated that with what I was going through personally. It inspired me. - Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World"

"They recorded their next album, Bleed American with their own money before DreamWorks Records decided to give them a shot, releasing the record in the Summer of 2001... The album was renamed simply Jimmy Eat World following 9/11.

#33) NEIL YOUNG "Let's Impeach The President"

Album: Living With War
Last Month: #1 Weeks On Chart: 9



Let's Impeach the President for lyin'
And misleading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858593904


#34) DIXIE CHICKS "Not Ready To Make Nice"

Album: Taking The Hard Way
Last Month: #1 Weeks On Chart: 10



Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Not-Ready-to-Make-Nice-lyrics-Dixie-Chicks/263740D86B90D36C4825713F0011E5A0


#35)   FREDA PAYNE  "Bring The Boys Home"

Album: Contact
Last Month: Re-Entry Peak Position: #12



Tryin' to get home--can't you see them tryin' to get home?/
Tryin' to get home--they're tryin' to get home/
See-saw fire on the battlefield/
Enough men have already been wounded or killed

Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)/
http://www.poemsplace.net/html/59/268941.html


#36)   ANTI-FLAG  "Hymn For The Dead"

Album: For Blood And Empire
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 12



Sing a hymn for the dead/
Because in death as in life we are one in the same/
Sing a hymn for the world
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Hymn-For-The-Dead-lyrics-Anti-Flag/6BF49F6AEDA6252C482571200005C59E


#37)   M. WARD  "Post-War"

Album: Post-War
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 1



I know when everything feels wrong/
I've got some hard, hard proof in this song/
I'll know when everything feels right/
Son, look in my eyes


#38)   JOAN OSBORNE  "Why Can't We Live Together"

ALBUM: How Sweet It Is
Last Month: Re-Entry Weeks On Chart: 103



No more wars, no more wars, no more wars/
Just some peace in this world/
Everyone wants to live together/
Why can't we live together?
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858598783


#39)   JARVIS COCKER  "Running The World"

Album: Download Only http://myspace.com/jarvspace
Last Month: New Entry Weeks On Chart: 3



Well did you hear, there’s a natural order/
Those most deserving will end up with the most/
That the cream cannot help but always rise up to the top/
Well I say: Shit floats/
If you thought things had changed/
Friend you’d better think again/
Bluntly put in the fewest of words/
Cunts are still running the world/
Cunts are still running the world
http://www.merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/index.php?tag=music


#40)   CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG  "Find The Cost Of Freedom"

Album: So Far
Last Month: Re-Entry Peak Position: #1



(Do we) Find the cost of freedom/
Buried in the ground/
Mother earth will swallow you/
Lay your body down
http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Crosby-Stills-Nash-Young/Find-The-Cost-Of-Freedom.html

[file83]

1. MP3 for #8 "Sheep to the Slaughter"

Courtesy of voxunion.com

[file83]

2. #7 was AWESOME!! I've never heard nor seen that video before!

#25 The Coup are favorites of mine - AWESOME list you've put up!

[Hissyspit]

3. I forgot the "Fahrenheit 9/11" soundtrack.

In case no one notices, this is more of a narrative then a real chart. That should fit clearly in the narrative, but I forgot and I have to go to class now.

The full verses of "Self-Evident" by Ani DiFranco:

yes,
us people are just poems
we're 90% metaphor
with a leanness of meaning
approaching hyper-distillation
and once upon a time
we were moonshine
rushing down the throat of a giraffe
yes, rushing down the long hallway
despite what the p.a. announcement says
yes, rushing down the long stairs
with the whiskey of eternity
fermented and distilled
to eighteen minutes
burning down our throats
down the hall
down the stairs
in a building so tall
that it will always be there
yes, it's part of a pair
there on the bow of Noah's ark
the most prestigious couple
just kickin back parked
against a perfectly blue sky
on a morning beatific
in its Indian summer breeze
on the day that America
fell to its knees
after strutting around for a century
without saying thank you
or please

and the shock was subsonic
and the smoke was deafening
between the setup and the punch line
cuz we were all on time for work that day
we all boarded that plane for to fly
and then while the fires were raging
we all climbed up on the windowsill
and then we all held hands
and jumped into the sky

and every borough looked up when it heard the first blast
and then every dumb action movie was summarily surpassed
and the exodus uptown by foot and motorcar
looked more like war than anything I've seen so far
so far
so far
so fierce and ingenious
a poetic specter so far gone
that every jackass newscaster was struck dumb and stumbling
over 'oh my god' and 'this is unbelievable' and on and on
and I'll tell you what, while we're at it
you can keep the pentagon
keep the propaganda
keep each and every TV
that's been trying to convince me
to participate
in some prep school punk's plan to perpetuate retribution
perpetuate retribution
even as the blue toxic smoke of our lesson in retribution
is still hanging in the air
and there's ash on our shoes
and there's ash in our hair
and there's a fine silt on every mantle
from hell's kitchen to Brooklyn
and the streets are full of stories
sudden twists and near misses
and soon every open bar is crammed to the rafters
with tales of narrowly averted disasters
and the whiskey is flowin
like never before
as all over the country
folks just shake their heads
and pour

so here's a toast to all the folks who live in Palestine
Afghanistan
Iraq

El Salvador

here's a toast to the folks living on the pine ridge reservation
under the stone cold gaze of mt. Rushmore

here's a toast to all those nurses and doctors
who daily provide women with a choice
who stand down a threat the size of Oklahoma City
just to listen to a young woman's voice

here's a toast to all the folks on death row right now
awaiting the executioner's guillotine
who are shackled there with dread and can only escape into their heads
to find peace in the form of a dream

cuz take away our playstations
and we are a third world nation
under the thumb of some blue blood royal son
who stole the oval office and that phony election
I mean
it don't take a weatherman
to look around and see the weather
Jeb said he'd deliver Florida, folks
and boy did he ever

and we hold these truths to be self evident:
#1 George W. Bush is not president
#2 America is not a true democracy
#3 the media is not fooling me
cuz I am a poem heeding hyper-distillation
I've got no room for a lie so verbose
I'm looking out over my whole human family
and I'm raising my glass in a toast

here's to our last drink of fossil fuels
let us vow to get off of this sauce
shoo away the swarms of commuter planes
and find that train ticket we lost
cuz once upon a time the line followed the river
and peeked into all the backyards
and the laundry was waving
the graffiti was teasing us
from brick walls and bridges
we were rolling over ridges
through valleys
under stars
I dream of touring like Duke Ellington
in my own railroad car
I dream of waiting on the tall blonde wooden benches
in a grand station aglow with grace
and then standing out on the platform
and feeling the air on my face

give back the night its distant whistle
give the darkness back its soul
give the big oil companies the finger finally
and relearn how to rock-n-roll
yes, the lessons are all around us and a change is waiting there
so it's time to pick through the rubble, clean the streets
and clear the air
get our government to pull its big dick out of the sand
of someone else's desert
put it back in its pants
and quit the hypocritical chants of
freedom forever

cuz when one lone phone rang
in two thousand and one
at ten after nine
on nine one one
which is the number we all called
when that lone phone rang right off the wall
right off our desk and down the long hall
down the long stairs
in a building so tall
that the whole world turned
just to watch it fall

and while we're at it
remember the first time around?
the bomb?
the Ryder truck?
the parking garage?
the princess that didn't even feel the pea?
remember joking around in our apartment on avenue D?

can you imagine how many paper coffee cups would have to change their design
following a fantastical reversal of the New York skyline?!

it was a joke, of course
it was a joke
at the time
and that was just a few years ago
so let the record show
that the FBI was all over that case
that the plot was obvious and in everybody's face
and scoping that scene
religiously
the CIA
or is it KGB?
committing countless crimes against humanity
with this kind of eventuality
as its excuse
for abuse after expensive abuse
and it didn't have a clue
look, another window to see through
way up here
on the 104th floor
look
another key
another door
10% literal
90% metaphor
3000 some poems disguised as people
on an almost too perfect day
must be more than poems
in some asshole's passion play
so now it's your job
and it's my job
to make it that way
to make sure they didn't die in vain
sshhhhhh....
baby listen
hear the train?

[Hissyspit]

4. kick

[musette_sf]

5. excellent

others i might add:

"You're Missing" - Bruce from The Rising

"On The Transmigration of Souls" - John Adams (composer, with the New York Philharmonic)

"Solace" - Michael Hoppe

"Harbour" - Moby from 18

and I checked your profile, I figured you for a Bay Arean since you listed Kimrea. I'm a Sweetwater regular and have seen her there a few times. How did you get turned on to her?

[Hissyspit]

9. I found her on the Neil Young "Living With War" site

Her track is listed there. I wanted something to represent the effects of 9/11 on everyday American's material/consumer aspects of their/our lives and her song did a good job of that. If you see her again anytime, you might mention she made this month's list!

"You're Missing" really belongs on their, too, but I had two "Rising" tracks and didn't want to over do Bruce (although Cowboy Junkies do a cover of it and I could have used that.) The John Adams I had forgotten about and that is a good addition. Moby was on last month's chart thanks to Ava.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. You leave me speechless with these -- I really don't know...

how to say a proper thanks.

[Hissyspit]

7. I guess you just did!

:thumbsup:

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Try this track (it's a folkie) "Short Shift at Ground Zero"

by Kim and Reggie Harris:

For the words and notes:
http://www.kimandreggie.com/gnd_zero.htm

For the track (mp3) itself, go to: www.kimandreggie.com
click on Sounds on your left. The track is the next-to-last-one.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

10. Gorecki's Sorrowful Songs is very plaintive, but

I chose Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" to listen to last night for the purpose of conjuring up the horror and solemnity of what we are rembering five years ago as well as what is going on today.

This is the recording I own:

[NoQuarter]

11. Outstanding performance and recording.

There is also Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" which I have performed several times.

I once did the Verdi Requiem with Lorna Haywood. She feels every note and syllable she produces. One cannot remain unmoved.

[Gogi]

12. When I think of our dead soldiers...

I think of Emmylou Harris' "Red Dirt Girl" and, for 9/11, Tavener's "A Song for Athini" and Arvo Part's "Cantus on the Death of Benjamin Britten". (It's 2:44 AM I may have the last two composers backward.)

[sui generis]

13. I've had the Gorecki since 1995 or so

what a marvelous soul-reaving album. When you push through it you actually come out the other side with a little hope and even joy. Not for wimps or short attention spans.