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The original protest singer, Pete inspired generations of singer/songwriters inc Dylan, Springsteen and Harry Chapin Managed a ripe old age of 94 he will be missed
Thank god that, for once, the BBC didn't rely on that absurd little geek Lizo Mzimba to do an obit (via wikipedia and his Blue Peter Bumper Book of Facts).
Pru wrote: Thank god that, for once, the BBC didn't rely on that absurd little geek Lizo Mzimba to do an obit (via wikipedia and his Blue Peter Bumper Book of Facts).
When he covers music it's obvious he is reading from wikipedia or IMDB and even then he talks down to the viewers.
"Pleasant Valley Sunday" from the under-rated Monkees, penned by the also thought provoking artists, Goffin and King, (not Jonno, another thoughtful-star King):
Yep - you stick with the Unions, andrew - you'll be joining an exclusive club !
Along with the miners, the British Leyland workers, motor cycle manufacturers, clothing makers from the Midlands, Linen makers from the North West, dockers, shipbuilders etc etc etc ....
andrew wrote: Miners were supplying electric to the country why shouldn't they get more money ? MP's get expenses bankers get pay off's etc.
Yes - all the Miners priced themselves OUT of Jobs - but their Union leaders went onto the House of Lords !
Have you checked just how many ex-Union bosses are now lining their own pockets?
What happened to the Miners leaders? Didn't the boss - Joe Gormley - become Baron Gormley of the Slag Heaps ?
Here's one to be going on with -
As a trade union leader and chairman of Labour's national executive committee, Richard Rosser railed against 'fat cats' riding the 'gravy train' of easy money.
But since being made Lord Rosser in 2004, his attitudes seem to have changed a little.
For the Daily Mail has learned that he claimed £19,461 in expenses in a single year after telling officials he had changed his main residence from his £750,000 four-bed family home in London to a snug £240,000 flat outside the capital.
Astonishingly, Lord Rosser, 65, appears to neighbours still to live for most of the year in his London home - and has virtually admitted so himself.
But by 'flipping' his declared main residence to Chippenham, in Wiltshire, he suddenly became entitled to claim the generous parliamentary overnight allowance, now £174 a night, for which no receipts are required.
I thought this thread was about Pete Seeger, but how quickly has it descended into petty squabble and attacks on 'loony-lefties'.
Pete Seeger lived in the US, where in his heyday what we call mildly left-leaning was considered communist and therefore if you were one of those you were an enemy of the state (tho we are told the State is an invention of the left, but hey...)
He was a courageous man who carried on doing what he did and saying what he said because he believed it in his heart. That's a brave thing to do when you face opposition.
My friend, Grammy Award-winning folk/pop singer-songwriter Janis Ian, wrote this following Seeger's death:
One of my earliest childhood memories is being dandled on Pete's knee, while his banjo rested on the other. It must have been a gathering of farmers and leftists in South Jersey somewhere. Many years later, Pete sent me a note apologizing that I wasn't asked to perform at Newport (Newport Folk Festival when Janis was 15) the year before, but inviting me for the next season - I still have it, signed "Pete" with the famous banjo drawing.
The last time I saw him and (his wife) Toshi was at a Clearwater concert. I asked him how he was doing, and he said "Like most men, I didn't spend enough time with her." I know there was a gaping hole in his life when she was gone, but he continued to work and inspire us all.
I cannot imagine a life without Pete. From the time I remember, he informed my moral and ethical being, through his songs, and through the righteous life he led. He took on giants, and beat them. And through it all, he remained approachable and human. As an artist and a human being, I would be proud to leave that kind of legacy.
Janis Ian 28/01/14
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david wrote: I thought this thread was about Pete Seeger, but how quickly has it descended into petty squabble and attacks on 'loony lefties'.
Pete Seeger lived in the US, where in his heyday what we call mildly left-leaning was considered communist and therefore you were an enemy of the state (tho we are told the State is an invention of the left, but hey...)
He was a courageous man who carried on doing what he did and saying what he said because he believed it in his heart. That's a brave thing to do when you face opposition.
My friend, Grammy winning folk/pop singer-songwriter Janis Ian, wrote this following Seeger's death:
One of my earliest childhood memories is being dandled on Pete's knee, while his banjo rested on the other. It must have been a gathering of farmers and leftists in South Jersey somewhere. Many years later, Pete sent me a note apologizing that I wasn't asked to perform at Newport (Newport Folk Festival when Janis was 15) the year before, but inviting me for the next season - I still have it, signed "Pete" with the famous banjo drawing.
The last time I saw him and (his wife) Toshi was at a Clearwater concert. I asked him how he was doing, and he said "Like most men, I didn't spend enough time with her." I know there was a gaping hole in his life when she was gone, but he continued to work and inspire us all.
I cannot imagine a life without Pete. From the time I remember, he informed my moral and ethical being, through his songs, and through the righteous life he led. He took on giants, and beat them. And through it all, he remained approachable and human. As an artist and a human being, I would be proud to leave that kind of legacy.
Janis Ian 28/01/14
You managed to get a fair bit of politics in there yourself young David.
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