What The World Needs Now, by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, is the Peace Song of the Day for 1/24/2012.
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Continue reading The world needs love!: Peace Song for 1/24/2012
“The War Song” by Culture Club is/was the Peace Song of the Day for January 23rd. Many thanks to David Kirschenbaum at Boog City for conjuring up this suggestion when we asked for an obscure, antiwar song!
How it starts: “War, war is stupid…And people are stupid…” Continue reading War, war is stupid: Peace Song for 1/23/2012
“Oh Freedom (O Freedom)” is the Peace Song of the Day for January 22, 2012. You can find lyrics, chords, and resources for this song in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 62. It’s a great song to add verses to.
The video below is a beautiful and soulful rendition, done by a young woman inspired by the music of Odetta…
Continue reading And before I’d be a slave: Peace Song for 1/22/2012
You Don’t Know My Mind, as sung by Odetta (b. 1930 – d. 2008), is the Peace Song of the Day for January 21, 2012. This song expresses a strong sense of self and purpose. And, it brilliantly conveys the human condition of complexity of feelings, which is so important to conflict resolution, patience with ourselves and others, and Nonviolent Communication/NVC.
Continue reading Thinking about Odetta: Peace Song for 1/21/2012
“Don’t try to plan me or understand me…I can’t stand to be understood…”
“Let Me Be” by The Turtles is the Peace Song of the Day for January 20th.
Duchess Susanna chose this song because it expresses some of the principles of Nonviolent Communication/NVC. Also, because it is a kind of freedom song, and freedom of thought song, like “Die Gedanken Sind Frei (“I Think As I Please)”.
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[This Peace Song of the Day was actually first announced/posted on 1/29/2012 as part of a marathon catch-up session.]
“Black and White” by Three Dog Night is/was The Peace Song of the Day for 1/19/2012.
A quote: “A child is black, a child is white…Together they grow to see the light, to see the light”
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[This Peace Song of the Day was actually first announced/posted on 1/29/2012 as part of a marathon catch-up session.]
“There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave…”
“Eve of Destruction” by Barry McGuire is the Peace Song of the Day for January 18th. This song has a lot of anger and alludes to violence, though, it does so for the cause of shocking us into peace.
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[This Peace Song of the Day was actually first announced/posted on 1/29/2012 as part of a marathon catch-up session.]
