On New Year's Eve, just after midnight in the first tender minutes of 2007, my beloved and I searched the Rhapsody music service for John Lennon's chestnut Give Peace a Chance. We needed the song to muster the strength to face the new year.
We didn't find John's record -- his estate is apparently in denial about digital streaming -- but we found enough covers to get us through the night. My favorites by far were the reggae version by The Maytals on From the Roots, and a holy roller rendition by Joe Cocker on Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Check them out when you need an Uplifting hit in times like these.
You can also find Lennon's music working for human rights with Amnesty International's Make Some Noise project (2005), featuring covers of Lennon songs by artists from The Black Eyed Peas to Snow Patrol. Rumor has it that Yoko Ono donated the entire Lennon songbook to Amnesty for this purpose. Now if only we could hear it online though our fully paid, fully legal subscription service.
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OOOO--A blog with a brain--and a tuned one at that! I love getting music recommendations from such an intelligent, witty and creative personage (not to mention well-informed) as Ms. Miles, even if she is a lawyer. :-P
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