AMA - The 2nd Oct edition
Fragile by Sting Indians know Oct 2nd as "Gandhi Jayanti." Most Indians celebrate Gandhi as the one who is responsible for India's independence from the British Raj. That's patently false but being false has never deterred the ignorant. Most people -- not just Indians -- are ignorant anyway. Gandhi was a monster. I have wasted a lot of time arguing why. Here are a few of my previous posts on Gandhi. Indians should be told who the man actually was. This one is not about Gandhi. This post is about two of my favorite musicians who were born on Oct 2nd: Don McLean in 1945, and Sting in 1951. To celebrate those two singers, here are two of their songs. First the 1971 super-hit song by Don McLean. https://youtu.be/PRpiBpDy7MQ Having heard the song hundreds of times when I was on college, I know the lyrics by heart. Here's a sample of the lyrics:
When the jester sang for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed from James Dean And a voice that came from you and me
Oh, and while the king was looking down The jester stole his thorny crown The courtroom was adjourned No verdict was returned
And while Lennon read a book on Marx The quartet practiced in the park And we sang dirges in the dark The day the music died
Lots of people have written about the meaning of that mega-hit song. It's been called the "song of the century." Here's a nice piece by the BBC: What do American Pie's lyrics mean? McLean says that to him it meant that he'd never have to work again.😄 Now a song by Sting. https://youtu.be/EmDQFWNjHpA
. . . nothing comes from violence And nothing ever could For all those born beneath an angry star Lest we forget how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall Like tears from a star like tears from a star On and on the rain will say How fragile we are how fragile we are
It's been a while since I had an ask me anything. So what's on your mind?