he probably wouldn't seem counterculture now, but be a baby boomer icon. And I can see the baby boomers running the show trying to get him there to sing "Imagine".
Maybe they'll sing it yet - they had someone sing "Blowin' in the Wind" tonight.
on what JLs behavior would have been between 1980 and now. He was full of surprises. I suspect those lyrics about "imagine there's no countries" and "no religion too" would nix Imagine in the current climate.
6. King would kick ass IF (too bad ifs don't occur)
Can you imagine King addressing the Convention reminising about the days Republicans want to go back to: sicking police dogs on black americans. guardsmen shooting into a crowd of anti-war protesters. KKK ruling the south with an iron and brutal hand.
how elequent to hear: "In the 1960's I spoke of a dream of a better America, today we have this nightmare that is America. It is time to struggle back to the mountain top. It is time to rekindle the dream of a united America, a safer America a better America."
This can only be done with John Kerry and John Edwards.
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