& I saw her [Marian Anderson] singing there thru the rain... & I realised, right then, that I knew it was all wrong & it all had to change & that change Had to start With me Am so grateful that this exists & was put together so lovingly. Still speaks to all of us.
words can't explaine single most important. thing I have ever heard listened to it thousands tens of thousands of times just as impactful as it ever was Utah Phillips and ani defranco are by far the most overlooked artists of my generation.do me a favor teach your children with there work.
I am up at five twenty-five in the morning, after having gone to bed at two thirty in the morning. I am coming back to these words, and it is about as close as I can get to G_D.
Great true story by one of the great story telkers, folk poet and performer rebel always with a cause that lights you up and honors the people.
& I saw her [Marian Anderson] singing there thru the rain...
& I realised, right then, that I knew it was all wrong
& it all had to change
& that change
Had to start
With me
Am so grateful that this exists & was put together so lovingly. Still speaks to all of us.
Today is Marian Anderson's birthday (27 Feb 1897) - she brought me back here :)
It's 2022 and I STILL revisit this.
It always will. 😉
Hell's bells. Here I am in 2024, and ever shall it be necessary.
words can't explaine single most important. thing I have ever heard listened to it thousands tens of thousands of times just as impactful as it ever was Utah Phillips and ani defranco are by far the most overlooked artists of my generation.do me a favor teach your children with there work.
I cry when I listen to this. :)
This guy gave me some lingering faith in human beings. He still does. I wish I'd had a chance to shake his hand.
His Grandson, Brendan. is keeping up his anarchist ways in Utah. He is the Co-Chair of the Young Greens of the United States.
I am up at five twenty-five in the morning, after having gone to bed at two thirty in the morning. I am coming back to these words, and it is about as close as I can get to G_D.
And that change had to start... with me.
Thank you Utah!
Is that background music Ani Difranco? That works.
how sad is it that this only has 3000 hits
What in the hell... Utah speaks to us all... even in 2018...
and it all starts with you,
tis what i tell my daughter
U. Utah Phillips.... It's been a while..
And here we are, 2024 post-election..
what is the origin of the melody?
Olexandr Utah Phillips himself!
Ani DiFranco
@mcterryur "It all has to start with me."
ok kuluin tän 20 vuotiaana, ja vieläkin,, not real