voices of cultural dissent v. the media, usp...

[joeallonby]

Go Willie!

on 1/1/04 1:28 PM, Bandwraith at aol.com at Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:

> It's nice to welcome Willie Nelson, from deep within the Lone Star State,
> back into the fold.
> 
> DALLAS, Texas‹Country music icon Willie Nelson
> has written a Christmas song protesting the war in Iraq.
> 
> Nelson, 70, said he wrote "Whatever Happened to Peace on Earth"
> after watching the news on Christmas Day and will play it in
> Austin, Texas on Saturday at a concert to benefit Democratic
> presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
> 
> Nelson said his new song criticized President George W. Bush's
> decision to invade Iraq and those who thought it unpatriotic to
> speak out against the war.
> 
> The song opens with the line "How much oil is one human life worth?"
> and swings into the chorus:
> 
> "Hell they won't lie to me
> Not on my own damn TV
> But how much is a liar's word worth
> And whatever happened to peace on Earth?"
> 
> "I hope that there is some controversy," Nelson said yesterday.
> "If you write something like this and nobody says anything, then
> you probably haven't struck a nerve."
> 
> continues at:
> 
> 
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=579&e=4&u=/nm/2004010
> 1/en_nm/iraq_nelson_dc
> 
> respectfully
>