Willie Nelson is in my mind today. Emmylou Harris, too. Together with Toby Keith and Alan Jackson. So you don’t think it’s all my music, I also think of Mark Knopfler, Sheryl Crow, Carlos Santana and Bruce Springsteen at the end of the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
The incident is being held, brutally, after the Taliban returned to Afghanistan, where he defended the executioners who killed 3,000 innocent people. Although the Taliban have promised that life in Afghanistan will not be difficult under their rule again, girls’ schools have already been closed, women have been banned from playing sports, women who refuse to be beaten, and journalists reporting on the protests have been harassed. The streets of Kabul are quiet now, but not in a good way. The Taliban too silenced Afghan singers, as he did 20 years ago.
Based on the events of September 2001, however, American music did not end there. Instead, a riot broke out, some rude, some cheerful, all Catholic. It started with the country and the west, but soon included rock, reggae, and rap. And it was not just in the United States.
Toby Keith expressed his anger and resentment at America – as well as supporting the military – in “Courtesy of Red, White, and Blue“I”American soldier. “Alan Jackson went to grieve, and found it, in”Where Were You (When the World Stopped Conversion), ”Crossover did this for a while and became the official American song of 9/11. Tim McGraw’s HurtIf You Are Reading This”It has been played many times in wake-up call or funeral.
Ten days after the show, 21 well-known musicians gathered in dark-lit candlesticks in New York, Los Angeles, and London to sing in a lucrative way. Some artists monitor cell phones to take promises, money and go charity. The conference was called “America: Taxes for Winners.”
Dressed in an American shirt, rapper Wyclef Jean slammed Bob MarleyThe Song of the Beast”Quickly. Many such old songs have been given a new meaning, according to the story, such as Tom PettyI will not go back, ”Paul Simon’s“ Bridge Bridge on Water Troubled, ”and Billy Joel’s“ New York State of Mind. ” Sheryl Crow introduced a new song for the festival, “Safe and Sound,” as did Enrique Iglesias. Bruce Springsteen says “My City of Ruins”Singing a song about lower Manhattan. Springsteen and the E Street Band released the entire album for 9/11.
Springsteen and his wife, Patti Scialfa, were in their car when an unknown fan rolled down his window and said, “We need you now!” Springsteen, who had not released a new album for many years, received this outfit. “Ride” had songs like “Free Sky, “”No Man, ”And“You are missing“Statement on the death of a loved one on 9/11, when”Paradise“I”All over the World”Find out more about the politics and extremes that cause terrorism.
Just five weeks after the incident, Madison Square Garden took part in another concert, which featured actors, aerobics, and politicians. Some of the same artists – Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Bill Joel – were present, along with many other stars: Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, The Who, John Mellencamp, Elton John, James Taylor, Backstreet Boys, and Paul McCartney. The proceeds went to the Robin Hood Relief Fund, benefiting the families of those who met 9/11.
New York-born Billy Joel has completely changed the old numbers for the future of dystopics. “the lights go out on Broadway. ”“ I wrote the song 25 years ago… [as] a science fiction song, “he told the audience.” I never thought it would happen. But unlike the end of the song, we’re not going anywhere! “
The Who did it before there were American and British flags. After the performance, singer Roger Daltrey spoke directly to the section reserved for first responders and their families. “We can’t follow what you’ve done,” he said.
After the attack, not everyone played typing. Neil Young, who released the war-torn song after the Kent State shooting in 1970, wrote and wrote “Let’s Roll”
The same right was attacked on 9/11, as the self-proclaimed President of the US said. Rock musicians, even after a disagreement with George W. Bush, heard this. Paul McCartney he wrote a song called the name, which he performed, along with other songs, at a New York City concert.
In “Freedom,” McCartney’s tracks by John Locke and Thomas Jefferson – with Patrick Henry’s dash:
This is my freedom, this God-given freedom
To live a free life, to live a free life
We are talking about freedom…
I will fight on the right
Living freely.
McCartney re-changed the song a few months later at the Super Bowl show. “America, we love you!” said the audience was warming themselves by the fire. “Everyone clap your hands freely!” And he did so.
I do not want to add this point here. Soon, normal political thinking returned. By 2003 and 2004, Toby Keith was playing his game at the Bush competitions, and Springsteen was disappointing John Kerry. (As for Neil Young, he eventually wrote another song that he called “Let’s Make a President. ”) But for a decade, singers wrote and sang a variety of American songs. Some were old, some were new, and some were old ballads with a new meaning. It all started on the steps of the US Capitol on 9/11, where Democrats and Republicans joined in singing “God Bless America.” The song became popular in major American churches known as Major League Baseball parks.
The music and singing did not stop. Five years later, British rock star Mark Knopfler and American legend Emmyou Harris performed two horrific performances. “If This Is Good. ”Her songs were inspired by the latest phones in the group for their loved ones. Knopfler he recalled moved and read about it, excluding British writers / journalists Martin Amis and Ian McEwan. “I remember a piece of McEwan piercing the occupants of the tower using their phones; the last phone call at home: ‘I love you.’ If there is anything to be taken away from 9/11, that expression of love is real. ”
All the Atlantic’s music venues were eventually consoled – over a year – but not because of war or terrorism or violence. It was the plague of coronavirus, which killed more Americans than those lost on 9/11 and in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, on the 20thth On Memorial Day 9/11, singers are coming out of those bunkers. Willie Nelson is on the move, even though he is 88 years old. He will play tomorrow night in Philadelphia, where there will be freedom. Seventy-five kilometers northeast, Carlos Santana is expected to settle in Asbury Park, the old Springsteen pedestrian off the coast of Jersey.
“It’s not a job. It’s not a job, ”he said. Santana said about his music. “It’s not this or that; it is a way of life. And it is the life that the spirit lifts the audience up into a fearless place. ”