Here's Ferlinghetti again making an altered appearance... (see post link at the end)
Given Hunter’s explanatory note about the circumstances of writing the lyric, it could be seen as a pretty straightforward commentary on the bravery or foolishness of making music while a fire is coming at you. But, of course, Hunter re-contextualizes everything on the fly, and wham! — the song becomes something directed, uncannily, at each of us, or at us collectively: how come we’re doing the same old same old when disaster is at hand?
Lookin' for the Promised Land in America...
...and on my 25th & 29th BIRTHDAYS...
A modern covered wagon...
STILL LOOKIN'...
...WON'T YOU COME WITH ME?
#music #humor #liberty #GratefulDead #StatueOfLiberty #EmmaLazarus #MartinLutherKingJr #LawrenceFerlinghetti #immigrants
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