Once again, it's Monday. It's time for music, and it's time for Music Moves Me!
Who are the members of Music Moves Me ? We are bloggers who blog about music each Monday. If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! Just remember our simple rule: you must include at least one You Tube or Vimeo video or your post may be subject to removal or labeling "NO MUSIC". You are welcome to write about music. too but there must be at least one music video.
It's the first Monday in September, and it's Labor Day, and guess who is our honorary co-hostess for the month of September? None other than Cathy from Curious As a Cathy.
Today, she has picked the theme of "You Pick". So anything goes, as long as it is related to music videos!
There are so many things to remember this week. Labor Day. September 11. I don't quite know how to begin. So much to pay tribute to.
At the end of this post there will be some pictures. I hope you stick around for them.
I didn't know this, but Paul McCartney was sitting on a plane at a New York City airport and witnessed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York City, the Pentagon and a plane, Flight 93, which was taken down by its passengers before it could hit its target. This is his recollection and his tribute: "Freedom/Let It Be"
This song is written from the viewpoint of a young man whose father died from cancer several years before, but the song has become intertwined with remembering the 9/11 attacks. Green Day and their 2005 "Wake Me Up When September Ends".
May those innocents who died that day, and the approximately 1,400 rescue workers who have perished from their work that day and the following weeks, be remembered always.
Heroes in the making, here is an article about children of firefighters who died on 9/11 or due to 9/11 illnesses, graduating from FDNY in 2019.
Today is also Labor Day here in the United States. So let's blog some about working.
A classic from Sam Cooke: Chain Gang, from 1960. This song tells a story of a tragic time in our history, and the use of convict labor rented out to others. Not all work is voluntary.
Working In a Coal Mine, covered by Devo in 1981.
And finally, a video that made me cry - maybe we all need a good cry this week. This is a Japanese video telling the story of a woman (who is getting married) and how her mother taught her the piano as a child. After her mother dies, she sees her father (who doesn't know how to play) use the beloved piano as a shelf for knickknacks and junk. In her grief, she walks out on her father - who then....(you'll have to watch the video.)
I promised you some photos.
Wall of Remembrance, MCU Park, Brooklyn, New York. One of the firefighters this wall pays tribute to went to my high school.
More Wall of Remembrance.
The 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is Friday. May we never forget.
Join me again next Monday, same time, same place.
Call me an "Old Soul", but Sam Cooke made music that I loved to listen to.
ReplyDelete9/11 is one of those days when everyone can remember exactly where they were when the news broke, similar to the day that President Kennedy was assassinated or the bombing of Pear Harbor. Most of us have moved on with our lives and are only reminded to the tragedy on an annual basis, but for those who lived that nightmare or lost loved ones on that day, the pain will never completely go away. Praying for our country. Have a blessed week.
...you saved the best for last!
ReplyDelete9/11 ... it’s going to be weird observing the day in a pandemic...
ReplyDeleteYou know how sometimes a song just speaks to you? Well I have loved that Green Day song since the first time I heard it.
ReplyDeleteHad to wait for the tears to clear... So many favourites here. And one new one!
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful post. Thanks for sharing it. Very lovely.
ReplyDeleteReally great set.... I can't believe we both had Devo....
ReplyDeleteInteresting selection of music. Happy Labor Day.
ReplyDeleteMemories...
ReplyDeleteMy birthday is 9/9. This will be the first year that I don't celebrate it by pigging out on Broadway and Off-Broadway. I did back on my 50th. I had a great time- leaving Laguardia in the AM for my flight to DC. I had not clue I was about the last flight leaving. But, when I was driving from National Airport to my office, I could not figure out what the .... a jet was doing flying over my head- the wrong way- until it hit the Pentagon...
Yeah, this is going to be an interesting week.
ReplyDeleteGreat job my friend and I hope you had a great Labor Day! Hugs
ReplyDeleteSam Cooke was my favorite to say the least! Love your line up girlfriend, and I hope you had a great Labor Day & didn't eat too much! Hugs.......
ReplyDeleteAlana,
ReplyDeleteMy daddy, grandpa, late FIL, and many of my uncles worked in the coal mines of southern WV. That's hard work. Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" is an oldie and even Devo's cover of "Working In A Coal Mine" but the original is a lot older. Both of these classics are peppy sounding and makes ya wanna get to your feet. It's hard to believe the 19th anniversary of 9/11 is up on us. The years have melted away, haven't they? But, I pray that we never forget that fatal day. Americans need to wake up to violence surrounding us. This is homegrown terrorism perpetrated for the destruction of our culture and way of life. We didn't tolerate foreign acts of aggression against this land, so why are we allowing those within to destroy our country? May God have mercy on America and may she fall at His feet again! Thanks for sharing some fabulous tunes in honor of the working class. Stay safe, be well, and have a boogietastic week, dear friend!
We won't forget, Alana, we can't! We hope you had a wonderful Labor Day. Great songs picks and words to go with😸Pawkisses for a Happy Wednesday🐾😽💞
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