"The Dawning Of Our Possibility" - iPeace.us2024-03-28T23:15:52Zhttps://ipeace.us/forum/topics/the-dawning-of-our-possibility?feed=yes&xn_auth=noIt so refreshing to see and f…tag:ipeace.us,2009-05-21:2217368:Comment:16422242009-05-21T15:34:32.188ZDaton O Fullardhttps://ipeace.us/profile/DatonOFullard
It so refreshing to see and feel the awakening Light and resonance of Mr. "Smooth" Sam Cooke..There are only a few songs that measure up to being what I categorize as Bencmark epochal events..Sam Cooke's immorrtality is all but assured..For as long as people will continue to listen to and love His Music..No matter who you are or where you are from..I doubt anyone with a caring Heart could not be affected forever by just one listen to .."A Change is gonna come"<br />
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It was a song so far ahead of its…
It so refreshing to see and feel the awakening Light and resonance of Mr. "Smooth" Sam Cooke..There are only a few songs that measure up to being what I categorize as Bencmark epochal events..Sam Cooke's immorrtality is all but assured..For as long as people will continue to listen to and love His Music..No matter who you are or where you are from..I doubt anyone with a caring Heart could not be affected forever by just one listen to .."A Change is gonna come"<br />
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It was a song so far ahead of its time that it literally changed a whole genration of people's hearts..I remember as a child watching some very tough hard strong willed people..Men an Women literally break down and cry..When they first heard this song being played over and over..for many times..Mr. Sam Cooke changed me and affected an America drunk and intoxicated with racism and racial hate..That truly did not want to change..<br />
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But His powerful words inner eloquence dignity and lyrical purpose still to this day resonate anew ever so powerfully..With the brilliant Light of Prophetic validation even among the youth of today..Still affecting all those profoundly who are still blessed to hear it for the very first time...<br />
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It is and always shall be a song sung so very wellsuite as an Anthem for the ages...Thank you Ozzie for the poignant reminder and memories.. Below is a `copy and paste`…tag:ipeace.us,2009-05-21:2217368:Comment:16416182009-05-21T12:46:43.388Zozzieowlhttps://ipeace.us/profile/ozzieowl
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Below is a `copy and paste` of some relative information about this unforgettable man of music - Sam Cooke.<br />
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***Some of the greatest advancements in modern music are credited to an artist who died over 40 years ago, yet only lived to be 33. Now his dynamic achievements are remembered in his most intimate biography to date, "Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family's Perspective"<br />
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After six years as the reigning voice in gospel music, Cooke…
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Below is a `copy and paste` of some relative information about this unforgettable man of music - Sam Cooke.<br />
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***Some of the greatest advancements in modern music are credited to an artist who died over 40 years ago, yet only lived to be 33. Now his dynamic achievements are remembered in his most intimate biography to date, "Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family's Perspective"<br />
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After six years as the reigning voice in gospel music, Cooke burst onto the pop scene with the 1957 release of his million-selling single, You Send Me. The song's innovative blend of Gospel, Pop, and R&B earned him the title of "The Man Who Invented Soul" and stayed on the charts an amazing 26 weeks, rising to #1 in both the Pop and R&B markets. The next single he'd release, I'll Come Running Back to You, soared to #1 on the R&B charts as well. Cooke would eventually chart an amazing 34 Top 40 R&B hits over his eight year pop career, with most like You Send Me and I'll Come Running Back to You written by Sam himself. Cooke also wrote and recorded such classics as Chain Gang, Only Sixteen, Cupid, Wonderful World, Having a Party and A Change is Gonna Come, and was among the original inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<br />
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xBlackOrchid..."its been too hard living, but Im afraid to die, i dont know whats out there beyond the sky..its been a long time coming...but i know a changes gone come.....<br />
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It was what my daddy listened to and sang all over the place, I have the 45 of "a change is gonna come", when I listen to it..I kinda get the feeling of desperation folk felt during the civil rights movement, the words tell the story, but the music is very haunting which i guess has always stayed in my mind.,Its like hes so tired, tired of all the wrong, but he doesn’t want to die to make it better, which is kinda ironic, cause he did die before it got better..<br />
I learned how to "swing"off "Having a party"..lol..daddy would just throw me all over the place till i was old enough to hang..lol Did you know that "Chain Gang" was about folks working on prison chain gangs in the south?? and the rhythm for that song is the sound of hammering as the laid rail roads etc..i thought that was interesting...but its always the song "Summertime" that brings back the fondest memories, that was my sleepy time song&amplt;s&ampgt;..and I didnt realize till recently that was a song from "Porgy and Bess"..any Sam Cooke song reminds me of my father and he had a major influence on me<br />
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In my opinion if Sam Cooke had lived we would have seen him perform at the Monterey Pop festival in 1967 and NOT Otis Redding. Sam would have ELECTRIFIED the "love crowd" (as Otis put it) whith his blend of soul + gospel + pop/rock (with a message!) and become seen a a leader of a whole musical/cultural movement that would have brought people closer together.***<br />
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"A Change is Gonna Come" Lyrics<br />
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I was born by the river in a little tent<br />
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since<br />
It's been a log, a long time coming<br />
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will<br />
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It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die<br />
'Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky<br />
It's been a long, a long time coming<br />
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will<br />
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I go to the movie and I go downtown<br />
Somebody keep telling me, "Don't hang around"<br />
It's been a long, a long time coming<br />
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will<br />
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Then I go to my brother<br />
And I say "Brother, help me please"<br />
But he winds up knockin' me<br />
Back down on my knees<br />
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Oh there's been times that Ithought I couldn't last for long<br />
But now I think I'm able to carry on<br />
It's been a long, a long time coming<br />
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will.<br />
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...I loved this song the very minute I heard it - and ironically enough, before I knew the history and background<br />
behind it, it was being played quite often from about half way through last year - on the radio (in Australia),<br />
we were all aware of the up-coming elections over in the U.S.A. and all I can say now,<br />
is that my prayers were answered when Mr Obama won the election and become<br />
The President of the United States of America in early 2009.<br />
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So, here we have the `change` - the change that has come now,<br />
and I know Sam is happy.