There has been some ground swell about how with this amount of talent we should concider some kind of event...musical naturally...earlier this evening I messaged David Califa and asked it an idea running round my head was do-able or not...he replied no because the Israeli Army won't give us permission...army dictating to the peace movement? errrr an oxymoron there somewhere surely...it is only worth doing if the army objects...so what is this idea...here is a presis of what I said to him...
Tell me I am not mad but I have had this strong conviction for nearly a week that we on ipeace are heading for a massive world changing event. I have this vision of a massive all day concert with the world’s top Peace Musicians staged upon the line of the barrier in Jerusalem so that audiences from both sides can attend…with me so far.
Last week I met up with Julie Felix and am in the process of interesting her in ipeace Peace Musicians…ever heard of her? She started out in 1964, been on tour with Lenard Cohen, has shared the stage with her friend Donovan and has sung her other friend Bob Dylan’s songs since the early sixties…she is one of the greatest Peace Musicians and turned 70 this year and is still belting out songs for peace with the energy of a twenty year old.
I know I cannot put in links but have a listen on
http://www.last.fm/music/Julie+Felix
Listen to the track Children of Abraham..Julie says we can use it on the site...errr anyone know how to upload stuff as I don't.
Now why a massive concert…because we have the talent pouring in on the Peace Musicians all day…until I turned it off I was getting all the emails…because I think some of the big names I have mentioned might just go for the idea if done right…and Paul McCartney has just been to Israel…then there is Daniel Barenboim with his West/Eastern Divan Orchestra…need I go on.
Or another suggestion from the main thread is for a series of micro events all round the world...there is much to ponder in all of this....I am putting the idea out for it to be thought about and probably rejected because the Army won't let us do it...