Wednesday, July 28, 2021

O Sacred Head Now Wounded

 Notice the tune


I had a longer post about my ambivalence about Simon and his equating New York with America, all other places being exotic, culture changes, and The Graduate, but even I couldn't sustain interest in it.

2 comments:

  1. I heard a lot old spirituals with "alternative" lyrics during the Act 10 protests at the state capitol.

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  2. It was a specific tactic of communists to repurpose hymns for the struggle. Sometimes it worked very well, as in "We Shall Overcome," and "Down By The Riverside."

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