Comments on: “Hey baby, it’s the Fourth of July…” http://livinginstereo.com/?p=337 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:24:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: John Wendland http://livinginstereo.com/?p=337#comment-25411 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:01:15 +0000 http://livinginstereo.com/?p=337#comment-25411 "Flag" by Joe Henry would be a another good one for the list. "In a crowd come off the hill / Full of bloodlust and good will / We carried pride above our heads / Like a flag we could cheer to wake the dead / And when we could go no further / And were drowning on a desert / We raised our flag to follow the breath of God? / But it was blowing every which way" “Flag” by Joe Henry would be a another good one for the list.

“In a crowd come off the hill / Full of bloodlust and good will / We carried pride above our heads / Like a flag we could cheer to wake the dead / And when we could go no further / And were drowning on a desert / We raised our flag to follow the breath of God? / But it was blowing every which way”

]]> by: David Cantwell http://livinginstereo.com/?p=337#comment-24814 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:51:50 +0000 http://livinginstereo.com/?p=337#comment-24814 I've always thought Alvin's song was perfect, though I think X's version is the one that really realizes the fleeting, bittersweet image where the singer in a sense wishes on a star. Good job, Roy. Your post called to mind another Springsteen line, from "The River": "Is a dream a lie if it don't come true? Or is it something worse?" I’ve always thought Alvin’s song was perfect, though I think X’s version is the one that really realizes the fleeting, bittersweet image where the singer in a sense wishes on a star.

Good job, Roy. Your post called to mind another Springsteen line, from “The River”:

“Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true? Or is it something worse?”

]]> by: Ed Ward http://livinginstereo.com/?p=337#comment-24813 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:39:59 +0000 http://livinginstereo.com/?p=337#comment-24813 Am I the only person who thinks that Dave Alvin's "4th of July" is only half a song, and needs another verse to it? I love it, but I'd love it a lot more if there were just a little more to it. Am I the only person who thinks that Dave Alvin’s “4th of July” is only half a song, and needs another verse to it? I love it, but I’d love it a lot more if there were just a little more to it.

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