"Fanfare for the Common Man" playing on my radio today on the way to work; how appropriate!

[liberalhistorian]

I was driving this morning; NPR was on the radio, as usual for me. South Dakota Public Broadcasting has what's called "Morning Classics" and on Wednesdays, they take requests. I was enjoying the drive on the prairie, as it was a beautiful warm, sunny day here today, when a request for Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" came in. I'd been up most of the night watching the election results with a friend, and I was still feeling a glow I haven't really felt since Clinton's first victory in 1992.

But hearing that music really clinched it, because you know what? The results were, for the most part, a victory for the "common man"! We rose up to finally begin to defeat the incredibly formidable RW propaganda machine that often seemed virtually insurmountable, especially with a compliant, corporate lackey press that fell all over themselves to lick the boots of republicans no matter what and spun against Democrats, and that ran on a 24/7 cry of "fear, terra, fear, terra, vote for Democrats and the terrorists win"! We rose up to finally begin to roll up our sleeves and start doing the hard work necessary to take back our great country from those who've ground its good name into the mud, and horribly damaged its economic, legal and social infrastructure. We once again showed the arrogant, egomaniacal, election-stealing, democracy-crushing, constitution-shredding snakes who currently consider themselves our "leaders" who is REALLY their boss, despite their blubbering, angry, classless protestations that they were only doing things for the "good of the country" and the people just don't see that. Well, the "good of the country" has spoken, much to their horror, shock and dismay.

There have been many other times in our nation's history similar to this one, when things have been so bad, and the "leaders" so arrogantly sure of their power and might and that the "common man" wouldn't be smart enough to even know what they were doing, much less kick them out. Each time, it seemed as though we would never pull ourselves out of the fire in time. And each time, the "common man" did just that.

So, "fanfare for the common man" was, indeed, very appropriate music this morning. I enjoyed the wide-open prairie stretching out endlessly before me, the fresh air, the wavy grass, and the huge, wide open blue sky that always gives you such a feeling of tremendous freedom. And cranked up the volume on "fanfare for the common man", proud, indeed, to be one, today!

[bobbolink]

1. Oh, that's great! NPR isn't what it used to be, but someone there

is paying attention!

:hi:

[liberalhistorian]

3. I know NPR has kind of gone downhill

in some states, but the SDPB is still pretty good; it's usually well-balanced and fair. Their election coverage was pretty good, too, better than some of the cable networks. Although, that's sure not saying much, I know.

[bertha katzenengel]

2. Sigh. What a joy to hear this.

:bounce: Great post. What beautiful images you create in the mind.

[Hugin]

4. For you!

ALL OF YOU!

:patriot:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010429/default.html

[liberalhistorian]

5. Thank you for posting that!

I've always loved it and I could listen to it over and over again. Of course, that's usually true with timeless classics!

[Hugin]

9. You're very welcome.

I'm glad I could contribute. Thinking of all of the very excited phone calls I
received (in the middle of the night) from all of my friends and relatives Tuesday night
it seems like a most appropriate choice of music.

They were so excited.... They had made a difference, each and every one of them.

They are so happy.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[havocmom]

6. Thought about that. but so sleepy when I left for work

I forgot my CD wallet. My feeble mind played it for me anyway.

Yes, the right piece of music for this day.

[liberalhistorian]

8. I appreciated it being played because I don't have

a CD player in my car (it's a '98) and my tape player is wearing out, so the radio is on most of the time. If I'd had a recording of it, I'd have played it over and over.

[WiseButAngrySara]

7. Oh, Beautifully expressed! And I love "Fanfare for the Common

Man" I'm going to put it on now. Thanks for posting your observations.

[Ferretherder]

10. One of my all time favorites, too!

VERY appropriate music, indeed.

[hayu_lol]

11. A great piece of music for this time in our lives...

Perhaps we could rename Applachian Spring ... American Spring.

[liberalhistorian]

12. Now, that's a great suggestion,

and it would certainly be appropriate!