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Let There Be Song

By on 18 January 2009

History, music, song… and renewal.

About Taylor Marsh

Veteran political analyst and author of "The Hillary Effect - Politics, Sexism and the Destiny of Loss," now available in print at Amazon.com, and 1 of 4 books chosen by Barnes and Noble to launch their "NOOK First" Featured Authors Selection program. Former Miss Missouri, Broadway dancer, & relationship consultant at LA Weekly, produced & wrote one woman show "Weeping for JFK."
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79 Responses to Let There Be Song

  1. TaylorMarsh 18 January 2009 at 3:20 pm #

    As justlen said in the previous thread, it’s quite a concert.

  2. TaylorMarsh 18 January 2009 at 3:22 pm #

    From the previous thread, worth repeating:

    I don’t want to sound maudlin or over sentimental but in watching the the concert from Washington I feel as though I finally have my country back and the Constitution too. It’s too simplistic to say that the long nightmare is over. For the past 8 years I have felt as if I didn’t know my own country because we seemed to have left our honor and integrity behind us. Maybe it’s too early, too premature to say that things will change but I honestly believe they will because suddenly it’s the people who have become an important part of what is happening today.
    Jane Austen | 01.18.2009 – 3:21 pm | #

  3. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 3:30 pm #

    I have a lump in my thoat and tears in my eyes as I am watching this concert today and all the feelings and all the beliefs I have held for so many years in what my country stands for are coming back. Let’s renew the belief in our great country and be the guiding light for the rest of the world. There is so much that is good about America and I am so proud to be an American.

  4. TaylorMarsh 18 January 2009 at 3:31 pm #

    Renee Fleming…

    …and now Garth! Too much.

  5. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 3:31 pm #

    I just love it!!!!

  6. justlen 18 January 2009 at 3:34 pm #

    It was fun until Garth sang “Shout.”

    They couldn’t find a black guy?

  7. TaylorMarsh 18 January 2009 at 3:34 pm #

    STUNNING.

    …if Streisand showed up I’d need resuscitation.

  8. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 3:35 pm #

    They couldn’t find a black guy?
    justlen | 01.18.2009 – 3:34 pm | #

    Oh come on justlen -he’s got me rocking. :-)

  9. TaylorMarsh 18 January 2009 at 3:35 pm #

    Get with the program, justlen, this isn’t politically correct, it’s ART.

  10. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 3:36 pm #

    …if Streisand showed up I’d need resuscitation.

    TaylorMarsh | Homepage | 01.18.2009 – 3:34 pm | #

    me too. I’d never be the same again.

  11. justlen 18 January 2009 at 3:36 pm #

    Oh lighten up, Francis, I was kidding.

  12. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 3:37 pm #

    Taylor – I think you’re going to get your wish about ART coming back to Washington and this country. If this concert is any indication I think we’re going to see a lot more like this.

  13. justlen 18 January 2009 at 3:45 pm #

    Please God, let Jay Z show up.

  14. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 3:46 pm #

    awesome show in HBO…

    I’m proud of our country.

  15. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 3:49 pm #

    I have a lump in my thoat and tears in my eyes as I am watching this concert today and all the
    feelings and all the beliefs I have held for so many years in what my country stands for are
    coming back. Let’s renew the belief in our great country and be the guiding light for the rest
    of the world. There is so much that is good about America and I am so proud to be an American.
    Jane Austen | 01.18.2009 – 3:30 pm | #

    So am I! We went for breakfast in Carmel and I’m just catching up but I echo your thought JA.

  16. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 3:50 pm #

    p.s.

    Charter Cable did not unlock HBO for this so I’m streaming it live @HBO.com.

  17. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 3:50 pm #

    …if Streisand showed up I’d need resuscitation.

    TaylorMarsh | Homepage | 01.18.2009 – 3:34 pm | #

    my wife would pee her pants Taylor… :=)

  18. justlen 18 January 2009 at 3:52 pm #

    “Palestinian dream?”

    Bono’s a dead man.

  19. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 3:52 pm #

    interesting and pondering look on Obama’s face after Bono’s Israeli dream.. and Palestinean dream comment.

  20. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 3:52 pm #

    BONO—

    My Irish side is getting goose bumps :=)

  21. justlen 18 January 2009 at 3:55 pm #

    What was that second song U2 sang?

  22. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 3:56 pm #

    meant Palestinian… Knew that looked wrong

  23. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 3:56 pm #

    WOW — Love the EAGLE!!! That is sweet!

  24. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 3:58 pm #

    That eagle is just majestic!

  25. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 3:59 pm #

    Sorry Taylor.. guess no Babs!

  26. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 4:07 pm #

    I gotta ask this and I know it’s a dumb silly question but – do you think Obama will wear a top hat on Tuesday?

    Oh my gosh, my neighbor, Pete Seeger! I can’t believe it.

  27. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 4:08 pm #

    Jane A — Your neighbor?

  28. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 4:10 pm #

    Don’t think Barack grew up singing this song!… Meaning This land is Your Land!

  29. justlen 18 January 2009 at 4:10 pm #

    Pete Seeger, what a God.

    Jane, tell your “neigbor” my stepdaughter thinks he’s adorable and she wants to bring him home.

  30. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 4:11 pm #

    Jane A — Your neighbor?
    whitepaw | 01.18.2009 – 4:08 pm | #

    Yeah, Pete lives up in the mountain; I live at the bottom of the mountain. Every June we have the Strawberry Festival down on the Hudson and Pete comes and we sing this song. I’ve known Pete for years; when younger I used to go out on the “Clearwater” sloop which was all about cleaning the Hudson River.

  31. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:11 pm #

    I gotta ask this and I know it’s a dumb silly question but – do you think Obama will wear a top
    hat on Tuesday?
    Jane Austen | 01.18.2009 – 4:07 pm | #

    don’t think so

  32. icemama 18 January 2009 at 4:12 pm #

    And so…. a new chapter begins. We welcome it with hope and a call to service.

  33. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:12 pm #

    awesome.

  34. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 4:12 pm #

    Pete used to keep an eye on my son and his friends when they were up in the mountain camping. He’d let me know when they were getting too rowdy. I just love Pete.

  35. ogenec 18 January 2009 at 4:12 pm #

    Garth singing Shout is tres hilarious. Seeger and The Boss singing This Land is Your Land is very moving.

    And now Beyonce. My cup runneth over.

  36. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 4:13 pm #

    Jane Austen | 01.18.2009 – 4:11 pm | #

    Too cool Jane!

    OMG — And now I am tearful — hearing America the Beautiful — talk about tingles…

  37. Jane Austen 18 January 2009 at 4:14 pm #

    RENEWAL!!!

  38. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:14 pm #

    it’s Beyone, er Sasha Fierce

    what a voice.

  39. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 4:14 pm #

    WOW!! Beyonce!!

  40. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 4:15 pm #

    Whoever it is — Gorgeous voice.. I thought it was Beyonce…??

  41. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:16 pm #

    how did Steve Carell get up there?

  42. justlen 18 January 2009 at 4:17 pm #

    back to fixing the toilet… Sigh.

  43. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:18 pm #

    Whoever it is — Gorgeous voice.. I thought it was Beyonce…??
    whitepaw | 01.18.2009 – 4:15 pm | #

    she said she wants to be called Sasha Fierce… like P-Diddy/ Puff-Daddy…etc etc.

  44. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:18 pm #

    back to fixing the toilet… Sigh.
    justlen | 01.18.2009 – 4:17 pm | #

    your weekends are so exciting justlen :=)

  45. whitepaw 18 January 2009 at 4:19 pm #

    Oh — see – I’m so CLUELESS!! Thanks GeoT

  46. ogenec 18 January 2009 at 4:20 pm #

    She’s still beyonce. Sasha Fierce is just an alter ego.

  47. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:23 pm #

    She’s still beyonce. Sasha Fierce is just an alter ego.
    ogenec | 01.18.2009 – 4:20 pm | #

    really? I took it all seriously.

  48. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:25 pm #

    that was cool, I want more.

  49. ogenec 18 January 2009 at 4:27 pm #

    Dude, chill out. She doesn’t want to be called Sasha Fierce — it’s just an alter ego for her wilder side, as expressed on one disc of her new two-disc album.

  50. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:27 pm #

    Taylor will love this:

    Syria’s Assad ready to cooperate with Obama: report

    Syria is ready to cooperate with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and wants him to get seriously involved in the Middle East peace process

    http://tinyurl.com/8ozom8

  51. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:30 pm #

    Dude, chill out. She doesn’t want to be called Sasha Fierce — it’s just an alter ego for her
    wilder side, as expressed on one disc of her new two-disc album.
    ogenec | 01.18.2009 – 4:27 pm | #

    LOL thanks for enlightening me oh wise one. from now on you’re the go to guy for pop culture.

  52. Betsy 18 January 2009 at 4:31 pm #

    WOW!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! I sat hear bawling my eyes out. For the first time in years I am proud of our country. To see the faces of the young people smiling, laughing is just joyful. And the music all was so moving.
    I missed the first hour so I hope there will be a repeat.

  53. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:33 pm #

    The live broadcast is over. Please come back at 7PM and 11:30PM ET/PT for an encore presentation.

    HBO

  54. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:35 pm #

    Betsy | 01.18.2009 – 4:31 pm | #

    Your satellite showed it Betsy? Because my cable company DID NOT, damn them, I watched it at HBO.com

  55. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:36 pm #

    photos:

    http://www.hbo.com/weareone/slideshows/index.html

  56. Benny 18 January 2009 at 4:36 pm #

    Fine show. I only wish Joe Biden would have said something else, but he is what he is. The Lincoln Portrait by Hanks didn’t work too well either, but I know he wanted to participate.

    The eagle near Lincoln was poignant. I had tears roll down my cheeks during that part of the show, but then I am a patriotic slob.

  57. Betsy 18 January 2009 at 4:42 pm #

    GeoT, yes DISH showed it and I just was so happy that they did.

    By the way, the eagle Challenger flies at football games and many other events. She was found by a family as a very young eaglet knocked out of her nest. They took her home and raised her not knowing they were supposed to call the wildlife people. It’s against the law to do that. Anyway, she is now the symbol for our Country.

  58. ogenec 18 January 2009 at 4:42 pm #

    GeoT | 01.18.2009 – 4:30 pm | #

    Dude, ease up. I’m not getting into it with you over Beyonce and alter egos. I meant the comment as a minor clarification, not a put-down. No need for the “wise one” comment, my good friend.

  59. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:43 pm #

    Justlen:

    2nd song was: “City of Blinding Lights”

  60. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:44 pm #

    ogenec | 01.18.2009 – 4:42 pm | #

    you’re misreading, I was joking from beginning to end, but I’ll dude ease up.

  61. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:45 pm #

    ogenec | 01.18.2009 – 4:42 pm | #

    I knew it was a marketing tool, doesn’t take a genius.

  62. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:46 pm #

    It’s against the law to
    do that. Anyway, she is now the symbol for our Country.
    Betsy | 01.18.2009 – 4:42 pm | #
    Benny | Homepage | 01.18.2009 – 4:36 pm | #

    allot of people are saying they bawled during that part, I haven’t seen it yet, hopefully they’ll show a replay online.

  63. ogenec 18 January 2009 at 4:47 pm #

    you’re misreading, I was joking from beginning to end, but I’ll dude ease up.
    GeoT | 01.18.2009 – 4:44 pm | #

    Whew! You had me scared for a second. I was wondering what I said to set you off :-)

  64. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:48 pm #

    they’re saying 1/2 million people there today but it didn’t look like that many. They’re calling it “OBAMA-STOCK” over at HuffPo :=)

  65. justlen 18 January 2009 at 4:53 pm #

    Thanks, GeoT.

  66. Audiegrl 18 January 2009 at 4:54 pm #

    That concert was stunning, I laughed, I cried, I got up and danced with my husband. :-)

    I have Comcast digital, and they now have an Obama channel, that has some of his speeches going back to 2004 and other goodies.

    p.s.

    I flipped by Faux News and they are still arguing about the stimulus plan. That is there version of Inauguration coverage. Can they possibly be this stupid? Even if they hate Obama, they must know they are hurting their ratings this weekend.

  67. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 4:59 pm #

    I flipped by Faux News and they are still arguing about the stimulus plan.
    Audiegrl | 01.18.2009 – 4:54 pm | #

    no class at all.

  68. Benny 18 January 2009 at 5:07 pm #

    Check out C-SPAN, they have WWRC Radio show live somewhere. Stephanie Miller is a hoot.

  69. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 5:14 pm #

    Check out C-SPAN, they have WWRC Radio show live somewhere. Stephanie Miller is a hoot.
    Benny | Homepage | 01.18.2009 – 5:07 pm | #

    thanks, I love Steph.

  70. Audiegrl 18 January 2009 at 5:30 pm #

    GeoT | 01.18.2009 – 4:59 pm | #

    they even managed to do a story on Rev. Wright (who is speaking at Howard University today)

    Idiots…

  71. DaveB 18 January 2009 at 5:50 pm #

    Since I live bout 30 miles from DC I went in to see the concert live. Unfortunately by the time I got to the Lincoln Memorial there was no space left so I ended up watching it by the Washington Monument on the jumbo screens. The amount of electricity in the air was amazing. The mood among the people is a combination of celebration that Obama will be president in two days and that a cloud over our country is being lifted.

    GeoT, I agree with you, it seemed to me that it wasn’t half a million. I’ve been in DC for the fireworks when they have had 400-500 thousand, and it covers most of the mall and the Washingtoon Monument. Still had to be 300,000+. I can’t imagine how many people will be in DC on Tuesday. If it really is 2 million it will be tough to move.

  72. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 5:52 pm #

    they even managed to do a story on Rev. Wright (who is speaking at Howard University today)

    Idiots…
    Audiegrl | 01.18.2009 – 5:30 pm | #

    they can’t rain on my parade AG, I’m loving every minute of this.

  73. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 5:59 pm #

    If it really is 2 million it will be tough to move.
    DaveB | 01.18.2009 – 5:50 pm | #

    someone said maybe 5 million but is that even possible? I hope they have coverage of the parties afterwords.

  74. GeoT 18 January 2009 at 6:51 pm #

    REPLAY NOW:

    http://www.hbo.com/weareone/

  75. angels81 18 January 2009 at 7:18 pm #

    Just got back home, but watched the concert at the club house, and all I can say is WOW. It was really funny to sit with a bunch of bad ass bikers and watch them tear up. It really feels like a cloud has lifted and the sunshine is beaming down on this country again.

  76. Betsy 18 January 2009 at 8:06 pm #

    I’m watching it now. All I kept thinking when Garth was singing is that those kids singing with him will never forget this. New politics have come to town!!!

  77. lynnette 18 January 2009 at 8:53 pm #

    I think you are right about the clouds and sunshine angels81. I just finished watching on the computer (Did you have to pay to see it on TV? If so, I disagree with that). Very uplifting and inspirational. Barack looked like he was having a good old time. I loved Bruce Springsteen and “The Rising” – thought it was very powerful. Also loved Bettye Levette? and Jon Bon Jovi. For what it is worth I thought Tom Hanks was excellent. If you have ever been to Gettysburg, it is a very awesome and humbling experience. Bono was really good, too. I really like him. Renee Fleming was beautiful. That was a very well put together concert. I just hope we really get the change we need so badly – fundamental change like in Abe Lincoln, FDR, and JFK.

  78. Betsy 18 January 2009 at 9:13 pm #

    lynette, HBO broadcast it for free. And all I can say is that it was absolutely awe inspiring.

  79. lynnette 18 January 2009 at 10:08 pm #

    I see. I don’t have HBO on my TV. Good thing I have a computer.