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Brain -> Music That Changed History and Still Resonates (2/11/2010 11:32:46 AM)
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I hope I remember to watch this tonight I guess.
Music That Changed History and Still Resonates
WASHINGTON — Half a dozen legislators sat a few feet away, under the crystal chandeliers of the East Room of the White House, as Bob Dylan sang “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” poker-faced.
“Come senators, congressman, please heed the call,” he rasped. “Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall.” His tone was rough but almost wistful; he had turned his old exhortation into an autumnal waltz. Afterward, he stepped offstage and shook President Obama’s hand.
It was part of “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement.” The program was the Black History Month event in Michelle Obama’s continuing music series at the White House, and will be broadcast Thursday night on PBS.
It was not lost on anyone that Mr. Obama is America’s first African-American president. “The civil rights movement was a movement sustained by music,” Mr. Obama said in opening remarks. The music, he said, “was inspired by the movement and gave strength in return.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/music/10concert.html
Times they are a-changin' - Bob Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKm65xLpwIM
http://www.youtube.com/user/PBS
"IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE | Bob Dylan "The Times, They are a Changin" | PBS"
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