I am all in with Gus Flunker’s comments on music speaking to the issues of our times (“Truth can be found in music,” June 26, Our Readers’ Views). Many of us remember May 4, 1970, Kent State and Neil Young’s “Ohio” (“Four dead in Ohio”). Or Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane,” a memorial to Rubin Carter and his unjust treatment by the courts in 1966. Marshall Chapman’s “Guns R Us,” a sad story of guns in schools, a story I know too well from that day, June 3, 2003, when I was a principal and there was a gun in my school. No tragedy that day, but much sadness. And importantly, Keb’ Mo’s “Stand Up (and Be Strong),” an important message on how to respond to hate, anger and dishonesty. “We don’t weep, we don’t moan, we got a mind of our own. That’s right, we can’t be wrong if we stand up and be strong.” And if we do “stand up and be strong,” maybe Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” will step into our lives.
The truth is out there. Please, listen.
