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Dion originally wrote this originally to honor 3 great men who were assassinated.
A soul stirring huge now timeless song.
However it became about 4 men when Bobby Kennedy tragically was also shot.
1 of the men we remember today
04/04/1968
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. πππ·πππ
50 yrs. ago in Memphis, Tennessee at the Lorainne Motel on the balcony
https://youtu.be/a5hFMy4pTrs
Dion originally wrote this originally to honor 3 great men who were assassinated.
A soul stirring huge now timeless song.
However it became about 4 men when Bobby Kennedy tragically was also shot.
1 of the men we remember today
04/04/1968
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. πππ·πππ
50 yrs. ago in Memphis, Tennessee at the Lorainne Motel on the balcony
https://youtu.be/a5hFMy4pTrs
It is a big day here in Memphis. Lucky for everyone that the rain was yesterday and today is bright and cool.
ReplyDeleteStephen Russell Many making the trip..I never realized the Civil Rights Museum is built around Lorainne Motel the 1955 structure and now with vintage vehicles of day displayed.
ReplyDeleteTrucker Kev The Paid Tourist Yes it is a somber museum that is for sure. You go through the room next door to Dr. King's with a glass wall showing us how it looked that morning.
ReplyDeleteThis is still going on as well: washingtonpost.com - A one-woman protest at the Lorraine Motel - The Washington Post
Stephen Russell I find great it is now a Smithsonian affilitae which is great. The extensive 20 million plus renovations are absolutely fantastic. From it's small little beginings as a little memorial place to now is wonderful. She is correct just like Nashville many cannot afford to live there anymore either.
ReplyDeleteYou can't have been alive back then and not known that song. It was a very powerful song in a troubled time.
ReplyDeleteMargaret Siemers indeed so still great
ReplyDeleteA year after Summer Of Love
Power without flower
I certainly remember not only the song, but the times. I was 9 years old in 1968, old enough to be aware of what was happening in the world around me. Lots of tension in the country~
ReplyDeleteMike Srok It certainly was Mike. I was a young teen, and remember being frightened because of things that were happening being shown on T.V.
ReplyDeleteI remember trying to imagine what it would be like not to be accepted because of the color of my skin. I still can't wrap my head around understanding the why of it.