I wonder if we might be near the same age, because some of the things you mention in the beginning hit my nostalgia bone square on.
Admittedly, I wasn't sure what I was going to think of an entry that was a rewritten song. I don't think I've read many entries like that, but I read it with an open mind and decided pretty early on that maybe while some songs might feel like a mismatch, this song actually does seem like it could be rewritten to explore the issues of different generations in a way that's just as productive and artful as the original did. So I found I liked it. :>
The best part, to me, was the line in the chorus "we try to fix it; opponents try to nix it." I feel like that really sums up the deep frustration of the current political era the last few years. The people will clearly speak, even in overwhelming majority agreement (which can be so rare!) and yet there are still these few demagogues with their financial loyalties pointing out their few supporters to justify their actions. Of course, these actions are always somehow for the benefit of some jerks with financial stakes in things which benefit them, and not the majority, continuing.
A piece like this probably wouldn't have felt complete without pointing out the struggle between the voices of the masses, who still somehow have less power, than the few in the position to move the pieces. That it held a repeating place in the chorus feels appropriate to me since I feel like that's the root of so much of the continued 'fire' at this point in our history.
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Admittedly, I wasn't sure what I was going to think of an entry that was a rewritten song. I don't think I've read many entries like that, but I read it with an open mind and decided pretty early on that maybe while some songs might feel like a mismatch, this song actually does seem like it could be rewritten to explore the issues of different generations in a way that's just as productive and artful as the original did. So I found I liked it. :>
The best part, to me, was the line in the chorus "we try to fix it; opponents try to nix it." I feel like that really sums up the deep frustration of the current political era the last few years. The people will clearly speak, even in overwhelming majority agreement (which can be so rare!) and yet there are still these few demagogues with their financial loyalties pointing out their few supporters to justify their actions. Of course, these actions are always somehow for the benefit of some jerks with financial stakes in things which benefit them, and not the majority, continuing.
A piece like this probably wouldn't have felt complete without pointing out the struggle between the voices of the masses, who still somehow have less power, than the few in the position to move the pieces. That it held a repeating place in the chorus feels appropriate to me since I feel like that's the root of so much of the continued 'fire' at this point in our history.