The Coming Generation
Back when I started this blogging thing, I was searchin’ for a special song for National Children’s Day (which I sorta helped revive back in the ’80s). The reason? The “B” side of Lies by The Knickerbockers is as true a story as could’ve been told back then. We were The Coming Generation … and, sure enough, we’ve fulfilled this prophetic song (e.g.: “One day we’ll give you a President” George W. Bush, 60 … as bad as he turned out, he wasof the same “Generation”!).
Right … couldn’t find the song anywhere — until the dynamic (and inspiring) US rockmeister Pete Dintino plugged me into where I could get it. Heard it a few times … then the mighty YouTube™, sadly decided to remove it. But, to kinda spark yer memory, you can find a snip of it (by a band called The Gremlins) here.
Now, the torch is being passed to a newer, younger and more innovative generation … and this song should be theirs (if you’ve got a copy of The Knickerbocker’s hit, Lies, just flip the 45 over to the B side and listen …)! It’ll be as true to them someday as it was to us.
We held the future in hands and voices that actually changed the world around us: Those united voices and hands brought the end of a terrible war, equality for women, civil rights, lowering the voting age and more! IMAGINE what the children of today can do for our collective future!
But they have to realize they hold the future in their hands! And this song, above all others, can do it.
See ya on the flip side!
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