In 1914, Christmas Carols stopped World War I

Dancing_Dave

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Sun Dec-25-05 01:51 PM
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In 1914, Christmas Carols stopped World War I

Edited on Sun Dec-25-05 02:24 PM by Dancing_Dave

There's an interesting article about it on todays Independent:
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article334971.ece

After the carols got the Christmas Vibe going, soldiers from opposite sides stopped shooting at each other, sang together, traded little gifts and played a game of soccer.

This brief grassroots truce movement was an interesting forshadowing of how more tennacious music-fueled activism was able to stop the Vietnam War several decades later.

Many indie musicians today want to do the same thing, and we've rallied together to create a site with music, text and pictures in this good cause: http://artistlaunch.com/artist.asp?artistid=7635

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DS1

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Sun Dec-25-05 01:53 PM
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1. If we'd only spend more time executing the people who think war is

good thing, we'd have a lot more going for us as a society.

Yes, I'm aware of the implications and ironies of what I'm suggesting.

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Dancing_Dave

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Sun Dec-25-05 01:57 PM
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2. Music works a lot better than that!

It's a very DISARMING mode of communication!

MELODY seems to be the key musical element emotionally, while rhythm keeps the momentum going.

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Dancing_Dave

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Sun Dec-25-05 02:07 PM
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3. If Martin Luther King had THAT kind of attitude

Neither the Civil Rights movement nor the movement against the Vietnam War would have gotten anywhere.

A good groove jammin' musical show spreads the vibe that helps people out of that attitude trap. It provides a better model of how people can co-exist emotionally...and also protest.

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DS1

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Sun Dec-25-05 03:40 PM
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4. Yeah, there's nothing that a Fish concent can't handle

Music is the of love (yes, I'm singing this)
love is the way of hope
and if you believe this your dope
excuse my slap with glove

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