In 1914, Christmas Carols stopped World War I !

Dancing_Dave

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Sun Dec-25-05 02:12 PM
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In 1914, Christmas Carols stopped World War I !

Edited on Sun Dec-25-05 02:21 PM by Dancing_Dave

There's an interesting article about it in 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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TomInTib

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Sun Dec-25-05 02:25 PM
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1. "Christmas in the Trenches" by John McCutcheon portrays this

Edited on Sun Dec-25-05 02:30 PM by TomInTib

incident beautifully.

"on each end of the rifle we're the same"

The last survivor died this month in Scotland.

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Dancing_Dave

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Sun Dec-25-05 02:48 PM
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2. I really need to read that account!

It shows how the universal human emotional language of music can help people transcend conflict.

There was a lot of eloquent writing about the terrible waste of World War I . That was the begining of today's anti-war movements.

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TomInTib

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Sun Dec-25-05 02:54 PM
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3. Lyrics....

Edited on Sun Dec-25-05 02:56 PM by TomInTib

http://www.worldwar1.com/sfcitt.htm

If you go outside and face in the general direction of San Francisco I will get my guitar and play it for you.

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Dancing_Dave

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Sun Dec-25-05 06:18 PM
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4. Great tune!

I finally did find the clip of it from your Winter Solstice album.

I you upload it to http://artistlaunch.com , I'll feature it on artist launch station http://artistlaunch.com/artist.asp?artistid=7635

I learned at mp3.com that stations like that can be powerfully influential in shaping a global musical culture. And NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE A MOVE. We should seize all the communications resources of the internet to build a movement....and indie music keeps it all moving.

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Dancing_Dave

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Sun Dec-25-05 08:30 PM
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5. Kick that lyric up!

Through music, there IS a way out.

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kineneb

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Sun Dec-25-05 10:29 PM
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6. my grandmother told me about this. n/t

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