Does right always win?
The best rendition of "Grown Up Christmas List" is one of the earliest, with Natalie Cole's pure phrasing backed by David Foster's accompaniment and harmony (reprised in this 1996 video).
One line in particular strikes me, preceded by the wishful "Every man would have a friend".
The hopeful "That right would always win" seems like the biggest stretch of all (besides the requisite "wars not starting" plea that will never occur until humans are replaced by robot overlords).
When David Foster released this song in 1990, it was virtually ignored. Note again for the record: One of the currently most covered Christmas songs in recent history was virtually ignored and didn't even chart upon its initial release. You want a comeback story, here is a comeback story. Mannheim Steamroller recycles electronified crap year upon year, and dominates the holiday airwaves. David Foster releases a song that, while admittedly pap, at least contains key changes and suspended seconds, but until Amy Grant discovers it and tacks on another treacly verse, molders in near-oblivion.
This is, as you've gathered, my guiding philosophy, that ultimately, in this life or the next, right will eventually win out over backwards, backwoods morons that somehow get put in charge (or place themselves in charge) of decision-making for others.
Why 2017 closes with a pedophile pika prominently on display downtown speaks to Estes Park residents indifference to pedophilia, or to Frank Lancaster's power over portions of a community's life and livelihood that really shouldn't concern him, that being the history of a town and its former residents.
Luckily, 2017 demonstrated nationally that pedophiles, even those serving some political purpose for the majority party, are unlikely to get elected (or re-elected). Here's hoping the #MeToo movement will eventually enter the Estes Park consciousness, and enough of an outcry will be raised by those wielding true power to take down that pika.
Bonus track - While I tend not to encourage lyric modification to fit a particular demographic, the power of this duo, and especially their earnestness, helps me overlook any off-putting changes.
One line in particular strikes me, preceded by the wishful "Every man would have a friend".
The hopeful "That right would always win" seems like the biggest stretch of all (besides the requisite "wars not starting" plea that will never occur until humans are replaced by robot overlords).
When David Foster released this song in 1990, it was virtually ignored. Note again for the record: One of the currently most covered Christmas songs in recent history was virtually ignored and didn't even chart upon its initial release. You want a comeback story, here is a comeback story. Mannheim Steamroller recycles electronified crap year upon year, and dominates the holiday airwaves. David Foster releases a song that, while admittedly pap, at least contains key changes and suspended seconds, but until Amy Grant discovers it and tacks on another treacly verse, molders in near-oblivion.
This is, as you've gathered, my guiding philosophy, that ultimately, in this life or the next, right will eventually win out over backwards, backwoods morons that somehow get put in charge (or place themselves in charge) of decision-making for others.
Why 2017 closes with a pedophile pika prominently on display downtown speaks to Estes Park residents indifference to pedophilia, or to Frank Lancaster's power over portions of a community's life and livelihood that really shouldn't concern him, that being the history of a town and its former residents.
Luckily, 2017 demonstrated nationally that pedophiles, even those serving some political purpose for the majority party, are unlikely to get elected (or re-elected). Here's hoping the #MeToo movement will eventually enter the Estes Park consciousness, and enough of an outcry will be raised by those wielding true power to take down that pika.
Bonus track - While I tend not to encourage lyric modification to fit a particular demographic, the power of this duo, and especially their earnestness, helps me overlook any off-putting changes.
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