Original air date March 10, 2018 | Time 59:00
What a week with Snowthunder and Power outages intruding into everyday life. The weather is changing, sometimes referred to as "Climate Change"... I frame the issue with two songs, Phil Ochs "Power and Glory", Leonard Cohen "The Land of Plenty" (May the light in the Land of Plenty shine on the truth someday). Paul Simon's "Questions for the Angels", Neil Young "Show Me" and Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi". Pixar's Movie WALL-E is a light hearted story of total environmental destruction of the Earth which mankind abandons. From the soundtrack we hear Peter Gabriel's "Down to Earth" and Tom Petty's "All You Can Carry". John Lennon's last day was Dec 8 1980 when he recorded the lead guitar track for Yoko Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice" about the unpredictable nature of the future. We finish with Joni Mitchell's "If I had a Heart" and Leonard Cohen's final work "You Want it Darker".
(2:19) Phil Ochs "Power and the Glory" composed by Phil Ochs from "All the News That's Fit to Sing" on Elektra
(4:36) Leonard Cohen "The Land of Plenty" composed by Leonard Cohen from "Ten New Songs" on Columbia
(3:50) Paul Simon "Questions for the Angels" composed by Paul Simon from "So Beautiful or So What" on Hear Music
(4:02) Neil Young "Show Me" composed by Neil Young from "Peace Trail" on Reprise
(3:47) Joni Mitchell "Big Yellow Taxi" composed by Joni Mitchell from "Shine" on Hear Music
(5:58) Peter Gabriel "Down to the Earth" composed by Peter Gabriel from "Wall-E" on Disney
(4:35) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "All You Can Carry" composed by Tom Petty from "Hypnotic Eye" on Reprise
(6:00) Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band "Walking on Thin Ice" composed by Yoko Ono from "Walking on Thin Ice" on Geffen
(4:04) Joni Mitchell "If I Had a Heart" composed by Joni Mitchell from "Shine" on Hear Music
(4:44) Leonard Cohen "You Want it Darker" composed by Leonard Cohen and Patrick Leonard from "You Want It Darker" on Columbia