CultOFPersonality

Yep, used to love this song, too

one of the best songs ever

Thanks for posting.

I just read an article rambling about that cult, I remember the song fondly though...

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Great song, Esther! Thank you for sharing this!

good choice

Nice choice!

I haven't heard that song in FOREVER!!!!

Nice Lyrics

Thanks Great song :)

Great song!

THANKS FOR SHARING

I showed that video to my Daughter not long ago. The song holds up pretty good. :)

one of my fav's to play on guitar hero!!

oooooooooooooooooooooook

I love Lenny Kravitz

Not familiar with the song, but the lyrics are very profound.

And this is a good time to bring them up. As glad as I am personally that Barack Obama won the election and the Bush years are soon to come to a close, Obama has raised a cult of personality amongst his followers.

In Canada we had a leader a long time ago who had a similar effect on our country. His name was Pierre Elliotte Trudeau. Like Obama, he burst on the scene with relatively little experience. He was elected to our parliament and almost immediately become the Minister of Justice. Before long he won his party's leadership and became our Prime Minister.

In his first election he inspired what become known as "Trudeaumania". Women used to run after him, screaming, as though he were one of the Beatles (this was in 1968). He was a single man and as Prime Minister he dated some very famous women: Margot Kidder (Canadian actress who gained fame in the USA as Lois Lane to Christopher Reeve's Superman); Barbara Streisand; Canadian classical guitarist Liona Boyd.

Trudeau served several terms as Prime Minister and ruled for 17 years (though his reign was interrupted for a few months). He became a very controversial figure. Many thought he was arrogant. Many thought he was rude and brash (he gave the finger to a voter on the campaign trails once and did a pirouette behind the back of the Queen of England in front of TV cameras).

But he did transform Canada in many ways: made homosexuality legal; brought Canada's constitution home and enacted the Charter of Rights. In many other ways he helped to form the nation we are today.

But he is still hated in part of the country.

Great song thanks for sharing

Great song.

Haven't heard this one in awhile.

Poweful lyrics.....don't know the song, however!

That's right, it is on guitar hero. My son and I've played quite a few songs I haven't heard in forever. Truth in lyrics, tho.

Have a good weekend Esther.

By the way, Rory: interesting comparison.

I remember Trudeau. He's always been a fascinating character, he had a vision of what he wanted the country to be with both good and bad ideas and had the moxy to get much of it accomplished. Arrogant, oh for sure--don't know many politicians aren't. That goes for most well known people in the public eye, with money, or a measure of power. It seems people are drawn to personalities, and with the media's involvement, those personalities are as well known.

I'm not familiar with this song. Powerful lyrics though.

sounds like someone we all know now...

I remember this song. Yes it does sound like some one we all know Charles. Thank you Easter.

Another anthem my beautiful senorita. Albeit for a select few. But some of them walked among my brother's friends.

Sweetie, how r u? The army center ($30M) they want me to build is going to be located about 30min N of downtown Houston along I-45N. The job and the project is mine. I am going to do what I can to get back. Just don't rightly understand how all of a sudden $400 becomes a big deal. But it is. Pray for me hon - pray for someone to help with the $400.

Love ya.

I dont know how people can sit in chairs when music is playing--- unless it is classical of course!

You are ok.

And in the few moments we have left, we want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody can easily understand.

I like Middleman on the same album:

I don't have a need to be the best
Don't want to be just like the rest
Just stay who I am
Just an ordinary Middle Man
Give me the happy medium
Don't want to be the one whose leading them
I've got no master plan
Just a simple Middle Man
Standing on a fine line between this and that
Just biding my time waiting for a sign
To tell me that I'm something special
My ideas are mine alone
Not yours, not theirs, but I care
I hurt for you, but not with you
I love that thing that's inside you
But I'm not your fan
I'm a stranger in a strange land
I'm your Middle Man
But I'm not your fan
I'm a stranger in a strange land
I am your Middle Man

kind of loses something though without Vernon Reid wailing on guitar and Corey Glover belting it out.

I have always like that song!

Don't believe I know it, sounds like the TV to me!