Every other year, I listen to all of the music in my collection. Often, I discover new things about music I'm familiar with or learn new things about songs I'm not as familiar with. This is where I'll be documenting that.
Showing posts with label Feed the People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Feed the People. Show all posts
Friday, July 22, 2016
Stephen Stills' "Feed the People"
This morning I listened to Stephen Stills' Man Alive!, and I noticed a Biblical reference in "Feed the People." There's the recurring line "Turn your swords to plowshares everywhere and feed the people." Coincidentally, two days before I listened to the album, I read Isaiah 2, where Isaiah writes, "He [God] shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore" (Isaiah 2:4). While Stills' song is primarily concerned with feeding people, through that Biblical reference, which - in its original context - is more about turning away from war, it also advocates pacifism.
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Feed the People,
Man Alive!,
Stephen Stills,
The Bible
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