City of Light – City of Magic
January 18, 2012
While writing yesterday about Charles Haar’s work as a special master on the Boston Harbor cleanup, it occurred to me that in our list of great environmental songs, we (although not our commenters) missed an obvious one: The Standells’ Dirty Water, which of course is all about that:
It might not be the best dirty water song ever, though: that honor goes to Randy Newman’s classic Burn On, about the Cuyahoga River. Not a great performance of it, but here it is.
Get the original version on the record.
The Lord can make you tumble/
The Lord can make you turn/
The Lord can make you overflow/
But the Lord can’t make you burn.
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For long time I wanted to see this original version of the Newman’s song…at last I’ve found it!
Thank for posting it | m4a to mp3 converter
Another water quality song for the list:
“New World Water” by Mos Def (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxvQKZPb6Wo)
Favorite line:
“The type of cats who pollute the whole shore line, have it purified, sell it for a dollar twenty-five”