{"id":216,"date":"2003-03-26T09:03:42","date_gmt":"2003-03-26T09:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/?p=216"},"modified":"2003-03-26T09:03:42","modified_gmt":"2003-03-26T09:03:42","slug":"michael-stipe-on-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/archives\/216","title":{"rendered":"Michael Stipe on war."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A href=\"http:\/\/www.remhq.com\/finalStraw\/finalstraw.html\"><IMG src=\"http:\/\/www.inkblotsmag.com\/images\/voiceimages\/finalstraw.gif\" ALT=\"The Final Straw\" class=\"totqillustration\" border=\"0\"><\/A>So the guys from R.E.M. have just posted a new protest song to their website.  &#8220;<A href=\"http:\/\/www.remhq.com\/finalStraw\/finalstraw.html\">The Final Straw<\/A>&#8221; is a surprisingly laid-back acoustic number for what it is, and the lyrics, while typically Stipean, get really pretty pointed at the end:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nNow I don&#8217;t believe and I never did<br \/>\nThat two wrongs make a right.<br \/>\nIf the world were filled with the likes of you<br \/>\nThen I&#8217;m putting up a fight. Putting up a fight.<br \/>\nPutting up a fight. Make it right. Make it right.<br \/>\nNow love cannot be called into question.<br \/>\nForgiveness is the only hope I hold.<br \/>\nAnd love&#8211; love will be my strongest weapon.<br \/>\nI do believe that I am not alone.<br \/>\nFor this fear will not destroy me.<br \/>\nAnd the tears that have been shed<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s knowing now where I am weakest<br \/>\nAnd the voice in my head. In my head.<br \/>\nThen I raise my voice up higher<br \/>\nAnd I look you in the eye<br \/>\nAnd I offer love with one condition.<br \/>\nWith conviction, tell me why.<br \/>\nTell me why.<br \/>\nTell me why.<br \/>\nLook me in the eye.<br \/>\nTell me why.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The song is available in both Real and QuickTime format for download.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the guys from R.E.M. have just posted a new protest song to their website. &#8220;The Final Straw&#8221; is a surprisingly laid-back acoustic number for what it is, and the lyrics, while typically Stipean, get really pretty pointed at the end: Now I don&#8217;t believe and I never did That two wrongs make a right. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4e5QR-3u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}