Rest in rock. Theres a golden stage in the sky that had a spare mic ready to go.
“If you dont like your destiny, dont accept it. Instead have the courage to change it to the way you want it to be” or atleast get caught trying.
This was later cribbed to make the Coke “I’d like to teach the world to sing” ad spot, with a bunch of people singing on a mountain top.
If you really think about the lyrics, it’s a very sad song: a relationship ruined -can we start over and make it right this time?? The cascading piano that backs the song is fantastic…
They denied iit was a message about street protests -but hey, we’ll co-opt it anyway as an anthem…
there are no guarantees in this world says i
That was beautiful
Although if i and i, stay high, its a guarantee, we’ll get by
“Saddest fact about this song, it never gets old”