Stinking barbarians

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Look at this video. The people here are in the presence of one of the greatest musicians in the world, singing one of the greatest songs ever composed - David Olney and 1917. (Never mind the silly song that takes up the first two or so minutes; you just wait.)

Listen to the morons talking above the music continuously. I have rarely been so angry.

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I know. Maybe they were afraid that it would start a row and make things even worse.

But what I really want is to spread the word about this ignored giant. Here is a man who has written songs as good as the best that Schubert, Schumann, Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen have ever done, and he is practically unknown. Although, give them credit, Linda Rondstadt and Emmylou Harris have done a breathtaking version of 1917 together - that is how I discovered the man myself.

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The song reminds me of a favorite, "Roads to Moscow."