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Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Rick Ryan - 25-02-2013 I want to share this YouTube musical/visual presentation reflecting on the lasting effect that John F. Kennedy's assassination has had on our country over the past fifty years I co-wrote the song "Childhood's End" and assisted in its video production. By the way, this project was never intended in to be any kind of political statement. There is no sensationalism in this song or its visual production and it has nothing to do with ideological agendas, conspiracy theories or the like . It's simply a look back at that dark day in Dallas almost a half a century behind us and its far-reaching effects it's had on our nation and the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ssPibCd-1U I've been a lyricist/songwriter all my life, having the good fortune of working with a number of talented and gifted artists over the past 30+ years. The songwriting credit I'm most proud of is providing the words for "Shadowland", a song co-written with Graham Nash and Joe Vitale that appeared on Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's first reunion album, "American Dream", certified platinum in 1989. Unfortunately, these days many young people today aren't fully aware of the lasting effect President Kennedy's assassination has had on our country and the world over the past fifty years. As the saying goes, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". I think it's critical for our future that this moment from our nation's history is never swept under the carpet of the changing times. We owe that much to our children, our children's children and the future generations that are here long after we are gone... Rick Ryan http://childhoods-end.com/ Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Peter Lemkin - 25-02-2013 What's wrong with 'political'? Without involvement in it by most Sheeple, we are were we are....and please don't use the term 'conspiracy theory'....the JFK assassination was a conspiracy in fact! Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Charles Drago - 25-02-2013 Rick Ryan Wrote:By the way, this project was never intended in to be any kind of political statement. There is no sensationalism in this song or its visual production and it has nothing to do with ideological agendas, conspiracy theories or the like . It's simply a look back at that dark day in Dallas almost a half a century behind us and its far-reaching effects it's had on our nation and the world. As a writer of prose and dramatic fiction (and, FWIW, as a close friend of the late lyricist Sammy Cahn), my advocacy of the unique power of art to effect change -- positive and negative -- on scales from personal to global is second to none. Your goal in creating the project is your business. But I must ask for clarification: How exactly to you expect your project to inform "young people today [who] aren't fully aware of the lasting effect President Kennedy's assassination has had on our country and the world over the past fifty years" if you denude it of the style and content without which such awareness is impossible to stimulate? Are you arguing that artistic expression can exist absent the artist's point of view? Are you suggesting that your project is not informed by your point of view on the assassination? How would that be possible, if you don't mind the question? And please give serious thought to the greater meanings of Peter Lemkin's admonition regarding conspiracy "theory" and fact. Thanks. Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Rick Ryan - 25-02-2013 Dear Mr. Drago, On November 22, 1963, I was an 11-year old Irish Catholic kid growing up in Belmont, Massachusetts. I'll never forget that Friday afternoon when we were informed at school what had taken place. In the ensuing years, I've come to realize the loss of President Kennedy in such a senseless and brutal manner affected me more than I ever knew at the time. The words to this song were very difficult for me to write, bringing me to tears many times during it's composition. All the feelings that 11-year old boy experienced fifty years before...feelings he'd somehow tucked away into the deepest recesses of his psyche...were suddenly coming to the surface. It was a cathartic experience, to say the least. I can understand your being critical of the choice of words in my post, but the lyric to the song "Childhood's End" is an altogether different matter. They were words that came directly from my heart...from somewhere deep inside myself...more from that little 11 year old kid in me who hadn't yet yet formed any political beliefs than from the 61 year old man who is sitting here writing this response to you. I certainly do believe there was a conspiracy behind the assassination of J.F.K. However, I truly believe that if my mind had been focused on a political agenda or conspiratorial theory instead of what I felt deep inside my being about that horrific moment in our history, I doubt that any song would have been written at all. As a writer and artist yourself, I hope you can understand. Kind regards, Rick Ryan Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Charles Drago - 25-02-2013 Rick Ryan Wrote:Dear Mr. Drago, I was an 11-year old Italian Catholic kid growing up in Providence, Rhode Island. Here's hoping than your "belief in" conspiracy can metamorphose into the understanding that conspiracy in the case of JFK's murder is fact. Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Jim Hackett II - 25-02-2013 Mr. Ryan, This is quite powerful. Thanks Jim Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Keith Millea - 25-02-2013 Nice song and Video Rick.I'm glad you added the lyrics at the link.I think I'll just post them up here. CHILDHOOD'S END The pain flashed like a headline Thrown upon the magic screen A thousand days, a single flame One instant in between A camera's prayer of silence Frozen church to grassy knoll One single act of violence Robbed a country of its soul We tuned in as the colors dropped The day when all the laughter stopped They change the guard The decades bend A dream dies hard at childhood's end The children weep Old men pretend The tide runs deep at childhood's end The future made its promise But our youth was double-crossed A war of fear, a failed Frontier One dream forever lost A destiny abandoned And an innocence betrayed A piece of every one of us Died in that motorcade A thousand days, ten thousand nights
We all were in the killer's sights They change the guard The decades bend A dream dies hard at childhood's end The children weep Old men pretend The tide runs deep at childhood's endWe search to find a symbol That the ages can't dilute A lifeless oath, a ruined dress One tiny son's salute Forgetful minds remember Though the pictures peel and crack The day our childhood went away And never quite came back A nation's fate in one blind shot It closed the gates of Camelot They change the guard The decades bend A dream dies hard at childhood's end Our children weep Old men pretend The tide runs deep at childhood's end Copyright 2013 Rick Ryan Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Charles Drago - 26-02-2013 "One blind shot"? Really? Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Phil Dragoo - 03-03-2013 We all were in the killer's sights The tone is tragedy The deed[size=12][size=12][size=12] the act of "th[size=12]e killer" Rated CP for Commission A[size=12]pproved [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE] [/SIZE] Check this out--J.F.K. Tribute--November 22,1963---It's Effect On Our Country, The World - Jim Hackett II - 03-03-2013 "Here's hoping than your "belief in" conspiracy can metamorphose into the understanding that conspiracy in the case of JFK's murder is fact." A sincere move of one apostrophe, from "killer's" to "killers' " and I could agree - to a point. The cover-up of realities that began even before the murder would be untouched by that small change, but it could be a touchstone to cast the Warren Commission and HSCA so called conclusions in the junk pile and open the door to ... doin' our own thinkin'. An end of childhood. The revelation of Government complicity in both murder and obstruction of justice. Enough to end a childhood I would think. Crimes of State. |