2021 inauguration

[redbird]

Watching, and listening to, the inauguration and Biden's speech.

I am profoundly relieved, that we got here. And pleased by some of what I'm hearing, including Justice Sotomayor swearing in Kamala Harris. Biden gave a good speech, though I hope, really hope, that we can do what we need even without the amount of unity Biden is calling for and saying he expects.

I liked the shade Biden threw at the beginning of his speech, by thanking "my predecessors here today, and Jimmy Carter," and the allusion to Langston Hughes when talking about racism. I was pleased to hear (the beginning of) "This Land Is Your Land" as part of the event.

But my music for the day is Phil Ochs, "Power and Glory": "But she's only as rich as the poorest of the poor, she's only as free as a padlocked prison door...Her power will rest on the strength of her freedoms, her glory will rest on us all."

Comments

[conuly]

I was pleased to hear (the beginning of) "This Land Is Your Land" as part of the event.

The only musical choice that would've made me happier would've been Lift Every Voice, aka the Black National Anthem.

[azurelunatic]

I basked in that shade. It was delightful.

[sabotabby]

Love that song.

I didn't watch it; I'm getting the highlight reels via social media.

[kaffy_r]

I have loved the music, the poetry, as well as listening the determination of a good and decent man to undertake good, decent, and necessary things for our country.