Music for a Monday: More "Ecclesiastical" Music

Last week we heard "I'd Love to Change the World" and I noted that it has an ecclesiastical bent to it along the lines of the ancient writing of King Solomon. King Solomon is often regarded as the wisest man who ever lived. His musings on life are recorded in three books included in the Old Testament of the Bible: Proverbs, the erotic love poem Song of Solomon, and the aforementioned Ecclesiastes.

Here's another Solomon inspired song from Pete Seeger and released most famously by some notorious 60's stoners, The Byrds. Hope you enjoy this delightfully lo-fi live recording :)

Music for a Monday: I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After - Alvin Lee

This is one of my favorite songs. Love the groove and energy, the different moods, the lyrics, and honestly, I love the desperation. There is a sense of frustration and lost-ness in this song that is very "ecclesiastical." I chose this particular video because I really liked the opening comments from Alvin Lee. I hope you will find another version of this song that has more fidelity.




If you have never read the book of Ecclesiastes, written by King Solomon of Israel and found in the collection of books known as the Old Testament in the Bible, I highly recommend it. Any book that starts with, "Meaningless, Meaningless..." has got to be interesting. For that matter, there are quite a few songs inspired by the book of Ecclesiastes.



Bottom line of this song and the book of Ecclesiastes is that art, politics, education, money, science, and neither war nor peace can solve the world's problems. So, if not that, is there an answer? Then again, what is the problem? Maybe identifying the problem will lead to the answer. What do you think?



Here are the lyrics to the song:

Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies
Tell me where is sanity?

Tax the rich
Feed the poor
Till there are rich no more?

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

Population keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding
Still more feeding, economy

Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey
Who needs money? Monopoly

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

World pollution
There's no solution
Institution, electrocution

Just black and white
Rich or poor
Them and us
Stop the war

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

Read more: Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World Lyrics | MetroLyrics