Music compilation for better world? by Barbora Misakova

The fact we are in recession knows probably every single person on this planet and I bet that also little kids know what the word “recession” means. The question is if it’s good or bad. Are we able to talk also about something else than recession, bankruptcy, unemployment, banks and business? No, we are not. Economy and policy are the main topics, but are common people really so scared of the crisis? Maybe they are not scared, but they are feeling more uncomfortable than before it all started, but isn’t it what we call life? Uncertainty is normal and it was always inseparable of the life so why are we constantly talking about it? Why is it representi! ng so big threat for us today? Isn’t this highlighting of uncertainty only another way how to do business? To be honest, it wouldn’t be so surprising for me. Just look at the iPod’s latest move: soundtrack for the recession era! Well, as I have read, it is not only some kind of recession compilation, but it was made in honor of Mary Travers who died last week. Mary Travers, known better just as Mary, was member of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, a band very popular in the 1960s. Their songs such as “If I had a Hammer”, “Where All the Flowers Gone?” or “Blowing in the Wind” were not only popular but they became a bit of anthems. After all, the early 60s were pretty rough: war and fight for civil rights. But what are we fighting for today? The answer is: for nothing. We are just passively accepting the “truths” we read in the newspapers or hear on the TV every day. We just let others to persuade us we are ! in big trouble and so we all have a big sticker saying “! RECESSIO N” on our eyes. So people don’t believe everything you hear or read, don’t be so naive and what is more, don’t believe that some kind of music compilation can make this world better, because it can’t. We just have to be optimistic and for a little while work much more than we were used before.

related story (sgx15414): http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/story/1717386.html...

by Barbora Misakova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keepin! g in touch with the World.