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OUR GREATEST SHAME
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A lament about our (mis)treatment of Animals. Do not listen to this song if you are easily upset.
folk rock protest music ed billeaud
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Folk-Rock Classic Protest Music
I'm a solo recording artist, long-time songwriter, musician, and audio engineer, trying to use the power of music to raise awareness and inspire others to make a positive difference, with their life and through their Art. Over the past ten years or so, I have completed and self-released five solo albums, and am working on another one. My style is mostly Classic Protest Folk-Rock. I tend to address what I consider to be the larger themes of our existence, rather than writing from a first-person or fictional perspective, or writing about partying, fast cars, girls, etc. (of course, there is a place for those things, but there are plenty of songs like that already, yes?) Although I have worked with many "big names" and Grammy winners as a live-sound engineer, I write, play, and record all my original music by myself, for better or worse. Thanks for listening. (Audio engineer with over thirty years experience, has mixed FOH (Front of House) for such artists as: Jesse Colin Young, Randy Newman, Shawn Colvin, Commander Cody, B.B. King, Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, Leo Kotke, Chuck Mangione, Hal Ketchum, John Sebastian, Jim Messina, Charlie Musselwhite, Del McCoury, Michele Schocked, Michael Martin Murphy, Stanley Jordan, Kevin Cole, Tommy Emmanuel, Peter Cincotti, Leon Redbone, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Shemekia Copeland, Jackie Greene, Lisa Loeb, Karla Bonhoff, Crash Test Dummies, Poco, Dan Fogelberg, Edwin McCain, George Winston, CJ Chenier, Maia Sharp, David Grisman, Michael W. Smith, John McKuen, Jorma Kaukonnen, The Kingston Trio, Loudon Wainwright III, Blind Boys of Alabama, Firefall, George Canyon, Tab Benoit, George Porter, Hazel Miller, Maynard Ferguson, Tito Puente, Tommy Dorsey Band, Count Basie Orchestra, Glenn Miller Band, Gene Krupa Band, Artie Shaw Orchestra, National Rep. Orchestra, Second City comedy troupe, and many more. Has mixed FOH in such local venues as: Vilar Center for the Arts, Gerald Ford Amphitheater, Breckenridge Riverwalk Center, Silverthorne Pavillion, Dillon Amphitheater, Ten Mile Room, and others. Owner/operator of Snowflake Recording Studio for over fifteen years.)
Song Info
Genre
Rock Folk Rock
Charts
Peak #1,308
Peak in subgenre #63
Author
Ed Billeaud
Rights
2006
Uploaded
December 12, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.2 MB 128 kbps 3:26
Story behind the song
I have seen too much of this.......
Lyrics
OUR GREATEST SHAME c 2006 Ed Billeaud Have you seen their eyes, as you drive Peeking out from inside of the trucks on the highway Have you looked in their eyes, so terrified Being taken to die on this merciless ride Have you heard their cries as they're crammed inside Do you shrug and sigh and just go on by? Born into this world of pain A living hell with no escape So inhumane, evil, insane How many billions have we slain? And no one cares, and no one cries Or even seems surprised while so many die These stolen lives that our money buys Surely binds and ties our souls demise It's beyond belief, yet we have no grief As we sink our teeth into those we eat Have you seen their eyes as you drive Peeking out from inside of the trucks on the highway? Born into this world of pain A living hell with no escape So inhumane, evil, insane, how many billions have we slain? This lust for flesh our greatest shame
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