I just found this touching collage for the Dion song Abraham, Martin & John on YouTube. It is very similiar to a one I once found that I thought was better. But I can’t locate that one for some reason (maybe it’s gone now).
Yeah, I think that song would touching to just about anyone who hears it: Democrat, Republican. Liberal, moderate, conservative. Etc.
Also, as you can see, contrary to the popular conception, it is not just a tribute primarily to John F. Kennedy. It is actually to Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.–with a final bridge for Bobby Kennedy. Beautiful.
I actually think considering all the music artists that did this song (just do a search on YouTube), Elton John should also do a version of it. I don’t know if Mr. John would take offense though. Sir Elton after all is a British subject, you know.
I also remember it when it came out, and yes it was a biggie, and from a very unlikely source. Everyone thought that Dion had pretty much given up releasing anything, so hard it was for him to get much airplay after the start of the British Invasion. It made one think then, and it still does today.
I’ve never been one who pays that much attention to lyrics. So it must have been the third of fourth time that I had heard the song before I paid attention to what was being said. I was driving down one of the side streets in Nashville and had to pull the car over. There was so much hurt back then.