Remember When the Music

Harry Chappin Tribute

... he's probably laughing, laughing right now, anyway. This is for you.

     Remember when the music...

I remember when Sandy sent me this tape, I listened to a message, which is a little on
the corny side. I sat down and tried to think what the song was about, and I guess there
was a time when people felt that music provided you with a greater sense of unity, a
greater sense of share, vision and purpose that it does today. And my generation we
were the generation that was gonna change the world. Somehow we were gonna make
it a little less lonely, a little less hungry, a little more just place. But it seems that... that
when that promise slipped through our hands, we didn't replace it with nothing but lost
faith. And now we live in times that are pretty shattered - I got my music, you've got
yours, the guy on the street got his. And you can sit back and say, not cynically, but
truthfully, that maybe, maybe all men are not brothers. And maybe we will never
know who or what we are in each other. But I think Harry distinctly knew, that it was
gonna take a lot more than just love to survive, it was gonna take a strong sense of
purpose, of duty, and a good clear idea on the dirty ways of the world. So, in keeping
his promise to himself, he reminds us of our promise to ourselves, and tonight,
alongside Harry is that promise and his spirit, will have us remember and honored and
recommitment. So, do something, and make his song your song.

     Remember when the music was a glow on the horizon...