theme song: hey hey rise up

[mellowtigger]

Pink Floyd released its first new recording in a quarter-century. They've done it in support of Ukraine, as explained in the opening titles of their video.  Translated from Ukrainian, the lyrics of today's theme song are:

Oh, in the meadow a red viburnum has bent down low
For some reason, our glorious Ukraine is in sorrow
And we'll take that red viburnum and we will raise it up
And we shall cheer for our glorious Ukraine, hey, hey

Watch on YouTube

I've written before about the new computer game Timberborn.  The developers in Poland released a recent update expressing their support for neighboring Ukraine.  They added Ukrainian language support, they added sunflowers (culturally significant) to the game, and they donated cash to a Polish humanitarian group that's helping people affected by the war.  Solidarity.

In semi-related news, Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame wished a happy birthday to David Hogg on Twitter.  That's the teenager now politically active after one of our (many, many) USA high school shootings that left his classmates dead.  He's been encouraging his next generation of voters to demand sensible gun laws.

"For David: [cake emoji] Keep fighting the good fight."
- twitter, Mark Hamill

Dare this old Occupier hope that change may finally be in the wind?  Is the resistance against old persistent problems now rising up and organizing?  "Hey, hey, rise up."

Comments

[mtbc]

I do like the song, thank you for the link.