I watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics tonight. It looked gorgeous in High Definition. It wasn't quite as stunning as the Athens one two years ago, but had some very cool visuals. You gotta like people floating through a stadium.
But the thing that impressed me most was Peter Gabriel singing John Lennon's "Imagine". Yeah I've heard it a thousand times, but it amazed me that 35 years later it's still so radical a song. How many people were offended to imagine no countries or religion? How do you sing this at the Olympics in front of all these athletics representing their countries? They just walked into the stadium by country! Personally I love the song, and I love the utopia it presents. It just seems so far away these days.
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