The Celebration of
Independence Day
on July 4th Fireworks, Activities and Events ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES !
Independence Day
on July 4th Fireworks, Activities and Events ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES !
Some very patriotic videos - songs and poems to COOL backgrounds! Some OLD, some NEW, some TRADITIONAL, some CONTROVERSIAL... biographies, lyrics... educational and FUN!
Waving the STARS and STRIPES - the AMERICAN FLAG ...
FIREWORKS Fireworks and more Fireworks ...
Picnics will include over 150 million HOT DOGS along with good American Apple PIE and mounds of ICE CREAM!
Waving the STARS and STRIPES - the AMERICAN FLAG ...
FIREWORKS Fireworks and more Fireworks ...
Picnics will include over 150 million HOT DOGS along with good American Apple PIE and mounds of ICE CREAM!
Martina McBride / Independence Day
(Let Freedom Ring)
(Let Freedom Ring)
Martina McBride
Let Freedom Ring - Independence Day
Let Freedom Ring - Independence Day
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BIO and BACKGROUND
Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light
Though she looked a little worried and weak
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again
But daddy left the proof on her cheek
and I was only eight years old that summer
And I always seemed to be in the way
So I took myself down to the fair in town
On Independence Day
Well word gets around in a small, small town
They said he was a dangerous man
Mama was proud and she stood her ground
she knew she was on the losin' end
Some folks whispered some folks talked
but everybody looked the other way
when time ran out there was no one about
On Independence Day
CHORUS:
Let Freedom ring,let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is a
Day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay, it's
Independence Day
Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July
By the time that the firemen come
They just put out the flames,
and took down some names
And sent me to the county home
Now I ain’t sayin' it's right or it's wrong
but maybe it's the only way
Talk about your revolution
It's Independence Day
Repeat Chorus
Roll the stone away
It's Independence Day
Though she looked a little worried and weak
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again
But daddy left the proof on her cheek
and I was only eight years old that summer
And I always seemed to be in the way
So I took myself down to the fair in town
On Independence Day
Well word gets around in a small, small town
They said he was a dangerous man
Mama was proud and she stood her ground
she knew she was on the losin' end
Some folks whispered some folks talked
but everybody looked the other way
when time ran out there was no one about
On Independence Day
CHORUS:
Let Freedom ring,let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is a
Day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay, it's
Independence Day
Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July
By the time that the firemen come
They just put out the flames,
and took down some names
And sent me to the county home
Now I ain’t sayin' it's right or it's wrong
but maybe it's the only way
Talk about your revolution
It's Independence Day
Repeat Chorus
Roll the stone away
It's Independence Day
The breathtaking soprano of Martina McBride is one of the greatest vocal instruments in contemporary popular music. That she applies it to songs of uncommon integrity makes its impact all the more thrilling. The proof is presented on her landmark Greatest Hits collection. This super-sized serving of music offers 13 of the performances that have made her one of the most cherished artists in country music, revives one of her favorite prior album tracks and offers four new recordings that place her at the forefront of the style in the new millennium.
“I’d like to be known as someone who records songs that are intelligent and emotional,” says Martina. “I don’t want to be thought of as ‘fluff.’ Night after night, you have to be able to stand up there and believe in what you’re singing. And I’m really lucky -- I still love everything that I have done. I think I have chosen well.”
Indeed. With a catalog that includes such chart-topping singles as “Wild Angels,” “Wrong Again,” “A Broken Wing” and “I Love You,” Martina McBride has surely “chosen well.” The CMA’s 1999 Female Vocalist of the Year has one Gold album, three Platinum CDs and one Triple Platinum collection to demonstrate her extraordinary talents in choosing songs with depth and delivering them with chest-pounding intensity.
What is even more impressive is that her best work appears to be in front of her. The new songs on the Greatest Hits package seem to detonate a fresh explosion of creativity from this artist.
“When the idea for this album first came up, I really struggled with it. I thought, ‘Wait a minute: Nobody’s going to perceive this as some kind of an end, are they?’ I’m far from done. When I realized that I could put on four new songs, it was a big help to me, creatively. That made me feel like I wasn’t ‘closing a door;’ I was opening one. I think this album puts some space between what I have done and what I am going to do in the future. I loved the fact that we could put lots of hits on it, but also that it was saying, ‘Now let’s see what the next 10 years hold.’
“I can’t wait to get out and sing the new songs for people. I think that ‘When God-Fearin’ Women Get the Blues’ is really a breath of fresh air. The woman in this song is so feisty. I think people are really going to like her. I’m really excited that it is the first single. We’ve made a video for it that’s really fun, as well.“There’s a new song called ‘Blessed’ that feels like something I could have written for myself. Before I found the song, I’d say all the time, ‘I’m so blessed,’ because I truly feel like I am. I was given this gift of music. Not only that, I was given a safe and happy upbringing. I was given the intelligence to be articulate, most of the time. I have my beautiful family. And best of all, I was given the gift to be able to enjoy this, realize what it is and not take it for granted.
“The ballad ‘Where Would You Be’ is very uncharacteristic of me, lyrically. I see that song as very vulnerable and very raw. This woman has these doubting questions, and yet she has the courage to talk about it. Is he here or not here? She brings it up, and that’s what makes it so emotional.
“When I first heard ‘Concrete Angel’ I couldn’t get through it -- I cried every time I listened to it. I love lyrics that are true and honest. And this tells a story of child abuse. It opens your eyes and opens your heart and makes you want to do something to make a difference. Hopefully, it will have that effect on people when they hear it.”
Martina McBride doesn’t seek out songs with messages deliberately. Like a true artist, she responds to songs on a gut level. If they derive their emotional impact from social problems, so be it.
“I never go into the process of picking songs by ‘thinking.’ I go into it just listening and feeling. I never think, ‘I’ve got to find a song about this or that,’ or ‘This song’s got to appeal to so-and-so.’ When one hits me, it’s simply a gut reaction. Then I just hope that it will strike a chord with somebody who feels the same way I do.”
By nature shy and demure, Martina was raised on a music-happy Kansas farm and graduated from high school in a class of 10. When Martina and her husband John McBride moved to Nashville in 1990, neither one was particularly sophisticated. He used his skills as a sound technician to build Music City’s most successful concert-production company. She coupled her spectacular vocal ability with laser-sharp emotional instincts to become a performer with both massive popularity and critical respect. In the process, the songs led her to awareness and social sensitivity.
Martina describes the story of “Life #9” -- which hit the top-10 in 1994 -- as being about confronting a wandering guy, “in a creative and interesting way. It’s about a woman who says, ‘You’re on your last chance.’”
But 1994’s “Independence Day” was unquestionably, “the song that changed my life,” she says. This harrowing tale of domestic violence opened Martina’s eyes to a problem that exists on all levels of society. On her concert tours, she began visiting high schools to talk to young women about self-worth. She took the reins of the annual YWCA Celebrity Auction at Nashville’s Fan Fair festival, which raises funds for a domestic-violence shelter and other programs aiding women.
She now serves as the national celebrity spokesperson for the National Network to End Domestic Violence. A third of all women murdered in the U.S. are killed by husbands or boyfriends. Women ages 16 to 24 experience the highest per capita rates of violence at the hands of their men. Awareness cards that pinpoint signs of an abusive relationship -- and offer five ways of approaching someone who seems to be in such a situation -- are passed out at Martina’s concerts.
“About a year ago I thought I wanted to get more involved with a children’s organization,” comments Martina. “But then I realized this is a way I can help children. This is an issue about our daughters and sons. The cycle of violence can be broken through education. The other day, Delaney and I had a conversation about the different kinds of abuse. I said, ‘You know, it’s not just when somebody pushes you or hits you. There’s another kind of abuse called emotional abuse. That’s when somebody makes you feel bad about yourself or calls you stupid or makes you feel like you’re no good. That’s not respectful. Daddy wouldn’t talk to me that way; I don’t talk to Daddy that way. You don’t deserve to be talked to that way.’ Nobody does.”
Martina addressed this issue in her 1997 smash “A Broken Wing,” which is about a woman escaping emotional abuse: “That woman is alive and well and working in a mall someplace,” she smiles.
Martina McBride’s startling power with heartache lyrics is undeniable. This was perhaps no better illustrated than in her torrid, goosebump-raising performance of “Strangers,” which she feels to this day should have been her follow-up single to “Independence Day.” She was overruled back in 1994, but insisted that this exceptional track be revisited on Greatest Hits, adding value to an already outstanding collection.
“I’d like to be known as someone who records songs that are intelligent and emotional,” says Martina. “I don’t want to be thought of as ‘fluff.’ Night after night, you have to be able to stand up there and believe in what you’re singing. And I’m really lucky -- I still love everything that I have done. I think I have chosen well.”
Indeed. With a catalog that includes such chart-topping singles as “Wild Angels,” “Wrong Again,” “A Broken Wing” and “I Love You,” Martina McBride has surely “chosen well.” The CMA’s 1999 Female Vocalist of the Year has one Gold album, three Platinum CDs and one Triple Platinum collection to demonstrate her extraordinary talents in choosing songs with depth and delivering them with chest-pounding intensity.
What is even more impressive is that her best work appears to be in front of her. The new songs on the Greatest Hits package seem to detonate a fresh explosion of creativity from this artist.
“When the idea for this album first came up, I really struggled with it. I thought, ‘Wait a minute: Nobody’s going to perceive this as some kind of an end, are they?’ I’m far from done. When I realized that I could put on four new songs, it was a big help to me, creatively. That made me feel like I wasn’t ‘closing a door;’ I was opening one. I think this album puts some space between what I have done and what I am going to do in the future. I loved the fact that we could put lots of hits on it, but also that it was saying, ‘Now let’s see what the next 10 years hold.’
“I can’t wait to get out and sing the new songs for people. I think that ‘When God-Fearin’ Women Get the Blues’ is really a breath of fresh air. The woman in this song is so feisty. I think people are really going to like her. I’m really excited that it is the first single. We’ve made a video for it that’s really fun, as well.“There’s a new song called ‘Blessed’ that feels like something I could have written for myself. Before I found the song, I’d say all the time, ‘I’m so blessed,’ because I truly feel like I am. I was given this gift of music. Not only that, I was given a safe and happy upbringing. I was given the intelligence to be articulate, most of the time. I have my beautiful family. And best of all, I was given the gift to be able to enjoy this, realize what it is and not take it for granted.
“The ballad ‘Where Would You Be’ is very uncharacteristic of me, lyrically. I see that song as very vulnerable and very raw. This woman has these doubting questions, and yet she has the courage to talk about it. Is he here or not here? She brings it up, and that’s what makes it so emotional.
“When I first heard ‘Concrete Angel’ I couldn’t get through it -- I cried every time I listened to it. I love lyrics that are true and honest. And this tells a story of child abuse. It opens your eyes and opens your heart and makes you want to do something to make a difference. Hopefully, it will have that effect on people when they hear it.”
Martina McBride doesn’t seek out songs with messages deliberately. Like a true artist, she responds to songs on a gut level. If they derive their emotional impact from social problems, so be it.
“I never go into the process of picking songs by ‘thinking.’ I go into it just listening and feeling. I never think, ‘I’ve got to find a song about this or that,’ or ‘This song’s got to appeal to so-and-so.’ When one hits me, it’s simply a gut reaction. Then I just hope that it will strike a chord with somebody who feels the same way I do.”
By nature shy and demure, Martina was raised on a music-happy Kansas farm and graduated from high school in a class of 10. When Martina and her husband John McBride moved to Nashville in 1990, neither one was particularly sophisticated. He used his skills as a sound technician to build Music City’s most successful concert-production company. She coupled her spectacular vocal ability with laser-sharp emotional instincts to become a performer with both massive popularity and critical respect. In the process, the songs led her to awareness and social sensitivity.
Martina describes the story of “Life #9” -- which hit the top-10 in 1994 -- as being about confronting a wandering guy, “in a creative and interesting way. It’s about a woman who says, ‘You’re on your last chance.’”
But 1994’s “Independence Day” was unquestionably, “the song that changed my life,” she says. This harrowing tale of domestic violence opened Martina’s eyes to a problem that exists on all levels of society. On her concert tours, she began visiting high schools to talk to young women about self-worth. She took the reins of the annual YWCA Celebrity Auction at Nashville’s Fan Fair festival, which raises funds for a domestic-violence shelter and other programs aiding women.
She now serves as the national celebrity spokesperson for the National Network to End Domestic Violence. A third of all women murdered in the U.S. are killed by husbands or boyfriends. Women ages 16 to 24 experience the highest per capita rates of violence at the hands of their men. Awareness cards that pinpoint signs of an abusive relationship -- and offer five ways of approaching someone who seems to be in such a situation -- are passed out at Martina’s concerts.
“About a year ago I thought I wanted to get more involved with a children’s organization,” comments Martina. “But then I realized this is a way I can help children. This is an issue about our daughters and sons. The cycle of violence can be broken through education. The other day, Delaney and I had a conversation about the different kinds of abuse. I said, ‘You know, it’s not just when somebody pushes you or hits you. There’s another kind of abuse called emotional abuse. That’s when somebody makes you feel bad about yourself or calls you stupid or makes you feel like you’re no good. That’s not respectful. Daddy wouldn’t talk to me that way; I don’t talk to Daddy that way. You don’t deserve to be talked to that way.’ Nobody does.”
Martina addressed this issue in her 1997 smash “A Broken Wing,” which is about a woman escaping emotional abuse: “That woman is alive and well and working in a mall someplace,” she smiles.
Martina McBride’s startling power with heartache lyrics is undeniable. This was perhaps no better illustrated than in her torrid, goosebump-raising performance of “Strangers,” which she feels to this day should have been her follow-up single to “Independence Day.” She was overruled back in 1994, but insisted that this exceptional track be revisited on Greatest Hits, adding value to an already outstanding collection.
Martina McBride
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