The Unheard Sounds of 9/11, new article about Overcome and 9/11 Options

[Gagball]

I was pleasantly surprised to find a Live-related article on The Huffington Post this morning...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rosenb...91_b_63560.html

Two days later -- exhausted from lack of sleep -- I went home to take a shower and return to work. In the car, I heard on the radio a song that had been released that day by Ed Kowalczyk and the band Live. It was called "Overcome". And listening to the song, exhausted, I was overcome. It was all too much. The song was posted on the Internet so that anyone could download it.

I downloaded it, and working with my partner and wife Pam Yoder -- we began to cut images to the worlds and music.

Music is a magical thing. It sometimes is the only language that makes sense...

[LovinLIVE]

Wow, that was a great article. Thanks so much for posting it. Everything about 9/11 is still so vividly clear in my mind. The shock, horror and, sadness. I remember that they closed schools early and when I picked up my son from elementary school I told him I would explain what was going on when we got home. As I looked into his innocent face and tried to find the right words I was so overcome by emotion I could barely speak. I know that the song wasn't written about that day, but it certainly captured the feelings of the nation then. It still brings back images and emotions of the events of 9/11, but now the words come back to me almost everytime I watch the news. Thanks to the filmmakers, Ed and LIVE for the beautiful tribute video.

[mfitz804]

I was in lower Manhattan four days after, and I accidentally walked as close as they would allow people to the site, and by chance, Overcome came on on my CD player, before I had heard anyone play it related to the tragedy. It was very pertinent and really made me look at the rubble in disbelief.

I was, in fact, Overcome.

[torcatofan]

Overcome was just used as a memorial song to sell albums.

Yeah, beat me up all you want over that statement, but it's true. And the funny part is that it didn't work.

As a side note, all of us need to remember the heroes who gave their lives to save others 6 years ago from today. Even on days other than Sept. 11th, I often think about how terrible that day was.

[Hoodstock]

Overcome was just used as a memorial song to sell albums.

Yeah, beat me up all you want over that statement, but it's true. And the funny part is that it didn't work.

Can't blame Live for trying to connect it. I think the refrain worked and was appropriate but the versus just didn't mesh with the event.

The should have rereleased it with different lyrics to be empathetic to the event.

Either way, it's one of those songs that has lost it's luster with me for some reason.