{"id":329,"date":"2016-04-22T18:58:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T22:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthdanceohio.org\/?p=329"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:49:58","slug":"celebrating-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/earthdanceohio\/2016\/04\/22\/celebrating-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this auspicious and hopeful day when leaders from 160 countries gather to sign the most significant climate agreement<\/a> we’ve ever proposed as a species, Dancing for Change radio honors the planet we live on. Some of the songs are cautionary, some celebratory, spanning 45 years.<\/p>\n

Happy Earth Day 2016!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Song Title<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nArtist<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAlbum<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Down to Earth (feat. The Soweto Gospel Choir)<\/td>\nPeter Gabriel<\/td>\nWALL-E Soundtrack<\/td>\n2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Will There Be Enough Water?<\/td>\nThe Dead Weather<\/td>\nHorehound<\/td>\n2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
If A Tree Falls<\/td>\nBruce Cockburn<\/td>\nBig Circumstance<\/td>\n1988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eyes Wide Open<\/td>\nGotye<\/td>\nMaking Mirrors<\/td>\n2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nature’s Way<\/td>\nSpirit<\/td>\nTwelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus<\/td>\n1970<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don’t Go Near the Water<\/td>\nJohnny Cash<\/td>\nRagged Old Flag<\/td>\n1974<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)<\/td>\nMarvin Gaye<\/td>\nWhat’s Going On<\/td>\n1971<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Yellow Taxi<\/td>\nJoni Mitchell<\/td>\nLadies of the Canyon<\/td>\n1970<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shapes of Things<\/td>\nThe Yardbirds<\/td>\nShapes of Things Single<\/td>\n1966<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One World<\/td>\nThe Police<\/td>\nGhost in the Machine<\/td>\n1981<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Earth Day<\/td>\nCharity and the JAMband<\/td>\nEarth<\/td>\n2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Back To The Earth<\/td>\nJason Mraz<\/td>\nYES!<\/td>\n2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Happy Earth Day!
Flickr photo by Kate Ter Har<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…and here’s the refrain of a relevant song I wrote back in the ’90s:<\/p>\n

’cause we’re always lyin’ on the earth,
\nalways crawlin’ on the earth,
\nalways sittin’ on the earth,
\nalways standing on the earth,
\nalways walking on the earth,
\nalways runnin’ on the earth,
\nalways leapin’ on the earth,
\nalways dancin’ on the earth,
\nShe’s the one mother we never get weaned from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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