{"id":978,"date":"2003-03-04T15:37:17","date_gmt":"2003-03-05T07:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/04\/the-tide-is-turning\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T14:53:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:53:27","slug":"the-tide-is-turning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/04\/the-tide-is-turning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tide is Turning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15168,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B0000026BN\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260313145203\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B0000026BN\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B0000026BN\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 15:07:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 15:07:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15169,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B000001FYU\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260313145211\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B000001FYU\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B000001FYU\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 16:00:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 15:07:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 15:07:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>This is a song originally from Roger Waters&#8217; album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0000026BN\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S.\">Radio K.A.O.S.<\/a>&#8220;, though I first heard it as the finale to the 1990 live performance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000001FYU\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"The Wall 1990\">The Wall in Berlin<\/a>. Posted here as a message of hope &#8212; something that&#8217;s all too rare these days.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  I used to think the world was flat,<br \/>\n  rarely threw my hat into the crowd,<br \/>\n  I felt I had used up my quota of yearning.<br \/>\n  Used to look in on the children at night<br \/>\n  in the glow of their Donald Duck light,<br \/>\n  and frighten myself with the thought of my little ones burning.<br \/>\n  But oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning&#8230;<br \/>\n  The tide is turning.<\/p>\n<p>  Satellite buzzing through the endless night,<br \/>\n  exclusive to moonshots and world title fights.<br \/>\n  Jesus Christ &#8212; imagine what it must be earning!<br \/>\n  Who is the strongest? Who is the best?<br \/>\n  Who holds the aces, the East or the West?<br \/>\n  This is the crap our children are learning.<br \/>\n  But oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning&#8230;<br \/>\n  The tide is turning&#8230;<br \/>\n  Oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning.<\/p>\n<p>  Now the satellite&#8217;s confused,<br \/>\n  &#8216;cos on Saturday night<br \/>\n  the airwaves were full of compassion and light,<br \/>\n  and his silicon heart warmed<br \/>\n  to the sight of a billion candles burning<br \/>\n  I&#8217;m not saying that the battle is won,<br \/>\n  but on Saturday night all those kids in the sun<br \/>\n  wrested technology&#8217;s sword from the hand of the war lords.<br \/>\n  Oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning&#8230;<br \/>\n  The tide is turning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>  The tide is turning.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a song originally from Roger Waters&#8217; album &#8216;Radio K.A.O.S.&#8217;, though I first heard it as the finale to the 1991 live performance of The Wall in Berlin. 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