10/13/2017
New political song by Spectacles (Colin Pulkrabek), with Rani Weatherby, Ehssan Karimi, Lauren Hepburn, Andrew Pulkrabek, and Darian Asplund!
From Colin: "In my opinion, the political discourse in America has fallen into a sorry state. Basic human rights are being destroyed, our president seems to have little regard for the rule of law or common decency and all the while immigrant parents are getting deported when they drop their children off at school. Moreover, there seems to be a major disconnect in how we as a people are communicating with each other—in our attempts to engage with the world through social media, we have only succeeded in cloistering ourselves in the political-view echo-chamber of our choice.
I believe all people deserve love, respect and support to succeed because they are alive. That is why I tried to write lyrics that (hopefully) never went to the point of chastising, admonishing or attacking. Instead, trying to state simply the reasons why we must stand up for love, justice and equality.
“Stand Up” is a protest song that attempts to state plainly and simply why we MUST raise our voices to protect the rights of others: because they are worth it, because they are alive, because they are people."
POLITICAL MUSIC