I was inspired to find this clip for someone who was having a down day today when I couldn’t help but notice a comment a viewer left on the YouTube site which said (quoted in full):
I just got back from Afghanistan. And one of my best memories from there was. My whole squad was pinned down by a gun pit and snipers. And a couple of my squad members started whisling this song. Then the squad next to us started singing…So on to about my whole platoon was whistling this song while beeing fired apoun… So literially the whole mountain was singing “DONT WORRY BE HAPPY”. So someone had their radio on.SO d HQ started singing.Other bases ovaheard. Then half the country was singin
Arguments about the war and its motives aside, this quote speaks volumes about the capacity music has to pick us up. From the emergence of the Blues in the impoverished South to a foxhole in Afghanistan, it has a unique way of helping people face the most trying of circumstances. Music rocks.
