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Music Appreciation

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5. Didn't this come out during the time of the Reagan administration's adventurism...

Sun Nov 17, 2024, 08:36 PM

Nov 17

...in Central America? I seem to recall that the song was inspired by the Salvadoran civil war (and the role the US played in it).

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Oh how I wish this were less on point Easterncedar Nov 16 #1

I had forgotten it, too. Sadly, it will always be timely surfered Nov 16 #2

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It was released in 1986 surfered Nov 18 #6