Melissa Etheridge Wakes Up Oscar with An Inconvenient Truth
Last night, Melissa Etheridge gave the Academy a jolt by winning for Best Original Song with her hit "I Need To Wake Up" from the movie An Inconvenient Truth. With as green as the Oscars were last night, the only thing missing was Helen Mirren from The Queen rolling up to the red carpet in a BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury automobile.Though there were plenty of Prius vehicles and other hybrid SUVs rolling up green to the red carpet, it was Etheridge who gave the wakeup call to all listeners that it's time for us to get going and make a change for the positive impact of our environment. This "call to action" song contains a nice metaphor promoting personal responsibility to ourselves and for each other when she sings, "I am my intentions / Trapped here in this flesh and bone".
Kudos to the Academy for awarding An Inconvenient Truth as Best Documentary Feature and giving the Oscar to Etheridge as well. "I Need to Wake Up" may be an inconvenient song for many people to hear, but it still goes to show that powerful lyrics can still have an impact on the socio-cultural fabric of this nation. Going green is starting to become cool.
posted by Muse Dog @ 10:39 AM
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