The Bell [Enhanced]

Stephan Smith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 11, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Synchronic
• ASIN: B000083MC4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #654,624 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Bell

2. All I Need is Love

3. Merchants of Lies

4. The False Knight on the Road

5. The Bell (Spoken) - Pete Seeger

6. Paranoia Network Remix - DJ Spooky

7. The Bell - Tara Nevins

8. The Bell (live at the Washington Monument)

9. The Bell (video)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make a statement--Buy the bell, February 12, 2003

By 

H. Swerdloff "College history instructor" (Central New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bell (Audio CD)

The war drums are beating. Many voices for peace are being heard but we need many more. Musicians who have passed on would be singing "The Bell" today. People like Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Phil Ochs, Malvina Reynolds, Richard Farina, and John Lennon.

Down with apathy and up with activism!

I believe these lyrics will inspire you as they did me. "The Bell" is already playing on public and college radio stations across the country. The New York Times called it "one of the first major songs to directly address the nation's stance toward Iraq." Still, some big chains refuse to sell it. Show them theyıre wrong!

Also, call your radio station!

Make "The Bell" an anti-war story the media can't ignore. Profits from sales will go to United for Peace and Justice, a national campaign that is helping coordinate work against a U.S. war on Iraq. For more information, you can go to Stephan's website, [...].

Keep On!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anti-war patriotism, February 12, 2003

By 

"angela_c_lewis" (Manhattan, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bell (Audio CD)

Stephan Smith's CD single, The Bell, contains the title track - a fable about resisting a war that will bring the nation into a horrible trap - as well as contributions from artists ranging from Pete Seeger to DJ Spooky. The accompaniments are beautiful and haunting, especially Smith's fiddle playing (Smith grew up judging fiddle competitions) and the guitar work. My favorite track is DJ Spooky's Paranoia Network Remix. Tara Nevins's cover is poetic and graceful, like a ballad from "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?".

One of the amazing things about the CD is that it shows how diverse the anti-war movement is. Also, it fearlessly proclaims what many people (this reviewer included, who is, like Smith, part of Generation X) believe: that a war in Iraq is being planned by military bureaucrats out of touch with reality who will never have to face the dangers of combat firsthand, and that true patriots should resist the latest call to war.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hands down the best anti-war song I've ever heard..., May 30, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bell (Audio CD)

"The Bell" is hands down the best anti-war song I've ever heard... I also heard an advanced copy of his newest cd "Slash & Burn" (title ?) due out June 8th at a friends place - and it is simply amazing... I also saw Stephan Smith perform at Miami FTAA Legal Defense Fundraiser a while back - and he is really good live - so if you get a chance see him live - as well as pick up this awesome anti-war song - Amor y Paz - Savannah Skye...