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People forget that 10,000 Maniacs pullled their cover of this song from future pressings of their "In My Tribe" album over two decades ago:

 

https://worldleaderpretendblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/us-the-members-of-the-band-10000-maniacs-quietly-did-what-was-right-more-than-two-decades-ago-perhaps-they-were-too-quiet-we-still-dont-seem-to-have-heard-their-point-13-december-2012/

 

It's hard to find that very good cover on original album, unless you find a used one of course:

 

 

 

"We should _remember_ that this was not a passive decision, it was an active one, undertaken because people in the band understood the significance of what Stevens had said and made a conscious decision that they could not sing a song about peace written by someone who promotes death sentences against a writer of novels."

 

Edited by ExiledInIllinois
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