{"id":2004,"date":"2010-08-17T19:05:22","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T19:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2010-08-19T00:45:22","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T00:45:22","slug":"the-world-is-falling-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2010-08\/the-world-is-falling-down\/","title":{"rendered":"The World is Falling Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2009\" title=\"abbey-lincolnjpg-af26981de5e9d960_large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/abbey-lincolnjpg-af26981de5e9d960_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/abbey-lincolnjpg-af26981de5e9d960_large.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/abbey-lincolnjpg-af26981de5e9d960_large-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The world lost at least two of the saints last weekend, and is indeed falling down.\u00a0 We know there&#8217;s another realm, though, that is lifting and lifted up as a result of these losses.\u00a0\u00a0 Rest in peace, saints.\u00a0 You are and will be missed.<\/p>\n<p>Abbey Lincoln passed away on Saturday at the age of 80.\u00a0 She was one of the greats of jazz who was a supreme composer, lyricist, vocalist and bandleader, a rare combination.\u00a0 Her composition, <em>The World is Falling Down<\/em>, is one of the all-time greats.\u00a0 No one will replace her.<\/p>\n<p>Abbey Lincoln&#8211;<em>The World is Falling Down<\/em><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-The-World-Is-Falling-Down.mp3|titles=01 The World Is Falling Down]\n<p>After that great, but lyrically heavy, song some of us might need the other side of the coin while we balance on its edge.\u00a0 None have stamped that other side of the coin better than The Staples Singers.<\/p>\n<p>The Staples Singers<em>&#8211;I&#8217;ll Take You There<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/09-Ill-Take-You-There1.mp3|titles=09 I&#8217;ll Take You There]<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world lost at least two of the saints last weekend, and is indeed falling down.\u00a0 We know there&#8217;s another realm, though, that is lifting and lifted up as a result of these losses.\u00a0\u00a0 Rest in peace, saints.\u00a0 You are and will be missed. Abbey Lincoln passed away on Saturday at the age of 80.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}