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  1. There's definitely a lyrical connection, but it's different songs - I'm confident the songs you mention will see the light (and will be good)!

  2. We're going slightly off-topic here, but I have to strongly disagree: he was far from ordinary. He was absolutely extraordinary, and I'm not biased for my devotion towards him: everyone says it. His courage, fervour, determination (stubborness at times), sympathy and respect were absolutely not ordinary, and everyone who met him, from his friends to his relentless enemies, acknowledges that.
  3. It is not ordinary to come out of jail after 27 years without bitterness.
  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

    We're going slightly off-topic here, but I have to strongly disagree: he was far from ordinary. He was absolutely extraordinary, and I'm not biased for my devotion towards him: everyone says it. His courage, fervour, determination (stubborness at times), sympathy and respect were absolutely not ordinary, and everyone who met him, from his friends to his relentless enemies, acknowledges that.

    + 1
  7. I hope they'll write another song in honour of Mandela, more in the vein of Pride or A Sort of Homecoming!

    OL was fine as a supplement to the movie's soundtrack, but I wish the guys would write a real tribute.
  8. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

    We're going slightly off-topic here, but I have to strongly disagree: he was far from ordinary. He was absolutely extraordinary, and I'm not biased for my devotion towards him: everyone says it. His courage, fervour, determination (stubborness at times), sympathy and respect were absolutely not ordinary, and everyone who met him, from his friends to his relentless enemies, acknowledges that.

    Yes, he is definitely an extraordinary man.

    But the point I wanted to make is that Mandela does not like to view himself as any more extraordinary than you or I.
  9. Originally posted by ahn1991:[..]
    But the point I wanted to make is that Mandela does not like to view himself as any more extraordinary than you or I.

    And that, my dear, only made him even more extraordinary.
  10. That's why I see Ordinary Love as a good song for Mandela because it follows the idea of how Mandela would describe himself. This could be over analyzing things, but that's what comes to mind when I think of the song in the context of Mandela.
  11. Good timing for Ordinary Love in relation to Mandela.
    Remember Mandela R.I.P.
    As Obama said: He belongs to the ages.
  12. I agree, and on an interesting note with what Mandela did with racism, look at Obama, president of America and he's sort of black.
    Mandela was surely a great influence on the nations.
    What I find most amazing is the fact he wasn't embittered for the 27 years he was locked up for disputing the regime.
    Very forgiving man I say, and it was good HE got to hear Ordinary love before he rested.
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