{"id":38222,"date":"2024-11-11T18:20:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=38222"},"modified":"2024-11-11T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:20:15","slug":"this-that-and-the-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/11\/11\/this-that-and-the-other\/","title":{"rendered":"This, That, and the Other"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/This-That-and-the-Other-I.mp3\"> This-That-and-the-Other-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/This-That-and-the-Other-I.mp4\"> This-That-and-the-Other-I.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/This-That-and-the-Other-II.mp3\"> This-That-and-the-Other-II.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/This-That-and-the-Other-II.mp4\"> This-That-and-the-Other-II.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/This-That-and-the-Other-Interlude.mp3\"> This-That-and-the-Other-Interlude.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/This-That-and-the-Other-space-prelude.mp3\"> This-That-and-the-Other-space-prelude.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Synth Solo]<br \/>\nThere are risks and costs (to action.)<br \/>\nBut they are far less (than the long-range risks0<br \/>\nOf comfortable inaction.<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nComfortably numb<br \/>\n(Or comfortably dumb)<br \/>\nGonna get lost<br \/>\nIn the short-range cost<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s this, that (where we&#8217;re at)<br \/>\nAnd the other thing (what you bring)<br \/>\nWhat would you say&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is up with your vertebrae)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nAction toward solution<br \/>\n(Avoid devolution)<br \/>\nInaction reduction<br \/>\n(Movement meant)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nComfortably dumb<br \/>\n(And then sum)<br \/>\nGot lost<br \/>\nIn one&#8217;s cost<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nAction toward solution<br \/>\n(Avoid devolution)<br \/>\nInaction reduction<br \/>\n(Movement meant)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s this, that<br \/>\n(And the other thing)<br \/>\nMostly primate slacking (on the climate)<br \/>\nWhat would you say<br \/>\n(Is up with the vertebrae)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nAction toward solution<br \/>\n(Avoid devolution)<br \/>\nInaction reduction<br \/>\n(Movement meant)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nMovement (movement)<br \/>\nMovement (movement)<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nThe quote comes from President John F. Kennedy, \u201cThere are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.\u201d This statement reflects Kennedy&#8217;s call to take decisive action rather than staying passive, even in the face of challenges. It\u2019s often cited in discussions about leadership, courage, and the importance of proactive efforts in facing societal issues. Kennedy\u2019s message underscores that avoiding action due to perceived obstacles ultimately incurs greater costs, especially in terms of missed opportunities for progress and problem-solving.<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/careful-what-you-wish-for\/\">Careful What You Wish For<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/elecslug.html\">The Electric Slugs<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This-That-and-the-Other-I.mp3 This-That-and-the-Other-I.mp4 This-That-and-the-Other-II.mp3 This-That-and-the-Other-II.mp4 This-That-and-the-Other-Interlude.mp3 This-That-and-the-Other-space-prelude.mp3 [Intro] [Instrumental, Synth Solo] There are risks and costs (to action.) But they are far less (than the long-range risks0 Of comfortable inaction. [Verse 1] Comfortably numb (Or comfortably dumb) Gonna get lost In the short-range cost [Bridge] There&#8217;s this, that (where we&#8217;re at) And the other thing (what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,3955,1551],"tags":[4040,546,563],"class_list":["post-38222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","category-the-electric-slugs","tag-careful-what-you-wish-for","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38222"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38231,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38222\/revisions\/38231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}