As part of a unity visit to increase confidence in the troubled former Soviet republic, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed” Rockin’ in the Free World” on energy guitar on Tuesday evening in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Blinken played music piano with , The 1999 circle at the Barman Dictat, a nightspot in the Russian capital.
” I know this is a really, really hard day”, Blinken said. You need to know that America is there for you.
The music, which was originally performed by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, was therefore started by him. He even attempted to speak.
U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performs” Rocking to the Free World” in a bar in Kyiv. // videos by @cspan photograph. twitter.com/EgSrl3UKWh
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The scene recalled a ridiculous event in the aftermath of a extreme Islamist terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper , in Paris, France, in 2015, when therefore- Secretary of State John Kerry, having missed a native “unity rally”, sought to console Citizens with a song by James Taylor, who performed” You’ve Got a Friend”.
PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 16: U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry ( L ) listens US musician James Taylor ( R ) after a press conference at Paris City Hall on January 16, 2015. ( Photo by Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images )
Rockin’ in the Free World is more of a harsh criticism of the West than a nationalist music or a celebration of independence, though it is frequently misinterpreted that approach. It was ill timed — written in 1989, before the fall of socialism.
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