[Lawtan]

Rejoice in the Sun -- Joan Baez

This is a song that never fails to get me in the heart. It is little known, and I had an extremely difficult time finding it outside of it's YouTube version. It is powerful because it is true about the cycle of life and death, and is about hope in spite of destruction. It is a song of mournful innocence.

It is used in the film Silent Running, where humanity has reached the point where nature is no longer needed and the people have ceased creative progress and exploration...and they are about to destroy the last of the forests as a sort of final emphasis on the point. This scene, after the command is given to destroy the last space biodome, illustrates it well.

In comparison to other "Flower-child/60's/70's" songs (Like Blowing in the Wind and The Times They Are A-Changin) I believe it to be both encompassing and slightly better, despite it being shorter.