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>
>From: jeff.downing at harcourt.com
>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:04:54 -0500
>
>>From Greil Marcus' column in today's Salon:
>
>Associated Press, "Music, the
>Universal Language," Sept. 13
>
> "After a week of chaos and terror in East
> Timor, Indonesia's powerful military boss sang
> 'Feelings' yesterday to show why he can't walk
> away from the independence-minded province.
>
> "To cheers from retired military officers at a
> party, Defense Minister Gen. Wiranto
> dedicated the song to foreign journalists: 'I
> hope you have the same feelings, like me, for East Timor.'
>
> "His eyebrows arched in restrained emotion, Wiranto held the
> microphone in both hands and stood stiffly in a yellow batik shirt
> and crooned as a band played the l975 hit popularized by Paul
> Williams:
>
> "'Feelings, nothing more than feelings ...'"
>
> I can't go on. This is just too sick. You always knew the song
> was rotten, but evil?