{"id":5775,"date":"2023-11-30T09:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T09:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2023-11-30T09:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T09:28:13","slug":"we-tried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/we-tried\/","title":{"rendered":"<span>We Tried<\/span><span>Louise Harris<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louise Harris - We Tried (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o2XV20G85Tg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>We don&#8217;t often share videos on Writers Rebel, but this one is special.<\/p>\n<p>You probably know Louise Harris as the young woman from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CK1QKZwMIZ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the JSO gantry protest over the M25 motorway.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Brian Eno says about &#8216;We Tried&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This beautiful and moving song is a powerful weapon. We need to wake up to the cowardly inertia of our governments, to the greedy shortsightedness of business-as-usual, and to the numbing distractions of the media. This song woke me up. I hope it gets centuries of airtime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a campaign to get the song to Number One for Christmas. And, if you feel moved, you can help by:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Gifting &#8216;We Tried&#8217; to all your friends and family on iTunes. (<a href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/wehEm_vu1NBVXOKYSqOxTBVzAhH8bDnuhMYiynssrFu4N86Z4S058rIu9lPmCVq6dR2oAr-u_qJHBCDK_f_qyNjl-PDou1R-sfbbML-YyuoLbGj6r8BUm0wPbiOyFT_tm9pZv-HrRie70_eHGf7ntXKhNxitnDUV56bMufJhvAYFioUjMKZ4O48CjagU33guEiLNp85SUl87qqHswQy-ySUH7pCm3iorblCGCYM8_rseZHDW7j9w4nZWAWw4UTWh8TalNy4QkT-OjaVRxiwwvw\/41n\/Vr4NsKnTRU2Tw_Su3y-wdw\/h1\/ntpCYvqWXELGFmqJFmKZ5vXh5xm6xObdERovcAW6tSg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read how to do this here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDOJPR4Z5lDybbWIPhQSOR8HS7UeQBiyX_2uInf6rk_nDlYwSC4Rh6gCuNn9TuoDxb3D3pHPqn5UovIfDUrWZQBtRWhsmxWJ6JL9bk647AUMAje6B-b6gllhPnp3u8lBFIGHu961x3iD1iuHkIfGGsjvebsci5_IZHDCixXpB2GvgZzu90vAAojN8bdBeF-EF9vPe2UwVa4qWb1KLdsOWyDiL-cIllx4xtLnLocXxd4V_ga9T_MsdePvIkHTGaFd_9Wwi4ASyfmakr0MEpYu-Sn8P57YtXyFUeRBtIUv2XeZgmCzl84qc2-qejTyybwqWmNYNnikDBMNscjkvqBUjitD__cRo72GZQHLtJwC8yBo9ZE9oOVbUbp1NjgpLRuW9m2e997X_3B2jZ2Lvfm6pN1I\/41n\/Vr4NsKnTRU2Tw_Su3y-wdw\/h2\/k1uTaGpXyU307qPoEtNNFpwb8jVTTw7GG1JKeI8oih4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sharing the music video on your social media<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Downloading and streaming the song on Spotify, and other streaming platforms, as much as possible! It&#8217;s free, and you can have it on repeat in the background.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDK7b6Fqbor3bYFGUJCwWOAouxPk7u4sUSSEiKpHPKNKyYEh8BXBIwyzUI4kETuwUrSeW00YPxV8V84Oa7d1qPGfKdu-b9WI8-HmmIyscUVoMXe6K-Ws0Sp6_uEUXo0qHOqlxCUDsNDffCRcJII52hrTQRxs6bgpFTUbtfoUWR_VoV1FiUAraVpXggNZXMJeg9ORGJIf8a1o8NxNArXXlRVjL6chvvpfwWzkc_Q_IQCaqCyjvkboTlbZkxqkKCvHZ_2jBg6gF6I15HW8Pr-NqimeERzDUVw-g5zYQkH2KOtZN\/41n\/Vr4NsKnTRU2Tw_Su3y-wdw\/h3\/mizrlVr7zxiGfURJtmKAeBAj0zNpaRP2EpCZysKmz_I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate to Louise&#8217;s Climate Album 2024 Fundraiser<\/a> to help promotion and adverts of the song.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<div>\n<p>You can also:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a class=\"v-button\" href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/tTBUZwcBH_2q13Ow12s-ja8HWrM_Lk8xci5a15minwDnSNVW0h-Iwyl9KJJefufnm_oktM8D3ZxPnGPo7d34puP9GArXCyJNilzcS1ifyBsm1V17JhxJCRmv-32EuufgrLcgUWvXuKmjcJMPREm4WsLz33IQdkQqDJxR5yKZi5AJbuWX5TPo2Cag9-3rgteEJLMhhWSNmidBsKuhOKV31WmMGVY8Ahy99AlemORRuX9Bkr527q7Cp9Gx57bsxQiqJEwuYpsGDzvEwfcySinioaT_6_QOOLGzveEm0s0id9oIMX_5mPPGp8lR4O3b-sMZ\/41n\/Vr4NsKnTRU2Tw_Su3y-wdw\/h0\/hLQ5iFZQndGnWAoJZJtSfTcS3G6W0EvEKF9l9H0mxxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to buy it for 79p on iTunes!<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(All proceeds will be going to climate campaigns and causes.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We don&#8217;t often share videos on Writers Rebel, but this one is special. 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We need to wake up to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/we-tried\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from <span>We Tried<\/span><span>Louise Harris<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[1,6],"tags":[1238,1027,1235,1237,1236],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>We Tried - Writers Rebel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/we-tried\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We Tried - Writers Rebel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; We don&#8217;t often share videos on Writers Rebel, but this one is special. 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