This is the fifth in a five-part “Bridge the Divide” series that showcases efforts by artists to find common ground.
The Detroit-based alternative rock band Rhythm Corps reached its highest point on the music charts with “Common Ground.” In 1988, the song spent 17 weeks on the Mainstream Rock list and cracked the top 10.
The song begins:
Can we meet on common ground
Are our views so far apart
There's no room to be found
Can we speak without the sound
Of a world gone quite insane
Can we start settling down
I'll not play the scene where the
Threats start flying
You'll not have to scream
'cause we're not that stupid
Can we meet on common ground