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Blue October-Say It
Foo Fighters-Best of You
Muse-Knights of Cydonia

rug
(82,333 posts)Una mattina mi sono svegliato,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
Una mattina mi sono svegliato,
e ho trovato l'invasor.
O partigiano, portami via,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
O partigiano, portami via,
ché mi sento di morir.
E se io muoio da partigiano,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
E se io muoio da partigiano,
tu mi devi seppellir.
E seppellire lassù in montagna,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
E seppellire lassù in montagna,
sotto l'ombra di un bel fior.
Tutte le genti che passeranno,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
Tutte le genti che passeranno,
Mi diranno «Che bel fior!»
«È questo il fiore del partigiano»,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
lastlib
(25,230 posts)ailsagirl
(23,997 posts)LeftInTX
(32,141 posts)ailsagirl
(23,997 posts)Still rocks it!!
ailsagirl
(23,997 posts)ailsagirl
(23,997 posts)CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)The Fab 4 at their best. I do remember, however, feeling mildly disappointed that after a long wait for their 'take' on "revolution", they didn't advocate for anarchy.
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ailsagirl
(23,997 posts)aidbo
(2,328 posts)Another good one.
JudyM
(29,537 posts)pressbox69
(2,252 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(62,693 posts)I bought it in Columbus, Ohio, back in the summer of 1978. Or was that 1979?
Playing guitar, the great Phil Manzanera.
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)...still working on my collection. I love that 3 of my daughters are great fans as well, of both Bryan Ferry's solo work and Roxy Music.
Donkees
(32,604 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)bluedigger
(17,183 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
Fool's Overture
[Churchill's famous speech]
"We shall go on 'til the end,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans.
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be.
We shall never surrender."
History recalls how great the fall can be
While everybody's sleeping
The boats put out to sea
Borne on the wings of time
It seemed the answers were so easy to find
"Too late," the prophets cry
The island's sinking, let's take to the sky
Called the man a fool
Stripped him of his pride
Everyone was laughing
Up until the day he died
Oh, though the wound went deep
Still he's calling us out of our sleep
My friends, we're not alone
He waits in silence to lead us all home
So you tell me that you find it hard to grow
Well I know, I know, I know
And you tell me that you've many seeds to sow
Well I know, I know, I know
[Distant choir sings William Blake's 'Jerusalem']
"And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On England's pleasant pastures seen!"
Dreamer...
Can you hear what I'm saying?
Can you see the parts that I'm playing?
Holy Man, Rocker Man, come on Queenie,
Joker Man, Spider Man, Blue Eyed Meanie
So you found your solution
What will be your last contribution?
Live it up, rip it up, why so lazy?
Give it out, dish it out, let's go crazy, yeah
alarimer
(16,793 posts)They are not necessarily rebellious, just more a commentary.
It's the End of the World as We Know it- REM
World Leader Pretend- REM
Exhuming McCarthy- REM
Welcome to the Occupation-REM
Everybody Hurts- REM
Popular Consense- Bad Religion
Fuck You- Bad Religion
Hello Cruel World- Bad Religion
Yell Fire- Michael Franti and Spearhead
American Idiot- Green Day
I Wanna Be Sedated- the Ramones
Who's Gonna Build Your Wall- Tom Russell
Fergus Laing- Richard Thompson (it's actually about Donald Trump, despite the title).
Surrender Under Protest- The Drive By Truckers
American Tune-Shawn Colvin (cover of the Paul Simon song)
'Merican- Descendants
Fortunate Son- CCR
Wasteland of the Free- Iris Dement
All you fascists- Billy Bragg and Wilco
IcyPeas
(23,113 posts)IcyPeas
(23,113 posts)annabanana
(52,795 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)A song of quiet but firm resolve:
jack69
(163 posts)Bobby Daren
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Wabbajack_
(1,300 posts)Oh wait, never mind with that one
Anthony's Song
And this one, Revolution by Authority Zero
Doc_Technical
(3,635 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)greed, and corruption.
Muse-"Big Freeze"
Big Freeze
Healed, or are you still just reeling?
Are you fine? Have you found
A way to escape?
Are you there, just because I need you?
Can we hole up, a big freeze
Is headind our way?
We are on a hiding to nowhere
We still hope, but our dreams
Are not the same
And I, I lost before I started
I'm collapsing in stellar clouds of gas
Hear me
What words just can't convey
Feel me
Don't let the sun in your heart decay
Fight, or will you show me mercy?
We've expelled, the goodness
From our hearts
Are you here, just to prove you're winning?
Can we hole up, and ride out this electrical storm?
We destroyed something beautiful
We have faith, but our truths
Are not the same
Don't give up, don't let the magic leave us
Stop the loneliest force becoming
King of the universe
Hear me
What words just can't convey
Feel me
Don't you let the sun in your heat decay
Don't give up, don't let the magic leave us
We're collapsing in stellar clouds of gas
Hear me
What words just can't convey
Feel me
I won't let the sun in your heart decay
Written by Matthew James Bellamy Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)demmiblue
(38,001 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)These awesome music videos help to empower people to take action. They are very motivating.
A' Ho'
Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Kinda like a dog with seven pupils in its eye
Kinda like a madness that refuses to subside
Kinda like everything you want just within your grasp
Kinda like how a banshee-wail dances on a living heart
(Chorus)
I'm gonna stand
at the top of the world and
challenge the heavens
Gonna bring you god
Gonna bring you god
In the palm of the left hand black
Gonna bring you god
Kinda like when the sun goes down
and darkness makes its climb
Kinda like all your muscle tissue starting to unwind
Kinda like, if you brave the hate
feed it to the left hand black
How I know I can take their power
send it back at triple times the strength
(Chorus)
How I see the battle
and the bleeding human race
How I miss the taste of it
its sweet and warm embrace
How I see the world's demise
its last and final gasp
How I see reality explode
into another kind of life
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Haven't heard them for awhile
Rhythm
(5,435 posts)...and did a couple of festival shows with Doyle and Jerry Caiafa (other original Misfits), but another ~real~ album under the DANZIG masthead could be a while in coming.
At least the band lineup has stabilized... there for a while (mid 90's-2008), it was like musical chairs.
Danmel
(5,325 posts)No video because I'm technologically impaired.
"Clampdown"
Hey, hey!
Ooh!
The kingdom is ransacked
the jewels all taken back
and the chopper descends
they're hidden in the back
with a message on a half-baked tape
with the spool going round
saying I'm back here in this place
and I could cry
and there's smoke you could click on
What are we gonna do now?
Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?
'Cause they're working for the clampdown
They put up a poster saying we earn more than you!
When we're working for the clampdown
We will teach our twisted speech
To the young believers
We will train our blue-eyed men
To be young believers
The judge said five to ten, but I say double that again
I'm not working for the clampdown
No man born with a living soul
Can be working for the clampdown
Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall
How can you refuse it?
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
D'you know that you can use it?
The voices in your head are calling
Stop wasting your time, there's nothing coming
Only a fool would think someone could save you
The men at the factory are old and cunning
You don't owe nothing, so boy get running
It's the best years of your life they want to steal
You grow up and you calm down
You're working for the clampdown
You start wearing the blue and brown
You're working for the clampdown
So you got someone to boss around
It makes you feel big now
You drift until you brutalize
You made your first kill now
In these days of evil presidentes
Working for the clampdown
But lately one or two has fully paid their due
For working for the clampdown
Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong!
Working for the clampdown
Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong!
Working for the clampdown
Yeah I'm working hard in Harrisburg
Working hard in Petersburg
Working for the clampdown
Working for the clampdown
Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong
Begging to be melted down
Gitalong, gitalong
(Work)
(Work)
(Work) And I've given away no secrets - ha!
(Work)
(Work)
(More work)
(More work)
(Work)
(Work)
(Work)
(Work)
Who's barmy now?
littlemissmartypants
(26,576 posts)Scissor Sisters
"Kiss You Off"
https://g.co/kgs/J5scsa
You say you see what's under me
That the gloss has washed away
But you're the one whose colour's gone
From love to dirty grey
Questions come alive in the middle of the day
Over and over again
Watch me start a fire in the middle of your shade
That's why I'm telling you I'm gonna
Kiss you off my lips
I don't need another tube of that dime store lipstick
Well I think I'm gonna buy me a brand new shade of man
Kiss you off my lips
It's standing room only for a piece of my pigment
So excuse me a minute while I supply demand
Kiss you off these lips of mine
Kiss you off for a custom shine
Pissed yours truly off this time
It's why I ain't just kissin' you I'm kissin' you off
Spare this child your sideways smile
That crack in your veneer
Some blue broad will spoil your rod
It just takes patience dear
They rush you for your life
But you'll never beat the game
Older and older you get
Crush you like a gyre
But the gimble's all the same
Oh no I think it's happening
Kiss you off my lips
I don't need another tube of that dime store lipstick
Well I think I'm gonna buy me a brand new shade of man
Kiss you off my lips
It's standing room only for a piece of my pigment
So excuse me a minute while I supply demand
Kiss you off these lips of mine
Kiss you off for a custom shine
Pissed yours truly off this time
It's why I ain't just kissin' you I'm kissin' you off
Chumbawamba
Tubthumping"
We'll be singing
When we're winning
We'll be singing
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
Pissing the night away
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times
Oh, Danny Boy
Danny Boy
Danny Boy
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
Pissing the night away
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times
Don't cry for me
Next door neighbor
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
(We'll be singing)
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down
(When we're winning)
I get knocked down
(We'll be singing)
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
If I had a Hammer
If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
hammer in the evening
all over this land
I'd hammer out danger
hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between
my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
If I had a bell
I'd tinkle in the morning
tinkle in the evening time
all over this land
I'd tinkle out that danger
I'd tinkle out a warning
tinkle out love between
my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
If I had a song
sing it in the evening
all over this land
and I'd sing out danger
sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between
my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
yeah, oh yeah
yeah, oh yeah
yeah, yeah
If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
a hammer in the evening time
all over this land
I hammer out danger
hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between
my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
look, I got a hammer
and I got a bell
and I got a song to sing
all over this land
it's the hammer of justice
a bell of freedom yeah
it's a song about love
between my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
yeah, Lord have mercy
yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
JCMach1
(28,292 posts)JCMach1
(28,292 posts)Bucky
(55,334 posts)It makes me want to fight fascists
Jokerman
(3,538 posts)"If you can't stand the heat, get the fuck out the kitchen."
DFW
(57,128 posts)I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well, I wake in the morning
Fold my hands and pray for rain
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane
It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
Well, he hands you a nickel
He hands you a dime
He asks you with a grin
If you're havin' a good time
Then he fines you every time you slam the door
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks
The National Guard stands around his door
Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law
Everybody says
She's the brains behind Pa
She's sixty eight, but she says she's fifty four
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them
They sing while you slave and I just get bored
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)33-year-old song that could have been written just this morning.
Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They'd all been warned
And the walls came down
They stood there laughing
They're not laughing anymore
The walls came down
Sanctuary fades
Congregation splits
Nightly military raids
The congregation splits
It's a song of assassins
Ringing in your ears
We got terrorist thinking
Playing on fears
Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They'd all been warned
But the walls came down
I don't think there are any Russians
And there ain't no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
Playing with tanks
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)Fuck You by Overkill
Fuck You by CeeLo Green
Fuck You by Lily Allen
Fuck You by Dr. Dre
Fuck You by Damageplan
Fuck You by Anna David
Fuck You by Bad Religion
Fuck You by Garfunkel and Oates
Fuck You by Subhumans
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)...
DinahMoeHum
(22,641 posts)Count your blessings, walk the line
Don't move too fast or fall behind
There are rules you must obey
They get re-written by the day
Don't do this - don't say that
Your every move is logged and tracked
By the all oppressive eye
Spy satellites in friendly skies
The new american century
Has only just begun
No one exempt from the tragedy
Counterattack start pushing back
Fight the power that chokes your speech
Fight the power that makes you bleed
Fight the power that propogates lies
To keep you weak
Keep you in line
No one dares to say a word
Our panic drives all human herds
In the land where cash is king
Our silence bought and sold for free
The future's banging on our door
When real I.D. will be the law
Love thy neighbor and turn him in
It's call patriotism
The world is watching in disbelief
Chanting shame on you
How can you stand by so quietly
Letting them rape your liberties
Fight the power that chokes your speech
Fight the power that makes you bleed
Fight the power that propogates lies
To keep you weak
Keep you in line
Fight the power that reigns you in
Divides and conquers
Defines your sin
Fight the power for one and all
Before the power swallows us whole
BRIDGE:
Those who cannot learn from history
Are doomed to repeat it!
You can't be bothered or concerned
You see no reason for alarm
Prejudice, religion hate
Usher in new mandate
Absolute and resolved
One nation under one god
Lack of interest has its price
As we're stripped of all our rights
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Paladin
(29,330 posts)"Rise again, rise again...."
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Paladin
(29,330 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Thank you and all other members who have shared their choices and opened my eyes to music I had either never heard before, or had not heard for a long time!
fleur-de-lisa
(14,685 posts)Sometimes there's nothing to feel
Sometimes there's nothing to hold
Sometimes there's no time to run away
Sometimes you just feel so old
The times it hurts when you cry
The times it hurts just to breathe
And then it all seems like there's no one left
And all you want is to sleep
Fight fight fight
Just push it away
Fight fight fight
Just push until it breaks
Fight fight fight
Don't cry at the pain
Fight fight fight
Or watch yourself burn again
Fight fight fight
Don't howl like a dog
Fight fight
Just fill up the sky
Fight fight fight
Fight til you drop
Fight fight fight
And never never never stop
Fight fight fight
Fight fight fight
So when the hurting starts
And when the nightmares begin
Remember you can fill up the sky
You don't have to give in
You don't have to give in
Never give in
Never give in
Never give in
NTOZamboni
(21 posts)I Will Not Apologize
Or maybe Talib Kweli's Bushonomics.
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Fortunate son, CCR
demon in basement
(72 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Makes me miss the '80's
robertpaulsen
(8,697 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)lastlib
(25,230 posts)"
He told them of the things he found but they didn't seem to care
He said the laws were obsolete, a change they should demand,
But the people only walked away, he couldn't understand
The Marshall's name was Uncle Sam, he said he'd right this wrong
He'd make the hangman shut his mouth if it took him all year long
He finally arrested Freak, and then he sent for me
To hang a fellow hangman from a fellow hangman's tree
It didn't take them long to try him in their court of law
He was guilty then of thinkin', a crime much worse than all
They sentenced him to die so his seed of thought can't spread
And infect the little children, that's what the law had said
So the hangin' day came 'round, and he walked up to the noose
I pulled the lever, but before he fell I cut him loose
They called it all conspiracy, and that I had to die
So to close our mouths and kill our minds they hung us side by side ..
And now we're two hangmen hangin' from a tree
That don't bother me at all .
Wolf Frankula
(3,698 posts)By Leonard Cohen.
My favorite versions are by Joan Baez
And by Leslie Fish with somebody named Garcia Aritzmendi. I heard that at an SCA event, they sang the English parts together, the bit that is usually in French or Greek, was sung by Aritzmendi in Euskara.
A song called IIRC 'N Kommando Gesang by somebody I forget. It's about a small farmer fighting with the Boer Commandos against the British.
I remember these bits.
"The cold queen of England wants gold and bright diamonds,
She's sending her redcoats to plunder and kill.
She'll find that dear bought are the gems of the Transvaal,
Where Boer commandos haunt every hill."
"My wife and three children were caught by the English.
Behind the barbed wire they sickened and died.
But soon we sweep down like a fire from the highveld,
And burn the death camps with the English inside."
"I sleep with a Mauser and rise before cockcrow,
And go on commando my neighbors and me.
We'll live as we can and we'll fight as we're able,
Till England's defeated and the Transvaal is free."
Wolf
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)mexit
(47 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Just what I needed! Thank You, mexit
red dog 1
(29,865 posts)(Eve Of Destruction was written by P.J. Proby)
Rockin' in the Free World by Neil Young ("Freedon" album)
After Twitler used the song last June at a rally, Neil Young immediately asked the bastard not to use it again.
Ohio....Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Only a Pawn in Their Game. and Blowin' In The Wind...Bob Dylan
This Land Is Your Land...Woody Guthrie
We Shall Overcome...Pete Seeger
I ain't Marching Anymore...Phil Ochs
Political Science 1972...Randy Newman
Fortunate Son...Credence Clearwater Revival
Mr Tangerine Man...song about Trump, (sung to the tune of Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man"
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Especially the last one
red dog 1
(29,865 posts)One version that was posted as a video by a DUer last month starts out:
Hey Mr Tangerine Man
What's that on your head?
Is it alive or is it dead?
Do you keep it on in bed?
How often is it fed?
(You can get to it by a DU site search)
Also, there's my version posted back in July
"Dylan's song lyrics tweaked in honor of Donald J. Trump"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018884243
and finally, if you do a Google search, there's a great version from last June
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)robertpaulsen
(8,697 posts)I think these lyrics in particular seem appropriate now:
"I ain't equipment, I ain't automatic
You won't find me just staying static
Don't you give me any orders
For people like me
There is no order
Bet you thought you had it all worked out
Bet you thought you knew what I was about
Bet you thought you'd solved all your problems
But - YOU - are the problem!"
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)Bob Marley
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,908 posts)One of the many old union songs that became suddenly relevant again during WI uprising - now more than ever! They did a nice job with the video too - people fought (and died) for things we are coming back to having to fight for again.
FSogol
(47,135 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)MadLinguist
(857 posts)Unstoppable calypsonian and this is my all time favorite resistance song
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Kennah
(14,465 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)As a wise man once said: "Teach your children well...".
Activism begins at home
alarimer
(16,793 posts)Some of his songs are dated, now, but they were topical for their time and it seems that time has come around again.
The Power and the Glory
I'll be there
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Thank you for those beautiful selections.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)FSogol
(47,135 posts)FSogol
(47,135 posts)FSogol
(47,135 posts)FSogol
(47,135 posts)FSogol
(47,135 posts)They reunited to record:
Fucked up Donald (NSFW)
Skittles
(161,599 posts)Jhall5
(17 posts)FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)
Alpeduez21
(1,895 posts)If you are a big tree. We are ready to chop you down