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Post by beth on May 4, 2011 23:59:17 GMT -5
On a lighter note ... or not
This is one of the performances that resulted in cancellation of the Smothers Brothers Show. A short clip of that is below the full version by the Chad Mitchell Trio.
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Post by Erasmus on May 5, 2011 1:29:04 GMT -5
Possibly the first anti-Vietnam song -when it was still part of French Indochina
It took some finding because I thought it was Jacques Brel (despite being Belgian) and went looking all over the place for Letter to the President - and who here ever heard of Boris Vian?
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Post by iamjumbo on May 5, 2011 5:18:56 GMT -5
this is, without a doubt, the ultimate political song
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Post by pipsqueak on May 5, 2011 5:43:24 GMT -5
nice idea, beth.
joe hill - paul robeson
washington bullets - clash
hasta miempre commandante - buena vista social club
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 9:02:43 GMT -5
Bing Crosby, Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Bobby Womack, Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out
Rambling Round (written by Woody Guthrie, Huddie Leadbetter and Alan Lomax)
Matt McGinn, If It Wasnae for the Union
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 9:05:06 GMT -5
Billy Bragg, Which Side Are You On?
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Post by Erasmus on May 5, 2011 9:33:27 GMT -5
How could we have got so far without Billy Bragg?
I only knew the Donovan version of this, had no idea she wrote it
And that makes it impossible not to include the immortal
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Post by Erasmus on May 5, 2011 10:56:46 GMT -5
this is, without a doubt, the ultimate political song True. I almost put it up but truth is that it's so OTT that I can never take it seriously now without a touch of the giggles. Joe Hill was responsible for this one and I've never been sure whether this was straight up or taking the piss |
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Post by fretslider on May 5, 2011 11:42:12 GMT -5
Territories.
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Post by pipsqueak on May 5, 2011 12:49:03 GMT -5
oh i see now that i came in at page2. apologies and thanks to lin seeing as the thread is her idea. erasmus, snap - you also posted joe hill, and we chose the same version instead of joan baez. i meant to post it to 'may day' since it's international workers day as well. i knew that about joe hill coining 'pie in the sky' btw  . nothing like a good ol' irish rebel/resistance song . cant find the grehan sisters singing Henry Joy (McCracken) so this one with the odd inro will do. foggy dew - chieftains |
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Post by iamjumbo on May 5, 2011 13:37:43 GMT -5
this is, without a doubt, the ultimate political song True. I almost put it up but truth is that it's so OTT that I can never take it seriously now without a touch of the giggles. Joe Hill was responsible for this one and I've never been sure whether this was straight up or taking the piss there was a ton of anti war songs, but, this one was anti everything. it does seem a little far fetched now. the strangest thing is that it was written by a nineteen year old. |
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Post by biglin on May 5, 2011 14:42:04 GMT -5
Orange and Blue, Happy 12th July
Merle Haggard, Okie from Muskogee
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Post by biglin on May 5, 2011 14:47:11 GMT -5
Our Girls, Tribute to Conservative Women, Lloyd Marcus
Sarah Palin and the Conservative Song and Dance
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Post by biglin on May 5, 2011 14:55:00 GMT -5
The Fascist National Anthem
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Post by biglin on May 5, 2011 14:57:15 GMT -5
The Red Flag
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