Login HereWell I'm in NYC today for my CMJ panel with George Clinton and Gibby Hanes so I won't see your comments until Sunday, but please don't let that dampen the party. This week's podcast is to further inspire the troops for this Tuesdays election. What's your favorite stand up and fight anthems? These are some of mine.
I'd love to hear your comments in the comments section. PEACE and POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
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donita!
As he soft shoes slowly of the stage, with the O clutched to his bosom.
To the applause of the crowd. Heh
Jeffreyw, did you ever get to the bottom of the Obama/Rezko thing? Read Kass’s Trib column of yesterday.
Get Up Stand Up Marley
Volunteers Airplane
Up Against the Wall MC5
We Should Be Together Airplane
Won’t Get Fooled Again Who
Hee hee, no cookies in the oven today, making do with fig newtons.
Masters of War
Ballad of a Thin Man
Times are a Changin
Blowin in the Wind
I can’t listen to music at work, but I can rock to this:
One of the great entertainments to watch just before an upheaval election is list of candidates who want to make sure they lose their dignity ahead of losing their seat. Along those lines is Rep. Deborah Pryce, number four in the House leadership who’s just announced that “What’s happening in Iraq is not a direct reflection on me.” And you know it’s good because those were actually her prepared remarks her campaign sent CNN after the interview. During the live session, in the midst of answering, she wigged out and declared the interview over.
– Josh Marshall
Go Mary Jo Kilroy!
I can’t wait for the latest Republican talking point: Everyone knows that 49-year-old gay prostitutes give the best massages. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Sparkles the Iguana @ 3
I did some reading, looks like that fellow is an Abramhof wanna be. Downstaters like me don’t pay much mind to the snakes up in Chicago.
Looks as if Obama needs to be a tad more circumspect with his personal financial dealings.
Not a stand up and fight anthem, but pretty amazing:
Tony Royster Jr.
“Red Right Hand” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Universal Soldier Donovan
I ain’t Marchin any More Phil Ochs
Liberation Chicago Transit Authority
sofistic (I think) shared this video yesterday and I really like it. It’s Kris Kristofferson and will make you angry and sad, but it is worth a listen and may convince others you know to GOTV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rxm17Soz3c
Hi Donita and thanks for the music and the visit!
“Takin’ It To The Streets”, MMacD and the D Dros.
Ack! Podcast quit for me during Reason Is Treason.
Who Cares What You Think: The Movie
Gibby Hanes was revving up the venues in Austin with the Butthole Surfers when I lived there in the late 80’s. Fun Times, I tell ya.
“Born In The USA” - Bruce Springsteen
“Know Your Rights” - The Clash
“The Man’s Too Strong” - Dire Straits
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
The Power Of Equality
(you tube)
I’ve got a soul
That can not sleep
At night when something
Just ain’t right
Blood red
But without sight
Exploding egos
In the night
Mix like sticks
Of dynamite
Red black or white
This is my fight
Come on courage
Let’s be heard
Turn feelings
Into words
American equality
Has always been sour
An attitude
I would like to devour
My name is peace
This is my hour
Can I get
Just a little bit of power
[Chorus]
The power of equality
Is not yet what it ought to be
It fills me up like a hollow tree
The power of equality
Right or wrong
My song is strong
You don’t like it
Get along
Say what I want
Do what I can
Death to the message
Of the Ku Klux Klan
I don’t buy supremacy
Media chief
You menance me
The people you say
Cause all the crime
Wake up motherfucker
And smell the slime
Blackest anger
Whitest fear
Can you hear me
Am I clear
My name is peace
This is my hour
Can I get
Just a little bit of power
[Chorus]
I’ve got tapes
I’ve got c.d.’s
I’ve got my Public Enemy
My lilly white ass
Is tickled pink
When I listen to the music
That makes me think
Not another
Motherfuckin’ politician
Doin’ nothin’ but something
For his own ambition
Never touch
The sound we make
Soul sacred love
Vows that we take
To create straight
What is true
Yo he’s with me
And what I do
My name is peace
This is my hour
Can I get
Just a little bit of power
[Chorus]
Madder than a motherfucker
Lick my finger
Can’t forget
‘Cause the memory lingers
Count ‘em off quick
Little piccadilly sickness
Take me to the hick
Eat my thickness
I’ve got a welt
From the Bible belt
Dealing with the hand
That I’ve been dealt
Sitting in the grip
Of a killing fist
Giving up blood
Just to exist
Rub me wrong
And I get pissed
No I can not
Get to this
People in pain
I do not dig it
Change of brain
For Mr. Bigot
Little brother do you hear me
Have a heart oh come get near me
Misery is not my friend
But I’ll break before I bend
What I see is insanity
Whatever happened to humanity
volunteers
OT: Another question for the heterosexual married men: Would you really try to get away with, “It was just a massage, honey. Nothing to it.”? Go ahead, try. Then refer your wife to his website: http://pageoneq.com/news/2006/page110207.html
Eve of Destruction– McGuire
Redemption Song– Marley
(oops - in moderation with too many lyrics):
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Power of Equality
Speaking of Gibby Hanes (and Ministry), I’d like to dedicate one to Rev. Haggard:
“Jesus Built My Hotrod”
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Revolution - The Beatles
Someone dug this up on another blog:
http://www.ccn.tv/images/images1/MarriageEmail.gif
thanks, mod(s)!
Frank Probst @ 21
“When the Broadway shows play in town, the cast and crew call upon me for massage.”
It’s like a code, but I just can’t figure out what he’s getting at…
Shez @ 25
A totem pole of smarm!
Frank Probst @ 9
And I threw those drugs away. Never used ‘em… Nope… Never did…
Lovers in a Dangerstein Time
Oh and I Blame Clinton ;)
Power to the People — John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band
Independence Day — Martina McBride
Everyday People — Sly and the Family Stone
“Hi Mike, this is Art,” one call began, according to the station. “Hey, I was just calling to see if we could get any more. Either $100 or $200 supply.”
A second message, left a few hours later, began: “Hi Mike, this is Art, I am here in Denver and sorry that I missed you. But as I said, if you want to go ahead and get the stuff, then that would be great. And I’ll get it sometime next week or the week after or whenever.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....llegations
Doh
Go4 - To Hell with Poverty
In this land
Right now
Some are insane
And they’re in charge
Concrete Jungle - The Specials
Motive (”Motivated”) - Zebda - a franco-north african group who updated a rousing song from the Resistance. here’s a mediocre you tube of it.
lyrics, in French.translated excerpt:
And I thought “I didn’t inhale” was lame
Perfectly credible.
Mwa Ha Ha
Marion in Savannah @ 31
Then , of course
Heaven 17 - (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
So…if you’re not already sick of the Haggard scandal, I found a video clip that is totally creepy. It’s from a movie by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, and shows the disturbing personality of Ted Haggard in full bloom. It’s only five minutes, but it is worth watching…
(clip is here)
steve earle - the revolution starts now.
Election Fave Spins:
“I am the Cosmos” - Chris Bell (how could I not?)
“Get up, get into it, get involved” - James Brown
“Give the People what they want” - O’Jays
“You’re the Man” - Marvin Gaye
and this James Tate poem, which I find very appropriate:
WAKE UP
For November it is November,
you were always so proud of that.
It’s the first cold day
of a cold day’s insistence,
the crisp tautness you’ve waited for.
There you are, wrapped:
you have good sense, yes,
you’ve been anxious for something like this.
What’s Goin On Marvin Gay
Back in the World Curtis Mayfield
Say it Loud James Brown
Ball of Confusion Temps
Hey Donita,
Whats the instrumental track under the intro.
(Apologies in advance if it’s yers)
NEY: I’M OUTTA HERE
Rep. Bob Ney, facing certain expulsion from the House after being convicted of two felonies in relation to the Jack Abramoff scandal, said on Friday he will resign by the end of the day
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001933.php
Thanks, I was feelin pretty old.
sticky @ 40
For title, at least, if not content: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised — The Revolution Will be Live.” Gil Scott Heron
“I blame
Bill ClintonJohn Kerry”Real Compared to What - Eddie Harris and Les McCann
I mock your Temptations’ Ball of Confusion with THIS:
Ball of Confusion
Bob Ney (R) resigning by end of the day:
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001933.php
That’s quite big of Ney to put his resignation at the front of the news just a few days before election day. Interesting timing.
Donita, I love MOST of your choices, but I still don’t like rap or hip-hop. Ok, I’ve given it a chance but it still grates on my nerves like nails on a chalkboard. Sorry, call me hopelessly uncool but I just can’t see any redeeming value in Public Enemy’s hit. That’s fine, right? I don’t have to buy it or listen to it. But could someone please tell me why this stuff is popular to begin with? If I was interested in bad, rhyming poetry, I’d read it. I can’t stand the lack of musicianship in rap. I don’t care if it is cultural or urban or requires a particular point of view. It just sounds like bad music to me. Couldn’t it be all of those things and sound good?
Ok, I’m sorry, it I’ve offended anyone. I just had to get that off my chest.
Uggg
I like to watch the returns with the tv muted, listening to Ray—America the Beautiful.
Then there is always the Asylum Street Spankers doing “Stick a Yellow Ribbon up your SUV”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmsOIjzQ1V8
punaise @ 47
Yeah, P. Al Jarreau (sp) does a kick-ass version, too.
tearin up the goddamn nation!
punaise @ 48
portia.vz @
52
I’ve been exposed to a fair amount of rap / hip hop via punaise jr., and I’ve grown to like much of it. not the gangsta mysogynist stuff, but the jazzier funkier side.
Have fun at the conference… I’ll never forget the time I accidentally ran into George Clinton. Nothing like having someone tap you on the shoulder from behind only to turn around and see Dr. Funkenstein himself staring you in the face!
Yes and some folks like Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck doing “People Get Ready”.
Evil Parallel Universe @ 49
portia.vz @
52
I’m always amused when I hear this kind of thing about music — even when I’ve said it myself. It amuses me because this exact sentiment has been expressed about every new musical style in known history (even classical, back when it was new!)
Those are good songs Donita. I still say “Idependent Worm Saloon” is one of the best record titles ever. I brought a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgAbrhAI7I
Stand up and fight anthems?
Rage Against the Machine. The entire catalogue. If you don’t want to go and take out some right-wing ass after listening to “Killing in the Name of…” stop breathing now. Michael Moore did a video for “Sleep Now in the Fire” that has to be seen to be believed. During the filming of it, Rage stormed the New York Stock Exchange, causing it to shut down for the day. Other bands have talked about being political. Rage really was. I miss them. I miss them so much (Zach–come back! We need you!).
The “new” incarnation of RATM, Audioslave, does great political things still (the successful Taco Bell protest!), but they’re not RATM.
System of a Down: Boom! Aside: Michael Moore did an incredible job with the video for this song, using news footage from around the world of people protesting the Iraq war in Feb. 2003 interspersed with footage of ordinary people and SOD speaking against the war during the protests. It was awesome. SOD is almost worthy enough to assume the mantle Rage discarded when they broke up.
jinny @ 50
Yessirree! It’s “Take Out The Trash” Friday all right!
seepeesate @ 60
And like any genre, it has it’s exceptional forms and it’s, uh, baser forms.
Old Public Enemy is tops for it’s style, though… nobody could rock an sp1200 like those guys.
I consider this the first rap song.
Zappa
Well I’m about to get sick
From watchin’ my TV
Been checkin’ out the news
Until my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day
Is just another rotten mess
And when it’s gonna change, my friend
Is anybody’s guess
So I’m watchin’ and I’m waitin’
Hopin’ for the best
Even think I’ll go to prayin’
Every time I hear ‘em sayin’
That there’s no way to delay
That trouble comin’ every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin’ every day
Wednesday I watched the riot . . .
Seen the cops out on the street
Watched ‘em throwin’ rocks and stuff
And chokin’ in the heat
Listened to reports
About the whisky passin’ ’round
Seen the smoke and fire
And the market burnin’ down
Watched while everybody
On his street would take a turn
To stomp and smash and bash and crash
And slash and bust and burn
And I’m watchin’ and I’m waitin’
Hopin’ for the best
Even think I’ll go to prayin’
Every time I hear ‘em sayin’
That there’s no way to delay
That trouble comin’ every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin’ every day
Well, you can cool it,
You can heat it . . .
‘Cause, baby, I don’t need it . . .
Take your TV tube and eat it
‘N all that phony stuff on sports
‘N all the unconfirmed reports
You know I watched that rotten box
Until my head begin to hurt
From checkin’ out the way
The newsman say they get the dirt
Before the guys on channel so-and-so
And further they assert
That any show they’ll interrupt
To bring you news if it comes up
They say that if the place blows up
They will be the first to tell,
Because the boys they got downtown
Are workin’ hard and doin’ swell,
And if anybody gets the news
Before it hits the street,
They say that no one blabs it faster
Their coverage can’t be beat
And if another woman driver
Gets machine-gunned from her seat
They’ll send some joker with a brownie
And you’ll see it all complete
So I’m watchin’ and I’m waitin’
Hopin’ for the best
Even think I’ll go to prayin’
Every time I hear ‘em sayin’
That there’s no way to delay
That trouble comin’ every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin’ every day
Hey, you know something people?
I’m not black
But there’s a whole lots a times
I wish I could say I’m not white
Well, I seen the fires burnin’
And the local people turnin’
On the merchants and the shops
Who used to sell their brooms and mops
And every other household item
Watched the mob just turn and bite ‘em
And they say it served ‘em right
Because a few of them are white,
And it’s the same across the nation
Black and white discrimination
Yellin’ “You can’t understand me!”
‘N all that other jazz they hand me
In the papers and TV and
All that mass stupidity
That seems to grow more every day
Each time you hear some nitwit say
He wants to go and do you in
Because the color of your skin
Just don’t appeal to him
(No matter if it’s black or white)
Because he’s out for blood tonight
.
Ten Years After - I’d Love to Change the World
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Peterr @ 63
Peterr called his shot earlier a la Babe Ruth
People Have the Power — Patti Smith
You know we gotta sit around at home
And watch this thing begin
But I bet there won’t be many left
To see it really end
‘Cause the fire in the street
Ain’t like the fire in my heart
And in the eyes of all these people
Don’t you know that this could start
On any street in any town
In any state if any clown
Decides that now’s the time to fight
For some ideal he thinks is right
And if a million more agree
There ain’t no great society
As it applies to you and me
Our country isn’t free
And the law refuses to see
If all that you can ever be
Is just a lousy janitor
Unless your uncle owns a store
You know that five in every four
Just one amount and nothin’ more
Don’t watch the rats go across the floor
And make up songs about being poor
Blow you harmonica son!
I fought the law - MC5
Life during wartime - Talking Heads
bdu @ 64
Ahh, too true. The 80-20 rule (80% of everything is crap) is universal.
Neil Young / CSNY - Ohio
CMJ? You mean people really go to that still? Why? I thought all those industry junket events-errrr-”conventions” died out, more or less.
Oh well, I’m sure the discussion is fascinating. All about how to convert CMJ play into P1 spins and probably lots of talk of that whole new “digital delivery” thingie the kids keep going on about.
Amazing song - very powerful - from a remarkable man. It’ll make you cry ~~
Artist: Ochs, Phil
Lyrics for Song: Power and Glory
Lyrics for Album: There But for Fortune
Come and take a walk with me thru this green and growing land
Walk thru the meadows and the mountains and the sand
Walk thru the valleys and the rivers and the plains
Walk thru the sun and walk thru the rain
Here is a land full of power and glory
Beauty that words cannot recall
Oh her power shall rest on the strength of her freedom
Her glory shall rest on us all (on us all)
From Colorado, Kansas, and the Carolinas too
Virginia and Alaska, from the old to the new
Texas and Ohio and the California shore
Tell me, who could ask for more?
Yet she’s only as rich as the poorest of her poor
Only as free as the padlocked prison door
Only as strong as our love for this land
Only as tall as we stand
(additional verse supplied by Sonny Oches)
But our land is still troubled by men who have to hate
They twist away our freedom & they twist away our fate
Fear is their weapon and treason is their cry
We can stop them if we try
*
portia.vz @ 52
Sometimes, the way to get into rap is to do it via a “normal” song that a rap band does. Did you like a recent pop hit called,”Hey Ya?’
Well, it’s done by a rap group, OutKast, from the album Speakerboxx/Love Down Below. Also on the album is a seductive song called, “The Way You Move.” It sounds like what would happen if you crossed Earth Wind and Fire with rap. There are raps speaking out against the war, rap about the usual rap stuff (partying and being badass)…and funny snippets in between tunes, like Andre praying to God…only to find out God is a WOMAN.
Try listening to a few selections from that album, and maybe you can move on to some of the “other” rap, like Deltron 3000 (extremely political rapper). It’s not all gangstas and bitches and hos in rap. A lot of them discuss very serious issues, and from a point of view most liberals would agree with.
Another avenue to help understand rap better is to dig into some blue-eyed rap, which is the rap of white guys, aka nu metal. Rage Against the Machine is without a doubt the best attempt of merging rock and rap. If you’re leery, this might be an incentive to give them a listen: They were the most political band ever to sign a contract in America. And they had one of the best guitarists any band has ever had. Check ‘em out!
“Sometimes, the way to get into rap is to do it via a “normal” song that a rap band does. Did you like a recent pop hit called,”Hey Ya?’”
Agree completely. Became not a convert but at least a tolerator with Quincy Jones ‘95 “Jook Joint” release. Bought it just for “Killer Joe” but came to appreciate a couple other rap-oriented other tunes.
I think Chuck D had the best rap delivery.
revolution
fight the power
and all of Billy Braggs cd - talking to the taxman about poetry
Everythingseemssoneat @ 77
Chuck D’s got the power of the “preacher’s voice”, a style that’s hooked listeners since long before old white record label execs began making money by selling records to young black folks.
The only thing that bothers me about rap, is the boom-boxes sometimes associated with it. I don’t particularly like being forced to listen to other folks music, no matter the genre. And later in their lives many of these boom-boxers are going to pay quite a price in hearing loss.
LJ/Aquaria @ 75
Believe it or not, this was my gateway song: By The Time I Get to Arizona, mashed up by The Evolution Control Committee. You can hear the whole album here.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 80
One of the funniest things to happen to me recently was being next to a car at a light that was booming…Christian rock. That was kind of an, “Oh God, I may be in Kansas after all” moment.
Waiting Room - Fugazi
I Will Refuse - Pailhead
Smothered Hope - Skinny Puppy
Invincible - Pat Benatar
Adrenochrome - The Sisters of Mercy
speaking of Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side, I like the way its bass line was sampled to become the foundation of “Can I Kick It?” by A Tribe Called Quest
seepeesate @
81
OMG! That song’s incredible! It’s like Lawrence Welk meets rap. Gotta have it! Thanks!
I figure most of you were familiar with the other songs on my list, but this one is a bit more obscure, and undeservedly so:
I’m just and ageing drummer boy
And in the wars I used to play
And I’ve called the tune
To many a torture session
Now they say I am a war criminal
And I’m fading away
Father please hear my confession
I have legalised robbery
Called it a belief
I have run with the money
And hid like a thief
I have re-written history
With my armies and my crooks
Invented memories
I did burn all the books
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man’s too big
The man’s too strong
Well I have tried to be meek
And I have tried to be mild
But I spat like a woman
And sulked like a child
I have lived behind walls
That have made me alone
Striven for peace
Which I have never known
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man’s too big
The man’s too strong
Well the sun rose on the courtyard
And they all did hear him say
‘You always were a Judas
But I got you anyway
You may have got your silver
But I swear upon my life
Your sister gave me diamonds
And I gave them to your wife’
Oh father please help me
For I have done wrong
The man’s too big
The man’s too strong
Scarier now than it was back then, but it’s an affirmation that what we do lives on, and that there’s a lot more to the human will than many people who believe they’re strong think there is.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 80
Shhh…. Don’t let them know… We also do hearing tests and sell hearing aids in the medical practice where I work, and we’re banking on those folks to keep us in clover…
Kick out the Jams: MC5
Not ready to make nice: Dixie Chicks
Black Freighter: Nina Simone
Chuck D with Son of a Bush in Quicktime
Yea, and Killing in the Name by Rage rawks!
Well, vanamose a lunche (sp?)
L8r
oh my . . . the video of haggerd in his car with his wife and three kids . . . lying thru his teeth is fucking startling.
sure he bought meth from a trick but did not use it. WHAT????
damn . . . jesus is rolling over in his paradise.
Beastie Boys - Fight for the Right (to Party)
(just kidding….)
Portia, et al.
For me it started with the words. I am still not exactly ‘into’ rap, but I am getting there. By which I mean, it no longer sounds all the same to me ; ) My intro was via slam poetry when we hauled harpsichord for our favourite neo-cabaret orchestra. Our guys were the headliners, one of the opening acts was Vancouver-based The Fugitives. Amazing, amazing show, I couldn’t find my socks for a week. After that rap & hip-hop and such just sort of started making sense.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 80
No moreso than everyone running around with their iPod ear buds banging away.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to stick a transducer *in* our ear…
Hell, I can’t even listen to “closed-ear” headphones for very long without my ears bugging me. If it must be “private”, it’s got to be the “open-ear” type for me, and really that’s better for my hearing anyhow.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 80
Boomboxes are like, sooo 1970’s
nowadays one is assaulted by iPod earspray
(of course the primary listener is even more likely to suffer long-term hearing loss)
I’m surprised more Clash hasn’t been posted -
The Card Cheat, which closes with these lines:
Man of God - Eliza Gilkyson (Austin singer/songwriter) from her Paradise Hotel CD
One of the best anti-W songs I’ve heard….
oh,
and outKast roKKs
^_^
Oh, how about Ludlow Massacre
really going to lunch now
i heart jane @ 90, that is so cruel to question Haggard with his wife and children in the car. They don’t deserve that. His wife must be worse than heartbroken. Some here said she knew about him but that may not be true at all and, even if it is true, it doesn’t lessen the hurt she must feel. Decency is in short supply these days.
Boomboxes and ipods now; hearing aids later. It’ a matter of priority. At least ipods don’t rattle my house and everything in it.
Evil Parallel Universe @ 95
and I’ve been looking for:
(Guns of Brixton)
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EPU!
TPM:
i heart jane @
90
And Bob Ney just announced he’s resigning at the end of today’s workday!
kirk murphy @ 100
I cited excerpts of “Clampdown” on the previous thread, re the LieberThugs.
I’m a poet, and the thing that amazes me about rap is the use of rhythm/meter and internal phonetic rhyme patterns. They listen to the sound of language, and the use of meter and rhythm to mirror tone and the velocity of thought is what I appreciate. Most of the lyrics, eh.
Sally @ 98
i agree; but; i do not blame the reporter. haggert did not need to stop his car and take the questions. what was he thinking???
this is a sick man. i predict REHAB!
what you need is “hip hop for people who don’t like hip hop”!
Try Digable Planets’ “Blowout Comb” lp, or J-Dilla’s “Donuts” (which is mostly instrumental). Other great stuff that may move you: Pete Rock and CL Smooth (the first two albums are cuddly-nice), or A Tribe Called Quest’s “Midnight Marauders.”
To LJ/AQUARIA - My vote for the best hip-hop/rock combo is Cypress Hill.
Whoever said Chuck D has great delivery is right. Whoever said the BombSquad’s production is amazing is right (for great production, see also: Pete Rock,