Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV by The Asylum Street Spankers.
The response to We Fight Back and We Fight Back II has been phenomenal with over 160 submissions. Your selections ran the gamut from rap to opera with very respectable representation of rock and folk.
We did not want to leave you humming the thinking music from Jeopardy while Eureka Springs and I tried to whittle the submissions down to a more easily managed number. We want the list to reflect what you felt absolutely positively should be included in the upcoming vote.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to submit the names of your top 3 choices in the comments on this thread.
The accounting firm of Grabbin, Cash, & Runsfast will begin the tabulation of this semi-final round starting at 3pm (Pacific) Friday afternoon. The videos listed most often in this comment thread will be among the finalists. Grabbin, Cash are an old fashioned paper and pencil firm and not very computer savvy. Links confuse them, so please help by including the names of the songs and artists in your comments. All eligible submissions can be found in the comments of We Fight Back and We Fight Back II .
As always, feel free to chime in with snark, news, or whatever else might be on your mind. This is Late Late Nite, where off topic is always encouraged. Actually, while we’re thinking about it, here’s a completely different way to lend your own voice of protest to a cause that affects us all.
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Hey Suzanne. Nice post.
Let’er rip, Suz!
I just saw this:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3843367
People should Digg that story. Sean Insanity isn’t such a swell guy it seems.
I love this song.
time for me to go to sleep. night all.
pain free sleep wishes, tex.
Suz -
Most excellent choice of accounting firms. Left you one final note downstairs.
Thanks, waccamaw, i got references from some of my GOP friends. i wanted this to be a bi-partisan protest vote.
thanks suzanne.
Can I put one more in the soup? I like this version of American Tune.
Hi Suzanne,
I’ve been bounced out three times just trying to see anything here on Late Late Nite. Is it me?
Christine
Can I still submit songs? I was just getting started!
christine, you might need to dump your cache and see if that helps.
Just stopping by to say “Hiya, Pups!” for a few minutes. ETette coming in for the holidays from college later, so we’re sorta cleaning house. As if she’ll care….
Margot and mommybrain, submissions are closed. however, lay what you got on us. you had great songs both nights and i’m hoping some of them make the final tally.
i was gonna use this one in a post but i saw TGNB put it up late last nite.
Glad to see ya found these guys.
Guantanamera
The Sandpipers
Bring Them Home Pete Seeger
No Man’s Land Dropkick Murphys
ET, she’s gonna want an empty washer/dryer and a full fridge and pantry.
Doesn’t anyone have 3 favs? My personal favorites list has been whittled down from over 160 to 34.
I was thinking I have to include Neil Youngs Impeach the President and Dixie Chicks Not Ready to Make Nice. Oh, and the John Prine Flag Decal and the John Lennon and how do I pick just one Dylan or one CSNY?
oy
rapeco (aka Halliburton) issued an internal memorandum attacking their victim today
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blot…..038;page=1
figures. I’m just waiting for shrub to invoke the state security rule on the poor girl and declare her case unlitigatable.
ET, she’s gonna want an empty washer/dryer and a full fridge and pantry.
She rents a house with four friends, so the washer/dryer thing is covered. I think she’ll come home with an empty suitcase full of hopes. As for the appetite, we’re eating a lot of red meat NOW, ’cause she and pretty much all her college’s – Western Washington University – womens crew team has gone veggie.
Better version:
http://tw3k.net/djfood.mp3
Heh.
Night, all. Crash time for me.
nite pb…
Suz – these are very tough choices.
boo hoo :’( a case corporate news can broadcast?
g’nite PB sleep well
yeah, newton. tougher than eureka springs and i thought it would be. we had no idea we would get so many videos and that every dang one of them was good and deserved a front page post as a winner.
Suzanne, here’s two articles that might interest you:
Senate Kills Bids to Cut Farm Payments
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl…..44,00.html
Arrests Made in Malibu Wildfire
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl…..25,00.html
Just a drive by posting tonite…
thanks, ct.. if i use them in the ticker, you will get a h/t
Bonne Nuit!
My rant on the fiasco on the energy bill in the Senate today. God, am I PISSED!
et, be sure to add your voice to the petition (the last link in my post)
Done…
Ok, the story about the veteran charities keeping too much of the money donated is good, but what does it have to do with Sean Hanity?
thanks et. dc has me totally pissed off with their inaction and inattention to anything other than what they can line their pockets while there (spitting)
The Great Mandala by Peter, Paul and Mary
For What it’s Worth, Buffalo Springfield
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gil Scott-Heron
So hard to whittle down to 3.
thanks margot. yeah, i’m having all kinda troubles whittling down my list.
1. For what it’s worth – Buffalo Springfield
2. Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. Feel like I’m Fixin’ to die rag – Country Joe and the Fish
from your link.
Is she currently going for arbitration – or is is this a pre-emptive statement?
oh good! i was hoping ya’ll were gonna want Country Joe – a true classic and still sadly appropriate.
hi suzanne! just between you, me and the interwebs, this song is pretty incredible
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5aBiaEsNoUo
“Gulf War Song” by Moxy Fruvous
nightynight.
g’nite scarlet and thanks
Oh I forgot Country Joe! Crap.
This is hard.
American Idiot – Green Day
The Revolution will not be televised – gil scott-heron
Getup, Stand Up – Marley
I may change my mind. Don’t count yet.
tell me about it… oy, ok, i’m down from 34 to 28. geez, everyone left is a MUST HAVE keeper
Suz -
Can’t watch vids so preview options are limited; gotta go with what I know:
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (Dylan?)
The Times They Are A’Changin’
Not Ready to Make Nice (from the newer ones) (Dixie Chicks)
Daymn, hard choices there; managed to whittle it down to five so the above are a pick n’ pull in no particular order.
Track pad had decided to take one of its wonky nites (and the mouse ain’t happy either) so I’m outta here. Go well, gang.
PS – Oh, bells, Suz -
Forgot to make a note of artists as requested so filled in as best memory serves; hope you can still use them…too tired to go back and fight with the tpad.
I loved Manu Chao in concert singing his anthem – Clandestino
If FISA fizzles tomorrow, I am going to have a new new late entry unfit for print.
thanks, sleep well and hope your mouse gets happy balls again.
One Old: For What Its Worth
One New: American Idiot
One Dylan too: Masters of War
If FISA fizzles tomorrow, I am going to have a new new late entry unfit for print.
(laughing) better you than me. i get my irish temper in touch with my inner bitch and it is not pretty.
sweet, thanks ratbastahd (have i told you how much i enjoy your name?)
I sent lunch money into Dodds campaign.. he really needs to filibuster old Harry for playing tricks on his hold.
I Ain’t Gonna Fight A Rich Man’s War- Hundred Year Flood
Feel Lke I’m Fixin To Die Rag – Country Joe McDonald
Your Flag Decal Won’t Get you into Heaven Anymore – John Prine
Damn, it’s hard to pick only three.
Evenin’ all !
Hi Suzanne, good luck with the tally. No matter what wins, we need to play ‘em louder and more often!
Good night.
Did we decide whether, Pink – Dear Mr. President is a protest song or not? it’s new to me and quickly becoming a favorite.
I say “hell yes, it’s a protest song!”
But that’s just me. :)
Gawd, I can’t remember the submissions but I’m sure these 3 are there:
Blowing in the Wind – Dylan
The Revolution will not be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
Fight the Power – Public Enemy (not sure if this is on the list, if it’s not then my vote goes to, umm, Country Joe – Fixin to die rag.)
Hi, Petro!
Hiya Suz, how many entries have you had for “Impeach The President” ?
How ya doin’ ?
It’s a protest song, Eureka, and my favorite right now…
Yeah, yeah – CSNY, Country Joe, Joan and Bruce… but-
Pink – Dear Mr. President
Linkin Park – Hands Held High
Peter Yarrow and Richie Havens (song by PP & M) – The Great Mandala
In”honor” of the cowardly Chimp:
“Tie a Yellow Gibbon ‘Round the Old Oak Tree”
back from walking the cutest dog in the world in the friggin 32.9 degree weather. as soon as my fingers thaw out, i’ll note the fav’s ya’ll did while i was gone.
Newt, I FB-ed you.
Oh right, you’ve yet to do the final count … I’ll add my vote to my compatriot for “Impeach The President”.
meh, that’d mean bush was more than a meatpuppet.
fuk his cold slab
This isn’t a protest song, but you might want to bookmark it for later. It’s Mike Malloy reading the Declaration of Independence. It will be the most beautiful 9 minutes you’ll ever spend on youtube.*
Linky
*-YMMV
LOL !!!
Suz … might be an idea for a future post to submit “Pun Songs” … I wonder who would win that ?!!
i hear ya TOW
thanks persi and happy birthday to you, persi!
it IS hard work being the decider, newt
replied. How you, Petro?
nice one pun (laughing)
I’m so glad ya’ll are wanting Impeach the President on the list. tis one of my fav’s
ES, pinks dear mr president is certainly a protest song in my book.
These days, the Barney song is a protest song …
i like! >:]
Hi Suz
Nice post
TOW, that is a thing of beauty. i’ve bookmarked it.
You said Bar…Nee…
;>)
I found a Country Joe website .
At the bottom are a bunch of YouTubes of him.
Bookmark and send to Congresscritters … hmmm … sounds like a plan …
Poor Bar Nee.
707
i think i know what it is and i’m gonna click on it anyway. AGGGGH the burn… it hurts…
707 !!!
Darkblack, you are truly incredible !!!
I’m so glad you and tw3k think so too. I was blown away when I heard him read that on his show, and was ecstatic to find it on youtube.
gah! u bastid!
db, i can just say that i’m glad i doubled the order of brain and eye bleach this week. and glad that you didn’t make it worse with a different face in the little mirror
A keeper! Nice find, and bmarked.
Huge antiwar song site
Suz, don’t give him any more ideas … *g*
You go to war with the faces you have, S.
;>)
I have an early day tomorrow, so good night, lovely firepups. Rock on!
TOW
You go to war with the faces you have, S.
and not the faces you wake up screaming about.
g’nite TOW
fug when did 2.6 kernel turn to shit D:
1. For what it’s worth – Buffalo Springfield
2. Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
thanks smgumby
Although that Pink song is growing on me…
I hear ya, smgumby, the pink is a good one
pet.. is this really how ya’ll do christmas in canada?
The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.23.9
right…
i’ve been going back and forth between 22 n 24 :/
i know this isn’t in the running.
I just had to post it.
The Needle and the Damage Done Neil Young
LOL … Bob and Doug spoofed Americans’ ideas of Canadians to perfection.
I love this song !!!
We do the same things Americans do, only without Guns. *g*
I’ve got a hankering to work with it, if I can find the time…
but I’m still putzing around with gentoo.
http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/bar…..r-1977.mp3
sure, it’s been all i’ve been doing :/
From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..gence-bill
Good God in Heaven, how did it ever come to this?
Um … that’s not what your neighbors tell us … *g*
The White House has threatened a veto.
i see the bully in chief is still having his tantrum. lard have mercy on us.
lol!
Well, it seems to have worked on Harry & Nancy …
Even more surprising is how Congress has capitulated to his tantrums instead of smacking his derriere with the Constitution.
harry & nancy are gonna find out just how mad we can get. they wanna sell us out? we will just have to replace them. vote them out of the game and replace them with spines of steel progressives.
i’m mad as hell and i’m not the only one who is.
It’s a sickness. Our whole country is sick right now.
geez, froomkin’s column today tore nancy and harry new ones with his first sentence/warning shot of Historians looking back on the Bush presidency may well wonder if Congress actually existed.
Was there consensus on which Dem won the debate?
ok pups, i’m still not feeling well (but am better than last nite) i’m going to try to eat something and then head off for a good nights sleep.
g’nite all
Geez, look at the time … gotta get some shuteye … G’ nite all !
Rest and be well, Suz.
Did you catch Glenzilla today:
I apologize for quoting this yet again, but it’s just too good not to savor.
Glenn is a God!
lol, 110th, worse congress eva.
It’s surprising and disgusting.
People need to grow some fucking bark. Stand up to him.
nite suzanne
Well FISA calls to be made in the morning… fortunately i know where to go for the songs which fuel my protests..)
Good nite all fabulous firedogs
nite eureka
you and suzanne did yourselves very proud this week
like when Mr. Greenwald says
empahsis mine.
time to end the co-dependency on the (D) party, and wake up to the reality that a real opposition party is needed.
Let go of the teddy bear, and if it drops, it drops.
The (D)’s will nominate H. Clinton, the candidate most likely to lose, and if they do, people of authentic antiwar principles will be unable to support her candidacy.
Remember the assault against Lebanon a year ago? Clinton was an enthusiastic cheerleader.
Per JWhen I check the links I post I get a 404 error, e.g., this link
http://firedoglake.com/2007/12…..-congress/
Any ideas?
wigwam, links don’t work in preview – they should be clickable when checked in the preview mode but don’t – the techs know and it is on the list. along with edit and others. the list is getting shorter :)
The problem is that A*PAC owns all three of the top dems.
Thanks, Suzanne.
the dems don’t seem to mind taking tha advice of aei.
http://www.aei.org/publication…..detail.asp
perhaps there is some logic there.
Let me guess… Mac user?
I think we are waiting out a fix from the webmaster – it’s a FDLPress-Mac html bug. For instance, your link looks OK in the preview box, but it’s buggered when you click it there. But once it’s published, it is fine. The link you posted works…
link worked fine in ff on linux
Wow! That is so bogus:
Since when does the end justify the means?
Show me where it says that “it is the duty of elected U.S. officials to protect the security of the United States and the life and liberty of its citizenry.” Rather they take an oath to protect the constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. Somehow the neocons at AEI have confused the American people with the sniveling cowards whom Benjamin Franklin conteputuously dismissed: “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
Not on mine. In preview mode the links 404′d when clicked.
Yep. Looks bad in preview, but publishes to public just fine in most cases.
yup, it is called the common defense.
I take these “neocons at AEI” as domestic enemies actively destroying the Consitution.
It is as simple as that and not that hard to see once you look.
Oh, I know it’s too late for submissions and all, but it took a mention on the news that Brush didn’t know about drugs in baseball while he was a team owner to remind me of this one (sorry, no YT either):
Blue-Tail Fly
Good substitute for Hail to the Chief for the duration, no?
War! – Edwin Starr
For What it’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
Wooden Ships – CS&N
just haven’t heard a recent one that really moves me, but sure hunger for new ones.
I know nominations are closed so just for your own edification check out “We Can’t Make it Here” by James McMurtry.
Though apparently too late for the selection, I think some people might like to hear the following anyhow.
Phil Ochs – “I ain’t a Marchin’ anymore”. PO
A more recent Country Joe – “Cakewalk to Bagdad”. Not on youtube but at Country Joe’s Jukebox.
Arlo Guthrie and Shenandoah – “Victor Jara”. VJ
I would have put Woody Guthrie’s “Jarama Valley” but couldn’t find a recording of it on youtube or elsewhere on the net. Other not well-known recordings are Marlene Dietrich singing “Where have all the Flowers Gone” in English and in German on youtube(warning, might bring tears to your eyes). Tom Paxton has also an update of “Lyndon Johnson told the Nation” called “George W. told the Nation”. All on youtube.
Sorry if this is too off topic.
Marlene Dietrich singing “Where have all the Flowers Gone” in English and in German
A fond memory from back in the day.
Found it but…too late.
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
from liner notes: Trouble Every Day…(5:49) is how I feel about racial unrest in general and the Watts situation in particular. It was written during the Watts riot as it developed. I shopped it briefly all over Hollywood but no one would touch it…everybody worries so much about not getting any airplay. My, my.