It's Friday. I need music.
Because I'm obviously having trouble commenting on all of the fine suggestions from Friday Music each week, I'm going to change up the format for a while. Commenting on posted suggestions is open to everyone.
In the spirit of this free-for-all approach, today's topic will be determined by the first person to pose one. As always, please post links as well.
Ooh, ooh!!!!! How about Politics, in honor of the debate last night.
ReplyDeletePolitics it is, Rebecca -- thanks!
ReplyDeleteSweet. Here goes:
ReplyDeleteFaithless -- Weapon of Mass Destruction
Flobots --Handlebars
Youssou N'dour and Nenah Cherry --Wake Up, it's Africa Calling (Darfur, anyone? Anyone?)
Manic Street Preachers -- If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next
HEY!
ReplyDeleteI got a goodie, baby. A real goodie!
Here's one for all those DC cocksuckers who are about to stick it to us.
Just a bill, my ass.
I loved this one... and it f'ing rocks!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're no Jesus, you're no Elvis...
Anything from The Minutemen.
ReplyDeleteI think they have one song that goes "Reagan!" and thats it.
Politics...
ReplyDeleteThis guy is pretty political... play "Love me I'm a Liberal"
And this song by The Decemberists is too!
I hope you like!
This is pretty excellent. I was gonna dedicate Lennon's original to Ms. Palin, but this is even better.
ReplyDeleteRebecca: Timely topic for sure.
ReplyDeleteOnly on Friday Music could Neneh “Buffalo Stance” Cherry also serve up an enlightened song such as this one. A cry for help, which for the most part, still goes unanswered.
I liked the Manic Street Preachers tune enough to listen to check them out a little more, and “Motorcycle Emptiness” was another cool one. Flobots….yes, please.
crusselldrums: I just watched the HD Incubus special at Red Rocks again last week and this is one of my favorites as well….especially live.
melissavina: Kevin Devine’s voice mimics the folksy 60’s anti-war songs that this topic begs for.
erin: Don’t get me wrong here. I always appreciate some Schoolhouse Rock, but what the hell? I thought for sure we were going to get some hippy chick, antiestablishment, stick-it-to-the-man, viva la revolution, burn my bra, kick in the balls type tunes. Are you going soft?
My youth was influenced greatly by music expressing political views. Even though I was ignorant to most of the real world, it would still plant seeds into my conscience that I would not fully appreciate until much later in my life. A lot of it was normal rebellion, and anger expressed from lack of control, but I remember asking political and social questions that made most my friends tell me to, “Shut the fuck up and just drink your beer.”
Maybe that is why I’m still so defiantly independent and hate when people try to tell me what to think or believe. Don’t tread on me, baby.
Bruce Cockburn
Call it Democracy
Dead Kennedys
Holiday in Cambodia
Lou Reed
Strawman
Bob Dylan
Masters of War
Billy Bragg
Between the Wars
SOAD
BYOB
U2
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Clash: Lou Reed's "New York" record was a defining moment for me. Glad someone else is a fan.
ReplyDeleteTwo Tribes—Frankie Goes To Hollywood
ReplyDeleteYou can't mention politics without having Jello in there somewhere.
California Uber Alles—Dead Kennedys
Land of Confusion—Genesis
tuth+gnail: I've always been partial to the sequel
ReplyDeleteHere's mine for this week -- a huge song from my childhood.
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