Look what we’ve become – Grace Potter (2015) d369
Thanks @PacificCommSol for the suggestion. They told us to keep it quiet And said our day would never come So we screamed our bloody lungs out and ran straight for the sun
Every kinda people – Robert Palmer (1978) d331
Thanks Steve for the suggestion. 1978 video uploaded by the director – Lyrics under the video are worth the Read, excerpt below: Someone’s looking for a lead In his duty to a King or to a creed Protecting what he feels is right Fights against wrong with his life There’s no profit in deceit Honest […]
Immigrants (we get the job done) – K’naan featuring Residente, Riz MC & Snow Tha Product (2016) d230
Continuing our attention to labor, with a dash of economic justification for #DefendDACA, from The Hamilton Mixtape.
One of us – New Politics (2017) d183
Everybody needs a place to call their home. Everybody needs someone to call their own. Even when you’re lonely, know you’re not alone. You’re one of us, one of us, one of us, One of us.
I decide – The Julie Ruin (2016) d113
Another one from Beth: “This is my favorite Women’s Rock Band of all time!”
Fortunate son – River Whyless [CCR cover] (2017) d55
The HopeinExile braintrust (such as it is) is gathered in San Diego for the World Baseball Classic. Ron’s pick this morning is a CCR cover. “In using footage from the Women’s March on Washington (and our hometown of Asheville) for our rendition of CCR’s “Fortunate Son,” our goal is to help speak truth to […]
Future love paradise – Seal (1991) d45
Thanks Alison for the suggestion. This isn’t the last we’ll hear of Seal. “Don’t you know that racism has a minimum future, kids, can only lead to no good, to no good. Besides your sons and daughters already know how that feels.”
… is a star (from “Moonlight”) – Boris Gardiner (1974) d38
Barry Jenkins, Director, Moonlight: The first time I heard “Every Nigger Is a Star,” like most people, was on Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly. A lot of the music in the film was actually written into the screenplay, but this was not. We were going through post-production and I felt like we had to rage […]
A guy named Joe – Coyote Grace (2006) d34
In light of the latest Presidential injustice, I googled “transgender protest songs.” Who am I to change my life? Who am I to fuck with form? Who am I to weather a storm? But I go slow. I said goodbye to everyone I know. And one morning I awoke, and I was this guy named […]
God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash (2003) d23
Alison suggested this one, saying “I might have to listen to this every day – just for re-assurance.” Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter. Tell ’em that God’s gonna cut ’em down
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