Power and glory – Phil Ochs (1964) d247
Phil Ochs and Colin Kaepernick get it right. Yet our land is still troubled by men who have to hate. They twist away our freedom and they twist away our fate. Fear is their weapon and treason is their cry. We can stop them if we try.
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.
Golden – Jill Scott (2004) d221
I’m holding on to my freedom; Can’t take it from me. I was born into it; It comes naturally.
If everyone cared – Nickleback (2005) d202
There are a lot of Nickleback jokes out there. This is not one of them. Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I’m alive. Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I’m alive.
Thorn in your side – Namoli Brennet (2004) d188
45 announces a ban on transgendered persons serving in the military. Some people stay, some people flee, some see the enemy Some people find a solace in their ideology Some people see a world encumbered by diversity
The body electric – Hurray for the Riff Raff (2014) d170
Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Lee Segarra penned this song about the history of violence toward women and persons of color in song, particularly in folk music. As she told NPR in December 2014: “There is a weaponization of the body happening right now in America. Our bodies are being turned against us. Black […]
I am a Patriot – Little Steven (1984) d166
Did he say this in 1984 or yesterday? “There’s wild things going on these days. We’ve got something going on in America, they call it ‘new patriotism.’ But it don’t look like new patriotism to me; it looks like blind nationalism. And that ain’t right. That’s not what patriotism is all about.”
If I had a hammer – Pete Seeger (1956) d159
Well, I’ve got a hammer And I’ve got a bell And I’ve got a song to sing All over this land It’s the hammer of justice It’s the bell of freedom It’s a song about love between My brothers and my sisters All over this land It’s a hammer of justice It’s a bell of […]
Everyone is gay – A Great Big World (2014) d156
Pride Weekend – Part 2 “Make a world we can live in, where the one who you loves not an issue” And then there is this song — so full of joy. The top YouTube comment says “Play this at my wedding,” and the followup says “Play this at my wedding, my funeral, my pregnancy, […]
Glad to be gay – Tom Robinson (1979) d155
Pride Weekend – Part 1 “You don’t have to be gay to sing on this chorus … but it helps.” This is maybe the first exposure I had to homosexuality in pop culture, on the “Secret Policeman’s Ball” record in support of Amnesty International. I bought the record to get the live acoustic versions of […]
