On February - 4 - 2011
With the fight for democracy spreading across the Middle East and folks in this country taking on the tyrannical forces that be, it’s time to show our solidarity with those who are willing to fight the power.
So to kick off this theme, here are a few faves of mine, beginning with the namesake of this thread:
Revolution -- Beatles
All You Fascists Bound To Lose -- Woody Guthrie
Keep On Rockin In The Free World -- Neil Young & Pearl Jam
Power to the People -- John Lennon
Your turn!
Categories: Music Thread
Kalima
choicelady
bito
Khirad
kesmarn
AlphaBitch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp-qDcQU6sQ
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Arab Classical sung by Egyptian singers.
Amal Maher -- Ruins
Ghada Ragab -- The Narrative of Love
This type of music moves me in ways Western Classical just never will. Can’t compare the two, but there just seems to be a whole other range of emotions captured in the different tuning, scales and expression. And the drama!
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Some more Amr Diab.
Habibi Ya Nour El Ain
w/ English translation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiIjau-0wWI
Kalby Ekhtarak لبى اختارك
Now compare that last one with this.
Okay enough for ladies. Back to MY favorite Egyptian.
Wow…it’s not hard at all to connect the dots from the Middle East to Spain, when it comes to music, is it, Khirad? On numbers 2 and 3, you fully expect a little Santana guitar riff in the middle!
And I’m sure you are merely admiring Miss Ruby’s…”flexibility,” no?
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Do You Hear the People Sing?
From Les Miserables
17 Jean Valjeans!
Sally Field
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Norma Rae
Patsy, I loved the Les Miserable one. You can never have too many Jean Valjeans!
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Sing-along in Tahrir Square!
كلنا يد واحدة
طلبنا حاجة واحدة
إرحل إرحل
يسقط يسقط حسني مبارك
الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام
هو يمشي…أمشي؟
Kulina yad wāḥda
Ṭalabna ḥāga wāḥda
Irḥalu, irḥal
Yasquṭ, yasquṭ Husnī Mubārak
Ash-sha’b yurīd isqaṭ an-niẓām
Huwa yamshī, mushna amshī
We all, one hand
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Requested one thing
Leave, leave!
Down, down, Hosni Mubarak
The people want to dismantle the regime
He is going, we aren’t going.
The more I see of the Egyptian people, the more I think I am beginning to fall in love with them.
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And to think I haven’t posted any Amr Diab yet!
This guy is an Arab pop super star. He’s like SUPER famous throughout the Arab world and beyond.
And, he’s Egyptian.
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Thanks, Khirad. A talented guy — and it doesn’t hurt that he’s a cutie, too! Isn’t it amazing that those trills and grace notes in his singing style have been around in traditional ME/Eastern music for hundreds of years? It’s a very distinct singing style, and I think you almost have to be born into it, to be able to do it right.
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Ohhh He is cool!
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http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=198225923527527
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DropKick Murphys…. The Worker’s Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTafZRecy2k
“Dedicated to All working folk, Including Myself”
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DropKick Murphys….. The Worker’s Song
“Decicated to All working Folk, Including Myself”
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Anniversary Song…. PinHead GunPowder
Hey Folks… I thought it a Good Idea to type in the lyrics for this tune…. Enjoy….
I DROVE A WEDGE BETWEEN THE DAY AND NIGHT
MY FEAR IS CASTING A SHADOW
THIS GUILT TRIP’S DRIVING DOWN THE STREET TONIGHT
MY SPIRIT TAKES ME THROUGH THIS AVENUE
THE TIME HAS COME TODAY
BUT I STOPPED TWO BLOCKS AWAY
SOMEDAY I WILL RETURN
TO THE ASHES THAT I BURNED
TO SING A SONG OF LOVE AND SORROW
I WAS PUMMELED IN THIS HOUSE OF PAIN
BUT I SURVIVED THE WARS I WAGED
AND I’VE SCREAMED WITH ALL THE SPIT
THAT’S ON THIS STAGE
“THIS OPEN HEART IS BACK TOMORROW”
THE TIME HAS COME TODAY
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BUT I STOPPED TWO BLOCKS AWAY
SOMEDAY I WILL RETURN
TO THE ASHES THAT I BURNED
TO SING A SONG OF LOVE AND SORROW
Two more classics:
Won’t Get Fooled Again -- The Who
For What It’s Worth -- Buffalo Springfield
AdLib…. Thanks, Great Tunes…
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Diana Ross — We Shall Overcome
Peter, Paul and Mary
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Live Washington Peace March 1971
Smothers Brothers
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Pretty subversive, Patsy, no wonder they got thrown off the air.
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Tracy Chapman