Music & politics are two of my favorite things. I've been posting some of my favorite songs with political meanings in the makeshift patriot thread, but I figured it was time to make a new thread for anyone whos music has political relevance. So smoke one up ( ) and let the music flow and inspire. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ[/ame]
Did you forget about that other thread called Makeshift Patriot? Anyway, can't have this thread without: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Y9-JlSRXw]YouTube - 2Pac - Changes[/ame]
This is actually a collection of three songs. The first and third are political for sho, but the third one which starts around 6:11 is my contribution to the thread. This whole album is politically motivated and IMO kicks ass. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4yKx7FnG5w"]YouTube - Minutemen - 1985 - 3-Way Tie (For Last) (1/4)[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBkhXtgqyps]YouTube - 'Masters of War" Bob Dylan W/ Lyrics[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Y0ekr-3So&feature=player_detailpage]YouTube - Country Joe's Anti Vietnam War Song Woodstock[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YHq-SevTcQ]YouTube - Immortal Technique- The 4th branch[/ame]
Anything by Immortal Technique honestly. His new album keeps getting pushed back due to the wars. I like him a lot because he's just...true.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBZxtxd-3Hc]YouTube - System of a Down--Soldier Side--Live @ Rogers Arena Vancouver 2011-05-12[/ame] System Of A Down is not that big on videos, so a crappy live-shoot have to do
Every time I see a thread about revolution in this section... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkwgTBrW78]YouTube - Revolution - The Beatles[/ame]
Is he signed under a label pushing him to release a bunch of crap like most artists? Or is he fully independant. I don't mind him pushing back his album. That just means he's making it better... or so I hope.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV7u91A3KGQ]YouTube - Lindy: "No Knock Raid" - a song about the drug war's deadliest tactic.[/ame] YouTube - Lindy: "No Knock Raid" - a song about the drug war's deadliest tactic. Lindy: "No Knock Raid" - a Song About the Drug War's Deadliest Tactic - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Y8IPIFbL8]YouTube - "Zion Triad" - John Brown's Body *studio version[/ame] Your boots kick up the dust / and they will for maybe a thousand days But will never cover blood / it will remain You have convicted us / but we've committed no crime that you say And you cannot ever stop this flood I guarantee You're so predictable / but you make a critical mistake Can't allow the fear to be our fate And you will feel the touch of the many who you incarcerate They will come in greater number, can't you see? So we come / we can take the battle on Break the back of Babylon / children, won't you sing along? Know the real criminal: they come to you and sell their smiling face Together we will reveal and see So won't you join to beat the bastards who betray We can no more live in fear underground for better days We make no noise to keep the dogs where they lay We sing to meditate then lay your powers to waste Ready or not, we come down from the mountain to investigate the story Nothing shake the determination from People bleeding for the zion nation / no, it never fall They become the weaker state and so they call it radical For the poor people / situation now critical Ignorant speaking / still fighting in the media What we're all reaching for / something to deliver us Righteous come to defeat all the beatings of the prisoner Before it's too late We control the party / don't forget the promise This nation rise up and be ready for the challenge Heaven put me here to chase away the disease Tell the tyrannical we'll send you down to hell on your knees So don't you belittle us / earn the trust Or you will fall and return to dust This Triad must rise / please realize We're giving you fair warning Yes, we make the criminal retreat when beaten to their hiding place See them crumble when they come to feel the pain They turn the pressure up / so we keep a lower profile and wait How much longer do we suffer underneath? Who put the barrier in between us where the children play We did / when they came we looked away Are we a warrior? No, we know better than to go that way For survival we make our own society So you speak / shackled to your policy Believe our conspiracy will soon see supremacy So we gonna raise a cup and dedicate to your final days The sun will set on the dreams you seek
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhJ0aNrYmbA]YouTube - The Preacher And The Slave - Pete Seeger[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osnjAb-hoPo]YouTube - Talking Union[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYiKdJoSsb8&feature=related]YouTube - Solidarity Forever (Pete Seeger)[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnmv69lF6Aw]YouTube - [SOJA] Soldiers of Jah Army - Peace in a Time of War[/ame] SOJA