The Music of A Movement
Submitted by KetyE on Fri, 08/29/2008 - 16:53
I'm watching a Bob Dylan movie and just heard the most beautiful song from Joan Baez. That reminded me of a conversation I had not too long ago with some folks about past movements and the music surrounding them.
Thought I'd start to compile some here... please add your favorites too. Am thinking that once we've compiled a few perhaps we can add a tab to CrossLeft with these songs. :-) The sound track of our generation's struggle can include those who came before us after all.
Here's the first:
Joan Baez's "Virgin Mary (Had One Son)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOAAHlYMKYc
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Billie Holiday, Bob Marley, Culture Club
Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs
Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEQXvsQJVnY
Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zTxUxFjLB0
The War Song by Culture Club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6EFyofhXPw
Woody Guthrie's "Banks of Marble"
This Depression Era song is still popular -- our local Solidarity Singers will probably sing it again at today's labor activists' Labor Day Picnic just north of Albany.
http://www.rhapsody.com/peteseeger/banksofmarbleandothersongs
click on #8 in the playlist, half-way down the page: Banks of Marble -- 4-5 minutes of audio
Lyrics:
I've traveled 'round this country from shore to shining shore
It really made me wonder the things I heard and saw
I saw the weary farmer plowing sod and loam
l heard the auction hammer just a-knocking down his home
But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door
and the vaults are stuffed with silver that the farmer sweated for
l saw the seaman standing idly by the shore
l heard the bosses saying, "Got no work for you no more"
But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door
and the vaults are stuffed with silver that the seaman sweated for
I've seen the weary miner scrubbing coal dust from his back
I heard his children cryin' "Got no coal to heat the shack"
But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door
and the vaults are stuffed with silver that the miner sweated for
I've seen the people working throughout this mighty land
And l prayed we'd get together and together make a stand
Then we might own those banks of marble with no guard at any door
and we would share those vaults of silver that we have sweated for
Great Songs
Kety, these are great songs. I'm finishing up my preparations for my art show and saw this. You might be interested in a documentary that Martin Scorcesse did on Dylan a year or two ago.
Here are some favorite songs:
Free Nelson Mandela, by the Specials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3NJwyzFlTE
Revolution, by the Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87yq372R4Ts
It's a Mistake, by Men at Work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBpyichRWo0
Pride (in the Name of Love) by U2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k04KzgYRKrE
Stand up
One for and by the younger generation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8xTOadn1n0
"War" (What is it good for?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk&feature=related
People Have the Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2vWHvVydCc&feature=related
Give Peace a Chance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-NRriHlLUk
Pete Seeger & the Power of Song (on PBS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh0elZi0KG4&feature=related
Bring Them Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yApAg0hl490
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYYhT2xKyfI&feature=related
Blowing in the Wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f01UehWq3v8&feature=related
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLe9pJSRas0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKvdPsnkPC0&feature=related
Which Side Are You On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAIM02kv0g
Turn Turn Turn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LSTc-5Fn_Y
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjONblHLPPI
Solidarity Forever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYiKdJoSsb8
Down by the Riverside
I ain't going to study war no more...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xzr_GBa8qk&feature=related
The Times Are A Changing (three links)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEeWsQ7LZqk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0bFTq0Ivgk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D9S48A81os&feature=related
If I Had A Hammer
The first is sung by Peter, Paul & Mary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiMve1ggjnI&feature=related
The second is a medley of many who have taped it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5dTlg2cyls&feature=related
This Land is Your Land (Pete Seeger)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_2dOlr-fkI&feature=related
This Little Light of Mine (Pete Seeger)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJQUu50SmZ4
Oh Freedom
Oh Freedom... one of my favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHmUPqI6w9g
We Shall Overcome
Another inspiring song. I have included two versions. The first is Mathalia Jackson. The second is Joan Baez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmR1YvfIGng
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkNsEH1GD7Q
More songs
Here are more songs.
"Perfect World" by Indigo Girls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE5p4aHlI5c
"My Hometown" by Bruce Springsteen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIqYn_1IdZU
"Pink Houses" by Joh Cougar Mellencamp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q17h75pMQ4