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Here are my two - Imagine - my favorite lyrics of all time and Fools Die for Want of Wisdom -my favorite music and voice combo - Lennon and Tosh!
coco22
(1,258 posts)They don't really care about us Michael Jackson.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)and bought the vinyl when it first came out back in the early 1970s.
malaise
(269,157 posts)That hit me big time - I bought it was well
tavernier
(12,400 posts)From SNL, Tribute to Obama
They weren't singers, not good voices, but maybe for that reason made us all cry.
Cant stop singing it.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Agreed
tavernier
(12,400 posts)And I am now thinking about it.
If it had been sung by professionals, it wouldn't have have had the same impact.
malaise
(269,157 posts)and you're right
FuzzyRabbit
(1,969 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Brilliant lyrics
hexola
(4,835 posts)(nt)
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)about fighting back against oppression:
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malaise
(269,157 posts)Nice
Calculating
(2,957 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Don't know these
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)You should see the tears of laughter falling down my face
Initech
(100,102 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)coming - only for Groper Don the Con and his goon squad
starshine00
(531 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)I love Tosh
Volaris
(10,274 posts)Head Like A Hole.
Describes this administration perfectly.
JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Thanks
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)...all RATM.
wiggs
(7,817 posts)the awakening activism and participation and commitment we need and are starting to see.
'Look in their eyes Ma and you'll see me!"
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Can't link from here:
My moms favorite...
I'll Fly Away by the incomparable Mr. Randy Travis.
Also...any soul music.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)TimeChaser
(5,551 posts)How about
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Sometimes I despair, these songs give me hope.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Nice
scarletlib
(3,418 posts)Just a snippet from one song: "Immigrants we get the job done"
TimeChaser
(5,551 posts)and of course
malaise
(269,157 posts)I've never heard these
TimeChaser
(5,551 posts)my tastes in music tend to run toward the unusual
malaise
(269,157 posts)Ishoutandscream2
(6,663 posts)This song pretty much describes my mood. And really, the mood I've been seeing in this country.
JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)And..
No woman No Cry
Love the part that goes "everythings gonna be all right."
I just gotta believe that..... in the end... everything has to be all right. It just has to be.
Editted to add:
Now you see the light, you stand up for your rights!
malaise
(269,157 posts)Oh yes
BooScout
(10,406 posts)I've been listening to them almost non-stop since November.
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malaise
(269,157 posts)Oh yes
BooScout
(10,406 posts)Old Terp
(464 posts)Touch of Grey (I will get by, I will survive)
HipChick
(25,485 posts)has been touching my soul today....A change is gonna come...
malaise
(269,157 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They'd all been warned
And the walls came down
They stood there laughing
They're not laughing anymore
The walls came down
Sanctuary fades
Congregation splits
Nightly military raids
The congregation splits
It's a song of assassins
Ringin' in your ears
We got terrorist thinking
Playing on fears
Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They'd all been warned
But the walls came down
I don't think there are any Russians
And there ain't no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
Playin' with tanks
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)If nothing else, I hope Trump inspires new artists to speak their voices. It would be a great way to shake up our youth and refocus our attention to the things that really matter.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Thanks
VOX
(22,976 posts)Greywing
(1,124 posts)and I find myself singing We Shall Overcome all the time
GP6971
(31,205 posts)if I could just get "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire out of my head.
bhowle
(35 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,437 posts)The score to Rogue One is also keeping me in a "rebelling" sort of mood.
Edit: Come to think of it, Rocky 4 seems quite appropriate for other reasons.....
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)play cheerily like during women's march, totally escape or just sit strumming thinking about things. You can sing whatever, and even record it.
Grab a drum, ukulele, keyboard or something, and try it.
Otherwise, I'd listen to 60s protest stuff and those recent acts influenced by protest.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)One of the all-time great protest songs.
TygrBright
(20,763 posts)fierywoman
(7,694 posts)... a lot of Mozart. More later stuff than earlier stuff. Some Beethoven. Always Bach. Mahler when I can't crawl out of bed for the depressingness of it all.
otohara
(24,135 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)better.
Obama:
Thanks
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)"in the eye of the storm"
Stellar
(5,644 posts)ornotna
(10,807 posts)Selassie is the Chapel. I fear dark times ahead.
And when the reflecting is done, Get up Stand up.