It isn't Nice

[greendog]

Run time: 04:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swZGbG7_e3s   Posted on YouTube: November 11, 2009 By YouTube Member: jakeabides Views on YouTube: 4485   Posted on DU: April 19, 2011 By DU Member: greendog Views on DU: 464

 
Barbara Dane sings Malvina Reynolds' song "It Isn't Nice". I hadn't heard of Barbara Dane before today. Incredible singer!

[HolyCity2012]

1. ?

I am having a hard time figuring out why this is posted on Democratic Underground.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Well, the lyrics helped me out:

It isn't nice to block the doorway,
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it,
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.

It isn't nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor,
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the hotel and the store.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.

We have tried negotiations
And the three-man picket line,
Mr. Charlie didn't see us
And he might as well be blind.
Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.

How about those years of lynchings
And the shot in Evers' back?
Did you say it wasn't proper,
Did you stand upon the track?
You were quiet just like mice,
Now you say we aren't nice,
And if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.

It isn't nice to block the doorway,
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
But thanks for your advice,
Cause if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.

[HolyCity2012]

3. start posting Public Enemy videos?

Have you ever read the lyrics to a song by Public Enemy? Should I be posting their videos on Democratic Underground? I know there is a lot of them.

How about Rage Against The Machine? do I need to post all of the YouTubes I can find featuring RATM songs? I can do that, just give me the signal.

[Buzz Clik]

4. If you want, I suppose.

"It Isn't Nice" is a song about protesting social issues in the 1960s.

I guess I'm not making the connection that you are.

[simonisme]

5. I liked it

Thanks.