"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a folk song of the 1960s written by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson. Seeger found inspiration for the song while on his way to a concert. Leafing through his notebook... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 3,889 views • 4:27Political Music
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This playlist collects together music which is overtly or covertly political - including comedy.
"Nicolas Sarkozy, Pourquoi ton pere a fui la Hongrie?" (Nicolas Sarkozy, Why did your father flee Hungary?") - the chorus of "Un Hongrois chez les Gaulois (A Hungarian among the Gauls)" by reggae star... continue reading
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 384 viewsHere's the video for Uncle Sam God Damn. Readers may or may not already know that Brother Ali is an albino black American Muslim, but those elements of his fractious identity have a lot to do with his... continue reading
posted by djsunkid 1 decade 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 3,756 views"We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee, we don't take our trips on LSD" - classic country song from Merle Haggard. Although Merle seemed to be advocating conservative values in a rebellious era, he later... continue reading
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,968 viewsWainwright's beautiful new political opus.
posted by T-man 1 decade 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,344 viewsThis is brilliant. Neil Young, his heart, and his acoustic guitar.
posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 4,409 views • 3:08Music video for Braintax's new track Anti-Grey featuring Dubbledge, from his new album Panorama on Lowlife Records. Matt law directed the animation and Teilo Vellacot was Director of Photography. From wikipedia: ... continue reading
posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,087 viewsGreat song by Christy Moore. Dedicated to the memory of the irish volunteers who joined the international brigades to fight against the fascist Franco regime in the spanish civil war.
posted by Buttermaker 1 decade 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 162 viewsThe song is "The Chariot" by The Cat Empire. Their sound is often described as a fusion of jazz, ska, funk and rock with heavy Latin influences. They're from Melbourne, Australia, and they sound pretty... continue reading
posted by Baqueta 1 decade 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 846 views • 4:06Brand Nubian are a hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MCs; Grand Puba, Sadat X (formerly Derek X) and Lord Jamar, and two DJs, DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere.
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 3 months ago • 602 viewsThe Refugee All Stars from Sierra Leone create a spirited and infectious fusion of traditional West African music, roots reggae and rhythmic traditional folk. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars craft music... continue reading
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,900 viewsThe film tells the remarkable story of Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, a group of musicians who form a band while living in a West African refugee camp. They were forced from their homes by a brutal... continue reading
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 388 views