When the revolution comes
When the revolution comes, it will more than likely be on a Monday. But we’ll need the weekend to prepare. And a soundtrack. Here are some suggestions; feel free to add your own.
When the revolution comes – The Last Poets
Jailbreak – Yothu Yindi
(We don’t need this) Fascist groove thang – Heaven 17
And lastly, being May Day tomorrow, one for all workers of the world.
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson.
Plus two nominations from Jeff, who claims he could list them all day.
8 gangsters – Perfect
And Fidel Castro – The Skatalites
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The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don’t dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.
We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
of every government —
signs for all to see.
I can’t run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they’ve summoned, they’ve summoned up
a thundercloud
and they’re going to hear from me.
Ring the bells that still can ring …
You can add up the parts
but you won’t have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.
That’s how the light gets in.
That’s how the light gets in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jykDA3cxeFs&feature=related
Monday’s revolution soundtrack
1. The Last Poets – When the revolution comes
2. Yothu Yindi – Jailbreak
3. Heaven 17 – (We don’t need this) Fascist Groove Thang
4. Paul Robeson – Joe Hill
5. Perfect – 8 Gangsters
6. The Skatalites – Fidel Castro
7. Gil Scott Heron – The revolution will not be televised (x2)
8. Dead Kennedys – Nazi punks fuck off
9. Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
10. Carlos Ouebla/Buena Vista Social Club – Hasta siempre Commandante
11. Eartha Kitt – I want to be evil
12. The Wild Swans – Revolutionary spirit
13. Robert Wyatt – Gharbadzegi
14. Nina Simone – Mississippi goddamn
15. Billie Holiday – Strange fruit
16. Nina Simone – Strange fruit
17. Bob Marley – Redemption song
18. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Redemption song
19. The Clash – White riot
20. Inti-illimani – En libertad
21. The Saints – I’m stranded
22. Melanie – Lay down (candles in the rain)
23. Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit
24. Beethoven – 9th Symphony (conducted by Karajan)
25. Laurie Anderson – O Superman
26. Fink – Sort of revolution
27. The Coup – Piss on your grave
28. Public Enemy – Don’t believe the hype
29. Pulp – Common people
30. Insurge – Speculator
31. Insurge – Political prisoners
32. Jarvis Cocker – Running the world
33. Nina Simone – Revolution
34. Public Enemy – Fight the power
35. Gil Scott Heron – Me and the devil
36. Sarah Jones – Your revolution (will not happen between these thighs) x2
37. Bob Marley – Lively up yourself
38. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Disco devil
39. Moana and the Moahunters – Rebel in me
40. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
41. David Bowie – 1984/Dodo medley (live)
42. Yoko Ono – Woman power
43. John Lennon – Working class hero
44. Helen Reddy – I am woman
45. Linton Kwesi Johnson – Fite dem back
46. John Lee Hooker – One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
47. The Pogues – And the band played Waltzing Matilda
48. T-Rex – Children of the revolution
49. The Clash – Guns of Brixton
50. The Clash – Know your rights
51. Neil Young – Ohio
52. Ani Difranco and Utah Phillips – Pie in the sky
53. They Might Be Giants – Never go to work
54. Bad Brains – Riot squad
55. Pink Floyd – Us and them
56. Saul Williams – List of demands
57. Dixie Chicks – Not ready to make nice
58. Lauryn Hill – The mystery of iniquity
59. Lauryn Hill – I get out
60. Bob Dylan – Masters of war
61. The Beatles – Revolution
62. Yoko Ono & John Lennon – War is over (if you want it)
63. Public Enemy – By the time I get to Arizona
64. The Pretenders – Revolution
65. Miles Davis – On the corner
66. Kev Carmody – Thou shalt not steal
67. Kev Carmody – Pillars of society
68. Unkle – Eye for an eye
69. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – City of refuge
70. Tracy Chapman – Talking about a revolution
71. Leonard Cohen – Anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74_pFXwRgCE&feature=related