Author David Rovics
Love Of An Unknown Soldier
[April 2004]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moment"
David Rovics' Official Website
"For a beautiful Salvadoran woman I saw in a photo on the cover of the New York Times. I was sitting in a café in Seattle in November, 1989, while she was trying to overthrow the US-backed fascists in El Salvador. Standing majestically on a rooftop in San Salvador, dressed in fatigues and an AK. Too bad those SAM's got intercepted en route from Nicaragua." -David Rovics.
April, 2005
I had a great show a while back in Olympia, Washington and met Pat Maley there. I was recording a few new songs at his studio to put on the web, and at some point he suggested that I put out my next CD on his label, Yoyo Records. Thinking that to be a great idea, I went about figuring out what I wanted to do about that, and this is the end result.
Four cities were involved... (Continues)
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moment"
David Rovics' Official Website
"For a beautiful Salvadoran woman I saw in a photo on the cover of the New York Times. I was sitting in a café in Seattle in November, 1989, while she was trying to overthrow the US-backed fascists in El Salvador. Standing majestically on a rooftop in San Salvador, dressed in fatigues and an AK. Too bad those SAM's got intercepted en route from Nicaragua." -David Rovics.
April, 2005
I had a great show a while back in Olympia, Washington and met Pat Maley there. I was recording a few new songs at his studio to put on the web, and at some point he suggested that I put out my next CD on his label, Yoyo Records. Thinking that to be a great idea, I went about figuring out what I wanted to do about that, and this is the end result.
Four cities were involved... (Continues)
I can only guess at where you came from
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/8 - 22:37
They're Building A Wall
[February, 2004]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moment"
http://David Rovics' Official Website
"For the apartheid wall in Occupied Palestine. Originally recorded in the spring of 2004 for Songs for Mahmud." -David Rovics.
April, 2005
I had a great show a while back in Olympia, Washington and met Pat Maley there. I was recording a few new songs at his studio to put on the web, and at some point he suggested that I put out my next CD on his label, Yoyo Records. Thinking that to be a great idea, I went about figuring out what I wanted to do about that, and this is the end result.
Four cities were involved in this decisively non-Luddite production. I recorded vocal and guitar tracks in Houston, and Kristine Pettersen (Thistle) did harmony vocals later in the same place, Sugar Hill Studios with John Griffin engineering. I sent the sound files... (Continues)
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moment"
http://David Rovics' Official Website
"For the apartheid wall in Occupied Palestine. Originally recorded in the spring of 2004 for Songs for Mahmud." -David Rovics.
April, 2005
I had a great show a while back in Olympia, Washington and met Pat Maley there. I was recording a few new songs at his studio to put on the web, and at some point he suggested that I put out my next CD on his label, Yoyo Records. Thinking that to be a great idea, I went about figuring out what I wanted to do about that, and this is the end result.
Four cities were involved in this decisively non-Luddite production. I recorded vocal and guitar tracks in Houston, and Kristine Pettersen (Thistle) did harmony vocals later in the same place, Sugar Hill Studios with John Griffin engineering. I sent the sound files... (Continues)
They're building a wall
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/8 - 22:21
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Berlin
[April 2004]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moment"
http://www.davidrovics.com
April, 2005
I had a great show a while back in Olympia, Washington and met Pat Maley there. I was recording a few new songs at his studio to put on the web, and at some point he suggested that I put out my next CD on his label, Yoyo Records. Thinking that to be a great idea, I went about figuring out what I wanted to do about that, and this is the end result.
Four cities were involved in this decisively non-Luddite production. I recorded vocal and guitar tracks in Houston, and Kristine Pettersen (Thistle) did harmony vocals later in the same place, Sugar Hill Studios with John Griffin engineering. I sent the sound files up to Boston and in Tenitus Studios my friend Sean Staples laid down bass, mandolin, bouzouki, electric guitar, dobro and nylon string guitar... (Continues)
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moment"
http://www.davidrovics.com
April, 2005
I had a great show a while back in Olympia, Washington and met Pat Maley there. I was recording a few new songs at his studio to put on the web, and at some point he suggested that I put out my next CD on his label, Yoyo Records. Thinking that to be a great idea, I went about figuring out what I wanted to do about that, and this is the end result.
Four cities were involved in this decisively non-Luddite production. I recorded vocal and guitar tracks in Houston, and Kristine Pettersen (Thistle) did harmony vocals later in the same place, Sugar Hill Studios with John Griffin engineering. I sent the sound files up to Boston and in Tenitus Studios my friend Sean Staples laid down bass, mandolin, bouzouki, electric guitar, dobro and nylon string guitar... (Continues)
I saw it in a photo
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/8 - 22:08
Song Itineraries:
The Berlin Wall, 1961-1989
The Draft Is Coming
[September 2004]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moments"
David Rovics' Official Website
April, 2005
I had a great show a while back in Olympia, Washington and met Pat Maley there. I was recording a few new songs at his studio to put on the web, and at some point he suggested that I put out my next CD on his label, Yoyo Records. Thinking that to be a great idea, I went about figuring out what I wanted to do about that, and this is the end result.
Four cities were involved in this decisively non-Luddite production. I recorded vocal and guitar tracks in Houston, and Kristine Pettersen (Thistle) did harmony vocals later in the same place, Sugar Hill Studios with John Griffin engineering. I sent the sound files up to Boston and in Tenitus Studios my friend Sean Staples laid down bass, mandolin, bouzouki, electric guitar, dobro and nylon string... (Continues)
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moments"
David Rovics' Official Website
April, 2005
I had a great show a while back in Olympia, Washington and met Pat Maley there. I was recording a few new songs at his studio to put on the web, and at some point he suggested that I put out my next CD on his label, Yoyo Records. Thinking that to be a great idea, I went about figuring out what I wanted to do about that, and this is the end result.
Four cities were involved in this decisively non-Luddite production. I recorded vocal and guitar tracks in Houston, and Kristine Pettersen (Thistle) did harmony vocals later in the same place, Sugar Hill Studios with John Griffin engineering. I sent the sound files up to Boston and in Tenitus Studios my friend Sean Staples laid down bass, mandolin, bouzouki, electric guitar, dobro and nylon string... (Continues)
The draft is coming
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(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/8 - 22:05
Who Would Jesus Bomb?
My musical response to an encounter with some rightwing evangelical types at a supermarket in Houston.
I've seen you in the markets
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2005/8/20 - 19:12
How Far Is It From Here To Nuremberg?
[2005]
Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
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"Riffing off of a Robb Johnson song (and a Pete Seeger song)."
David Rovics.
http://www.davidrovics.com
Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
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"Riffing off of a Robb Johnson song (and a Pete Seeger song)."
David Rovics.
http://www.davidrovics.com
Is there a flag upon your house
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:57
When Johnny Came Marching Home
[2005]
Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
Oh, this is a web-only release and can be found in it's entirely in the "MP3... (Continues)
Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
Oh, this is a web-only release and can be found in it's entirely in the "MP3... (Continues)
He got off the plane and looked at no one
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:52
Waiting For The Fall
[2005]
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
Oh, this is a web-only release and can be found in it's entirely in the "MP3 music" section of http://this Website. Click on the song titles below to check out the lyrics to each song.
David Rovics.
http://www.davidrovics.com
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
Oh, this is a web-only release and can be found in it's entirely in the "MP3 music" section of http://this Website. Click on the song titles below to check out the lyrics to each song.
David Rovics.
http://www.davidrovics.com
Helicopter missiles launch
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:50
Four Blank Slates
[2006]
Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
Oh, this is a web-only release and can be found in it's entirely in the "MP3 music" section of
this Website. Click on the song titles below to check out the lyrics to each song.
David Rovics.
http://www.davidrovics.com
Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
Oh, this is a web-only release and can be found in it's entirely in the "MP3 music" section of
this Website. Click on the song titles below to check out the lyrics to each song.
David Rovics.
http://www.davidrovics.com
Beside an unused union hall
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:46
Before the Oil Wells Ran Dry
[2005]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From David Rovics' Official Website
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
David Rovics.
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From David Rovics' Official Website
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
David Rovics.
Were you drinking wine from Argentina
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(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:43
Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
[2005]
Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
David Rovics.
http://www.davidrovics.com
Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Here are fifteen songs I wrote between January and July,
2005. I recorded them at Sugar Hill in Houston with John Griffin on the board on the afternoon of July 28th. I guess there's another bunch of songs here which are continuing the ecological theme that was heavily represented in Beyond the Mall (and to one degree or another in all of my other recordings). Some of the songs are definitely inspired by the musical sensibilies of TV Smith ("Crashing Down," "Boardroom," "Before the Oil Wells Run Dry," "Waiting For The Fall"). I don't know if any of these songs approach TV's brilliance at writing stuff with great universality to it, nor whether the melodies are as catchy as his, but in any case, his music has been a focus for my own songwriting over the past couple months.
David Rovics.
http://www.davidrovics.com
I joined the army when high school was through
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:38
The Plane That Wasn't There
[November 2003]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Read more about this interesting situation at the website of the Shannon Peace Camp." -David Rovics.
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Read more about this interesting situation at the website of the Shannon Peace Camp." -David Rovics.
The Irish constitution says
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:33
Martyr #2
[April 2003]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Martyrdom, that is, knowingly giving your life for a cause, was not invented in Palestine, and is generally a revered concept world-wide. I think it should be seen in that light."
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Martyrdom, that is, knowingly giving your life for a cause, was not invented in Palestine, and is generally a revered concept world-wide. I think it should be seen in that light."
Crazy Horse stood on the hillside
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:31
Patriot
[April 2003]
Lyrics and Music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Nationalists with low IQ's bug me almost as much as the smart ones." -David Rovics.
Lyrics and Music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Nationalists with low IQ's bug me almost as much as the smart ones." -David Rovics.
The president got on TV
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:29
King David
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"King David was a butcher. Actually, it really depends on how you interpret things, but herein lies one possible interpretation." -David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"King David was a butcher. Actually, it really depends on how you interpret things, but herein lies one possible interpretation." -David Rovics
All of my life I've heard the stories
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:26
Rogue State
With the force of arms they attacked their neighbors
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:25
Minnesota Gestapo
[July 2000]
Lyrics by David Rovics
Music by David Rovics and Rich Caloggero
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Since the protests in Seattle in November/December 1999, the cops/system has been reacting with calculated violence and intimidation to protests throughout North America and elsewhere. In July there was a particularly brutal incident in Minneapolis." -David Rovics
Lyrics by David Rovics
Music by David Rovics and Rich Caloggero
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Since the protests in Seattle in November/December 1999, the cops/system has been reacting with calculated violence and intimidation to protests throughout North America and elsewhere. In July there was a particularly brutal incident in Minneapolis." -David Rovics
The Gestapo's on the march in Minnesota
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:19
A Song For NATO
[May 1999]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Here's one from May, 1999. Pretty self-explanatory. Stop the war." -David Rovics
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Here's one from May, 1999. Pretty self-explanatory. Stop the war." -David Rovics
An oil slick is floating down the Danube
(Continues)
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:15
Martyr
[1998]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
" I'm not saying what's right or wrong in this song, just what's real. You reap what you sow, and that applies to the USAF, the IMF and the CIA, too. I was thinking, after the late December bombings in Iraq, of a news article I read back in '91. Apparently, tens of thousands of men from Jordan were volunteering for the Iraqi armed forces, wanting to serve the cause of anti-imperialism. In the section of the application forms where they were asked of their qualifications for serving in the military, thousands replied with only one word: "martyr."- David Rovics.
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
" I'm not saying what's right or wrong in this song, just what's real. You reap what you sow, and that applies to the USAF, the IMF and the CIA, too. I was thinking, after the late December bombings in Iraq, of a news article I read back in '91. Apparently, tens of thousands of men from Jordan were volunteering for the Iraqi armed forces, wanting to serve the cause of anti-imperialism. In the section of the application forms where they were asked of their qualifications for serving in the military, thousands replied with only one word: "martyr."- David Rovics.
One soldier stood among the rubble
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:12
Luis Posada
2009
Ten Thousand Miles Away
Lyrics and Music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Anti-Castro terrorist, free in Miami along with so many others of his kind." -David Rovics.
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Il terrorismo asimmetrico: la vicenda di Luis Posada Carriles.
Gli USA ospitano in Florida il noto terrorista Luis Posada Carriles. Cuba protesta e ne chiede l'estradizione.
(19 aprile 2005)
Luis Posada Carriles è un noto terrorista. Meno noto di Bin Laden ma con un curriculum di tutto rispetto e sicuramente con più esperienza sul campo.
Collaboratore del regime cubano di Batista, passò, dopo la rivoluzione dei barbutos e il conseguente crollo del dittatore cubano, alle dipendenze della CIA e dei poteri forti statunitensi. Di lui si sà con certezza - è reo confesso di molti reati, omicidi e attentati - che operò per anni in vari stati del sud america tessendo,... (Continues)
Ten Thousand Miles Away
Lyrics and Music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com
"Anti-Castro terrorist, free in Miami along with so many others of his kind." -David Rovics.
*
Il terrorismo asimmetrico: la vicenda di Luis Posada Carriles.
Gli USA ospitano in Florida il noto terrorista Luis Posada Carriles. Cuba protesta e ne chiede l'estradizione.
(19 aprile 2005)
Luis Posada Carriles è un noto terrorista. Meno noto di Bin Laden ma con un curriculum di tutto rispetto e sicuramente con più esperienza sul campo.
Collaboratore del regime cubano di Batista, passò, dopo la rivoluzione dei barbutos e il conseguente crollo del dittatore cubano, alle dipendenze della CIA e dei poteri forti statunitensi. Di lui si sà con certezza - è reo confesso di molti reati, omicidi e attentati - che operò per anni in vari stati del sud america tessendo,... (Continues)
Luis Posada lived in Havana
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 22:34
Drug War
Lyrics and Music by David Rovics
http://www.davidrovics.com/
"The drug war has been won a long time ago -- by the CIA, who else?" -David Rovics.
http://www.davidrovics.com/
"The drug war has been won a long time ago -- by the CIA, who else?" -David Rovics.
I want to tell you something you should understand
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 22:29
When The Aliens Invaded America
Lyrics and Music by David Rovics
"Riffing on something Paul Watson said in a really good talk I just heard." - David Rovics.
"Riffing on something Paul Watson said in a really good talk I just heard." - David Rovics.
What if aliens came from outer space
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 22:24
Santiago
November 2005
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
David Rovic's Official Website
2009
Ten Thousand Miles Away
"Another attempt at writing a song about the connection between 9/11/2001 and 9/11/1973. This time it worked."
-David Rovics.
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
David Rovic's Official Website
2009
Ten Thousand Miles Away
"Another attempt at writing a song about the connection between 9/11/2001 and 9/11/1973. This time it worked."
-David Rovics.
As I looked out my window
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Contributed by Adriana 2006/1/7 - 22:16
Operation Iraqi Liberation
[2014]
Album : Songs For Mahmud
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
David Rovics' Official Website
"Proof that there are some brilliant satirists who have infiltrated the government at it's highest levels, "OIL" is, in fact, the acronym first (briefly) used to name the invasion of Iraq, which was later changed to Operation Iraqi Freedom." -David Rovics.
Album : Songs For Mahmud
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
David Rovics' Official Website
"Proof that there are some brilliant satirists who have infiltrated the government at it's highest levels, "OIL" is, in fact, the acronym first (briefly) used to name the invasion of Iraq, which was later changed to Operation Iraqi Freedom." -David Rovics.
We’ve got a situation and it calls for a solution
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Contributed by adriana 2005/11/22 - 14:01
Jenin
2002
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
From/Da "Hang A Flag In The Window"
David Rovics' Official Website
Una canzone di David Rovics sulla primavera di sangue del 2002 a Jenin, quando Ariel Sharon scatenò l'operazione "Muraglia di Difesa" e l'esercito israeliano rase al suolo l'intero centro della città palestinese.
A questo indirizzo, la traduzione del brano in molte lingue:
http://members.aol.com/drovics/jeninl.htm
Qui i rapporti di AI e HRW sull'assedio israeliano a Jenin e Nablus nell'aprile 2002:
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/e...
http://hrw.org/reports/2002/israel3/
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
From/Da "Hang A Flag In The Window"
David Rovics' Official Website
Una canzone di David Rovics sulla primavera di sangue del 2002 a Jenin, quando Ariel Sharon scatenò l'operazione "Muraglia di Difesa" e l'esercito israeliano rase al suolo l'intero centro della città palestinese.
A questo indirizzo, la traduzione del brano in molte lingue:
http://members.aol.com/drovics/jeninl.htm
Qui i rapporti di AI e HRW sull'assedio israeliano a Jenin e Nablus nell'aprile 2002:
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/e...
http://hrw.org/reports/2002/israel3/
Oh, child, what will you remember
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Contributed by Alessandro 2005/11/16 - 10:31
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Song for Basra
[July 2001]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
From/Da "Hang A Flag In The Window"
David Rovics' Official Website
"This is one of the two songs on the CD that also appears on Living In These Times. It’s about the second city of Iraq, the most bombed city in one of the most bombed countries in the history of the world. I would say that I included it on this CD because of the ongoing relevance of the subject material, but mainly it’s on here because I like Allie’s harmony so much. (If you want to hear Allie’s harmonies to songs that are not on this CD, you have to come to a show.)" -David Rovics.
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
From/Da "Hang A Flag In The Window"
David Rovics' Official Website
"This is one of the two songs on the CD that also appears on Living In These Times. It’s about the second city of Iraq, the most bombed city in one of the most bombed countries in the history of the world. I would say that I included it on this CD because of the ongoing relevance of the subject material, but mainly it’s on here because I like Allie’s harmony so much. (If you want to hear Allie’s harmonies to songs that are not on this CD, you have to come to a show.)" -David Rovics.
If I could sing a song for every bomb that flies
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Contributed by adriana 2005/11/21 - 21:24
Soldier On The Bum
He grew up right in this neighborhood
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Contributed by adriana 2005/11/27 - 10:38
I Remember Warsaw
[February 2001]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
From/Da "Living In These Times]]
David Rovics' Official Website
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
From/Da "Living In These Times]]
David Rovics' Official Website
First they occupied our country
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Contributed by adriana 2005/11/22 - 17:16
Ballad of a Cluster Bomb
[January 2002]
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
From/Da "Hang A Flag In The Window"
David Rovics' Official Website
"A song from the perspective of a piece of unexploded ordinance. Based on a story I read from Bosnia." -David Rovics.
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
From/Da "Hang A Flag In The Window"
David Rovics' Official Website
"A song from the perspective of a piece of unexploded ordinance. Based on a story I read from Bosnia." -David Rovics.
I was born
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Contributed by adriana 2005/11/21 - 20:41
Song for Chile
The people had hope after the election
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Contributed by adriana 2005/11/21 - 20:20
The Death of Rachel Corrie
March 2003
Return
Rachel Corrie was part of an ISM (International Solidarity Movement) delegation in Rafah, Palestine when she was killed by a young Israeli terrorist in a bulldozer. She was a friend of many people I knew from my days at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
Vedi anche Rachel Corrie di Alessio Lega e Rachel And The Storm della Casa del Vento
Return
Rachel Corrie was part of an ISM (International Solidarity Movement) delegation in Rafah, Palestine when she was killed by a young Israeli terrorist in a bulldozer. She was a friend of many people I knew from my days at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
Vedi anche Rachel Corrie di Alessio Lega e Rachel And The Storm della Casa del Vento
When she sat down in the dirt
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2005/8/20 - 19:20
Song Itineraries:
Rachel Corrie, The Palestinian Holocaust
Hiroshima
2003
Retun
Retun
Ten thousand children played in the playground
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Contributed by adriana 2005/11/21 - 19:56
Song Itineraries:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki 広島市 - 長崎市
Trafalgar Square
[2003]
Lyrics and Music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
David Rovics' Official Website
[2014]
Album : Songs For Mahmud
On Thursday 20th November 2003, a quarter of a million protestors brought central London to a halt in one of the biggest workday demonstrations ever. The image of a George Bush statue being toppled in Trafalgar Square was flashed round the world by the film crews and photographers and became a universal symbol of opposition to the US president’s visit. -David Rovics.
* Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London was one of the speakers at the demonstration. He was quoted as saying, "Let everyone recognise what has happened here today, that Britain does not support this war for oil. The British people will not tolerate being used to prop up the most corrupt and racist American administration in over 80 years."
Lyrics and Music by David Rovics
Testo e musica di David Rovics
David Rovics' Official Website
[2014]
Album : Songs For Mahmud
On Thursday 20th November 2003, a quarter of a million protestors brought central London to a halt in one of the biggest workday demonstrations ever. The image of a George Bush statue being toppled in Trafalgar Square was flashed round the world by the film crews and photographers and became a universal symbol of opposition to the US president’s visit. -David Rovics.
* Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London was one of the speakers at the demonstration. He was quoted as saying, "Let everyone recognise what has happened here today, that Britain does not support this war for oil. The British people will not tolerate being used to prop up the most corrupt and racist American administration in over 80 years."
The President came to London
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/11/15 - 21:15
Paul Wolfowitz
From bombing Iraq to running the World Bank. If anybody needed more evidence of the intimate connection between US economic and military policy, there it is.
He’s done giving orders to generals
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2005/8/20 - 21:06
Age Of Oil
This is what it was like at the end of the age of oil (insane).
It was as if there was a contest
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2005/8/20 - 19:05
Terror In The Skies
[December 1998]
Testo e musica di David Rovics
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
David Rovics' Official Website
Live at the Passim
Testo e musica di David Rovics
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
David Rovics' Official Website
Live at the Passim
Night-time comes and everybody wonders
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/6/29 - 19:21
Guantanamo Bay
[2004]
Testo e musica di David Rovics
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
For the moment
Testo e mp3 disponibili a:
Lyrics and legally downloadable mp3 at:
"Our government is torturing them, too" -David Rovics.
A quanto mi risulta, è l'unica canzone sinora presente in tutte le CCG che parli dello scandalo dei prigionieri della base di Guantánamo.
So far I know, it's the only song in the AWS collection telling about the Guantanamo base prisoners scandal.
(Riccardo Venturi)
*
Forse quando e' stata inserita... ora ce ne sono molte altre, ad esempio la bellissima X-Ray Sun.
(Lorenzo Masetti)
Testo e musica di David Rovics
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
For the moment
Testo e mp3 disponibili a:
Lyrics and legally downloadable mp3 at:
"Our government is torturing them, too" -David Rovics.
A quanto mi risulta, è l'unica canzone sinora presente in tutte le CCG che parli dello scandalo dei prigionieri della base di Guantánamo.
So far I know, it's the only song in the AWS collection telling about the Guantanamo base prisoners scandal.
(Riccardo Venturi)
*
Forse quando e' stata inserita... ora ce ne sono molte altre, ad esempio la bellissima X-Ray Sun.
(Lorenzo Masetti)
The conquistadors came with their sabres and guns
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/6/29 - 14:06
Song Itineraries:
From World Jails, Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Falluja
[2004]
Testo di "Professor D" di The Dope Poet Society
Lyrics by Professor D of The Dope Poet Society
Musica di David Rovics
Music by David Rovics
For the Moment
Testo di "Professor D" di The Dope Poet Society
Lyrics by Professor D of The Dope Poet Society
Musica di David Rovics
Music by David Rovics
For the Moment
Maybe you'll hear about me
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/6/29 - 14:01
After We Torture Our Prisoners
[2004]
Testo e musica di David Rovics
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo ripreso da
Lyrics available at
http://polsong.gcal.ac.uk/songs/rovics3.html
http://www.soundclick.com/pro/?BandID=111310
Testo e musica di David Rovics
Lyrics and music by David Rovics
Testo ripreso da
Lyrics available at
http://polsong.gcal.ac.uk/songs/rovics3.html
http://www.soundclick.com/pro/?BandID=111310
We'll get rid of the dictator, rebuild your country
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2005/6/29 - 13:55
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Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moment"
David Rovics' Official Website
"A very succinct summary of the problem and the solution for Palestine, as expressed by many refugees. Originally recorded on Songs for Mahmud." - David Rovics.
April, 2005
I had a great show a while back in Olympia, Washington and met Pat Maley there. I was recording a few new songs at his studio to put on the web, and at some point he suggested that I put out my next CD on his label, Yoyo Records. Thinking that to be a great idea, I went about figuring out what I wanted to do about that, and this is the end result.
Four cities were involved in this decisively non-Luddite production. I recorded vocal and guitar tracks in Houston, and Kristine Pettersen (Thistle) did harmony vocals later in the same place, Sugar Hill Studios with John Griffin engineering.... (Continues)