2004
Album: Kappa I

That old saying, "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel," keeps getting proven every day.

Written by Billy Joe Shaver and Gary Nicholson
Album: Long In The Tooth (2014)
Also performed by: Willie Nelson feat. Jamey Johnson
Album: Band Of Brothers (2014)

2023
What if there were no sides at all

“Don't make me hate, don't make me choose”, canta in un passaggio della canzone Adams chiedendo la pace: "Why should one side win and the other side lose?".

Nella descrizione della clip, il cantautore ha spiegato: “Questa è una canzone per la pace, contro la guerra. I riferimenti ai luoghi sono generici, ma rappresentano semplicemente i conflitti nel mondo. Lo scopo di questa canzone è provocare riflessioni, e forse anche incoraggiare i governi a parlare di pace. Al momento c'è solo un'escalation di divisione e morte, risultato dei miliardi di dollari spesi dai governi per finanziare queste guerre senza fine".
rockol.it

[2022]
Nell'album "Cave World"

Album: For The Culture (2021)

2006
Album: My Remembrance of You

[1983]
Lyrics and music / Testo e musica / Paroles et musique / Sanat ja sävel: Mike Oldfield
Singing / Canto / Chante / Laulaa: Maggie Reilly
Album / Albumi: Crises



Ormai ho perso il conto delle volte in cui sono stato “ispirato”da episodi accaduti a i’ bàrre: il bar è un luogo dove si piglia il caffè, si mangia la pastarella, si commenta la partita e si ascolta la musica mista che viene mandata da una radio, da una playlist o da altri marchingegni moderni. Stamani ci sono capitato (poco fa) proprio mentre, per misteriose alchimie che mi sono del tutto ignote (e tali le lascio), un’emittente in vena di classici stava mandando Moonlight Shadow, un evergreen che più ever e più green non si può. Tant’è vero che la cantavano, addirittura con una certa perizia, sia la barrista cinquantenne e passa, sia una ragazzotta di una venticinquina d’anni con una sfogliatella in mano. Con aria sognante,... (continua)

(2023)
Canzone che rappresenta la Svizzera all'Eurofestival 2023 di Liverpool

[2023]
Title track dell'ultimo album del duo di Nottz
Testo e note da Lirycstranslate

"I can feel the shit from your crisis rays spray up my back
Because in England no one can hear you scream
You're just fucked, lads" (UK GRIM, citato in apertura della recensione di Martina Vetrugno su Ondarock)

We've seen it again and again. When the imperialist powers decide on which nation to invade next, the propaganda machine goes into action, with the inevitable comparison of the target country's leader to Hitler. Of course, getting their hands on the nation's resources is not the goal; the intervention is "humanitarian" with every excuse in the book thrown at us.

(2013)
dall'album BE, il primo della band dopo la dissoluzione degli Oasis

Scritta da Andrew Bell, Gem Archer & Liam Gallagher

La parte parlata alla fine della canzone è un campionamento di un discorso di Tariq Ali.

1984

Album: Ultra Mono
Released: 2020

"Come ci si sente ad avere ridotto in polvere la classe operaia?" si chiede la bnad di Bristol in questo pezzo post-punk che vogliamo dedicare oggi al neo incoronato Charles III.

On the 40th anniversary of the double war crime of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a group of Japanese A-bomb survivors (known in Japanese as Hibakusha) toured Southern California to talk of their experiences. This song was written to honor them.

This is a musing upon a bumper sticker that used to be seen around the time of the Iraq invasion: WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER. Maybe not for the working class, but for the various ruling elites . . .

@buckdebosses2407

From The Weary Blues (Alfred A. Knopf, 1926) by Langston Hughes. This poem is in the public domain. (poets.org)

2023
Same Again Tomorrow

Rich had been working on a song focused on the fighting 69th regiment. I loved the reference to their bravery during the Civil War, and loved the use of their battle cry. I wanted to add more to their story. The 69th has been a part of almost every conflict since the Civil War. I referenced a poem called the Rogue Bouquet by Joyce Kilmer. Sadly he was killed during the battle of Rogue Bouquet Wood during WWI. His Poem was read during the funeral of the fallen soldiers in France. -Brendan

I was exploring Gettysburg with my family and came across the Irish Brigade Monument. I'd heard about the "Fighting 69th" but did some more reading. I was able to knock out the first verse and chorus pretty quickly, and turned to Brendan to flesh out the rest. -Rich

1995
KRS-One

" Mulatto "
Page 100 on The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
(1921-1930)
Arnold Rampersad,Editor.-1995

The Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Songbook

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapon being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group called "Women for Life on Earth" arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the Government to allow cruise missiles to be based there.

On 1 April 1983, tens of thousands of protestors formed a 14 mile human chain from Greenham to the Aldermaston nuclear power station and the ordnance factory at Burghfield.

On 4 April 1984, the women were evicted from the Common by Newbury District Council. However by nightfall the women all returned to reform the camp.

The last missiles left the camp in 1991 but the camp remained in place until 2000 after protestors won the right to house a memorial on the site.

en.wikipedia

Il Campo della... (continua)

The Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Songbook

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapon being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group called "Women for Life on Earth" arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the Government to allow cruise missiles to be based there.

On 1 April 1983, tens of thousands of protestors formed a 14 mile human chain from Greenham to the Aldermaston nuclear power station and the ordnance factory at Burghfield.

On 4 April 1984, the women were evicted from the Common by Newbury District Council. However by nightfall the women all returned to reform the camp.

The last missiles left the camp in 1991 but the camp remained in place until 2000 after protestors won the right to house a memorial on the site.

en.wikipedia

Il Campo della... (continua)

The Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Songbook

1983
Ladies and Gems

Lyrics and music by Judy Small
Testo e musica di Judy Small

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapon being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group called "Women for Life on Earth" arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the Government to allow cruise missiles to be based there.

On 1 April 1983, tens of thousands of protestors formed a 14 mile human chain from Greenham to the Aldermaston nuclear power station and the ordnance factory at Burghfield.

On 4 April 1984, the women were evicted from the Common by Newbury District Council. However by nightfall the women all returned to reform the camp.

The last missiles left the camp in 1991 but the camp remained in place until 2000 after protestors... (continua)

The Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Songbook

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapon being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group called "Women for Life on Earth" arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the Government to allow cruise missiles to be based there.

On 1 April 1983, tens of thousands of protestors formed a 14 mile human chain from Greenham to the Aldermaston nuclear power station and the ordnance factory at Burghfield.

On 4 April 1984, the women were evicted from the Common by Newbury District Council. However by nightfall the women all returned to reform the camp.

The last missiles left the camp in 1991 but the camp remained in place until 2000 after protestors won the right to house a memorial on the site.

en.wikipedia

Il Campo della... (continua)

2008
Album: Peace Expressing

[1976]
Movie / Film / Elokuva :
Sidney Lumet
Network / Quinto Potere / Kasvot kuvaruudussa

E’ un monologo rimasto famoso dopo l’uscita del film nel 1976. Il film ebbe un grande successo. Il messaggio è sempre attuale.
I brani che seguono sono tratti da Wikipedia
Anche se lo sceneggiatore Paddy Chayefsky ha affermato che il film non voleva rappresentare tanto una critica nei confronti della televisione quanto un'espressione della sua rabbia «contro la disumanizzazione delle persone», col passare degli anni gli è stata riconosciuta la capacità di anticipare alcuni aspetti della società e cultura americane contemporanee, dalla commistione tra informazione e intrattenimento alla proliferazione di reality show e all'influenza dominante delle grandi corporation

Trama

L'anchorman Howard Beale, volto storico dell'emittente televisiva UBS entrato in crisi dopo la morte della moglie, apprende... (continua)

Track 3 on The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes( 1921-1930 )

Hughes explains the history of black people in first person form; he is aligning himself with the societal roles of a black person throughout history.

(da Genius )

I wrote "Siberian Iris" as an anti war song for Ukraine. Ever since February 2022, I've been watching the unfolding events with horror. I've lived in Britain and on the European continent, so I LOVE Europe. And I hate to see the breakdown in communication like this.

So I made this anti war music video. And I'm joining other musicians on YouTube who've written their own "stand with Ukraine" song. I hope I can raise money for the Ukrainian people (links below!), but I also hope that people affected by the war will take strength and hope from this song. That's what the Siberian iris flower stands for: strength and hope

This song is also for the large number of Russian citizens who don't support the war, and have bravely adopted the "нет войны" slogan ("No to war"), despite the risks to their own freedom and well-being.