Canzone popolare francese
Chanson populaire française
A French folksong
Ranskalainen kansanlaulu
[XVIII secolo; ca. 1709]
[XVIIIème siècle; ca. 1709]
[18th century, about 1709]
[1700-luvulla, noin 1709]

Les paroles dateraient de la bataille de Malplaquet , le 11 septembre 1709, au cours de laquelle John Churchill, premier duc de Marlborough (1650-1722) , fut grièvement blessé - et non tué . L'essentiel de sa carrière militaire fut consacré à lutter contre la France. C'est pourquoi les Français s'amusèrent à raconter sur un ton parodique sa mort et son enterrement. Cette chanson ne connut du succès qu'à partir de 1781. Geneviève Poitrine, nourrice du premier dauphin de Louis XVI la chantait à l'enfant royal : Marie-Antoinette la reprit au clavecin et en lança la mode. La mélodie fit le tour du monde.

Il testo risale forse alla battaglia di Malplaquet, combattuta l'11 settembre 1709,... (continua)

[1997]

Sull'aria di J'ai la mémoire qui flanche di Faudel e Jeanne Moreau (1963), novembre 1997

Sur l'air de J'ai la mémoire qui flanche de Faudel et Jeanne Moreau (1963), novembre 1997

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.

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

My musical response to an encounter with some rightwing evangelical types at a supermarket in Houston.

This is what it was like at the end of the age of oil (insane).

April, 2004

[2002]
Lyrics and Music by Wilco
Testo e musica di Wilco
Album: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
First released as a single

(words and music: Rodney Smit)

From the 1999 album: Brand New Second Hand

[1991]
Lyrics and music by Everton Blender
Testo e musica di Everton Blender

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Lyrics taken from One Good Move

LIVE from BAGDAD & BAGDAD

Lyrics taken from One Good Move

Words and music by Jynkz


The Anti-War Movement has an Anthem

The anti-war movement declares it has an anthem. "We Don't Want Your War" is being played by protesters worldwide as the song by musician Jynkz strikes an emotional chord.

If you haven’t heard it yet you will. It’s traveling fast and far as computer-savvy war protesters worldwide have embraced a song written by San Francisco musician Jynkz. The anti-war fans are using the Internet to hurl emails and post links about the song faster than you can say, "We Don’t Want Your War".

"Now we have an Anthem", writes web publisher Lew Rockwell giving Jynkz front page coverage on his tremendously popular anti-war Web site, LewRockwell.com. "We Don’t Want Your War is nothing short of heroic", Rockwell proclaims. And he isn’t the only one that thinks so. Downloads of the song from the Jynkz web site are skyrocketing. Fans are coming... (continua)