After The Revolution
It was a time I'll always remember
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/8 - 22:57
I Wanna Go Home
[June 2003]
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)
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)
I was born a refugee
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/8 - 22:44
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
(Continues)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/8 - 22:05
Lysistrata's War
Music by Mark D. Williams
Lyrics by David Hamilton
An original Rock Opera by
David Hamilton and Mark D. Williams
Adapted from Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
Official Website
Libretto
Aristophanes' anti-war comedy Lysistrata, written in 411 BC, has female characters, led by the eponymous Lysistrata, barricading the public funds building and withholding consensual sex from their husbands to secure peace and end the Peloponnesian War. In doing so, Lysistrata engages the support of women from Sparta, Boeotia, and Corinth. All of them are at first aghast at the suggestion of withholding sex, but they finally agree and swear an oath to support each other. The woman from Sparta, Lampito, returns home to spread the word there.
The play also addresses the contribution that women could make to society and to policy making, but cannot because their views are ignored: All such questions are considered... (Continues)
Lyrics by David Hamilton
An original Rock Opera by
David Hamilton and Mark D. Williams
Adapted from Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
Official Website
Libretto
Aristophanes' anti-war comedy Lysistrata, written in 411 BC, has female characters, led by the eponymous Lysistrata, barricading the public funds building and withholding consensual sex from their husbands to secure peace and end the Peloponnesian War. In doing so, Lysistrata engages the support of women from Sparta, Boeotia, and Corinth. All of them are at first aghast at the suggestion of withholding sex, but they finally agree and swear an oath to support each other. The woman from Sparta, Lampito, returns home to spread the word there.
The play also addresses the contribution that women could make to society and to policy making, but cannot because their views are ignored: All such questions are considered... (Continues)
2006/1/8 - 17:06
1000 Paper Cranes
I thought that you knew her
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/8 - 15:09
In The Spirit
"So this song is my first anti-war song. This song is basically about the war and how it sucks and all that kind of stuff, but it's also about keeping a good attitude about how we have to change things and basically, kind of, rebuild our entire country from the ground up. From square one. And trying to keep a good attitude about it, 'cause there's a lot of work to do. But if we stay in a good mood and have a good time doing it then we have a better chance of pulling it off."
(Lisa Rein)
(Lisa Rein)
Sticks and stones won't make them go away
(Continues)
(Continues)
2006/1/8 - 15:50
Five Minutes
Lyrics by Ronald Reagan :-)
L'11 agosto 1984 l'allora presidente degli Stati Uniti Ronald Reagan che correva per la rielezione si stava preparando a fare un discorso alla radio. Come sound check prima dell'inizio del programma Reagan fece il cosiddetto "discorso dei cinque minuti".
Per errore il commento fu trasmesso in diretta...
Una registrazione delle parole di Reagan fu utilizzata da Jerry Harrison dei Talking Heads e da Bootsy Collins per un singolo dance in cui le parole di Reagan venivano inizialmente proposte rallentate e dopo "rappate" su una base ritmica.
On August 11, 1984, United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election was preparing to make a radio address. As a sound check prior to the address, Reagan made the "Five Minutes Speech"
The comment was inadvertently broadcasted to the general populace.
A recording of the speech was sampled by musicians... (Continues)
L'11 agosto 1984 l'allora presidente degli Stati Uniti Ronald Reagan che correva per la rielezione si stava preparando a fare un discorso alla radio. Come sound check prima dell'inizio del programma Reagan fece il cosiddetto "discorso dei cinque minuti".
Per errore il commento fu trasmesso in diretta...
Una registrazione delle parole di Reagan fu utilizzata da Jerry Harrison dei Talking Heads e da Bootsy Collins per un singolo dance in cui le parole di Reagan venivano inizialmente proposte rallentate e dopo "rappate" su una base ritmica.
On August 11, 1984, United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election was preparing to make a radio address. As a sound check prior to the address, Reagan made the "Five Minutes Speech"
The comment was inadvertently broadcasted to the general populace.
A recording of the speech was sampled by musicians... (Continues)
My Fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.
(Continues)
(Continues)
2006/1/7 - 19:48
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.
*
"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.
*
"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
(Continues)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
(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
(Continues)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 23:26
Rogue State
With the force of arms they attacked their neighbors
(Continues)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
(Continues)
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)
(Continues)
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
(Continues)
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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.
*
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
Japanese version, from:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/anarchy/anarchy...
註:政府はほとんど全てのことについてほとんど一貫して嘘をついている。だが、国務省のバカが実際にやってきて、自分たちの侵略を「OIL」という頭字語を使って述べたときは、真実の瞬間だった。
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/anarchy/anarchy...
註:政府はほとんど全てのことについてほとんど一貫して嘘をついている。だが、国務省のバカが実際にやってきて、自分たちの侵略を「OIL」という頭字語を使って述べたときは、真実の瞬間だった。
イラク解放作戦(Operation Iraqi Liberation)
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 22:08
Who Would Jesus Bomb?
Japanese version, from:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/anarchy/anarchy...
註:ヒューストンである種の地元の人たち(右翼宗教ゾンビたちだ)と時々話をしながら夏の大部分を過ごしていた。そのときに思いついた歌だ。
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/anarchy/anarchy...
註:ヒューストンである種の地元の人たち(右翼宗教ゾンビたちだ)と時々話をしながら夏の大部分を過ごしていた。そのときに思いついた歌だ。
イエスは誰を爆撃するのだろう?(Who Would Jesus Bomb?)
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 22:05
Jenin
Japanese version, from:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/anarchy/anarchy...
註:イスラエルは、自分が蒔いた種の報いを受けている。分かっている。あまりにも残酷だ。それはここでも同じだ(詳しくはニューヨーク市を参照)。だが、好むと好まざるとに関わらず、これが現実なのだ。自分の道義的ガイガーカウンターにうまく適合しようとしまいと。平和は正義を通じて達成される。占領を終わらせよう。
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/anarchy/anarchy...
註:イスラエルは、自分が蒔いた種の報いを受けている。分かっている。あまりにも残酷だ。それはここでも同じだ(詳しくはニューヨーク市を参照)。だが、好むと好まざるとに関わらず、これが現実なのだ。自分の道義的ガイガーカウンターにうまく適合しようとしまいと。平和は正義を通じて達成される。占領を終わらせよう。
ジェニン(Jenin)
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 22:02
Аисты
[1967]
Testo e musica di Vladimir Vysotskij
Lyrics and music by Vladimir Vysotskij
Ogni tanto riprendo in mano il libriccino della vecchia collana "Millelire" di Stampa Alternativa con le canzoni di Vladimir Vysotskij, oppure cerco qualcosa in rete. Perché Vysotskij è un pozzo senza fondo, oppure sul fondo del pozzo c'è l'anima e la vita dell'uomo, di noi tutti. E così, ogni volta che mi decido a riaprire il discorso con il vecchio Vladimir, c'è sempre qualcosa di nuovo. Qualcosa che era sfuggito. Qualcosa di cui non t'eri accorto prima. Questo vale per questa canzone, del 1967, per la quale questo termine è senz'altro riduttivo. Perché questa è poesia pura, perché la sua lettura senza musica non le toglie niente. Anche se la voce roca e possente di Vladimir è sempre nelle orecchie. Leggetela. Imparatela. Non importa se in russo, in italiano o in un'altra lingua. E' un brivido, sempre.... (Continues)
Testo e musica di Vladimir Vysotskij
Lyrics and music by Vladimir Vysotskij
Ogni tanto riprendo in mano il libriccino della vecchia collana "Millelire" di Stampa Alternativa con le canzoni di Vladimir Vysotskij, oppure cerco qualcosa in rete. Perché Vysotskij è un pozzo senza fondo, oppure sul fondo del pozzo c'è l'anima e la vita dell'uomo, di noi tutti. E così, ogni volta che mi decido a riaprire il discorso con il vecchio Vladimir, c'è sempre qualcosa di nuovo. Qualcosa che era sfuggito. Qualcosa di cui non t'eri accorto prima. Questo vale per questa canzone, del 1967, per la quale questo termine è senz'altro riduttivo. Perché questa è poesia pura, perché la sua lettura senza musica non le toglie niente. Anche se la voce roca e possente di Vladimir è sempre nelle orecchie. Leggetela. Imparatela. Non importa se in russo, in italiano o in un'altra lingua. E' un brivido, sempre.... (Continues)
Небо этого дня ясное,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 21:21
Nuclear War
(1982)
Un espediente non spesso utilizzato nelle "protest song": rappresentare l'assurdità della guerra attraverso l'assurdità della musica. Anche il testo, a dire il vero, non è da meno...
Reinterpretata anche dalla rock band Yo La Tengo nel 2002.
Un espediente non spesso utilizzato nelle "protest song": rappresentare l'assurdità della guerra attraverso l'assurdità della musica. Anche il testo, a dire il vero, non è da meno...
Reinterpretata anche dalla rock band Yo La Tengo nel 2002.
Nuclear war.
(Continues)
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2006/1/7 - 21:23
Men In A War
Album: Days of Open Hand (1990)
"Men in a War" is about missing a piece of yourself, whether it's a physical piece or a part of your will or spirit. I put the woman in the song because I wanted to show these two people in opposite circumstances, both of them feeling incomplete. The man is feeling something he doesn't have, and the woman is not feeling something she has."
"The Open Hand Book - Notes on her New Album", Musician, 1991, also published in Language and in the Limited Edition of 99.9F° (http://www.vega.net/handbook.htm) transcribed by Eric Szczerbinski
(da The Rusted Pipe Web Site)
"Men in a War" is about missing a piece of yourself, whether it's a physical piece or a part of your will or spirit. I put the woman in the song because I wanted to show these two people in opposite circumstances, both of them feeling incomplete. The man is feeling something he doesn't have, and the woman is not feeling something she has."
"The Open Hand Book - Notes on her New Album", Musician, 1991, also published in Language and in the Limited Edition of 99.9F° (http://www.vega.net/handbook.htm) transcribed by Eric Szczerbinski
(da The Rusted Pipe Web Site)
Men in a war
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2006/1/7 - 19:24
Al Dievel (La marcia del Diavolo)
da "La Grande Famiglia" (1996)
Testo di Massimo Ghiacci
Musica di Massimo Ghiacci e Alberto Cottica
Seconda voce di Mara Redeghieri
La canzone è dedicata a Germano Nicolini, detto "il comandante Diavolo", prima comandante partigiano e poi, subito dopo la guerra, sindaco comunista di Correggio (RE). Nel 1947 Nicolini fu accusato, insieme ad Ello Ferretti ed Antonio Prodi, dell'omicidio di don Umberto Pessina, avvenuto nel giugno del 1946. Accusa totalmente infondata perché non solo i tre erano estranei alla faccenda, ma i veri assassini avevano già confessato. Nonostante questo, su pressione del vescovo Beniamino Socche, i tre furono condannati a 22 anni di prigione, anche grazie a una confessione estorta con la tortura a un testimone da parte dei carabinieri.
"Al Dievel" trascorse in prigione dieci anni, anche a causa dell'ostilità dello stesso PCI. Nel 1990 il processo fu riaperto... (Continues)
Testo di Massimo Ghiacci
Musica di Massimo Ghiacci e Alberto Cottica
Seconda voce di Mara Redeghieri
La canzone è dedicata a Germano Nicolini, detto "il comandante Diavolo", prima comandante partigiano e poi, subito dopo la guerra, sindaco comunista di Correggio (RE). Nel 1947 Nicolini fu accusato, insieme ad Ello Ferretti ed Antonio Prodi, dell'omicidio di don Umberto Pessina, avvenuto nel giugno del 1946. Accusa totalmente infondata perché non solo i tre erano estranei alla faccenda, ma i veri assassini avevano già confessato. Nonostante questo, su pressione del vescovo Beniamino Socche, i tre furono condannati a 22 anni di prigione, anche grazie a una confessione estorta con la tortura a un testimone da parte dei carabinieri.
"Al Dievel" trascorse in prigione dieci anni, anche a causa dell'ostilità dello stesso PCI. Nel 1990 il processo fu riaperto... (Continues)
In dla basa svein a Curès
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Contributed by Alberto Cornia 2006/1/7 - 16:32
Song Itineraries:
Resistance against Nazi-Fascism in Italy and Europe, The Devil
Povero Napoleone [Viva la Russia, viva la Prussia]
Anonymous
![Povero Napoleone [Viva la Russia, viva la Prussia]](img/upl/Screenshot_2022-03-02_at_23-22-34_Antiwar_Songs_AWS_Anonymous_-_Povero_Napoleone_Viva_la_Russia_viva_la_Prussia.png)
[1812-13]
Da "La musica dell'Altra Italia"
Nota anche come "Viva la Russia, viva la Prussia", si tratta senz'altro della canzone su Napoleone I più diffusa in tutta l'Italia settentrionale, entrata nel repertorio militare e di risaia; raccolta da Gianni Bosio e Roberto Leydi, 1962, Cologno al Serio, Bergamo.
Da "La musica dell'Altra Italia"
Nota anche come "Viva la Russia, viva la Prussia", si tratta senz'altro della canzone su Napoleone I più diffusa in tutta l'Italia settentrionale, entrata nel repertorio militare e di risaia; raccolta da Gianni Bosio e Roberto Leydi, 1962, Cologno al Serio, Bergamo.
Incisioni:
- Addio padre. La guerra di Belochio, di Palma e di Badoglio (reg. orig. Palma Facchetti)
- Sandra Mantovani: Il testamento dell'avvelenato EP (ried. Folk italiano)
- Bergamo e il suo territorio (reg. orig. Palma Facchetti)
Fonti:
- R. Leydi - I canti popolari italiani (tit. "Viva la Russia viva la Prussia") (m)
- G. Vettori - Il folk italiano. Canti e ballate popolari
- Addio padre. La guerra di Belochio, di Palma e di Badoglio (reg. orig. Palma Facchetti)
- Sandra Mantovani: Il testamento dell'avvelenato EP (ried. Folk italiano)
- Bergamo e il suo territorio (reg. orig. Palma Facchetti)
Fonti:
- R. Leydi - I canti popolari italiani (tit. "Viva la Russia viva la Prussia") (m)
- G. Vettori - Il folk italiano. Canti e ballate popolari
Viva la Russia viva la Prussia
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 00:37
Song Itineraries:
Napoleon's Wars
Povero Cristo
[1969]
Parole di Nanni Svampa
Musica di Lino Patruno
Testo ripreso da "La musica dell'Altra Italia".
Incisioni:
- Nanni Svampa: Perché
- Nanni Svampa in italiano 2
- Nanni Svampa: Cabaret italiano
Parole di Nanni Svampa
Musica di Lino Patruno
Testo ripreso da "La musica dell'Altra Italia".
Incisioni:
- Nanni Svampa: Perché
- Nanni Svampa in italiano 2
- Nanni Svampa: Cabaret italiano
Povero Cristo si dice di uno che non arriverà
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 00:32
Per Claudio Varalli
[1975]
Testo e musica di Pino Masi.
Si veda anche La manifestazione in cui morì Zibecchi.
PER NON DIMENTICARE
Aprile 1975
Claudio Varalli aveva 17 anni, abitava a Bollate in provincia di Milano, frequentava l’Istituto Tecnico per il Turismo che oggi è intitolato a suo nome ed era un militante del Movimento Lavoratori per il Socialismo.
Giannino Zibecchi aveva 27 anni, abitava a Milano, insegnava educazione fisica alla Uisp ed era un militante del Coordinamento dei Comitati Antifascisti.
Non erano figure eccezionali: erano due ragazzi, divisi da 10 anni d’età, uniti dalla passione politica, sostenuti dalla speranza di migliorare il mondo, protagonisti come migliaia di altri del lungo ’68 italiano. Claudio e Giannino hanno avuto la sfortuna di non riuscire a sopravvivere all’esperienza di quegli anni e noi - compagni ed amici di allora e di sempre - ci auguriamo che raccontando,... (Continues)
Testo e musica di Pino Masi.
Si veda anche La manifestazione in cui morì Zibecchi.
PER NON DIMENTICARE
Aprile 1975
Claudio Varalli aveva 17 anni, abitava a Bollate in provincia di Milano, frequentava l’Istituto Tecnico per il Turismo che oggi è intitolato a suo nome ed era un militante del Movimento Lavoratori per il Socialismo.
Giannino Zibecchi aveva 27 anni, abitava a Milano, insegnava educazione fisica alla Uisp ed era un militante del Coordinamento dei Comitati Antifascisti.
Non erano figure eccezionali: erano due ragazzi, divisi da 10 anni d’età, uniti dalla passione politica, sostenuti dalla speranza di migliorare il mondo, protagonisti come migliaia di altri del lungo ’68 italiano. Claudio e Giannino hanno avuto la sfortuna di non riuscire a sopravvivere all’esperienza di quegli anni e noi - compagni ed amici di allora e di sempre - ci auguriamo che raccontando,... (Continues)
Ti ho visto la foto è sul "Giorno"
(Continues)
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 00:24
Avanti popolo [Poiché non vogliamo sfruttati]
![Avanti popolo [Poiché non vogliamo sfruttati]](img/upl/Gualtiero_Bertelli_Avanti_popolo.jpg)
Testo di Gualtiero Bertelli
ispirato e sull'aria di "Bandiera Rossa"
Mai e poi mai avremmo pensato di inserire una versione di "Bandiera Rossa" nelle CCG/AWS, un canto che, in una delle sue (numerose) versioni presenta strofe come questa: "E se la Russia ci dà il fucile /Guerra civile, guerra civile/E se la Russia ci dà il fucile/Guerra civile vogliamo far". Mai lo avremmo pensato, finché non ci siamo imbattuti (nella "Musica dell'Altra Italia", come sempre...) in questa bella versione di Gualtiero Bertelli nella quale è presente una strofa così chiaramente contro la guerra, da giustificare appieno il suo inserimento. Ci piacerebbe davvero che questa fosse la versione di "Bandiera Rossa" cantata universalmente...
La versione fu interpretata dal Nuovo Canzoniere Veneto. Riportata da G.Vettori nello storico tascabile della Newton-Compton "Canzoni italiane di protesta 1794-1974", edito nel 1976, fu incisa nell'album "Canti della sinistra di classe" pubblicato dal Manifesto.
ispirato e sull'aria di "Bandiera Rossa"
Mai e poi mai avremmo pensato di inserire una versione di "Bandiera Rossa" nelle CCG/AWS, un canto che, in una delle sue (numerose) versioni presenta strofe come questa: "E se la Russia ci dà il fucile /Guerra civile, guerra civile/E se la Russia ci dà il fucile/Guerra civile vogliamo far". Mai lo avremmo pensato, finché non ci siamo imbattuti (nella "Musica dell'Altra Italia", come sempre...) in questa bella versione di Gualtiero Bertelli nella quale è presente una strofa così chiaramente contro la guerra, da giustificare appieno il suo inserimento. Ci piacerebbe davvero che questa fosse la versione di "Bandiera Rossa" cantata universalmente...
La versione fu interpretata dal Nuovo Canzoniere Veneto. Riportata da G.Vettori nello storico tascabile della Newton-Compton "Canzoni italiane di protesta 1794-1974", edito nel 1976, fu incisa nell'album "Canti della sinistra di classe" pubblicato dal Manifesto.
Avanti o popolo, alla riscossa
(Continues)
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/7 - 00:12
Rwanda
(2000)
dall'album "Rancid"
La canzone si riferisce al terribile genocidio ruandese del 1994, una delle tante guerre praticamente dimenticate.
Il genocidio avvenne in un clima di totale indifferenza da parte dell'ONU e di molti paesi occidentali che mandarono i contingenti con l'unico scopo di salvare i propri cittadini. Fra questi spicca la Francia, che non solo non volle fermare la folle barbarie assassina (negli anni precedenti aveva armato e addestrato le FAR), ma anzi la fiancheggiò mandando contingenti a supportare le truppe hutu in ritirata dopo l'arrivo del FPR (tutsi). Ancora oggi, dopo dieci anni dal genocidio, rimangono aperti numerosi interrogativi ai quali forse non verrà mai data risposta.
dall'album "Rancid"
La canzone si riferisce al terribile genocidio ruandese del 1994, una delle tante guerre praticamente dimenticate.
Il genocidio avvenne in un clima di totale indifferenza da parte dell'ONU e di molti paesi occidentali che mandarono i contingenti con l'unico scopo di salvare i propri cittadini. Fra questi spicca la Francia, che non solo non volle fermare la folle barbarie assassina (negli anni precedenti aveva armato e addestrato le FAR), ma anzi la fiancheggiò mandando contingenti a supportare le truppe hutu in ritirata dopo l'arrivo del FPR (tutsi). Ancora oggi, dopo dieci anni dal genocidio, rimangono aperti numerosi interrogativi ai quali forse non verrà mai data risposta.
Rwanda yeah your moon shines bright
(Continues)
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2006/1/6 - 19:59
Song Itineraries:
1994: The Rwanda Genocide
E c'è una storia che ci piace ascoltare
[2005]
Sacco e Vanzetti
Sacco e Vanzetti
E c'e' una storia che ci piace ascoltare
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Adriana 2006/1/6 - 18:21
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
Inclinato ad oriente
In ogni strada c'è qualcuno che ti chiede mille lire
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Contributed by Adriana 2006/1/6 - 18:18
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
Olive da friggere forte
[2005]
Sacco e Vanzetti
Sacco e Vanzetti
Quanti italiani per le strade di New York
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Adriana 2006/1/6 - 18:16
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
Wooden Ships
(1969)
dall'album "Volunteers"
anche in "Crosby, Stills & Nash", primo album di Crosby, Stills & Nash (senza Young)
Scritta dal leader dei Jefferson Airplane Paul Kantner assieme a David Crosby e Stephen Stills. Per questo è anche nel repertorio di Crosby, Stills & Nash. Sia CS&N che gli Airplane la eseguirono a Woodstock nel 1969.
In questa canzone il popolo degli oppositori si appresta ad abbandonare il mondo dell'establishment con "navi di legno", la stessa idea di fuga che sarà ripresa ed estesa (verso lo spazio) nel successivo album (firmato Jefferson Starship) Blows Against The Empire.
(adattato da Musica e Memoria)
Le navi di legno possono essere in realtà paragonate a tante Arche che portano via i sopravvissuti a una catastrofe atomica (o comunque a qualche guerra), come spiega bene Piero Scaruffi, per raggiungere un mondo utopico dove si possa vivere in... (Continues)
dall'album "Volunteers"
anche in "Crosby, Stills & Nash", primo album di Crosby, Stills & Nash (senza Young)
Scritta dal leader dei Jefferson Airplane Paul Kantner assieme a David Crosby e Stephen Stills. Per questo è anche nel repertorio di Crosby, Stills & Nash. Sia CS&N che gli Airplane la eseguirono a Woodstock nel 1969.
In questa canzone il popolo degli oppositori si appresta ad abbandonare il mondo dell'establishment con "navi di legno", la stessa idea di fuga che sarà ripresa ed estesa (verso lo spazio) nel successivo album (firmato Jefferson Starship) Blows Against The Empire.
(adattato da Musica e Memoria)
Le navi di legno possono essere in realtà paragonate a tante Arche che portano via i sopravvissuti a una catastrofe atomica (o comunque a qualche guerra), come spiega bene Piero Scaruffi, per raggiungere un mondo utopico dove si possa vivere in... (Continues)
- If you smile at me
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Lorenzo Masetti 2006/1/6 - 16:22
Song Itineraries:
Woodstock 1969 and other pop rock festivals
Mau Mau (Amerikon)
da "Blows Against The Empire" (1970)
Brano d'apertura del primo album dei Jefferson Starship, dopo il grande successo di Volunteers degli Airplane.
Così presenta l'album in un interessante articolo il critico Riccardo Bertoncelli (che stavolta non "spara cazzate"...):
da "Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire" di Riccardo Bertoncelli
[Del nucleo originale dei Jefferson Airplane] nel '70 ritroviamo solo Paul Kantner e Grace Slick, all'inizio fra l'altro di una tenera (effimera) storia d'amore. Mentre gli altri si tirano indietro o vanno in tour o fanno vacanza (Jorma e Jack passano settimane in Scandinavia dedicandosi al pattinaggio), i due entrano ai Pacific High Studios e cominciano a stendere bozze per quello che potrebbe essere il nuovo disco dei Jefferson o forse no. Non è ben chiaro se il gruppo sopravviverà e, nel dubbio, Kantner decide di trasformare le idee in un progetto... (Continues)
Brano d'apertura del primo album dei Jefferson Starship, dopo il grande successo di Volunteers degli Airplane.
Così presenta l'album in un interessante articolo il critico Riccardo Bertoncelli (che stavolta non "spara cazzate"...):
da "Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire" di Riccardo Bertoncelli
[Del nucleo originale dei Jefferson Airplane] nel '70 ritroviamo solo Paul Kantner e Grace Slick, all'inizio fra l'altro di una tenera (effimera) storia d'amore. Mentre gli altri si tirano indietro o vanno in tour o fanno vacanza (Jorma e Jack passano settimane in Scandinavia dedicandosi al pattinaggio), i due entrano ai Pacific High Studios e cominciano a stendere bozze per quello che potrebbe essere il nuovo disco dei Jefferson o forse no. Non è ben chiaro se il gruppo sopravviverà e, nel dubbio, Kantner decide di trasformare le idee in un progetto... (Continues)
Hide witch hide the good folks come to burn thee
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Lorenzo Masetti 2006/1/6 - 15:54
Two Good Arms
(1977)
La canzone è basata sul discorso finale di Vanzetti.
testo ripreso da Songs about immigrants.
La canzone è basata sul discorso finale di Vanzetti.
testo ripreso da Songs about immigrants.
Who will remember, the hands so white and fine
(Continues)
(Continues)
2006/1/6 - 15:36
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti
[2001]
Album: "Nothing New For Trash Like You"
Album: "Nothing New For Trash Like You"
"Long live anarchy!" were Sacco's last words
(Continues)
(Continues)
2006/1/6 - 15:31
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
A new, and large, AWS song itinerary, including songs dealing the story of the Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, unjustly sentenced to electrocution for a crime they had not committed.
Riccardo Venturi 2006/1/6 - 15:16
Two Good Men
[1945/47]
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
Say, there, did you hear the news?
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Adriana e Riccardo 2006/1/6 - 15:00
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
Vanzetti's Letter
[1945/47]
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
The year, it is 1927, an' the day is the third day of May;
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Adriana e Riccardo 2006/1/6 - 14:58
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
We Welcome To Heaven
[1945/47]
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
We welcome to heaven Sacco and Vanzetti,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Adriana e Riccardo 2006/1/6 - 14:56
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
Old Judge Thayer
[1945/47]
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
Old Judge Thayer, take your shackle off of me;
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Adriana e Riccardo 2006/1/6 - 14:50
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
You Souls Of Boston
[1945/47]
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro,... (Continues)
You souls of Boston, bow your heads,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Adriana e Riccardo 2006/1/6 - 14:44
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
Root Hog And Die
Testo e musica di Woody Guthrie
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro, sebbene... (Continues)
Lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie
Questa canzone, assieme ad altre, fu commissionata a Woody Guthrie tra il 1945 e il 1947 da Moses Asch
Woody Guthrie: The Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
1. The Flood And The Storm
2. I Just Want To Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog And Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome To Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston
12. Sacco's Letter To His Son (Pete Seeger)
Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti è una raccolta di ballate folk scritte e interpretate dal cantautore americano Woody Guthrie, ispirate alla vicenda di Sacco e Vanzetti. Le ballate furono commissionate da Moses Asch nel 1945, e registrate tra il 1946 e il 1947. Guthrie non completò mai il progetto, e si ritenne insoddisfatto dal lavoro, sebbene... (Continues)
Root hog and die, friend, root hog and die,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Adriana e Riccardo 2006/1/6 - 14:40
Song Itineraries:
Sacco and Vanzetti
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Lyrics and music by David Rovics
From the album, or song collection, "For the moment"
David Rovics' Official Website
"The way things could be, and hopefully will be soon, as soon as we get it together. We have a world to lose or a world to gain. Originally recorded on Return." -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... (Continues)