[1995]
Album: "Dogs of War"
Lyrics/Testi: Byford/Glockler
Music/Musica: Saxon

Una canzone che ha assunto nel tempo un doppio significato: nata come omaggio ad Aung San Suu Kyi, la leader del movimento per il ritorno della democrazia nel Myanmar, nel 2001 è diventata una canzone simbolo della reazione del popolo statunitense agli attentati dell'11 settembre.

Altre canzoni su Aung San Suu Kyi:
Operation Visit Myanmar - Walk On - Aung San Suu Kyi - Guns and Bombs - Aung San Suu Kyi - Per San Suu Kyi - Lady, Lady - Suddenly - Peacock


Dall'album "All That You Can't Leave Behind" del 2000.

"The song was written about and dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi. It is written in the form of a supporting, uplifting anthem, praising her for her activism and fighting for freedom in Myanmar. She has been intermittently under house arrest since 1989 for her efforts. Due to the political tribute of this album, those in Myanmar caught with possession of either the single for this song... (continua)

[1980]
Testo e musica di Sergio Endrigo
Album: "...e noi amiamoci"

Un brano che fa riferimento agli attentati dell'11 settembre 2001. Dall'album "Vapor Trails", registrato nel corso del 2001 e uscito nel maggio 2002.

Il testo è ripreso dal Deposito - Canti di lotta, sito gemello.

[2006]
Lyrics and Music by John Mayer
Testo e musica di John Mayer
Released as a single from the album "Continuum"
Singolo estratto dall'album "Continuum"

"Waiting on the World to Change" is the first single released from John Mayer's 2006 studio album, Continuum. The song enjoyed general critical acclaim as well as commercial success as a single. For this song, Mayer won the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 49th Grammy Awards. Because of its theme of discontent and hope, it quickly came into demand in a variety of television programs, charity benefits, and other events.

"Waiting on the World to Change" contains a highly popular chord progression often found in blues, rock and soul songs, such as The Impressions's "People Get Ready" and Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing". The chord progression is "1-6m-4-1 - 5-6m-4-1" and, in the case of "Waiting on the World to Change",... (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

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)

Written by Fairuz, Assi & Mansour Rahbani
Scritta da Fairuz, Assi e Mansour Rahbani.

"Il ponte del ritorno" (Jisr al Ouda)- Una famosa canzone di Fairuz dedicata alla gioventù palestinese.
Bridge of Return" (Jisr al Ouda)- A celebrated song by Fairuz dedicated to the Palestinian youth.

[1983]
Arabic lyrics by Khaled
Urdu lyrics by Tabassum Siraj
(sung by Amar - Asian Underground)
Testo arabo di Khaled
Testo urdu di Tabassum Siraj
(cantato da Amar degli Asian Underground)

Agli inizi della sua carriera, Khaled, il "re del Rai" algerino famoso in tutto il mondo negli anni '80 e '90 per la canzone Aisha, diede voce alle frustrazioni della gioventù algerina. Siamo agli inizi della profonda crisi che prelude all'emergere dell'integralismo da una parte, e della chiusura della casta politico-militare al potere dall'altra. Il risultato è noto: la guerra civile, decine di migliaia di morti, a altrettante migliaia di emigrati. "Fuggire, ma dove?", si chiede Khaled in questa canzone una parte della quale, assai significativamente, fece tradurre in lingua urdu (la lingua ufficiale del Pakistan) per non voler limitare il problema all'Algeria; ed è una domanda che dovrebbe seriamente porsi la razzisteria di casa nostra, il giorno che si trovasse nelle stesse condizioni della gioventù algerina e di decine di altri paesi. [RV]

Throughout the 2003 tour, Wayne Shorter had constantly played his tribute to the pro-democracy Burmese leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Bigozine

Wayne Shorter Quartet
Live at Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 8, 2003

Lineup:
Wayne Shorter (ts, ss)
Danilo Perez (p)
John Patitucci (b)
Brian Blade (d)

2005
Gypsy punks: underdog world strike

Basically, it's an anti-war song- "that war/it never stops!" But it's more than that. He manages to dissect not only the roots of where war exists in our culture but also the helplessness of such understanding (nobody listens, nobody cares) while maintaining an advisory stature. Are we the only light there is? For ourselves we are. Hopeless? Not if you take care of your own.
from Pacifist War Games

The son of Egyptian immigrants, Kareem was born and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He spent his childhood immersed in Western United States culture, attending Rodeos and Pow Wows, while simultaneously learning his family's roots in Islam and Arabic culture. With a degree in Chemical Engineering and recenlty finishing Law School, he's on the road promoting his new album, "Generous Peace".

His voice is robust, sexy, and All-American Country soundin'. I love him! His musical sound is open-chord guitar with a lot of grounded piano sound supporting it. His lyrics are not officially "muslim" or "nasheeds" (Islamic gospel songs), but the subject matter is definitely "Halal" (ie for you non-muslims reading this, Halal means religiously permissible, as in the subject matter is about living a good life, it's not about forbidden things and isn't leading the listener to sin - not about adultery, greed, alcohol, or other illicit/amoral activities).
(from Rockin' Hejabi blog)

Une chanson pour tous les enfants qui vivent entre la guerre.

[Tradizionale / Traditional]

Avvertenza. Come canzone integrante e basilare del Civil Rights Movement, We Shall Not Be Moved è stata inserita nel percorso "Razzismo e schiavitù negli Stati Uniti d'America". Il suo inserimento nell'altro percorso "Emigrazione e guerra del lavoro" è dovuto al suo uso come riconosciuta Labor song.

Notice.. As a song being a basic and integral part of the Civil Rights Movement, "We Shall Not Be Moved" has been included in the song itinerary "Racism and Slavery in the United States of America". Its inclusion in the other song itinerary "Emigration and Labor War" is due to its use as an acknowledged labor song. [AWS/CCG Staff]

Indichiamo l'autore come 'anonimo' perchè si tratta di un inno religioso che ignoriamo se sia attribuibile a qualche autore particolare. Fu iniziato a riadattare già negli anni '30 come canto di lotta operaia; il titolo originale dell'inno,... (continua)

Album: Farben
(1990)

Written and composed by Naomi Shemer
Testo e musica di Naomi Shemer

"In our Garden" (Hebrew: אצלנו בחצר, Etzlenu Behatzer) is a famous Israeli song written and composed by Naomi Shemer.

The song is about caring for those who are different, knowing the different cultures and languages, learning about the other, and the longing for Peace.

The song tells about a fictional garden where kids from all over the world appear and play together. Each one says "hello" in his own language. In the Hebrew language, "Hello" also means "Peace". As the lyrics say "Everyone who comes to our home has his own way to greet another".

"Hello" is said in the following different languages: Hebrew, Italian, French, Arabic, English, Chinese, Greek, Portuguese, Swahili, Hawaiian and Japanese.

Namoi Shemer was also famous for her knowledge of the Bible. The idea depicted in the song echos the prophets calling for... (continua)

[2001]

Tragicomica storia d'amore del partigiano Cesare che commette delitto passionale perchè, proprio mentre è in missione, scopre che la sua bella lo tradisce ... e per di più con un fascista :-)

Lo scenario della vicenda - tratteggiato da Jannacci con pochi ed essenziali tocchi - è ad ogni modo precisamente quello della lotta partigiana, sicchè credo che anche questa surreale figura di "fidanzato deluso" rappresenti, a suo modo, una voce capace di unirsi al grande coro di CCG.

La canzone (composta da Enzo Jannacci e Paolo Jannacci) è stata incisa per la prima volta dal cantautore milanese nell'album "Come gli aeroplani" (2001, Ala Bianca):

La medesima incisione è stata da Jannacci inserita anche nel doppio CD antologico "The Best" (2006, Ala Bianca):

- testo tratto dal booklet del CD "Come gli aeroplani" (nelle parti parlate compaiono peraltro, nel disco, alcune modeste variazioni rispetto ad esso) -

In questo brano compare il vademecum del brigante ed i relativi nomignoli dati dal popolo ai briganti politici di tutte le epoche, trucidati di volta in volta dai governanti dei loro tempi.

Ascoltabile nella pagina MySpacedell'autore

[1864]
A Christmas carol based on the poem Christmas Bells by Harry Wadsworth Longfellow
Càrola natalizia basata sulla poesia Christmas Bells di Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tunes / Melodie:
1. John Baptiste Calkin, "Waltham" [1872]
2. Joseph Mainzer, "Mainzer" [orig. 1845]
3. Johnny Marks [1950]
4. John Gorka [1990]

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the poem "Christmas Bells," composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) in 1864.

Longfellow wrote "Christmas Bells" on Christmas day 1864 in the midst of the American Civil War and the news of his son Charles Appleton Longfellow having suffered wounds as a soldier in battle. He had suffered the great loss of his wife two years prior to an accident with fire. His despair in the following years after was recorded in his journal.

The poem has been set to several tunes. The first tune was set in the... (continua)

[1987]
Lyrics by Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin
Music by Yes
Testo di Jon Anderson e Trevor Rabin
Musica: Yes
Album: Big Generator

"Shoot High, Aim Low" is a song by Yes. It appears on the 1987 Big Generator album. The song appears to have never released as a single, but reached position #11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the '80s. It appeared on every show on the Big Generator tour, but nowhere else to date.

The song, according to Jon Anderson's announcements prior to the song on many shows of the tour, the song is about war; specifically, a future in which mankind will live beyond war. In most of these announcements, Anderson explains that the "blue fields" mentioned in the first line are in Nicaragua - at the time the album was being worked on, a legal battle between the U.S. and Nicaragua had occurred over the U.S. aiding guerrillas against the Nicaraguan government.

Anderson... (continua)

[1972]
Graziani-Pagani
Album: Megalopolis [Chapitre II]
Il testo è stato trascritto all'ascolto.

"Un discorso del tutto a parte meriterebbe Megalopolis, innovativa opera pop, romanzo sonoro e soprattutto visione incredibilmente profetica della degenerazione del nostro sistema di vita ipertecnologico, ma rimandiamo, per ragioni di spazio, al futuro l’occasione di parlare di un materiale così complesso...
Dirò solo che incredibilmente l’apocalisse che conclude Megalopolis inizia con una panne elettrica che precipita nel black-out generalizzato l’intera Europa (anzi gli stati uniti d’Europa, come li chiama lui nel lontano ’72!)... scrivo queste righe a nemmeno venti ore di distanza dal grande black-out che ha lasciato al buio l’Italia per, in media, una decina di ore..."
Alessio Lega, A - Rivista Anarchica Online, n° 295, dicembre 2003.


Megalopolis
fr.wikipedia

Megalopolis est le troisième... (continua)

"48", un modo di dire ancora oggi, a Napoli, che si pensa messo in uso dalla rivolta nel regno, risalente al 1848

“O’ regno ‘cchiù bello”, creato per narrare (con ottica diversa) l’ultimo periodo del regno di Napoli governato da Francesco II, detto Francischiello, e l’avvento dell’unità d’Italia.

[2007]
Lyrics and music by Mattafix
Testo e musica: Mattafix

I Mattafix hanno sin dai loro inzi manifestato un forte impegno sociale, in particolare a sostegno dei diritti umani in Darfur e in favore della cessazione delle ostilità. Sul sito ufficiale della band è possibile aderire alla campagna, sia facendo delle donazioni, sia inviando una lettera aperta alle Nazioni Unite.

"Living Darfur" (also known as "Living") is the first single from Mattafix's forthcoming album Rhythm and Hymns, released in 2007. The song already charted on the iTunes Store charts in several countries and is also released in the United States. The beginning of the song sounds similar to a part of Madonna's song "Mother and Father", taken from her 2004 release American Life.

The music video, funded by Mick Jagger and set in a refugee camp, aims to raise awareness for Darfur and catch the attention of the United... (continua)

[1972]
Album: "Dialogo tra un impegnato e un non so"
Testo e musica di Gaber - Luporini
Lyrics and music by Gaber - Luporini

[1972]
Vastano-Pagani
Album: Megalopolis [Chapitre II]

"Un discorso del tutto a parte meriterebbe Megalopolis, innovativa opera pop, romanzo sonoro e soprattutto visione incredibilmente profetica della degenerazione del nostro sistema di vita ipertecnologico, ma rimandiamo, per ragioni di spazio, al futuro l’occasione di parlare di un materiale così complesso...
Dirò solo che incredibilmente l’apocalisse che conclude Megalopolis inizia con una panne elettrica che precipita nel black-out generalizzato l’intera Europa (anzi gli stati uniti d’Europa, come li chiama lui nel lontano ’72!)... scrivo queste righe a nemmeno venti ore di distanza dal grande black-out che ha lasciato al buio l’Italia per, in media, una decina di ore..."

Alessio Lega, A - Rivista Anarchica Online, n° 295, dicembre 2003.

pour prevoir l’inconnu/il faut etre poète.

Megalopolis
fr.wikipedia

Megalopolis est le... (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

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

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

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)

Pour Federico, qui fut un doux poète; mais qui fut aussi une triste victime.

Une chanson qui donne mon avis sur les tristes faits qui sont passés pendant quelques mois dans la ville de Paris et dans tout l'État français; et qui furent provoqués par les immmigrés qui ont fait une petite révolution contre le gouvernement à cause de leurs salaires trop petits. Mais ils ont utilisé une violence extrême et injustifiée pour réussir dans tout cela.

Une Chanson qui donne mon avis sur les désir du gouvernement américain de trouver des armes de déstruction massive. Et elle est dédiée à ces hommes méchants et pleins d'hipocrésie qui ont semé la peur à cause de son obssession maladive pour trouver des armes qui n'existent pas car ils sont qui ont toutes les armes; mais malgré tout cela, ils ont décidé de chercher d'autres coupables.

[1966]

Testo di Enzo Jannacci
Musica di Enzo Jannacci
dall'album "Sei minuti all'alba"

Cantata anche da Milva nell'album "La Rossa" (1980) in cui tutte le canzoni erano scritte da Jannacci.

C'è non poca guerra, dentro al magnifico LP "Sei minuti all'alba" (Jolly, 1966; ristampato su etichetta Joker nel 1971; mai ristampato su CD a tutt'oggi), che per me è - e resta - uno degli album-capolavoro in assoluto nella pur sterminata discografia di Enzo Jannacci.
Anzi a mio avviso quest'album costituisce la pietra miliare vera - pur se non ancora baciata dal successo popolare e commerciale, che arriverà due anni dopo - del decennio jannacciano dei Sessanta, così come il sublime LP "Quelli che ...", nove anni più tardi (lui pure mai ristampato su CD), marchierà per sempre inmaniera indelebile il decennio jannacciano dei Settanta.

C'è qui dentro non poca guerra, dunque, ed arriva pure subito,... (continua)

Paroles de J.H.Rys et M.Dabadie (1950)

[1977]
Paroles et musique de Pierre Perret
Testo e musica di Pierre Perret

La canzone-icona di Pierre Perret, il suo eterno "biglietto da visita" che lo ha reso noto anche al di fuori della Francia. Anche la prima canzone che, nella Francia del 1977, affrontava il problema del razzismo e dell'integrazione con parole chiare; e una canzone che non è mai passata di moda. Tanto da essere addirittura oggetto di una stupida parodia in chiave razzista.

[1981]
Paroles et musique de Pierre Perret
Testo e musica di Pierre Perret
Album: Amour Liberté Vérité

Paroles: Brice Homs
Musique: Michel Fugain
da "Vivant" (live, 1993)

Una canzone dal testo piuttosto "infantile", ma che racconta la resistenza anticoloniale del clan Zulu della nazione Ngoni contro i Voortrekker boeri che nella prima metà dell'800 erano emigrati dalla colonia inglese del Capo alla regione del KwaZulu-Natal. Nella seconda metà dell'800 gli Zulu diedero poi del filo da torcere anche agli inglesi.
(http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu)