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Ungaretti

Ungaretti
Dall'album "Bienvenido"(2005)
Jesce sole, ‘ngoppa a case cadute, terre bruciate, mure crepate
(Continues)
Contributed by Donquijote82 2008/7/3 - 11:36
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El Campesino Embejucao

El Campesino Embejucao
"El Campesino Embejucao" è una canzone che esprime sentimenti e desideri della popolazione rurale colombiana in mezzo al conflitto armato in corso.
Me tienen arrecho con tanta juepuerca preguntadera
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/3 - 09:03

Un mundo en libertad

Los Fabulosos Dissel, un grupo de música popular liderado por los hermanos Jorge y Carlos Sauer compusieron esta canción en son de cumbia para expresar su solidaridad hacia Ingrid Betancourt, exigiendo su pronta liberación.
Han pasado seis años,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/7/2 - 22:11
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C'è un'aria

C'è un'aria
di Gaber - Luporini

Apparsa per la prima volta nell’album “Io Come Persona” (1993), qui la versione dell’album postumo “Io Non Mi Sento Italiano” di dieci anni dopo. Uno spontaneo, liberatorio sfogo a quanto ci propinano e a “come” ce lo propinano. Senza dubbio di maggior spessore (più profonda e grave) della pur ironicissima ma un po’ accomodante e superficialotta (diciamo pure svolazzante) “Il Telegiornale” di Antonello Venditti: « TG1 TG2 che confusione, almeno rimane il pregio dell'informazione!». Ma da anni soffriamo e subiamo i gas tossici di questo criterio di informare.
Dagli schermi di casa un signore un po' eccitato
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2008/7/2 - 18:18
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Come in coma

Come in coma
[2006]
Daniele Sepe und Rote Jazz Fraktion in:
Suonarne 1 per educarne 100
Testi e musiche di Daniele Sepe e della Rote Jazz Fraktion
Testo trascritto all'ascolto

Può darsi che l'idea non sia originalissima: un tizio che si risveglia da un coma durato quasi trent'anni, e che trova il mondo completamente cambiato. In peggio, naturalmente, perché tutti 'sti "nuovi mondi", o "nuovi che avanzano", sono regolarmente "una merda", come dice il Piero Zamponi di questa storia. La quale, nonostante l'idea non propriamente nuova, è pur sempre qualcosa che esce dalle mani di Daniele Sepe; e tanto basta per renderla una cosa del tutto a sé. Prima di tutto con il suo andamento teatrale, diviso addirittura in "atti", nel quale -almeno a mio parere- l'impronta della sceneggiata napoletana si avverte notevolmente; poi nel particolare contesto dell'album "Suonarne 1 per educarne 100", che già dal titolo... (Continues)
La radio nazionale:
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2008/7/2 - 14:59
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América Guerrera

América Guerrera
[1968]
da "El mundo Folclórico de Rolando Alarcón"
¡Ay, América, América guerrera!
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/2 - 14:30
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Ya se fue el verano (El tururururú)

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Ya se fue el verano (El tururururú)
Canzone popolare risalente alla guerra civile spagnola, interpretata anche, in diverse versioni, da Víctor Jara, Quilapayún e Rolando Alarcón e anche la nostra Margot in “Canti della resistenza spagnola”.
Nota anche col titolo Ya se fue el verano

Trovata su trovadores.net.
Que tururururú,
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/2 - 14:24
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Cueca por Vietnam

Cueca por Vietnam
[1969]
Album: "Por Cuba y Vietnam"
Testo di Fernando González
Lyrics by Fernando González
Qué pena, qué pena más grande siento
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/2 - 14:07
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Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuân

Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuân
Da "Por Cuba y Vietnam" (1969)
El joven héroe tendido
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/2 - 14:03
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Viet Nam

Viet Nam
[1984]
Album: "Double Nickels On The Dime"

50000 è il numero di soldati americani morti in Viet Nam. Solo il 10% dei morti vietnamiti che sono stimati in 500.000.
Let's say I got a number
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/2 - 13:38
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Untitled Song For Latin America

Untitled Song For Latin America
Da "Double Nickels on the Dime" (1984)
The Western hemisphere
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/2 - 13:32
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The Price Of Paradise

The Price Of Paradise
Brano di apertura dell'ultimo album della band, "3-Way Tie (For Last)" (1985)
How I remember the history I have seen
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/2 - 13:27
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Political Nightmare

Political Nightmare
Dall'ultimo album della band, "3-Way Tie (For Last)", uscito nel 1985, anno della morte del leader D. Boon.
Someone's doing something
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/2 - 13:20
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Safari

Safari
(2008)
Singolo "Safari"
Album "Ora"
Con Giuliano Sangiorgi dei Negramaro
La notte ha mille porte
(Continues)
2008/7/2 - 12:28
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Alla corte del re

Alla corte del re
2002
Pane e rose
Vieni a vedere sono tornati
(Continues)
Contributed by adriana 2008/7/2 - 09:42
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E allora dai

E allora dai
Parole di Giorgio Gaber
Musica di Franco Battiato

Presentata al Festival di Sanremo del 1967, insieme a Remo Germani, una canzoncina con un testo facile, come andava di moda all'epoca, che parla dei problemi di quel tempo che sono rimasti abbastanza invariati, con la differenza che certi testi come questo risultano incredibilmente profondi se paragonati a certe "cose" prodotte odiernamente.
Questa è una canzone di protesta
(Continues)
Contributed by i.fermentivivi 2008/7/1 - 12:14
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Powderfinger

Powderfinger
Da "Rust Never Sleeps" (1979)

Un brano che racconta di un'aggressione da parte di uomini armati venuti dal fiume, di un ragazzo che, invece di tagliare la corda come consigliatogli dal padre, decide di prendere il fucile e così facendo perde, con la vita, tutto il suo giovane mondo.

Un brano di difficile interpretazione (chi sono gli aggressori e chi gli aggrediti? Giubbe Rosse inglesi contro ribelli americani? Guardia costiera contro contrabbandieri? Federali contro ribelli antigovernativi? Rimando a due analisi, una americana e una italiana), ma che ha la sua chiave nell'ultima strofa:

"Guardami dalla polvere e dal fuoco
Salvami con la forza del pensiero
Pensa a me che non avrei mai immaginato
Di dovermene andare così giovane
Con tante cose lasciate a metà
Ricordami al mio amore
So che le mancherò"
Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/7/1 - 11:24

Je vous salue Patries

Chorale des Chômeurs
La chanson « Je vous salue Patries » est une parodie, un arrangement d'une chanson de Georges Brassens, intitulée « La Prière », elle tirée d'un poème de Francis Jammes (1905), poète très croyant d'inspiration catholique, ce qui explique ce culte marial dans le poème original. Brassens l'a repris tel quel et en a fait une chanson très connue.
Ce n'est pas au départ une chanson très révolutionnaire, quoique très belle.
Revue par des militants peut-être moins brillants poètes, mais plus violemment pacifistes, elle est devenue « Je vous salue Patries ». Une chanson aux accents assez pédagogiques, bâtie sur les deux versants du monde : la guerre – la paix. Et toujours comme seule voie pour sortir des massacres, l'éducation, l'intelligence, la raison, l'amour, le travail créateur (pas le travail créatif... lequel est du pipeau, comme disait mon grand-oncle). C'est peut-être pas du grand art,... (Continues)
Par la Kalachnikov et le fusil M16,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2008/6/30 - 23:55
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Non siamo mai stati sulla luna

Non siamo mai stati sulla luna
(2005)

Di fatto, siamo "solo uno spillo nell'immenso cielo
" e dovremmo perdere la nostra superbia.
Non è vero, ci hanno mentito
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2008/6/30 - 18:15
Song Itineraries: Stories from Deep Space
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Victims Of Circumstance

Victims Of Circumstance
Album: Victims Of Circumstance (1984)

This is an anti-war song, with some very bitter words for the politicians and leaders who keep their people in the dark and ignore their wishes. The lyrics are set to a deceptively innocuous melody, contrasting sharply with the message. (from www.bjharvest.co.uk)
Saw the paper the other day
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 16:07
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Song For Dying

Song For Dying
Album: Once Again

An anti-war song written by John Lees, which according to one reviewer, may well owe its inspiration to the famous "Battle Hymn Of the American Republic". (from www.bjharvest.co.uk)
Two of them watched in the dawn's early light
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 16:00
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Kiev

Kiev
Album: Face To Face (1987)

Written by Les Holroyd who was inspired by the Chernobyl disaster in April 1986, when an accident at a nuclear power station in the then Soviet Union killed many and contaminated a wide area of the Ukraine, close to Kiev. The song is a lament for the people of the area, who were innocent victims. (from www.bjharvest.co.uk)
My friends it's not what you were famous for
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 15:54
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In Memory Of The Martyrs

In Memory Of The Martyrs
Album: Turn Of The Tide (1981)

This song refers to those who lost their lives attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. (from www.bjharvest.co.uk)
Life is like a tall ship
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 15:48
Song Itineraries: The Berlin Wall, 1961-1989
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Copii Romania

Copii Romania
Album: Caught In The Light (1993)

Written by Les Holroyd, this song concerns the plight of Romania following the break up of the Soviet block. The English subtitle was "Children Of Romania". Mr Holroyd donated all his proceeds to the fund for the orphan children of Romania.
Lautari are gypsy violinists, and "the mighty Karpatii" are the Carpathian mountains. (from www.bjharvest.co.uk)
Gone you sons of darkness
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 15:39
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There's A War Going On For Your Mind

There's A War Going On For Your Mind
Dall'album "Fight With Tools" (2007)
There's a war going on for your mind
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/6/30 - 15:34
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Cold War

Cold War
Album: Caught In The Light (1993)

Les Holroyd dedicated this anti-war lament to his cousin Marguerette, living in the former Yugoslavia, at a time when the country was racked by a bitter civil war. (from www.bjharvest.co.uk)
Born in a cold war
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 15:30
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Cheap The Bullet

Cheap The Bullet
Album: Welcome To The Show (1990)
The streets run red with the blood of the innocent
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 15:24
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Child Of The Universe

Child Of The Universe
Album: Everyone Is Everybody Else (1974)
I'm a child of South Africa
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 15:18
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Berlin

Berlin
Album: Berlin A Concert For The People (1982)

Written by Les Holroyd who was inspired by the plight of the city of Berlin, which, at the time the song was written, was divided by the infamous Wall separating East and West Berlin. (from www.bjharvest.co.uk)
Came to your border
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 15:11
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Ballad Of Denshaw Mill

Ballad Of Denshaw Mill
Album: Caught In The Light (1993)

Written by John Lees, this song is based on a Saddleworth legend which has its basis in fact. Denshaw Mill was a woollen mill which operated until the late 1880s, and was already derelict by the time of the first war, when the events described in the song took place. The line "a hole as rotten as ever fouled the green earth" is from a verse by local poet Ammon Wrigley, and the area is part of the Friarmere division of Saddleworth, known locally as the Darkside. (from www.bjharvest.co.uk)
On a cold starry night in the winter time
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 15:00
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African

African
Album: Face To Face (1987)
Through the eyes of a child
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 14:45
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They Shall Not Pass

They Shall Not Pass
Music by The Ex
Lyrics taken from several revolutionary songs then turning them into a new one.

Il brano che apre "1936, the Spanish Revolution", il disco che The Ex realizzarono nel 1986, in occasione del cinquantenario della guerra civile spagnola. Solo quattro tracce (They Shall Not Pass, El Tren Blindado, Ay Carmela e People Again) accompagnate da un accuratissimo booklet di 144 pagine pieno di documenti storici e fotografie provenienti dagli archivi della CNT-FAI.
Just because we are human
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2008/6/30 - 11:14
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Summer Soldier

Summer Soldier
Album: Baby James Harvest (1972)
I feel sorry for the soldier
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/30 - 10:04
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Il Futuro del Mondo

Il Futuro del Mondo
[1994]
Album: "Lorenzo '94"

Non proprio una canzone contro la guerra, ma contro le cause di molte guerre, che troppo spesso sono solo le cause sbandierate per sostenere la "necessità" della guerra.
Se crollasse la "necessità", cesserebbe il sostegno e come la giustificheranno allora la guerra?
Il futuro del mondo è diverso dal mio
(Continues)
Contributed by matteo88 2008/6/29 - 13:06
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Three-Five-Zero-Zero

Three-Five-Zero-Zero
Pacifism pervades the book and score. The theme of opposition to the war is unified by the plot thread that progresses consistently through the book – Claude's moral dilemma over whether to burn his draft card. This theme is most intensely explored in the extended trip sequence in Act 2. The lyrics to "Three-Five-Zero-Zero", which is sung during that sequence, evoke the horrors of war ("ripped open by metal explosion") and point a finger at the Vietnam War directly when the tribe sing "256 Vietcong captured".

The song is based on Allen Ginsberg's 1966 poem, "Wichita Vortex Sutra". In the poem, General Maxwell Taylor proudly reports to the press the number of enemy soldiers killed in one month, repeating it digit by digit, for effect: "Three-Five-Zero-Zero." The song starts begins with images of death and dying and turns into a manic dance number, ironically celebrating the killing in an... (Continues)
Ripped open by metal explosion
(Continues)
2008/6/28 - 23:31
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Zu atrapatu arte

Zu atrapatu arte
Questa canzone dei Kortatu è scritta totalmente in lingua Euskara (Basco) che viene parlata nella regione spagnola dell'Euskadi, che sarebbero i Paesi Baschi. È una lingua che pur essendo parlata in Spagna, differisce quasi totalmente dallo spagnolo. Una canzone contro la borghesia e contro tutti coloro che fanno finta di non vedere quello che succede sulla strada.
Gazte bat
(Continues)
Contributed by Luca 'The River' 2008/6/28 - 02:58
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Ska Against Racism

Ska Against Racism
1992
Figli della stessa rabbia

Contro ogni razzismo, per un futuro migliore.

Sicuramente questo e' il disco piu' famoso dell'etichetta Gridalo Forte. Figli della Stessa Rabbia è stato, e continua ad essere un inno. Tutto il disco nei concerti e' stato cantato a squarciagola da migliaia di persone. Brani come "Cararo Sindaco", "Barboni", "Giunti Tubi Palanche Ska", o la versione solo vocale della title track, sono ormai nel DNA di una generazione di giovani in Italia e in tutta Europa. La grafica e' come sempre di Cristiano Rea e rispecchia al meglio la band. Nel retro della copertina il testo di Bella Ciao, che dopo poco verra' incisa nel MLP omonimo.

Ma chi sei,
(Continues)
Contributed by Luca 'The River' 2008/6/28 - 02:49
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La peste

La peste
Dall’album “Anche per oggi non si vola” (1974)
Un bacillo che saltella,
(Continues)
Contributed by giorgio 2008/6/27 - 20:09
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Chansons de La bande à Bonnot: 06. La java des chaussettes à clous

Chansons de <i>La bande à Bonnot</i>: 06. La java des chaussettes à clous
[1954]
Paroles de Boris Vian
Testo di Boris Vian
Lyrics by Boris Vian
Musique de Jimmy Walter
Musica di Jimmy Walter
Music by Jimmy Walter
D'après la comédie musicale La bande à Bonnot de Henry-François Rey [1954]
Dalla commedia musicale La bande à Bonnot di Henry François-Rey [1954]
From the musical La bande à Bonnot by Henry-François Rey [1954]
Disque Canetti n° 48863: La Bande à Bonnot, douze chansons.
Interprétée aussi par Jacques Higelin
Interpretata anche da Jacques Higelin

"Jules Bonnot, operaio, anarchico e poi bandito, viene braccato per anni dalla polizia in piena Belle Époque e diventa suo malgrado un eroe popolare: la sua cattura avviene di fronte a cinquecento soldati e ventimila parigini, nell'aprile del 1912. Henry-François Rey nel 1954 trasforma questa storia in una commedia musicale e ne affida le canzoni all'eclettico artista francese Boris Vian. Dopo lo spettacolo... (Continues)
Très mutines, toujours accortes
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2008/6/27 - 19:45
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I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam

I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam
Album: "Simply the Truth" (1969)
Sittin' down here thinkin',
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/27 - 11:02
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He Is Coming To Us Dead, or The Express Office

Anonymous
He Is Coming To Us Dead, <i>or</i> The Express Office
Traditional / Tradizionale
From Ozark Folksongs
Collected by Mr. Tandy Collins, 1927
Randolph/Vance, Ozark Folksongs. Volume IV, Religious Songs and Others, p148/#696A [1927/07/26]
Raccolta da Mr. Tandy Collins, 1927
First recording: G.B. Grayson - Henry Whitter, 1927
Prima incisione: G.B. Grayson - Henry Whitter, 1927


Una vecchia canzone contro la guerra la cui storia non è chiarissima. Si tratta comunque quasi con certezza di una canzone tradizionale che da molti è però attribuita (anche nel disco della prima incisione) a G.B. Grayson.

La storia di un anziano signore che si reca ad aspettare suo figlio che torna a casa...all'ufficio postale. L'impiegato gli ricorda gentilmente che i passeggeri di solito arrivano alla stazione ferroviaria, ma l'anziano signore gli dice che arriverà invece all'ufficio postale perché è dentro a una bara. Alla fine dice che sua moglie aveva previsto... (Continues)
One morning when the office had opened
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2008/6/26 - 22:37
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I Don't Like Mondays

I Don't Like Mondays
Bob Geldof wrote this song when he heard about the San Diego elementary school massacre.
In January 1979, Brenda Spencer , a troubled 16-year-old who lived across the street from a schoolyard in San Diego, took the semi-automatic rifle her father had given her for Christmas and began firing. Four people died and eight children were injured. When asked why she did it, she answered "I just don't like Mondays".

Nel gennaio del 1979 Bob Geldof sente la notizia di una sedicenne di San Diego, Brenda Ann Spencer, che si è resa protagonista di una sparatoria nella scuola di fronte a casa sua uccidendo due persone e ferendone altre nove. Alla domanda perché avesse fatto questo gesto lei risponde "I don't like Mondays" (ovvero "Non mi piacciono i lunedì"); questa frase ispira il cantante dei Boomtown Rats a scrivere una canzone.
The silicon chip inside her head
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/26 - 18:41
Song Itineraries: Weapons: our daily home war
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The House Of Orange

The House Of Orange
"I don't care what your politics are, when
our children are dying in the streets, it's time to put away the guns." Stan Rogers

The House of Orange is a Stan Rogers song about The Troubles, in particular about fundraising for the combatants in Canada. The overall sentiment of the song is "a pox on both your houses". The 'House of Orange' mentioned in the song is the royal house of William III of England, who led the Protestant side of the Williamite war in Ireland. It is on his posthumous CD From Fresh Water. This is the last song written by Stan Rogers before his death, and arguably among his most lyrically evocative

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I took back my hand and I showed him the door
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/26 - 17:34
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Hang 'em High

Hang 'em High
Album: Perpetual (2004)
Hey you guys - sitting in high place
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/26 - 11:15
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Half Your Angels

Half Your Angels
Parole e musica di Graham Nash
dall'album Crosby & Nash (2004)

This song was written by Graham Nash after the Oklahoma City Federal Building tragedy...19 of the 168 victims were children.
Somewhere in Heaven
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/26 - 11:08
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Gotta Go (Can`t Wage A War)

Gotta Go (Can`t Wage A War)
[1989]
Album: "In Your Face"
Now is the time
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/26 - 10:05
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Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Knockin' On Heaven's Door
da/from lirama.net
KOPUTAN TAIVAAN OVEEN
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2008/6/25 - 19:42
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Blowin' in the Wind

Blowin' in the Wind
FINLANDESE / FINNISH [3]

Versione finlandese da lirama.net. Si tratta di una versione letterale.

Finnish version from lirama.net. It is a word-for-word translation.
TUULENPUUSKA
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2008/6/25 - 19:33
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Buffalo Soldier

Buffalo Soldier
bob marley 6 un vero mito............ ti amo:-) by la tua bob
bob 2008/6/25 - 17:40

Faces In The Dark

Faces In The Dark
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
To heed the war hawks' cry?
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 16:45

Unsung Heroes

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
There's a factory outside Redfern,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 16:21
Song Itineraries: Heroes

My Own Two Hands

"This song commemorates the framing and murdering by the state of two US activists, Sacco and Vanzetti." Peter Hicks
To you beloved comrade, we make this solemn vow,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 15:55
Song Itineraries: Sacco and Vanzetti

Ordinary People

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
They treat us as flotsam and jetsam,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 14:04

Beyond The Charcoal Graveyard

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.

"Here in Tasmania, as in Brazil, as in New Guinea, and as across the world, our magnificent life-giving old growth rainforests are being destroyed at record rates - for greed and plunder. We have to make them stop." Peter Hicks
Beyond the charcoal graveyard, where the black stumps stand in rows,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 13:51
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Oltre la guerra e la paura

Oltre la guerra e la paura
Chanson italienne – Oltre la guerra e la paura – Modena City Ramblers – 2006

Au-delà de la guerre et de la peur... De grands défis et de grandes épreuves nous attendent ! Contre la culture de la terreur régnante qui se fonde sur le n'importe quoi et la défiance et nous rend égoïstes et faibles. Une chanson sur ces temps sombres et inquiets.” MCR.
AU-DELÀ DE LA GUERRE ET DE LA PEUR
(Continues)
Contributed by MarcoValdo M.I. 2008/6/25 - 12:26

Mumia Abu-Jamal Was Framed

Mumia Abu-Jamal Was Framed
Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.

"The African American journalist, broadcaster and political activist, Mumia Abu-Jamal is currently on death row after being framed for the murder of a Philadelphia policeman. This is probably the most monstrous judicial conspiracy to happen in USA since the framing of Saccho and Vanzetti over 70 years ago." Peter Hicks
There's a man on death row in the frame,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 11:16

Moura Mine

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.

"This song was written after the Moura mining disaster in central Queensland, Australia, in 1985. The premier of the day, in his headline-grabbing visit to the site of the tragedy, made sure that there was room on his private jet for his media entourage - at the expense of not carrying vital rescue equipment. The subsequent enquiry turned out to be a pure cover up. Less than a decade later, following another similar preventable pit tragedy, Moura Mine was to be permanently closed." Peter Hicks
Working man gets up each morning
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 11:05
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The Man With The Pink Triangle

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.

"This song tells the true story of how a young Jewish girl survived Auschwitz because of the sacrifices made by a fellow prisoner, a gay man." Peter Hicks
You were just a child, too young to know,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:58
Song Itineraries: Extermination camps

Daughters of the Taliban

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.

"How come that almost nobody seems to give a damn about the most basic human rights of women in Islamic countries like Pakistan, Afganistan, Iran and Iraq - like not even being allowed to phone a relative or leave the house without your husband's permission for fear of death at the hands of a jealous husband? Maybe it's because, as Madelein Albright said (in the context of China), 'We don't want to mix human rights with trade.'" Peter Hicks
Sleep your sleep, my precious child,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:52

Let Them Be

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.

"Another day ... another "incident" at one of the desert concentration camps where refugees coming to Australia are kept isolated from their communities, in temperatures of 40o plus, deprived of even the most basic creature comforts, and subject to routine degradation and humiliation. Why can't we just let them be?" Peter Hicks
Let them be, let them be, let them be, let them be,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:44

Jabiluka, No!

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.

"As if there aren't already too many nuclear weapons and not enough environmental protection in the world, the Australian government, unbelievably, wants to go ahead with uranium mining at Jabiluka, in the Kakadu National Park. This mining is contrary to the wishes of the Mirrar people, traditional owners of this land." Peter Hicks
Jabiluka, No! Jabiluka, No!
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:39

If It Weren't For The Union

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
Our union's story is there to be seen,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:33

For this Apartheid

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis.
They call you a coon or a kaffir
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:15

The Bottom Line

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis
They're closing down our factories
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 10:08

Fire in Manilla

Written by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis
The hours are long and the work exhausting,
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 09:55
Video!

Each Small Candle

Each Small Candle
Album: In The Flesh - Live 2000

The first stanza is a poem written for Danish Amnesty International by Halfdan Rasmussen. The lyrics of the rest of the song are Roger's response to a newspaper article about the story of a Serbian soldier who helped an Albanian woman lying wounded in a burned-out building.

Halfdan Rasmussen (January 29, 1915 in Copenhagen – March 2, 2002) was a Danish poet. He was known for his nonsensical children's verse and his serious adult writings about social issues and human rights.
Rasmussen was a resistance fighter during the German occupation He became very well known and respected as a poet, nearly becoming a national poet of Denmark. One of his poems, Ikke Bødlen, was featured as one of the best poems on Human Rights on a 1979 book published by Amnesty International Denmark, and would be later translated into the first verse of Roger Waters' song Each Small... (Continues)
Not the torturer will scare me
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/25 - 09:38




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