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Old 07-26-2010, 10:41 AM   #1 (permalink)
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What are your favorite activist songs, which encourage people to change their views or their ways?

They might be songs about appreciating baldness, being vegetarian , the problems with democracy...or whatever issue you like.

Here's one I heard today: "I am not my hair" by India.Arie India.Arie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This song encourages people to feel good about themselves regardless what their hair is doing, or whether they have any hair at all. The first video is an audience member's video (which ends suddenly). The second video is the official one with the full song.



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If a chicken was smart enough to be able to speak English and run in a geometric pattern, then I think it should be smart enough to dial 911 (999) before getting the axe, and scream to the operator, "Something must be done! Something must be done!"
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man i miss the old 120 minutes

Consolidated are the epitome of activism songs.....this one is an absolute classic
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Old 07-27-2010, 05:53 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Thanks for posting the Rage Against the Machine and NWA songs, Raust. And thank you, Bob, for sharing the Consolidated song!

Freebase, I'd never heard of the punk/heavy metal group Propagandhi and this song and video! I didn't know there was such an activist group out there that was singing about almost everything I'm interested in.

I looked them up and learned that "both in their lyrics and hands-on activism, the band's members champion various anarchist causes and veganism, and have taken an active stance against human rights violations, sexism, racism, homophobia, imperialism, capitalism and religion."

And, to make it even better, "Propagandhi was well-known for lengthy political speeches and rants during live performances." Propagandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Swoon!!!! Can you imagine a better fit for me?? I have come home!

Seriously, though, I've started listening through their many many songs to find others I like. Thanks for posting their video, Freebase.
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Thanks for posting the Rage Against the Machine and NWA songs, Raust. And thank you, Bob, for sharing the Consolidated song!

Freebase, I'd never heard of the punk/heavy metal group Propagandhi and this song and video! I didn't know there was such an activist group out there that was singing about almost everything I'm interested in.

I looked them up and learned that "both in their lyrics and hands-on activism, the band's members champion various anarchist causes and veganism, and have taken an active stance against human rights violations, sexism, racism, homophobia, imperialism, capitalism and religion."

And, to make it even better, "Propagandhi was well-known for lengthy political speeches and rants during live performances." Propagandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Swoon!!!! Can you imagine a better fit for me?? I have come home!

Seriously, though, I've started listening through their many many songs to find others I like. Thanks for posting their video, Freebase.
I don't understand, why would you like a band simply because they share a similar philosophy on life as you?
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the intro nearly made me cry
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Going see Propagandhi today. Some of the best humans on the earth. Stand for everything they make music about.
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Going see Propagandhi today. Some of the best humans on the earth. Stand for everything they make music about.
How was the concert, Emsanders?
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  • One of the "classics". Absolutely essential, We Shall Overcome by Joan Baez:




  • ♫ "In a world designed by the men in grey... (...) Here comes Alex!" ♫ Remember? The Return of Alex (or Hier kommt Alex in German), by Die Toten Hosen:



(Just in case anyone doesn't know: Alex is an allusion to A Clockwork Orange's main character)


  • Have you ever thought about subservient people living a "subsonic life" in these "subsonic times"? Perhaps someone like you and me, as Sexy Sadie sang:



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