tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post8024178699906603381..comments2024-02-12T06:10:14.590-08:00Comments on Culture Shock: 6 Days: Election Soundtrack #4culturejockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14263465772349376129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-17983806414387400222008-10-29T12:03:00.000-07:002008-10-29T12:03:00.000-07:00Thanks for the great suggestions Shobiz. I hope to...Thanks for the great suggestions Shobiz. I hope to vary the mood in these posts over the remaining days, so a little raging against the machine would be appropriate. With your helpful suggestions and recommendations from other readers, I am now fully confident that I won't run out of material too soon! So keep an eye on the site for updates throughout the day. (Although with a day job keeping me busy, I may be busy teeing these up late at night for release the next day).MightyToyCannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523823158706838012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-1983747101532702462008-10-29T10:47:00.000-07:002008-10-29T10:47:00.000-07:00Ooh... nice! A decidedly darker choice this day, M...Ooh... nice! A decidedly darker choice this day, MTC. I appreciated the inspirational tone of your first few songs, starting with the perfect choice of "Get Up, Stand Up," and I admit I'd been a little afraid to post the kinds of things I've been listening to over the past several angry years. Despairing songs like 4 Non Blondes' <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXcQGsoDkDk" REL="nofollow">What's Up</A>, why-can't-we-all-just-get-along songs like The Black Eyed Peas' <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI2tceUD3os" REL="nofollow">Where is the Love</A> and incendiary songs like Rage Against the Machine's <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JSBhI_0at0" REL="nofollow">Testify</A>. (Incidentally, I note with some amazement that a touch of rap/hip-hop has entered the "political" wing of my music library during the Bush years... but I digress.)<BR/><BR/>I held back posting choices like those, not wanting to focus on the negativity at a time when we're all riding a wave of hope. However, I think it's worth remembering why we're here: because our swelling collective anger at the injustices and lies finally crested to the point where a majority of Americans are ready to embrace real change. While we inspire each other to rise above the negativity, I think it's important carry that anger in our back pockets to keep us from losing our way. <BR/><BR/>In the spirit of inciting revolution with a dash of hope, I offer another Rage Against the Machine song, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ou0wIUUZ_I" REL="nofollow">Take the Power Back</A>, which, while still an angry call for revolution, also includes the following lines of inspiration:<BR/><BR/>We need a movement with a quickness<BR/>You are the witness of change<BR/>And to counteract<BR/>We gotta take the power back<BR/><BR/>The song ends with an earnest, repeating refrain of "No more lies." As an added bonus, the track features some very funky slap-bass, and some seriously crunchy guitar work by Tom Morello, who has himself become something of a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightwatchman" REL="nofollow">musical activist for our times</A> in the vein of Woodie Guthrie.<BR/><BR/>And one final suggestion, because it's eternally inspirational and also eternally funky: <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmAkHRK2pI8" REL="nofollow">Fight the Power</A>.shobizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471300080193371502noreply@blogger.com