{"id":1052,"date":"2008-02-20T04:35:42","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T18:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2008-06-26T18:48:29","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T08:48:29","slug":"1001-music-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1052","title":{"rendered":"#1,001 : Music &#038; Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>slackbastard top ten in no particular order and chosen at seeming random from among the many that would otherwise qualify for inclusion in such a list<\/em><\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SXZVc0h8Gok&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>1) <strong>Pennywise<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;Fuck Authority&#8221; (2001). Pop punk. Southern California. <em>Epitaph<\/em>. Bring on the Bro Hymn Choir dude. &#8220;A new album, <em>Reason To Believe<\/em>, will be released on March 25, 2008 free through Myspace, and in stores through Epitaph.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pBxWg1yWML0&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>2) <strong>Nicolette<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;No Government&#8221; (1995). Yeah man. Great song, low-quality video. <em>No government is a way of life \/ No government means to trust your friends \/ I know who I am, and you know who you are \/ If everybody knew what they wanted \/ There&#8217;d be nothing, nothing left \/ People would do what they wanted \/ And there&#8217;d be no government \/ There&#8217;d be no government \/ There&#8217;d be no government \/ People would do what they wanted \/ And there&#8217;d be no government&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oxMJDTJXleI&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>3) <strong>Boltthrower<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;Cenotaph&#8221; (1991). See, this is what happens when you have governments: you have wars. And when you have wars, you have cenotaphs. And when you have cenotaphs, you have bands like Boltthrower, who writes songs called &#8220;Cenotaph&#8221;. Oh&#8230; wait&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gjndTXyk3mw&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>4) <strong>Boris Vian<\/strong> &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swans.com\/library\/art7\/xxx071.html\">&#8220;Le Deserteur&#8221;<\/a> (1954). Ooh la la! So Frenchy! So chic! <em>Mr. President \/ I&#8217;m writing you a letter \/ that perhaps you will read \/ If you have the time. \/\/ I&#8217;ve just received \/ my call-up papers \/ to leave for the front \/ Before Wednesday night. \/\/ Mr. President \/ I do not want to go \/ I am not on this earth \/ to kill wretched people. \/\/ It&#8217;s not to make you mad \/ I must tell you \/ my decision is made \/ I am going to desert&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/efRl5-18WKM&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>5) <strong>Los Fastidios<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;We Wanna Be&#8221; (2007). I wanna be watching bands like this in Australia&#8230; *sigh*<\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_Z3xnpT8uX8&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>6) I&#8217;d like to have included The Isley Brothers &#8212; &#8220;Fight The Power&#8221; (and there&#8217;s another cover version of this on YouTube) but &#8220;Embedding disabled by request&#8221; (and while those crazy Japanese cats are pretty damn funky anyways) I decided to go with Doberman &#8212; &#8220;Bella Ciao&#8221;. Then I changed my mind. And thought I&#8217;d include <strong>Chumawamba<\/strong>&#8216;s version instead. Then I realised the video was shit&#8230; *sigh* So instead of a song, here&#8217;s the first part of a documentary: <em>Well Done, Now Sod Off<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f3hCQcrfg28&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>7) <strong>Gil Scott-Heron<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;Message to the Messengers&#8221; (1994). I saw Gil play live @ The Lounge in 1995. I had to borrow a mate&#8217;s shoes to get through the door. Gil was brilliant. &#8220;&#8230;But if you&#8217;re goin&#8217; be teachin&#8217; folks things, make sure you know what you&#8217;re sayin&#8217; \/ Older folks in our neighborhood got plenty of know-how \/ Remember if it wasn&#8217;t for them, you wouldn&#8217;t be out here now \/ And I ain&#8217;t comin&#8217; at you with no disrespect \/ All I&#8217;m sayin&#8217; is that you damn well got to be correct&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/STdmiiYTl9I&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>EIGHT) <strong>Phil Ochs<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;Love Me I&#8217;m A Liberal&#8221; (1966). Liberal as in liberal, not Tory. Gotta love &#8217;em.<\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Kf6aHlN3wKI&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>9) <strong>Leadbelly<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;Bourgeois Blues&#8221; (1938). Every town is a bourgeois town. Except for Barcelona in July 1936 maybe.<\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/luK9-bQVj0k&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/ul>\n<p>10) <strong>H\u00fcsker D\u00fc<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;Don&#8217;t Want to Know if You are Lonely&#8221; (1986). 80s music. Flannel. Bob played Melbourne solo in &#8217;91. He was really, really good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>slackbastard top ten in no particular order and chosen at seeming random from among the many that would otherwise qualify for inclusion in such a list 1) Pennywise &#8212; &#8220;Fuck Authority&#8221; (2001). Pop punk. Southern California. Epitaph. 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