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has leonard ever written a protest song?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:38 pm
by sebmelmoth2003
if so - it will no doubt be included in dorian lynskey's new book `33 revolutions per minute : a history of protest songs`.
http://33revolutionsperminute.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/Dorianlynskey
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here's the author's top ten :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/galle ... 05&index=0
Re: has leonard ever written a protest song?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:01 pm
by Mollydog
Story of Isaac is definitely one.
Re: has leonard ever written a protest song?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:19 pm
by LisaLCFan
Jazz Police is another one, protesting the tyranny by some over others.
Re: has leonard ever written a protest song?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:17 am
by John Etherington
Another is "Diamonds in the Mine", and particularly the live version from the 70s, in which Leonard sings (or rather screams and yells!):
"I told you this in the days of Vietnam
When the poets danced for Ho Chi Minh and the jocks for Uncle Sam
Well which side are you gonna take?
Which song are you gonna sing?
With the mega stench of baby corpses blowing the wind..."
protest song segment on bbc `the strand`- [+penguin cafe]
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:54 pm
by sebmelmoth2003
the author was on `the strand` - bbc world service, yesterday, 3rd march.
scroll down to chapter one just to hear this segment.
[
penguin cafe/
arthur jeffes fans might like chapter 4 as well.]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00f087j
Re: has leonard ever written a protest song?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:12 pm
by Steven
Hi,
"Democracy" comes to mind as not too far afield from a "protest song."