Dear Republicans and Democrats…
John Mellencamp - Fruit Trader (by secallo28)
We were all in the dressing room doing drugs, when our manager stuck his head in the door and said, “The Police are here.” We all freaked out and flushed our dope, and in walked Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, and Sting!
Back when we started making records everyone was putting subliminal messages in their records. We did it too, but no-one understood them, so I think they must have been liminal…
Somewhere I went wrong and gave into this holy terrible mess
in an attempt to do what I thought was right
If you’re good maybe they’ll be light on you,
As long as you dance just like they want you to,
Just shelter that look in your eyes, and think about staying alive,
So you sit down, you give in and when they get up and they yelled!
Someone’s got blood on their hands!
Someone’s got blood on their hands!
Oh, stone cold glare and a crooked grin,
You know exactly what we’re saying, when we say!
Someone’s got blood on their hands!
Someone’s got blood on their hands!
Forget about truth and consequence,
We’ve got a way to deal with this.
Tokyo Jihen - Atarashii Bunmei Kaika
this video keeps getting yanked everywhere. This link will probably not last long either. Apparently there’s no official version available(?)
Here’s a different video of the same song (song starts after a 1½ minute interview) —- http://dai.ly/lhkOKe
Shearer !!!!!!!!
Power to the People
The original “Power to the People” by John Lennon
Power to the People
Black Eyed Peas, Mary J Blige, and John Legend perform “Power to the People.”
Text below from Wikipedia
“John the Revelator” is a traditional Gospel/blues call and response song.[1] In the chorus, John of Patmos, the traditional author of the Book of Revelation, is writing “the book of the seven seals.” At the time of the song’s composition (and in modern times), John of Patmos was generally considered the same person as John the Apostle and John the Evangelist.
The song was recorded on April 20, 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia by Blind Willie Johnson and is included in the Anthology of American Folk Music.[1][2][3] In this version Johnson’s first wife Willie B Harris performs the response parts of the song.[4]The Golden Gate Quartet performed and recorded the song a cappella in the 1930s.[5]Son House also recorded several a cappella versions in the 1960s.
The song has been covered by numerous bands and musicians, including The Blues Brothers, Beck, Billy Childish, John Mellencamp, Nick Cave, Gov’t Mule,Curtis Stigers for the Sons of Anarchy soundtrack, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, R.E.M., Lee Roy Parnell, Frank Black, Hugo Race, Ian Siegal, Phil Keaggyand many others. Similarly titled songs by Depeche Mode and Dave Matthews Band were inspired by the traditional gospel song. The movie Blues Brothers 2000, in which the song is covered by both Taj Mahal and Sam Moore, also includes an additional verse written for the movie and performed by Joe Morton. It was used in the season finale of the FX tv show “Sons Of Anarchy” covered by Curtis Stiger & The Forest Rangers.
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them 