Protest Playlist June 25 2010

Corby’s Orbit

2010/06/25

START	SONG TITLE/ITEM	ARTIST
11:011	Show intro and Station I.D.	Corby
11:02	The Unrest That Keeps Us True	Sons Of An Illustrious Father
11:07	Fearless / You’ll Never Walk Alone	Pink Floyd
11:13	Track Listing and Station I.D.	Corby
11:14	Don’t Take Everyone For Your Friend	Duke Robillard
11:20	Cash on the Barrelhead	Anders Drekup
11:23	Interview with Michael Bate for Grievous Angel	Corby
11:31	Drug Store Truck Drivin Man	Gram Parsons
11:35	When You Gonna Wake Up?	Lee Williams & The Spiritual Q.C.’s
11:39	Rant, Track Listing and Station I.D.	Corby
11:42	The Future	Leonard Cohen
11:46	Caboose	Jaron Freeman-Fox
11:49	Interview with Jaron Freeman-Fox	Corby
11:59	Waterfall (live performance)	Jaron Freeman-Fox
12:05	Never An Easy Way	Morcheeba
12:12	Interview with Jon Brooks and "War Resister" by Jon Brooks	Corby
12:30	God is in the House	Nick Cave
12:36	I Wish I Was Home	Michael Brennan
12:40	Interview w. Jon Brooks	Corby
12:44	Can You Blame The Poor Miner?	Maria Dunn
12:47	The Big Ones Get Away	Buffy Ste-Marie
12:50	Interview w. Jon Brooks	Corby
12:54	Wasteland of the Free	Iris Dement
12:59	Brave Parade	Lynn Miles
1:03	Interview with Jon Brooks.	Corby
1:10	Kigali	Jon Brooks
1:16	Track Listing and Station I.D.	Corby
1:18	No More	Roni Size
1:22	Coming Soon	Beautiful Nubia
1:26	Poor Man Story Long	The Emotions
1:29	Change The System	Ronnie Davis
1:32	Track Listing and chat with Greg Lawson	Corby
1:36	I’m Indebted To You	The Groovers
1:39	The Voice Of The People	Stranger Cole & Jimmy Riley
1:43	Fly Away with Local Listings	Vin Gordon & The Upsetters
1:47	Licky Licky	“ “ “ “
1:50	I Want Justice	Lee Perry
1:53	Give Love a Try	Prince Buster
1:56	Sign Off and Station I.D.	Corby
1:57	We The People	Ellen McIlwaine

Songs of Protest, Hope and Conscience

I MC'd a show of enragees, provocateurs and politically charged singer/songwriters at Hugh's Room last night. Jon Brooks retooled Buffy Ste. Marie's Universal Soldier for the current conflicts of the world and achieved an enthusiastic audience response with an original song ( you can listen at the end of the post ) about the misuse of creative and activist energies that struck deeply at the audience's sense of purpose. He also guested on my show yesterday, bringing in discs by Nick Cave, Maria Dunn and Michael Brennan to illustrate his convictions about the artistry required to make an effective statement in song.

Lynn Miles added a few verses to Neil Young's Ohio to decry the corporate takeover of Toronto and the world. Jory Nash put a fresh muscle of commitment into the great Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come, and Crabtree & Mills revived the spit and spirit of the civil rights movement with a rare Len Chandler tune, To Be A Man. The John Henrys focussed on the resistance of the media to protest music, and the persistence of American churlishness through an interesting historical tune, Patriot Song. Anthems abounded, spirituals and marching songs resonated, and love of the word, effectively used, was shared. A political charge was conducted throughout the room and hopefully, beyond.

Protest Song of the Day ... by Canada's greatest songwriter

Buffy Sainte-Marie The Big Ones Get Away

Hey, Baby I just got back from town

Where the bribes are paid
Honey, they turned my offer down
They say the deal's already made
So now I gotta stand and watch
While it all comes down
And the buzzards and the hawks
And the judges and the mob
Circle round

Now if I were the queen of all the world
I would go in chains just to see you free
Of the ropes that bind you
And the role you play
And the pride that hooks you
While the big ones get away

Love junkies wanna change the world:
It quickly stays the same
Money junkies hire all the smart ones
Power junkies run the game

One step at a time
Polarity Hill
If the bad guys don't get you, baby
Then the good guys will
With angels on the take
And the gangsters in the yard
Hey don't the wars come easy
Hey don't the peace come hard

Now if I had a way to reach the sky
I'd grab that crescent moon
Wield it like a knife
Save you from the lies
From the ropes that bind you
And the role you play
And the game that hooks you
While the big ones get away

Dreadzone Bonus

Protest Song of the Day - Richard and Mimi Farina alert : The Bold Marauders will soon be here

Bold Marauders

And it's hi ho hey

I am the bold marauder

And hi ho hey

I am the white destroyer

For I will bring you silver and gold

And I will bring you treasure

And I will bring a winnowing flag

And I will be your lover

And I will show you grotto and glade

And sacrificial altar

And I will show you blood on the stone

And I will be your mentor

And night will be our darling

And Fear will be our name.

It's hi ho hey

I am the bold marauder

And hi ho hey

I am the white destroyer

For I will take you out by the hand

And lead you to the hunter

And I will show you thunder and steel

And I will be your teacher

And we will dress in helmet and sword

And dip our tongues in slaughter

And we will sing a warriors' song

And lift the praise of murder

And Christ will be our darling

And fear will be our name

It's hi ho hey

I am the bold marauder

And hi ho hey

I am the white destroyer

For I will sour the winds on high

And I will soil the rivers

And I will burn the grain in the fields

And I will be your mother

And I will go to ravage and kill

And I will go to plunder

And I will take a Fury to wife

And I will be your father

And death will be our darling

And Fear will be our name.

Protest Song of the Day...Bob wants to know your plans for the Summit

When You Gonna Wake Up?

Lyrics by Bob Dylan 1979 Special Rider Music

God don't make no promises that He don't keep.

You got some big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep.

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up

When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Counterfeit philosophies have polluted all of your thoughts.

Karl Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger's got you tied up in knots.

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up

When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

You got innocent men in jail, your insane asylums are filled,

You got unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that'll never cure your ills.

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up

When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

You got men who can't hold their peace and women who can't control their tongues.

The rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the young.

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up

When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schools,

You got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rules.

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up

When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Spiritual advisors and gurus to guide your every move,

Instant inner peace and every step you take has got to be approved.

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up

When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Do you ever wonder just what God requires?

You think He's just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering desires.

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up

When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

You can't take it with you and you know that it's too worthless to be sold,

They tell you, "Time is money" as if your life was worth its weight in gold.

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up

When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

There's a Man up on a cross and He's been crucified.

Do you have any idea why or for who He died?

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up

When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?