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I gotta second GregRVA's suggestion regarding Gil-Scott Heron. That guy has written some of the most incendiary political material ever. One of my personal favorites.

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I gotta second GregRVA's suggestion regarding Gil-Scott Heron. That guy has written some of the most incendiary political material ever. One of my personal favorites.
For sure...saw him at Chicagofest many moons ago...

 

Winter in America....great song...

 

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For sure...saw him at Chicagofest many moons ago...

 

Winter in America....great song...

 

LouieB

I taped off of PBS the doc "Black Wax" a long time ago. In fact, knowing it was going to be on TV was a catalyst for buying my first VCR. If it's available, I would recommend it to anyone that is interested in GSH.

 

Winter in America & Midnight Band (& to a lesser extent Moving Target) are fantastic records!

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> Winter in America....great song...

 

did some other band do that as well, or am i thinking of a different band?

 

"winder in america is cold, and i just seem to get older.. wish i could have known enough about love... blah blah blah"

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Winter in America & Midnight Band (& to a lesser extent Moving Target) are fantastic records!
Great albums....

 

 

> Winter in America....great song...

 

did some other band do that as well, or am i thinking of a different band?

 

"winder in america is cold, and i just seem to get older.. wish i could have known enough about love... blah blah blah"

 

Very diiferent...check this out...

 

LouieB

 

Uh from the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims

And to the buffalos who once ruled the plains

Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds looking for the rain

Looking for the rain

Just like the cities stagger on the coastline

In a nation that just can

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When I was a little biddy boy

My grandmother bought me a cute little toy

Silver bells hanging on a string

She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling

Oh

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

 

And then Mama took me to Grammar school

But I stopped off in the Vestibule

Everytime that bell would ring

You'd catch me playing with my ding-a-ling

 

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

 

Once I was climbing the garden wall,

I slipped and had a terrible fall

I fell so hard I heard bells ring,

But held on to My ding-a-ling

 

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

 

OnceI was swimming cross turtle creek

Man them snappers all around my feet

Sure was hard swimming cross that thing

With both hands holding my dingalingaling

 

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

 

Hmm this here song it ain't so bad

The cutest little song you ever had

And those of you who will not sing

You must be playing with your own Ding-a-ling

 

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling

 

Your Ding-A-Ling Your Ding-A-Ling we saw you playing with your Ding-A-Ling

My Ding-A-Ling everybody's ding I want to play with My Ding-A-Ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want to play with My Ding-A-Ling

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How about three more for a great Top 20?

 

 

For What It's Worth

Biko

If I Had A Rocket Launcher

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I think this list is better than the one we started with.

 

The unofficial Via Chicago Top 20 Protest Songs

 

(in no particular order)

 

 

 

The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag

Alice's Restaurant

Master

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