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http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59574644e4b05c37bb7e9494/amp"Should goodness ever lose and evil steal the day, what would you do?"
By Mary Papenfuss
Just in time for the Fourth of July, Canadian rocker Neil Young has released a surprise patriotic resistance anthem and music video, urging listeners to stand up for what you believe, resist the powers that be.
The video for Children of Destiny (preserve the land and save the seas for the children of destiny) intersperses scenes of idyllic American summers with picnics, flags, fighter jets and Fourth of July parades with stunning photos of spacious skies and amber waves and massive protests and battle scenes.
Should goodness ever lose, and evil steal the day, should happy sing the blues and peaceful face away What would you do? What would you say? How would you act on that new day? Young sings.
Young is backed by Promise of the Real, a rock band featuring Willie Nelsons sons Lucas and Micah, and a 62-piece orchestra. The music was recorded at Capital Studios in Hollywood.
peacebuzzard
(5,170 posts)Nicely done
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Coventina
(27,118 posts)Neil Young has been out there for decades, writing political protest music.
I wish someone younger than those of the Boomer generation would get more involved.
I know Green Day put out "American Idiot" in the Bush years, and have continued (I think, I don't follow them closely).
Of course, the punk and rap genres can be relied upon to produce quality protest material.
I just don't see any coming out of younger mainstream rock & pop.
Or have I missed it, somehow?
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)G_j
(40,367 posts)Just happened to hear this tonight:
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Folk has historically been associated with protest, but what's different this time around is how folk musicians are seizing this political moment to redefine and expand their genre. Take Iskwe, a 36-year-old Cree singer from Winnipeg. She knows her music sounds more like what you'd hear in a dance club but for her it's still folk music in the sense that it's music of the folk, the people.
"[That's] partly because I'm indigenous and content that I speak on is rooted in things that are happening in my culture and community, but also more global issues like the environment," Iskwe says. "So with things like pipelines, and caring for our earth and our waters."
Because protest must be multi-faceted, she notes, the music must follow. "I think that protest has so many faces and so many reasons and rationales and so many people standing behind it that I don't think there's ever going to be one particular sound," she says.
Not everyone agrees, though. The form future protest music will take is clear to Heather Mae, 28, of Washington, D.C.: It's going to be pop, the music that young people listen to.
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furtheradu
(1,865 posts)A beauti FULL Gift.
Thank You for posting this!
noticed the Lil shout out to pooty, too.
💖felt thanks to Neil Young, Willie's awwwsome Sons, & ALL involved in this Gift.
G_j
(40,367 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 2, 2017, 06:05 PM - Edit history (1)
& filled with gratitude for Mr. Young.
kentuck
(111,094 posts)Thanks!
G_j
(40,367 posts)Happy Fourth!