*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded cage
Cast in this unlikely role
Ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must put up barriers
To keep oneself intact
[Chorus:]
Living in the limelight
The universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation
The underlying theme
Living in a fish eye lens
Caught in the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend a stranger
Is a long-awaited friend
All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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And some dare to say Peart is a shitty lyricist? Bah!
Plus he's one badass pounder of the skins.
Thanks - this has added sweetness to an already-sweet Saturday.
this is even more poignant knowing that the singer and bassist died in Sept '95 in a tour bus accident a few short months after their debut record was released...
White man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes, he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need
We fought him hard, we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came, too much for Cree
Oh will we ever be set free
Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom the stab in the back
Woman and children, a cowards attack
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Soldier blue in the barren wastes
Hunting and killing's a game
Raping the woman and wasting the man
"The only good injins are tame"
Selling them whiskey and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Run to the hills - run for your lives
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.- Hemingway
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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^^^^^^Nice a little Iron Maiden..... here's a piano version...
There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the Maples want more sunlight
And the Oaks ignore their pleas
The trouble with the maples
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade?
There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the oaks, just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
'The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw
Despite claims that the song addresses political and socioeconomic issues, lyricist Neil Peart has remarked that there is no hidden meaning to the song, and that the inspiration for penning it simply came from a humorous comic strip he read which depicted trees arguing like people.
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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Interesting how the lyrics were born. I still like the metaphors though...they fit so well.
Thank you for this!
Alex's face always looks like "there's no other place I'd rather be right now, than right fuckin here".
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Satanic Reverses
In the 1970's
The OPEC nations began to dominate
The world's oil economy
In the 1980's Japan became the world's
Number ONE ecomonic power
In 1989 the nations of Eastern Europe
Attempted to restructure
While in the United States civil rights have
Collapsed at the hands of fundamentalists
And national insecurity's at an all time high
Exxon and on and on and on
The ministers of double speak
New meaning of clean they
Tried to teach us
They staged the phoney shampoo of the
Valdez greases
Completely jheri curled the beaches
Pipe bomb for the NAACP
And a hit on Salman Rushdie
The Berlin Wall comes down and the U.S. cracks down
On illegal aliens
Ban the freedom of choice for those
Wanting abortion
And enforce capitol punishment
Twenty four hour radio ban
For indecency determined by the F.U.C.C.
Why are we so anesthetized to the lies
Because we do it in our own lives
We believe all the things that we want to hear
But then we also love to criticize
Bail-out the banks loan art to the churches
Satanic Reverses
In 1992 the European economic community will reform
In 1997 the city of Hong Kong will become a part
Of the People's Republic of China
In 1999, and this is no coincidence,
The nation of Panama will control it's own canal
While in the United States civil rights have
Collapsed at the hands of fundamentalists
And national insecurity's at an all time high
Helms said ban the photograph
Of the piss Christ
It's sacreligious not an art peice
While we all try to discern between
Our cup of tea and what we call obscenity
The house's legislation
Ripped the phoney foundation
Off what we thought inherent
Sent Joey to the Supreme Court
'Cause he made a statement
They called it desecration
Of the symbol that was meant to represent
The freedom of so called choice and dissent
They almost had me believing it
They were bleeding him
He said, "Burn baby, burn"
'Til the street samurai
Said to my face that
Any flag that's worth a shit
Was woven from fire in the first place.
Bail-out the banks loan art to the churches
Satanic Reverses
Michael Franti with The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy 1992
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
this is from the san francisco band called WATERS. i saw them open up for nada surf last week and this was the song that they closed with. he completely unplugged his mic and his guitar and was completely acoustic and only asked the crowd to yell "FOREVER" only after he said it. i actually recorded it and once i post it on youtube i will post it here. turns out this is one of my all time favorite songs and i first heard it 5 days ago....funny how things like that happen...
Never thought to light a candle
Never thought I had to gamble
I was feeling Mickey Mantle... Wasted
Driving up the one and frantic
Turned into an old romantic
I was sleeping in the attic... Waiting
Can't nobody ever see
Don't make a mess of me
I aint too old to give a shit
I can turn a train around
I can take your country down
I aint to young to regret
Forever,
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving
Hoping I could ever dare to embrace it
I can play a part uptown
I can keep my nose on the ground
Never thought I'd ever care just to face it
Can't nobody understand
I was just a foolish fan
Taken to the edge just to see
Who said your mother was right
Who said your friends were just blind
Who could tell you that I was free
Forever,
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving
Hoping I could ever dare to embrace it....
edit to add, here is the video i recorded at old rock house in st louis on 6/25/12....turn up the volume since it is completely acoustic and unplugged.....this is from the san francisco band called WATERS. i saw them open up for nada surf last week and this was the song that they closed with. he completely unplugged his mic and his guitar and was completely acoustic and only asked the crowd to yell "FOREVER" only after he said it. i actually recorded it and once i post it on youtube i will post it here. turns out this is one of my all time favorite songs and i first heard it 5 days ago....funny how things like that happen...
Never thought to light a candle
Never thought I had to gamble
I was feeling Mickey Mantle... Wasted
Driving up the one and frantic
Turned into an old romantic
I was sleeping in the attic... Waiting
Can't nobody ever see
Don't make a mess of me
I aint too old to give a shit
I can turn a train around
I can take your country down
I aint to young to regret
Forever,
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving
Hoping I could ever dare to embrace it
I can play a part uptown
I can keep my nose on the ground
Never thought I'd ever care just to face it
Can't nobody understand
I was just a foolish fan
Taken to the edge just to see
Who said your mother was right
Who said your friends were just blind
Who could tell you that I was free
Forever,
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving
Hoping I could ever dare to embrace it....
A lotta people won't get no supper tonight
A lotta people won't get no justice tonight
The battle is getting harder
In this iration, Armagideon time
A lotta people runnning and hiding tonight, ah
A lotta people won't get no justice tonight
Remember to kick it over
No one will guide you, Armagideon time
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, oh oh oh
This ol' town
Ivan and Fu-Manchu
They both are coming through, yeah
Yeh, a lotta people [Incomprehensible]
A lotta people [Incomprehensible]
Oh Remember to kick to it over
No one will guide you, through Armagideon time
It's Armagideon
It's not Christmas time anymore
It's Armagideon
A lotta people
All right, time's up, let's have you out of here
Okay, okay, don't push us when were hot!
A lotta people won't get a supper tonight
A lotta people sitting down by the light, ah!
A lotta people won't get no a supper tonight
A lotta people a won't get no a justice tonight
Remember, a kick it over
No one will guide you through Armagideon time
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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My friend Micheal Franti speaking on Gov Pete Wilson back in 1992...never seen this video before...
They've come to your house for your long haired niece
Gonna send her off to a camp
'cause she's been accused of growing hemp
Don't you worry it's only a shower
And now for your clothes here's a pretty flower
Gonna die on malathion gas
The serpent's egg has already been hatched
People starvin' and livin' in the streets
because they tried to mess with me, President Pete!
California über alles
(California über alles) ♪♫
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was an American industrial hip-hop band, active during the early 1990s.[1] The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti and Rono Tse, who had been in the Beatnigs, and introduced the work of guitarist Charlie Hunter. The band's name was derived in part from the phrase "The Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy", used in some Socialist literature.
The group were associated by genre with others of the time, including House of Pain and Pop Will Eat Itself. They also were somewhat reminiscent of Gil Scott-Heron due to the vocal styles of Franti and the up-front political messages in the music.[1] They played many concerts, sometimes opening the bill for more well-known acts such as U2 (on their landmark Zoo TV Tour), Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana and Arrested Development.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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Six foot six above sea level
I grab the mic because I take you to
another mental level
low power frequency radio modulation
the big sound from the underground another pirate radio station
we bring the truth to places truth is never heard before
we bring the sound communication of our tribal war
dark vision fly by helicopters in the night
attempt triangulation of our station in the fight
straight from the bass the deep down low precision
high crime treason we broadcastin' sedission
like the wall street mornin' afternoon edition
commandeering airwaves from unknown positions
Live and direct we comin' never pre-recorded
with information that will never be reported
disregard the mainstream media distorted
whoop! whoop!
we comin' listener supported
Don't take no prisoners if can't afford to feed none
don't start no fights if you can't predict the outcome
don't make donations where you cannot get your dough back
fuck the apathetic bullshittas send em' all your prozac
I will not climb into your telephone tree
and "hell no you can't put me on hold!"
it's the same recorded message you'd been singin' all along
keep handin' us the bible while you walkin' off with all the gold
the bureaucratic office sends you merry-go-rounding
while the KKK police the streets by blood hounding
interest on the credit card just keeps on compounding
but the FCC can neva shut this pirate sound down
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Sigh. I wish Michael Franti was still into being an activist!
Hey Gimme, I wanted to check out your link, but there's an error. Can you post again?
I know what you mean Jeanwah, I have my thoughts and ideas as to why he has not written many politically motivated songs since Yell Fire. I see a little bit of myself in Franti in that I don't travel to protest marches or particpate in any since I last protested ending the wars with our current administration a couple years ago in DC.
I'm sighing too....what to do, what to do. I'm hearing Africa is next for MF for some inspiration. A new album is in the works for sometime next year. My friends and I hoping he'll tour again with U2.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Sigh. I wish Michael Franti was still into being an activist!
Hey Gimme, I wanted to check out your link, but there's an error. Can you post again?
I know what you mean Jeanwah, I have my thoughts and ideas as to why he has not written many politically motivated songs since Yell Fire. I see a little bit of myself in Franti in that I don't travel to protest marches or particpate in any since I last protested ending the wars with our current administration a couple years ago in DC.
I'm sighing too....what to do, what to do. I'm hearing Africa is next for MF for some inspiration. A new album is in the works for sometime next year. My friends and I hoping he'll tour again with U2.
Peace
Africa for inspiration! nice. Tour w/ U2? That seems like an odd pairing to me!
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Sigh. I wish Michael Franti was still into being an activist!
Hey Gimme, I wanted to check out your link, but there's an error. Can you post again?
I know what you mean Jeanwah, I have my thoughts and ideas as to why he has not written many politically motivated songs since Yell Fire. I see a little bit of myself in Franti in that I don't travel to protest marches or particpate in any since I last protested ending the wars with our current administration a couple years ago in DC.
I'm sighing too....what to do, what to do. I'm hearing Africa is next for MF for some inspiration. A new album is in the works for sometime next year. My friends and I hoping he'll tour again with U2.
Peace
Africa for inspiration! nice. Tour w/ U2? That seems like an odd pairing to me!
Not odd at all, Michael when he was on tour with U2 got his inspiration for how he turns on a crowd through Bono's stage presence. He once told me something he learned from Bono...."know the city you are playing...know the crowd you are playing to, make THEM feel special and most of all leave them with something they'll remember you by"
It may happen some day but timing is everything with touring, but if they do I'll take a sebatacle and follow that tour for sure.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Ckfr9_ ... re=related
Beauty for the soul!
(cats are going fuckin nuts)
Colours In The Box
What I've Seen
Pecex
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71EnaOs-Xdk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Brother Down
"Limelight"
Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded cage
Cast in this unlikely role
Ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must put up barriers
To keep oneself intact
[Chorus:]
Living in the limelight
The universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation
The underlying theme
Living in a fish eye lens
Caught in the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend a stranger
Is a long-awaited friend
All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Plus he's one badass pounder of the skins.
Thanks - this has added sweetness to an already-sweet Saturday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... Px78hH3Y2g
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
the mighty k.c.
for squirrels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBbl3RpgNN4
She lies in a bedpan
With her name scrawled on her back
It sure sounds funny
When you say his name like that
He lies in an empty room
With his hair burnt to the back
It sure sounds funny
When you say his name like that
Ship me off to the morgue
I'm ready to be buried
Alone way down in my bed, bed
And I'm alone without the sun
Ship me off to the morgue
I'm ready to be buried
Alone way down in my bed, bed
And I'm alone without the sun
Please just take one
And by the grace of God go I
Into the great unknown
Things are gonna change in our favor
And if we gather, if we fall
Over the great unknown
Things are gonna change in our favor
100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600
Oh they're found dead, dead
And I am numb from watching TV
100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600
Oh they're just there, there
And I am numb from watching TV
Please don't break me
And by the grace of God go I
Into the great unknown
Things are gonna change in our favor
And if we gather, if we fall
Over the great unknown
Things are gonna change in our favor
Please just take one
And by the grace of God go I
Into the great unknown
Things are gonna change in our favor
And if we gather, if we fall
Over the great unknown
Things are gonna change in our favor
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNxKnLmOH4
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes, he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need
We fought him hard, we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came, too much for Cree
Oh will we ever be set free
Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom the stab in the back
Woman and children, a cowards attack
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Soldier blue in the barren wastes
Hunting and killing's a game
Raping the woman and wasting the man
"The only good injins are tame"
Selling them whiskey and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Run to the hills - run for your lives
Run to the hills - run for your lives
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EidqYuSrB0
There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the Maples want more sunlight
And the Oaks ignore their pleas
The trouble with the maples
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade?
There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the oaks, just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
'The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw
Despite claims that the song addresses political and socioeconomic issues, lyricist Neil Peart has remarked that there is no hidden meaning to the song, and that the inspiration for penning it simply came from a humorous comic strip he read which depicted trees arguing like people.
*The Trees* live
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Thank you for this!
Alex's face always looks like "there's no other place I'd rather be right now, than right fuckin here".
In the 1970's
The OPEC nations began to dominate
The world's oil economy
In the 1980's Japan became the world's
Number ONE ecomonic power
In 1989 the nations of Eastern Europe
Attempted to restructure
While in the United States civil rights have
Collapsed at the hands of fundamentalists
And national insecurity's at an all time high
Exxon and on and on and on
The ministers of double speak
New meaning of clean they
Tried to teach us
They staged the phoney shampoo of the
Valdez greases
Completely jheri curled the beaches
Pipe bomb for the NAACP
And a hit on Salman Rushdie
The Berlin Wall comes down and the U.S. cracks down
On illegal aliens
Ban the freedom of choice for those
Wanting abortion
And enforce capitol punishment
Twenty four hour radio ban
For indecency determined by the F.U.C.C.
Why are we so anesthetized to the lies
Because we do it in our own lives
We believe all the things that we want to hear
But then we also love to criticize
Bail-out the banks loan art to the churches
Satanic Reverses
In 1992 the European economic community will reform
In 1997 the city of Hong Kong will become a part
Of the People's Republic of China
In 1999, and this is no coincidence,
The nation of Panama will control it's own canal
While in the United States civil rights have
Collapsed at the hands of fundamentalists
And national insecurity's at an all time high
Helms said ban the photograph
Of the piss Christ
It's sacreligious not an art peice
While we all try to discern between
Our cup of tea and what we call obscenity
The house's legislation
Ripped the phoney foundation
Off what we thought inherent
Sent Joey to the Supreme Court
'Cause he made a statement
They called it desecration
Of the symbol that was meant to represent
The freedom of so called choice and dissent
They almost had me believing it
They were bleeding him
He said, "Burn baby, burn"
'Til the street samurai
Said to my face that
Any flag that's worth a shit
Was woven from fire in the first place.
Bail-out the banks loan art to the churches
Satanic Reverses
Michael Franti with The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy 1992
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03FIcf9K ... re=related
Never thought to light a candle
Never thought I had to gamble
I was feeling Mickey Mantle... Wasted
Driving up the one and frantic
Turned into an old romantic
I was sleeping in the attic... Waiting
Can't nobody ever see
Don't make a mess of me
I aint too old to give a shit
I can turn a train around
I can take your country down
I aint to young to regret
Forever,
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving
Hoping I could ever dare to embrace it
I can play a part uptown
I can keep my nose on the ground
Never thought I'd ever care just to face it
Can't nobody understand
I was just a foolish fan
Taken to the edge just to see
Who said your mother was right
Who said your friends were just blind
Who could tell you that I was free
Forever,
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving
Hoping I could ever dare to embrace it....
edit to add, here is the video i recorded at old rock house in st louis on 6/25/12....turn up the volume since it is completely acoustic and unplugged.....this is from the san francisco band called WATERS. i saw them open up for nada surf last week and this was the song that they closed with. he completely unplugged his mic and his guitar and was completely acoustic and only asked the crowd to yell "FOREVER" only after he said it. i actually recorded it and once i post it on youtube i will post it here. turns out this is one of my all time favorite songs and i first heard it 5 days ago....funny how things like that happen...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03FIcf9K ... re=related
Never thought to light a candle
Never thought I had to gamble
I was feeling Mickey Mantle... Wasted
Driving up the one and frantic
Turned into an old romantic
I was sleeping in the attic... Waiting
Can't nobody ever see
Don't make a mess of me
I aint too old to give a shit
I can turn a train around
I can take your country down
I aint to young to regret
Forever,
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint too young
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving
Hoping I could ever dare to embrace it
I can play a part uptown
I can keep my nose on the ground
Never thought I'd ever care just to face it
Can't nobody understand
I was just a foolish fan
Taken to the edge just to see
Who said your mother was right
Who said your friends were just blind
Who could tell you that I was free
Forever,
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
Forever,
Forever,
I aint to young
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving
Hoping I could ever dare to embrace it....
edit to add, here is the video i recorded at old rock house in st louis on 6/25/12....turn up the volume since it is completely acoustic and unplugged.....
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151250786357627
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Willie Williams - Armagedeon Time
A lotta people won't get no supper tonight
A lotta people won't get no justice tonight
The battle is getting harder
In this iration, Armagideon time
A lotta people runnning and hiding tonight, ah
A lotta people won't get no justice tonight
Remember to kick it over
No one will guide you, Armagideon time
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, oh oh oh
This ol' town
Ivan and Fu-Manchu
They both are coming through, yeah
Yeh, a lotta people [Incomprehensible]
A lotta people [Incomprehensible]
Oh Remember to kick to it over
No one will guide you, through Armagideon time
It's Armagideon
It's not Christmas time anymore
It's Armagideon
A lotta people
All right, time's up, let's have you out of here
Okay, okay, don't push us when were hot!
A lotta people won't get a supper tonight
A lotta people sitting down by the light, ah!
A lotta people won't get no a supper tonight
A lotta people a won't get no a justice tonight
Remember, a kick it over
No one will guide you through Armagideon time
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - California Uber Alles
California above all others
(California über alles) [Dead Kennedys]
I'm your governor Pete Wilson, ya know
The baddest governor to ever grab the mic and go
BOOOM!
Gimme a budget and watch me hack it!
Gimme a beat and I'll show you how to jack it!
I give the rich a giant tax loophole
I leave the poor living in a poophole
At a time when Aids is in a crisis
I cut health care and I raise prices
Sales tax, snack tax, excise tax
Information attack with a newspaper tax
Hit the pocket books of working families
Increase tuition at the universities
Some day I'll command all o' you
Even your kids are gonna pray to me in school
Soon I'm gonna be the president
You might remember the last one this state sent
California über alles
(California über alles)
I'm so proud to know the Great Communicator
Wanna be known as the Great Incarcerator
I'll blow environmentalists away
And I'll be the führer some day
I'll keep cuttin' Public Education
even though we rank 45th in the nation
I've got a plan for all the minorities
Send'em to the California Youth Authorities
From San Francisco Urban Elementary
to Pelican Bay State Penitentiary
There they can work for the master race
and always wear a happy face
Close your eyes, it can't happen here
Big Brother in a squad car's comin' near
Come enjoy the surf and the sun
and keep California number one!
California über alles
(California über alles)
Now it's 1992
Knock knock on your front door, yo guess who
It's the suede denim secret police
They've come to your house for your long haired niece
Gonna send her off to a camp
'cause she's been accused of growing hemp
Don't you worry it's only a shower
And now for your clothes here's a pretty flower
Gonna die on malathion gas
The serpent's egg has already been hatched
People starvin' and livin' in the streets
because they tried to mess with me, President Pete!
California über alles
(California über alles) ♪♫
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was an American industrial hip-hop band, active during the early 1990s.[1] The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti and Rono Tse, who had been in the Beatnigs, and introduced the work of guitarist Charlie Hunter. The band's name was derived in part from the phrase "The Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy", used in some Socialist literature.
The group were associated by genre with others of the time, including House of Pain and Pop Will Eat Itself. They also were somewhat reminiscent of Gil Scott-Heron due to the vocal styles of Franti and the up-front political messages in the music.[1] They played many concerts, sometimes opening the bill for more well-known acts such as U2 (on their landmark Zoo TV Tour), Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana and Arrested Development.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Six foot six above sea level
I grab the mic because I take you to
another mental level
low power frequency radio modulation
the big sound from the underground another pirate radio station
we bring the truth to places truth is never heard before
we bring the sound communication of our tribal war
dark vision fly by helicopters in the night
attempt triangulation of our station in the fight
straight from the bass the deep down low precision
high crime treason we broadcastin' sedission
like the wall street mornin' afternoon edition
commandeering airwaves from unknown positions
Live and direct we comin' never pre-recorded
with information that will never be reported
disregard the mainstream media distorted
whoop! whoop!
we comin' listener supported
Don't take no prisoners if can't afford to feed none
don't start no fights if you can't predict the outcome
don't make donations where you cannot get your dough back
fuck the apathetic bullshittas send em' all your prozac
I will not climb into your telephone tree
and "hell no you can't put me on hold!"
it's the same recorded message you'd been singin' all along
keep handin' us the bible while you walkin' off with all the gold
the bureaucratic office sends you merry-go-rounding
while the KKK police the streets by blood hounding
interest on the credit card just keeps on compounding
but the FCC can neva shut this pirate sound down
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Sigh. I wish Michael Franti was still into being an activist!
Hey Gimme, I wanted to check out your link, but there's an error. Can you post again?
That I was right out of my head
But I said dear doctor
I think that it's YOU instead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKIQSo7JbKQ
I know what you mean Jeanwah, I have my thoughts and ideas as to why he has not written many politically motivated songs since Yell Fire. I see a little bit of myself in Franti in that I don't travel to protest marches or particpate in any since I last protested ending the wars with our current administration a couple years ago in DC.
I'm sighing too....what to do, what to do. I'm hearing Africa is next for MF for some inspiration. A new album is in the works for sometime next year. My friends and I hoping he'll tour again with U2.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Africa for inspiration! nice. Tour w/ U2? That seems like an odd pairing to me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltc5Esuy ... re=related
Not odd at all, Michael when he was on tour with U2 got his inspiration for how he turns on a crowd through Bono's stage presence. He once told me something he learned from Bono...."know the city you are playing...know the crowd you are playing to, make THEM feel special and most of all leave them with something they'll remember you by"
It may happen some day but timing is everything with touring, but if they do I'll take a sebatacle and follow that tour for sure.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
(3:37 and on - I just love them)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HwMQuGjsI0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLqC9m3JwDE
(right where I want / need to be)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS1kB3LFbzk