Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Workin' Class Hero is Somethin' to Be - and other Social Justice Song Classics (late) from Labor Day

Rock critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot unwittingly collaborated with my ongoing effort to collect and share social justice songs with their Labor Day rendition of Sound Opinions. Check out the MP3 stream or the podcast.


They have more narrative description and history around each of the songs they feature, but I'm going to share the youtube clips here, so it's still possible to jump around the "social justice" and "music" links on this site and see the growing compilation of social justice songs. Thanks for the recommendations around what I haven't shared yet. I'll catch up and keep the suggestions coming! 

Working Class Hero by John Lennon

We Gotta Get Out of This Place by the Animals

Cleaning Windows by Van Morrison

Career Opportunities by The Clash

Bob Marley's Night Shift

Lou Reed's Don't Talk to Me about Work

Smithers-Jones by The Jam

and last by not least, Bad Days by The Flaming Lips


And if you dig music and rock criticism, do check out Sound Opinions. It's an excellent show and site.

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