Which Side Are You On? Pete Seeger

[Brigid]

I'm in the mood for protest songs tonight, can't you tell?

[Tanuki]

1. Then I bet you'll be in the mood for Solidarity Forever!

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[Brigid]

2. Now that's a protest song!

[Tanuki]

5. One of my all-time favorites, written by Ralph Chaplin

while he was in West Virginia with Mother Jones, organizing the coal miners.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Chaplin

[JaneyVee]

3. Great song. Here's some solidarity!

And a good, often forgotten anti-war song:

[Le Taz Hot]

4. Auto-kick for Pete Seeger.

LOVE that man -- he showed up at one of the Occupy rallies in NY and he's in his 90's -- STILL fighting the good fight.

[Tanuki]

6. I love Pete Seeger...imho he is one of the greatest living Americans.

He has been on the right side of so many issues over the years. What a strong moral compass he has!

[malaise]

8. +1,000

A great man

[Shemp Howard]

12. Here's a useful Pete Seeger trivia question

I'm a big Pete Seeger fan. And if I mention that when I'm out and about, I sometimes get snide comments from right-wingers. So I just ask them this trivia question:

Question: How is Pete Seeger different from Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, and Glenn Beck?

Answer: Pete Seeger served in the armed forces of the United States.

[LittleGirl]

17. +1 eom

[RoccoR5955]

20. I can list at least ten thousand reasons.

Here are a few.

Pete actually KNOWS the Constitution and Bill of Rights. When he was hauled in front of the House Unamerican Activities Committee, he used the FIRST Amendment as his defense, stating that they had no business wanting to know who he associated with.

Pete actually helped to clean the environment.

Pete has helped many people learn things through facts

Pete has a very small house. Only one

Pete does not like to take any credit for anything that he does, or that he helps people do.

Pete has respect for others

Pete does not yell.

Pete is 95

Shall I go on?

[TBF]

10. Holiday

"Holiday"

Say, hey!

Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
The shame
The ones who died without a name

Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday

Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find, the money's on the other side

Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday

(Hey!)
(Say, hey!)

"The representative from California has the floor"

Sieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just cause (hey, hey, hey), just cause, because we're outlaws yeah!

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

This is our lives on holiday

[kcr]

11. kick and rec for Pete Seeger

:kick:

[Eleanors38]

13. Featured prominently in labor movie "The Inheritance."

Find it on youtube. Caution: graphic.

[Vietnameravet]

14. I remember years ago during the 60s someone said..

You can have the people that make the laws if I can determine the songs people sing"

Not an exact quote I am sure but you get the idea..

[Egalitarian Thug]

21. Riff on Rothschild.

Unfortunately, the Baron's method is far more effective.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

15. My contribution - Harry Chapin "There Only Was One Choice"

[Demo_Chris]

16. Can't Make it Here Anymore

[Cal Carpenter]

18. One more version - Florence Reece, and a link to an excellent documentary

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Harlan County USA

[Brigid]

22. I saw "Harlan County USA" back in the late '70's.

Watched it again. Wow.

Lawrence Jones.

[RoccoR5955]

19. An earlier version

This one, by The Almanac Singers, done in the 40s.

Though Pete gets a lot of credit for these songs, and has written a lot of songs, he didn't write this one.

He has been a great asset to our society, and I am proud to be part of his "clan."
The clan is large. Many of us met up in NYC when they had the memorial for his wife, Toshi, who passed in July.
Think Pete was a great guy, well if you didn't know his wife, Toshi, you didn't know the half of it.
Toshi was his anchor.
Pete is 95 now. He still is one of the best stage presences around. I think that it's about time that he retired, and relaxed a while, but I know that he will not. He really needs some time to chill.
There are many of us in "the clan" who will carry out his work, because it is the best thing to do.
You should hear his grandson, Tao. He's a dead ringer for his grandpa, and I know that he will carry out his work, and his other grandson, Kitama will carry out his grandmother's work.

I think it's time for another Seeger song...
Here's my all time favorite song, it's called "All Mixed Up."

I have a story about that one, as well as hundreds of stories of my times with Grandpa Seeger. He was like a father, brother, grandfather in the mid to late 80s for me.