By:
Howie Klein on Friday, March 7th, 2008 at 8:00 PM - PST
This classic union song was written by Florence Reece in 1931 while mine owners were terrorizing coal workers in “bloody Harlan County.” Florence’s husband was a union leader who was targeted by the mine owners for retribution. Natlie Merchant, formerly the lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs, covered it on The House Carpenter’s Daughter in 2003 and released it independently on her own label. There have also been versions of “Which Side Are you On?” by Pete Seeger, Dropkick Murphys and Billy Bragg.
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“Worker’s Song”
“Yeh, this one’s for the workers who toil night and day
By hand and by brain to earn your pay
Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread
Have bled for your countries and counted your dead
In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We’ve often been told to keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed, they’ve streamlined the job
And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed
[Chorus:]
We’re the first ones to starve, we’re the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
And we’re always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat’s about
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
Who’s given a gun and then pushed to the fore
And expected to die for the land of our birth
Though we’ve never owned one lousy handful of earth?
[Chorus x3]
All of these things the worker has done
From tilling the fields to carrying the gun
We’ve been yoked to the plough since time first began
And always expected to carry the can”
:p
Blatant act of piracy.
The Kinks
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Jam
That’s Entertainment
No No Song - Ringo Star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGerWFYotQ
I saw Pete Seeger over 25 years ago and GOD He looked old then.of course I was about 23 so Everyone looked old to Them eyes.
Stiff Little Fingers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1E7jaHSB4c
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuwNkphrUjg
The Ramones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEOZA2k3Plw
The Damned http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu8fuXt3Z38
Peter Sarstedt
Where Do You Go To My Lovely
Peter Schilling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZTm0EIEBnI
LOL!
Paul McCartney & Wings
Band On The Run
Sorry for any typos tonight. It’s always 4:20 somewhere. ; )
Fleetwood Mac (featuring Peter Green)
Oh Well
Andy K,
Fixed the link for you.
Where Do You Go To My Lovely - Peter Sarstedt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqLH2Sjatn0
Ronnie Lane
Ooh La La
Live! W/accordion!
Thanks, electronic Bees! IE based browsers(like my Yahoo! browser) are slow to fix glitches. Right now, when there’s a normal sized YouTube embed, I have to type in all my html codes in manually, more or less. The hyperlink code ain’t simple when you’ve got some halfway decent green stuff.
For the glaucoma, ya know….
excellent choice– where do we line up?
Ronnie Lane again. A good link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYPTX12L5Uw
[I fixed your links, Andy K. You were including a superfluous second “=” in each link. Don’t let it happen again. *snark* Site Monitor]
Andy K @ 13:
Or the nausea. BTW quit bragging!
:P
….Don’t know much about YouTube embeds et.al. Poor earnest young man. Hope your glaucoma isn’t too hindering. ;)
Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRt2jX1kaYo
My vid :p
miss_kitty Hussein-
:P
electronic bees-
The medicine really helps. Glaucoma hasn’t set in yet!
Site Monitor-
Thank you. However, I do now feel like teh pwned n00b. Ouch!
velvet underground - venus in furs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwzaifhSw2c
Natalie Merchant - Verdi Cries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4pE9-_gL88
Peter Townshend
Drowned
Natalie Merchant - Kind and Generous / Break your Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
Paula Cole - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6K7iJ0ahqU
Paula Cole—Feelin’ Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CiUsKwZPx0
David Bowie
Five Years
The velvet underground - Femme fatale (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5GWmkTYO8
Nico - All Tomorrows Parties
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Israel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiTYvcms-Og
Dick Gaughan, the great Scottish singer/songwriter/activist has recorded his adaptation of “Which Side Are You On?” on two albums. He’s also done this outstanding cover of Tom Paine’s Bones.
Al Stewart
Year Of The Cat
Belly - Gepetto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZkv4xi8J08
Good night, friends. :)
I’ve posted this a couple of times before and have never gotten a response. Listen to the lyrics after the long intro. (You’ll like them.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OawoYrv9OUY
Nick Drake– Pink Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE0ODrmaiFE
Vman- Great song! It always makes me think of this:
Ramsey Lewis Trio
The In Crowd
31 Vman–
Thank you so much for that. A wonderful way to end an evening.
Adieu.
electronic bees- Goodnight! : )
shameless self promoting
Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b494jE0wEs4
I’m not smart enough to provide links. So,here’s My contribution.
Here I Am
sung by Patty Loveless
written by Tony Arata
Don’t do it darlin Don’t You dare look in There
You said You didn’t wanna see Me But Yer lookin fer Me everywhere
And You know yer gonna find Me If You keepon drinkin fast
Cuz Honey I’m waitin on You at the bottom of yer glass.
Here I Am Here I Am
The bourbon and the water burn You like a brand
Here I am
It ain’t workin darlin Hard as You may try
I keep hearin the words ya told me and every word’s Goodbye
And You know yer bein One Step from ‘another one bein gone’
You know I seen That Moment I been watchin it all along
Here I Am Here i am
In every line you’re hearin Burnin You like a brand
Here I Am.
Still carry a flame for You Burnin Me like a brand
Here I Am
Patsy to Emmy to Patty The line continues. Great music for The Ages.
in a wonderful episode of serendipitous blogging, skippy’s late nite music club tonite features the exquisite natalie merchant singing w/margo timmins & the rest of cowboy junkies on/ workin’ on a building, from the remake of the trinity session album of 20 years ago, now released as trinity revisited.
natalie is first to claim the junkies as an influence on her style, and the two ladies’ voices meld together in haunting, beatific way…
whoops sorry i didn’t get that last italics closed.
[FIFY, skippy-Sitemonitor]
Nat Merchant could sing the phone book and make it beautiful.
And Utah Phillips, singing Leon Rosselson’s World Turned Upside Down.
Darrel Scott singing his song You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive.
The great Luke Kelly with The Battle of the Somme/Freedom Come All Ye.
I can’t imagine a world without Jimmy Buffet. I’m not sure I want to live in one.
The stranglers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMo9BVYzCI0
Peaches!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1A5y2XdBDU - Superman - REM
Billy Bragg’s is better. Check it out.! Mad powerful. Not sure about that video mash-up either.
Bob Dylan “As I Went Out Morning”
Stones “Monkey Man” starring Bush Crime Family
Lou Dobb’s favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fmo1Sjn7dg - Window Licker - Aphex Twin
Good pick. Speaking of Harlan County, don’t forget Harlan County USA, Barbara Kopple’s Oscar-winning doc.
The Clash, Guns of Brixton.
That girl is completely incomprehensible.
Great song - I use it in my History of Rock class!
For what it’s worth, it wasn’t the democratic party that organized or supported those miners. It kinda sucks to have democrats counterposed to the republicans in this vid since they were/are just as opposed to real worker’s rights.
Pete Seeger’s is the best. Because it’s not supposed to sound like a dirge.
Sorry, I cannot take Natalie Merchant. I am sure she is a fine human being just can’t stand her work. I especially loved it when people thought she wrote “Because The Night” on the 10,000 Maniacs Unplugged record….uh No!