Strypey
'Killing in the Name' - #RATM:
https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ
'Tubthumping' - #Chumbawumba:
https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc
Both these deeply political songs have similar underlying messages, encouraging people to stand strong in the face of repression. (1/2)
Strypey
'Killing ...', released in 1992, expresses a blistering anger, borne of a feeling of powerless, and directed outwards; "fuck you I won't do what you tell me". 'Tubthumping' was released 5 years later, 2 years before the massive, networked civil disobedience shut down the 1999 #WTO meeting in the US city of Seattle. The song is a triumphant celebration of working class resilience, and says a lot of about how our sense of our collective power had changed since 1992. (2/2)
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/digital-document-libraries/world-trade-organization-protests-in-seattle
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