Commie music

[PCommie]

I've got a long trip coming up with my high school band, and suffice it to say, by the time we get to our destination, I want to be hallucinating hammers and sickles and red stars. :D

Where can I get good commie songs? Rock, or choral & orchestral are my favorite commie music (interestingly enough, my favorite "general" genre is country.)

H&S forever,
-PC

[Sam_b]

This is one thing that bugs me a bit on here. I don't see why so many comrades on here are obsessed with music to reflect their political ideology. As much as I enjoy singing the Internationale at rallies etc, I would almost never sit down and listen to it on my stereo.

I think the obsession is slightly cliched, personally.

[PCommie]

Allow me to paraphrase Marx: "The musical world is but the reflex of the real world." Music expresses life in all forms, ideological, social, everything. It's all good if you don't like communist music but I see it as a way to express myself, and just enjoy listening to it. :)

-PC

[brigadista]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mMTEJm0byk

[Invincible Summer]

Not necessarily hammers & sickles, but lots of crust punk is anarchist:

Aus-Rotten
Behind Enemy Lines
Nausea
Nuclear Death Terror
Antisect
Discharge

And of course there are the givens like RATM, The Refused, One Day as a Lion, etc

[Das war einmal]

You have this band, Dark Lunacy, who has melodic deathmetal songs where there are pieces of red army songs. Its not really political, but its nice if you like both melodic death metal and the red army choir:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eS3iV878Ks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vBiiShzFjc&feature=PlayList&p=639B457606E9C45B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=34

Than you have this song, by the power metal band Sabaton, which is about the battle of Berlin in ww2:
(reminds me a bit too much of Manowar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNlRqyUV4ss


Finally there is one Russian band, Eshelon which made an album in 2004, the approach is cool, only some material they use dont sound that great, anyway its a real communist band, the members are part of AKM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEuC2RjBoEU

[PCommie]

I'm not much for death metal. I like rock more like that Bandiera Rossa song, or Lubeh's version of the Russian national anthem. :D

-PC

[Voice_of_Reason]

I think the obsession is slightly cliched, personally.

Isn't everything? It seems like there are a lot of people (mostly college kids and teenagers) who think that they are rebels because they can post on a forum.
I'm not much for death metal. I like rock more like that Bandiera Rossa song, or Lubeh's version of the Russian national anthem. http://www.revleft.com/vb/../revleft/smilies/biggrin.gif


I'm not much for death metal. I like rock more like that Bandiera Rossa song, or Lubeh's version of the Russian national anthem. http://www.revleft.com/vb/../revleft/smilies/biggrin.gif

Try some Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, or Immortal Technique.

The first two are more of just political music but IT is socialist.

[heylelshalem]

any good punk rock or crust is very left leaning. I would recommend dead kennedys, fugazi, against me(yeah yeah kinda played out but still good), subhumanz, etc. etc. hell even the clash.

[Panda Tse Tung]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsUDGxdeICw

[Dean]

This is one thing that bugs me a bit on here. I don't see why so many comrades on here are obsessed with music to reflect their political ideology. As much as I enjoy singing the Internationale at rallies etc, I would almost never sit down and listen to it on my stereo.

I think the obsession is slightly cliched, personally.

Don't be silly. I have personally enjoyed IWW-Rebel Voices a lot. I listen to Chumbawamba, Blood for Blood, Snog and Bad Religion all of the time.

Really, what draws me to music is thesound and the message... If I feel like I can relate to the dreary, humanist outlook of Snog when he sings



When the working day is done
I refuse to belong to anyone
And at night, when I try to sleep
I hear the howls of commerce in my dreams

...then I feel like I'm not alone in the gut rejection of capitalist exploitation and marketing. These kinds of political works are more meaningful to me than the emotional hedonism of NineInchNails, for instance. And I can say with 100% honesty that it is this relationship to music which consistently draws me back to certain cartists and songs.

[Dean]

This is one thing that bugs me a bit on here. I don't see why so many comrades on here are obsessed with music to reflect their political ideology. As much as I enjoy singing the Internationale at rallies etc, I would almost never sit down and listen to it on my stereo.

I think the obsession is slightly cliched, personally.

Don't be silly. I have personally enjoyed IWW-Rebel Voices a lot. I listen to Chumbawamba, Blood for Blood, Snog and Bad Religion all of the time.

Really, what draws me to music is thesound and the message... If I feel like I can relate to the dreary, humanist outlook of Snog when he sings



When the working day is done
I refuse to belong to anyone
And at night, when I try to sleep
I hear the howls of commerce in my dreams

...then I feel like I'm not alone in the gut rejection of capitalist exploitation and marketing. These kinds of political works are more meaningful to me than the emotional hedonism of NineInchNails, for instance. And I can say with 100% honesty that it is this relationship to music which consistently draws me back to certain cartists and songs.

[The Intransigent Faction]

Don't be silly. I have personally enjoyed IWW-Rebel Voices a lot. I listen to Chumbawamba, Blood for Blood, Snog and Bad Religion all of the time.

Really, what draws me to music is thesound and the message... If I feel like I can relate to the dreary, humanist outlook of Snog when he sings



...then I feel like I'm not alone in the gut rejection of capitalist exploitation and marketing. These kinds of political works are more meaningful to me than the emotional hedonism of NineInchNails, for instance. And I can say with 100% honesty that it is this relationship to music which consistently draws me back to certain cartists and songs.

I like Nine Inch Nails (or a fair bit of their sings, anyway), but in their case, I don't focus on a political message.

Otherwise, I agree completely. Not necessarily about the specific bands, but that it makes sense to appreciate music with a certain political message that we can identify with, and to seek it out as a refreshing artistic expression of our views.

I'm not even talking, as a "Stalinist", about Soviet music. I can appreciate Bob Dylan, KMFDM, Rage Against the Machine, and others.
If it's cliché to appreciate music with a powerful message that one agrees with, then okay, I'm cliché.

[Arise!]

Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Leadbelly are my favorite communist musicians. But, I mostly listen to all different forms of anarcho-punk: crust punk, powerviolence, grindcore, sludge, folk-punk, etc..

[Invincible Summer]

NIN was mentioned.. how is Happiness in Slavery "emotional hedonism?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g86KUHGlOg

[ZeroNowhere]

Bad Religion
Bad Religion are most certainly not commies (and right now, they're also crap).

[StalinFanboy]

Don't be silly. I have personally enjoyed IWW-Rebel Voices a lot. I listen to Chumbawamba, Blood for Blood, Snog and Bad Religion all of the time.

Really, what draws me to music is thesound and the message... If I feel like I can relate to the dreary, humanist outlook of Snog when he sings



...then I feel like I'm not alone in the gut rejection of capitalist exploitation and marketing. These kinds of political works are more meaningful to me than the emotional hedonism of NineInchNails, for instance. And I can say with 100% honesty that it is this relationship to music which consistently draws me back to certain cartists and songs.
Blood for blood is the shit

[Hyacinth]

http://www.sovmusic.ru/

The site has a comprehensive collection of Soviet era music, including some non-ideological songs that were popular during Soviet times. Stylistically it is a bit dated, but some of the songs are timeless and can be appreciated even now.

[Das war einmal]

NIN was mentioned.. how is Happiness in Slavery "emotional hedonism?"

4g86KUHGlOg


NIN and Trent Reznor is certainly on the left side. His speaches about piracy and his actions (putting his own records on pirate bay, ranting against Livenation and Tom Morello, Saul Williams and Serj Tankian are his friends I believe) but also his songs clearly state so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEmrU8UNF64

[NecroCommie]

Check the thread about Ernst Busch. He is my top favourite of all music genres.

http://www.revleft.com/vb/ernst-busch-t103084/index.html One may also find comrade Ernst in youtube with a simple search. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Ernst+busch&aq=f

And if non-sensible language is not a barrier I would like to introduce you to two more classic communist. First of all: Knutna nävar (closed fists) is (was?) a swedish communist band in the 70's. I dont like their music so much, but there is one huge exception, which is ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N50LekSfcd0 There is a version in youtube with english subtitles, but I have little time now, so this will have to do.

http://www.torrentz.com/2a8ea9b0e925a9ff7b6039104897b1800bcb9feb This links to a torrent which holds Knutna nävars discography. Worked fine for me, but that was years ago.

The second case in our genre of strange language is an entire era of communist music in Finland. The youtube user "Teedrill" has almost every communist song composed in Finland during seventies and sixties. My personal favourites are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldmU2HopAa8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ERPILk5pLE and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Vs8ndiFdg

Damn! There was a site where you could download most Finnish communist songs in mp3 format, but it seems that the site has fallen due to yet unknown reasons. Unfortunately you will have to live with the youtube versions for now.

Translations can be requested via PM from me. And yes. I do have a bit traditional taste when it comes to political music.

[Communist Theory]

Listen to Immortal Technique

[Brother No. 1]

Get some classic songs like the Internationale.
I dont know of any rock commie songs but I prefer the Classic songs.
This is one of my favs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5-hM6xKt4

[Janine Melnitz]

This is one thing that bugs me a bit on here. I don't see why so many comrades on here are obsessed with music to reflect their political ideology. As much as I enjoy singing the Internationale at rallies etc, I would almost never sit down and listen to it on my stereo.

I think the obsession is slightly cliched, personally.
If someone asked you to recommend good songs about violence, or about sex or traveling, would you object to that too? Why is it illegitimate to like a song for its politics? Do you object to anyone liking a song because it resonates with some aspect of their life, or do you think that romantic histories, (sub)cultural affiliations or existential dramas are necessarily more important or genuine than political commitments?

[hugsandmarxism]

Get some classic songs like the Internationale.
I dont know of any rock commie songs but I prefer the Classic songs.
This is one of my favs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5-hM6xKt4

What he said. Also, as a lover of JPOP, I don't have much to offer in this regard, except maybe this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O4CE04yiCI

The internationale, as sung by Miku Hatsune! :drool:

[scarletghoul]

fuck, I love that! Thanks hugs

[Kernewek]

probabbly allready gon on your trip but if not here's some stuff, not all communist but they're all left wing

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dunno why some idiot put a totemkopf in the last video, band make their views an fascism pretty clear

[Yazman]

I already posted this in another topic but since you're asking I'm posting it here so you can see it :)

I too generally like to listen to political music, its fucking awesome :)

Since there's a request, here's a song from each of the artists I provided a list of. I picked some of my favourites. 1 or 2 of em are hard to find stuff for on youtube but here you go:

The Coup - 5 Million Ways To Kill A CEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQthFDpYCys

Immortal Technique - Peruvian Cocaine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJfumftYyxY

The Herd - 77% (song itself starts at about 1:00 in):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQnGqdFO9EY

Dead Prez - Police State:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_UdWo4Zek

East Coast Avengers - Kill Bill O'Reilly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_qND7__b70

Grassroots Street Orchestra - some of their songs are up on their myspace page, check it out:

http://www.myspace.com/grassrootsstreetorchestra

Greydon Square - Cubed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIZuJlMfwqg

Killah Priest ft. Immortal Technique - Standstill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GErQWeR8CXI

Sage Francis - Makeshift Patriot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtNMly0aDUk

KRS-One - The Truth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cJc2LQvorU

ALSO here's an awesome one by KRS-One, The Last Emperor and Zack De La Rocha. It's called CIA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhqfijdOIuE

[NecroCommie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUAs6Lk5pwk
Too damn epic!!!! Best music video ever!

By the way... How does one make the youtube video appear as a video instead of a link?

[Brother No. 1]

Hmm I like that Eastern German music.
Heres for all the Leninists out there. http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN1BMYT-5Rw

[Matina]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UaFjKFDon8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UaFjKFDon8)

[PCommie]

Akhh! THe videos not only make the page slow, but don't help me. :D I'd appreciate places where I can download these songs, comrades, preferably without any kind of regisration and definitely free. ;)

H&S and communist music forever,
-PC

[NecroCommie]

Check my first post for download sites.

[Sam_b]

Why is it illegitimate to like a song for its politics?

Quote me where I said it was.

Political bands, fine, knock yourself out. I just think a lot of songs of this sort of remit (here we go, ready for the shitstorm....) are just plain bad. Cliched, trying to hard to prove a point, sacrificing good lyrics to talk about how the government fucks us over. I can't imagine anything worse than to sit down to Billy Bragg's version of the Internationale. He's fucking atrocious. Chumbawumba = bad. Rage Against The Machine? Average. There are of course exceptions to the rule, but I don't feel the need to constantly define myself through music in this sort of way.

This is not in any way against people that like political music, just a personal opinion, but most of it's an absolute drag. Woodie Guthrie certainly wasn't a genius.