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mosfeld
15th September 2010, 17:44
Street Sweeper Social Club: "Revolutionary Party Music" from Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Boots Riley of the Coup
As part of our ongoing series on music and resistance, we speak to Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Boots Riley of The Coup. Their band Street Sweeper Social Club has just released a new record, The Ghetto Blaster EP.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/9/14/street_sweeper_social_club_revolutionary_party

Link includes a video.
fa2991
16th September 2010, 04:55
Are they actually any good? I recall Robert Christgau saying that Obama getting elected basically neutered Boots.
Os Cangaceiros
16th September 2010, 23:21
If you like your music saturated with annoying political and "revolutionary" sloganeering, then yeah, they're awesome.
Pirate Utopian
16th September 2010, 23:22
Some songs are okay, but I cant stand Morello's guitarwankery fucking some songs up.

Christgau is wrong btw. Boots is in no way pro-Obama and Obama aint doing shit different so why would Boots have no more fuel?
x371322
17th September 2010, 00:12
Some songs are okay, but I cant stand Morello's guitarwankery fucking some songs up.

Christgau is wrong btw. Boots is in no way pro-Obama and Obama aint doing shit different so why would Boots have no more fuel?

Ahhh! I love Morello's guitarwankery! That shit's the best part. :D
The Vegan Marxist
17th September 2010, 02:13
Ahhh! I love Morello's guitarwankery! That shit's the best part. :D

Definitely! I would say, if you liked Rage Against the Machine & if you liked The Coup, then you'll definitely like these guys. :)
Invincible Summer
17th September 2010, 08:56
I think lots of people like The Coup and SSSC because of the politics... Boots doesn't even have that good of a flow or lyricism IMO.
fa2991
17th September 2010, 12:45
I think lots of people like The Coup and SSSC because of the politics... Boots doesn't even have that good of a flow or lyricism IMO.

The best idea he's ever had was at the end of The Coup's "Breathing Apparatus" when the doctor says "Looks like he's lost his will to pay" and he flatlines.
apawllo
17th September 2010, 16:10
everybody's a critic

boots is awesome :thumbup1:
mosfeld
21st September 2010, 17:46
Boots rules, I love the Coup. As a note, I've barely read lyrics by The Coup.