Socialist music

[revolutionary student]

Hi guys, whats everyones favourite socialist or socialist leaning music artists.
Can be from the rap, rock, indie or any other genres.

I've been listening to a lot of Lowkey, and immortal technique. They rap about anti capitalism, anti imperialism, and general difficulties the working class face from our corrupt leaders.

Viva la revolucion!:)

[Brosa Luxemburg]

Rage Against The Machine

Bad Religion

Fugazi

[Rooster]

Prefab Sprout and only Prefab Sprout.

[Per Levy]

Jarost Marksa

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other then that "the nightwatchman" maybe, he is good.

[Left Leanings]

I think you might appreciate this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HfOipwvts&ob=av2n

The Style Council's Walls Come Tumbling Down!

A revolutionary socialist song through and through. Not a big hit with the bosses hehe :D

[kuriousoranj]

The Fall.

[Comrade Samuel]

Rage Against The Machine

Bad Religion

Fugazi

I've heard they are into some kind of radical leftism, what exactly are their political beliefs, messages ect.?

[Brosa Luxemburg]

^ In their album "Evil Empire" the album notes have socialist books as pictures and the band talks about their opposition to imperialism, racism, and capitalism in their songs but that is about it really.

[Ostrinski]

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Orchid
Manic Street Preachers
Against Me!
Dead Kennedys
Black Flag
Discharge
Choking Victim

I'll post more later

[kuriousoranj]

Oh, another; Linton Kwesi Johnson.

[Ostrinski]

John Lennon I guess lol

[Ostrinski]

Hip-Hop:

Public Enemy
Black Star
2Pac
Common
Mos Def
KRS-One
Boogie Down Productions

[Yuppie Grinder]

Common is an idiot when it comes to politics.

Hip Hop: The Coup
Sun Rise Above
Rock: The United Sons of Toil
almost any crust punk/powerviolence/grindcore band

[Fawkes]

Throbbing Gristle

Atari Teenage Riot

RATM

Public Enemy

Refused

[NewLeft]

Throbbing Gristle
Huh? They're socialists?

[Ostrinski]

Ras Kass

[Hit The North]

The Redskins who used to be in the SWP(UK):yEZTZ3_cqHY

The Gang Of Four, the most theoretically advanced punk-funk combo of all time:

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And the Pop Group, the second most theoretically advanced punk-funk combo of all time:

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[NewLeft]

Yes, I love the Pop Group! She is Beyond Good and Evil is a classic.

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[gorillafuck]

almost any crust punk/powerviolence/grindcore bandI don't understand the point of genres like grindcore being leftist, tbh. it's not like grindcore is ever going to be a force for change.

the only socialist music where I'm really interested in the leftist aspect of it is folk singers like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. who are two terrific leftist songwriters, I personally prefer Woody Guthrie but they are both great. so definitely them.

[Rocky Rococo]

Stiff Little Fingers.

The aforementioned Gang of Four.

Los Muertos de Christo

Pankrti

And then there's this:

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And check out the skiffle version of The Internationale in my sig.

[No_Leaders]

Propagandhi - And We Thought That Nation-States Were a Bad Idea

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Fifteen - We Will Win

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Leftover Crack - Burn Them Prisons

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Pinkerton Thugs - One Day

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[Left Leanings]

Aztec Camera, Good Morning Britain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WyChNh_p-E :)

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

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[Dr. Rosenpenis]

but seriously i am a sucker for pinko nueva trova and nueva canción
namely silvio rodríguez, víctor jara and violetta parra


a lot of the music here is merely left leaning political music, not socialist per se...
just browsing thru some records and the old itunes
josé afonso, chico buarque, caetano veloso, the dubliners, the clancy brothers, willy whyton, fela kuti, cesária evora, miriam makeba, youssou n'dour, champion jack dupree, odetta, paul robeson, marvin gaye, stevie wonder, staple singers, gil-scott heron, james brown, the impressions, syl johnson, isaac hayes, lee dorsey, billy preston, voices of east harlem, eugene mcdaniels, war, rb greaves, sam cooke, james carr, nina simone, duke ellington, weldon irvine, jack mcduff, marlena shaw, cannonball adderley, alice coltrane, randy weston, country joe and the fish, phil ochs, pete seeger, dylan

deffo missing a lot but

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

been listening to The Left (http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_left_f1)
also some de la soul and gang starr as far as conscious hip hop goes
common is briliant for the record

[BE_]

Here are some socialist or left leaning folk songs.
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And one of the greatest songs written. If your an American, you might have sang this in school not knowing it had socialist undertones. He wrote two other verses that are rarely used that are openly socialist, but it was not used in this version.
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[Dr. Rosenpenis]

such a great song!

if i had a hammer is still one of my fave pete seeger tunes
translated into spanish by the great late víctor jara

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by the great incredible leadbelly covered here by odetta

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[Dr. Rosenpenis]

i recently sawr a documentary on phil ochs called there but for fortune. you can find it on pirate bay. very good movie. tells the tragic story of the great folk singer while aslo demystifying him.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Oingo Boingo

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

And one of the greatest songs written. If your an American, you might have sang this in school not knowing it had socialist undertones. He wrote two other verses that are rarely used that are openly socialist, but it was not used in this version.
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indeed
i first fell in love with american popular music when my family illegally snuck into the united states and enrolled me in a public elementary school when i was six
i had my first contact with hip-hop on the schoolyard, watching the girls booty dance without any music
and i had my first contact with american folk in music class
i distinctly recall singing with my classmates This Land is Your Land, as though they were welcoming my border crossing brown ass to their country in beautifully harmonious unison

[gorillafuck]

Oingo Boingohuh?

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

im pretty sure weird science by oingo boingo is a song about dialectical materialism

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

and nothing to fear but fear itself is deffo a damning critique of imperialist rhetoric, fear mongering and bourgeois society

[Rusty Shackleford]

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[Yugo45]

A few oldies..

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[Dr Doom]

Ras Kass

lol ras kass is crazy. like literally crazy.

[gorillafuck]

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