School radio station

[superiority]

The Media Studies teacher at my high school is organising a radio station, and I have been granted the opportunity to corrupt the hearts and minds of my schoolmates via my own show. Does anyone have suggestions as to songs/bands I should play? I have a few names in mind already, but any and all suggestions are appreciated.

[Pirate Utopian]

depends what music you like, if you like hiphop i would play loads of Dead Prez, Public Enemy, Immortal Technique, The Coup, Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy, The Last Poets, Watts Prophets, X-Clan and Gill Scott-Heron.

[superiority]

The idea is to play music with revolutionary lyrical content, rather than be confined to a single genre.

[Pirate Utopian]

well there are my hiphop-tips
bob marley, culture and burning spear is good reggae

[The Grey Blur]

Interestingly enough I was just given a slot on a local radio station with a mate. He's into metal and I'm into "alternative" but I'm gonna slip in a few Commie tracks

Viva La Quinta Brigada - Christy Moore

Worker's Song - Dropkick Murphys

Bandiera Rossa - Random Italian Punx Whose Name I Can't Remember

The Masses Against The Classes - Manic Street Preachers

You probably wont be allowed to play much rap because of the swearing but if you are I suggest 'Fat Cats & Bigga Fish' by The Coup

I'm burning about a hundred songs onto CDs but that's a few suggestions

[Comeback Kid]

Blood for Blood mofocker! some Madball would be good as well.
Fuck the Police by NWA would be pretty kick ass. Cockney rejects (Are You Ready To Ruck? or OI OI OI would be good) and Angelic Upstarts (Last Night Another Soldier and Guns For The Afgan Rebels) are tops oi punk.

[OneBrickOneVoice]

Originally posted by [email protected] 9 2006, 09:39 AM
The idea is to play music with revolutionary lyrical content, rather than be confined to a single genre.
Any Anti-Flag, Propaghandi, Immortal technique, Leftover Crack, and Against All Authority.

[Gunman]

Originally posted by Permanent [email protected] 9 2006, 10:05 AM
Interestingly enough I was just given a slot on a local radio station with a mate. He's into metal and I'm into "alternative" but I'm gonna slip in a few Commie tracks

Viva La Quinta Brigada - Christy Moore

Worker's Song - Dropkick Murphys

Bandiera Rossa - Random Italian Punx Whose Name I Can't Remember

The Masses Against The Classes - Manic Street Preachers

You probably wont be allowed to play much rap because of the swearing but if you are I suggest 'Fat Cats & Bigga Fish' by The Coup

I'm burning about a hundred songs onto CDs but that's a few suggestions
Well, if your mate he´s into metal, you could try slipping some grindcore songs.

[An archist]

sin dios
bad religion
babylon circus: ska-reggae with chanson influences.

[Mujer Libre]

I'd recommend some Asian Dub Foundation, MIA and hmm- I'd say The Haunted but they're not very radio-friendly. Who Will Decide is a great song though. :D

Muse's later stuff is quite political, if oblique. Oh and various Rammstein tracks with vague leftyish allusions.

There's more but I'm drunk and tired. :)

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Fidel Castro speeches

[YSR]

I'm actually doing the same thing soon (knock on wood that I get the slot), but it will be mostly talk. I'm definitely thinking of using a Defiance, Ohio song or two for my intros and breaks and whatnot. Marley as well.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Bob Marley wasn't a leftist.

Anyways, there are few serious leftist musicians. The [International] Noise Conspiracy, perhaps. Randy, maybe. Some rappers which have already been mentioned. Langston Hughes has been set to music by Taj Mahal. Bob Dylan. Assorted songs by John Lennon, even though he wasn't a serious leftist. Victor Jara, Violetta Parra, Inti Illimani, etc. although that's in Spanish. Play The Internationale frequently. And if you're already acting under the pretense of corrupting their minds, definitely include some Castro speeches. Who gives a fuck if they're in Spanish. His fiery rhetoric transcends language.

Or just translate them yourself.

edit: new idea! Interview right-wing students, and then own them in a debate on the air.

[celtopunk]

okay here goes, let me know if you need help getting any of this stuff. Idid radio for a few years and tried to do the same thing:
folk:
Dick Gaughan
Christy Moore
Phil Ochs
Utah Phillips
Andy Irvine
Billy Bragg
Leon Rosselson
Eric Bogle
Attila the Stockbroker (not entirely folk but great stuff)
Fred Stanton
Robb Johnson
Steve Earle
Si Kahn
Tom Paxton
Ron Kavana

rock, loosely defined to include punk, ska, whatever but probably mostly punk:

Redskins
Subhumans (english and canadian versions)
Citizen Fish
Culture Shock
Adjusters
Propagandi
Dead Kennedys
Bad Religion
DOA
Jello Biafra and his many collaborations and spoken word stuff
Dayglo Abortions
Blaggers ITA
Le Tigre
Ricanstruction
Neurotics
New Model Army
Conflict
Stiff Little Fingers
the Clash
Oppressed
Oi Polloi
Paranoid Visions
Striknien DC
the Dils
Scott MX Turner
Beatnigs

hip hop:
Public Enemy
Dead Prez
the Coup
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

[which doctor]

I would play some International (Noise) Conspiracy.


Originally posted by [email protected] 9 2006, 11:19 PM
Fidel Castro speeches
You have got to be kidding me! That's perhaps the boringist (sic?) thing to put on the radio. Some of his speeches run up to +6 hours!

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Six hours of adamantly glorifying the cause of the proletariat. You can't beat it.

[homeo_apathy]

Any Anti-Flag, Propaghandi, Immortal technique, Leftover Crack, and Against All Authority.

Do it. Thats all you need....
specially the crizzack

can it be explicit language n stuff?

[which doctor]

Originally posted by [email protected] 13 2006, 09:56 PM
Six hours of adamantly glorifying the cause of the proletariat. You can't beat it.
It's six hours of glorifying the proletariat, but it's coming from someone who's not a proletarian at all.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Fidel Castro has done far more for the working class than you will ever do.

[Comeback Kid]

Oh-snap.

Punk fucking rawk is all you need.

[Zero]

Oh-snap.

Full stop Comeback. No.

If you want to convey a message then you do it through folk or punk-folk.

www.riotfolk.org
www.davidrovics.com

or download some RATM.

[Comeback Kid]

I do agree to that aswell.
Against me = love.