Next, also by Dick Gaughan, The World Turned Upside Down, a song about a proto-socialist movement in 17th century England youtu.be/g_gEaJZxQcE?... - ThreadSky

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blubberwhale.bsky.social • 14 days ago

Next, also by Dick Gaughan, The World Turned Upside Down, a song about a proto-socialist movement in 17th century England

https://youtu.be/g_gEaJZxQcE?si=7FIoTsF3dSOhcEtn

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blubberwhale.bsky.social•14 days ago

Moving on, we've got Pete Seeger, and where better to start in his discography than the classic Solidarity Forever:

https://youtu.be/R8eK9ZXf-Ow?si=RTZZcLP20QmAIz4a

blubberwhale.bsky.social•14 days ago

And of course, Banks of Marble as well:

https://youtu.be/Vd2YVXbd4I0?si=96PgVeJOro5UKoZx

blubberwhale.bsky.social•14 days ago

But I would be remiss to neglect The Internationale, and I'm a big fan of Seeger's version as he explains the French lyrics in English throughout.

https://youtu.be/_sC0D9pkw4s?si=NYBJwTqXR6wCosXK

blubberwhale.bsky.social•14 days ago

And moving on to artists I know less of, we've got David Rovics telling the story of The Battle of Blair Mountain, a worker uprising in West Virginia in 1921. Which was also the first aerial bombing on US soil. Not Pearl Harbor, but the USAF bombing civilians.

https://youtu.be/GnVOYOW8s5c?si=-RU3SaiPc7cFtQwU

blubberwhale.bsky.social•14 days ago

And finally The Commonwealth of Toil. I do quite love this cover of it, but while this video credits it to Pete Seeger, that definitely isn't his voice singing, and I cannot for the life of me figure out who it is.

https://youtu.be/67pxa4kRe2k?si=w0nlrvyeRG6qFbT4

blubberwhale.bsky.social•14 days ago

Hope y'all will forgive me being political on funny belly kink account. But workers rights matter a lot to me, and I can think of few better ways to spread the message than sing-along music. Super hard to not get the point when you're literally singing along with it.

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