jueves, 8 de marzo de 2012

Moving one mountain at a time

Woman Power!

You’ve heard of woman nation,
Well, that’s coming, baby
What we need is the power of trust,
That it’s coming
You’ve heard of the law of selection,
Well, that’s how we’re gonna do it, baby
We allow men who wanna join us
The rest can just stay by themselves

Woman power! (woman power!)
Woman power! (woman power!)

Two thousand years of male society,
Laying fear and tyranny
Seeking grades and money,
Clinging to values vain and phony

Woman power! (woman power!)
Woman power! (woman power!)

Do you know that one day you lost your way, man?
Do you know that some day you have to pay, man?
Have you anything to say, man, except
"make no mistake about it, I’m the president, you hear?
I wanna make one thing clear, I’m the president, you hear? "

Woman power! (woman power!)
Woman power! (woman power!)

You don’t hear them singing songs,
You don’t see them living life,
’cause they’ve got nothing to say, but
"make no mistake about it, I’m the president, you hear?
I wanna make one thing clear, I’m the president, you hear? "

Woman power! (woman power!)
Woman power! (woman power!)

You may be the president now,
You may still be a man
But you must also be a human,
So open up and join us in living

Woman power! (woman power!)
Woman power! (woman power!)

In the coming age of feminine society,
We’ll regain our human dignity
We’ll lay some truth and clarity
And bring back nature’s beauty

Woman power! (woman power!)
Woman power! (woman power!)

Ev’ry woman has a song to sing,
Ev’ry woman has a story to tell
Make no mistake about it, brothers,
We women have the power to move mountains

Woman power! (woman power!)
Woman power! (woman power!)

Did you have to cook the meals?
Did you have to knit?
Did you have to care for life instead of killing?
There’s no mistake about it, sisters,
We women have the power to change the world

Woman power! (woman power!)


miércoles, 29 de febrero de 2012

A recoger tomillo, zagales

Wild Mountain Thyme

Oh, the summer time is coming
And the leaves are sweetly turning
And the wild mountain thyme
Blooms across the purple heather
Will you go, lassie, go

If you will not go with me
I will surely find another
To pull wild mountain thyme
All across the purple heather
Will you go, lassie, go

And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All across the purple heather
Will you go, lassie, go
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All across the purple heather
Will you go, lassie, go


lunes, 27 de febrero de 2012

Los topillos, los gatos y los perrillos

The people are scratching

Come fill up your glasses and set yourselves down
I'll tell you a story of somebody's town
It isn't too near and it's not far away
It's not a place where I'd want to stay

Now the people are scratching all over the street

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat

The winter came in with a cold icy blast

It killed off the flowers and killed off the grass
The rabbits were starving because of the freeze
They started eating the bark off the trees

Now the people are scratching all over the street

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat

The farmers said, "This sort of thing just won't do

Our trees will be dead when the rabbits get through
We'll have to poison the rabbits, it's clear;
Or we'll have no crops to harvest next year"

Now the people are scratching all over the street

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat

So they brought the poison and spread it around

And soon dead rabbits began to be found
Dogs ate the rabbits and the farmers just said,
"We'll poison those rabbits 'til the last dog is dead"

Now the people are scratching all over the street

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat

Up in the sky there were meat-eating fowls

The dead rabbits poisoned the hawks and the owls
Thousands of field mice the hawks used to chase
Were multiplying all over the place.

Now the people are scratching all over the street

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat

The fields and the meadows were barren and brown

The mice got hungry and moved into town
The city folks took the farmer's advice
And all of them started to poison the mice

Now the people are scratching all over the street

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat

There were dead mice in all the apartments and flats

The cats ate the mice and the mice killed the cats
The smell was awful and I'm glad to say
I wasn't the man hired to haul them away

Now the people are scratching all over the street

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat.

All through the country and all through the town

There wasn't a dog or cat to be found.
The fleas asked each other, "Where can we stay?"
They've been on the people from then 'til this day

Now the people are scratching all over the street

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat

All you small creatures that live in this land

Stay clear of the man with the poisonous hand!
A few bails of hay might keep you alive
But he'll pay more to kill you than let you survive

Now the people are scratching all over the street

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat

performed by Pete Seeger


sábado, 18 de febrero de 2012

It ain't true that everybody's got a price

Star

Are you solid?
Are you solid as a rock?
Have you a strong foundation
Or can your soul be bought
It ain't true that
Everybody's got a price
I sing this song for everyone
Who stands up for their rights

Every brother is a star, every sister is a star
Every brother is a star, every sister is a star

Sister Rosa, Malcolm X, and Dr king
Showed we got power, showed the changes we could bring
To change society, you have got to change the law
Their bodies may be gone but their spirits still live on

Every brother is a star, every sister is a star
Every brother is a star, every sister is a star

Rebels souls!
For the dreamers, rebels souls and future days
Be brave and strong, keep keeping on,
be conscious in the chaos
Queen of England, there's no greater anarchist*
One mans freedom fighter is another's terrorist

Every brother is a star, every sister is a star
Every brother is a star, every sister is a star
Every brother is a star, every sister is a star
Every brother is a star, every sister is a star

Primal Scream


* loves this song, but still desagrees with this unfortunate sentence.

miércoles, 15 de febrero de 2012

El ritmo está en la sangre

Shakin' Street

Little Orphan Annie and sweet Sue too
They've been coming around
Gives 'em somethin' to do
Their mamas all warned 'em not to come to town
It got into their blood
Now they gonna get down

Shakin' street, it's got that beat
Shakin' street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' street, it's got that sound
Shakin' street, say you gotta get down

Streetlight Sammy decided to make the trip
All the way from New Jersey on his girlfriend's tip
He pulled into town and met skinny leg Pete
Said, "Come here, boy, I heard about the streets"
I heard about the place where all the kids go
Now, I'm a about to flip, by just gotta know about
The shakin' street, it's got that beat
Shakin' Street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' street, it's got that sound
Shakin' street, say you gotta get down

Well the kids on shakin' street never give in
'Cause all of their lives they've been livin' in sin
You know that they're bad
You know that they're mad
They take for the takin'
And they shake for the shakin'
Shakin', shakin', shakin'

The folks keep complaining they find it so shockin'
All the kids wanna do is just keep on rockin'
They ain't got no time to think about stoppin'
They gotta get down and do a little stompin'
Now Sally Baker wants to shake her shaker
And Bobby C. says he's gonna take her to
  
The shakin' street, it's got that beat
Shakin' street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' street, it's got that sound
Shakin' street, you gotta get down

Shakin' street, it's got that beat
Shakin' street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' street, it's got that sound
Shakin' street, say you gotta get down




martes, 14 de febrero de 2012

The more you ignorme, the closer I get



The more you ignore me, the closer I get
You're wasting your time
The more you ignore me, the closer I get
You're wasting your time

I will be in the bar
With my head on the bar
I am now a central part
Of your mind's landscape
Whether you care or do not
Yeah, I've made up your mind

The more you ignore me, the closer I get
You're wasting your time
The more you ignore me, the closer I get
You're wasting your time

Beware!
I bear more grudges
Than lonely high court judges
When you sleep I will creep into your thoughts
Like a bad debt that you can't pay
Take the easy way and give in
Yeah, and let me in
Oh, let me in
Oh, let me ...
Oh, let me in

It's war, it's war, it's war, it's war, it's war
War, war, war, war

Oh, let me in
Ah, the closer I get
Ah, you're asking for it
Ah, the closer I get
Ooh, the closer I ...
[Song by Morrissey, art by Eugenio Merino]

 

Moralejas:

“Si comprender es imposible, conocer es necesario porque lo sucedido puede volver a suceder, las conciencias pueden ser seducidas y obnubiladas de nuevo, las nuestras también. Por ello, meditar sobre lo que pasó es deber de todos”
Primo Levi
“Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it”
Edmund Burke

domingo, 5 de febrero de 2012

Our welfare on the rich man's hand

They'll Never Keep Us Down


United we stand, divided we fall
For every dime they give us a battle must be fought
So working people use your power the key to liberty
Don't support the rich man's style of luxury

There ain't no way they can ever keep us down
There ain't no way they can ever keep us down
We won't be bought, we won't be sold
To be treated right, well that's our goal
There ain't no way they can ever keep us down

We've been shot, we've been jailed, lord its a sin
Women and children stood right by the men
We've got a union contract that keeps the worker free
They'll never shoot that union out of me

They'll never shoot that union out of me, oh no
They'll never shoot that union out of me
Got a contract in our hand signed by the blood of honest
men
They'll never shoot that union out of me

The power wheel is rolling, rolling right along
The government is keep it going going strong
so working people get your help from your own kind
Your welfare on the rich man's mind

Your welfare on the rich man's mind
Your welfare on the rich man's mind
They want the power in their hands just to keep out of the workers hands
Your welfare on the rich man's mind

They'll never, never, never keep us down
They'll never, never, never keep us down
The cheat, rob and kill but we'll stop that big wheel
They'll never, never, never keep us down



jueves, 5 de enero de 2012

Surely they can't be human

Zut Alore

Giant surprise
we are lizards disguised
and we're controlling your lives
with trilateral spies

Burn all the homes
let the innocent know
that we come from UFO's
in the oceans below

Giant surprise
we are lizards disguised
and we're controlling your lives
with trilateral spies



lunes, 5 de diciembre de 2011

El loop de la injusticia


Over and over

People talkin 'bout solutions, over and over
'Bout how we need a revolution, over and over
I was talking 'bout ecology, over and over
'Bout how we'll be saved by technology, over and over
While the cat next door spends all his time
Trying to think up new antisocial crimes
I said no, I said hang on a minute now
I set let me outta here
I said no, no, no

People talking revolution, over and over
About a mass execution, over and over
Well I was working in a factory, over and over
Just trying to make it satisfactory, over and over
But all these inclinations toward manic frustration
I want my vaccination against castration
Vietnam, what a sexy war
Uncle Sam's a pimp, wants us to be whores,
I said no, I said I can't take much more of this
You better let me outta here
I said no, no, no
 
Oh you see I need a release for my frustration
Oh don't you see I can't hold my aggravation
Oh...no, no, no, no

I see people dyin', over and over
Why don't I sit around crying, over and over
I see people taking, over and over
Why don't I sit around waiting, over and over
The cop on the street wants us down on our needs
The president says we've got to have peace
The other cat says we need our liberation
The hippies telling us we're in the love generation
I said whoa, I said hang on a minute now
This can't go on much longer
I said no, no, no

Over and over, over and over
Over and over, over and over