emmalouise Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 My boss has asked me to start off an informal political get-together with a song. He wants the song to be about "democracy, citizen's engagement, and the power of love and working together". Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Let's Work Together by Canned Heat Together we stand, divided we fall Come on now people, let's get on the ball and work together Come on, come on, let's work together Now now people 'Cause together we will stand ev'ry, ev'ry girl and a man Before when things go wrong, as they sometimes will And the road that you travel, it stays all up hill Let's work together Come on, come on, let's work together Now now people You know together we will stand, ev'ry boy, girl, woman and a man Oh well now, two or three minutes, two or three hours What does it matter now, if this time go round Let's work together Come on, come on Let's work together, now people 'Cause together we will stand, ev'ry boy, every woman and a man Oh well, make someone happy, make someone smile Let's all work together and make life worth while Let's work together Come on, come on Let's work together, now now people 'Cause together we will we stand, ev'ry boy, girl, woman and a man Because together we will stand, ev'ry boy, girl, woman and a man Well together we will stand, ev'ry boy, girl, woman and a man Yeah... Let's work together Come on, come on Let's work together Come on, come on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Get Together - The Youngbloods Love is but the song we sing, And fear's the way we die You can make the mountains ring Or make the angels cry Know the dove is on the wing And you need not know why C'mon people now, Smile on your brother Ev'rybody get together Try and love one another right now Some will come and some will go We shall surely pass When the one that left us here Returns for us at last We are but a moments sunlight Fading in the grass C'mon people now, Smile on your brother Ev'rybody get together Try and love one another right now If you hear the song I sing, You must understand You hold the key to love and fear All in your trembling hand Just one key unlocks them both It's there at your command C'mon people now, Smile on your brother Ev'rybody get together Try and love one another right now Right now Right now! Maybe Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: dont give up the fight! Preacherman, dont tell me, Heaven is under the earth. I know you dont know What life is really worth. Its not all that glitters is gold; alf the story has never been told: So now you see the light, eh! Stand up for your rights. come on! Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: dont give up the fight! Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: dont give up the fight! Most people think, Great God will come from the skies, Take away everything And make everybody feel high. But if you know what life is worth, You will look for yours on earth: And now you see the light, You stand up for your rights. jah! Get up, stand up! (jah, jah!) Stand up for your rights! (oh-hoo!) Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up!) Dont give up the fight! (life is your right!) Get up, stand up! (so we cant give up the fight!) Stand up for your rights! (lord, lord!) Get up, stand up! (keep on struggling on!) Dont give up the fight! (yeah!) We sick an tired of-a your ism-skism game - Dyin n goin to heaven in-a jesus name, lord. We know when we understand: Almighty God is a living man. You can fool some people sometimes, But you cant fool all the people all the time. So now we see the light (what you gonna do? ), We gonna stand up for our rights! (yeah, yeah, yeah!) So you better: Get up, stand up! (in the morning! git it up!) Stand up for your rights! (stand up for our rights!) Get up, stand up! Dont give up the fight! (dont give it up, dont give it up!) Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up!) Stand up for your rights! (get up, stand up!) Get up, stand up! ( ... ) Dont give up the fight! (get up, stand up!) Get up, stand up! ( ... ) Stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up! Dont give up the fight! /fadeout/ or A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke I was born by the river in a little tent Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling me don't hang around It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say brother help me please But he winds up knockin' me Back down on my knees Ohhhhhhhhh..... There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphany Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Chicago ~ Graham Nash So your brother's bound and gagged And they've chained him to a chair Won't you please come to Chicago just to sing In a land that's known as freedom how can such a thing be fair Won't you please come to Chicago for the help that we can bring We can change the world rearrange the world It's dying - to get better Politicians sit yourselves down, there's nothing for you here Won't you please come to Chicago for a ride Don't ask Jack to help you 'cause he'll turn the other ear Won't you please come to Chicago or else join the other side We can change the world rearrange the world It's dying - if you believe in justice Dying - and if you believe in freedom Dying - let a man live his own life Dying - rules and regulations, who needs them open up the door Somehow people must be free I hope the day comes soon Won't you please come to Chicago show your face From the bottom of the ocean to the mountains of the moon Won't you please come to Chicago no one else can take your place We can change the world rearrange the world It's dying - if you believe in justice Dying - and if you believe in freedom Dying - let a man live his own life Dying - rules and regulations, who needs them open up the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chutzpah Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 I'd go with "Power to the people" Maybe a little rough around the edges...Straight to the point ...or "Give peace a chance"...both from John Lennon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Let's Work Together, and Get Together are the two I thought of right away also....good tunes! Or how about Bob Marley "One Love"? Listen Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theclash Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 BRITISH SEA POWER "NO LUCIFER" EASY! EASY! EASY! EASY! Hey you, give me the dummy tits, Forget the rest of the ******* The man with the skull and bones, You think you know, but you don't. To Sodom I will go, Not to Megiddo. Several Lucifers come, We can beat them all. A Carlton Corsair, A Raleigh Twenty, yeah! A little lost roe deer, The wind in your hair. NO LUCIFER! Come on, Allons-y let's go, Can always just say no. To the anti-aircraft crew, The boys from the Hitler Youth. Silk and cyanide, Six weeks left alive. Metal, skull and bone, You think you know but you don't. To Sodom I will go, Not to Megiddo. Several Lucifers come, We can beat them all. A Carlton Corsair, A Raleigh Twenty, yeah! A little lost roe deer, The wind in your hair. NO LUCIFER! EASY! EASY! EASY! Is that what the future holds? Is that what the future holds? Kevlar or cherry wood, Malevolence or good. Is that what the future holds? Is that what the future holds? Is that what the future holds? Is that what the future holds? NO LUCIFER! Send "No Lucifer" Ringtone to R" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar-101 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Fortunate Son: CCR For What It's Worth: Buffalo Springfield (most people know this song as Stop Hey whats that sound) Volunteers: Jefferson Airplane War Pigs: Black Sabbath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Clown Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 political but non-partisan and therefore probably not likley to offend any paricular attendees - how about Nick Lowe's 'What's So Funny Bout Peace Love And Understanding?'. It's also a fairly simple song to play and sing with a very catchy tune. But the doyen of political songwriting has got to be Billy Bragg - stuff like There Is A Power In A Union, Between The Wars etc. are all tremendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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