Of course I had to play my theme song -- #CitiesInDust by #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees (when I had regular gigs at the Goth club, folks would just expect me to play it -- and it *is* one of my favorite #SATB songs off my favorite SATB album - #Tinderbox).

"Water was running, children were running
You were running out of time
Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares' shrine?
But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=wsOHvP1XnRg

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Next up, I played #HeadsWillRoll (2009) by the #YeahYeahYeahs and worked the crowd (which included a bachelorette party) up into a frenzy! This song is definitely part of the soundtrack of the #revolution -- especially when the heads start rolling!

"Off, off with your head
Dance, dance til you're dead (dead)
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzfTPp4moA

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After I got the crowd shouting, I got them stomping with #SevenNationArmy by #TheWhiteStripes (2003).

"I'm gonna fight 'em all
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
They're gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back

And I'm talking to myself at night
Because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind
Behind a cigarette

And a message coming from my eyes says leave it alone

Don't wanna hear about it
Every single one's got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the hounds of Hell

And if I catch you coming back my way
I'm gonna serve it to you
And that ain't what you want to hear
But that's what I'll do..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY

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#FridayNightMusic #RockMusic #MusicForARevolution #Resistance

Next up, I turned the tables on #DJShaxx and introduced him to #NorthAmericanScum by #LCDSoundsystem from 2007. A bunch of us were singing along, screaming out "SCUM!"

"So throw a party 'til the cops come in and bust it up, let's go, North Americans
Oh, you were planning it? I didn't mean to interrupt, sorry
I did it once and my parents got pretty upset, freaked out in North America
But then I said, 'The more I do it, the better it gets', that's my North America

(Ah-ah) Oh, oh, oh, oh
We are North American scum
(Ah-ah) Oh, oh, oh
We're from North America!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2np7R-Uwg

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#FridayNightMusic #RockMusic #MusicForARevolution #USPol #USAIsAJoke

I first heard #Oligarchy by #TeenMortgage (2023) on #DJShaxx's radio show, #LeftOfTheDial. He was quite pleased that I played it at the club!

"Can we all agree we got an issue?
Watching all these rats cheat the race
'Specially when they told you, "go get a tissue,"
For all the ones who'd made last place, well

Pigs with power in their ivory tower
Mothers shop for four down at the dollar store, and
Tons of cowards make them work those long hours
Because corporate flaws, they make all the laws

I think we all agree it's getting kinda gnarly
Unless you're part of the oligarchy
'Think we all agree it's getting kinda gnarly
Unless you're part of thе oligarchy, yuh"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJf2UFHo9Jg

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#TalkinBoutARevolution by #TracyChapman (1988)

"Don't ya know
They're talking about a revolution?
It sounds like a whisper
Don't ya know
They're talking about a revolution?
It sounds like a whisper

[While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sittin' around waitin' for a promotion

Don't ya know?
They're talking about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs

Don't ya know you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Oh, I said you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run

'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' 'bout a revolution
Yes, finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh no
Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh no..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv8FBjo1Y8I
#BlackMusicians #BlackHistoryMonth #80sMusic #MusicForARevolution #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightMusicVideos

Another gem from #DJShaxx's show #LeftOfTheDial!

#Oligarchy by #TeenMortgage (2023)

"Can we all agree we got an issue?
Watching all these rats cheat the race
'Specially when they told you, "go get a tissue,"
For all the ones who'd made last place, well

Pigs with power in their ivory tower
Mothers shop for four down at the dollar store, and
Tons of cowards make them work those long hours
Because corporate flaws, they make all the laws

I think we all agree it's getting kinda gnarly
Unless you're part of the oligarchy
'Think we all agree it's getting kinda gnarly
Unless you're part of thе oligarchy, yuh"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YIjoEWoflw
#FridayNightMusic #FridayNightMusicVideos #RockMusic #MusicForARevolution

As heard on #LeftOfTheDial with #DJShaxx ....

#TheGovernmentFly by #DeadKennedys (1986)

"The government flu
The government flu
The government flu

Slip it abroad
Keep a-slowin' down the USSR
But meanwhile, we'll keep an eye
On what it's doin' to you"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlWRs00EAp0
#PunkMusic #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightMusicVideos #MusicForARevolution

#Rise by #PublicImageLtd

"Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy"
- #PIL, 1986

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPj-8_wOZcA
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#WorldDestruction by #TimeZone

"Putting people in racist categories
Knowledge isn't what it used to be
Military tactics to control a nation
Who wants to be a president or king? Me!
Mother Nature is gonna work against you
Nothing in your power that you can do
Yes, the world is headed for destruction
You and I know it, the Bible tells you
If we don't start to look for a better life
The world will be destroyed in a time zone!"

- #JohnLyden, #AfrikaBambaataa & #BillLaswell, 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1T6l70XlqU
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As heard on #WMPG this week!

#NyashaMunashe - PARTY (2025)

"Red party, blue party
Red party, blue party..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmfCypgd5IE
#HipHop #BlackMusicians #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightMusicVideos #MusicForARevolution

#NinaSimone - #Revolution pts 1 and 2

"And now we got a revolution
'Cause I see the face of things to come
Yeah, your Constitution
Well, my friend, it's gonna have to bend
I'm here to tell you about destruction
Of all the evil that will have to end.

Some folks are gonna get the notion
I know they'll say I'm preachin' hate
But if I have to swim the ocean
Well I would just to communicate
It's not as simple as talkin' jive
The daily struggle just to stay alive

Singin' about a revolution
Because we're talkin' about a change
It's more than just evolution
Well you know you got to clean your brain
The only way that we can stand in fact
Is when you get your foot off our back..."

From "Songs of Freedom and Spirit," 1969.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6yyqoBmI0M
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My theme song (since 1987):

"If you want a revolution, baby
There is nothing like your own
You don't have to do all those burning books
Revolutionize at home

Someone's been hiding the pieces
Someone been burning down the trees
So we need your revolution, baby
There's a planet to set free

We are the revolution, baby
Come to take you home
If you say you want a revolution, baby
There is nothing like your own

We are the revolution, baby
Come to set you free
After you revolution, baby
There is nothing you can't be

Man's been killing the tigers
Turn the green fields into sand
And their saying how much they respect our work
Oh, god and his final hand

But the world spins on regardless
Which is lucky for you and me
'Cause of all the places in a year's ride from here
This is the only place to be

We are the revolution
Come to take you home
If you say you want a revolution, baby
There is nothing like your own

We are the revolution, baby
Come to set you free
After you revolution, baby
There is nothing you can't be

Don't need a red light
Don't need a blue light
Don't need a yellow light

Take off from the green light now
Take off from the green light now
Take off from the green light now

We got a revolution, baby
Come to take you home
If you say you want a revolution
There is nothing like your own

We are the revolution, baby
We've come to set you free
After you revolution, baby
There is nothing you can't be"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaYcJQej5Uw
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