A Studio City blogger suggests a mixtape to show support for the striking writers. Brian (dunno his last name) says: "I hope that it makes a decent soundtrack for the struggle against the corporatization of America which is at the heart of this conflict."
"Fool Me Once" George W. Bush
"Know Your Rights" The Clash
"2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)" Radiohead
"Here's Your Future" The Thermals
"Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe" Okkervil River
"Rebellion (Lies)" Arcade Fire
"The Big Payback" Bruce Springsteen
"Sixteen Tons" Bo Diddley
"Gimme Some Truth" Pearl Jam
"21st Century Rip Off" The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
"I Won't Back Down" Johnny Cash
"Kicking Television" Wilco
"The Revolution Starts" Steve Earle
"I Will Survive" Cake
"The Underdog" Spoon
"Even A Dog Can Shake Hands" Warren Zevon
"Mr. November" The National
"The Star Spangled Banner" Jimi Hendrix
Suggestions for other songs?
iGeneration by MC Lars. Very appropriate lyrics for the WGA fight.
Comment by ReelBusy — November 13, 2007 @ 12:43 am
Rolling Stones “Satisfaction” c’mon am I the only one who saw “Life or Something Like It”
Comment by Unsatisfied — November 13, 2007 @ 12:46 am
London Calling by The Clash
You Say You Want a Revolution by The Beatles
I’m a Man by Chicago
Everybody Want to Rule theWorld by Tears For Fear
Chicago by Graham Nash
Blue Collar Man by Styx
Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix
Redemption Song by Bob Marley
Comment by RobM — November 13, 2007 @ 12:58 am
Am I gathering correctly… this is a writer striking over residuals, “struggling against the corporatization of America” by stealing the work of songwriters and performers and distributing it for free?
Comment by David Poland — November 13, 2007 @ 1:01 am
Hero, Ministry
World War Three, KMFDM
Anything from Bear McCreary’s BSG Season Three Soundtrack.
Comment by Max Bell — November 13, 2007 @ 1:13 am
Where are the classics, man? What about The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”… The Door’s “Five to One”… U2’s “Pride (In the Name of Love)”… Johnny Cash’s “Walk the Line” or Tesla’s “Signs”… no wait, that last one won’t work to well.
Comment by Screenwriter John — November 13, 2007 @ 1:20 am
Heh, not paying the songwriters and performers for this music is a tad hypocritical. Surely David and I aren’t the only ones who recognize this….right?
Comment by AJ — November 13, 2007 @ 1:32 am
“Soup is Good Food” - the Dead Kennedys
“There is Power in a Union” - Billy Bragg
Comment by Micah Wright — November 13, 2007 @ 1:45 am
David Poland — yeah, that thought rather occurred to me as well. Mind you, if you take the mindset of the members of The Clash, who pretty much had a career-long pissing match with their label, it’s likely there’d be lots of encouragement to liberate their music from the corporate shackles (just as Trent Reznor’s doing now.)
(I give my music away these days. Donations welcome. And so forth.)
That said, I can probably come up with a much better mix. That’s just me, though.
Comment by David Alexander McDonald — November 13, 2007 @ 1:53 am
I’ve always liked Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.”
Comment by I'm Not Tom Petty — November 13, 2007 @ 4:25 am
“We’re not gonna take it” - Twisted Sister
Comment by MarkG — November 13, 2007 @ 6:38 am
Zevon’s “Even A Dog Can Shake Hands”. Nice choice, considering it was the theme song to the short-lived Action where the writer character was perpetually abused by Jay Mohr’s producer character.
Comment by Rich Drees — November 13, 2007 @ 7:02 am
FIGHT THE POWER by Public Enemy
Comment by vp — November 13, 2007 @ 7:48 am
Stand and Deliver – Adam Ant
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Jive Talkin’ – Bee Gees
Stomp! - The Brothers Johnson
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – BTO
Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day – Chicago
The Heart of the Matter – Don Henley
Been Down So Long – The Doors
I’ve Seen That Movie, Too – Elton John
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – Genesis
Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
Piece of My Heart – Janis Joplin
Show Me What You Got – Jay-Z
Many Rivers to Cross – Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
You Can Get it if You Really Want – Jimmy Cliff
Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Joan Baez
Busload of Faith – Lou Reed
Strawman – Lou Reed
How Do You Think It Feels – Lou Reed
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead
Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney & Wings
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon
It’s a Plain Shame – Peter Frampton
I Can’t Stand it No More – Peter Frampton
(I’ll Give You) Money – Peter Frampton
Rehumanize Yourself – Police
It Don’t Come Easy – Ringo Starr
Tired of Toein’ the Line – Rocky Burnette
The First Cut is the Deepest – Rod Stewart
Winning Ugly – The Rolling Stones
Beast of Burden – The Rolling Stones
Heartbreaker – The Rolling Stones
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – The Rolling Stones
Street Fighting Man – The Rolling Stones
Change of the Guard – Steely Dan
The Royal Scam – Steely Dan
The Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses – U2
Songwriter – Van Morrison
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide – ZZ Top
Comment by Lorelei — November 13, 2007 @ 7:53 am
Here’s my shot at addressing the chant/song issue. Not my finest hour yet, but please, please go to Chant Aid on my link here and improve on my first shabby attempt.
Get Residuals or Die Tryin’!
Comment by Four Cent — November 13, 2007 @ 8:06 am
DUDES!
My friend Raimy is making a writers’ strike mix and handing them out on picket lines and is totally better than anything you have going! It’s totally the shit! e-mail her: thatwriterchick@gmail.com
Comment by downinthestreets — November 13, 2007 @ 8:08 am
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by Gil Scott Heron
and (somewhat obvious, but still appropriate) Public Enemy’s “Fight The Power.”
Comment by Anonymous — November 13, 2007 @ 8:32 am
Dropkick Murphys - Which Side Are You On
Dropkick Murphys - The Workers’ Song
Rage Against The Machine - Renegades Of Funk
Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
Comment by Stormin — November 13, 2007 @ 8:38 am
How can one have a strike/picket mix without the Patti Smith version of “People Have the Power?” Lifts the spirits of union folk and strikes terror in the blackened hearts of execs. Excellent…*tents fingers*
Comment by Johanna — November 13, 2007 @ 8:57 am
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
&
“Madison Avenue” both by Gil Scott-Heron.
“The Big Paback” by its original writer, James Brown.
Comment by Rusty Cee — November 13, 2007 @ 9:11 am
The Coup - 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO
Comment by Coup — November 13, 2007 @ 9:13 am
“Cunts Are Still Running the World” - Jarvis Cocker
Comment by BT — November 13, 2007 @ 9:45 am
“Throw Away Your Television” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Comment by wa — November 13, 2007 @ 9:48 am
For all my brothers and sisters walking the line….
Burn Hollywood Burn - Public Enemy
Revolution - The Beatles
Us V Them - LCD Soundsystem
Get Well Paid - Beck
You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like A
Millionaire - Queens of the Stone Age
Blood On Our Hands - Death From Above 1979
The Man Don’t Give Fuck - Super Furry Animals
Pow! To The People - The Make Up
Instant Karma - John Lennon
Forecast Fascist Future - Of Montreal
Don’t Bring Me Down - ELO
Way Down Now - World Party
Can’t Go Out, Can’t Stay In - Whitey
One Vision - Queen
Mr. Suit - Wire
C’mon Every Beatbox - Big Audio Dynamite
Money - Peter, Bjorn, & John
Under My Thumb - Rolling Stones
Respect - Otis Redding
I Think I Smell A Rat - The White Stripes
Bring On The Terror - Robbers On High Street
We’ve Been Had - The Walkmen
Bang Bang You’re Dead - Dirty Pretty Things
Wave Of Mutilation - The Pixies
Wolf Like We - T.V. On The Radio
Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
Brothers - Delakota
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Karazzee - !!!
I Just Want To Get Along - The Breeders
Power & The Passion - Midnight Oil
Queen Bitch - David Bowie
Two States - Pavement
You Talk Too Much - Run D.M.C.
Club Foot - Kasabian
Going Nowhere (Digitalism Remix) - Cut Copy
5 Years Ahead Of My Time - Primal Scream
Community Revolution In Progress - MSTRKRFT
Shadows - Midnight Juggernauts
Express Yourself - N.W.A.
Step On - Happy Mondays
I Ain’t Saying My Goodbyes - Tom Vek
The Comeback - Shout Out Louds
Nothing Can Stop Us - Saint Etienne
Allentown - Billy Joel
Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
Part Of The Queue - Oasis
Dirge - Death In Vegas
We Are All Made Of Stars - Moby
Hey Fuck You - Beastie Boys
Here To Stay - New Order
Original Control - Meat Beat Manifesto
Together We Stand - Marvin Gaye
Apply Some Pressure - Mark Ronson
Subterrean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
Clampdown - The Clash
Can’t Stand Me Now - The Libertines
Coping - Blur
Jumping Someone Else’s Train - The Cure
Speaking In Tongues - Eagles of Death Metal
Standing In The Way Of Control (Soulwax Nite Version) - The Gossip
We Are Your Friends - Justice Vs. Simian
Television Rules The Nation - Daft Punk
Nikki, my apologies for the length.
Comment by DEAD))) — November 13, 2007 @ 10:18 am
“Part of the Union” - The Strawbs
Comment by Bryan — November 13, 2007 @ 10:24 am
Oh c’mon… how can you not have some Public Enemy on the list? “Shut Em Down” is perfect!
Comment by NYLA girl — November 13, 2007 @ 10:49 am
“The Harder They Come”
Comment by WGA Writer with Business Sense — November 13, 2007 @ 11:32 am
“I Guess I Planted” by Billy Bragg and Wilco (lyrics by Woody Guthrie)
I guess I planted some long lonesome seed of a song
Way down inside me long ago
And now I can’t remember when it was
But it joined up with the rest of them and grows
It’s such a little song it don’t compare
With all your big ones you hear everywhere
But when it dawns way in the back of your mind
The big ones are made up of the little kind
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
I can’t even start to look around me here
Without hearing this song
And seeing all of us first separated
Hurt apart and afraid
Hungry for the union
And so we kept on
Singing and working, fighting till we got it
And this is the big union song I guess I hear
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Comment by Justin M — November 13, 2007 @ 11:45 am
“Help Up Without A Gun” Bruce Springsteen
“Ain’t No Free” NRBQ
Comment by Mike Scully — November 13, 2007 @ 11:53 am
“Pay Me My Money Down” Bruce Springsteen (Seeger Sessions)
‘Bang the Drum All Day” Todd Rundgren
“25 Miles” Edwin Starr
“The Last DJ” Tom Petty
“Billion Dollar Babies” Alice Cooper
“Money” (That’s What I Want) Nick Counter and the Counter Boys
Comment by Mike Scully — November 13, 2007 @ 12:14 pm
“The Writer” by U.F.O
“I am a writer and I am the news
If you cross me you know you’re gonna lose
And where you are it’s because of me
‘Cause overnight you know it don’t come free
I’ll put you up there or I’ll bring you down
‘Cause nothing moves without me in this town
I am a writer and I am the news
If you cross me you know you’re gonna lose”
Comment by bdub — November 13, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
Nearer, My God, To Thee…? (sorry)
Comment by Thierry Attard — November 13, 2007 @ 1:15 pm
Good mix, great idea…but everyone who’s interested will be purchasing these songs, right? Surely no one who supports the strike can justify burning CDs and handing them out on the picket lines(ahem, Down in the Streets), or sharing songs for free via the Internet.
Comment by Michelle — November 13, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
Anything by Rage Against thr Machine- hell, how about a playlist of nothing but RATM.
Comment by JJ Daddy-O — November 13, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
“TV Party” - Black Flag
Comment by TAG — November 13, 2007 @ 9:26 pm
Um…how about “Mercedes Benz”, by Janis Joplin?
Comment by CrewGuy — November 13, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
“If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” by the Manic Street Preachers, surely.
Comment by Jonathan Bogart — November 13, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” by TWISTED SISTER!
Comment by David — November 14, 2007 @ 1:49 pm