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It’s the dog days of summer, and that can only mean one thing: it’s time for our annual roundup of the latest, hottest truth music. Load up your playlist with some of these tracks and blare it at the beach, at the bar-b-q or in the car on that big road trip! And if you have any suggestions for good truth music tracks, share ’em in the comments.
SHOW NOTES:
Joe Plummer’s “Geek USA” drum cover
War On Drugs by Fat Kat N The Lobbyists
This is my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39CZ9oTsOnQ
It really is, I use it as the intro for my show, I found him years ago, and have got to watch him grow. Check out his other music, very solid and a great message.
Truth Music on Corbett Report – Previous Years
https://www.corbettreport.com/?s=truth+music
For me all of these songs hold some important ‘truths’ – Concrete Blonde’s “Everybody Knows” or “True” – and the Vaughan Brothers “Tick Tock” – and once in a documentary “The Aristocrats” Jacob Rothschild was described as “the personification of a man of wealth and taste” thereafter changing my understanding of the Rolling Stone’s song “Sympathy for the Devil”….. Oh and Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” has got to be on the list if not there already… and I love Willie Nelson’s “Peaceful Solution”
MorePositive says:
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Funny how bands that I’ve listened to for years have nuggets of political statements and truth sprinkled in there that never occurred to me before I “woke up”. One of those bands is System of a Down, for any of you out there that like heavy rock. For reggae rock style, the band Rebelution has a lot of lyrics about being free human beings and the corruption of the political system. Here are some lyrics from “Prison Song” by System of a Down:
“Following the rights movements you clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently available for all the kids”
“Minor drug offenders fill your prisons, you don’t even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars against the new non-rich”
“Utilizing drugs to pay for
Secret wars around the world
Drugs are now your global policy
Now you police the globe”
“Drug money is used to rig elections
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world”
This one did the same for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXRM2PoHGDw
We’re not talking nuggets here, it’s all straight up right into your face and I simply didn’t get it.
Whoever figures out how to plant that seed, gets 100 consecutive Nobel peace prizes.
I’m sounding like a broken record here, but I’ll rerecommend this one too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4OI0GUCI_A
Lowkey’s songs get me fired up. Music is such an effective way to get the message across. Immortal Technique is similiar.
LOWKEY – OBAMA NATION reminds me of Paris “What Would You Do?” but in a newer era.
Similar inspirational beat and message.
If Obama got one, it must be on the level.
Don’t feel bad. When I was a young redneck in South Georgia in the ’70s, we all listened to “The Village People”. While it wouldn’t have made any difference to us (gay hate didn’t really take off until the “In Your Face” campaign started) as this was the bonus hour of the Sexual Revolution, so anything was cool. Excuse me while I reminiscence. Funny how all these rights movements always backfire so much and give us so many more problems. Jim, who just saved his neighbor’s clothes from the rain and was repaid by Karma of a green nature. Excuse me while I get dinner ready.
But onto the real reason I came here. As I run my distasteful task of conducting my own intelligence, I am forced to read from some crazy sources. But this one paid off. Roger Stone (who always forgets the bad from Trump.)has an article which is pretty good once you get past the rhetoric. Plus, all 17 spy agencies are listed, along with their assigned duties, and a few nice additions. The rest of it? I always bring a lot of salt to one of his articles, but it has some gems as well. Take care, Jim who is now going to edit because he tends to ramble after meeting Karma.
I nominate Homage – The Awakening as the theme song of The Corbett Report.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ_C6UJX9u4
Motives and Thoughts
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2vpyos
GMO
https://youtu.be/tV1sRLYksNM
Strange Ways
https://youtu.be/5B_-EvJpUDU
Turbulence
https://youtu.be/T7rL_j-Swt0
Fuck the Police
https://youtu.be/bPOKZNLhOj8
Columns
https://youtu.be/P0gJ0eqpbpk
Rape Over
https://youtu.be/QfqRipvk6WE
Uncle Jim
https://youtu.be/uz0iH8jJvPM
If truth is a process of awakening and a journey of love (as in the Corbett Report’s “Only Love Can Defeat the New World Order” https://www.corbettreport.com/only-love-can-defeat-the-new-world-order/) actively creating in the world, here’s a song that for me evokes life’s journey and love’s epiphany:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGDJsEszZJ8
Yusuf / Cat Stevens ages very well. (Born in 1948.)
I well remember the AM car radio playing his songs during the early 1970’s.
“Peace Train” 1971
…’Cause out on the edge of darkness,
There rides a Peace Train
Oh Peace Train take this country,
Come take me home again…
Perhaps not truth music, but I found Aaron Franz’s recent podcast on Arcade Fire’s new album “Everything now” quite interesting.
http://www.theageoftransitions.com/podcast/79-everything-now-listen-to-arcade-fire-s-new-album-again-trr-173
For a limited time, this video will be available…
NEW FILM
GMO’s Revealed: Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqNDaL4eqC0
Corbett’s “How Big Oil Conquered the World” ties in well around the 11:20 mark of Episode 1 of GMOs Revealed.
Hello
I wrote this song in February 2017 in memory of Mike Ruppert…
https://soundcloud.com/thefuneralcrasher/stand-down
and I wrote this one after listening to the Corbett Report Podcasts…
https://soundcloud.com/thefuneralcrasher/requiem-for-the-suicided
and this short one was having a bit of fun with Siri…
https://soundcloud.com/thefuneralcrasher/we-are-legion
I’m not much of a singer, and they’re just home demos…but i hope someone somewhere enjoys them ๐
Nice work, Stummer. I liked the Requiem for the Suicided song, it reminded me a bit of a punk song.
Rage Against the machine – Wake up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICecxOfmFtU
I’m not sure if it’s been mentioned before ;
Joni Mitchel, Big Yellow Taxi
http://www.metrolyrics.com/big-yellow-taxi-lyrics-joni-mitchell.html
National Parks taking a knock and all….
9/11 Researcher Steven Jones highlights this song Ode to the Neocons at a landmark 9/11 evidence conference in L.A. June 2006 which was broadcast on C-SPAN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tng4xr7rTC4&feature=youtu.be&t=1h30m35s
The two-day event, โAmerican Scholars Symposium: 9/11 and The Neo-Con Agenda,โ was held in the ballroom of the Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown.
C-SPAN link
The folks at the mike starting at the 1:28 mark give an inkling of the early history of the 9/11 Movement…
https://www.c-span.org/video/?193155-1/september-11th-terrorist-attacks
Oh yeah man!
A classic!
I remember those times in the early 70’s with the AM radio playing this song while I’m driving down a country road singing along, loudly out-of-tune so badly the cows would run away.
Immortal Technique – Rich Man’s World
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MeE3-rOG7i4
I just fell over this. Its trance and you usually has not much from that genre:
Everything’s A Lie – Sunny Lax
โข Lyrics: https://musixmatch.com/lyrics/Sunny-Lax-feat-Aneym/Everything-s-A-Lie
โข Song: https://youtu.be/MKcxT-Xzuck
โข Live: https://youtu.be/l4g0VP1GArU
Not sure if these were included before, but anything by Rage Against the Machine is always incredible – recently, Bulls on Parade resonated with me thanks to the lyric “They don’t need to burn the books, they just remove ’em” (thinking about Google’s censorship). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L4YrGaR8E4 Also, Vietnow: “Turn on the radio? Nah, fuck it! Turn it off! Fear is your only god on the radio…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ckcsFZx-xA
And finally, let’s bring back the Dead Kennedys and We’ve got a bigger problem now…they had it dead on at the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPuTlCYiSo
Erwin,
I loved it! For real!
Your brother has a unique voice quality when he sings. I like it.
Please tell him to keep it up. More people need to hear that voice.
~~~~~~~~
There is fluoride in our water.
And pollution in our brains.
There is paper in our wallets.
And the slavery remains.
–The Famous Belgium Blind Brother with a guitar, keyboard and laptop.
A few faves:
Pink Floyd “On The Turning Away”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Pink+Floyd+On+The+Turning+Away
Fiona Apple “Extraordinary Machine”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Fiona+Apple+Extraordinary+Machine
* There’s at least 2 versions. I learned of this from the Aaron Schwartz documentary.
Simone White “The American War”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Simone+White+American+War
Simone White “Great Imperialist State”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Simone+White+Great+Imperialist+State
Kid Beyond “I Shall Be Free” + “Wandering Star”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Kid+Beyond
* Exceptional beatboxer with a looper. Sad to not see more after a decade.
Bassnectar “Bomb The Blocks”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bassnectar+Bomb+The+Blocks
* There’s at least 2 versions.
Datsik & 12th Planet “Texx Mars”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Datsik+12th+Planet+Texx+Mars
ill.Gates & Captain Hook “Open Your Eyes (Bassnectar Remix)”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ill.Gates+Captain+Hook+Open+Your+Eyes+Bassnectar+Remix
Skinny Puppy “Assimilate”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Skinny+Puppy+Assimilate
* There’s at least 3 versions. The lyrics are good, even if you don’t like 80s dark industrial alternative. I was introduced to this in highschool around 1986 by the cutest blond cheerleader who looked like a young innocent June Cleaver with legs that stretched forever. She put her walkman headphones on me and blew my mind. Can’t judge a book…
Jason,
I love some of your picks here. I am saving this link.
Thanks.
FatKat N’ The Lobbyists just reminded me of Ezra Lee my friend from Oakland. He and some friends formed a group called Cat Five or CatFive or Cat 5. It’s a shitty name to search for not only because of the multiple spellings but Cat Five is also the ethernet cable we all use and is short for a lot of things like Category Five. I’m not sure if Ezra is also Dark Cat / DarkCat / DarKat or if that’s one of the other guys.
Anyway, they made an incredible CD album that I ripped but long since lost. It’s trip-hop lo-fi downtempo acidjazz chill beats and breaks with a ridiculously vast array of pop-culture and political soundbytes. Unfortunately there are a couple CD skips in my rips and the soundbytes are all dated from a decade ago or earlier with George Bush the lesser.
This is the album cover: http://mp3red.me/cover/2137344-460×460/kataphonics.jpg
Ten years ago Ezra was also an artist, street artist, t-shirt designer, and upcycle and repurposed clothing with Charity his girlfriend. Since I moved from Oakland I haven’t kept up, so maybe this is old news.
I don’t know him well enough to say he’d be okay with anyone using his music for activist videos, but I really suspect he would considering his almost excessive use of other people’s sampling with a fight the power message. Also, with his talents he could have sold out and done other thing.
If anyone is really interested I could torrent (perfect transfer) or YouTube (remuxed quality) them.
Correction: That is a different album cover for the same group. I lost that Catfive CD called “Big Brother Runs The Company” that I ripped a decade ago. I still have some vinyl with the cover for “Kataphonics”.
https://www.discogs.com/CatFive-Big-Brother-Runs-the-Company/release/10532887
https://www.discogs.com/CatFive-Kataphonics/release/168450
I created a “Catfive – Big Brother Runs The Company” torrent to share found via DHT. I download but never upload so if someone can recommend a good torrent site to share it on please let me know.
Below are other singles some CatFive videos linked from
https://www.discogs.com/artist/121148-CatFive
American Military Operations – Catfive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K84cEXXwMQg
[CatFive] 01. On the Rise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1MjEvXtkXg
CATFIVE – Hey Dj
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXy48bITxlQ
I also found :
CATFIVE – Acid for the USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmOjyJuQhok
I also found this YouTube Catfive playlist that I have yet to watch :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKcFsXkFkIc&list=PL6Z1JQl37hIeEqIuxJ3-Ywqvr2j4ZZhap
Ezra Lee (sounds like Israeli) seems to be a popular name. On YouTube there is an interior designer/architect, a black man, and an Australian rockabilly singer – none of which are my man, but I found this old video about Ezra@Azure : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTdMDg89oRY
== Dire Straits “The Man’s Too Strong” ==
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dire+straits+the+man%27s+too+strong
I heard a live version of this at the end of a Tim Kelly interview. A classic track from a classic album. I’d never thought of “the man” as “the establishment” when hearing this in the past. Now that I know, I’ll never forget.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)
== Mark Knopfler “Working On It” ==
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mark+knopfler+working+on+it
Mark Knopfler, a member of Dire Straights, also did the soundtrack for Wag The Dog, a political parody movie (more truth than parody). On the score is a wonderful optimistic upbeat folksy track that I just love. It has no lyrics, so I don’t know how political it is beyond associations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120885/
==
Speaking of Dustin Hoffman…
I used to watch a lot of documentaries. Give or take a few, a dozen years ago “Why We Fight” was a good one by Eugine Jareki. It really cleared up/solidified a lot for me. I didn’t know at the time how connected his family is. Wikipedia will never tell you all about that stuff. Extremely similar to “Why We Fight” was another docu called “The Oil Factor”, as well as Gerard’s other great docus – except they lacked decent graphics. I offered my help. The Universe aligned and I was directing computer animation in Vancouver while he was producing his next docu in Seattle.
Originally it was going to be called Ilanuq, which is Inuit for “Belonging” the title of his next docu, which Dustin Hoffman narrated, and I animated parts of it before I was pulled out (another story).
This docu was about climate change and I was thrilled to be a part of trying to save the world.
I really wish I knew then what I understand now. It’s all lies and scams.
Belonging (2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470016/
If you don’t like Skinny Puppy’s “Assimilate” then you might like the other cover versions including the hipster folksy version by Radical Face better known for “Welcome Home” and “The Crooked Kind”.
Radical Face – Assimilate (Skinny Puppy Cover) [Nettwerk 30th] : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdCw_iO77kw
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=radical+face+welcome+home
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=radical+face+crooked+kind
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Also, if not mentioned before – this is a stunning amazingly visual video…
Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQUXuQ6Zd9w
James Corbett often suggests various Truth Stream Media videos.
This August 30, 2017 TruthStreamMedia video ties in well to this thread.
The Secret Power Music Holds Over You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpbHU4ImdaQ
I just watched this video. When they started talking about the music of the 60s and the drug culture as well, I immediately thought of the Doors. After all, Morrison’s father was Naval Intelligence, and all those conspiracy theories even back then about this. Then, lo and behold, they mention the Doors, and specifically LA Woman! This is a song that I specifically relate to them as it was played every single day on the radio station I listened to at the time. It was played so much that I grew to hate it.
Between these two videos on music, I realize just how ignorant I am concerning music. I generally just listen to it in the background, occasionally really becoming involved in the guitar playing of some of the blues masters. Just another case of realizing that no matter how much you try to learn, we will all die nearly as ignorant as when we were born.
Jump Into The Fire by Harry Nilsson goes on a TruthMusicPlaylist for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6RtVjMDHzE&feature=youtu.be
The music goes on the playlist for an odd reason…
For me, the lyrics epitomize that “attitude and think of Psychopaths” who work together, whether in Wall Street or the Government or Banking or War.
It is how things go when one “breaks bad”.
Listen to that bass! and drums!
Harry Nilsson was the ‘favorite’ of The Beatles
Listen to the Beatles talk about him…
http://factmyth.com/factoids/harry-nilsson-was-lennon-and-mccartneys-favorite-group/
Anti MKUltra from the master of sound waves:
(requires a good sound system)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOIF2y0s-oI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KaYzgofHjc
(turn on Ad Block)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qmBbZ2bfwg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jovQnR2Tk-I
http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-50/
Bump!
The “House of Knowledge” in the video around the 1:21 mark reminds me of Austin, Texas’ Brave New Books.
IMAGE – “Out of Bubblegum since 2006” from the quote in “They Live”
https://airbitz.co/media/business_images/new_header9.png
I believe the source of the video is tied to the person in this Corbett Report interview…
Interview 1278 โ James Corbett on Resistance Without Anger
https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-1278-james-corbett-on-resistance-without-anger/
and here…
http://freemantv.com/resistance-without-anger-james-corbett/
That’s one messed up video.
Backwordz is great. Very much tongue in cheek.
Iโm livid when, the gimmicking wins/
From beginning to end, no gimmick; If I rap it, dude I live it then/
And you canโt do it, so ainโt no need for mimicking/
Iโm not innocent. Iโm on a mission, so let me finish it/
Matter of time before they summon the army in/
Iโm probably on the FBIโs most wanted list/
Iโm probably going to end up hung like an ornament/
Iโm on a life mission to abolish all the government/
Itโs dumb and Iโm beyond pissed/
So weโre going to cut to the chase and get rid of metaphorical nonsense/
None of that eloquent bogusness/
I want you to know what it is sucka kid, yโall people keep voting in/
They rob, kill, and steal by the day/
Iโd be a buffoon to trust the state/
Youโre a tool and fool. Just keep taking the bait/
Making mistake, after mistake, after mistake/
Believe me, this ainโt the typical โOh the governmentโs corrupt.โ
Bro, thatโs too easy/
You gotta take responsibility because you willingly
Give power to the state, when itโs the state that is your enemy
Stuck on stupid, you gotta be on it/
Cry about violence but they got a monopoly on it/
And you keep on buying in to what that man say/
Not knowing that every mandate, just expands the state
Hook:
Look around tell me what you see, because itโs..
Coming down, coming down. Are you listening?
Stop and look. This is what I mean:
Itโs going down. Itโs going down
Look, it ainโt really hard to keep up
The politician just hypnotized you with free stuff
More and more statism, and yโall people just eat up
Yet crying and youโre protesting about how the police suck
Yโall donโt get no sympathy from me, because thatโs the bed that you made
So you gotta lay
More inconsistent by the day, making mistake after mistake after mistake
At some time you gotta realize/
That the same crap that you despise might be your demise/
And Iโd advise that you become more knowledgeable on subjects like economics that benefit/
Not memes on the internet
So when youโre mad and you get so combative, you gotta step back and take a stab at your voting habits/
The average man donโt understand that he donโt know;
You can be free or be a slave, but you canโt be both
Hook
Craig Mabbitt: Open Your Eyes
The state youโre in, is a state of mind
Freedom disguised, the state youโre in is a state of mind
So theyโre wanting a savior?
Yet everyday, we go through voluntary exchanges/
They say โwhoโs going to build the roads?โ without taxation/
So you give them a reason to confiscate my payments/
And thatโs exactly what the state needs
For you to think you need them. But itโs fake, see?/
Maybe youโd see that they are what they swore to prevent/
A monopolized corporation, itโs called government/
Cool! Melissa does a fantastic job!
I remember those days of Joplin, driving down Texas roads with no air conditioning on a summer night, listening to the AM radio.
She’s doing a great job. I think she’s ready for the american idol or whichever show is da shit at this time.
Morrissey has a new song with a repeating chorus about not trusting the news. If you like his sound it’s actually very good – almost too good, almost like a parody of himself. Almost. I liked it.
Take your pick of the official video, live performances, or videos with the lyrics : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=morrissey+spent+the+day+in+bed
Hey James,
Check out ANOHNI with songs as Drone Bomb Me, 4 Degrees, and Watch Me. She (he) has a very honest point.
Cheers,
Lenny
ANOHNI “Drone Bomb Me” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUEoic7ro_o
ANOHNI “4 Degrees” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0q0O4V5Qs
ANOHNI “Watch Me” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvljev_smqY
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ANOHNI
The Cynical Historian “Music for History Nerds!” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88jpX5Btnig
Holly Seeliger (Zoon Politikon) and I are trying to find her music that I’m going to animate an intro and outro for. And this came up. While Goldie’s lyrics are short and simple they express some of the existential angst a lot of us are suffering right now – on the edge of being political.
The original video:
Goldie “Inner City Life” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx9-fjlh7Y4
A new remastered version:
Goldie – Inner City Life (2017 Rebuild) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY9ukJudEdg
Lyrics:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Goldie+Inner+City+Life+Lyrics