They're piling bodies up on the plains
All of the strangers with so many claims and
All that hope served as a warning
Now they're falling like dominoes on a late December morning
And stack up the dead and just leave them
It proves we've got the last word in patriotism
And send the live ones to some western reservation
They've got the wrong coloured skin and ideas above their station
I'm singing holy homeland
While a nation is choking
You smile and say ?you know we said land of the free?
?Yeah, well we were just joking?
This land is your land
With one roll of the dice and one guiltless command
Now you're sitting watching TV
Accepting moral direction from a crank shrink with an impressive CV
Your new god is your video screen
Washed up, spun out by and American dream,
Only memories of ghosts that patrol this place
And this land, your land is a terminal case
You're singing holy homeland
While a nation is choking
You smile and say ?you know we said land of the free?
?Yeah, well we were just joking?
Who am I to criticise
From a country with no problems about selling one another
I guess we all have our dirty ink stains on the history books
In the pages, on the cover
And at dawn storm clouds disappear the future brings all hope and glory
Ghost dancers rise 500 years
Like there will never be another end to this story
I'm singing holy homeland
While a nation is choking
You smile and say ?you know we said land of the free?
?Yeah, well we were just joking?
Thea Eve Gilmore, nota semplicemente come Thea Gilmore, è una cantautrice e musicista britannica nata a Londra nel 1968. Considerata una delle figure più influenti della musica folk-rock britannica contemporanea, Gilmore si distingue per la sua scrittura poetica, le melodie avvolgenti e la voce potente e versatile. La sua carriera musicale è iniziata negli anni '90 con l'uscita di diversi album indipendenti che hanno riscosso un discreto successo tra i fan del genere folk. Nel 2001 ha firmato per la label indipendente Cooking Vinyl, pubblicando album come "Thea Gilmore" (2001) e "Strange Angels" (2003), che le hanno conferito una maggiore visibilità nazionale. Tra i suoi brani più rappresentativi figurano "The Ballad of the Broken Heart", "A Thousand Years", e "The Seagull's Song". Gilmore è nota anche per le sue collaborazioni con artisti come John Martyn, Richard Thompson e Billy Bragg. La sua musica è caratterizzata da un forte senso di introspettività, una sensibilità poetica e una profonda attenzione alle tematiche sociali.
In the realm of rock 'n' roll, there are few names as iconic as Queen, and within the Queen pantheon, Brian May stands out not only as a legendary guitarist but also as an astrophysicist with a profound connection to NASA.
Hip-hop, one of the most influential cultural movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, has recently reached a significant milestone - it's turning 50 years old.
Coachella Festival 2022: here we are. In two days the doors of one of the most anticipated musical events of the year will open, even more so after the last two years in which for very obvious reasons the live music sector has suffered a very important setback.
The 2022 Grammy Awards were the chronicle of an announced triumph: Jon Baptiste collected 11 nominations and won 5 Grammys, defeating all opponents. This was also the year of the very young Olivia Rodrigo, who managed to take home 3 Grammys, including the the best new artist.
Here is finally some good news, the Arcade Fire have finally revealed the title and release date of their new album, 5 years after the last one. For the fan of the group it has been a time that seemed eternal,
Do we want to define "I know you know me" a masterpiece? Yes, without a shadow of a doubt for at least two reasons. The first and most evident are the artists who interpret it: Caroline Spence and Matt Berninger, second for the deep and poetic text.
My favorite group when I was just a teenager were the Fugees, thanks to them a certain curiosity about english language was born in me. I wanted to know and understand the lyrics of their songs, it wasn't enough for me to be carried away exclusively by their beautiful music.
Sweden and the United States are two countries far from each other, thousands of kilometers separate them, the language, culinary and sporting traditions, I don't feel so categorical about the landscapes, not knowing all of America there may be states that have the same reliefs of the country of northern Europe, but on one thing I am sure
It has been talked about for almost 3 years, rumored and it is hoped that sooner or later they will arrive at a collaboration, and now we are satisfied: the Catalan singer Rosalia and the American musician Oneohtrix finally announce the publication of a piece together!
Field Music
The Pigeon Detectives
Macka B
La Toya London
Ray Davies
Paul Wright
British Beef
Vashti Bunyan
Another Level
Sting & Police
The Buggles
Bad English