Music about critical Issues

[juergen wittstock]

My friend Gerard Robb from Australia, a fan of Midnight Oil, sent me the following, you may like it. Actually, there is a music-player available for this network, so, if you want to upload some tunes, let me know!
Cheers, Juergen


http://youtube.com/watch?v=AKu5vP15vOk

Conquistador of Mexico, the Zulu and the Navaho
The Belgians in the Congo short memory
Plantation in Virginia, the Raj in British India
The deadline in South Africa short memory
The story of El Salvador, the silence of Hiroshima
Destruction of Cambodia short memory

Short memory, must have a, short memory

The sight of hotels by the Nile, the designated Hilton style
With running water specially bought short memory
A smallish man Afghanistan, a watch dog in a nervous land
They're only there to lend a hand short memory
Wake up in sweat at dead of night
And in the tents new rifles hey short memory

If you read the history books you'll see the same things happen again and again
Repeat repeat short memory they've all got it
When are we going to play it again
Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a short
They've got a short must have a short they've got a short aah
Short memory, they've got a.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=10BbpGKLXqk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fE3PemEg4OA

Under the waterline
No place to retire
To another time
The eyes of the world now turn

And if we think about it
And if we talk about it
And if the skies go dark with rain
Can you tell me will our freedom remain

Put down that weapon or we'll all be gone
You can't hide nowhere with the torchlight on
And it happens to be an emergency
Some things aren't meant to be
Some things don't come for free

Above the waterline
Point the finger yeah point the bone
It's the harbour towns
That the grey metal ships call home

And if we think about it
And if we talk about it
And if the seas go boiling black
Can you tell me what you'll do about that

Put down that weapon or we'll all be gone
I must know something to know it's so wrong
And it happens to be an emergency
Some things aren't meant to be
Some things don't come for free

They keep talking about it
They keep talking...

Put down that weapon or we'll all be gone
You must be crazy if you think you're strong

[Lim ji won]

That's interesting.
I think famous stars(singers, actors..) have an effect on many people.
sometimes more than politicians and ecologists.
because many people (specially young people) know and interested in Angelina Jolie than George W. Bush.
So the midnight oil's song and action is cool,

[juergen wittstock]

Yes, artists have great influence, that's why I think we have to think beyond the borders of our particular field. Next week we will talk about art.