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Deserves a repost. Join lce - on Colbert show. See the entire song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61I4hlig78w
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Deserves a repost. Join lce - on Colbert show. See the entire song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61I4hlig78w
WatchTheWorldLearn
Somewhere Phil Ochs is smiling.
ThisIsMyUsernameThereAreManyLikeIt
Folksingers need a big comeback. Jesse, you rule!
jenofthelake
I love the one he wrote after the United healthcare CEO incident. It's one of the best.
TanoPrime
Such a good song, really catchy and really biting, short and memorable.
hiddenminotaur
Lost a lot of respect for this guy when he expressed empathy for Charlie
amijustsupposetoputnonsense
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EmanNiemThcin
Like it, reminds me a bit of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CogtZ4EUwww
AyatollahBahloni
I love this man and his songs. Fuck ICE
CouldntCakeLess
Sentiment seconded. He’s a great talent!
Nonada
That guy likes bugs
Copperbrat
And weeds.
Willk95
My mom loves his music
tzahtman
Weird seeing him on stage and not out singing in a field.
themayorMcCheese
Agreed. He's sure earned a spot on stage, though
tzahtman
Absolutely
LaronX
could be too subtle for maga iditos
mikeatike
You mean the idiots that think Born in the USA is a patriotic song?
rulerofthedingdongs
“Your Dear Leader is a traitor, grifter, rapist and pedophile.” Is too subtle for MAGA.
Copperbrat
Luckily it's not for them.
imakesoap
But they are the ones that should listen to it
torquemada
I was thinking the same, I am german, and this sounds like a song every Maga idiot would cheer and dance to
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Copperbrat
I guess it is weird that the Martin Lawsuits have come full circle into a near-validity status. I see them here and there folkwise.
electrajet
That's an Ovation. He also has several cheapo guitars that he plays in this outdoor videos, along with a number of electrics because he's a pretty good lead player. I don't remember seeing him play a Takamine, but if he has why is that bad? They're completely serviceable guitars and for a long time they had the best piezo pickups in the industry.
hootiehootiehoo
Didn't read the caption at first. Thought this was at Turning Point.
Copperbrat
Yikes. Like others, I'd like to take our flag back from the fashies.
homoerection
Fashies get bashies, not flags.
bucklebee
Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, and this guy
martineb72
John Mellencamp? He sounds like them, but I don't remember him being much of activist. He as a person supports BLM and other causes, but his songs aren't really. If anything you should be talking about is Arlo Guthrie. Half of Arlo's songs are protest songs.
thebonesofmyancestors
His songs are definitely about social issues. He sang about not trusting the government, race issues, poverty, and gun violence. I think his secret was the ability to hide social commentary in songs about nostalgia.
valkrez
Also, his style is very good here. He even looks like what blue collar MAGA wants, singing to them in the style they prefer but his lyrics are a pulling of the veil from nationalism. This is actually patriotic music
Copperbrat
I'm old enough to remember when American folk music was almost exclusively left/liberal music, having come up from slavery and coal mines.
oldguyexlurker
Kid's the heir to the real protest songs of the 60s. I hope he gets and holds the recognition he deserves and that his songs get played as often and as loudly as they can be.
GingerbreadHousesAreDangerous
Earth to Eve is also dope
kittykat
Seconding Carsie Blanton recommendation, but there's also some mainstream folks that have put out what I'd call protest songs. Green Day is a big one that comes to mind. Also Brandi Carlile and The Chicks are pretty mainstream.
Imalwaysready
Seriously. Throughout the last 10 years, especially, I was always thinking ‘where is the protest music culture? Especially with such a low barrier to entry due to digital and social media?” There’d be some rando song every so often, but no one was building a career on the idea of pushing back lyrically. Not like it used to be.
revolutionofevolution
The conservatives coopted earnestness in music post-9/11 (think Proud To Be An American), and as a result counterculture took the opposite route, leading to the irony poisoned music scenes of the aughts/2010s.
teumessianfox
Carsie Blanton's doing good work. Probably not network appropriate, though
Iseeyourpointandraiseyou
Thank you! I was just trying to remember her name! Yeah, "Rich People" is so accurate and in your face I can't believe it hasn't caught on more. When I heard it, I went and bought all her albums. Not every song is in my wheelhouse, but I'm a metal head, so that's on me; but I have no regrets giving her my money.