Slow Thrills

Podcast vol 03: Politics Music Mix
As it is polling day in Northern Ireland I have put together a podcast of tentatively political music. Yes, I'll agree it's not the most inspiring title, particularly if you already have election fatigue. It's not about local politics though, rather it's a selection of my favourite (slightly) political or protest songs.

Tracklisting:-

•Blaise Bailey Finnegan III (excerpt) - Godspeed You! Black Emperor [Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada EP]
How to disrespect authority in style.

•Black Steel - Tricky [Maxinquaye]
A cover of the Public Enemy tune, a tale of a black man who organises a prison riot to protest against the draft notice.

•By the Time I Get to Arizona - Public Enemy [Apocalypse '91: The Enemy Strikes Back]
Enraged by Arizona's decision not to hold a holiday in honour of Martin Luther King.

•Night Of The Hunter - Piano Magic [Disaffected]
Piano Magic not sounding like themselves at all on this, but it's still a good anti-bloodsports song.

•At Home He's A Tourist -Gang Of Four [Entertainment]
I couldn't have a political mix without Gang of Four really could I?

•Who Makes The Nazis? - The Fall [The Complete Peel Sessions 1978 - 2004]
"Longhorn, longhorn breed". This song always puzzles me, this is the Peel session version which is maybe even stranger than the album version.

•Reuters - Wire [Pink Flag]
1977, but it could have been written yesterday.

•All these Governors - The Evens [The Evens]
The lyrics remind me of our legistlative assembly, sadly.

•Unfair - Pavement [Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain]
Not 100% political but a tale of Northern California vs Southern California, I think.

•Women Of The World - Jim O'Rourke [Eureka]
A simple message beautifully done.

•Harrowdown Hill - Thom Yorke [The Eraser]
Thom's reaction to the suspicious death of weapons investigator David Kelly.

•Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
Written by Elvis Costello at the time of the Falklands War, this is a very heartfelt rendition from Robert Wyatt.

•War - Bob Marley [Rastaman Vibration]
The words aren't Bob's, but are instead the text of the address to the UN by Hailie Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia. Wise man.

•Northern Industrial Town - Billy Bragg [William Bloke]
The only song in the list about Belfast, written just after the 1994 ceasefires.

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