• Protest Singing, Part 1: A Little Bit of History

  • Jan 19 2021
  • Length: 39 mins
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Protest Singing, Part 1: A Little Bit of History

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  • The books, songs and Saturday morning cartoon discussed in this episode include:

    The World in Six Songs by Daniel J. Levitin, from Penguin Random House

    The World in Six Songs: Dr. Daniel Levitin at TEDxUSC 2012

    The Power of Grayskull by Prince Adam, aka He-Man

    The "Tenore Ulianesu" singing Sardinian Pastoral Songs in an Irish Pub

    33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day by Dorian Lynskey, from HarperCollins

    Yankee Doodle by The Robert Shaw Chorale (note: This isn’t actually played in the episode, but we wanted to note that Jacqui slightly misrepresents the origins of this song. The original lyrics, pre-dandy talk, were mostly nonsense words in English and Dutch).

    John Brown’s Body by Pete Seeger

    Tubthumping by Chumbawamba

    The Diggers’ Song Chumbawamba

    Captain Kidd by Great Big Sea

    Bonus hymn based on a song about a pirate: Precious Name performed by Dr. Terry Morris, First United Methodist, Downtown, Houston TX

    Special thanks to Aaron P, Ian D and Jeffrey C for listening and giving feedback. Much appreciated!

     

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