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  1. Gorillaz Play “Feel Good Inc.”

    Listen to this track by musically uncategorizable animated meta-band Gorillaz. It’s “Feel Good Inc.”, a smash single taken from the 2005 international breakthrough album Demon Days. The record reached the top ten in 23 countries, becoming a certified six-times platinum in the UK, and reaching double platinum status in the U.S. This surpassed the significant success and influence of the self-titled first record in 2001 with too many awards and accolades to list here to prove the point. Take that, sophomore slump!

    Animator Jamie Hewlett’s work on the sleeve art and in the multimedia aspects of the project is a keystone in the world-building that’s so important to the project’s presentation. That world is not a fantasy world apart from our own so much as a dark mirror held up to it. Between visual art and music, Hewlett and co-founder Damon Albarn balance post-apocalyptic visions of ruined landscapes with a longing for a refreshed vision of the future. These same themes reflected in the films of Hayao Miyazaki, particularly Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), had a significant influence on the album. “Feel Good Inc” deals in many of the same conflicts between the forces of consumption and the beauty and grandeur of the natural world.

    Much like their stylistically ground-breaking debut record, Demon Days is infused with indie rock, hip-hop, reggae, dub, krautrock, disco, film music, and other ingredients to boot, producing a sonic concoction that really is difficult to pin down. Albarn’s background as a singer and writer in Blur gave it a whiff of Britpop at the time, perhaps. But on this track and others, the jauntiness and playful irony of that milieu is nowhere to be heard as one era clicked over to another from 9/11 onward. This is despite this song bearing one of the funkiest and most recognizable grooves of the decade, thanks in part to producer and collaborator Danger Mouse.

    Gorillaz, Oslo Spektrum, November 5th 2017; a truly multi-media experience. image: Matija Puzar.

    Speaking of collaborators, the guest list across the album’s tracklisting represents an almost defiant level of artistic variation. Musical and pop-cultural luminaries on the album include UK garage innovator Roots Manuva, rapper MF Doom, Happy Mondays creative head Shaun Ryder, trip hop vocalist Martina Topley-Bird, pop-soul singer Neneh Cherry, R&B forefather Ike Turner, actor Dennis Hopper, and even the London Community Gospel Choir. And that’s only a selected list!

    “Feel Good Inc.” features an important contribution from De La Soul, an outfit known for their colourful and life-affirming sound that contains a knowing nod in much the same way that Blur is also known. Here, those expectations are subverted. The beloved hip hop crew sound downright sinister here. Albarn’s lead sounds smothered in the mix by comparison. Both of those factors help to set the tone of the whole song.

    Beyond an extraordinarily compelling interlocked bass and beats groove, this cut is otherwise characterized by the mirthless laughter of those who run the show for the rest of civilization, contrasted by Albarn’s despondent vocal in the verses. In large part, “Feel Good Inc” is about imbalanced dynamics in the same way. It’s about not being heard by those in the seats of power with an agenda to push. This theme might have seemed either self-evident or histrionic in the era of the early-to-mid-2000s, depending on who you asked. These days in retrospect, it’s too easily identifiable.

    This period was one in which the veil had fallen politically speaking in such a way as it never had before. Governments made unilateral decisions out in the open and bullishly enacted strategies that the majority of citizens opposed. They proceeded anyway without much of an attempt to justify those decisions with material evidence or address legitimate concerns as to the outcomes of their plans. As the second Iraq War raged along with parallel conflicts in Afghanistan, the toothlessness of the United Nations embodied by their failure to enforce checks and balances had a cultural impact that did not bode well for the future.

    In the same way, even the title “Feel Good Inc” suggests this manufacture of consent. In Jamie Hewlett’s video for this track, the words Feel Good Inc are emblazoned on a smoky tower, surrounded by smog, providing a bitter contrast to the meaning of those words, further suggesting that deciding what feeling good is and how goodness is defined is an act of bad faith curation by the few. The mirthless laughter that runs through the track only seals the deal on that central concept. But there is hope in this song with Damon Albarn’s distant vocal in the chorus singing of windmills and evoking the resilient cycles of nature.

    Windmill, windmill for the land
    Turn forever hand in hand
    Take it all in on your stride
    It is ticking, falling down
    Love forever, love is freely
    Turned forever, you and me
    Windmill, windmill for the land
    Is everybody in?

    The hope shines through in “Feel Good Inc” on this score, even if its themes are pretty grim. The sheer delight of the groove helps to convey this. It isn’t just there for contrast or irony. It’s still meant to be a force within the song that makes you feel like moving. And with that, we’re reminded of our commonality as human beings when it comes to visceral reactions to music and to anything. We want to feel good in our bodies. And along with a good groove, we seek other things in our lives that provide connections that ring true for us. This is true even as much as we’re often hoodwinked by those who have something illusory and self-serving to sell us instead.

    With that, there’s also the environmental aspects to consider here in this tune, too. Being visceral beings as much as we are intellectual and spiritual ones, we are a part of something greater as individuals and even as a species. We are a part of the natural world; a presence and an influence that’s more encompassing than any exploitative machinations that seek to dominate it. At our cores, we know this to be true. And yet, this song’s concerns and anxieties about political deception and environmental degradation continue to resonate with us, even more so now than in 2005 when this single first came out.

    Perhaps every generation thinks of their own time as demon days, when those aforementioned forces of single-minded consumption seek to eat the very world that sustains us. And even if a single song can’t change the course of that, it can certainly serve as a reminder that we are in our bodies and in the world. We want to feel connected to that world as we move to a slinky groove. Also, we’re reminded that we don’t have to accept things as they are given to us. We can choose to recognize the demons, even if they dress themselves up in angelic finery. When we’re discerning enough do that, maybe we can finally put the demon days behind us for good.

    For more on the Demon Days album and the themes and events that inspired its creation, check out this 2016 retrospective on Vice.com.

    Gorillaz is an ongoing project between Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Sign up for updates, listen to tracks, and follow on socials at gorillaz.com.

    Enjoy!

    #2000sMusic #conceptAlbums #DamonAlbarn #Gorillaz #politicalMusic
  2. Opinion piece examines patriotic music, Trump rallies, and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA”

    📰 Original title: The song Trump loves gives tune to his spreading rot

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/opinion-piece-

    #opinion #patriotism #politicalmusic #trumpra...

  3. Opinion piece examines patriotic music, Trump rallies, and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA”

    📰 Original title: The song Trump loves gives tune to his spreading rot

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/opinion-piece-

    #opinion #patriotism #politicalmusic #trump...

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    #VortexWave #JohnLennon #FolkRock #PoliticalMusic #70s

  5. Song of the week: „Democrazy“
    Diese Woche: „Democrazy“ von echo_orbit – ein kraftvoller Garage-Rock-Remix mit politischer Botschaft und rebellischem Drive.🎧 Jetzt hören! Kuratiert von OcOmu – Musik so frei wie du. #ocomu #songoftheweek #echoorbit #garagerock #creativecommons #politicalmusic ocomu.weltenquell.de/sites/mus
    weltenquell.de/blog/song-of-th

  6. P218 - When We Deal With Men Of ICE - Malvina Reynolds

    It Isn’t Nice | Malvina Reynolds : Malvina Reynolds
    BONUS TRACK: Rise Like Minneapolis | Joe Solo : Punk Rock Prepared Us For This
    Only Assholes Sign Up For ICE | Prime Birds feat. Above The Snow Line :

    ILLEGALMUSIC
    Intent | Lisa Marie Simmons, Marco Cremaschini : NoteSpeak (In a Word)
    Hello Comrade | Carsie Blanton : The Red Album Vol II

    I Don’t Mind Failing | Malvina Reynolds : Sings the Truth
    How Do You Like Your Execution? | Above the Snow Line featuring Prime Birds :
    Flags & Banners | Jess Silk : Blitz Spirit
    The Little Mouse | Malvina Reynolds : Ear to the Ground

    #music #PoliticalMusic #ProtestMusic #MalvinaReynolds

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

  7. P217 - Please Stop Asking Why You Don’t Hear Protest Anymore

    Please Stop Asking Why You Don’t Hear Protest Anymore | Joe Solo : Why Are You So Angry: Collected Political Poems 2016-18
    A Pict Song | Billy Bragg : William Bloke
    City Of Heroes | Billy Bragg : City Of Heroes - Single
    I Wish the Guardian Believed That I Exist | Grace Petrie : There’s No Such Thing As a Protest Singer - EP
    Acab | Lee Reed : Before & Aftermath
    ACAB | QELD : Bookfair 2022 Mixtape (Side 1)
    Drones | Border Patrol : Folk The Border
    All Power to the People | Cola Boyy :
    Our Retirement Plan is Revolution (rough mix) | Connor Dylan :

    #Music #PoliticalMusic #ProtestMusic

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

  8. @mattblaze @kims

    It is not that unusual for a protest song to name a president, it is a bit unusual (lately) that a protest song that names the president gets a lot of media attention.

    Here are 45 songs about Trump (most directly about him, some tangentially about him).

    There are 45 because this was compiled when he was 45th president.

    #Music #ProtestMusic #PoliticalMusic #Trump

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

  9. @blaix

    What excuses would you tell yourself
    If this ever happened to you?
    Well I live in a city of heroes
    I know what I would do

    When they came for the immigrants
    I got in their face
    When they came for the refugees
    I got in their face
    When they came for the five-year-olds
    I got in their face
    When they came to my neighbourhood
    I just got in their face

    They use tear gas and pepper spray
    Against our whistles and our phones
    But in this city of heroes
    We will protect our home

    #Music #ProtestMusic #PoliticalMusic #Minneapolis #FuckICE

    youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW2ZikGW8

  10. @Salon @music-Salon

    Best part is when the author writes about "scant few artists engaging in protest music" and the "observable dearth of protest songs" and then goes on to list several well know names and recent songs.

    I understand that the "mainstream" media doesn't care about the constant stream of protest music out there. But all you need to do is take a look. These artists would greatly appreciate a little attention.

    Here are several places that are regularly sharing it and my Bandcamp collection and Youtube playlist of good songs.

    www.ongoinghistoryofprotestsongs.com

    greenleft.org.au/glw-authors/m

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

    kbcs.fm/programs/protest-tunes/

    shoutsmusic.blog

    louderthanwar.com/

    songsofprotestpeacerevolution.

    bandcamp.com/Polyrical

    youtube.com/watch?v=ZlGXPkG96o

    #Music #ProtestMusic #PoliticalMusic

  11. The Magic Clap
    by #TheCoup

    It's like a hotwire, baby, when we put it together
    When the sparks fly, we'll ignite the future forever
    This is the last kiss Martin ever gave to Coretta
    It's like a paparazzi picture when I flash my Beretta
    I got scars on my back, the truth on my tongue
    I had the money in my hand when that alarm got rung
    We wanna breathe fire and freedom from our lungs
    Tell Homeland Security we are the bomb

    #music #PoliticalMusic

    youtube.com/watch?v=uaFQw52wJug

  12. The World's Police (Venezuela 2026)

    The World’s Police | Leon Rosselson : The World Turned Upside Down: Rosselsongs 1960-2010
    Coup D′état | Holly Near : 2018
    Suenan Las Sirenas (Venezuela) | Bituaya : 33RPM - Voices of the Revolution
    You’ve Got Eight Days (featuring Skase AK) | Mat Ward : Filter Bubble (deluxe)
    Empires (Intro) | Leila Hegazy : We Are the Resistance
    White Boots Marching In a Yellow Land | Phil Ochs : Tape from California
    Imperial Bodybags (Remastered) | Manic Street Preachers : Send Away the Tigers - 10 Year Collectors’ Edition
    When You Bomb People, You Antagonize Them | Howard Zinn : Governments Lie
    5th Avenue Homicide [Explicit] | adeem the artist // :
    The Whitest House | Jasiri X : The Whitest House - Single
    Trump’s Still in Washington | Broken Social Contract : Trump’s Still in Washington - Single
    Send the Marines | Tom Lehrer : The Remains of Tom Lehrer
    Send in the F-16s | Rathbone : Living in America
    Coup D’état | Level 42 : World Machine (Deluxe Edition)
    Not In Our Name | DJ Spooky & Saul Williams : Celestial Mechanix - The Blue Series Megamix

    #Music #PoliticalMusic #Venezuela #Empire

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

  13. My top 122 Bandcamp purchases of 2025 in reverse chronological order by purchase date

    #Bandcamp #Music #PoliticalMusic

    Dirty Xmas by HAMELL ON TRIAL
    Lullaby by TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE, NAI BARGHOUTI, LEIGH-ANNE & NENEH CHERRY
    Deny Defend Depose (Free Luigi) by Cloud Blood
    White Phosphorus by Cloud Blood
    Terminally Online (Special Edition) by Cloud Blood
    This Is No Time To Panic! by Grace Petrie
    They’re Burning The Boats by Bambu
    From the Barrio to Palestine by ¡Los Indios!
    ¡SHTOMP! by ¡Los Indios!
    Working Songs for the Drinking Class by Cletus Got Shot
    Groundswell by antifa supersoldier.
    Gaza EP by Andy White
    We Are the Resistance by Leila Hegazy
    Old, Broken Isle by Jess Silk
    A Plague On Conservative Houses by Order of the Wolf
    CREATURE by Amelia Riggs
    10 Past Midnight by Fold
    Not Like This by Transgressive
    Fight Naked (Single) by B Dolan
    CSG by Mat Ward
    Takes That Give You Cancer by Vikas Kumar
    Deny Defend Depose by Suburban Death March
    Synthwave For Palestine by Synthwave For Palestine
    Songs For Our Times EP by Joe Solo
    Saboteur Club Anthems Vol. 1 by Floralis
    Jabroni by Suburban Death March
    Elon Musk is a Nazi Nepo Baby by Suburban Death March
    They Kill Our Passion With Their Hate And Wars LP by Passion Killers
    Solace by B of Briz
    The Last Steps Of Man-Unkind by Ani Kyd
    Our Retirement Plan is Revolution (rough mix) by Connor Dylan
    Never Go Quiet by Transgressive
    AMAB/ACAB by Evan Greer
    Evidence-Based Punk Rock by Steve White & The Protest Family
    T-Shirt Money by Amelia Riggs
    Twenty From Twenty by Joe Solo
    LABOUR (the cacophony) by Paris Paloma
    Death of the Heart by JER
    Vylan by Bob Vylan
    Christmas Come Early (war isn't over) by the ajjancy
    Blurring Time by Bells Larsen
    America - LP by James O'Brien
    Murder Hornet Landlord by Lee Reed
    In Our Blood (deluxe album) by Mat Ward
    Radical Honesty by Downupright
    Gross Domestic Product (ep) by Total Massacre
    Satisfaction Guaranteed by Total Massacre
    Pitchforks & Torches by Lee Reed
    Queen Of Nails by Virtual Bird
    LANDLORDS by Virtual Bird
    I Want To Fight The Taoiseach by Captain Moonlight
    Songs For The Deceased by Meryl Streek
    The Night The Democrats Destroyed Henry Wallace by Scott Free
    Shut 'Em Down by Scott Free
    Cop Souls by Scott Free
    Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025 by Public Enemy
    Jerk Off Instructions by Cheer Captain
    Combat Blues [ALBUM 2025] by Paul Cargnello
    Dream Bigger ft. Amy Taylor (of Amyl & The Sniffers) by Bob Vylan
    Lynch Your Leaders by Bob Vylan
    Lunch EP by Bob Vylan
    P.R.O.T.E.C.T.T.R.A.N.S.K.I.D.S. by Cheap Dirty Horse
    GERM by Kate Nash
    Profoundly sick society by B of Briz
    Career Day EP by Big Fear
    Who I Am (Remix) by Taina Asili
    Here We Come by Taina Asili
    Who I Am (Remix) by Taina Asili
    Old Vines by Sugaree String Society
    Two Anti-War Songs by Arend Lee Jessurun
    Is That a Threat or a Promise? by Arend Lee Jessurun
    I'm Not Gonna Die on Your Hill (Demo) by Arend Lee Jessurun
    Resistance, Refusal, Ridicule by Fold
    Democracy Died EP by Red Cavalry
    Fend for Yourself by Titanskull
    Protect Trans Kids (WTFIWWY) with Ryan Cassata by Evan Greer
    A Constellation of Sorrows by patrick jones
    Never Ending Genocide (Single) by History History
    Abortion Is a Human Right by Faustbot
    Class Conscious by No$hu
    Beyond The Reservoir by Julian Taylor
    PO$T AMERICAN by Dead Pioneers
    Constant Noise by Benefits
    Songs Of Resistance by Songs Of Resistance
    Song For Our Times by Joe Solo
    Powerless (Single) by Jesse Jett
    Strong Tree by Taina Asili
    PROGRESS by Roger Harvey & Simon Flory
    Fire & Dust: A Woody Guthrie Story by Reg Meuross
    Horizon by Taina Asili
    The Spirit of the People: Songs of Social Conscience by Louise Wisechild
    STRESS TEST by STRESS TEST
    Only Vampires Wear Capes by calm.
    Mr President, We’re In Trouble (Single) by Fold
    In the Goodness of Time by Fold
    Forever War by Fold
    The Painful Truth by Fold
    Take It All Back by Fold
    Insurgent Mood (Single) by Fold
    Churchill Was A Cult by Martin Leahy
    No Es Mi Presidente (Remix) by Taina Asili
    This Is What You Sound Like by Captain Moonlight
    Take The Rad Pill (Deluxe Album) by Mat Ward
    Hell is real and all your friends are here. by Superdestroyer
    Remember Us to Death by Transgressive
    Your God (God's Dick) by Laura Jane Grace
    Not My America by Finn O'Sullivan
    Paying You To Hate - DJ Prolé REMIX by Cosmo
    New Wave Of British Transphobia by Gender Warfare
    In Our Blood by Mat Ward
    Harp (for Harry) by HAMELL ON TRIAL
    Super Bloom: A Benefit for Fire Relief in Los Angeles by Various Artists
    Bury Me in Rainbow Flags by Bong Coffin
    Wars Within Wars by namebuddha x Time
    Bury Me in Rainbow Flags by Transgressive
    Reparations by Jake Blount
    Shot Off The Horse by Riggings
    Cast-Iron Pansexual, Cast Iron Pansexual Livestream with Q&A by Adeem the Artist
    Still Free Palestine by Genocide
    Something Gives (Single) by Fold
    Microplastic (Feat: Myles Bullen) by Virtual Bird
    Workers State Heavyweights by Pavlov's House

  14. “P213 - We’re Cool - Hamell On Trial”

    We’re Cool (album version) | HAMELL ON TRIAL : Harp (for Harry)
    I Have Never Liked Everyone Else Less | Grace Petrie : This Is No Time To Panic!
    People Piss Me Off | sole : No Wising Up No Settling Down
    Nadya | HAMELL ON TRIAL : Harp (for Harry)
    Poison In the Well | 10,000 Maniacs : Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs
    Shut Them Down | Lee Brickley : Anarchist & Antifascist
    Black Or White | HAMELL ON TRIAL : Harp (for Harry)

    #Music #PoliticalMusic #HamellOnTrial

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

  15. Fascists In Our Midst - Paul Cargnello

    Fascists In Our Midst | Paul Cargnello : Combat Blues [ALBUM 2025]
    Police Priorities | Tha Truth : Tha People’s Music
    Defund the Police | Nate & Hila :
    TRUMPS SECRET POLICE | Attaxia : WE’RE FUCKED
    Hey Mr. Cop | Paul Cargnello : Combat Blues [ALBUM 2025]
    Love Comrades, Hate Cops | Pavlov’s House : Workers States & Heartbreaks
    Not Aretha’s Respect (Cops) | Hamell On Trial : Tackle Box
    Protest Song | Paul Cargnello : Combat Blues [ALBUM 2025]

    #Music #PoliticalMusic #PaulCargnello #Fascists #Police

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

  16. “P210 - Rich Man’s War”

    Rich Man’s War (Album Version) | John Trudell : AKA Grafitti Man
    Rich Man’s War | Steve Earle : The Revolution Starts Now
    Fight Naked | B Dolan : Fight Naked (Single)
    Rockin The Res | John Trudell : AKA Grafitti Man
    Divide | Benefits : Constant Noise
    Divide and Conquer (Live from BBC Introducing at Glastonbury) | IDLES : Five Years of Brutalism
    Bombs Over Baghdad (Album Version) | John Trudell : AKA Grafitti Man

    #music #PoliticalMusic #JohnTrudell

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

  17. Conservative Christian Right Wing Republican Straight White American Males

    #ToddSnider

    A Plague On Conservative Houses | Order of the Wolf :
    The Christians and the Pagans | Dar Williams : Mortal City
    Goodnight Alt-Right | Stray from the Path : Only Death Is Real
    Wings | Mike Five : The Right To Protest
    Republicans Kill Civilians For Bad Guy Reasons, Democrats Kill Civilians for Nice Guy Reasons | Caitlin Johnstone :
    Straight In At 37 | The Beautiful South : Welcome To The Beautiful South
    IF I WAS WHITE | alevyworld : REPARATIONS
    My American Heart (Prelude) | LILLI LEWIS @folkrockdiva : Americana
    My American Heart (Benediction) | LILLI LEWIS @folkrockdiva : Americana
    Straight White Males | Andy Paine : The Politics of Possibility

    #Music #PoliticalMusic

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

  18. In Our Blood

    In Our Blood | Mat Ward : In Our Blood (deluxe album)
    Mother Earth Is Dying | Activistas : Activistas- A Is For Activistas
    Elon Musk is a Nazi Nepo Baby | Suburban Death March :
    Plastic | Mat Ward : In Our Blood (deluxe album)
    Modern Resistance (Feat. Sadat X & Baby Eazy E) | DJ Free Leonard : Spirit of an Elder Poet (2020 Album)
    The Pledge / Intro | Saul Williams Feat. Dj Spooky : Adbusters: Live Without Dead Time
    CSG | Mat Ward : CSG

    #Music #PoliticalMusic #MatWard

    https:/ /movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical-podcast/in-our-blood

  19. P207 - Here We Come

    Here We Come | Taina Asili :
    Pay Gap | Margo Price : All American Made
    Paying You To Hate (Band Version) | Cosmo : Paying You To Hate - DJ Prolé REMIX
    Strong Tree | Taina Asili :
    Until Everybody Is Free | Bella Cuts : Rise Up: BDS Mixtape Vol. 2
    Stolen Land | Rupa & the April Fishes : Rise Up: BDS Mixtape Vol. 2
    Who I Am (Remix) | Taina Asili :

    #TainaAsili #Music #PoliticalMusic

    movingtrainmedia.com/polyrical

  20. Stephen Teter – “PDX”

    A driving, percussion-forward, techno-flavored Big Beat track with political leanings. (Warning: video contains police violence & some blood)

    youtu.be/NIMsDLUU-bA

    @steter

    etherdiver.com/2025/05/16/opm-

    @experimentalmusic @electronicmusic

    #Techno #BigBeat #DanceMusic #PoliticalMusic #musodon

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