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And finally, I ended the night with this number from #TheClash... #IFoughtTheLaw!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL8chWFuM-s

#80sMusic #PunkMusic #RevolutionDanceParty #Resist #ResistAuthoritarianism #JukeboxFridayNight #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightVideos

Last call... For a #PrivateRevolution! The #WorldParty is the only "party" we need!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaYcJQej5Uw

#JukeboxFridayNight #80sMusic
#FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #RevolutionDanceParty #World3 #AnotherWorldIsPossible #SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunk #Earth4All #BeTheRevolution

I then played #SineadOConnor's (#ShuhadaSadaqat) #TheEmperorsNewClothes. Fitting, since #EmperorTrump has no clothes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhfATC9baPo

#RevolutionDanceParty #JukeboxFridayNight #90sMusic #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightVideos

Next up was #PattiSmith's #PeopleHaveThePower (1988) -- which kept everyone dancing with their fists raised! Excellent! Nearing the end of a night of recharging and new connections!

"I was dreaming in my dreaming
Of an aspect bright and fair
And my sleeping it was broken
But my dream it lingered near

In the form of shining valleys
Where the pure air recognized
And my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry

That the people have the power
To redeem the work of fools
From the meek, the graces shower
It's decreed the people rule

People have the power
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPR-HyGj2d0

#JukeboxFridayNight #80sMusic
#FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #RockMusic #Revolution #RevolutionDanceParty #RevolutionRock #PeoplePower

I first became aware of the band #U2 with their debut album "Boy" from 1980 -- and the song, "I Will Follow" made me dance back then, and still made a bunch of us dance at the #RevolutionDanceParty. The song's lyrics talks about not giving up in the face of adversity, a sentiment that folks appreciated!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLzMfjQMc-Y

#JukeboxFridayNight #80sMusic
#FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #RockMusic #NeverSurrender

Of course I had to play my theme song -- #CitiesInDust by #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees (when I had regular gigs at the Goth club, folks would just expect me to play it -- and it *is* one of my favorite #SATB songs off my favorite SATB album - #Tinderbox).

"Water was running, children were running
You were running out of time
Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares' shrine?
But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=wsOHvP1XnRg

#JukeboxFridayNight #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightVideos #MusicForARevolution #80sMusic #RevolutionDanceParty #RockMusic

Next up, I played #HeadsWillRoll (2009) by the #YeahYeahYeahs and worked the crowd (which included a bachelorette party) up into a frenzy! This song is definitely part of the soundtrack of the #revolution -- especially when the heads start rolling!

"Off, off with your head
Dance, dance til you're dead (dead)
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzfTPp4moA

#JukeboxFridayNight #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightVideos #GuillotineTime? #LetThemEatCake #MusicForARevolution #RevolutionDanceParty #RockMusic

After I got the crowd shouting, I got them stomping with #SevenNationArmy by #TheWhiteStripes (2003).

"I'm gonna fight 'em all
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
They're gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back

And I'm talking to myself at night
Because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind
Behind a cigarette

And a message coming from my eyes says leave it alone

Don't wanna hear about it
Every single one's got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the hounds of Hell

And if I catch you coming back my way
I'm gonna serve it to you
And that ain't what you want to hear
But that's what I'll do..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY

#RevolutionDanceParty #JukeboxFridayNight #FridayNightMusicVideos
#FridayNightMusic #RockMusic #MusicForARevolution #Resistance

Next up, I turned the tables on #DJShaxx and introduced him to #NorthAmericanScum by #LCDSoundsystem from 2007. A bunch of us were singing along, screaming out "SCUM!"

"So throw a party 'til the cops come in and bust it up, let's go, North Americans
Oh, you were planning it? I didn't mean to interrupt, sorry
I did it once and my parents got pretty upset, freaked out in North America
But then I said, 'The more I do it, the better it gets', that's my North America

(Ah-ah) Oh, oh, oh, oh
We are North American scum
(Ah-ah) Oh, oh, oh
We're from North America!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2np7R-Uwg

#RevolutionDanceParty #JukeboxFridayNight #FridayNightMusicVideos
#FridayNightMusic #RockMusic #MusicForARevolution #USPol #USAIsAJoke

I first heard #Oligarchy by #TeenMortgage (2023) on #DJShaxx's radio show, #LeftOfTheDial. He was quite pleased that I played it at the club!

"Can we all agree we got an issue?
Watching all these rats cheat the race
'Specially when they told you, "go get a tissue,"
For all the ones who'd made last place, well

Pigs with power in their ivory tower
Mothers shop for four down at the dollar store, and
Tons of cowards make them work those long hours
Because corporate flaws, they make all the laws

I think we all agree it's getting kinda gnarly
Unless you're part of the oligarchy
'Think we all agree it's getting kinda gnarly
Unless you're part of thе oligarchy, yuh"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJf2UFHo9Jg

#RevolutionDanceParty #JukeboxFridayNight #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #RockMusic #MusicForARevolution #EatTheRich

As promised, here is the first song from my late set at the #RevolutionDanceParty. Of course I had to spin #DepecheMode and chose this song because #PeopleArePeople!

"People are people, so why should it be?
You and I should get along so awfully
People are people, so why should it be?
You and I should get along so awfully

So, we're different colors and we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me, though, I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you, so, what could I have done?

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand..."

-- Depeche Mode, 1984.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzGnX-MbYE4

#JukeboxFridayNight #GBLTQRights #PrideAnthem #Synthpop #80sMusic #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic

Looking forward to posting more videos from my #RevolutionDanceParty later set. Join me tomorrow night for more #FridayNightMusicVideos (with commentary).
#resistance #RevolutionRock #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightVideos

I'll be posting more videos based on the #RevolutionDanceParty next Friday. Thanks to all who tuned in tonight!

#FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicVideos #FridayNightVideos

"Der Kommissar" was a song recorded by Austrian musician Falco in 1981. I played the English cover version recorded by #AfterTheFire in 1982.

"Don't turn around, whoa-uh-oh (Ja, ja)
Der Kommissar's in town, whoa-uh-oh
And if he talks to you and you don't know why
You say your life is gonna make you die
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM

#80sMusic #RevolutionDanceParty
#Authoritarianism #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicVideos #FridayNightVideos #JukeboxFridayNight

The song "1984" was written by David Bowie in 1973 and released on the album "Diamond Dogs" (1974). "Diamond Dogs" was intended to be the musical component of a play that Bowie wrote, based on #GeorgeOrwell's novel, 1984. However, the Orwell estate objected, and Bowie shelved the play, but not the music!

"Someday they won't let you, now you must agree
The times they are a-telling, and the changing isn't free
You've read it in the tea leaves, and the tracks are on TV
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984

They'll split your pretty cranium and fill it full of air
And tell that you're 80, but, brother, you won't care
You'll be shooting up on anything, tomorrow's never there
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984

Come see, come see, remember me?
We played out an all-night movie role
You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled
In 1984 (Who could ask for more?)
1984 (Who could ask for mo-o-o-o-ore?)
(Mo-o-o-o-ore)

I'm looking for a vehicle, I'm looking for a ride
I'm looking for a party, I'm looking for a side
I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984

Come see, come see, remember me?
We played out an all-night movie role
You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled
In 1984 (Who could ask for more?)
1984 (Who could ask for mo-o-o-o-ore?)
(Mo-o-o-o-ore)

1984
1984
1984 (Mo-o-o-o-ore)
1984
1984 (Mo-o-o-o-re)
1984"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2xfpMMQIJ8

#70sMusic #NineteenEightyFour #Orwell #BigBrother
#RevolutionDanceParty
#Authoritarianism #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicVideos #FridayNightVideos #JukeboxFridayNight

Love and Rocket's 1980's cover of #TheTemptation's 1970 song, "Ball of Confusion"! This filled the dance floor!

"Well, the only person talking about love today is the preacher
And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration
Aggravation, humiliation, devastation of our nation

Ball of confusion
That's what the world is today, hey, hey
Ball of confusion
That's what the world is today, hey, hey..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ALRLZQf42s

#80sMusic #RevolutionDanceParty #Authoritarianism #USPol
#FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicVideos #FridayNightVideos #LoveAndRockets #JukeboxFridayNight

And of course, this gem from 1984 by #ThePsychedelicFurs. Written as a critique of Ronald Reagan, it works under the current administration. When will we ever learn?

"There are colors flashing
People wearing stars and stuff
There are engines cracking
There's a way to turn it off

It gets so hard at times
To take it serious
It really gets to be a drag
When all we really need is love

Here come cowboys
Here to save us all
Here come cowboys
They're so well inside the law
Here come cowboys
They're no fun at all
Here come cowboys..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ou8zehFo0

#80sMusic #RevolutionDanceParty #Authoritarianism #USPol #TrumpSucks
#ReaganSucked #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicVideos #FridayNightVideos #MAGACowboys #JukeboxFridayNight

Next up, REM's #RadioFreeEurope! Their first single, released in 1981

"Beside yourself if radio's gonna stay
Reason, it could polish up the gray
Put that, put that, put that up your wall
That this isn't country at all"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac0oaXhz1u8

#80sMusic #RevolutionDanceParty #Authoritarianism #USPol #TrumpSucks #BadDOGE #REM #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicVideos #FridayNightVideos #JukeboxFridayNight

First up, a rare demo version of #WorldParty's "The Ballad of the Little Man"

"He was doing fine in '39
Thank God he did not win
He kept playing on his fiddle
As he watched old Rome cave in
He sold love away from his children's hearts
And told them it was sin
Now we're all at the mercy, we're all at the mercy
Of that little man within

Now he's sitting in the gardens
As the acid rain comes in
He got it covered full of rhino heads
And boots of leopard skin
He got the means, he make the harvest high
But you can count those hungry people die
We're all at the mercy
Of the greedy man within

So if you're feeling lonely, baby
If you're feeling blue
If you listen to your little friend
You know he'll tell you what to do
But if you hear his words and you get confused
Start believing they're all true
Then you have just been fooled again
Who said we won't get fooled again?
By the little man within..."

- #KarlWallinger, #WorldParty, 1985

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm6YuQdT8bQ

#LittleManWithin #Fascism #Nazis #TheLittleManWithin #80sMusic #TheBalladOfTheLittleMan #RevolutionDanceParty #Authoritarianism #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicVideos #FridayNightVideos #JukeboxFridayNight

As promised, I'll be posting #FridayNightMusicVideos tonight based on my sets from the #RevolutionDanceParty held on May 17th at #FlaskLounge in #PortlandME.

Stay tuned for some #RevolutionRock!!!

#FridayNightMusic #FridayNightVideos

So, I'm attempting to get #DJShaxx to DJ at an upcoming in-person event. The theme? #RevolutionDanceParty! It will be the second time I've hosted such an event. The first time was right before #TrumptyDumpty was elected in 2016 (on #November5). I won't be doing a lot of events this year, but this will be one of them...!

For this fundraiser (A Revolution Dance Party back in 2016), I hand-painted some #GuyFawkes masks, which I raffled off to raise money for a #homeless shelter.

#Anonymous #GuyFawkesDay #PaintedMasks #RevolutionDanceParty