Mixtape For Striking Writers’ Picket Line

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• iGeneration by MC Lars. Very appropriate lyrics for the WGA fight.

  Comment by ReelBusy — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 12:43am PST  Reply to this post

• Rolling Stones “Satisfaction” c’mon am I the only one who saw “Life or Something Like It”

  Comment by Unsatisfied — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 12:46am PST  Reply to this post

• London Calling by The Clash
  You Say You Want a Revolution by The Beatles
  I’m a Man by Chicago
  Everybody Want to Rule theWorld by Tears For Fear
  Chicago by Graham Nash
  Blue Collar Man by Styx
  Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
  Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix
  Redemption Song by Bob Marley

  Comment by RobM — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 12:58am PST  Reply to this post

• Am I gathering correctly… this is a writer striking over residuals, “struggling against the corporatization of America” by stealing the work of songwriters and performers and distributing it for free?

  Comment by David Poland — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 1:01am PST  Reply to this post

• Hero, Ministry
  World War Three, KMFDM
  Anything from Bear McCreary’s BSG Season Three Soundtrack.

  Comment by Max Bell — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 1:13am PST  Reply to this post

• Where are the classics, man? What about The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”… The Door’s “Five to One”… U2′s “Pride (In the Name of Love)”… Johnny Cash’s “Walk the Line” or Tesla’s “Signs”… no wait, that last one won’t work to well.

  Comment by Screenwriter John — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 1:20am PST  Reply to this post

• Heh, not paying the songwriters and performers for this music is a tad hypocritical. Surely David and I aren’t the only ones who recognize this….right?

  Comment by AJ — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 1:32am PST  Reply to this post

• “Soup is Good Food” – the Dead Kennedys
  “There is Power in a Union” – Billy Bragg

  Comment by Micah Wright — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 1:45am PST  Reply to this post

• David Poland — yeah, that thought rather occurred to me as well. Mind you, if you take the mindset of the members of The Clash, who pretty much had a career-long pissing match with their label, it’s likely there’d be lots of encouragement to liberate their music from the corporate shackles (just as Trent Reznor’s doing now.)

  (I give my music away these days. Donations welcome. And so forth.)

  That said, I can probably come up with a much better mix. That’s just me, though.

  Comment by David Alexander McDonald — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 1:53am PST  Reply to this post

• I’ve always liked Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.”

  Comment by I'm Not Tom Petty — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 4:25am PST  Reply to this post

• “We’re not gonna take it” – Twisted Sister

  Comment by MarkG — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 6:38am PST  Reply to this post

• Zevon’s “Even A Dog Can Shake Hands”. Nice choice, considering it was the theme song to the short-lived Action where the writer character was perpetually abused by Jay Mohr’s producer character.

  Comment by Rich Drees — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 7:02am PST  Reply to this post

• FIGHT THE POWER by Public Enemy

  Comment by vp — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 7:48am PST  Reply to this post

• Stand and Deliver – Adam Ant
  Respect – Aretha Franklin
  Jive Talkin’ – Bee Gees
  Stomp! – The Brothers Johnson
  You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – BTO
  Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
  Feelin’ Stronger Every Day – Chicago
  The Heart of the Matter – Don Henley
  Been Down So Long – The Doors
  I’ve Seen That Movie, Too – Elton John
  The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – Genesis
  Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
  Piece of My Heart – Janis Joplin
  Show Me What You Got – Jay-Z
  Many Rivers to Cross – Jimmy Cliff
  The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
  You Can Get it if You Really Want – Jimmy Cliff
  Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Joan Baez
  Busload of Faith – Lou Reed
  Strawman – Lou Reed
  How Do You Think It Feels – Lou Reed
  Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead
  Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney & Wings
  50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon
  It’s a Plain Shame – Peter Frampton
  I Can’t Stand it No More – Peter Frampton
  (I’ll Give You) Money – Peter Frampton
  Rehumanize Yourself – Police
  It Don’t Come Easy – Ringo Starr
  Tired of Toein’ the Line – Rocky Burnette
  The First Cut is the Deepest – Rod Stewart
  Winning Ugly – The Rolling Stones
  Beast of Burden – The Rolling Stones
  Heartbreaker – The Rolling Stones
  Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – The Rolling Stones
  Street Fighting Man – The Rolling Stones
  Change of the Guard – Steely Dan
  The Royal Scam – Steely Dan
  The Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
  Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses – U2
  Songwriter – Van Morrison
  Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
  I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide – ZZ Top

  Comment by Lorelei — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 7:53am PST  Reply to this post

• Here’s my shot at addressing the chant/song issue. Not my finest hour yet, but please, please go to Chant Aid on my link here and improve on my first shabby attempt.

  Get Residuals or Die Tryin’!

  Comment by Four Cent — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 8:06am PST  Reply to this post

• DUDES!

  My friend Raimy is making a writers’ strike mix and handing them out on picket lines and is totally better than anything you have going! It’s totally the shit! e-mail her: thatwriterchick@gmail.com

  Comment by downinthestreets — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 8:08am PST  Reply to this post

• “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by Gil Scott Heron
  and (somewhat obvious, but still appropriate) Public Enemy’s “Fight The Power.”

  Comment by Anonymous — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 8:32am PST  Reply to this post

• Dropkick Murphys – Which Side Are You On
  Dropkick Murphys – The Workers’ Song
  Rage Against The Machine – Renegades Of Funk
  Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade

  Comment by Stormin — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 8:38am PST  Reply to this post

• How can one have a strike/picket mix without the Patti Smith version of “People Have the Power?” Lifts the spirits of union folk and strikes terror in the blackened hearts of execs. Excellent…*tents fingers*

  Comment by Johanna — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 8:57am PST  Reply to this post

• “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
  &
  “Madison Avenue” both by Gil Scott-Heron.

  “The Big Paback” by its original writer, James Brown.

  Comment by Rusty Cee — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 9:11am PST  Reply to this post

• The Coup – 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO

  Comment by Coup — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 9:13am PST  Reply to this post

• “Cunts Are Still Running the World” – Jarvis Cocker

  Comment by BT — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 9:45am PST  Reply to this post

• “Throw Away Your Television” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

  Comment by wa — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 9:48am PST  Reply to this post

• For all my brothers and sisters walking the line….

  Burn Hollywood Burn – Public Enemy
  Revolution – The Beatles
  Us V Them – LCD Soundsystem
  Get Well Paid – Beck
  You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like A
  Millionaire – Queens of the Stone Age
  Blood On Our Hands – Death From Above 1979
  The Man Don’t Give Fuck – Super Furry Animals
  Pow! To The People – The Make Up
  Instant Karma – John Lennon
  Forecast Fascist Future – Of Montreal
  Don’t Bring Me Down – ELO
  Way Down Now – World Party
  Can’t Go Out, Can’t Stay In – Whitey
  One Vision – Queen
  Mr. Suit – Wire
  C’mon Every Beatbox – Big Audio Dynamite
  Money – Peter, Bjorn, & John
  Under My Thumb – Rolling Stones
  Respect – Otis Redding
  I Think I Smell A Rat – The White Stripes
  Bring On The Terror – Robbers On High Street
  We’ve Been Had – The Walkmen
  Bang Bang You’re Dead – Dirty Pretty Things
  Wave Of Mutilation – The Pixies
  Wolf Like We – T.V. On The Radio
  Communication Breakdown – Led Zeppelin
  Brothers – Delakota
  When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Karazzee – !!!
  I Just Want To Get Along – The Breeders
  Power & The Passion – Midnight Oil
  Queen Bitch – David Bowie
  Two States – Pavement
  You Talk Too Much – Run D.M.C.
  Club Foot – Kasabian
  Going Nowhere (Digitalism Remix) – Cut Copy
  5 Years Ahead Of My Time – Primal Scream
  Community Revolution In Progress – MSTRKRFT
  Shadows – Midnight Juggernauts
  Express Yourself – N.W.A.
  Step On – Happy Mondays
  I Ain’t Saying My Goodbyes – Tom Vek
  The Comeback – Shout Out Louds
  Nothing Can Stop Us – Saint Etienne
  Allentown – Billy Joel
  Games Without Frontiers – Peter Gabriel
  Part Of The Queue – Oasis
  Dirge – Death In Vegas
  We Are All Made Of Stars – Moby
  Hey Fuck You – Beastie Boys
  Here To Stay – New Order
  Original Control – Meat Beat Manifesto
  Together We Stand – Marvin Gaye
  Apply Some Pressure – Mark Ronson
  Subterrean Homesick Blues – Bob Dylan
  Clampdown – The Clash
  Can’t Stand Me Now – The Libertines
  Coping – Blur
  Jumping Someone Else’s Train – The Cure
  Speaking In Tongues – Eagles of Death Metal
  Standing In The Way Of Control (Soulwax Nite Version) – The Gossip
  We Are Your Friends – Justice Vs. Simian
  Television Rules The Nation – Daft Punk

  Nikki, my apologies for the length.

  Comment by DEAD))) — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 10:18am PST  Reply to this post

• “Part of the Union” – The Strawbs

  Comment by Bryan — Tuesday November 13, 2007 @ 10:24am PST  Reply to this post