Occupy Song by Ridgewood Boys

http://www.kentuckycoffeetree.com/music/occupy-song

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Occupy Together



Should the towering walls on Wall Street finally crumble to the ground

As the nation’s cities echo as our united voices sound

Should the bastard bastions of corporate greed collapse as they take our flack

May we Occupy together and we’ll take our country back



Have inflated medication costs put you sleeping on the street?

Have the student loans turned off your phone and the ends refuse to meet?

Have too many friends gone to fight and die for the oil companies’ greed?

Then we’ll Occupy together, friends, in solidarity



Well I know some folks in (your city), who’ve built a community

And they work and struggle every day for justice and harmony

And no they will not go away they will just expand their pack

And we’ll Occupy together and we’ll take our country back



How much longer will the people wait for democracy at home?

As the toxic gasses fill our air like toxic money trumps our votes

Well don’t let the propaganda machine set us at each other’s throats

Let us Occupy together and reclaim our nation’s hopes

To mark the 82nd anniversary of the stock market crash on Wall Street, and to honor the brave protesters occupying cities around this country and beyond, we are proud to
release the song 'The 99' as a free download: http://vagabondage1.bandcamp.com/track/the-99

It's also here:

'The 99'
Remember the great economic decline
Of 10/24/1929
That crash on Black Thursday is echoed in time
Different day, same old crime
Different day, same old crime

High in their towers they look down on me
But I am a neo-revolutionary
We are the broken American Dream
But to them, we're the end to a means
But to them, we're the end to a means

So lay down your burdens and turn to the sky
Grit your teeth, open your eyes
Behold a new era and let out a cry
We are the 99

They ride four green horses made of your dollar bills
From Lower Manhattan to Beverly Hills
Their greedy filth-fingers will squeeze us until
Their corporate consumption kills
Their corporate consumption kills

So lay down your burdens and turn to the sky
Grit your teeth, open your eyes
Behold a new era and let out a cry
We are the 99

some great stuff here but allow me to introduce a new group from across the pond who are introducing themselfs to America buy actually doing some thing.they are donating all the American publishing profits from their first itunes release to a great organization called Angel flight and mercy flights,,an organization of pilots who donate their time and aircraft to transporting those with medical needs anywhere in the country at no cost. the name of the group is "Dan Skinner and the Sense" or "The Sense of Amelia" the song "Angel " for Angel flight can be found at,,http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/retro-verion-angel-feat-sense/id437229966 and the bands web page can be found at this time untill the domain is established at http://thesenseofameliaangel.bandvist.com,,they have a song they are fixing to deicate to the movement called "Going all the way"...

ok I messed up after band visit .com the comas arnt supposed to be part of the web address so lets try that again,,http://thesenseofameliaangel.bandvista.com

Here's a little ditty based on parts of Raoul Vaneigem's The Revolution of Everyday Life.:

http://sites.google.com/site/reinventstuff/home/bot18!.pdf

(I plan to upload a sound file soon at http://sites.google.com/site/reinventstuff , If somebody wants to take the sound file and put togother a YouTube video using OWS images / vids...)

JNB

A new recording of the fist-shaking 60's protest / garage rock anthem "SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME": http://tinyurl.com/7p93vvm

The lyrics are just too relevant:

"There's a new sun rising up angry in the sky.
There's a new voice crying but not afraid to die.
Let the old world make believe it's blind and deaf and dumb
BUT NOTHING CAN CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.

There are changes lying ahead on every road.
There are new thoughts ready and waiting to explode.
When tomorrow is today, the bells will toll for some.
BUT NOTHING CAN CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.

The future's coming on sweet and strong,
And no-one's gonna hold it back for long...

There are new dreams crowding out old realities.
There's revolution sweeping in like a fresh new breeze.
Let the old world make believe it's blind and deaf and dumb,
BUT NOTHING CAN CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME. "

(BTW, the whole album is pretty decent, if you are into that vintage 60s garage rock thing. It's a free download http://tinyurl.com/7od26by)

I wrote this song months ago, through my frustration and outrage over the Marcellus Shale drilling in my home-state and the corporate control that made my elected politicians irrelevant. When I participated and was arrested on the last day of the Tar Sands Action, I was inspired to create a youtube video with it. And now, almost 4 months later, I feel my song and video has only become more relevant. Please enjoy and feel free to share!

Ridgewood Boys. Recorded Live 11/27/11

http://www.kentuckycoffeetree.com/music/pepper-spray

Pissing in the Wind