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Tonight’s Folk Friday earworm: Bruce Cockburn - The Trouble With Normal
Folk Song Friday!
What Are You Fighting For?
Phil Ochs Recorded 1963-1964, released 1976
What Are You Fighting For is another classic Anti-war song, written in the era of anti-war in Vietnam protest songs. This one is one of my favorites because it is vague enough to remain relevant and applicable even today.
Put ragged clothes upon your back and sleep upon the ground And tell police about your rights as they drag you down And ask them as they lead you to some deserted door Yes, I know you're set for fighting, but what are you fighting for?
can we have folk friday
Yes ofc♥️
This is Connie Converse she was my intro to folk music and she's also very very cool.
My facts are a little wobbily and I'm mostly paraphrasing but from what I remember she wasnt a huge success during her lifetime I think the most her career ever took off was one or two recordings and a spot on a news show. Most of her music was released after her disappearance, yes disappearance we don't actually know what happened to Connie converse just that she packed up her life in her car and was never heard from again. The songs you find on spotify are compiled personal recordings provided by family and friends
This was meant to be posted yesterday 😔
Bonus Folk Friday track: Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
Bonus Folk Friday track: Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne
Bonus Folk Friday track: Bruce Cockburn - Lovers In a Dangerous Time
Folk Song Friday!
In My Time of Dying Josh White, 1944-46
"In My Time of Dying" is a traditional gospel song that was first written and recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1927 as "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed" Later, in 1933, it was recorded by Josh White when he was just 18, also as "Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed" He later re-recorded the song sometime between 1944-1946. This song, in large part due to Josh White's covers in the 30s and especially the 40s, helped popularize the traditional gospel song. It was his recording that directly inspired Led Zeppelin's version, and likely Bob Dylan's as well.
Folk Song Friday!
The Thresher Pete Seeger, 1963
"The Thresher" was written and recorded by Pete seeger in 1963. Its based off of the sinking of the USS Thresher nuclear-submarine that same year. 129 people, including some civilians, officers, and crewmen died. Pete Seeger wasn't the only folk artist who made a song out of the incident. Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, and the Kingston Trio did as well.
Like the source I used for this post points out, this continues the tradition of folk songs being created out of ship disasters and sinkings. I think that's interesting because I can think of a lot of ship or boat disaster folk songs, but not a lot of train, or carriage, or car, or fire, disaster folk songs.
main source: "Four Ballads of the USS Thresher"