Comments on: i need movement.

By: jessica

jessica — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:33:37 +0000

I appreciate all the suggestions and I’ve added a bunch of great new songs to my playlists. Of course I ended up being so torn that I went with the old standby and played “Where Is the Love?” Total Eclipse of the Heart, though, would definitely top my personal list.

By: laurabethnielsen

laurabethnielsen — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:06:50 +0000

next time you see eric, just sing the part, “turn around bright eyes. . . ” he falls on the floor laughing and then curses you because it is one of his worst ear worms

By: jeremy

jeremy — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:20:49 +0000

A series of studies have shown that the most emotionally provocative song recorded in the history of popular music is “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” both in human beings and laboratory mice.

By: libbylove

libbylove — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:40:54 +0000

Joni Mitchell-“Amelia” and pretty much everything off the Hejira album (in equal part because of my dear departed Jaco Pastorius … speaking of which )

Jaco Pastorius-“Portrait of Tracy”

Chet Baker-Playing and singing “Embraceable You” pretty much anywhere

I will add that I do like that Black Eyed Peas song “Where is the love” in fact I showed the video in my Intro Soc Psych course last semester when talking about “love” and relationships … and it’s a nice contrast to Kelly Clarkson’s “Before Your Love” and Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love” … talk about the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality …

By: redhanded

redhanded — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:09:01 +0000

Someone already posted it, but I immediately thought of “Where the Streets Have No Name” by U2 when I read this. But you have to remember to crank it up so you can hear the organ fade in at the beginning.

Some others:
“Keep ya head up” by TuPac
“Canned Heat” by Jamiroquai
“Karma Police” by Radiohead
“Under Pressure” by David Bowie & Queen
“Run Like Hell” by Pink Floyd
“You get what you give” by The New Radicals
“The Message” by Grandmaster Flash
“Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat
“One” by Metallica (although I’m really thinking of the video in combination with the song)
“Ode to my Family” by The Cranberries
“20 Dollar” by M.I.A.
“Imagine” by John Lennon

By: yli

yli — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:21:04 +0000

- tracy chapman, subcity. “please give the president my honest regard for disregarding me”
- sinead o’connor, thank you for hearing me.

By: sara

sara — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:10:32 +0000

I second shrinkingisaac’s suggestion of just about anything from “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back.” On the far other end of the movement continuum, though, I’m also a huge fan of Sweet Honey in the Rock (”Wade in the Water” or “Feel Something Drawing Me On”).

By: Radio Free Newport

Radio Free Newport — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:03:12 +0000

Depends on my mood, but three I go to on special occasions are:

- U2 - “Where The Streets Have No Name”
- RATM - their cover of “Ghost of Tom Joad”
- Coltrane - the entire “A Love Supreme” suite

By: tamsynx

tamsynx — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:57:33 +0000

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car - really good life lyrics
And as someone else mentioned, the Johnny Cash version of Hurt (if you search you can even find a Kermit version on video which is REALLY disturbing)
I agree with Lose Yourself by Eminem, and therefore will embarrassingly add Making Love (Out of Nothing At All) by Air Supply

By: anotherjess

anotherjess — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:33:00 +0000

The semester it was a hit, “Waiting For The World To Change” by John Mayer got mentions in my Class & Power course.

Cliche from grad school: Ani DiFranco, on the “urges to action” thing. Sample quotes: “You’ve got your whole life to do something, and that’s not very long.”
About “looking for the holes in your jeans:” “Are they worn out in the seat, or are they worn out in the knees?”

Also, I second the Public Enemy mention, and confess to still loving Rage Against the Machine as I drive to work. (The singer majored in social studies at Harvard and it shows.)