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I first heard this Tom Waits rendition on the car radio this weekend - being played on our state-owned radio station. I assumed I was hearing some obscure old Waits recording that I hadn't known about so as soon as I got home I wanted to find out more about it. I was surprised to find RNZ National was playing a track from a new album of revolutionary songs. I wish that signified something . . . John On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 12:20 PM Ken Hiebert via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > > https://news.avclub.com/tom-waits-releases-anti-fascist-folk-ballad-his-first-1829013036 > < > https://news.avclub.com/tom-waits-releases-anti-fascist-folk-ballad-his-first-1829013036 > > > > AVNEWS > > Tom Waits releases anti-fascist folk ballad, his first new song in 2 years > > Sam Barsanti > > It's been a while since we had any new Tom Waits music, but he's back with > a new version of a very old song that is depressingly relevant for the > world we're in today. As reported by Pitchfork, the track is 'Bella Ciao',a > collaboration with guitarist Marc Ribot for his upcoming album Songs Of > Resistance 1948-2018. If you don't recognize the name, 'Bella Ciao' was an > Italian folk ballad that was revised and re-written during World War II for > the Italian anti-fascist resistance fighters, and it has since become an > anthem of sorts for anyone looking to stick it to fascists. > > The song also comes with a video (directed by Jem Cohen) that makes its > parallels with modern life very explicit, pairing Waits' vocals with > footage of police and soldiers guarding barricades at anti-Trump protests. > It may sound heavy-handed, but fuck it, nobody said fighting fascists had > to be subtle. > > > Video: Marc Ribot - "Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)" (feat. Tom Waits) < > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=50GvkAO0OIg> > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/johnedmundson4%40gmail.com > -- The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
