[FairfieldLife] Re: The greatest political pop songs

And there's the old, 'Victory Before War'. 'Victory Before War' had potential for galvanizing a movement. One funnier TM moment on stage was with a small group singing 'Victory Before War' barbershop style while 'marching' around the microphone. The crowd loved it. Om, the military

[FairfieldLife] Re: The greatest political pop songs

John Brown's Body was a pop song at a time that compelled a movement. John Brown's Body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn3NddwFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn3NddwFQ John Brown's Body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn3NddwFQ Back around the time that northern Christians,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The greatest political pop songs

Anthems that bind or activate a movement. These people grew up with this anthem and it guided them through WWII. Was sung at Winston Churchill’s funeral. Look at the crowd in this video, a lot singing the whole text by heart. I doubt that most Americans now could sing their Anthem by heart.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The greatest political pop songs

The TM puja sung out as ‘The Holy Tradition’ was a type of a pop song that motivated a movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lck24O9YFPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lck24O9YFPs ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Anthems that bind or

[FairfieldLife] Re: The greatest political pop songs

Anthem //a rousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body, or cause. This song was an anthem of the growing anti-slavery movement in Britain 45t New Brittain - Second Ireland Sacred Harp Convention, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHflo6W_NFs

[FairfieldLife] Re: The greatest political pop songs

Songs at Woodstock worked as political anthems.. Volunteers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsoqRvYqWDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsoqRvYqWDg Country Joe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Y0ekr-3So https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Y0ekr-3So Uncle Sam Blues:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The greatest political pop songs

Part of the Union re-adjusted can work to be 'political' satire too for TM. There is dis-enfranchised sentiment in the meditating community out there that could hope for more 'authenticity' in the TM movement community. Substitute “movement” for “union” with some other substitutions and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The greatest political pop songs

The Shakers, a spiritual re-gen movement like ours looking for broad cultural changes, used this song as a meeting closer. It's a wows-er sung up-tempo and when everyone singing knows it. Fun and catchy with a lively communal shakti. The Gospel Trumpet: