Music to Be Green By

Before moving on to solve the world's problems with corporations, this musical break.

I found a pretty cool website some time ago called One Good Move that has clips of independent musicians (and a couple of biggies) that have recorded anti-war, anti-Bush and other inspirational songs. Every single genre is there, from a little vaudeville-esque ditty called "They Lied" (which compares Bush to Captain Kirk battling Klingons) to a pretty thrash piece called "Body Bags." There is serious folk, excellent parody, rap, ska, celtic rock, and more.

I put my favorites together on a cd, which I call War No More. I keep giving it to friends, who seem to like it. Here are the links for your own CD. You can play them one at a time here, or right click and choose "save target" to assemble them on your own PC and burn a CD.

The first song in the list, "Resist War," is a balm for anyone troubled by where we have gone on our military adventures in Iraq.

Note: Many of the links at One Good Move are broken. Nevertheless, most of the several hundred songs are still out there. Unfortunately, even when I have found a link, it can move around, so try googling the title if a link is broken. Many take a long time to load, even at DSL speeds.

• Resist War, by Chris Brown and Kate Fenner (artist's website here) See also www.resistwar.com for more information.
• What Have You Done, Heather Lev
• Jacobs Ladder (Not in My Name), Chumbawumba
• One by One, Laura Martin -- A really great, inspirational song, but all the links I can find are broken. Anyone?)
• Back it Up, James Blondell (A pre-war protest, perhaps applicable soon again-- and a good song.)
• Dancing with Armageddon, Brendan McCloud
• They Lied, Jay Mantika (Very Funny; Is this Your Mom?)
• Body Bags, Blowback
• We Don't Want Your War, Jynkz.
• The Bell, Steven Smith & Pete Seeger
• Kick Out the Republicans, (preview only) Donny Daly (2004 Wishful thinking, but a fascinating song. Could they do an update for '08?? Worth the 99 cents for the whole song frankly, here.)
• Another War, The Compassionate Conservatives (Funny Parody).
• Imagine, Sung by "W" (really), RX. (Other definitely NOT G-rated or work friendly songs here too. "Dick is A Killer" is pretty wild, but definitely use headphones.