SwingDJs

Anyone out there making a collection of danceable antiwar songs? "In a World Gone Mad" is a free-download from the Beastie Boys. It's pure hiphop so if you have hiphop lindy dancers, it would work for them. The lyrics are also available at www.beastieboys.com

Any others?

Leave it to Mainers for all your "we don't need government" needs!

-FF

Please keep your politics off the dance floor and outside of dances, completely. DJs are entertainers, not political pundits.

Or should those who emphatically disagree with you ruin your escape by playing the many hundreds of "Bombs away" or "American Patrol" songs from WWII?

I wholeheartadly agree. I keep politics off the dance floor.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I started dancing because it was fun, and it was an escape from the everyday world.

If not for war... would we be doing Lindy Hop today?

...think about it.

Regardless of how I feel about this war, or war in general, ignoring it is about as possible as ignoring an elephant in the living room. Among dancers in our area, the anti's way outnumber the pro's and I think they would appreciate some good tunes expressing their views - if such music exists. I'm ignoring the drippy Vietnam-era "Kumbaya" stuff they try to sing at the vigils etc. The purpose of my inquiry is to find out if any one has found any good danceable music with an anti-war theme. As we all know, there are plenty of good patriotic "support the troops" type of swing tunes originating from WW2.

You know, when I was young like most of you guys, I used to think being professional and polite meant concealing my political views. Experience has taught me to regret that attitude. That may happen to you, too, in time.

The problem with putting in an anti-war songs, is that those who don't share your view will feel the need to respond. When that happens, you bring unnecessary conflict into the event.

Nate Dogg wrote:The problem with putting in an anti-war songs, is that those who don't share your view will feel the need to respond. When that happens, you bring unnecessary conflict into the event.

Exactly!!!

I'm with the "no politics at dances" crowd.

Might want to throw in some anti-abortion or pro-choice protest songs in the same evening to really stir things up if you do though....

Warren

WarrenWright wrote:I'm with the "no politics at dances" crowd.

Might want to throw in some anti-abortion or pro-choice protest songs in the same evening to really stir things up if you do though....

Warren

Ya, grab a couple of them anti-semetic Swing songs the Germans put out to counteract ours.... i think we'd all like that too

I have specifically avoided patriotic songs when doing my radio show and my dance gigs for that very reason. I don't need some guy walking off in a huff, even if I'd be all for playing them myself.

Downeastdancer wrote:You know, when I was young like most of you guys, I used to think being professional and polite meant concealing my political views. Experience has taught me to regret that attitude. That may happen to you, too, in time.

When I was young, I thought that being an adult meant paying attention to world matters far beyond my control and expressing my naive political views to other people to shake them out of their ignorant complacency. Experience has taught me that most people don't like it when I do so, that I really did so only to self-righteously brag about how much more I had thought about them than they had, and that they started disliking me no matter what I said or how "enlightened" I thought I was. That might happen to you, too, someday.

"For the Good of Your Country" - Basie; Rushing vocals

GuruReuben wrote:If not for war... would we be doing Lindy Hop today?

...think about it.

ok, i'll bite. how's that?

"Down by the riverside" by Lucky Millander ...hardly provacative.

Heaven please send to all mankind
understanding and peace of mind.
And if it's not asking too much
please send me someone to love.

Show the world how to get along.
Peace will enter when hate is gone.
And if it's not asking too much,
please send me someone to love.

I lay awake night and ponder world troubles.
My answer is always the same.
That unless men put an end to all of this sin,
Hate will put the world in a flame, oh what a shame.

Just because I'm in misery.
I'm not begging for no sympathy.
But if it's not asking too much,
Please send me someone to love.