Music to commemorate Dr. King.

[pmsummer]

WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK
Mavis Staples

Anti-

 

[onepixel]

Cool... we've sure come a long ways.

 

[Rome]

We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder -- Bernice Johnson Reagon

Rome

 

[Cantabury Guy]

Martin Luther King's Dream -Strawbs(Antiques And Curios)

 

[Sandy G]

I still like "Abraham, Martin, & John"...

 

[Duffinator]

U2 Pride (In the name of love)

Man that was a pretty powerful image yesterday, President Elect Barack Obama standing at the podium in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Dr. King is smiling from above I'm sure.

 

[2DualsNotEnough]

PM Dawn-Of The Heart,Of The Soul,And Of The Cross,The Utopian Experience
PM Dawn-Silence...Recorded At The Gravesite Of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
That last one is a single track of silence and the sound of passing cars at the grave.
JImmy

 

[abpeep]

Not music but audio

Listened to this on the 15th, MLK's actual birthday:

I Have A Dream Speech

Worth a listen to the whole thing if you've just heard bits and pieces through the years.

Alan

 

[Redikilowatt]

Listened to this on the 15th, MLK's actual birthday:

I Have A Dream Speech

Worth a listen to the whole thing if you've just heard bits and pieces through the years.

Alan

Ditto, I downloaded it to iTunes several years ago and try to play it every year :thmbsp:

 

[abpeep]

Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson - From South Africa To South Carolina

Alan

 

[olson_jr]

Cristo Redento ~ Donald Byrd
Amazing Grace ~ Daniel Lanois
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child ~ Grant Green
Motherless Child ~ The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Amazing Grace ~ The Blind Boys Of Alabama
What's Going On ~ Charles Lloyd
Spiritual ~ Ginger Baker Trio
Lift Every Voice and Sing ~ Charles Lloyd
People Get Ready ~ Persuassions
Amazing Grace ~ Charles Lloyd
Hallelujah ~ Jeff Buckley
Spiritual ~ Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny

 

[Quint]

Obviously “A Change Is Gonna Come,” by Sam Cooke. One of the best songs ever written, IMO.

 

[finnbow]

I have 3 or 4 Mahalia Jackson records that always make me think of Dr. King when I flip by them in the stack (even her Christmas record).

 

[chicks]

Think I'll spin my Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson LPs tonite...

 

[Rome]

Will be spinning Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?"

Rome

 

[olson_jr]

I was kinda wondering what sub conscious thing took me from Cristo Redento ~ Donald Byrd, to Joe Walsh, to the James Gang....then I listened to this.....

White Man/Black Man Lyrics

White man, black man listen to me
Hear what I've got to say
You've got to learn to live together
Right now, right away

Black man forget the hate
That's been around for so long
White man you've got to know
That sometimes you've been wrong

About your brother
'Cause he's a good man
You know he's just like you

The time's gonna come
The time's gonna come

Before it's too late
Before it's too late

Sometimes I get the feelin'
That it's never gonna end
When a brother and a sister
Somehow become friends

To love each other
Is a good thing
And to know is to love

You've got to love one another
You've got to learn to live together
You've got to love one another
You've got to learn to live together

So I gotta do a little playlist of my tunes that reflect this feeling....



We Gotta Live Together ~ Jimi Hendrix Band Of Gypsy's
Why Can't We Live Together ~ Joan Osborne ~ How Sweet It Is
We Can't Live Together ~ Joe Jackson ~ Big World
Come Together ~ John Lennon ~ Working Class Hero - The Definitive Lennon
Come Together ~ Michael Hedges ~ Live On The Double Planet
Why Can't We Live Together ~ Sade ~ Diamond Life
Why Can't We Live Together ~ Steve Winwood ~ About Time
Why Can't We Live Together ~ Timmy Thomas ~ Groove

 

[Scroller]

Will be spinning Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?"

Rome

:thmbsp: Couldn't resist stealing your idea! I found this LP in a thrift over the holidays and haven't spun it yet. Today is the perfect occasion. :yes:

Marvin Gaye ~ What's Going On (Tamla, '71)
US

 

[Rome]

Great lyrics & tunes indeed, olson!

Yea, Scroller that LP is a classic.

"What's Going On" will always keep me grounded & rooted in how to live life as a human being first being chosen to be Black.

A thought to ponder for the ages:
If only that we could: (insert your own sentiment of expression).

Rome

 

[Dennie]

Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits -- CD

Pete Seeger

2002 Sony Music

Amazon.com

Pete Seeger's recording career covers more than 60 years, so a single-CD collection is bound to leave out more than a few worthy songs. But the 16 selections on Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits include indispensable Seeger-composed classics like "Turn! Turn! Turn!," "Bells of Rhymney," and an abbreviated a cappella version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" Also included are songs Seeger popularized, such as "Wimoweh," which he learned from Solomon Linda's original South African recording in the 1940s, and "Guantanamera," which he picked up from some children at a Catskills summer camp where he was singing. All of the performances are drawn from his 1960s tenure at Columbia Records--only the first 12 tracks were included on the original 1967 package--and include both studio and live recordings. This CD features only a small fraction of the songs that could legitimately be called Seeger's greatest hits, but because most of these selections are so important to his career, this set can be thought of as the greatest of his greatest hits. --Michael Simmons

1. Little Boxes
2. Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
3. Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
4. Abiyoyo
5. The Bells Of Rhymney
6. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
7. Talking Union
8. Which Side Are You On
9. We Shall Overcome
10. Living In The Country
11. Darling Corey
12. Guantanamera
13. Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Bonus Track)
14. Barbara Allen (Bonus Track)
15. This Land Is Your Land (Bonus Track)
16. Michael Row The Boat Ashore (Bonus Track)

 

[tweazel]

Here's a little gem from Stevie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNAy6Bhij8A