In ‘The Wild One’, Marlon Brando’s character is asked ;”What are you rebelling against Johnny ?” Johnny replies “Whaddaya got ?”

There’s always something for people to rally against, issues and situations that divide people, there’s always a ‘right’ side and more often than not, that side is the loudest one. There has been, and always will be, dissent. The New Seekers once claimed to want to teach the whole world to sing in perfect harmony, but let’s face it, if they had, it’d be a pretty boring place, and we’d have missed out on a shitload of good tunes.

Throughout musical history, there’s been no shortage of folk willing to stick their head above the parapet in order to stand up for their rights or for the rights of others. Occasionally there’s a misfire, but for every ‘Earth Song’, there’s a ‘What’s Goin’ On ?’.

 

01 A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke

02 Vietnam – Jimmy Cliff

03 Star – Primal Scream

04 Anarchy In The UK – Sex Pistols

05 This Land Is Your Land – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

06 War – Edwin Starr

07 Hurricane – Bob Dylan

08 Redemption Song – Bob Marley

09 What’s Goin’ On – Marvin Gaye

10 Abraham, Martin And John – Dion

11 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron

12 Fight The Power – Public Enemy

13 Diamonds From Sierra Leone – Kanye West

14 Ohio – Crosby Stills, Nash & Young

15 White Riot – The Clash

16 Free Nelson Mandela – Special AKA

17 Killing In The Name Of – Rage Against The Machine

18 Illegal Attacks – Ian Brown & Sinead O’Conner

19 For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield

20 Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell

21 Swimsuit Issue – Sonic Youth

22 Get Together – The Youngbloods

23 Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival

24 Sign ‘O’ The Times – Prince

25 Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday

 

find something to rally against here

“Shit, a bio… Ok.

Rusty Sheriff, 31, Male, single but taken.

Collector of records and cameras, DJ for the One Eyed Dog, drummer for Aeroplane Attack, regular noise participant at Shndg, does bits of art and circuit bending on the side… No I won’t fix your broken headphones.

I’ve always thought of the flute as a true pioneering instrument for crossover in music genres. From 70′s prog, folk and rock to funk and hip hop. A couple of years ago I wanted to see if I could lay down a mix of tracks that featured the flute as a key instrument. The deal here was to pick some of the best ones available on Spotify.”

Thanks Rusty, one I tried to do myself before and failed miserably, you’re a better man than I. So here goes with a magnificent compilation of tunes…

 

‘The Flute’

01 Mogwai Fear Satan – Mogwai

02 Cross Eyed Mary – Jethro Tull

03 Evil Woman, Don’t Play Your Games With Me – Black Sabbath

04 Anonymous – Focus

05 Going Up The Country – Canned Heat

06 40,000 Headmen – Traffic

07 California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & The Papas

08 Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones

09 Howling For Judy – Jeremy Steig

10 Pick Up – Bonobo

11 3 Kilos – The Prodigy

12 Flute Loop – The Beastie Boys

13 Jayou – Jurassic 5

14 Jenny From The Block – Jennifer Lopez

15 Gett Off – Prince

 

get it here…

This week, folks immortalized in song, surely there’s no greater accolade ?

Special note must go to the roots of this playlist, suggested by a nice young lady, Jack Lemmon by Saint Etienne, unfortunately, Spotify didn’t want to play ball so it’s not present, but look it up, great tune.

 

nb I please, please look up the lyrics to Rasputin, they a