Soviet Song - 14 minutes to start

Apollo Sunshine - We Are Born When We Die

A clean version of Ode to Joy taken from Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange"

A Clockwork Orange - Ode to Joy

The famous prelude to "Die Walküre" is the "Ride of the Valkyries". As an exceptional piece to unveil an opera about female Norse archetypes with powers to condemn the fate of war soldiers, "Ride of the Valkyries" is revered for its climatic and invigorating nature, deeming it popular and best suited among many films and TV productions.

Ride of the Valkyries from 'Die Walküre' - Richard Wagner

The Black Angels -- Bad Vibrations

If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle

Solidarity Forever

Composed by Pierre de Geyter in 1888, and is now used by all revolutionary left wing movements as a standard, calling for the end of tyranny.

The Internationale "L'Internationale"

'The Social Power of Music' AVAILABLE 2/22/2019: folkways.si.edu/the-social-power-of-music

MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER

From parties to protests to prayer, music is a powerful catalyst for celebration, for change, and for a sense of community. Through making music together, we become bigger than ourselves. Whether singing with our families and friends or with thousands of strangers in an arena, music transforms lives, engages individuals, and connects local and global communities. The Social Power of Music chronicles the vivid, impassioned, and myriad ways in which music binds, incites, memorializes, and moves groups of people. This richly illustrated 124-page book, with 80+ tracks on 4 CDs, invites listeners into musical practices, episodes, and movements throughout the U.S. and beyond. These songs of struggle, devotion, celebration, and migration remind us that music has the potential to change our world.

The Social Power of Music

The Almanac Singers - Which Side Are You On?

Banks of Marble

American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1

John Brown's Body

Which Side are You On?

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