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Forum Post: Another Song for Occupy Wall Street

Posted 12 years ago on March 2, 2012, 2:19 p.m. EST by jazzwoman (0)
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http://bettbutler.bandcamp.com/track/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime

This version was recorded in Texas during the summer of 2011, before Occupy Wall Street. The state was suffering through one of the worse droughts on record, with wildfires devastating crops, livestock and wildlife. Rick Perry, whose policies had devastated education and healthcare in Texas, was strongly hinting at a presidential run. The economy was in deep recession; people were losing their jobs, their homes, and their health, while congressional bickering and obstruction frustrated any attempt at relief.

Jay Gorney’s sadly beautiful melody—reportedly based on a Russian Jewish lullaby he heard as a child—and Yip Harburg’s unfeigned narrative seemed to capture the anger, frustration, bitterness, and sense of hopelessness of that long, hot summer, just as it did back in 1932 when it gave voice to those who had labored diligently in the direction of the American Dream only to be rewarded by poverty and deprivation.

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[-] 0 points by lollercoaster (38) 12 years ago

We're the ninety-nine percent

And we don't have a cent

We look just like hobos

And we're all present

Redistribute all the wealth

and pay for our health

Gotta change all the rules

make the policies stealth

...I know, I suck at rhyming