Category — Music

By Special Request of Miss Emma Furbird and Ms. Cassey Role

Just a little to shake off all the heavies. We love you and wanted you to know.

Cousin Emmy on Rainbow Quest

Hope you all never run out of air.

Robert Sims and Odetta sing Down By the Riverside. 

The Internationale

by Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg complained to Pete Seeger that the traditional lyrics to the Internationale were somewhat dated. Pete Seeger said: “why don’t you write new ones?” So Billy Bragg did. For May Day 2008 Queers Without Borders sends out to all of you this wonderful version of the Internationale. The original Internationale was first written and sung after the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. This rallying cry sings out loud and clear for all exploited and oppressed people of the world to rise up and overthrow their masters.

No one really needs to say much more about this song. It still resounds today. I wanted to publish it here today because of the new 3 Strikes Law that was passed.  (check out Peter’s posting over at the Undercurrent click here.)  Len Chandler was born in 1935 in Akron, Ohio. He received a B.A. in Music Education from the University of Akron and a M.A. from Columbia. Chandler learned to play the guitar and played around Washington Square Park and landed a gig at the Gaslight Cafe. In the early 1960s Chandler began to be involved in the Civil Rights Movement and much of his material was related to the Black Panther Party.  A thank you to Len Chandler. Check more of Chandler out on you tube. His song Beans In Your Ears should be sung by everyone no matter what age. Try it here

The Coup

Ride the Fence

Party Music (2001)

Thanks to Alvin of QWB for sharing this video with us. "No Fence Ridin'" rings or should ring loud and clear to all of us. If not this special work by The Coup should get everyone in the mood and off the fence.

Remember----"You can't change shit by ridin' the fence."

This is the first installment in Queers Without Borders Music for a Multi-Issue People/Movement. We invite everyone to send in suggestions or to post some music that you wish to share. We will be posting on Tuesdays by 8:00 pm EST. So join us as we listen to Patti Smith perform the song "People Have The Power." Let us remember that means all of us, we do have it, but we have to use it.