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quarta-feira, 8 de julho de 2026

Neil Young a tireless righteous contrarian


Letra

Won't need no shadow man 
Runnin' the government 
Won't need no stinkin' WAR 
Won't need no haircut 
Won't need no shoe shine 

[refrão] 3x
After the garden is gone 
 
What will people do? 
After the garden is gone 
What will people say? 
After the garden 

Won't need no strong man 
Walkin' through the night 
To live a weak man's day 
Won't need no purple haze 
Won't need no sunshine

[refrão] 3x
After the garden is gone 

Where will people go?  
After the garden is gone 
What will people know? 
After the garden 

 [refrão] 2x

O videoclipe oficial de "After The Garden", integrado no projeto Living With War de Neil Young, cruza de forma crua o rock de protesto e o ativismo ecológico. Visualmente, o vídeo simula a urgência de um canal de notícias fictício, utilizando a imagem do ex-vice-presidente americano Al Gore e do seu documentário An Inconvenient Truth para expor a crise climática mundial. Os rodapés informativos na tela dividem as atenções entre a contagem de baixas de guerra e os alertas sobre o degelo, traçando um paralelo direto entre a destruição militar e o ecocídio provocado pela ganância industrial. A nível político, o "jardim" surge como uma metáfora óbvia para o planeta Terra e a natureza que a humanidade está prestes a esgotar, terminando com um apelo explícito à ação individual e coletiva, desde o consumo de energias limpas à pressão sobre os governos.

Musicalmente, a faixa assenta num rock de garagem denso e distorcido, onde a aspereza das guitarras traduz a gravidade e a pressa que o tema exige. A voz cética de Neil Young une-se a um coro potente no refrão, transformando a pergunta sobre o destino da humanidade "depois do jardim" num hino coletivo e numa espécie de prece fúnebre pelo planeta. É um rock de intervenção direto, sem artifícios, desenhado para incomodar e mobilizar.

English analysis
He is throwing back 1970 "After the Gold Rush (song)"
Now THIS
"After the Garden" serves as the powerful opening statement for Neil Young’s fiercely political album Living With War. Originally written in 2006 as a blistering critique of the George W. Bush administration and the Iraq War, it has taken on a new life with Young's Living With War 2026 archival project, reframing the music to parallel today's political landscape.

The song acts as a bridge between environmental destruction and the futility of war. Young uses "the garden" to represent pristine nature, Eden, or a peaceful Earth, posing the stark, driving question: "What will people say after the garden is gone?" He immediately follows this warning by asserting that in a devastated world, we "won't need no stinkin' war" because humanity will already be dealing with the fallout of its own survival. He sharply criticizes the public's desire for aggressive, authoritarian leaders, arguing that true strength is built on peace and preservation rather than military dominance or fear-mongering.

Musically, Young describes the track's style as "metal folk protest music." It features gritty, raw garage-rock guitar work and a steady, march-like rhythm that evokes the feeling of a protest movement. A massive, multi-voiced choir echoes his lyrics, giving the song the weight of a communal hymn rather than just a solo rant.

While the core vocal and instrumental performances remain from the original recording, Young remixed the entire project for this 2026 archival release to give it a refocused mix for the present day. In this edition, the 100-voice choir is mixed much higher and given a heavier, more distinct presence in the soundscape. By amplifying the wall of human voices, Young deliberately draws a straight line from his 2006 anti-war sentiments to modern anxieties, suggesting that the fight for the planet and against political division is more urgent than ever.

Fontes:
Neil Young Archives
Living with War (2006)

quinta-feira, 14 de maio de 2026

Steve Earle - City Of Immigrants (canção de intervenção, mais uma no seu currículo imaculado e coerente com princípios éticos e eco-pacifistas)


Veteran singer-songwriter-actor Steve Earle and veteran actor-director Steve Buscemi are two people who would seem to have known each other for ages. Their work, whether it’s Earle’s vast catalog of songs (“Copperhead Road,” “Guitar Town”) and acting roles (“The Wire,” “Treme,” “Leaves of Grass”), or Buscemi’s formidable history of acting and directing (“Fargo,” “Reservoir Dogs,” “The Big Lebowski,” “The Sopranos,” “Boardwalk Empire”), shares a certain humanity, sensitivity and sensibilities.

Yet the two actually met for the first time earlier this year, after Buscemi was suggested as a director for a new video for Earle’s 2007 song “City of Immigrants” from his New York-themed album “Washington Square Serenade.” The video is a heartfelt, lively celebration of the polyglot melting pot that New York City has always been, created by two longtime residents.

Earle and Buscemi, together with a small cast of extras and technicians, were together in the East Village one sunny spring afternoon in April to shoot footage for the clip, which features people from the city’s countless ethnic groups, along with shots of Earle walking the streets and singing the in several different neighborhoods — also including Jackson Heights in Queens, which the singer describes as “easily the most diverse neighborhood in the country” — and performing a concert at the Gramercy Theater.

Steve Earle has never been afraid to speak his mind even if it loses him fans. He was singing about gun violence and attacking the NRA back in the 80's when it was deeply unpopular. He made a whole album against the war in Iraq when most of the country, especially his Copperhead Road fans, were supporting it. He has sung about the children of Gaza long before anyone was talking about Palestine. Seeing him stand up for immigrants is not surprising. Beautiful song.

Letra
Livin' in a city of immigrants
I don't need to go travelin'
Open my door and the world walks in
Livin' in a city of immigrants
Livin' in a city that never sleeps
My heart keepin' time to a thousand beats
Singin' in languages I don't speak
Livin' in a city of immigrants

City of black
City of white
City of light
City of innocents
City of sweat
City of tears
City of prayers
City of immigrants

Livin' in a city where the dreams of men
Reach up to touch the sky and then
Tumble back down to earth again
Livin' in a city that never quits
Livin' in a city where the streets are paved
With good intentions and a people's faith
In the sacred promise a statue made
Livin' in a city of immigrants

City of stone
City of steel
City of wheels
Constantly spinnin'
City of bone
City of skin
City of pain
City of immigrants

All of us are immigrants
Every daughter, every son
Everyone is everyone
All of us are immigrants - everyone
Livin' in a city of immigrants
River flows out and the sea rolls in
Washin' away nearly all of my sins
Livin' in a city of immigrants

City of black
City of white
City of light
Livin' in a city of immigrants
City of sweat
City of tears
City of prayers
Livin' in a city of immigrants

City of stone
City of steel
City of wheels
Livin' in a city of immigrants

City of bone
City of skin
City of pain
City of immigrants
All of us are immigrants


sexta-feira, 11 de setembro de 2015

Killing Joke - I Am The Virus


O poema lírico de "I Am The Virus", escrito por Jaz Coleman, é um manifesto visceral que se ancora em várias etiquetas, correntes e conceitos da filosofia política contemporânea. Embora o líder dos Killing Joke recuse frequentemente rótulos partidários tradicionais, a sua escrita nesta canção bebe diretamente de ideologias críticas do sistema global, misturando ceticismo radical com o ativismo antiglobalização.

No cerne do texto encontra-se o Antiestadismo e o Anarquismo Epistemológico, manifestados na desconfiança absoluta face às narrativas oficiais do Estado, exemplificada na contestação aos eventos do 11 de Setembro ("Steel frame buildings don’t fall in seconds") e na denúncia de operações secretas (black ops e false flags). Coleman baseia-se na premissa de que o Estado moderno opera através da manipulação do medo para justificar o controlo social, uma visão partilhada pelas teorias de biopolítica e controlo estatal.

A canção é também profundamente marcada pelo Anticapitalismo e pela Crítica ao Neoliberalismo, visíveis no ataque direto à "omnipotência dos bancos centrais" e ao corporativismo que dita a política externa. Há aqui uma clara filiação ao pensamento da Esquerda Antiglobalização (ou Altermundialismo), que denuncia o imperialismo económico e militar ocidental — personificado na crítica feroz a Tony Blair e à Guerra do Iraque —, onde o lucro do setor petrolífero e armamentista se sobrepõe à soberania dos povos e à vida humana.

Por outro lado, o refrão e a metáfora do "vírus" e do "verme impossível de apagar" revelam uma forte influência do Tecnocriticismo e do Ciberativismo. Coleman adota uma postura que se cruza com o Crypto-anarchism e com a filosofia dos hackers, onde o indivíduo consciente se transforma numa anomalia no sistema informático e tecnocrático global. O vírus não é uma força destrutiva sem sentido, mas sim o Contrapoder e a Resistência Popular — uma faísca de insurgência libertária que se recusa a ser assimilada pela máquina do capitalismo de vigilância. Em suma, o poema de Coleman é um mosaico político que funde o pacifismo militante anti-guerra, o anticapitalismo feroz e um libertarianismo cético que desafia o monopólio da verdade detido pelas elites globais.

RIP Geordie Walker (December 18, 1958 – November 26, 2023), aged 64
You will be remembered as a legend

sexta-feira, 9 de junho de 2006

A paz sem vencedor e sem vencidos


Forum Mundial para a Paz- Vancouver,Canadá-23 a 28 de Junho



A paz sem vencedor e sem vencidos

Dai-nos Senhor a paz que vos pedimos
A paz sem vencedor e sem vencidos
Que o tempo que nos deste seja um novo
Recomeço de esperança e de justiça.
Dai-nos Senhor a paz que vos pedimos

A paz sem vencedor e sem vencidos

Erguei o nosso ser à transparência
Para podermos ler melhor a vida
Para entendermos vosso mandamento
Para que venha a nós o vosso reino
Dai-nos Senhor a paz que vos pedimos

A paz sem vencedor e sem vencidos

Fazei Senhor que a paz seja de todos
Dai-nos a paz que nasce da verdade
Dai-nos a paz que nasce da justiça
Dai-nos a paz chamada liberdade
Dai-nos Senhor a paz que vos pedimos

A paz sem vencedor e sem vencidos

Sophia Mello Breyner, in Dual,1972


Vários documentos - para reflectir e divulgar

The True Cost of War IraK

U.S. & Coalition/Casualties

CNN.com Specials - Forces: Weapons

Mapa das bases nucleares no Mundo / Easy-to-find nuclear weapons map (Greenpeace)


Paz e fim aos populismos