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"Democracy" was released as the sixth song on Leonard Cohen's 1992 album The Future. [4] It features American musician Jeff Fisher, [5] who received multiple credits on the album. [4] The song begins with drums played at a high tempo in the rhythm of a march, which persist through the song. [6] It uses musical elements of heartland rock. [3]
Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up ...
“Why don’t we liberate these United States/ We’re the ones need it the worst/ Let the rest of the world help us for a change/ And let’s rebuild America first,” goes one part of the song.
In the 19th century, American protest songs focused heavily on topics including slavery, poverty, and the Civil War while the 20th century saw an increased popularity in songs pertaining to women's rights, economic injustice, and politics/ war. [2] In the 21st century, popular protest songs address police brutality, racism, and more. [3]
Originally sung by farm workers to protest harsh working conditions, it was adapted by Italian partisans as an anti-fascist song, and is widely used by anti-fascists today. Bandiera Rossa: Carlo Tuzzi 1908 Italy: Uses a traditional folk melody. Primarily known as a song of the Italian labor movement. Fischia il vento: Matvei Blanter and Felice ...
Twenty-five years after they disbanded with only one album to their name, New Radicals have released their first new songs in support of democracy. The group, which includes Gregg Alexander and ...
So it was these world events that occasioned the song. And also the love of America. Because I think the irony of America is transcendent in the song. It's not an ironic song. It's a song of deep intimacy and affirmation of the experiment of democracy in this country. That this is really where the experiment is unfolding.
The song was a reaction to the varying difficult issues facing America in the late 1970s – the fallout from the Watergate scandal, the simultaneous double-digit inflation, unemployment, and prime interest rates (leading to the misery index), and the 1979–1981 Iran Hostage Crisis.