10. Frederic Rzewski’s “36 Variations on The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” performed by Ursula Oppens (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k40HVQJZYLM). Piece based on the Unidad Popular coalition song ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! by Sergio Ortega and Quilapayún (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hm62K9tL7M) written in Chile between 1969 and 1973, prior to the overthrow of Salvador Allende.
9. The Special AKA — “Free Nelson Mandela” (first run-through of song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmkTAvtneYw). Band released track as a single “Nelson Mandela” / “Break Down The Door” in 1984 as a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela by the apartheid South African government. Elvis Costello produced session. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU).
8. Billie Holiday — “Strange Fruit” (youtube.com/watch?v=YbcZstt8ACY). Holiday sings iconic song on BBC TV show Chelsea at 9 in Feb. 1959. She first introduced the song into her live act in 1939 at New York City’s Café Society (pophistorydig.com/topics/%E2%80%9Cstrange-fruit%E2%80%9D1939/).
7. Bob Marley and The Wailers out in East Kingston, up in Oxford Street, down on Spanish Town Road and then over to Trench Town and the rest of the world. BBC Caribbean Nights documentary goes deep into Marley’s story and ends with him performing “Redemption Song” (youtube.com/watch?v=EBEWS0OyaK4).
6. Fela Kuti. Rare early footage (shot by Ginger Baker) featuring Fela & Afrika 70 performing on a rainy night in Calabar, southeastern Nigeria shortly after the end of the civil war (youtube.com/watch?v=p-SQH94Pifc). Fela Kuti live at the African Shrine, Lagos: “Teacher Do Not Teach Me No Nonsense” (youtube.com/watch?v=e8_EHfGqg-k). Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 live on Catalonian Arsenal TV3 in 1987 (youtube.com/watch?v=gFY-6x1qTzU).
5. Charlie Haden and The Liberation Music Orchestra performing “Sandino” live on Night Music TV program in 1990 (youtube.com/watch?v=kCw8RP9k7Ko).
4. Robert Wyatt sings Elvis Costello’s “Shipbuilding” on UK TV in 1983. Written about the Falklands War (youtube.com/watch?v=MZ2DdrTPY58).
3. Bob Dylan performs “Maggie’s Farm” and “Like A Rolling Stone.” The opening songs from his historic electric set at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965 (eyeneer.com/video/rock/bob-dylan/maggies-farmlike-a-rolling-stone; http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dylan-goes-electric-at-the-newport-folk-festival). Dylan’s idol Arlo Guthrie — “This Land is Your Land” (youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s).
2. Public Enemy — “Fight the Power” (youtube.com/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk) written for Spike Lee’s 1989 film Do the Right Thing. Flavor Flav as Guede vodou trickster.
1. Gil Scott Heron — “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSRqaZGsPw). All you need to know at 125th & Lenox.
