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Readers might recall how the shifting of the tectonic geopolitical plates in 2022 produced an outburst of creativity within the Bare Capitalism feedback part, within the type of topical, pointed, and usually very humorous new lyrics to well-liked songs. I knew the members of our commentariat had many expertise, however I had no thought what number of might give Tom Lehrer a run for his cash. We might typically have three a day. And it wound up being so many who as you’ll be able to see under, we have now a 3 quantity songbook staring with Quantity Zero.1
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We additionally hope you’ll flow into the songbooks broadly. It’s a method nice to introduce the location to new audiences. Some samples, with credit to Bare Capitalism lyricists:
Antifa, to the tune of “Folsom Jail Blues” by Johnny Money:
When Clarence was a younger boy, his Granny instructed him, “Son
Solely work for wealthy males in the event you intention to get alongside.
Doncha be a discipline hand—you be an Uncle Tom.
Should you serve wealth and energy—wealthy of us will grease your palm”Brunches with Cats, to the tune of “As Time Goes By” by Dooley Wilson:
You could keep in mind this
A script is only a script
A lie is only a lie
The identical previous politics apply
As time goes bySardonia, to the tune of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”:
Vladimir Putin
Picks up the shreds of agreements that no one meant
Misrepresented
Sits within the Kremlin
Questioning if…there may be anybody that he can belief
Phrases have been bustedAll of the torn-up treaties
Why will we even attempt?
The songwriters are Antifa, Brunches with Cats, caucus99percenter, ChrisFromGA, G Rogersen Hart, GT, Hank Linderman, LawnDart, LifelongLib, Martin Oline, Sardonia, ThirtyOne, and Wukchumni.
Reader John Zelnicker began accumulating them with the thought of manufacturing a songbook. He helped clear up the textual content and typically added the title of the unique track (some lyricists offered a hyperlink to a efficiency of the unique however not its title). One other member of the neighborhood did extra evaluate and formatting.
So because of all!
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1 The primary e-book is Quantity Zero as a result of John began accumulating the songs in September 2022, and known as that Quantity I. Antifa then volunteered to gather all songs from January 2022 to September 2022. John didn’t need to name that Quantity II for the reason that songs had been posted at Bare Capitalism earlier than Quantity I so he known as it Quantity 0, now Zero. Lambert authorised of zero as a result of it’s as a previous pc joke, in that pc individuals begin lists with “0”. I’m instructed this concern is a supply of decades-long battle and agita.
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