![]() Spirit – Nature’s Way (1970)Īpparently inspired by Cleveland’s polluted Cuyahoga River bursting into flames in June 1969, Nature’s Way is haunting: harmony-laden west coast acoustic rock turned deeply uneasy and foreboding (“something’s wrong”). Either way, it’s really potent: battering rhythms, ominous electronics, triumphant strings. On the face of it, 4 Degrees appears to be straightforward condemnation, written from the perspective of a climate crisis denier: in fact, its author said, it was about her, “not my aspirations but my behaviours, revealing my insidious complicity”. The Weather Station – Atlantic (2021)Īnohni in 2016. But it never yielded more peculiar fruit than this, an impossibly sombre song memorably described by the late Ian McDonald as “so radically at odds with pop’s now ubiquitous irony that you either laugh or become humbled by its pained candour”. The Beach Boys – A Day in the Life of a Tree (1971)Īn environmentalist strain runs through the Beach Boys’ 70s oeuvre, from Don’t Go Near the Water to Dennis Wilson’s River Song. ![]() Musically influenced by the Sex Pistols, but venturing into lyrical areas where the initial wave of British punk seldom stepped – Crass’s anti-nuclear Contaminational Power notwithstanding – Moon Over Marin imagines a nocturnal swim on a polluted California beach, frontman Jello Biafra sounding bug-eyed with horror at the unpleasantness of it all. Hip-hop isn’t big on environmental protest (see Pitbull’s album Global Warming, the title track of which is literally about how great Pitbull’s private jet is) but Common’s collaboration with, among others, Kanye West’s producer Malik Yusef is terrific: military beats smart, witty lyrics harsh electronics a chorus that’s forbidding and catchy. Common, Malik Yusef, Kumasi feat Aaron Fresh, Choklate, Laci Kay – Trouble in the Water (2014) Opener The Warnings Part 1 is simultaneously luscious, chilled and disturbing, propelled by a funk undertow and like nothing else. The 1970 album Earth Rot wins the award for the most idiosyncratic environmental protest record ever made: a 22-minute orchestrated jazz-rock song suite with a choir singing lyrics from the Bible and Najavo legends. David Axelrod – The Warnings Part 1 (1970) He intrusted Himself to the One that judges justly.Natalie Mering, AKA Weyes Blood. When they used to hurl insults at Jesus He didn't retaliate. It's Jesus nailed upon that cross yeah the murderer was me Unforgiveness is my pedigree you say you sorry better beīetter bein' mad at you than tryin' to be a better meĪin't nothin' in my workin' tryna' demonstrate His worthĪnd though He show me plenty grace I don't extend the other versesĪnd that anger led to murder when you pull up on the murder scene I been freed from the law but I'm servin' these court orders Not to mention torture Jesus took for my misfortune The Father coulda come serve me that beef up A La Carte Would die for my respect but I got no humilityĪnd Jesus paid my debt while I reject Him willinglyĪnd man I got some nerve holdin' anger in my heart So I hit my knees and pray "God take this thing away" I don't know what else to do I don't know what else to say 'Cause I read Galatians 5 and I did see the fruit I say I'm saved but I'm scared of the truth Uncle ain't my uncle 'cause I'm livin' in a foster home Really hate to say it 'cause it's killin' me insideĪll I wanna be is loved and it's eatin' me aliveĭon't nobody love me man my momma and my daddy gone Now I'm mad at the world and I hate that I'm alive I hit the door brush my fitted to the sideīeen this way since the day I seen my homie die Uncle keep on trippin' if he want to he can get it too This dog keep on barkin' I'ma bust him in the head I'm angry every mornin' befo' I get up out the bed This is anger management? Give me another agent The faith I claim to have I probably never ownedĮmpty waiting room running out of patience If people pop off at the mouth I try to keep cool I don't know how to control them when they get to rollin' My temper red-hot I will give these boys bluesĬrab in a bucket tryin' to crush these other shellfishįorget a chip up off my shoulder man I carry boulders I guess I'm still in school these people testin' meīut disrespectin' me I will respond agressively Yeah been up all night got me feelin' weak Somebody better get me 'cause I'm 'bout to do somethin' I'm caught up in a rage man somebody better stop me I'm angry and I don't really care what they say Treat this song like a.an anger management class Ay what if.What if we all need anger management?
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