30. november 2017 arkiv

Julen står for døren

30. november 2017

I morgen skriver vi den 1. december, og vi er i julemåneden. Jeg har forsøgt at holde julen og juleriet stangen indtil indgangen til december, sådan som jeg altid forsøger (selv om det indrømmet kan være svært med alle de kommercielle tiltag, der er…).
Men nu er det så legitimt, selv om jeg ikke har planer om at gå bersærk i juleri.
Men altså, lad os begynde… For 40 år siden, nærmere bestemt den 25 november 1977, udsendte The Kinks en julesingle, “Father Christmas”, der -helt i Ray Davies ånd – tog et kritisk tag på emnet. Den handler mere om klassesamfundet i England end om plum pudding og legetøj til børnene. Dyk selv ned i teksten og kom i julehumør…

When I was small I believed in Santa Claus
Though I knew it was my dad
And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas
Open my presents and I’d be glad
But the last time I played Father Christmas
I stood outside a department store
A gang of kids came over and mugged me
And knocked my reindeer to the floor
They said
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don’t mess around with those silly toys
We’ll beat you up if you don’t hand it over
We want your bread so don’t make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
Don’t give my brother a Steve Austin outfit
Don’t give my sister a cuddly toy
We don’t want a jigsaw or monopoly money
We only want the real mccoy
Father Christmas, give us some money
We’ll beat you up if you make us annoyed
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don’t mess around with those silly toys
But give my daddy a job ’cause he needs one
He’s got lots of mouths to feed
But if you’ve got one I’ll have a machine gun
So I can scare all the kids on the street
Father Christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
We’ll beat you up if you don’t hand it over
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
Have yourself a merry merry Christmas
Have yourself a good time
But remember the kids who got nothin’
While you’re drinkin’ down your wine
Father Christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
Father Christmas, please hand it over
We’ll beat you up so don’t make us annoyed
Father Christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
We’ll beat you up if you don’t hand it over
We want your bread so don’t make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys

Protestsange anno 2017!?

30. november 2017

Pitchfork opregner omkrint tyve eksempler på moderne protestsange. For protestsangene forsvandt ikke med tressernes “We shall overcome”, Dylans tidlige sange eller anti-Vietnam-sange. De findes stadigvæk, selv om det politiske perspektiv på flere måder har ændret sig. Det er således slående, at den amerikanske præsidents dokumenterede sexisme ikke alene har givet næring til #mee-tto-memet og -bevægelsen, men også har genereret indtil flere sange. Her eksemplificeret af Fiona Apple og Joan Baez, som jo altid har været protestsanger.