Which Side Are You On? -- Ani Difranco on Mountain Stage

[BlastFromYesterday]

How's that guitar strung?

[georgieonmymind]

yay radio 4 :))

[dvenezia081]

You all better watch what you ask for. Socialism is for people who can't do things on their own leaving the hard working ambitious members of society to pick up the slack and hand over their hard earned dollars to lazy leeches.

[1timeuser0904]

@dvenezia081 So you are saying that if the U.S. was to pump more money in to the SOCIALIST educational system we already have its going to help create stupid lazy children. you are sayin that if we have a socialist medical program and start sending FAT kids to FAT camp (germans do that with there socialist med program). It will create fat lazy leeches. Ok

[1timeuser0904]

@1timeuser0904 So my question for you dvenzia081 why does money and a capitalist country have to be the only ambitions goal. I believe that Knowledge is a amazing thing to know over money. With a capitalist country we create people like Charles Ponzi, Lou Pearlman, Michael Eugene Kelly, and other people who ripped off millions from hard working people because of the capitalist greed that was implanted in there hearts the moment they realized what capitalism is.

[1timeuser0904]

@dvenezia081 so educational systems should no longer exist ONLY rich neighborhoods should have a police force, fire stations and EMT's. Retired people if they don't have a pension or retirement money should just go kill themselves because Social Security no longer exist.. Sounds like a great society you want to live in.

[CuriousVirga]

@dvenezia081 ... hee that's adorable.

[libcrystal]

Love it. Love it. Thanks for posting!

[AdamFinkler]

I had the privilege of seeing the beautiful Ani perform this year in Anaheim, CA (behind the proverbial Orange Curtain), and she did her great interpretation of the song.

[emmabugsmama]

Ani likes back-up since when?!?! Last time I saw her in concert she stopped her show to tell her fans to stop singing because no one paid to come hear THEM sing.

[1timeuser0904]

@emmabugsmama for this song she wants back up... If I see her in concert I actually don't want to sing but I may get out of my chair and dance. When I listen to her at home my body can't help but want to move.

[ejmilchak]

Will you be a Union man or a THUG for J.H. Blair?

[vhranch]

Socialism SHOULD scare the shit out of you.

[Geemonster69]

@vhranch WHY? Capitalism's an EPIC fuck up.

[yusufolokun]

@vhranch i like public education, POLICE FORCES, FIREFIGHTING forces, social security, medicare, medicaid, Unemployment Benefits, food stamps & welfare for those who need them (mostly poor white people)--WHATS THERE TO BE AFRAID OF in socialism? Now all we need is free education, free healthcare and free energy for ALL

[nadine2justice]

Great version!!! Thanks Ani !!!!

[gb39322]

Love her decisive playing! No question which side she's on! Does anyone know if that's a 4-string guitar? I only count four tuning pegs.

[maisfeliz]

@gb39322 it's a tenor guitar! she usually tunes it ADAD or thereabouts... at least she used to? sounds like it anyway

[mookins58]

Thank you for posting this, mcgervey.

"We're not going to stop until the job is done", exactly.

[lindaseaborn]

Florence Reece (1900-86) wrote the song 'Which Side Are You On?' – later recorded by Pete Seeger and many others – in 1931 during a strike by the United Mine Workers of America, in which her husband, Sam Reece, was an organiser. Reece appeared in the Academy Award-winning documentary film, Harlan County, USA, singing her anthem to rally the striking miners

Don't scab for the bosses

Don't listen to their lies

Poor folks ain't got a chance

Unless they organise.

– Florence Reece

[mcgervey]

Linda, the credit to Ms. Reece is already in the song info, but you have to click the down arrow to show it all. Thanks for adding.

[gordsd]

First time I heard this was last night in Reno. She opened with this. I was sooo moved. She does/did it soooo powerfully! Few I've seen can perform soooo powerfully solo.

[shellouise]

Love this and wish it were so. I no longer believe that the man in the Whitehouse gives a **** about workers.

[neverindoubt]

@shellouise Not even Jesus could make much headway clearing out the scum sucking our blood now...Obama's doing the best he can, but so much resistance from the other side

[smartalek1]

@neverindoubt "so much resistance from the other side"

Yes, & it doesn't help that 90% of the news-media r controlled by just 6 multinational corp's.

The biggest / most important of the right's manifold lies is the "liberal media" BS -- which far too many ppl, even on "our" side -- fall for. That 1 underLIES & supports all their other lies.

"Obama's doing the best he can"

I wish I could believe that.

Someone who threatens to abolish SS & Medicare is NOT on "our side" either.

[OGPuffDaddy]

@neverindoubt You got that right!

[frst2marz]

I'm on Ani's side!

[Isismusicnow]

OK. Pete Seeger. She is very smart, very good and... very cute

[Isismusicnow]

That was really great. Woody guthrie song right?

[Davidson1227]

LOOOVE Ani's version of this song!

[etanbenami]

She's playing a tenor guitar.  I wonder which tuning she's using (tenor banjo or guitar) and what the chords are.