the most beautiful song for the new revolution: The Walls Came Down

[selinker]

What: "The Walls Came Down," The Call's declaration of war against the military-industrial complex off its 1983 album Modern Romans.

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Why: In 1983, just as now, the world looked like it was coming apart. As the Soviet Union and United States staked out their respective positions as evil empires in each other's eyes, the center could not hold.

Comments

[ezekiel_stryker]

Where I don't disagree, my personal preference is for the following:

Minus the whole crowing bit- which is part of the whole C&C story. But I think it's a kick ass revolution song.

[selinker]

The only C&C I really know is the Music Factory. But I can see why you might like this.

[tahnan]

Wow, I'd utterly forgotten this song. (Though I've never forgotten "I Still Believe". What a fantastic song.)

[tahnan]

...oh, also, I meant to mention that I hadn't known that OWS was getting a soundtrack, though I would have personally been fine had the article you linked to not ended by saying,Ironically, while Nash is correct in that the movement has been relatively peaceful, some of the sites have turned violent in the past month -- namely in Oakland -- and the cost of policing the movement has resulted in a $13 million of spending in cities to maintain the movement
Because, really? We measure First Amendment rights in their cost to cities? And it was the movement that turned violent in Oakland, as opposed to, say, that $13 million worth of police presence?

Sorry.

[selinker]

The cost to cities of Occupy Wall Street is nothing compared to the cost of continuing on the path we're on.

Two things come to mind...

[davechristian]

But they have no bearing on anything other than this song (The Walls Came Down) and other music around that time.

Mike - I've always liked your taste in music and believe it must have been, like mine, influenced by college radio of the early/mid 80s.

With that being said, let me offer up 2 songs that "The Walls Came Down" bring to mind.

Cruiser's Creek - The Fall
Ink and Paper - Modern English

Both "B" grade songs by otherwise semi-popular artists.

Re: Two things come to mind...

[selinker]

I like both those bands a lot. "Ink and Paper" is a particular favorite.

[debrawillis]

Yes! I agree. I liked the song in 1983 (I didn't know it came out over twenty years ago) and I like it now. Blow that horn Occupiers.

[selinker]

It feels a lot more recent. I can't quite say why.