Let Freedom Sing!

In honor of the long 4-day holiday weekend here in the States, I have created a special holiday theme poll for your listening pleasure (or maybe just my listening pleasure).  25 songs to celebrate our 1776 Brexit.  At any rate, give these songs a listen, choose your three favorites, and discuss what you like and what you don't.  Hopefully, you will set off some internal fireworks while listening to some of these songs.  

Edited by rushfan4 - July 01 2021 at 20:32

Here's one good song, the chorus is excellent. Not in the archives, but prog anyway.

My vote goes to Atomic Rooster.

Sadly, I only know the Darryl Way song. Would like to mention The Sweet's 4th of July (glam rock).

It is time-consuming listening through so many choices, and your series is competing with the Interactive Polls in a way, and for myself I rarely have any comments to make which I think would add value to discussion. I have discovered some good-for-me music due to your polls, but only fully participated in maybe one or two of them (listened to all, voted for three, and commented on those as I recall, but I still didn't feel it added to any conversation). I know it's a lot of work making such polls and the time that goes into responding to people's posts.

Maybe do some shorter ones that just focus on your particular faves on a theme? At least that way it's not a lot of effort, and it's easier for others to listen through, and so it might not matter if there isn't much response, and that can make it easier to focus your conversations with the people who respond more easily. Your series of course, and follow your bliss.

For me too, this coming out on Canada Day made me feel a little more negative. I'm not one for nationalism or flag waving, but like a great many Canadians, this year I decided not to observe Canada Day (certainly not celebrations or be happy about it) due to the graves found at the residential schools for aboriginal peoples (expect that would have made your news). Like Remembrance Day, it felt more like a day of mourning than any kind of celebration. You don't see nearly as many flags here as you would in much of the US, but what Canadian flags I did notice were at half-mast. Both of our counties have had troubled histories with how natives have been treated, with racial issues/ discrimination etc. 1776 wasn't the year of freedom for all the slaves.

That said, I will vote for three:

Elephant9 - Freedom's Children
Anekdoten - In Freedom
Krobak - Marching for the Freedom We Lost

And to mention another in my collection with a different sort of take (first that came to my mind): Art Bears - Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHoOIbVROig

Edited by Logan - July 06 2021 at 00:08

Anekdoten - In Freedom

Uriah Heep