Every Day Feels Like A Week :: A Playlist For Everyday Revolutionaries

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A 7-volume playlist of mostly protest music based loosely on the idea of a day feeling like a week.

There is a lot to be angry about. But life continues and we must strive to make the most of it.

This playlist is based on the the idea that each day feels like a week. There is a constant barrage of insanity that has become our “news cycle.” Just as we get angry about the latest scandal, there’s three more. It’s the world’s worst game of whack-a-mole and we’re not meant to live this way. We’re not meant to be inundated by a 24-hour information cycle and our country certainly has not proven to be capable of realizing that the phone call is coming from inside the (white) house. Every day feels like an eternity and a flash at the same time.

The playlists, especially at the beginning and the end, aren’t all protest music. That’s because, despite the avalanche of turmoil, we still have to try and go about our daily lives. We still have to wake up and greet the day; we still have our routines, our obligations, our ups, our downs, and our loved ones. We still have to try and build meaningful and purposeful lives, even while the country burns. It’s not good to be angry all the time, even when it’s justified. Also, in the morning section, I thought I’d have some fun with the idea of waking up in the morning being equated with becoming woke.

We have plenty to be angry about. But I refuse to be like them. This is also why all the “protest music” is not angry. We need to remember the power of love and walk that path.

I hope you enjoy. Or get angry. Or both.

Volume 01 :: 

  1. Dawn by Work Money Death

  2. Love Is Everywhere by Pharaoh Sanders

  3. Peace and Happiness by African Head Charge

  4. Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens

  5. Prelude to 110 0r 120 / Women of the World by Jim O’Rourke

  6. Mornin’ by Al Jarred

  7. Daybreak by Michael Haggins

  8. Eyes of the World by Grateful Dead

  9. Wake Up Everybody by Harold Melvin and the the Blue Notes

  10. What the World Needs Now Is Love by Jackie DeShannon

  11. Love Thy Neighbor by Roaring Lion 

Volume 02 :: 

  1. Lovely Day by Bill Withers

  2. Breakfast with the Sirens of Infinity by Naan Violence

  3. Fight With Love by Money Mark

  4. Hope by Dirty Three

  5. I’m Not Trying To Wake Up by 75 Dollar Bill

  6. Live and Love by Sir Coxsone Sound

  7. One World Family (Live) by Kahlil El’Zabar & David Murray

  8. Love and Harmony by Fred Locks

  9. Move On (Bloom Like the Sunlight In My Song) (Live) by Mike Doughty

  10. Love Dub by Roots Radics

  11. What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye

  12. We the People by A Tribe Called Quest

Volume 03 :: 

  1. Rise by Public Image Ltd

  2. War/Trouble No More (Live) by Bob Marley & the Wailers

  3. Zombie by Fela Kuti

  4. Fight the Power by Public Enemy

  5. Killing In The Name by Rage Against the Machine

  6. With God On Our Side by Bob Dylan

  7. Thoughts and Prayers (Live) by Drive-By Truckers

  8. Get Up Off Our Knees by the Housemartins

  9. Nazi Punks Fuck Off by Dead Kennedys

  10. Ju$t by Run the Jewels

  11. Prayer for Amerikkka pt. 1&2

  12. More and More by Dub Syndicate

  13. War Pigs by Black Sabbath

Volume 04 :: 

  1. Cold Hard Times by Lee Hazlewood

  2. ‘Merican by Descendants

  3. For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield

  4. American Jesus by Bad Religion

  5. Another Mother’s Son by Phil Cook

  6. Sometimes It’s Hard (Live) by Rainer

  7. Changes by 2Pac

  8. Freedom by the Toasters

  9. I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag (Live) by Country Joe and the Fish

  10. Impeach the President by the Honeydrippers

  11. Give Peace A Chance by Plastic Ono Band

  12. Love Knows (No Borders) by Howe Gelb

  13. Equal Rights/Downpressor Man (Live) by Peter Tosh

  14. Kill For Peace by the Fugs

  15. Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation by Tom Paxton

  16. Racists by Anti-Flag

  17. The Freedom Rider by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

  18. Know Your Rights by the Clash

  19. Sound of da Police by KRS-One

  20. Talkin’ Bout A Revolution by Tracy Chapman 

  21. A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke 

Volume 05 :: 

  1. Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore by John Prine

  2. Youth Against Fascism by Sonic Youth

  3. Beat Down Babylon by Junior Myles

  4. I Can’t Breathe by H.E.R.

  5. Shakey Jake by Joe McPhee

  6. Question Authority by Circle Jerks

  7. Fight Back by Big Boys

  8. Throw Down Your Arms by Sinéad O’Connor

  9. Gratitude by Beastie Boys

  10. Fire For The People by Blue Scholars

  11. Rise Above by Black Flag

  12. Politicians In My Eyes by Death 

  13. Police State by Dead Prez

  14. Police On My Back by the Equals

  15. This is America by Childish Gambino

  16. No Blood For Oil by Cocoa Tea

  17. Throughout the Madness, Stay Strong by Sons of Kemet

Volume 06 :: 

  1. When the President Talks to God by Bright Eyes

  2. Ride the Fence by the Coup

  3. Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2) by Isley Brothers

  4. 41 Shots (American Skin) by Bruce Springsteen

  5. I Don’t Want to Be a General by Dennis Brown

  6. I Ain’t Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs

  7. Ship Ahoy by the O’Jays

  8. Like A King by Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals

  9. Self-Destruction by the Stop the Violence Movement

  10. Rasta P’on Top by Twinkle Brothers

  11. Road to Peace by Tom Waits

  12. Love Is All Around by Eric Burdon & War

  13. Rockin’ In the Free World by Neil Young

  14. You Haven’t Done Nothin by Stevie Wonder

  15. I Walk Alone by Mecca Normal

  16. Kermit Horra (My Word is Free) (Live) by Emil Mathlouthi

Volume 07 :: 

  1. Crepuscule With Nellie by Thelonious Monk

  2. Last Pale Light In the West by Ben Nichols

  3. Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire

  4. Everybody’s Going To Die by Church of the Cosmic Skull

  5. Love is the Message by Yussef Dales x Alfa Mist

  6. Police & Thieves by Junior Murvin

  7. Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday

  8. Nuclear War by Sun Ra

  9. “Instant Night” by Beauty Pill

  10. Peace Time Now by Fatman Riddim Section

  11. Indefinite Leave to Remain (Live) by Sarathy Korwar

  12. Night Cruising by Fishmans

  13. Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop that Atomic Bomb on Me by Charles Mingues

  14. We Shall Overcome (Live) by Pete Seeger

  15. Good Good End by Waterdeep

  16. Love, Love, Love (Everyone) by Akron/Family