{"id":7661,"date":"2011-10-29T09:23:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T09:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=7661"},"modified":"2011-10-30T21:48:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T21:48:25","slug":"joseph-arthur-a-protest-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-10\/joseph-arthur-a-protest-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Arthur–A Protest Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joseph Arthur<\/strong><\/a> has been one of our favorites for a decade or more.\u00a0 Comes now, he’s morphed into a protest singer (hey, someone had to try and write a Mission Statement<\/strong> for this committed and soon-to-be-committed commixture<\/strong> that calls itself Occupy Wall Street)<\/strong> .\u00a0 Check out his new video for his song, We Stand As One (#occupywallstreet),<\/strong><\/em> below.\u00a0 In good ole protest song tradition, it rambles on for a good 8:47.<\/p>\n

Joseph has this to say about the song, et. al<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“Protest songs should be open and somewhat naive
\nThey can’t help but reference Bob Dylan referencing Woody Guthrie
\nThey usually speak in somewhat general terms
\nAnd to be effective at all, they say things that even those coming from a similar space, may not fully agree with.
\nThey are easy targets for the venom of music critics (because of all the reasons above)
\nAnd yet still sometimes
\nThey are necessary
\nSo with that I am happy to present you<\/p>\n

We Stand As One.<\/p>\n

I hope you love it
\nOr hate it
\nOr love to hate it
\nOr let yourself
\nHate to love it
\nbut either way,
\nIn some small way,
\nI hope that it helps.<\/p>\n

– Joseph Arthur<\/p>\n

Donate here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.nycga.net\/how-to-help\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For more on Joseph Arthur visit: http:\/\/www.josepharthur.com”<\/a><\/p>\n