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Ani DiFranco - Which Side Are You On? w/ Melissa Ferrick (Live in New York) | Moshcam
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- čas přidán 24. 02. 2013
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Ani DiFranco performing Which Side Are You On? w/ Melissa Ferrick live at Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York on 18 November 2011
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Ani DiFranco was born in Buffalo, New York, to Elizabeth and Dante DiFranco, who had met while attending MIT. She started playing Beatles covers at local bars and busking with her guitar teacher, Michael Meldrum, at the age of nine.
DiFranco's guitar playing is often characterized by a signature staccato style, rapid fingerpicking and many alternate tunings. She delivers many of her lines in a speaking style notable for its rhythmic variation. Her lyrics, which often include alliteration, metaphor, word play and a more or less gentle irony, have also received praise for their sophistication.
She has continued touring through 2011. As of 2008 her backing band consists of Todd Sickafoose on upright bass, Allison Miller on drums, and Mike Dillon on percussion and vibes.
Ani DiFranco is amazing.
Like Ani, I first learned this from that old treasure of unions and fights for rights, Pete Seeger. She takes this and owns it; the lyrics she adds are pretty great too.
This should be played live at the Bernie rally in October in DC. I'll be there in my teamsters shirt!
This comment just made my heart hurt for what could have been. :'(
Forget about Bernie, he sold out and backed down. He's not a true socialist, he's a sheepdog trying to herd you back to the corrupted unDemocratic party. You need a revolution and overthrow the system of capitalism, Bernie wont help you with that. No more imperialist wars, and no more support for the far right zionist government of Israel. Workers unite.
Got another shot in 2020 here, we'll see how it goes
@@outboardgull5285 Yeah, how did that play out you think? "Joe Biden is a good friend of mine"- Bernie Sanders.
Ani is so fucking purrrfect!!
More relevant that ever! Thank you Ani DiFranco & Melissa Ferrick, BIG FAN here!!!
Relevant but naive. It turns out that the people who she thought were on the side of the people were not.
this is fantastic! I was right in the front row........ THANKS FOR THIS MAGNIFICENT FLASHBACK!!!
Workers of the world unite!
PREACH!
We learn from struggle. Solidarity!
Ironic how relevant this is again 💛💙💜💚❤
Damn straight!
Thank you for posting this!
Wow!!
Great lyrics!
its about a shifting consciousness that will bring an end to war
which side are you on?
Well it was originally a organizing song written to support mineworkers organizing unions and strikes that elevated conditions for workers all across our country. The fight continues.
My favorite line of this song!
Muito legal!
Does she have a version of this post-Trump election?
One big union
1canyonguy The Biggest
I'm on your side.
Wooow this was coool!!! Is there anyway I can double up-thumb this vid?
an entire political manifesto in a song - LOVE IT
Ca se broute le minou par là !
Yes to labor solidarity and the fight for socialism, no to the big money corporate political parties, the democrats and republicans!
made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. SHout it from the rooftops!
I would just love hearing some Soulful Version of this with Drums!
I was so incredibly impressed by the #YoungWomen Singing this Out on :
Superbowl Sunday, Sunday, 3 February: 2019🌹
NYCity’s Bureau of Prisons called a #Lockdown on a Prison that had : Zero Heat, Zero Electricity,
during the Freezing ‘Polar Vortex’💔 Wtf? They kept it a Secret! This is a City with a #Democrat Mayor...
Bill de Blasio ( He flew to LA, to chat with Bill Maher, and Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat Governor!
Leadership? Non-Existent...As if you couldn’t buy 1600 -20°F Sleeping Bags, Arctic Socks ( I prefer them
to Slippers!) Hats, and Mittens that offer freedom of fingers! Time to Stand Up and Join the #DSA🌹
DemocracyNow went out and Covered the Protest-->>>Which WORKED!! See their 4 Feb 2019 Coverage,
if you Care🌹
Pete Seeger wrote this as a workers union song. Pretty shitty to speak his name then completely change his message.
Pete Seeger didn't write this song. Florence Reece did and it's the tradition of the song to change the lyrics.
Jess makes a very good point, take the L kyle.
Ani, I wonder what you're thinking now.
Show up at one of Ani's concerts; you'll hear.
July 2: Impeach Trump Demonstrations in 30+ cities and DC.
We'll see who wants to take a side.
Peace.
Impeach Drumpf, so the crazy Christian fundamentalist Pence can take over? Don't think so.... Americans need a revolution, cause the system is rigged and the "Democrats" are just as awefull. And btw Clinton is worse than Drumpf, just saying... The system of capitalism needs to go.
@@AgentRafa I couldn't agree more comrade. 🏴
@@AgentRafa agreed comrade.
Regan’s trickle down down down workers…hope the people wise up.
I'm on the side of freedom- all actions should be voluntary.
*first emoji*
This version is kinda liberal
No kidding comrades
Ummmm the original is liberal. Unions. Go read a history book. Christ!
you noticed that, did you?
fuckin libs
You don't say....
I don't really care for how this song channels the revolutionary energy of workers seizing power out of self-determination into enthusiasm for voting for democrats and participating in the basic farce of American party politics, but it's a fun and an energetic tune, I must admit.
There's the door >>>>>
How I wish these words were true. Sadly, they are proven not to be.
I guess that's a bit unfair, she is telling the truth just disappointed that our society doesn't agree.
The working class needs to destroy more for justice. History proves this to be true.
rich gurl with the collings geetar
Sad to read the comments on here. So divisive, and limited to the two-party system of the US that isn't really the norm globally... I'm from an Indian city with a long history of socialism, and currently witnessing happy capitalism, partly thanks to effective opposition whose role CANNOT be undermined. Beautiful sentiments in this song, expressed timelessly.
Capitalism creates wealth for a few. It needs a counterbalance to distribute it
"Now there's folks in Washington that care what's on our minds"
Well. That aged poorly. Honestly, it had already aged poorly by the time it was sung.
Biden to railroad unions: “guess which side I’m on.”
No one to vote for anymore
For many years I bracketed out Ani's politics because I found her to be such an extraordinary musician and presence. She still is those things, but I finally had to face the explicit implications of a song like this one. At the end of the day, I am not on her side of the ever-widening chasm that divides us. I look back in sorrow to a time when it was still just possible to overlook the polarization. But fomenting that polarization is a classic technique of the left, and it is overtly on display in this lefty anthem. Since she herself obviously does not wish to unite America, and would prefer to see the divisions deepened, I would be a fool to continue supporting her work and going to her shows. I guess I have to see her as the enemy, as she would see me.
can you acually believe that the right is not fomenting polarization? Where have you been the last couple of years. I don't think Ani would label you as the enemy, either.
She litteraly re-wrote the lyrics of this song to be less radical and your accusing her of leftist polarization
What she's saying is you have a choice to move towards the collective benefit or that of the few. You choose.
Ruined a good working man’s song. Sounds great but these lyrics are almost as unpatriotic as it gets.
Or working woman’s for those who throw a fit about that. Mankind includes male and female for those that don’t know.
I thought they fudged it upp, why would you remove ’boys’ from the chorus, and its way too fast, lost all the emotion.
RagdollRalph - I can go either way with it personally. 'boy' at least in modern speak where I live is seen a little more condescending or talking down to someone than it used to. I've heard both versions, it really doesn't change the context.
Yeah im being a little unfair, was comparing it to a live show by Pete Seeger and i even think he did away with it on one of the albums.
Still a bit too upbeat for my taste but they clearly have talent :)
Is nothing sacred when even this song can be used and butchered by the Democrats?
Sami El-Sayed this had always been a LIBERAL song so no it is not being used by democrats
Zephyr Nace-Beach actually, this is a socialist / union song. It has little to do with liberals.
You do realize this is a song used by those of the left, and while most democrats today are center, there are more and more Justice Democrats who are more left, and more akin to the U.K.s labor. If you look up the origin of the original song, it was about a brutal act done against workers by a pro corporate government, what both parties stand for today.
Left /center is looking pretty goddamn good right now. They don't bust unions, Repug operatives do.
@@kurtberliner7049 ...they probably don't (realize), Kurt.
...probably why it is important to help others out of the weeds of divisive labeling and punditry and back on the road toward solidarity and justice.
Unfortunately the vast majority of the generations which matter (because they will suffer it) most, are beyond my, an old, trade-unionist, welder's reach.
Thanks for reaching out to those in need.
A tad neo-liberal for my further lefty tastes.
How is feminism going to call an end to war?
Because feminism is about equality. And war is about dominance. The two are opposites.
I think I prefer Arolo Guthrie's versjon. I wonder if she thinks Venezuela and Cuba er doing fine? No free markets and capitalism to be bothered by there.
The US is not a free market. The govt actively supports big business with tax breaks, loopholes, and union busting laws... that's what makes them big.
you took a song about miners arming themselves to fight their bosses and their armed thugs... and made it about voting this encompasses american liberalism
good luck with bringing down the bible shake down/empire.
Disrespectful to change the lyrics. And normally I like Ani.
It’s ok to change the lyrics, but disrespectful to change them to celebrate the bosses and their paid servants in the US legislature and presidency imo.
Nice playing, but the lyrics are lame. You're making it about bloody voting and bourgeois democracy, when the original was sung rifle in hand precisely against that very same corrupt bourgeois democracy.
I liked pete seegers version better
Ah, such a utopian song...the people who sang this in the 1930s did not know about the Stalinist atrocities. Even Pete Seeger apologize for his blind devotion. I'm president of the Capitalists for Ani club, but it only has one member.
Too sad that modern americans fail to realise that their gulags are no better then soviet
Kamala Harris for president!
O'boy sure, if you're a moron. You think more neo liberalism would make things better? Stop watching mainstream news, because that's all propaganda for the corporate empire. You need a revolution, no politician can save America. Capitalism has to go.
Randall Beggs: What specific policies/issues does Kamala support which you are in favor of? What has she done (besides platitudes to try and placate the 99%) to help the working class?
Ani DiFranco Posting Cringe.