This is important work that many grandmas do! Grandmothers (and mamas, and aunties and great-grandmas) all over the world organize for justice, peace and freedom.
It isn't nice to face the bullets Or to breathe the searing gas Or to link arms when they charge you And refuse to let them pass It isn't nice, it isn't nice You told us once, you told us twice But if that is Freedom's price, We don't mind
It isn't nice to kill the landlord or to burn down all the banks but we've worked for generations without gratitude or thanks It isn't nice, it isn't nice But if that is freedom's price We don't mind, we don't mind.
The lady is a genius. Lyrics insightful, true & profound matched to a catchy tune, sung with a great voice. How did I exist for fifty years never knowing of Malvina? Maybe something to do with her opposition to business as usual, at a wild guess.....
Malvina lived a great life, and her songs live on. I sometimes wish the "topical" ones would go out of date, but they'll be around as long as we need them. Check out "The Little Mouse" if you don't know it already.
Just came looking for "It Isn't Nice" because it's so totally appropriate for a struggle that's going on where I live. Those in power are taking us to task for our "unwarranted accusations" and our "extremely strong opinions and words." Malvina, you had it right in the 1960s and you've got it right now.
What if you or one of your loved ones weren't allowed to go to a public bathroom? I don't see how that is different from not being allowed to use a public drinking fountain.
You have got to respect the 60s in many ways. I would not say that I like this song, but I appreciate it. It is sincere and has a clear message, in this case choosing political struggle. The song reminds me of Maude from Herald and Maude... Thanks for posting
Our country has run amok because we've become complacent and "nice" in our protesting. We need another revolution to put these politicians and banks back in their place.
Ive never heard of this woman, got here because of the 02 advert. I love her aging emotional voice, makes me think of her as a gentle, ageing granny activist
It isn't nice to kneel during the National Anthem, and it isn't nice to block traffic during protests, but it's good to see some people willing to pay the price in our country's darkest hour.
I was just singing this song now and it made me realize that everything bad that happens on this world -things that make you doubt the ideals or God- it's all really freedoms price! Not in the "life habits way" this song sings about or democracy and whatever, but in a matter of choice, you know, the choice we all have, the ability to make it ourselves? Because if everything really was fine and joyful that would just mean we didn't have any choice. If you get it it is kind of liberating. ;)
There is organization in freedom, just as there is in dictatorship. However, I prefer one over the other. I suppose the question is what type of organization you prefer. I believe that when people are left to make their own decisions, work on their own behalf, and reap the benefits of their own ambition and work, everyone is better off. This is the way it is in the natural world, and though we are more organized than animals, some aspects of nature should be recognized for their brilliance.
& ain't it amazing how what's happ'nin now (Sept/Oct 2011), in NYC (& spreading like wildfire 'cross the country) seems one giant circle... a continuum of protests for Human Rts since the 1st "cavewoman told "Ug" to "le'go my hair!" (To use the old & outdated cartoon of our ancestors...) (Wish we'd vid of the pyramid builders' strike against Pharoah, eh?)
Or Cuba? Really cold in Cuba, and I'm not sure I understand your point about the temperature. But, yes. There were plenty of famines in feudal, monarchist, dictator lead Europe, and yes, once economic freedoms began to sprout up starvation dissipated. Peculiar. Even more peculiar how quality of life has exponentially improved with the "revolution" of the economical, political and social system. Individual liberties brought about better life. Not an individual.
Ok I understand that (just checked my mail by chance), but just like the natural world, bigger things eat smaller things. Groups of organisms fend for themselves. In our case, humans, we're like a family of animals. So the profits mainly got to the top of the food chain, and I don't think that's necessary. We can THINK, something animals can't really do very much. We can ORGANIZE society in a better way.
Whether it's good or bad, you sound like you think about social behavior and it's influence on society as a whole. Some people stare down at their phone and don't even see their shoe laces untied.
Economics is the study of the way goods and services are traded! Economics is not a verb! And yes, this is why you don't understand jack shit. He earned money by people voluntarily going to see his movie. People wanted to see his movie more than they wanted their $8, and he wanted their $8 more than he wanted the time he spent making it. That's voluntary trade. Communism is putting a gun to someones head and MAKING them do something. The system with voluntary action is a moral system.
Those particular aspects of nature are random chance though, not brilliance. They're simple entropy. But the very thing you're defending, freedom, was earned through revolution against the monarchs (mainly French revolution). This was a tour de force against authority, fighting injustice and inequality. You could say it was a communistic move. You see what I mean? At some point all of these terms aren't enough to describe things.
it is immoral to force someone to mine for coal. If that person decided they wanted to mine for coal because it was going to provide them with a living then that's fine, in a free market system there is a niche for everyone and not everyone needs to mine for coal, but not everyone mined for coal in the soviet union either. The difference is, in a free market you have the right to decided what you'd like to do for a living. So which is immoral? A gun telling you to mine, or the option to opt out?
There are still older people around who think the same way. When I was a teenager in the '60's, there were still people who lived through WWI who were peaceniks and activists. I was surprised to find many people in their 60's and 70's protesting at the DNC convention in Philly. There are more older people who think this way than the media would have you believe. The media is invested in the hype that all "Bernie Bros" are millennials and male. Not true.
The starvation has nothing to do with communism. Funny how it's in cold places like Russia, and China. Europe also used to have plenty of famines before the industrial revolution and colonization really kicked in....
What I mean by communism is CONTROLLED market, where wages are much more equal between persons and classes,where the human factor is taken into account, where the law of the market isn't all-powerful. How it differs from...well Stalin IMO had the right idea, force labor when things REALLY need to be done, his quinquennal plan sounded solid, but it didn't really work, and I don't know why. Americans certainly don't work harder, maybe it's the fresh huge landmass, and abundant gold and minerals...
Those folks wanted to destroy our freedom by overturning a legitimate democratic election so they could install their Orange False God as dictator for life so they could strip people of the freedoms people like Malvina and co. fought for.
@@CrowTR0bot It's freedom when my side does it an evil when those other guys do. FYI, left wing protesters tried to break into the Supreme Court during the Kavanagh hearings and successfully broke into Senate offices.
@@aaronbrown8377 Last I checked, the leftist protesters didn't try to murder anyone or take hostages, and they were doing it to prevent fascists from getting more unchecked power over a country, not put a fascist in charge.
Yes and that suits animals, who are small and not very wasteful or great consumers. Man's problem is that he outgrows his habitat, the planet is beginning to become too small for us. Our methods should be incomparable to animals. The pack has decided to kill me, that's what they do, the people at the top of the food chain get rid of the poor progressively.
First of all, communism has seen more starvation than capitalist countries. Second of all, I don't truthfully believe you have a firm grasp of how economics work otherwise you would realize how inflation actually occurs. Third of all, I get paid quite well because I work hard. In fact I'm self employed. I credit the capitalist system, a system of cooperative and voluntary exchange of competetive services and products, for the vehicle of my success. And anyway shes a socialist, not a commie.
Not sarcasm. Are you revolted against the mass of foods we throw away every day to avoid inflation? Aren't you disgusted that the harder you work, the less you're paid ? And how about the way everybody hates each other in this capitalistic society...
You're throwing terms relevant to the capitalistic view, but you're missing many other terms and realities on your way. The pressures of the markets in cap. societies are determined by the ability to get the best deal, it is not fair at all. And the goods are not redistributed, creating massive social inequalities. And it's a debt-based system. Tell me how that can be healthy...the interest from most of the money borrowed doesn't even exist in the form of money...
How is moving from a monarchy to democracy a "communistic" move? No, I do not know what you mean. In fact, that makes no sense at all. Do you understand what communism is? Or, are you using some alternative definition? Democracy is as immoral as communism without individual rights and liberties. These do not exist in communism. And furthermore-- I question your understanding of evolution when you say such things were random. Just the opposite is true, competition allows for evolution.
Your capitalism is no better. You failed to comment on the delocalising thing. And things look quite alright now, if you over-look the mass job lay-offs...the fact that when a person is replaced by a machine, they lay off the person and he/she is without a job. The money used to pay the person goes where? Every profit goes into the pocket of the rich. This creates an elite of super-rich people, and an ever-growing population of unemployed people, creating a huge market, and so cheaper labor !
Oh, Michael Moore the guy is wildly wealthy because of capitalism? That is the most unintelligent, overused and regurgitated answer that comes from this school of thought. I suppose I don't need to explain economies of scale, the evolution of economies (ie. the industrial revolution in THIS country) or much else similar to economics because you saw a movie by Micheal Moore. Congratulations. Again, I'm sorry. I can't help you understand economics, and I certainly don't have the time to try.
Oh, very good, you successfully responded to ONE thing I said, and your response still didn't make any sense. There are markets in communism, as well, you understand? Right? Division of labor is then determined by powers that be and your labor is allocated to the task most needed. So, that really has no relevance to free will, individual rights, economic freedoms and the ability to choose one's own destiny. Good try though. Duh.
Again, you are only proving to me that you don't have a firm grasp of how economics work. Entrepreneurial development was the power driving the industrial revolution, and with entrepreneurial development comes small business, big business, cooperative and voluntary exchange of goods, wages, services and an economy based on what is today called capitalism. I'm sure you believe in evolution, economies evolve as well. Just like the natural world.
At 55 years old, how did I only just discover Malvina Reynolds now? Anyway, better late than never. She's awesome. Especially for a resister. :)
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This is important work that many grandmas do! Grandmothers (and mamas, and aunties and great-grandmas) all over the world organize for justice, peace and freedom.
It isn't nice to face the bullets
Or to breathe the searing gas
Or to link arms when they charge you
And refuse to let them pass
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told us twice
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind
Love these additional lyrics!
Me too, and I'm 100% sure that Malvina would be pleased to know that we're still singing for freedom.
@@sjsturgis I don't think she'd be happy that we still have to, but she'd be happy we haven't given up.
It isn't nice to kill the landlord
or to burn down all the banks
but we've worked for generations
without gratitude or thanks
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
But if that is freedom's price
We don't mind, we don't mind.
Who's listening to this during or after the George Floyd protests?
Listening the day after the decision not to indict the cops who killed Breona Taylor
Florida 2023
The lady is a genius. Lyrics insightful, true & profound matched to a catchy tune, sung with a great voice.
How did I exist for fifty years never knowing of Malvina? Maybe something to do with her opposition to business as usual, at a wild guess.....
Nuchtom she just died way too soon. I have no doubt, genius that she was, had she lived, she would now be as wellknown as Pete Seeger.
She died, yes, and is missed, yes, but she was 77 years old when she died in 1978. Calling it "way too soon" seems like a stretch.
David Feuer I stick by it. She died way too soon.
Malvina lived a great life, and her songs live on. I sometimes wish the "topical" ones would go out of date, but they'll be around as long as we need them. Check out "The Little Mouse" if you don't know it already.
Just came looking for "It Isn't Nice" because it's so totally appropriate for a struggle that's going on where I live. Those in power are taking us to task for our "unwarranted accusations" and our "extremely strong opinions and words." Malvina, you had it right in the 1960s and you've got it right now.
Inspiring Stuff - direct action - the only way to get things done back then and NOW!
WOW, I love her energy. She is just a goddess!!!
Sending this out to George Will, who says that gay men and lesbians aren't being "neighborly" or "nice" when we fight for equal rights.
comparing something as stupid as gay marriage to the civil rights movement is disgusting.
Oom Yaaqub No, it is really very appropriate. And you prove it is necessary.
"Stonewall was a riot! We will not be quiet!"
What if you or one of your loved ones weren't allowed to go to a public bathroom? I don't see how that is different from not being allowed to use a public drinking fountain.
adorable lady
Dope track.
She didn't study music until her late 40's. A wonderful late bloomer.
Almost right. She didn't study music theory until her early fifties, but she had taken violin lessons as a child. (I'm her daughter.)
You have got to respect the 60s in many ways. I would not say that I like this song, but I appreciate it. It is sincere and has a clear message, in this case choosing political struggle. The song reminds me of Maude from Herald and Maude... Thanks for posting
So beautiful, I'm in tears
Our country has run amok because we've become complacent and "nice" in our protesting.
We need another revolution to put these politicians and banks back in their place.
Wonderfully stirring. Thank you for posting.
“You were quiet just like mice, and you tell us we aren’t nice.” Genius!
Timeless!
Good song never gets old.
Thanks so much for posting this; it's great.
Perfect!
this is such a cheerful song ;)
amen
I miss her.
She was great!
Ive never heard of this woman, got here because of the 02 advert. I love her aging emotional voice, makes me think of her as a gentle, ageing granny activist
this is ace!
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
check out versions by Jackie Washington (Jack Landrón) and Judy Collins
It isn't nice to kneel during the National Anthem, and it isn't nice to block traffic during protests, but it's good to see some people willing to pay the price in our country's darkest hour.
She also gave us "Little Boxes", I believe.
She did indeed. :-)
Yes, & Pete Seeger was her brother. They were both great!!
@@yonashahar466 They were certainly friends, but not related - she was born Malvina Milder.
I dont mind! Great Song!!!!
Obamas latest comments about “socialism” and calling out AOC & the squad. The “constitutional law professor” should peep this song and get a clue.
Yes I love Melvina... What a fine woman.
I was just singing this song now and it made me realize that everything bad that happens on this world -things that make you doubt the ideals or God- it's all really freedoms price! Not in the "life habits way" this song sings about or democracy and whatever, but in a matter of choice, you know, the choice we all have, the ability to make it ourselves? Because if everything really was fine and joyful that would just mean we didn't have any choice. If you get it it is kind of liberating. ;)
Hello 2020
Wow
There is organization in freedom, just as there is in dictatorship. However, I prefer one over the other. I suppose the question is what type of organization you prefer. I believe that when people are left to make their own decisions, work on their own behalf, and reap the benefits of their own ambition and work, everyone is better off. This is the way it is in the natural world, and though we are more organized than animals, some aspects of nature should be recognized for their brilliance.
This reminds me a lot of "Have you been to jail for justice"
Come to india..thats what happening here
Watch The Zeitgeist movies and research the Indigo Children. People like Malvina were the early Light Workers!
@BreatheRadio Amen to that.
Nice! :)
frisson!
& ain't it amazing how what's happ'nin now (Sept/Oct 2011), in NYC (& spreading like wildfire 'cross the country) seems one giant circle... a continuum of protests for Human Rts since the 1st "cavewoman told "Ug" to "le'go my hair!" (To use the old & outdated cartoon of our ancestors...)
(Wish we'd vid of the pyramid builders' strike against Pharoah, eh?)
That is proof that a communist can be great even in a capitalist society.
Keep going, Malvina!
Or Cuba? Really cold in Cuba, and I'm not sure I understand your point about the temperature. But, yes. There were plenty of famines in feudal, monarchist, dictator lead Europe, and yes, once economic freedoms began to sprout up starvation dissipated. Peculiar. Even more peculiar how quality of life has exponentially improved with the "revolution" of the economical, political and social system. Individual liberties brought about better life. Not an individual.
Ok I understand that (just checked my mail by chance), but just like the natural world, bigger things eat smaller things. Groups of organisms fend for themselves. In our case, humans, we're like a family of animals. So the profits mainly got to the top of the food chain, and I don't think that's necessary. We can THINK, something animals can't really do very much.
We can ORGANIZE society in a better way.
Whether it's good or bad, you sound like you think about social behavior and it's influence on society as a whole. Some people stare down at their phone and don't even see their shoe laces untied.
Economics is the study of the way goods and services are traded! Economics is not a verb! And yes, this is why you don't understand jack shit. He earned money by people voluntarily going to see his movie. People wanted to see his movie more than they wanted their $8, and he wanted their $8 more than he wanted the time he spent making it. That's voluntary trade. Communism is putting a gun to someones head and MAKING them do something. The system with voluntary action is a moral system.
taco
Yes your federal government, and the fed bank, and the IRS, all points that favor my side of the argument.
It isn't nice
Those particular aspects of nature are random chance though, not brilliance. They're simple entropy.
But the very thing you're defending, freedom, was earned through revolution against the monarchs (mainly French revolution). This was a tour de force against authority, fighting injustice and inequality. You could say it was a communistic move. You see what I mean? At some point all of these terms aren't enough to describe things.
it is immoral to force someone to mine for coal. If that person decided they wanted to mine for coal because it was going to provide them with a living then that's fine, in a free market system there is a niche for everyone and not everyone needs to mine for coal, but not everyone mined for coal in the soviet union either. The difference is, in a free market you have the right to decided what you'd like to do for a living. So which is immoral? A gun telling you to mine, or the option to opt out?
True, and in communism there's no waste, hard work is rewarded, and there's strong comradry....
It's so weird she's encouraging democracy and revolution for the benefit of all the people while all the time sounding like a grandmother.
There are still older people around who think the same way. When I was a teenager in the '60's, there were still people who lived through WWI who were peaceniks and activists. I was surprised to find many people in their 60's and 70's protesting at the DNC convention in Philly. There are more older people who think this way than the media would have you believe. The media is invested in the hype that all "Bernie Bros" are millennials and male. Not true.
Chill out!!! why all the hating? grow up and enjoy life, it won't last long.
Why miss keys... Why?
The starvation has nothing to do with communism. Funny how it's in cold places like Russia, and China. Europe also used to have plenty of famines before the industrial revolution and colonization really kicked in....
On a side note, I have never been robbed by anyone except my federal government. Everything I own I bought through voluntary trade.
What I mean by communism is CONTROLLED market, where wages are much more equal between persons and classes,where the human factor is taken into account, where the law of the market isn't all-powerful.
How it differs from...well Stalin IMO had the right idea, force labor when things REALLY need to be done, his quinquennal plan sounded solid, but it didn't really work, and I don't know why. Americans certainly don't work harder, maybe it's the fresh huge landmass, and abundant gold and minerals...
This is how those folks felt at that Jan 6th affair. Go figure
Those folks wanted to destroy our freedom by overturning a legitimate democratic election so they could install their Orange False God as dictator for life so they could strip people of the freedoms people like Malvina and co. fought for.
@@CrowTR0bot It's freedom when my side does it an evil when those other guys do. FYI, left wing protesters tried to break into the Supreme Court during the Kavanagh hearings and successfully broke into Senate offices.
@@aaronbrown8377 Last I checked, the leftist protesters didn't try to murder anyone or take hostages, and they were doing it to prevent fascists from getting more unchecked power over a country, not put a fascist in charge.
also, where do you see hate? I was smart and detailed in this response
"The art of war"...does this suggest war is a verb?
Zomg i think i recognize the guitar notes from a White Stripes song
Yes and that suits animals, who are small and not very wasteful or great consumers.
Man's problem is that he outgrows his habitat, the planet is beginning to become too small for us. Our methods should be incomparable to animals.
The pack has decided to kill me, that's what they do, the people at the top of the food chain get rid of the poor progressively.
. . . I'm sorry I can't help you.
First of all, communism has seen more starvation than capitalist countries. Second of all, I don't truthfully believe you have a firm grasp of how economics work otherwise you would realize how inflation actually occurs. Third of all, I get paid quite well because I work hard. In fact I'm self employed. I credit the capitalist system, a system of cooperative and voluntary exchange of competetive services and products, for the vehicle of my success. And anyway shes a socialist, not a commie.
Not sarcasm. Are you revolted against the mass of foods we throw away every day to avoid inflation?
Aren't you disgusted that the harder you work, the less you're paid ?
And how about the way everybody hates each other in this capitalistic society...
I can't tell if that is sarcasm or not.
You're throwing terms relevant to the capitalistic view, but you're missing many other terms and realities on your way.
The pressures of the markets in cap. societies are determined by the ability to get the best deal, it is not fair at all. And the goods are not redistributed, creating massive social inequalities. And it's a debt-based system. Tell me how that can be healthy...the interest from most of the money borrowed doesn't even exist in the form of money...
How is moving from a monarchy to democracy a "communistic" move? No, I do not know what you mean. In fact, that makes no sense at all. Do you understand what communism is? Or, are you using some alternative definition? Democracy is as immoral as communism without individual rights and liberties. These do not exist in communism. And furthermore-- I question your understanding of evolution when you say such things were random. Just the opposite is true, competition allows for evolution.
The pressures of the market become even more effective than a gun to the head....duh
Your capitalism is no better. You failed to comment on the delocalising thing.
And things look quite alright now, if you over-look the mass job lay-offs...the fact that when a person is replaced by a machine, they lay off the person and he/she is without a job. The money used to pay the person goes where?
Every profit goes into the pocket of the rich. This creates an elite of super-rich people, and an ever-growing population of unemployed people, creating a huge market, and so cheaper labor !
Oh, Michael Moore the guy is wildly wealthy because of capitalism? That is the most unintelligent, overused and regurgitated answer that comes from this school of thought. I suppose I don't need to explain economies of scale, the evolution of economies (ie. the industrial revolution in THIS country) or much else similar to economics because you saw a movie by Micheal Moore. Congratulations. Again, I'm sorry. I can't help you understand economics, and I certainly don't have the time to try.
well then, describe how I am wrong...
Oh, very good, you successfully responded to ONE thing I said, and your response still didn't make any sense. There are markets in communism, as well, you understand? Right? Division of labor is then determined by powers that be and your labor is allocated to the task most needed. So, that really has no relevance to free will, individual rights, economic freedoms and the ability to choose one's own destiny. Good try though. Duh.
Economic freedoms? More like technological progress, buddy...
Well you're pretty crazy then, aren't you...
aren't personal liberties circumnavigated by the system of democracy? communism is a greater circumnavigation of personal liberties.
You don't like the Jews because they are funny? That's what I got from your ranting.
Again, you are only proving to me that you don't have a firm grasp of how economics work. Entrepreneurial development was the power driving the industrial revolution, and with entrepreneurial development comes small business, big business, cooperative and voluntary exchange of goods, wages, services and an economy based on what is today called capitalism. I'm sure you believe in evolution, economies evolve as well. Just like the natural world.
Let's make America proud to be great again. We want Trump.
I hope that was a joke.
ImNotJoshPotter I assume you meant “We want Trump to go to prison”?