their only downside is they're not Australian -
from Tom Robinson -
Politics isn't party broadcasts and general elections, it's yer kid sister
who can't get an abortion, yer best mate getting paki-bashed, or sent down
for possessing one joint of marijuana, the GLC deciding which bands we
can't see... it's everyday life for rock fans, for everyone who hasn't go a
cushy job or rich parents.
I got no illusions about the political
Left any more than the Right: just a shrewd idea which of the two sides is
gonna stomp on us first. All of us - you, me, rock'n'rollers, punks,
jobless, immigrants, travellers... to stand aside is to take sides. If
music can ease even a tiny fraction of the prejudice and intolerance in
this world, then it's worth trying.
I don't call that "unneccessary
overtones of violence". I call it standing up for your rights. and if we
fail, if we all get swallowed up by big biznis before we achieve a thing,
then we'll havta face the scorn of tomorrow's generation. but we're gonna
have a good try. Fancy joining us ?
Tom Robinson in New Musical Express, 1977
for you Peter T.
Dan
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their only downside is they're not Australian -
from Tom Robinson -
Politics isn't party broadcasts and general elections, it's yer kid sister who can't get an abortion, yer best mate getting paki-bashed, or sent down for possessing one joint of marijuana, the GLC deciding which bands we can't see... it's everyday life for rock fans, for everyone who hasn't go a cushy job or rich parents.
I got no illusions about the political Left any more than the Right: just a shrewd idea which of the two sides is gonna stomp on us first. All of us - you, me, rock'n'rollers, punks, jobless, immigrants, travellers... to stand aside is to take sides. If music can ease even a tiny fraction of the prejudice and intolerance in this world, then it's worth trying.
I don't call that "unneccessary overtones of violence". I call it standing up for your rights. and if we fail, if we all get swallowed up by big biznis before we achieve a thing, then we'll havta face the scorn of tomorrow's generation. but we're gonna have a good try. Fancy joining us ?
Tom Robinson in New Musical Express, 1977
from Tom Robinson -
Politics isn't party broadcasts and general elections, it's yer kid sister who can't get an abortion, yer best mate getting paki-bashed, or sent down for possessing one joint of marijuana, the GLC deciding which bands we can't see... it's everyday life for rock fans, for everyone who hasn't go a cushy job or rich parents.
I got no illusions about the political Left any more than the Right: just a shrewd idea which of the two sides is gonna stomp on us first. All of us - you, me, rock'n'rollers, punks, jobless, immigrants, travellers... to stand aside is to take sides. If music can ease even a tiny fraction of the prejudice and intolerance in this world, then it's worth trying.
I don't call that "unneccessary overtones of violence". I call it standing up for your rights. and if we fail, if we all get swallowed up by big biznis before we achieve a thing, then we'll havta face the scorn of tomorrow's generation. but we're gonna have a good try. Fancy joining us ?
Tom Robinson in New Musical Express, 1977
–--
in a show with everything but Yul Brynner
in a show with everything but Yul Brynner
