Top 10: Songs for MLK
January 21st, 2008 by Wade Tatangelo in News
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day:
1. “A Change Is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke
2. “What’s Going On?” Marvin Gaye
3. “Strange Fruit,” Billie Holiday
4. “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud,” James Brown
5. “Fight the Power,” Public Enemy
6. “Respect,” Otis Redding/Aretha Franklin
7. “To be Young, Gifted and Black,” Nina Simone
8. “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” Gil-Scott Heron
9. “War,” Edwin Starr
10. “The Message,” Grandmaster Flash
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January 21st, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Well there is this one song written for him called “Pride” by a band called U2.
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 am
joran,
you beat me to that one…
wade,
how did you miss that? both bono and martin are gonna show up at work today to kick yr ass…
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Skull Snaps - It’s a New Day
and dare I say Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street?
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Pride (In the Name of Love) got the time of day Martin Luther King was shot wrong. King was shot in the evening, not early morning.
If I see Bono wear those dorky ass Fly glasses one more time…