Rhiannon Giddens : "The bottom 99" (solo a cappella) et autres perles musicales (Carolina Chocolate Drops)
Rhiannon Giddens interprète "The bottom 99" a cappella (Joe's Pub, NYC)
Bonus : chansons en solo ou avec le trio (Carolina Chocolate Drops)
Rhiannon Giddens est une chanteuse et musicienne américaine, leader (et joueuse de banjo) du trio Carolina Chocolate Drops (country, blues et musiques anciennes, scottish, gaelic...). Originaire de Greensboro, Caroline du Nord, elle est sortie diplomée du conservatoire Oberlin en 2000.
"The bottom 99" est inspirée des chansons Blind fiddler et Come all Ye Coal Miners
Bonne Fête de la Musique !
O listen all you people
O listen to my song
My heart is filled with trouble
I don’t know what is wrong
My heart is filled with trouble
Got trouble on my mind
For what I see around me’s getting worse all the time
The balance of the world
It seems is almost dead and gone
The common bonds of decency
Are severed one by one
The rich keep getting richer
The poor get poorer too
The wealth of the many
In the hands of the few
They act like towering princes
We’re at their beck and call
A dozen cars, a private jet
While we’ve our backs against the wall
They live their flights of fantasy
While we struggle just to eat
Instead of living simply
That we might simply be
Don’t look for politicians
to even up the score
Don’t look for world leaders
to manage any more
Don’t look for corporations
to lend a helping hand
They’ve helped themselves enough
and now it’s time to take a stand
O listen all you people
To what I have to say
I do not mean to trouble you
or bother you today
I only mean to sing about
a lost equality
If we want it any different
it’s up to you and me
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