IN COMPLETE AWE

Total unequivocal respect. Congratulations Egypt. It's all you.

The people have the power,
The power to dream, to rule,
To wrestle the world from fools,
It's decreed the people rule,
It's decreed the people rule.
- Patti Smith, People Have the Power

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Madness - Night Boat to Cairo mp3 at Le Blog de la Gande Chose

THE HARDER THEY FALL

I'm a sucker for uprisings. Is that sufficiently shallow for you? I know. Nevertheless, the situations in Tunisia, Yemen and Egypt are incredible, especially when you consider the first one, in Tunisia, all began with someone lighting themself on fire in protest. How far they go remains to be seen, but my "what if" sensors are fully raised. So there's an admittedly loose reason to post a few versions of what should be a standard for most of you.

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Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come mp3 at The Cargo Culte
Keith Richards - The Harder They Come mp3 at Rollo & Grady
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - The Harder the Come (live) mp3 at JonSolomon (Note: Low quality recording, record store appearance)
Joe Jackson - The Harder They Come mp3 at PopDose
Video:
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (w/movie clips) video at YouTube
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (live, 2006) at YouTube
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - The Harder They Come (live) video at YouTube
Rancid - The Harder They Come (live) video at YouTube
Madness - The Harder They Come (live) video at YouTube
Willie Nelson - The Harder They Come video at YouTube
Read:
Waves of Unrest Spread to Yemen, Shaking a Region at the New York Times