Best eco song ever

[Tom Adams]

http://mlgw.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jacksons-earth-song.html

[James Annan]

Tom Adams wrote:
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> http://mlgw.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jacksons-earth-song.html

Seemed like a bit of a vague whine to me, but what do I know?

Maybe that's what inspired the bizarre film shown at the "Asahi Blue
Planet prize" awards a few years ago, that I blogged about here:

http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/10/blue-planet-prize.html

James

[Raymond W. Arritt]

Tom Adams wrote:
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> http://mlgw.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jacksons-earth-song.html

No, the best eco song ever is "Blabber 'N Smoke."

[James Annan]

Well that lead to a few interesting minutes of googling but nothing that
convinced me of the validity of your statement. Any more hints?

James

[Tom Adams]

Alas, I knew I should have used some more objective qualifier like
"highest charting". "Best" is a matter of taste. One particularly
grandiose performance of the song prompted an audience member (another
lesser known rock artist) to run up on stage at try to stop it.

Here's a fuller history of "Earth Song":

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/michael-jackson-earth-song-biggest-uk-single-not-released-in-us-video.php

For those of us who can't decipher rock lyrics aurally, here is a
version with the lyrics displayed in real time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gJcNBKiyMI

[Phil Randal]

Tom Adams wrote:
> http://mlgw.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jacksons-earth-song.html

Nah, the best just has to be Kansas' "Death of Mother Nature Suite":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU7Z62i-Vfs

People who like to mix their music with their ecological interests
might also find the Rock and Ecology Blog interesting:

http://rockandecology.blogspot.com/

Cheers,

Phil

[ned haughton]

With all due respect:
http://en.envirowiki.info/Climate_Fuckers_(Song)
:P

Some of us from Rising Tide wrote this and sang it at an Australian
Labor Party office blockade ealry last year. Was great fun.

http://risingtide.org.au/node/390/revisions

[Tom Adams]

On Jul 1, 12:06 am, James Annan <james.an...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom Adams wrote:
>
> >http://mlgw.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jacksons-earth-song.html
>
> Seemed like a bit of a vague whine to me, but what do I know?

Here's a version by the London Symphony Orchestra that may be more to
your liking:

http://uploadbox.com/files/v3lrYeegok

[Hank Roberts]

We played this at our college Earth Day in 1970.

Gary McFarland - America The Beautiful, An Account of its
Disappearance

It still holds up well.

http://www.discogs.com/Gary-McFarland-America-The-Beautiful/release/1503295

http://www.discogs.com/image/R-1503295-1224545293.jpeg

Tracklisting:
A1 1st Movement – On This Site Shall Be Erected… (4:36)
A2 2nd Movement – 80 Miles An Hour Through Beer-Can Country (9:09)
A3 3rd Movement – Suburbia: Two Poodles And A Plastic Jesus (6:21)
B1 4th Movement – “If I Am Elected…” (4:41)
B2 5th Movement – Last Rites For The Promised Land (4:42)
B3 6th Movement – Due To A Lack Of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been
Cancelled (8:36)

[Hank Roberts]

PS, google for .mp3, though the online versions are fairly low
quality.

These pieces are instrumental, not sung.

[Hank Roberts]

Good quality here: http://www.last.fm/music/Gary+McFarland/America+The+Beautiful%2C+An+Account+Of+Its+Disappearance

[Don Libby]

Best enviro song ever?

http://www.kellerwilliams.net/files/01%20Environmental%20Song%201.mp3

-dl