this is the sleep of one hundred years

One of my favourite reggae singles (or tunes, as they say it in Jamaica) is 'Black Roses' from Barrington Levy. His voice and technique is extremely unique and remarkable.
I've just found this video, which is a concert version of the song, and I have to put it there, because I think it's fantastic. In this video, there are some additional lines from Dennis Brown's song 'Revolution'. (Dennis Brown was another great singer, who had as huge respect as Bob Marley in Jamaica.)

Most people have misconceptions about vegetarianism. They think that human body can't survive without meat, and without protein. Obviously, it is not true. Just think about someone who hasn't eaten meat for about fourty years. They're healthy, and don't have any problemes because of their eating habits.
The meat industry feeds us with lies. The meat that you buy in supermarkets, or wherever you buy it, is a result of cruel violence.
In the first few weeks, it is very hard to "give up" eating meat, but later it will be more easier and easier, as time passes by.
After almost one and a half months, since i haven't eaten meat, i feel much better, and lighter, than ever before. And i got to know that there is a big community, which can help you. Peta has advertisements like this one:




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Seven years after their break up in 2000, Rage Against The Machine reunite for one concert on the 29th of April, at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Maybe it's a prospect for them to stay together. I hope...

Throughout the last decades of the 20th century, a new era of music was born. Revolutionary music is not a style or genre. We can call any kind of music revolutionary.
Bands like Public Enemy, or Rage Against The Machine had great success in the 1980s and 1990s. Lyrics about the fight for civil rights, and against racism, corruption, poverty are prevailing. One question still remains: what guided us to the conformation of revolutionary music?
In the middle of the 1970s, hiphop was born. A new sound was built from the penury of people and became rebellious. The most notable rap group with political messages is the Public Enemy. "With his powerful, authoritative baritone, lead rapper Chuck D rhymed about all kinds of social problems, particularly those plaguing the black community, often condoning revolutionary tactics and social activism." - As it is written in their biography. One of their most famous songs is "Fight The Power", which is an encouragement for the people to fight for their rights.
In 1992, a new release changed a lot of things in music. The self-titled album of the Rage Against The Machine brought together the sounds of hard rock and hiphop. The lead vocalist Zack de la Rocha became a symbol of revolutionary music. Legendary songs from the first album like "Killing in the Name", "Freedom", "Bombtrack" or "Wake Up" are all about their revolutionary left-wing viewpoints. They released "Evil Empire" in 1996, which was a lesser success. Their last self-contained album was "The Battle of Los Angeles", released in 1999. In 2000 they published "Renegades", which was a collection of covers of bands those are inspired Rage Against The Machine. But after the release of this album de la Rocha left the band, and RATM broke up.
Of course there are some other names, like Immortal Technique, or Looptroop. And reggae itself is a revolutionary genre. For example, Bob Marley, the most famous reggae artist (with his band The Wailers) had a lot of political messages in his lyrics. To be a little more subjective, one of my favourite reggae bands, Soldiers of Jah Army from Washington, also have a revolutionary strain. "The band grew up listening to reggae, hiphop, and rock. In their sound, reggae became the predominate influence because it is dedicated to a real message and promotes revolution." - quotation from sojamusic.com.
I find revolutionary music very important, the influence of these bands is really significant in the modern society.
Important links for this post:
Rage Against The Machine
Public Enemy
Soldiers of Jah Army
Zack de la Rocha #1
Zack de la Rocha #2

In the future, i would like to write about my general interests, so mainly about music, art, literature and my relationship to these topics.
So, for that reason, let me add a little "foretaste":