What is a song you know that references a (near) accident, a (near) catastrophe, a historical event, etc? See comments for examples: "We almost Lost Detroit" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net · 8 months ago

What is a song you know that references a (near) accident, a (near) catastrophe, a historical event, etc? See comments for examples: "We almost Lost Detroit" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

lemmy689@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 months ago

Joe Hill is actually a ballad composed in 1936 by Alfred Hayes and Earl Robinson.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill_(song)

Nationalgoatism [any]@hexbear.net · edit-2 8 months ago

This is a little confusing, because there is also a ballad by Phil Ochs called Joe Hill. Both are worth listening to though.

https://youtu.be/n8Kxq9uFDes -Joe Hill by Alfred Hayes, performed by Paul Robeson

https://youtu.be/kozWk8Ff_Xg -Joe Hill by Phil Ochs

lemmy689@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 months ago

That is a bit. Im only familiar with the Joan Baez cover, which I guess is properly called “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night”, which is the version used for the theme song in the Joe Hill movie.

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