SONG OF THE DAY: Sara Bareilles (ft. John Legend), “A Safe Place to Land” #wsayo So say the Lord's Prayer twice, hold your babies tight Surely someone will reach out a hand “Catholic Bishops Rebuke Trump’s Immigration Tactics in Rare Statement” (NYT) m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht2N...

SONG OF THE DAY: Anne Feeney, “Have You Been to Jail for Justice” #wsayo Have you sung a song for freedom or marched a picket line Have you been to jail for justice Then you're a friend of mine “Russia jails teen musician over anti-war street songs a 3rd time” (AFP) m.youtube.com/watch?v=SBwC...

SONG OF THE DAY: Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the USA (Demo)” #wsayo Went down to see the VA man He said “Son, don’t you understand” “Map and List of Cities Hosting Anti-Trump Protests on Veterans Day” (Newsweek) m.youtube.com/watch?v=HcqZ...

SONG OF THE DAY: Sex Pistols, “Submission” #wsayo I'm going down You're dragging me down “Senate Democrats cave, open path to reopening government” (Fox News) m.youtube.com/watch?v=qLSD...

SONG OF THE DAY: Peter, Paul and Mary, "El Salvador" #wsayo Everyone is innocent until they arrive in El Salvador "'You Are All Terrorists': Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison" (NYT) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q3W...

SONG OF THE DAY: Rise Against, “Prayer of the Refugee” #wsayo Keep quiet no longer We'll sing through the day Of the lives that we've lost And the lives we've reclaimed “Feds Tell Faith Leaders ‘No More Prayer’ Outside Broadview Facility” (Block Club Chicago) m.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SQ...

SONG OF THE DAY: Burning Spear, “Not Guilty” #wsayo The crime you want to charge I-man for It's not possible, and I am not guilty Mister and Miss Jury, use your discretion, I am not guilty “Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault” (NYT) m.youtube.com/watch?v=flZo...

SONG OF THE DAY: Ronnie Dunn, “Cost of Livin’” #wsayo I gave my last job everythin' Before it headed south Took the shoes off of my children's feet Food out of their mouths “Job cuts in October hit the highest level in decades” (Quartz) m.youtube.com/watch?v=OWjk...

SONG OF THE DAY: Carsie Blanton, “You Ain’t Done Nothin’ (If You Ain’t Been Called a Red)” #wsayo Our fight for liberation and as far as I can see If that's what bein' Red is then it's good enough for me said “Trump Calls Mamdani ‘Communist’” (Business Today) m.youtube.com/watch?v=OfQz...

SONG OF THE DAY: Bad Religion, “Let Them Eat War” #wsayo We've got to kill 'em and eat 'em before they reach for their checks Squeeze some blue collars, let them bleed from their necks “Dick Cheney: Trump ‘can never be trusted with power again’” (Politico, 9/6/24) m.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ng...

SONG OF THE DAY: Dead Pioneers, “Working Class Warfare” #wsayo No revolution is televised Nothing hidden or disguised The rich are getting richer, and we are not surprised “Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698B in past year” (Guardian) m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxVt...

SONG OF THE DAY: Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, “Dancing in the Street” #wsayo Way down in LA, every day… They form a big strong line, get in time “Tear Gas Deployed During Dodgers Fans’ Chaotic World Series Celebration” (iHeart) m.youtube.com/watch?v=CdvI...

SONG OF THE DAY: Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisberg, “The Power of Gold” #wsayo Balance the cost of the soul you lost With the dreams you lightly sold Are you under The power of gold? “Donald Trump Gathers MAGA Pal for Tone-Deaf ‘Gatsby’ Theme Party” (Daily Beast) m.youtube.com/watch?v=uV8x...

SONG OF THE DAY: Barbara Dane, "When We Make It Through" #wsayo And the ones who've gone before us, join in the chorus "Pentagon orders states' national guards to form 'quick reaction forces' for 'crowd control'" (Guardian) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSiD...

SONG OF THE DAY: Louvin Brothers, “The Great Atomic Power” #wsayo Do you fear this man's invention that they call atomic power? Are we all in great confusion, do we know the time or hour? “Russia Warns Trump Nuclear Tests ‘Will Lead to Chaos’” (Newsweek) m.youtube.com/watch?v=AojC...

SONG OF THE DAY: Ben Harper, “Ceasefire” #wsayo [instrumental] “Israeli planes strike Gaza in test of Trump-brokered ceasefire” (USA Today) m.youtube.com/watch?v=-SJ4...

SONG OF THE DAY: Jill Sobule, "Disinformation" #wsayo We're not sure what we're reading Whose version do we see? And who are these unnamed sources? Who knows the mystery? "Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points" (Wired) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UfI...

SONG OF THE DAY: D’Angelo and the Vanguard, “The Charade” #wsayo All we wanted was a chance to talk 'Stead we only got outlined in chalk Feet have bled a million miles we've walked “Newsom Rips Key Trump Vibe: Being ‘Anti-Woke’ Is ‘Just Anti-Black’” (Mediaite) m.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Cu...

SONG OF THE DAY: MGMT, “Little Dark Age” #wsayo Policemen swear to God, love seeping from their guns I know my friends and I would probably turn and run “ICE’s ‘End of the Dark Age’ Video Hit With DMCA Takedown Over Use of MGMT Song” (Consequence) m.youtube.com/watch?v=rtL5...

SONG OF THE DAY: Bob Marley & the Wailers. “Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)” #wsayo A hungry mob is a angry mob “SNAP Benefits: Trump Administration Rejects Use of Emergency Funding Amid Shutdown” (Newsweek) m.youtube.com/watch?v=S4cD...

SONG OF THE DAY: Weird Al Yankovic, “Canadian Idiot” #wsayo Sure, they got their national healthcare Cheaper meds low crime rates and clean air Then again, they've got Celine Dion “Trump terminates all US trade negotiations with Canada over Reagan tariffs ad” (CNBC) m.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Tf...

SONG OF THE DAY: Dan Zanes, "The Farmer Is the One" #wsayo The lawyer hangs around While the butcher cuts a pound But the farmer is the one who feeds us all "'This is going to hurt us': US ranchers push back on Trump's Argentina beef deal" (PBS) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCFn...

We finally posted some video from the September @whichsideboston.bsky.social. @sullivanjames.bsky.social and I are grateful to all who participated. Here you will find some amazing performances you won't see anywhere else! www.whichside.boston/2025-09

SONG OF THE DAY: Joe Jackson, "I'm the Man" #wsayo I'll speak to the masses through the media And if you got anything to say to me, you can say it with cash "Trump says he 'could be' seeking $230 million from his own Justice Department" (CNN) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqz6...

SONG OF THE DAY: Grace Jones, “Demolition Man” #wsayo I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doom I kill conversation as I walk into the room “Federal Workers Given Secret Order as Trump Tears Down Part of the White House” (Daily Beast) m.youtube.com/watch?v=qlHi...

SONG OF THE DAY: Tom Paxton, “Daily News” #wsayo Don't try to make me change my mind with facts “Indiana University Cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director” (Indiana Daily Student) m.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-c...

SONG OF THE DAY: Tom Lehrer, “We Will All Go Together When We Go” #wsayo When the air becomes uranious We will all go simultaneous “‘King Trump’ shares AI video showing himself bombing ‘No Kings’ protesters with feces” (Economic Times) m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Gq...

My new book, Why Sound Matters, ends with this same song. I wasn’t allowed to quote its lyrics there, for copyright reasons. But you can find them anywhere online, including here…

SONG OF THE DAY: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, “Power to the People” #wsayo Say we want a revolution We better get it on right away Well get on your feet Into the street “Millions expected to flood streets at ‘No Kings’ protests targeting Trump” (Fox News) m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Epu...

SONG OF THE DAY: R.E.M., "Radio Free Europe" #wsayo Decide defy the media too fast Instead of pushing palaces to fall Put that, put that, put that up your wall "In Move to Support Radio Free Europe, R.E.M. Releases Remix for World Press Freedom Day" (RFE) www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_rs...

SONG OF THE DAY: The Linda Lindas, “Racist, Sexist Boy” #wsayo Poser Blockhead Riffraff Jerkface “Fallout over racist group chat reportedly involving leaders of Young Republicans groups” (NBC News) m.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Ah...

SONG OF THE DAY: Local Honeys, "Dying to Make a Living" #wsayo He don't like breathin' this way But it's lucky he's breathin' at all "Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are 'Cast Aside to Die' Under Trump" (NYT) www.youtube.com/watch?v=454M...

SONG OF THE DAY: Nina Simone, "Go to Hell" #wsayo If your mind lies in the Devil's workshop And evil doin's your thrill Trouble and mischief is all you live for You know darn well That you'll go to hell "Trump says he doesn't think he'll get to heaven" (NBC News) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqgq...

SONG OF THE DAY: Willie Dunn, "I Pity the Country" #wsayo Government is bumbling Revolution's rumbling To be ruled in impunity Is tradition continuity "Trump calls Christopher Columbus 'the Original American Hero' as He Sidesteps Indigenous Peoples' Day" (People) www.youtube.com/watch?v=79sD...

SONG OF THE DAY: Chava Alberstein, “Zog nit keyn mal” #wsayo Should the dawn delay or sunrise wait too long, Then let all future generations sing this song “Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’” (WBEZ) m.youtube.com/watch?v=FsNl...

SONG OF THE DAY: George Harrison, “Brainwashed” #wsayo Brainwashed by our leaders By our Kings and Queens Brainwashed in the open And brainwashed behind the scenes “Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown rolling out at TSA checkpoints” (CNN) m.youtube.com/watch?v=w1SS...

SONG OF THE DAY: Morrissey, “The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get” #wsayo Beware I bear more grudges Than lonely high court judges “White House Reacts to Donald Trump’s 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Snub” (Newsweek) m.youtube.com/watch?v=PtPl...

SONG OF THE DAY: LCD Soundsystem, "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" #wsayo Train their guns on me and you Fascist thang advancing "White House gives platform to conservative influencers to air grievances during 'antifa roundtable'" (The Guardian) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUts...

SONG OF THE DAY: Moody Blues, "Question" #wsayo Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door Because the truth is hard to swallow "At Oversight Hearing, AG Bondi Responds to Questions With Attacks Instead of Answers" (Democracy Docket) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wDH...

SONG OF THE DAY: Zach Bryan, “Bad News” #wsayo The middle finger’s rising and it won’t stop showing Got some bad news The fading of the red, white and blue “MAGA turns on country star Zach Bryan over teaser for new song mentioning ICE” (Independent) m.youtube.com/watch?v=HE52...

SONG OF THE DAY: Pantera, “Cowboys from Hell” #wsayo You see us comin' And you all together run for cover We're taking over this town “Pritzker says Trump officials’ Chicago crackdown is ‘making it a war zone’” (Axios) m.youtube.com/watch?v=i97O...

SONG OF THE DAY: Above the Law, “Freedom of Speech” #wsayo You got to give your child credit for what he can do Plus the way that they're raised is really up to you “Banned Books Week spotlights attempts to restrict books in libraries and schools” (USA Today) m.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7T...

SONG OF THE DAY: John Prine, “Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore” #wsayo Now Jesus don’t killin’, no matter what the reason’s for “MAGA conservatives are angry at Pope Leo for sharing Catholic thinking” (MSNBC News) m.youtube.com/watch?v=sRCL...

SONG OF THE DAY: Zager and Evans, "In the Year 2525" #wsayo I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive He's taken everything this old earth can give Ain't he ain't put back nothing "Trump embraces Project 2025 after disavowing it during 2024 campaign" (Axios) www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB...

SONG OF THE DAY: The Hives, “Countdown to Shutdown” #wsayo They're coming for the crown They're gonna tear it down I fully guarantee Repeating history Shutdown “More Americans blame Trump, Republicans for shutdown than Democrats: Survey” (The Hill) m.youtube.com/watch?v=kvsf...

SONG OF THE DAY: The Cowsills, “Hair” #wsayo There ain’t no words for the beauty and the splendor The wonder of my hair “Hegseth says ‘no more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression’” (NBC News) m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt_y...

SONG OF THE DAY: Ariana Grande, “Break Free” #wsayo This is the part when I break free “Ariana Grande Prompts Response from White House After Slamming Trump Administration: ‘Save Your Tears’” (Variety) m.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eR...

SONG OF THE DAY: Bad Bunny, "Compositor Del Ano" #wsayo I do have values, that doesn't expire The truth hurts them, they prefer the lie (English translation) "MAGA Rages as 'Trump Hater' Bad Bunny Picked for 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show" (Mediaite) www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8GT...

SONG OF THE DAY: Big Star, “Don’t Lie to Me” #wsayo I know where you been And I know what you been doing Don't lie to me “The GOP Effort to Hide the Epstein Files Just Hit a Disgusting New Low” (New Republic) m.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dh...

SONG OF THE DAY: Woody Guthrie, “All You Fascists Bound to Lose” #wsayo I’m gonna tell you fascists You may be surprised The people in this world Are getting organized “Trump says Portland is full of ‘professional agitators’ while answering antifa question” (KOIN) m.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcK...