![]() ![]() ![]() Not everything here is necessarily protest music, and that's probably a good thing. Though the quality of the tracks is uneven-Yo La Tengo's offering sounds like it was recorded by a dying horse in a glue factory-there are still enough knee-slappers to occupy your iPod for an hour or two. ![]() Other big names range from Ani DiFranco and Joan Baez to Tom Morello and Girls Against Boys. On Disc 2, for instance you'll hear a punk-rock song by Anti-Flag followed by a reggae jam followed by a ditty by Jill Sobule that wouldn't be out of place on the soundtrack to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?īut what the album lacks in musical cohesion, it makes up in star power. Like Zuccotti Park last fall, with its mashup of sometimes discordant messages, the wide mix of sounds on Occupy This Album can sometimes make your head spin. So come on, meet me down at Zuccotti Park If there ever was a time to get on your feet and take it to the streetīecause you're the one that's getting played right now by the game they're playin' If there ever way a time, it would be now, that's all I'm sayin' (Listen below.) Over a typically catchy hook, front man Stephan Jenkins proclaims: They don't always succeed, but an Occupy-themed track by Third Eye Blind, "If There Ever Was A Time," is a gem. Though many of the songs were recorded before last fall, others dwell directly on Occupy Wall Street. They came out to inspire the protesters with their music or celebrity, but the inspiration apparently works both ways-judging, at least, from this new box set featuring 99 songs by A-list performers from Willie Nelson to Ladytron to Thievery Corporation. Dropping in on Zuccotti Park last fall was a who's who of socially conscious music luminaries from Russell Simmons and Kanye West to Rufus Wainwright and Sean Lennon. Like the '60s-era social movements that inspired the performers at Woodstock, the Occupy movement has proved an irresistible draw to musicians.
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