I considered “Heroes” in that it is essentially a love song, in the face of oppression
It got a lot of play during the COVID lockdowns, I remember, to honor and support the overwhelmed hospital workers
His predictive abilities were incredible.
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Top of my list and great unplugged version, Neil and Ohio:
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Have we forgotten …?
Definitely not. Grew up on a street where two head honcho Mods lived. Probably got indoctrinated into “The Mods” at about 8 years of age with about 15 other mates from the road. Mainly involved watching Quadrophenia a dozen times and other Brighton 64 aftermath footage of the culture clashes. Also taught how “rockers” were the enemy. One of the leaders then became a Ska and there was a huge split. Now Mods & Ska’s v’s Rockers. 
…. Didn’t pretend to be either really. It was for lads looking for the real macho status Some bad fights unfortunately.
Think I was more of a Ska / Two-tone musically.
# 1 on the days of the Toxteth Riots
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I recently “educated” a dude in the gym about the significance of the checkerboard in Punk history; specifically 2-Tone Records
Keep in mind, when you’ve been doing this for nearly 40 years, there’s a certain amount of disillusionment and “why do I fucking bother?” that’s gonna creep in from time-to-time
People have asked me “why don’t you do more art about what’s going on?”
Because people are better at it than I am
Also, when I made this sign (which was an exercise in hand-lettering, which I excelled, in my opinion)
I brought myself to tears, reading and writing the names
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Quiet protest song by Colonel Bagshot from 1971 in relation to the 6 day Arab war in 1967. Made eternanl by DJ Shadow.
Can’t say I love it, but I do like seeing the Dropkicks fighting the fight:
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Has Billy Bragg been mentioned yet?!