{"id":15696,"date":"2013-06-07T11:54:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T17:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15696"},"modified":"2013-06-07T11:54:19","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T17:54:19","slug":"protest-song-keystone-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/protest-song-keystone-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Rap-Dance Protest Song Urges Obama to Reject Keystone Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/folk-singer-with-dog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15697\" alt=\"folk singer with dog\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/folk-singer-with-dog.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/folk-singer-with-dog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/folk-singer-with-dog-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/2011\/03\/24\/no-fracking-way-a-hydraulic-fracturing-protest-anthem\/\">environmental protest song<\/a> always involves a musician that looks something like that guy above&#8230; right? OK, there&#8217;s some truth to that &#8211; Joni Mitchell&#8217;s &#8220;Big Yellow Taxi&#8221; certainly came straight out of the folkie-hippie tradition &#8211; but there are other classics of the subgenre that aren&#8217;t even close &#8211; Marvin Gay&#8217;s &#8220;Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology),&#8221; for instance. Ultimately, a song has to speak to an audience likely to act on its message, and that means choosing a musical style that will reach that audience. The singer-songwriter thing works for some&#8230; but I&#8217;d guess a lot of young people today &#8211; the audience most likely to act on such a message &#8211; would just as soon roll their eyes at our troubadour friend and his dog.<\/p>\n<p>So, when John Dares (aka Univer Soul) and the folks at Boylan Studios in New York decided to record <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopkxl.com\/\">a song<\/a> protesting President Obama&#8217;s potential approval of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2011\/10\/gasoline-use-declining\/\">Keystone XL pipeline<\/a>, they put the acoustic guitars and harmonicas aside, and fired up the mixing board. &#8220;Habeas Corpus \/ Home at Bay&#8221; combines dance beats with rap\/hip-hop, and just plain visual silliness. A new remix incorporates the talents of Grammy-winner Jason Goldstein&#8230; check it out:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4kDIkZee8mw<\/p>\n<p>Now, those of you who know me know that this isn&#8217;t my favorite style of music, and I freely admit I had to read along with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopkxl.com\/lyrics.html\">the lyrics<\/a> to understand any of the rapping. But Univer Soul and crew are donating <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/N7rL6y\">all digital sales proceeds<\/a> to a number of environmental organizations that I respect, and I greatly admire that! I&#8217;m also impressed with the list of celebrities that have already promoted the song through their own social media channels. So, it&#8217;s definitely worth a listen or two&#8230; and, at only 99 cents, it&#8217;s an easy way to kick a little change towards an important issue.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re more into the dance\/hip-hop scene, share your evaluation of the song&#8230; and definitely let us know if you decide to buy it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/livenature\/2132295466\/\">Franco Folini<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/photopin.com\">photopin<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think an environmental protest song has to involve a performer like the guy above? Guess again: &#8220;Habeas Corpus \/ Home at Bay&#8221; speaks to concerns surrounding the Keystone XL pipeline through a dance\/rap fusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":16925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,60],"tags":[6468,6469,510,3032,6470,6471,6472],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Protest Song Urges Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Think environmental protest song means hippie dippie? 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