I can't believe nobody in the LA protests hasn't already started a big sing along of "Do You Hear the People Sing?" Yet.
I can't believe nobody in the LA protests hasn't already started a big sing along of "Do You Hear the People Sing?" Yet.
Seriously LA Theater people I am disappointed. It would make for an amazing viral video.
Considering the group who sang that in the musical all died, might not be the best choice
Considering that most of the basic freedoms we currently enjoy were built upon the backs of those who died, you may have missed the point.
There are much better songs with much better outcomes. Those school boys who barricaded around Rue de la Chanvrerie changed nothing and got themselves killed for nothing. It wasn't until the Jacobins radicalized enough people that they were able to force the aristocracy out. So I still stand by the song not being one to use for protest.
Hanging Tree from Hunger Games would hit harder
Truly spoken like a theater person.
The vast majority of people don't know anything beyond the first line or two, so it would never get going even if some people tried.
Hand out flyers with the lyrics, I see that a lot during demonstrations.
That song is very hard to coordinate with a crowd of untrained singers. It was written to be sung on stage in a theater, not by a rowdy crowd. It can be (and has been) used as a dub over videos of protests though.
The reason why La Marseillaise and its offshoot L'Internationale were so successful is that they're slower songs, meant to be absolutely belted by a crowd of belligerant drunks. La Marseillaise is originally a literal revolutionary marching song.
Plus La Marseillaise just goes harder lyrically. It would actually have been pretty scandalous if it was written in 1980 for a play.
"To arms, citizens! Form your Battalions! Let's March! Let's March! So an impure blood can water our furrows!"Maybe one of them Angelino theatre kids should do a partial English and/or Spanish translation focusing on rhythmic accuracy.
I wouldn't call that song auspicious for people trying to overthrow a tirant.
Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Then join in the fight That will give you the right to be free
I don't know the song. Seems like a good choice, except for I'm guessing a lot of people dont know it as well. My pick would be Imagine by John Lennon.
Les Miserables ends with the revolution being crushed and more than half of the cast dead.
Probably because the song is bad.
You know that Trump just went to see Les Mis, right? Does anyone in these comments realise that?