WOW! Natalie Merchant is back and on OUR side.

[JanMichael]

Not that she hasn't always been a big Liberal but hey, it went with the song title.

Just heard her sing "Which Side are You On?" on WMNF 88.5 Tampa http://www.wmnf.org/ and she sounded GREAT!

Her site is interesting too. On December 1st she posted, "I'm attending a "house party" this coming Sunday night to view and discuss the film "UNCOVERED: THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR".", and, "I came home all the more resolved to DO SOMETHING to help shake that nest of bloodthirsty hawks out of our nation's capitol by Fall 2004", very cool, eh?

http://www.nataliemerchant.com/letters.asp

OK...She did mention Dean, I figured she'd be a Kucinich girl but whatever.

Now the song!

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Which-side-are-you-on-lyrics-Natalie-Merchant/B8CD2FD4E240986C48256D5E00120DB5

Come all you good workers
Good news to you i’ll tell
Of how the good old union
Has come in here to dwell

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?

My daddy was a miner
He’s now in the air and sun
He’ll be with you fellow workers
Until the battle’s won

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?

They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You’ll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Claire

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?

Oh workers can you stand it?
Oh tell me how you can
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?

Don’t scab for the bosses
Don’t listen to their lies
Poor folks ain’t got a chance
Unless they organize

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
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There's about a thousand versions of this song, Billy Bragg comes to mind, and Natalie measures up nicely.

I wonder how much airplay this will get on the Top 40 stations?

[GOPisEvil]

1. Woohoo! Glad to see she's back.

I hope she goes on tour. I'd pay to see her.

[judge_smales]

2. I'd pay to do a couple of things with her!!

To bad she likes girls :-(

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. I thought she was straight?

She did date Michael Stipe before he came out, IIRC

[GOPisEvil]

4. I thought so too.

:shrug:

My fantasies DEFINITELY thought she was straight. ;-)

[KG]

5. WMNF-FM is screening the film 'UNCOVERED'

http://www.wmnf.org/events/index.shtml?Action=Detail&ID=131

UNCOVERED: THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR

Wednesday, January 14th 7 and 8:45
Film: UNCOVERED
Madstone Theatre

WMNF-FM is the coolest station on planet earth. :)

[JanMichael]

6. We may be able to attend.

Not sure at this point though.

And yes: It's the coolest station on planet earth!

[KG]

7. stay in touch, we can hook up.

might go to fred eaglesmith, awesome rocking to be had the tampa, tonite.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. They'll play it backwards to give it negative numbers

And to search for satanic messages.

Edit: typo.

[wingnut]

9. She's a day late

The Dropkick Murphys did this song a couple of years ago.