noda tsutomu is the ele-king editor who made the Japanese edition of Agit Disco happen. This playlist is first published on ele-king columns: http://www.ele-king.net/columns/006153/
noda has written this ‘basic’ playlist “to explain what is agit disco to our young readers”!
01. Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra – “Strange Fruit” (1939)
02. John Coltrane – “Alabam” (1963)
03. Bob Dylan – “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” (1963)
04. Nina Simone – “Mississippi. Goddamn” (1964)
05. Sam Cooke – “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1964)
06. Aretha Franklin – “Respect” (1967)
07. James Brown – “Say it Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” (1968)
08. The Beatles– “I’m so tired” (1968)
09. ジャックス – “ラブ・ジェネレーション” (1968)
10. Sly & The Family Stone – “Stand!” (1969)
11. The Plastic Ono Band – “Give Peace A Chance” (1969)
12. Curtis Mayfield – “Move On Up” (1970)
13. Gil Scott-Heron – “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (1970)
14. Jimi Hendrix – “Machine Gun” (1971)
15. The Last Poets – “This Is Madness” (1971)
16. Timmy Thomas – “Why Can’t We Live Together ” (1972)
17. Funkadelic – “America Eats Its Young” (1972)
18. 友部正人 – “乾杯” (1972)
19. Sun Ra – “Space Is The Place” (1973)
20. Bob Marley & The Wailers – “Rat Race” (1976)
21. Fẹla And Afrika 70 – “Sorrow Tears And Blood” (1977)
22. Sex Pistols – “God Save The Queen” (1977)
23. Steel Pulse – Ku Klux Klan (1978)
24. The Slits – “Newtown” (1979)
25. Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
26. The Pop Group – “How Much Longer” (1980)
27. The Specials – “Ghost Town” (1981)
28. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – “The Message” (1982)
29. Time Zone Featuring John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa – “World Destruction” (1984)
30. The Smiths – “Meat Is Murder ” (1985)
31. Public Enemy – “Rebel Without A Pause” (1987)
32. じゃがたら – “ゴーグル、それをしろ” (1987)
33. N.W.A _ “Fuck Tha Police” (1989)
34. Mute Beat – “ダブ・イン・ザ・フォグ” (1988)
35. RCサクセション – 『カバーズ』 (1988)
36. Fingers Inc. – “Can You Feel It (Spoken Word: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) ” (1988)
37. Underground Resistance – “Riot” (1991)
38. Sonic Youth- “Youth Against Fascism” (1992)
39. Bikini Kill – “Rebel Girl” (1993)
40. Goldie – “Inner City Life” (1994)
41. Autechre – 「Anti EP」 (1994)
42. Radio Boy – 『The Mechanics Of Destruction』 (2001)
43. Wilco – “Ashes of American Flags” (2002)
44. Outkast – “War” (2003)
45. Radiohead – “2 + 2 = 5” (2003)
46. ECD – “言うこと聴くよな奴らじゃないぞ” (2003)
47. ゆらゆら帝国 – “ソフトに死んでいる” (2005)
48. Digital Mystikz – “Anti War Dub” (2006)
49. 七尾旅人 – airplane (2007)
50. Kendrick Lamar –Alright (2015)
次. Beyoncé – Formation (2016)
Noda writes about item 35: “RCサクセション was like The KLF or Sex pistols or John Lennon, a little bit, that’s band leader, his name is Kiyoshiro Imawano is very famous here, and he has been anti-establishment singer in the j-pop field.
He is very important man for us.
If you [could] understand his lyrics, you’d like him.”
article mentioning Imawano here:
No 49. is ‘Nanao traveller’ a singer songwriter. ‘airplane’ is a track from a three-piece album “911 FANTASIA” which was a response to the 9/11 attacks.
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