1,000 days, 1,000 songs

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Author and initiator Dave Eggers

1,000 Days, 1,000 Songs is a political music project initiated by American author and editor Dave Eggers . The initiative started on October 10, 2016 under the name 30 Days, 30 Songs with the aim of releasing a song for a "Trump-free America" ​​every day by November 8, 2016, the day of the US presidential election . Due to the keen interest, the project was renamed 30 Days, 50 Songs . After Donald Trump's election , the initiators decided to expand the playlist for the duration of his term of office. Every week from Monday to Friday a song should be added as opposition to Trump's politics.

Motivation and Goal

Dave Eggers designed the playlist together with music manager Jordan Kurland. Previously, as part of the 2012 presidential election , the two had called for Barack Obama's re-election with the 90 Days, 90 Reasons campaign. The idea of ​​a musical protest against the Republican candidate came to Eggers during a Trump rally in Sacramento in June 2016, when, to his amazement , he heard songs by Bruce Springsteen , the Rolling Stones , Queen or Elton John - artists who supported Trump is very unlikely. The original aim of the project was "to motivate voters to stand against bigotry , sexism , hatred and ignorance". Two new titles were released at the beginning of 2017 in cooperation with the Secretly Canadian label , which runs a similar project under the name Our First 100 Days . The songs are available on YouTube , Spotify and Apple Music . The proceeds from the streaming will go to the non-profit organization Center for Popular Democracy . In July 2017, the delivery of new songs was stopped after day 172 on all platforms without giving a reason.

music

The first 50 songs on the playlist are exclusively unreleased material, including numerous new compositions and live recordings made available for the first time. The musical spectrum of the songs ranges from indie to folk rock to electronica and hip hop . While some songs address Trump directly, such as Locker Room Talk by the Cold War Kids , others deal with the US political situation in general. In addition to some newcomers, the artists represented include established mainstream musicians such as REM , Moby , Death Cab for Cutie and Franz Ferdinand . While the focus was initially on current compositions, later mainly older songs with a political message were selected which, in the opinion of the initiators, fit with it, including Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land (1945), Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come (1964) or David Bowie's This Is Not America (1985). On the day of Donald Trump's inauguration , it was decided to do a live version of REM's It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) .

reception

The action was received positively by the predominantly democratic critical scene. The Atlantic called the first three songs "very lovely music" and praised them as "surprisingly entertaining examples" of politically inspired music. Chris Cillizza from the Washington Post advertised the initiative as a "Playlist of songs that Donald Trump will hate" and saw it as a novelty that well-known musicians write and publish new political material with this intensity. The YouTube -Musikkritiker Anthony Fantano judged the list ambivalent. An anti-Trump stance is well anchored in the mainstream and, in his view, there is hardly anything to be said about the Republican that has not already been said. Above all, Fantano criticized the links provided on the website , behind which "instructive" texts are hidden. He praised the contributions by Death Cab for Cutie , Vinnie Paz and Jesu / Sun Kil Moon . As a negative example, he cited the Moby song Trump Is on Your Side , which he found "condescending" towards blue collar workers . The best anti-Trump song was also YG's FDT , which was released in March - not affiliated with the project .

Media from German-speaking countries, including the Berliner Zeitung , HAZ and ORF , also reported on the unusual project.

The playlist

The list contains only the first 50 songs listed on the website between October 10, 2016 and the election in chronological order. In addition to the artist and title, the authors are listed. Newly recorded songs are highlighted in color.

# Interpreter title Author (s) Remarks
1 Death Cab for Cutie Million dollar loan Ben Gibbard
2 Aimee man Can't you tell Aimee man
3 Bhi Bhiman With Love from Russia Bhi Bhiman
4th Jim James Same old lie James Edward Olliges Jr. from the album Eternally Even
5 Franz Ferdinand Demagogue Bob Hardy, Alex Kapranos , Paul Thomson
6th Josh Knight The Temptation of Adam (Live) Josh Knight Original version 2007 on the album The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
7th Thao Before you vote Thao Nguyen
8th EL VY Are These My Jets? Matt Berninger , Brent Knopf
9 SEM World Leader Pretend (Live) Bill Berry , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , Michael Stipe Original version in 1988 on the album Green
10 Ledinsky DonaldTrumpMakesMeWannaSmoke
Crack 		Daniel Ledinsky
11 Adia Victoria Backwards Blues Adia Victoria
12 Moby and the Homeland Choir Trump is on your side Moby
13 Moby and the Void Pacific Choir Little failure Moby
14th Purple Downs The demagogue Purple Downs
15th US Elevator feat. Mac McCaughan & Tim Bluhm Old Man Trump Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie wrote this song in 1950 about his landlord, Fred Trump , Donald Trump's father.
16 Vinnie Paz Writings on Disobedience and Democracy Vinnie Paz from the album The Cornerstone of the Corner Store
17th Jesu / Sun Kil Moon The Greatest Conversation Ever in the History of the Universe Mark Kozelek
18th Filthy Friends Despierta Peter Buck et al. a.
19th Radioinactive feat. Sheila Brody Natural Born Loser Radioinactive
20th Andrew St. James Makin 'It Great Again Andrew St. James
21st Ani DiFranco Play God (Live) Ani DiFranco
22nd Helado Negro Young, Latin and Proud Helado Negro from the album Private Energy
23 Andrew Bird feat. Jim James Sic of Elephants (Live) Andrew Bird
24 Mirah No Guns No Guns Mirah
25th clipping. Fat Fingers Daveed Diggs , William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
26th Sam Cohen Clockwork Sam Cohen
27 Blake Hazard Little situation Blake Hazard
28 Wesley Stace Mr. Tangerine Man (Live) Bob Dylan , Wesley Stace
29 Loudon Wainwright III I Had a Dream (Live) Loudon Wainwright III
30th Cold War Kids Locker room talk Then Gallucci, Matt Matt, Joe Plummer, Matthew Schwartz, Nathan Willett
31 The Cooties feat. Reggie Watts Trumpy Trump The Cooties
32 Mission of Burma Panic Is No Option (Live) Roger Miller
33 Bob Mold In a Free Land (Live) Bob Mold Original version 1982 with Hüsker Dü
34 Ryan Miller The clown Ryan Miller
35 JPEGMAFIA feat. Freaky I Might Vote 4 Donald Trump JPEGMAFIA , Freaky
36 The Long Winters Make America Great Again John Roderick
37 Open Mike Eagle How to Be Super Petty to Your Ex Open Mike Eagle
38 Jimmy Eat World My enemy Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, Zach Lind, Tom Linton B-side to the single Sure and Certain
39 Kyle Craft Before the wall Kyle Craft
40 Local natives Fountain of Youth (Live) Local natives Original version on the album Sunlit Youth
41 Anthony D'Amato If you're gonna build a wall Anthony D'Amato from the album Cold Snap
42 Greg Holden Exactly Like You Greg Holden
43 Laura Gibson & Dave Depper And Where Were You? Laura Gibson
44 I said yes Alexander I said yes
45 Tim Heidecker Trump's pilot Tim Heidecker
46 Modern baseball Bart to the Future Part 2: The Musical Modern baseball
47 Joe Purdy Maybe We'll All Get Along Someday Joe Purdy from the album Who Will Be Next?
48 Drunken Logic What a Beautiful Morning! Drunken Logic
49 Agents of the Fantastic DT blues Tommy Neale
50 Rogue wave Vote for Me Dummy Robert Pollard Guided-by-Voices cover

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Anti-Trump 30 Days, 30 Songs project: Dave Eggers explains origin. Entertainment Weekly , October 11, 2016, accessed February 6, 2017 .
  2. ↑ 'Could he actually win?' Dave Eggers at a Donald Trump rally. The Guardian , June 17, 2016, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b About 1,000 Days, 1,000 Songs. Dave Eggers & Jordan Kurland, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  4. ↑ 1,000 Days, 1,000 Songs Playlist Project Prepares to Combat Trump's Presidency Through Protest Music. Paste, January 20, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  5. ↑ From the creator of 30 Days, 30 Songs comes 1,000 tracks to keep you sane in Trumpworld. The AV Club, January 20, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  6. ^ Donald Trump Is Terrific Protest-Music Inspiration. The Atlantic , October 12, 2016, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Famous musicians are writing 30 anti-Trump songs for the final 30 days of the election. Washington Post , October 13, 2016, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  8. ↑ 30 Songs For a Trump-Free America, and Political Music in 2016. The Needle Drop / YouTube , November 1, 2016, accessed April 1, 2019 .
  9. ↑ "30 Days, 30 Songs" Musicians and bands sing against Donald Trump. Berliner Zeitung , October 12, 2016, accessed on February 8, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Pop against Populists. HAZ , April 7, 2017, accessed April 16, 2017 .
  11. ↑ "30 Days, 30 Songs": With music against Donald Trump. ORF , October 18, 2016, accessed on February 8, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Million Dollar Loan - Death Cab for Cutie. genius.com, accessed March 11, 2017 .
  13. ^ Jim James - Same Old Lie. Allmusic , accessed March 11, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Thao Nguyen's Anti-Trump Track "Is a Bit of a Tongue-in-Cheek Appeal to People Who Are Considering Voting for Him". Paste, accessed March 11, 2017 .
  15. ↑ EL VY - Are These My Jets. Discogs , accessed March 11, 2017 .
  16. ^ REM - World Leader Pretend. Allmusic , accessed March 11, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Ledinsky - DonaldTrumpMakesMeWannaSmokeCrack. Allmusic , accessed March 12, 2017 .
  18. ↑ a b Moby Shares Two New Anti-Donald Trump Songs - “Trump Is on Your Side” and “Little Failure”. Under the Radar, accessed March 12, 2017 .
  19. ↑ a b Day 13, Song 15. Dave Eggers & Jordan Kurland, accessed March 12, 2017 .
  20. ^ The Greatest Conversation Ever in the History of the Universe - Jesu and Sun Kil Moon. genius.com, accessed March 12, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Day 15, Song 18. Dave Eggers & Jordan Kurland, accessed March 12, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Andrew Bird feat. Jim James - Sic of Elephants (Live). Discogs , accessed March 12, 2017 .
  23. ↑ 30 Days, 30 Songs: Make America Great Again. The Long Winters, accessed March 12, 2017 .
  24. ↑ Day 30, Song 49. (No longer available online.) Dave Eggers & Jordan Kurland, archived from the original on January 26, 2017 ; accessed on March 12, 2017 .
  25. ↑ Guided by Voices - Motivational Jumpsuit. Allmusic , accessed March 12, 2017 .