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#1 Threat To Children (Melting Snowflakes)

Posted on January 22, 2017January 24, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
Decide to get up, stand up
If you can’t stand for it
Climate change is killing our kids
And you continue denying it
A wind of fear start to blow
Thought they’d make the snowflakes melt
Instead, the snowflakes started to grow
Blizzard conditions are what they’re dealt
Blizzard conditions are what they felt
When a snowflake you try to melt
Blizzard conditions are what you’re dealt
Millions of pink hats all in a row
Millions of ping hats get up and go!

Decide to get up, stand up
Gotta demand it
No soul-ution for our pollution
Is to murder all creation
Millions of pink hats all in a row
Millions of ping hats get up and go!
Millions of pink hats all in a row
Millions of ping hats get up and go!

ABOUT THE SONG
This song is about the number one cause of death to children worldwide, as well as, the number one threat to children in the United States of America — pollution. Donald Trump said the USA is going to bail on the Paris Treaty. On his first day in office, he removed all information on climate change and global warming from WhiteHouse.gov. This song is about saving the children and our children’s children.

This song was inspired by the hope in faith as demonstrated by the global protest “Women’s March On Washington”. It was the largest protest against a ruler in Earth’s history.

Melting Snowflakes.mp3

Style: Protest / Folk Rock
Chords: E G A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards and Synthesizers

Death By Ozone
How to Protect Your Children From the Most Dangerous Natural Threats
The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
Climate Change And Health

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

Get Up, Stand Up

Posted on January 21, 2017 by admin

Coversong written and made famous by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don’t give up the fight
[x2]

You, preacher man don’t tell me
Heaven is under the earth
You a duppy and you don’t know
What life is really worth

It’s not all that glitter is gold
And half the story has never been told
So now we see the light
We gonna stand up for our rights
Come on

Get up, stand up (Brothers)
Stand up for your rights (Come on)
Get up, stand up (Sisters)
Don’t give up the fight (Don’t give up the fight)

(I’m begging you to)
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
(I say don’t give up the fight) Don’t give up the fight

Cause you know most people think
A great God will come from the skies
Take away everything
And left everybody dry

But if you know what life is worth
Then you would look for yours on earth
And now you see the light
We gonna stand up for your rights
Come on

Get up, stand up (Don’t make the push you ’round)
Stand up for your rights (Don’t let them hold you down)
Get up, stand up
Don’t give up the fight (Don’t give up the fight)

I say get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights (Don’t let them hold you down)
Get up, stand up
Don’t give up the fight (Don’t give up the fight)

We’re sick and tired of this game of technology
Humbly asking Jesus for his mercy
We know, we know and we understand
Almighty Jah is a living man

You fool some people sometimes
But you can’t fool all the people all the time
And now we see the light
We gonna stand up for our rights
Come on

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights (Come on now brothers)
Get up, stand up
Don’t give up the fight (I say don’t give up the fight)

(Don’t let them push you ’round)
I say get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights (Come on now sisters)
Get up, stand up
Don’t give up the fight (I say don’t give up the fight)

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Peace, Love and Understanding

Posted on January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 by admin

Coversong written by Nick Lowe and also made famous by Elvis Costello

          G          C
As I walk through
            G        C
This wicked world
              Em           A           D          C
Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity.

      G          C
I ask myself
            G     C
Is all hope lost?
              Em       A           D          C
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?

         G                Gmaj7
And each time I feel like this inside,
G7                        C
There's one thing I wanna know:
G                     D                  Em       A
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
G                     D                  Em         D
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

And as I walked on
Through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes

So where are the strong
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.

'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?
 
So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.

'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

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Pink Floyd Medley

Posted on November 15, 2016January 24, 2017 by admin

Coversongs originally made famous by Pink Floyd

LYRICS
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine
Where have you been?
It’s alright we know where you’ve been
You’ve been in the pipeline, filling in time
Provided with toys and ‘scouting for boys’
You brought a guitar to punish your ma
And you didn’t like school, and you
Know you’re nobody’s fool
So welcome to the machine

Big man, pig man
Ha, ha, charade you are
You well heeled big wheel
Ha, ha, charade you are
And when your hand is on your heart
You’re nearly a good laugh
Almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Saying ‘Keep on digging’
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find
Down in the pig mine?
You’re nearly a laugh
You’re nearly a laugh
But you’re really a cry

Another Brick Part IV
I don’t need no walls around me
And I don’t need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on tRump’s wall
Don’t think I’ll need any tRump at all
No, don’t think I’ll need any tRump at all
All in all we’re all just bricks in tRump’s wall
All in all you were all just bricks in tRump’s wall

(And, Mexico is going to pay for it? Stand still, Donny!)

Mexico Is Going To Pay For It.mp4

Pink Floyd Mash-up.mp3

Welcome To The Machine / Pigs 3.mp3

Another Brick 1, 2, 3.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em C Am / Em D Em C G
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Bill Kucera — Electric Guitar

From the album Eschatology
by Daniel Brouse

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Generals And Majors

Posted on September 28, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
What shall we do?
I dunno about me… well, how about you?

General made a general mistake
Major has made a major problem
What’s at stake is solemn
Subject to corporal punishment
In our private establishment

What shall we do?
I dunno about me… well, how about you?

Have the bugler sound an alarm
‘less we all suffer harm
Not sure who is at fault
But now we’re under assault

While the admiral does admire
His ship sinking and on fire
In the end was he just liar?
Maybe it’s time to retire

Generals And Majors.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bb Eb

222 BPM / Dixieland

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

State Of Siege

Posted on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
Eggbeater circling overhead
And machine-gunners to dread
Supersonic surveillance boats afloat
This is how you spent your vote

Chorus
Home of the not so free
Home of the not so brave
Is that how you want to be
Is that any way to behave

America what are you doing
What is in your head
America what’s pursuing
Do ya wanna end up dead

Chorus

State Of Siege.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
E A G
E G A G E

Written and recorded during the protests in Baltimore, MD.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Uprising

Posted on April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
There’s an uprising in the street
Bound and determined to be doomed — self-defeat

Chorus
Throwing a fit just like a hypocrite
Dowsed and lit… rampage for a bit

There’s an uprising in the street
Destined for destruction… utter downbeat

Hypocrite hypster not so discreet
Into submission you can’t beat

There’s an uprising in the street
No accounting an imbalance sheet

Mister hypocritester bringing on the heat
Time to clock out on your time sheet

Uprising Music Video.mp4

Uprising.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Am Em
Am7 Aadd9+f

A song inspired by the hypocrites rioting in Baltimore, MD. You can not rise up against violence with violence, or you will be a hypocrite. You will become part of the problem.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Revolution

Posted on April 29, 2015May 1, 2015 by admin

Revolution In Baltimore Music Video.mp4

Revolution (Beatles Coversong).mp3

Coversong originally made famous by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney

    A                                   D
You say you want a revolution, well you know
                          A
We all want to change the world
                                          D
You tell me that it's evolution, well you know
                          E7
We all want to change the world

Bm                      E
but when you talk about destruction
Bm                          G     A  F#   E
don't you know that you can count me out

                          A     D           
Don't you know it's gonna be, alright 3x

E
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/beatles/275428.html ]
    A                                     D
You say you got a real solution, well you know
                         A
We'd all love to see the plan
                                        D
You ask me for a contribution, well you know
                        E7
We're all doing what we can

Bm                        E
But if you want money for minds that hate
Bm                                G    A  F#  E
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait

                          A     D           
Don't you know it's gonna be, alright 3x

E

    A                                            D
You say you'll change the constitution, well you know
                           A
We all want to change your head
                                           D
You tell me it's the institution, well you know
                            E7
You better free your mind instead

Bm                                 E
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
Bm                                  G  A  F#  E
You ain't gonna make it with anyone any  how 

                          A     D           
Don't you know it's gonna be, alright 3x
  A
Alright

ABOUT THE SONG
Inspired by the riots in Baltimore, MD.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
Rick Reinhart — Bass, Vocals

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Protesting The Protest Song

Posted on December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Can I attest I protest your protest
Because your protest is lame
Have you gone insane?
This protest is lame

Even if it’s just me that thinks they can see
That this protest needs protesting
And, in and of itself this is interesting
There still needs to be more… more protesting
More sanity, clarity in what it is we want to be
What it is we want to be

It’s time I’m
Going to protest this protest
(Unless we can get it together)

If we don’t stand up and protest this lame protest
We’ll only become less and less… and less and less
Unless we protest this protest

Unless we rise
Unless we realize
Rise
We’ve got to protest this protest
Test the protest
Unless we become less and less

It’s not so much a matter of whether…
We need not confess
It’s much more a matter of whether we become less and less
Unless we protest this protest
Or, become less and less

Here comes the interesting part
… it’s all about you
Do, de, do, de, do-do

Protesting The Protest Song.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Bdim Bm and other B variations / Ska 100 Beats Per Minute

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Production And Engineering — Live 1-track stereo recording. Casio WK-3500, MicroKorg, Alesis controller/laptop/Korg software, DigiTech vocal effects, clean vocals through a Sennheiser microphone, Beringer mixboard and Tascam digital recorder.

From the album Jungled

AbNORML

Posted on September 7, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Are those fighting words
Prepare to draw swords
At the Liberty Bell
Truth will tell

Hut, 2, 3, 4 let’s march
Hut, 2, 3, 4 lit torch
From the Liberty Bell
Time will tell

Gathering together
A collective soul
Die or live free forever
For whom does the bell toll?

AbNORML Music Video.mp4

AbNORML Live Camera Mic.mp4

AbNORML.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Em+f,c,g#
Bm

Inspired by the Philly NORML rally, march and protest. Written and recorded live at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Songwriting Notes
by Daniel Brouse

For What It’s Worth

Posted on November 9, 2013January 24, 2017 by admin

Buffalo Springfield Coversong

For What It’s Worth.mp3

E                           A
There's somethin' happenin' here.
        E                A
What it is ain't exactly clear.
          E                   A
There's a man with a gun over there
          E                    A
A-tellin' me I've got to beware.

-

                     E
I think it's time we stop.
          D
Children, what's that sound?
A                     C           E E A E A
Everybody look what's goin' down.

-

E                          A
There's battle lines bein' drawn.
         E                    A
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
E                           A
Young people speakin' their minds
          E                  A
A-gettin' so much resistance from behind.

-

                     E
I think it's time we stop.
     D
Hey, what's that sound?
A                     C           E E A E A
Everybody look what's goin' down.

-

E                        A       G
What a field day for the heat.
E                        A       G
A thousand people in the street
E                 A          G
Singin' songs and a-carryin' signs
E             A              G    E
Mostly sayin' hooray for our side.

-

             E
It's time we stop.
     D
Hey, what's that sound?
A                     C           E E A E A
Everybody look what's goin' down.

-

E                A
Paranoia strikes deep.
          E            A
Into your life it will creep.
E                            A
It starts when you're always afraid.
            E                      A
Step out of line, the men come and take you away.

-

           E
You better stop.

Hey, what's that sound?
A                     C           E E A E A
Everybody look what's goin'..
           E
You better stop.
     D
Hey, what's that sound?
A                     C           E E A E A
Everybody look what's goin'..
           E
You better stop.
     D
Now, what's that sound?
A                     C           E E A E A
Everybody look what's goin'..
           E
You better stop.
          D
Children, what's that sound?
A                     C           E E A E A
Everybody look what's goin (fade out)

For What It’s Worth.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar

From the album Takamine
By Daniel Brouse

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America

Posted on October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 by admin

Songwriting at the 1st Amendment Monument Under the Eye of Authority

LYRICS
You can’t smoke
You can’t drink
They’re passing a law — you can’t think

You can’t toke
Doesn’t oppression stink?
Placing the last straw
You can’t even blink

Chorus
America!
Home of the free and brave?
America!
Or are we now the slave?

The bloated bloke
Greased palm and a wink
Causing a flaw
And more than one kink

Chorus

America.mp3

America — Songwriting at the Liberty Bell (How to Play the Guitar Video).mp4

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E D
E G D E

Written during a protest while I sat on the First Amendment monument next to the Liberty Bell in Independence Mall national park.

Made in America (Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Globe Probe
By Daniel Brouse

Resisting Arrest

Posted on September 1, 2013September 4, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
How can you attest
That’s resisting arrest?
All she was doing
Was a peaceful protest

Then, you come down on her
Like a Gestapo mob
Take away freedom
And, her liberty rob

That’s what I cal
Shitty authority
You know it when
It stinks to high heaven
You take from all
Sucking royally
As if the creator dictator

At any rate
Create
Dictate
Gangster mobster police state

Resisting Arrest.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C CM7
E Em
C E

Inspired by a peaceful protester getting arrested at the Liberty Bell.

Made in America (Liberty Bell, Philadelphia and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Life After Life
By Daniel Brouse

Protest Song

Posted on August 14, 2013August 14, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
This is a test. It’s a protest test.
For the next 2 minutes and 32 seconds…
This station will conduct a protest test on the nation

This is a protest song
And, it won’t take you long
To realize… it’s a protest song

I must confess
This… is a protest song

When you’re wrong, you’re wrong
Now, it’s a protest song

Come on! Sing along!
It’s a protest song

Soon we’ll be knowing
Knowing as we’re growing
Flowing with the protest song

This is only a test
In the event of a real emergency, check your Constitution

Protest Songwriting — Freedom of Speech in West Chester, PA.mp4

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 2
E A
E A D A E

This is another song inspired by a police officer that stopped us from playing music on the courthouse steps. Ironically, she couldn’t warn us about a noise violation because the traffic was too loud.

Someone wrote into the YouTube channel and asked: “What do bongos have to do with freedom of speech?”

The answer:
From the First Amendment Center’s “A Teachers Guide to Freedom Sings” —
“This teacher’s guide to music censorship over the past 50 years is intended to illustrate to students that the First Amendment doesn’t just protect the speech of the press and of politicians. It also protects music, dance, theater, poetry and film. In fact, it protects all creative expression that gives life flavor.”

Example from National Paralegal College —
“A number of prominent musicians decide to get together and perform a song which is clearly meant to convey their lack of support for a military action currently underway. The performance will be afforded the protection of the First Amendment.”

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Terrestrial Planet
By Daniel Brouse

Edger Allan In The Poe

Posted on July 1, 2013July 1, 2013 by admin

Songwriting at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA

Edger Allan In The Poe.mp3

LYRICS
chorus
There’s a movement of the people
You can not deny
Oh, my, my

And, it seems it’s starting to show
Tearing at the seams
As the people get into the know
You know what I mean?

Chorus

You dare not cross the line
Or, they’ll try to crack your spine
If you dare to raise a presence
The weight will crush ’till silence

Civil Unrest in the City of Brotherly Love

Chorus

Chorus reprise
There’s a movement toward a steeple
When the temple is the people
Try, try, try

ABOUT THIS SONG
This song was/is inspired by N.A. Poe of Philadelphia’s TV show the Panic Hour. Though Poe was not allowed on Federal Ground, his presence was the essence.

High Definition Pictures of the Protest in Philly