I share a lift into work most mornings with a friend of mine. We tend to talk about a range of topics and this morning it was politics. 'Why buy British?' was the central point at issue, and we threw around a number of points in our journey in what turned out to be quite a stimulating discussion about socialism. Anyway, to cut a 30 minute discussion short, we also started to think about politics in the media. Or in other words politics in music and film. So here are my top five political films and five of my favourite political songs (there are lots in this catagory but these five came to mind immediatly).
Films
1. Battleship Potemkin (1925) Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
2. Bob Roberts (1992) Dir. Tim Robbins
3. Reds (1981) Dir. Warren Beatty
4. All The Presidents Men (1976) Dir. Alan J. Pakula
5. Salvador (1986) Dir. Oliver Stone
Music
1. Gang of Four - At Home He's A Tourist (mp3)
2. U2 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (mp3)
3. Paul Hardcastle - 19 (mp3)
4. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster (mp3)
5. The Jam - A Town Called Malice (mp3)
Buy Gang of Four here
Buy U2 here
Buy Paul Hardcastle here
Buy SLF here
Buy The Jam here
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