Shaker Aamer - PJ Harvey
Thank you Polly
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| Author: | sau [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:16 pm ] |
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http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/a ... aamer-song 'Aamer has been detained in Guantánamo for more than 11 years, despite being cleared for release in 2007, and remains imprisoned without charge or trial.' |
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| Author: | sau [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:16 pm ] |
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Lyric sheet: http://www.theguardian.com/music/intera ... yric-sheet |
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| Author: | mickeyskippycat [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:36 pm ] |
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Shaker Aamer - PJ Harvey Thank you Polly
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| Author: | jesuspolly [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:09 am ] |
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http://www.stereogum.com/1425271/pj-har ... amer/mp3s/ |
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| Author: | Hell and High Water [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:30 am ] |
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Thanks for the info!!
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| Author: | alonbp [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:55 am ] |
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Wow! Great song. Even more directly political than LES. |
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| Author: | Polly_Jean_Cave [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 3:20 am ] |
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Love it! She's an extraordinary person. <3 |
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| Author: | dax [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:52 am ] |
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Happy early birthday to me! |
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| Author: | mickeyskippycat [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:57 am ] |
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Shaker Aamer - PJ Harvey No water for three days. I cannot sleep, or stay awake. Four months hunger strike. Am I dead, or am I alive? With metal tubes we are force fed. I honestly wish I was dead. Strapped in the restraining chair. Shaker Aamer, your friend." In Camp 5, eleven years. Never charged. Six years cleared. They took away my one note pad, and then refused to give it back. I can’t think straight, I write, then stop. Your friend Shaker Aamer. Lost. The guards just do what they’re told, the doctors just do what they’re told. Like an old car I’m rusting away. Your friend, Shaker. Guantanamo Bay." Don’t forget. (in the original lyric sheet, the underlined here were indented to emphasize those words) |
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| Author: | derbyshirepaul [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:54 am ] |
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mickeyskippycat wrote: Shaker Aamer - PJ Harvey (in the original lyric sheet, the underlined here were indented to emphasize those words) I think the words you underline are the ones by Polly, and the rest of the song is made of quotes by Shaker Aamer himself. Some pathetic trolling on the comments feed under the original Guardian article, btw. |
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| Author: | derbyshirepaul [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:03 am ] |
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If you're interested, here's Amnesty International's page on Shaker Aamer, including information on how to make your own voice heard (alongside Polly): http://action.amnesty.org.uk/ea-action/ ... tAodKBgAPA |
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| Author: | sonfo [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:05 pm ] |
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What does she sing after the first part? "Fade away"? Great song, BTW 
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| Author: | mart [ Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:34 am ] |
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from .net - http://www.pjharvey.net/news.asp?newsid=1049&year=2013 NEWS 2013 PJ Harvey records new song for Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer PJ Harvey has recorded an exclusive song in support of the last remaining British resident in the US prison at Guantanamo Bay. ‘Shaker Aamer’ is available here as a free download and stream. Clive Stafford Smith, Reprieve’s Director and lawyer for Shaker Aamer, said: “We hope that people listen to this song and think about Shaker Aamer’s plight: detained for eleven long years at Guantanamo, without charge or trial – despite having been cleared for release by both Bush and Obama. The UK Government must do everything it can to bring Shaker back home to his wife and kids in London, where he belongs. PJ Harvey has written a wonderful song - I know Shaker will be deeply moved by it - and I only hope that, with the support of the public, he will one day be able to listen to it in freedom." Shaker Aamer has been detained in Guantanamo since 2002. He has four British children – the youngest of whom he has never met – and a British wife who all live in London. The UK government has repeatedly stated that they want Shaker back in the UK and last week the US announced it is to restart transfers from the prison, beginning with two Algerian men. Yet Shaker remains locked away without charge or trial. He is one of over half the detainees on hunger strike in protest at their indefinite and illegal detention. |
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| Author: | dclaiborne [ Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:13 pm ] |
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Is this a new song really? or its from Lets England Shake not released? Somebody knows? |
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| Author: | KickInside [ Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:19 pm ] |
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The copyright on the lyrics says 2013. She recorded it specifically for this particular cause. |
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