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The English band Chumbawamba recorded a version of this song on their 1988 album English Rebel Songs 1381–1914. According to Leon Rosselson his 1975 song "The World Turned Upside Down", [ a ] while a song about the Diggers, is not a version of Winstanley's "Diggers' Song". [ 1 ]
English Rebel Songs is the third studio album by English band Chumbawamba. It was originally released on LP and cassette in 1988 as English Rebel Songs 1381–1914 . This version was released on CD in 1994 by One Little Indian Records .
The song is about the 17th-century Digger movement's struggles against their landowners, and shares a lot of lyrical themes with the 1649 Gerrard Winstanley composition "Diggers' Song", which was also recorded by Chumbawamba on their English Rebel Songs 1381-1914 album, which also features another song called "The World Turned Upside Down".
"The Diggers' Song" 2:27 English Rebel Songs 1381-1984: Traditional, arranged by Chumbawamba 12 "On eBay" 4:42 Un: 13 "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire" 2:31 English Rebel Songs 1381-1984: Featuring vocals by Coope, Boyes & Simpson; Traditional, arranged by Chumbawamba 14 "Bella Ciao" 4:48 A Singsong and a Scrap: Traditional, arranged by ...
The song, "The World Turned Upside Down", by English folksinger Leon Rosselson, weaves many of Winstanley's own words into the lyrics. An older song, the "Diggers' Song", said to have been written by Winstanley, was recorded by the English group Chumbawamba on their English Rebel Songs 1381–1914 in 1988.
A self-prescribed “anarchist collective,” Chumbawamba found its voice in the era of ‘80s punk music, building a brand of activism through support and funding for progressive causes ...
Chumbawamba (/ ˌ tʃ ʌ m b ə ˈ w ɒ m b ə /) was a British anarcho-punk band who formed in 1982 and disbanded in 2012. They are best known for their 1997 single "Tubthumping", which was nominated for Best British Single at the Brit Awards 1998.
British band Chumbawamba has asked New Zealand’s deputy prime minister Winston Peters to stop using their hit song Tubthumping at his rallies because the band members do not share his populist ...