2026-11-06 02:17 UTC
This Friday the 6th is #alternateFridayMusic and the cue is: #protest
"El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" (The people united will never be defeated!) was composed by Quilapayún in June 1973, during the Chilean Socialist government of Salvador Allende.
Frederic Rzewski, US composer and pianist, composed 36 variations of the song for piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiWwYsWWVSk&list=RDxiWwYsWWVSk
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@ojala@mastodon.nz 2026-11-06 02:20
So you get an idea, the original song in Spanish sounds like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kea_meSTHM Staple song of the 1970s and 1980s exiled community. Kind of ironic, considering what happened in Chile on 11 September 1973. #alternateFridayMusic #protest #music