Randy - If We Unite

 

  Another day, another great song, this one is from a band who were mainly active between 1994-2005 but who still seem to be together even if they haven't released anything for a while.

 From Pitea, which is a town in Norrbotten County, Sweden, Randy got together in 1992. Consisting of Stefan Granberg (vocals, guitar), Fredrik Granberg (drums), Johan Brandstrom (guitar, vocals) and Johan Gustafsson (who replaced original member Patrik Trydvall on bass in 1997), they released some of the era's best music. Never afraid to address political and social issues they were very much a band that delivered a message as well as a damn good tune. They featured on some of punk's top labels of the time, Burning Heart, Epitaph, Fat Wreck Chords... and gradually matured from being fast, furious but still catchy as hell towards a more considered but equally as impressive sound.

  There's plenty of songs that I could have chosen to highlight but I'm going with my favourite track off 2001's Human Atom Bombs, this is If We Unite.....


Vaya con dios
Punk rock amigos
I see the dreams glow in your eyes
I see lovers down by the coal mine
I see an empty so called paradise
I see the sun, I see the skyline
I see the sun, I see the light
Let's honour those who died for freedom
Who died struggling in the fight
Industrial workers of the world, Joe Hill
The days of ?39 when time stood still
The anarchists, the Bolsheviks, killed
In Kronstadt

If we unite we can take them
Grab them hard and then shake them
If we unite we can break them
Oh baby! wouldn't that be nice - wouldn't that be nice

Vaya con dios
Punk rock amigos
Oh my loved one my heart of gold
I've seen you walking through Arctic winters
Somehow your skin never gets cold
Let's honour those who died for freedom
Who died for trying, who died for life
Who died for living, who died for dying
Who died for trying to organize
Look ma, look what they've done
The sun over Kurdistan is gone
And there's someone up there right now
Taking down the stars

If we unite we can take them
Grab them hard and then shake them
If we unite we can take them
Oh baby! wouldn't that be nice - wouldn't that be nice

Vaya con dios
Senoritas
May this system come to an end
That turns the people 'gainst each other
Brother against brother and friend against friend
They're leaving this town tonight
7:40 on a ray of light
I dreamed I saw you standing next to Angela Davis, baby

If we unite we can take them
Grab them hard and then shake them
If we unite we can break them
Oh wouldn't that be nice - wouldn't that be nice

If we unite we can take them
Grab them hard and then shake them
If we unite we can break them
Oh wouldn't that be nice - wouldn't that be nice