Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name)
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"Jacob's Ladder" is an anti-Iraq War single from Chumbawamba
. This version, different from the one on their album Readymades
, is remixed and contains new anti-war lyrics.
It contains two major samples:
The song can be downloaded from the band's website here.
Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music...
. This version, different from the one on their album Readymades
Readymades
Readymades is Chumbawamba's first release on their own label MUTT. It continues the eclectic mix of techno, rock and folk of their former albums, albeit to a less ambitious scale than WYSIWYG...
, is remixed and contains new anti-war lyrics.
It contains two major samples:
- The descending bass line and guitar lick from Davey GrahamDavey GrahamDavid Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham, originally spelled Davy Graham, , was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival...
's song "AnjiAnji (Song)"Anji" is an acoustic fingerstyle guitar piece composed and recorded in 1961 by noted folk guitarist Davey Graham. The piece is one of the most well-known acoustic blues-folk guitar pieces ever composed, with many notable artists covering it, including Bert Jansch, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry...
" (hence the co-writing credit). - The voice from Harry CoxHarry CoxHarry Fred Cox , was a Norfolk farmworker and one of the most important singers of traditional English music of the twentieth century, on account of his large repertoire and fine singing style....
's song "The Pretty Ploughboy" off his album A Century of Song ("And they sent him down into the war to be slain, be slain... / And they sent him down into the war to be slain.")
The song can be downloaded from the band's website here.
Track listings
- "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)"
- "Jacob's Ladder (Albumesque)"
- "Round 'Em Up and Throw 'Em In"