These are the tracks I used and played during the three iPod shows at Greenbelt ........
The list of tracks played by others will be on the Greenbelt website soon I trust ....
Don't Say Nuthin (Instrumental) The Roots Don't Say Nuthin - EP Lightworks J Dilla Jay Dee Donuts (Advance) Yellow Daffodils Malia (Feat. Erik Truffaz) Saint-Germain-des-Pres Cafe Daydream (Feat. Jill Scott) Lupe Fiasco Food & Liquor Everything In Its Right Place Osunlade featuring Erro (Radiohead Tribute) Muhammad walks Lupe Fiasco Diferente Gotan Project Lunático Right Make it Right (Osunlade Remix) - Franck Roger ft Mani Hoffman Workinonit J Dilla aka Jay Dee Donuts Itzsoweezee (Hot) Album Instrumental De La Soul Itssoweezee (Hot) To Fit In My Heart Bruce Cockburn Life Short Call Now .
Redemption songs From South Africa to the LebanonFrom the Middle East to middle EnglandFrom the West Wing to the West BankFrom the House of Commons to the House of Big Brother Songs of freedom, anthems of liberationAt Greenbelt 06The sweet melody of emancipationTo hear how the hand of the Almighty Can free this world from mental slaveryFrom physical slavery, From emotional, political and economic slaveryFrom the slavery of the selfInto the freedom of LoveThe freedom of TruthWho will set us free ... ... ... ... ... ...
.... this is the man who is the most popular speaker at Greenbelt - every year. John Bell:: You can download his talks from www.greenbelt.org.uk ..... just give it a consider this stuff feeds my soul for a year so many 'talks' available ......... hmmmmm I caught one he did called 'Adam and Steve' about the Gay issue (not a no-go area for Greenbelt - like so many places)
.... this is the great man who pulls all the YMCA programme together at the " Greenbelt YMCA " Ken Montgomery::The cafe has just run fromFriday 5 pmtoMonday 10 pm24 hours a day hey hey
.... back at the hot desk of pip wilson dot com ...... Just had my first Peppermint tea of the day and my Porridge earlier. I have a mass of mud contaminated books to sort, washing from a week in the mud, draining the 300 deep inbox and posting books to people who want them - usually urgently! I need to trip to the post office to weigh-in some wee parcels and return a lost mobile phone to a Kent address ....... and my my brain will click on other 2do things as the day slides ...... Pete Tong is within two feet of my ears. I am hoping his Friday House music show will raise my heart beat so it pumps enough blood into my brain to make the day effective .... I am going to post something I did before Greenbelt - later today.
I did it before Greenbelt to a friend who, as yet, is only a cyber friend. It is about you being beautiful. It is about me offering it like an elbow in the ribs. Or a whisper in the ear. Eye contact. Wanting for you to hear it, that whisper, alongside all the other noise going on in your life ..... you are beautiful.
..... back home from Greenbelt ....
...... 6 days is a long time but not long enough in terms of positive experiences ........ so here I am - a cigar, a Cointreau, MTV burning not so good grooves and me knackered.
My toenails need cutting and I need some sleep I guess.
Last night was a 4.15 bedtime and the other days/nights were similar ........ but I loveitloveitloveit .....It will take me weeks to pull out of my soul the massive range of feelings.All as a result of
experience after experience.
Human after human.
Chat after chat.L5 after L5.Contact after new contact.Touch after touch.Music after music.Loveology after loveology.I will try to tell you my feel on the experience - now and forthcoming blogs.The end of the festival was hand in glove. It could not have been a better end to the days of reaching out to heaven ........Michael Franti was last on our new main stage.He was most wondrous.He had the whole audience dancing and clapping and responding to his calls for participation.We did.His ethos was so hand in glove with Greenbelt.He affirmed the festival.He loved us and we loved him.He is strong on the anti war thing. A big emphasis at the festival.He was spiritual - about diversity - about acceptance - about all we stand for .......I asked him after - the gig - what was his most significant experience at the festival.He said he had spent three hours touring the Greenbelt site and he had journeyed through a room where you cold experience the journey of a refugee without home or language or understanding of procedures. He said it had a profound experience and turned him over.He came from the stage, after the gig, into the audience and spoke to everyone who wished. Posed for a photo or a hand shake with everyone. A great man.If you don't know who he is - just go to iTunes music store and type in 'franti' and you will see details of his new album and a fantastic free podcast.Other highlight s were ::The Sunday morning service with 10/15 thousand humans of all ages.Sooooo well done and so wholistic.The iPod Show which I hosted. So powerful in terms of everyday Greenbelt beautiful humans, just coming to the front with me - talking about their Grenbelt and music, and playing some of their vibes. Wondrous.We are talking about having an event in Central London before the year end. Watch this space. Get your iPod warmed up for action.Zig our beautiful non-human friend, and cat, has just come in from his night prowl. Missed him so much and we have had big hugs ......Another highlight has been the Level Five conversations, see www.blobtree.com for a simple explanation. I have experienced some of the most powerful open communication - EVER!Due to the climate of trust and security at GB - we can so easily go on in our relationships ...... greater depths ......... so so major in terms of meaning ......... loveitloveit .....Must click off and catch some zedzzzz ......... but watch this space for more reflections and more of the 300 or so photographs from Greenbelt.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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.... read theis Poem/Prayer which was written by Martin Wroe for the moment when Greenbelt Opened - the moment.
I was co-presenting this with Paul ....... with one choir and two other solo performers.
Read this and expect your bones to shake .......
A Redemption Song for Greenbelt 06We are not on our own this weekendWe are togetherWe are not singing soloWe are a massed choirWe are not singing songs for ourselvesWe are singing songs for each otherSongs of freedom Because none of us is free Until all of us are freeSongs of hopeAbout a movement of Jah peopleAway from a land of war and greedAway from a world policed by soldiersFrom the heart of AmericaWe are going to Exodus land Where the song of redemption Is not just for ourselvesBut for our sisters and brothers in every country Redemption songs From South Africa to the LebanonFrom the Middle East to middle EnglandFrom the West Wing to the West BankFrom the House of Commons to the House of Big Brother Songs of freedom, anthems of liberationAt Greenbelt 06The sweet melody of emancipationTo hear how the hand of the Almighty Can free this world from mental slaveryFrom physical slavery, From emotional, political and economic slaveryFrom the slavery of the selfInto the freedom of LoveThe freedom of TruthWho will set us freeGive us your help good LordTo sing these songs of freedomWe want to be One Love, One HeartWe want to Get together and feel alright Cus way down inside us And way out beyond us All we ever knew was redemption songsSongs of freedom Redemption songsRedemption to what we were made forDreamed forLoved into being forRedemption from slavery and drudgeryFrom envy and vanityRedemption from materialism and consumerismFrom sectarianism, pessimism andLoony fundamentalismRedemption SongsWhere all of us are freeWhere we can Get up, Stand up, Stand up for the rightsOf the people that Jesus Christ remembersEven if everyone else forgets themA song of Redemption in the poor worldFrom slavery to the rich worldA song of redemption in the rich worldFrom slavery to false dreams We want to hear how the hand of the AlmightyCan free this world from mental slaveryWe want to Get up, Stand upAnd not give up the fightA song about a world whereNo woman, no man, no childDoes no crying no moreA song of redemption where all people choose toDo justiceLove mercyWalk humbly andLive generously On the good earthYou have Loaned us A song of freedom from addictionTo substances which are choking our planet to deathA song of redemption whereEvery little thing’s gonna be alrightA song saying thanks and praise to the Lord And we will feel alrightSaying let’s get together and feel alrightCus our hands will be made strong by the hand of the AlmightyAll we ever hadRedemption SongsWon’t you help to sing these songs of freedomAll we ever hadRedemption songsOne love, one heartLet’s get together and feel alrightGive thanks and praise to the lordAnd it will be alrightGive thanks and praise to the lordCus all we ever had was songs of freedomsRedemption songs.
