I wrote a more detailed perspective on Freedom Day on Chris’ blog (because his is all fancy and, you know, stuff like that). So here’s a playlist for the iPod. It’s moody, silly, eclectic and slightly manic – just like our democracy at age 16.
- Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- I’m Set Free – Velvet Underground
- Sound of Freedom – Bob Sinclair
- If You Love Somebody Set Them Free – Sting
- Free Money – Patti Smith
- Freedom That I Deserve – Josie Field
- Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) – Rozalla
- Freedom Train – Lenny Kravitz
- Free Radicals – The Flaming Lips
- Freedom Time – Bob Marley & The Wailers
- I Want To Break Free – Queen
- Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
- Simple Song of Freedom – Bobby Darin
- Born Free – John Barry & Don Black (for the movie Born Free)
- Chimes of Freedom – Bob Dylan
- Free – Cat Power
- A Great Day For Freedom – Pink Floyd
- Set Me Free – The Kinks
- Freedom Never Cries – Five For Fighting
- Stone Free – Jimi Hendrix
- One Road To Freedom – Ben Harper
- Free Ride – The Edgar Winter Group
- Rockin’ In The Free World – Neil Young
- Stay Free – The Clash
- Freedom Now – Tracy Chapman
- Free To Decide – The Cranberries
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free – Nina Simone