Manic Street Preachers - Let Robeson Sing Lyrics

The irony is that contemporary Black 'nigga' culture has never made this song, it was left to a bunch of white Welshmen. Sums the utter all consuming desolation of todays WOKE culture.

The freedom train is yours... And mine.

Such a beautiful song. I think of Jeremy Corbyn now every time I hear it. ❤️❤️❤️

This is one very underrated song.absolute beautiful song .

Possibly the best song ever

2 ways between us 👍 and I sang it to that woman

She can dance on both sides

The man who wrote it is a genius

Awesome video and very thought provoking - it has class in the absence of the sort of cheesy lefty stuff they could have gone with.

takes welsh boys to write and sing a song about a great american gentleman and hero

Liberty lost still buried today,
Beneath the lie of the USA.
So true

I almost can't believe that I've lived through a time when good music still had its place on TV.

”MK-Ultra made you paranoid”

Manics songs are just like good wines ..

best kept in a cool cellar?

An absolute masterpiece ! Like the whole record, by the way

I might add, that by today's insane standards of PC, Robeson would himself be in the bloody doghouse. Racial blindness? Oh no you don't. Here's Henrietta from Rodine and Oxford to tell you that you're a racist Mr Robeson.

The truly hilarious thing, in this age of "Drill" and an ocean of utter human dross better known as black popular culture, it takes a group of white guys from Wales to do justice to one of the century's finest human beings.

Paul Robeson has a particular connection to Wales so your point isn't actually relevant.

I love drill and this, so I'm not sure what your point is.

Inspiring. Beautiful. Educational.

Sing it loud, sing it proud!

Paul Robeson will never be forgotten here in wales ,,, to me he's Welsh through and through

made me go out and do some research. love a song that educates you.

Never tired to listen to this beautiful music!

Absolutely beautiful

love this song underrated Alan Collins

Is this from the soundtrack of "black swan"?

SacrosanctExplicator no

Love this song and video. Iv'e git to learn to live like you, sing like you.

The valleys remember Mr.Robeson.

@pyrostrike uk Indeed but he fought for HUMAN rights !!, Peace.

@Keiran Bradley he's a very underrated yet great man

@pyrostrike uk A true man of the people, a real hero sadly missed !!.

@Keiran Bradley well, i haven;t forgotten him never will

@pyrostrike uk me too.

An outstanding tune, Peace.

One of the best Manics song of them all... :-)

Wish folk still wrote protest songs like this... :-)

I'm not sure about the exact politics of it all but I love this song. Probably the best song on the album.

Read about the life of Paul Robeson, and his connection with Wales in particular.

Their lowest viewed single? No surprise, this was filler stuff.

PS if you're a fan of the Manics you should know that if they thought him worthy of a song then he was probably something special .

it's one of the best songs on the album

Nice profile pic, Motown junk?

You’re “filler stuff” sir
This song actually says something, what have you ever said worth listening to?

Filler stuff? but its about people like you

Una de las grandes canciones desconocidas para la mayoría. Sublime

one of my favourite manics tracks!! its very catchy!!

True. Britain, while encouraging democracy at home was oppressing her colonies. Most who looked to Soviet Union for support, were not really interested in communism, they just wanted to be free of colonial rule & to determine their own affairs. The USSR supported them with arms and education. Remember most of these countries had to FIGHT for freedom, it wasn't handed to them, and the USSR helped them to do so. Many blacks went to USSR to be educated when it was denied them in their own country.

Some of us are socialists & not members of the Labour Party. We look elsewhere - for values, commitment and truth. I am a communist - not a "supporter of the Soviet Union", whatever that meant [it's a redundant concept, in my day-to-day life, of course - that's plain fact]. Mr Robeson shines bright as a fine example to us.
I understand what the 'Manics' understand - we come from the South Wales Valleys and we know where the support has come from. for working people, over many decades.

I always remember listening to this song on radio 1 coming back Manchester from work, I turned the radio on and this was playing, I have turned on the radio in my van thousands of times, so why do I remember this one so well?? The date was 11th September 2001 I always think of that day when I hear this song! Where were you that day?

я не могу не выразить свое восхищение этим опизденительным комментарием хД

fuck american hypocrisy. the usa has made a vile habit of overthrowing democratically elected governments and propping up opppressive and murderous regimes.

you have no right to be condemning a free man for his support of anything. he was not running your country, in fact he had to LEAVE your country to be able to follow his dreams of achieving HUMAN DIGNITY. You have no right to ask the man whose father was a slave, and who suffered emence racism to get a decent education, who or what he should support. how dare you? Who do you think you are? You are still not free if you have no room for political disagreement in our US constitution.

So is America, and so are you for condeming a man for his political beliefs. Robeson lived in London for 12 years, where he met politicans who were communists and many of them joined the British labour party, the British labour party was born out of communist ideology as did the british labour union, and the British national health Service, the envy of the world. Many communist were voted into parliament as members of the Labour party, some were even Conservative. Were they dirty too.

i love band who pay respect to others, instead of singing about how great they are or their music is!

@MARZ8734 robeson went to the ussr to escape the usa's murder, persecution and oppression of black people

how can anyone dislike this song??????

@RockAndPunkILove they dont know what to tune in!!!

@scobie5lufc There's one now.. That fucker deserves death.

1,714 views????? WHAT?!

a great song,about a great man,by a great band

I love this song, absolutely beautiful!