Freedom... we're talking bout your freedom
Freedom to choose what you do with your body
Freedom to believe what you like
Freedom for brothers to love one another
Freedom for black and white
Freedom from harassment, intimidation
Freedom for the mother and wife
Freedom from Big Brother's interrogation
Freedom to live your own life... I'm talking 'bout

Power in the darkness
Frightening lies from the other side
Power in the darkness
Stand up and fight for your rights

#PowerInTheDarkness
#TomRobinsonBand
#Punk_1978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6QJr2ID_Ac

Recorded #OnThisDay 48 years ago:

Tom Robinson Band - Peel Session 1977

The complete session recorded by the Tom Robinson Band on 1 November 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 7th of that month.

Tracklist:

1. Long Hot Summer (0:07)
2. Martin (4:40)
3. We Ain't Gonna Take It (7:22)
4. Don't Take No For An Answer (10:25)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2013/05/tom-robinson-band-peel-session-1977.html

#TomRobinsonBand #TRB #PeelSessions #OTD

Man You Never Saw - Tom Robinson Band cover
Re-discovering this song in 2025, it got stuck on repeat in my head and wouldn't leave. Needs must, so I made my own cover of it. A wee bit shaky on several fronts, but hey, punk rock. ;-)

Apologies to the original. 🖤

#punkrock #TomRobinsonBand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aX09F2UObg

Wonderful performer and writer of some of the best protest songs of my lifetime - really so many Tom Robinson Band gigs coming up in 2024 that I want to be at.

@bandonthewall & Islington Assembly Hall are two of them...

#trb #tomrobinson #tomrobinsonband #eurpean #tour #tourdates #graphicdesign #poster #livemusic #photography

Back on my Pride Month musical memory trip after my 48 hour health hiatus: Tom Robinson's 1978 protest song about queer oppression in the UK, dripping with admirably-expressed rage and sarcasm.

#MentalSoundtrack #pride #TomRobinsonBand
#QueerElder #trans #genderfluid
#genderqueer #NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/GAO0uS4hebY

https://invidious.weblibre.org/watch?v=_6QJr2ID_Ac

#TRB #TomRobinsonBand

#TomRobinson, a national treasure & #gayicon

#PowerInTheDarkness

#music #musica #musique #musik #musikken

#WeAreTheRadio #QueerRadio #MastoRadio #TootRadio #FediRadio #pouetradio #SommesLaRadio

#LGBTQIAplus  

I was toddling along quite happily on here with my one post and zero followers. And then I got my first follow-back.

And it was only @TomRobinson

That’s THE #tomrobinson of #tomrobinsonband #trb , #rock #legend , #lgbt #lgbtq rights activist, key figure in #rockagainstracism #rar #amnesty and a load of other stuff …and now giving a helping hand to the next generation on #BBC6Music

It’s all downhill for me from here, but thanks Tom :)