10,000 Maniacs - Dust Bowl video free download

Cameron Ellis

*10,000 MANIACS - Dust Bowl Days*To continue in the gritty, real world vein of systemic poverty, depression and the wrath of mother earth... I'm digging up this obscure alternative classic. Many know who Natalie Merchant the solo artist is (or at least recognize her voice), but most are not familiar with her original band 10,000 Maniacs and their penchant for melancholic introspective dialogues and earthy, bittersweet revelations... Dust Bowl days being a good helping of both.While Wikipedia can give you a textual account of what the Dust Bowl was in the 30's, only a song like this can give you the personal perspective of what tens of thousands of families suffered through in Midwest America at that time.Excerpt:I should know to leave them homeThey follow me through the store with these toys I can't affordKids, take them back, you know better than thatDolls that talk, astronauts, t.v. games, airplanesThey don't understand and how can I explain?Saying no to a child for life lesson reasons is one thing. However not being able to buy a well deserved toy because you simply cant afford it or scrambling to find a home remedy because you couldn't afford a doctors visit is a totally different situation. If you're a parent that lives paycheck to paycheck, you've felt that guilty heart pain at least once I'm sure. This song hones in on that from a historical perspective and layers it on thick; husband gone (or dead), crops and livestock sold (or dead), children starving and yet another sunrise that's sure to turn into a dry (and dead) day deprived of rain or reprieve.

Karen L Day

OOOooops... starving

Karen L Day

Google Wasteful Grant and we have people staving in our own country!!!! This song reminds me of the waste!

steelethescene

Wonderful marriage of track & photos capture poverty so well. Thank u for posting.

BrianGarzonio

"It won't bring anything much "our way" but more Dust Bowl Days"... (Sorry kids, there just isn't any more... & it Kills me that I can't find it)... "The HOLE in my pocket-book is Growing" What a REAL song.

teamdebt

Quality track.

SugarBloomers1975

I loved this song when i was a teenager. Little did i know how much meaning it would have for me as an adult with children.

smartalek180

This is gorgeous -- and torture. Why are we not in the streets?

joe tomassetti

Amazing to say the least!

onemaidennut

Just pure awesomeness!

Circusqueen1976

One of my favorites! This is a regular sing-in-the-shower song for me - LOL! Great photos!

marykatekile

love this song

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