Music Appreciation

Ranting Randy

(437 posts) Wed Aug 20, 2025, 05:50 PM Aug 2025

We Shall Overcome: 3 Versions- Enjoy, be inspired

* We Shall Overcome
The Freedom Singers

* Joan Baez at the White House

* "Someday (We Shall Overcome)" by Roy Zimmerman

(I really like what Roy did with this)

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We Shall Overcome: 3 Versions- Enjoy, be inspired (Original Post) Ranting Randy Aug 2025 OP

I don't know who is singing in the current Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) ad, but it is really nice too. hlthe2b Aug 2025 #1

These are all amazing - and I especially liked Roy's version as well. I'll add this. . . kevinbgoode1 Aug 2025 #2

hlthe2b

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1. I don't know who is singing in the current Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) ad, but it is really nice too.

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Wed Aug 20, 2025, 06:00 PM

Aug 2025

kevinbgoode1

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2. These are all amazing - and I especially liked Roy's version as well. I'll add this. . .

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Sun Aug 24, 2025, 04:12 PM

Aug 2025

version from Diana Ross in 1996, backed by a full orchestra and a huge choir during a stadium concert with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras in Hungary:

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